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WADING FOR THE WIN: The Pembroke High School Titan boys cross country team pushed through an extremely wet and muddy race last week-end to win the Eastern Mass. Division III Championship. Paul Cina, left, and Ryan Kelley, middle, took second and third place overall. See story and photos from the race inside on page 23 and 24.

Doughnut shop robbed again

By Becca Manning, express staff [email protected]

Though the record shows otherwise, voters actually re-jected Article 23 at the Nov. 3 special Town Meeting, which granted an increase in longev-ity pay to non-union town em-ployees.

However, legally the vote declared by the town modera-tor stands true, according to town counsel. So the measure is still considered passed.

The error was discovered two days after Town Meeting when Town Clerk Mary Ann Smith and Assistant Town Clerk Peg Struzik were going through tally sheets from the night to type up minutes.

“We added up the tally sheets and it didn’t come

up right,” Struzik said. “So through process of elimination we figured out what had hap-pened.”

New Town Moderator Ste-phen Dodge said when reading back the individual tally sheets for the vote, he accidentally read the article number, 23, printed at the top of the sheet as the “yes” vote instead of the actual number for that sheet, which was four.

The final vote for the ar-ticle when all sheets were tal-lied was declared as 78-69, but when reviewed later, the sheets showed a total vote of 59-69.

Typically, the town moder-ator reads the votes, the town clerk and assistant town clerk

Meeting mistakeVoted-down article ‘passed’ when moderator misread tally sheets

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Going through the college application pro-cess can be pretty intense, as Pembroke High School senior CJ Gallopo found out

this year, but it’s been a little easier with the help of his guidance counselor, Joanne McClune.

Now Gallopo is hoping to help McClune with a battle of her own.

McClune’s son, Matt, 24, was involved in a seri-ous car accident in Milton on Oct. 25. Matt was on his way to work when his truck hit something in the road, causing the vehicle to roll over and eject him. Matt broke his neck and suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury. He is paralyzed from his chest down and is undergoing treatment and physical therapy at Boston Medical Center.

Teen plans benefit concertFunds will help Pembroke native who was seriously

injured in rollover accident

Joanne McClune, a guidance counselor at Pembroke High School, with her son, Matt. Matt was seriously injured when his truck rolled over on a Milton road on Oct. 25. Photo courtesy of Joanne McClune

WHAT: Concert to benefit Matt McCluneWHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 24, 7 p.m.WHERE: High school auditorium

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A man wearing a black mask and wielding two knives robbed the Dunkin Donuts on Route 139 on Tuesday eve-ning, making off with less than $100 in cash from the register.

It was the second time in about six months that the breakfast shop had been robbed.

No one was injured in the robbery.

According to police, a white male wearing a ski mask

entered the Dunkin Donuts at 155 Church Street shortly be-fore 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17, showed the employees two large kitchen knives in his left hand, and demanded they hand over cash from the register.

Employees gave the man the contents of the drawer. The man then looked over the cash and asked, “Is that all?” before suddenly running outside to-ward Route 139, according to Police Lt. Mike Jenness.

Second incident in six months for Dunkin Donuts on Route 139

continued on page 28

Matt McClune benefit concert: Tuesday, Nov. 24 at PHS

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By Mike tropeano express contriButor

Pembroke Youth Soccer recently elect-ed Mike Cavalear as its new presi-dent. Mike has been with the program

for 14 years, holding many positions in the or-ganization, most recently serving as the organi-zation’s vice president.

Can you provide an overview of Pem-broke Youth Soccer? Pembroke Youth Soccer had had nearly 1,000 children each of the past eight to 10 years. The program is a member of the Coastal Youth Soccer league, which is part of Massachusetts Youth Soccer. Players range in age from kindergarten through the U19 lev-el, which includes some college freshman who play for us on Sundays in the spring.

Why did you decide to extend your role from coach to board member and now presi-dent? I really believe in what we do and want-ed to stay involved in the program. It is impor-tant to me to give back to the community that I live in. I have some ideas for the program, and I think I have a little more that I can give to the program itself.

What are some of the duties of the presi-dent? The most important thing is to keep things organized and focused on what we are trying to do. It is important to try to bring in the right people, find the right roles for them and place these individuals in leadership roles in our organization. We have been fortunate to have more people stepping into new roles, which is important to remaining successful. I also feel that the president is the representative and face of the program. I want to do this to ex-tend our relationship with the Pembroke Public Schools

How has the program changed since you began your involvement? The education of the coaches has improved. We have more coaches who have been certified by Mass. Youth Soccer at our upper levels. We are now going to focus on extending that to our newer coaches.

The fields are some of the nicest on the South Shore. When I started, we ran the Mite (U6) program on the Hobomock playground field. Now, we have added a fourth field and they play on a flat field rather than something that was sloped. We also have a snack bar with handicap accessible restrooms. All this has been done through generous donations. It is great to have all four fields together at one location. We also are able to use the high school’s turf field for the U14 program. These players are close to high school age, and they get to play on the same field they will play on at PHS.

The fields have undergone some signifi-cant improvements over the past few years. To what do you credit the success of the proj-ect? It was a lot of people who had a vision for an A+ facility. They had the desire to put in the time for the fundraising, which provided the fi-nancing to put into the projects. The total cost

was between $70,000 and $80,000. We also had a handful of people who worked hard to volun-teer the labor to keep the project going. It was also done with the approval of the board, select-men and School Committee, which helped to make these things happen.

What new projects would you like the program to undertake? We have talked about putting lights on one of the fields. It would also be nice to put a public address system in to bet-ter communicate during weekend games. The biggest project is to keep the fields in good con-dition, which is ongoing and never stops. There is no town money involved; the program funds all maintenance and manages it through a small field committee. Plymouth has gorgeous fields, completely paid for by the town. We do all the work ourselves.

How would somebody get involved in the program? We are always looking for people to volunteer. We hold monthly meetings at the library on the second Wednesday of the month, except for December and July. You can also contact me directly through our Web site, Pem-brokeSoccer.org. We have many board members who have older players in the program and they will be moving on. No matter how little time you have, any time is a help. You do not have to sign up for a committee. You can just help out with a field cleanup. If we get more people, the job takes a shorter time. We had new people help out at a scholarship fundraiser. They had a great time and it just took a few hours. It is a good way to meet people in your town. The best part of being involved has been getting to know people that I would not have otherwise met. It is all about the kids, not about the board;, it is having fun while helping our kids.

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Superintendent Frank Hackett is giving Pembroke another three years.

The School Committee on Tuesday extended Hackett’s contract through the 2012-13 school year, agreeing to give him a 1.5 percent raise in the first two years and leaving the final year open.

Hackett asked that the committee approve a zero per-cent raise in the current school year, deciding to remain at his fiscal year 2009 salary for FY2010. The year was left open when he signed his origi-nal contract.

“I thought it would be the right thing to do based on the economic conditions today,” he said.

Hackett’s FY2009 salary was $156,675.

Hackett is in his third year as superintendent of Pembroke Public Schools. His current contract would have expired on June 30.

“We’ve had a frank and honest discussion with Frank about how he feels about Pem-broke, and this action is really a statement for his confidence in us and our confidence in him,” School Committee chairman Ginny Wandell said of the contract extension. “Having a contract gives the community

confidence as well.”

Wandell pointed out that it was H a c k e t t ’ s request to maintain his salary at the 2009 level. Of the 1.5

percent increases in the next two years, Wandell said, “It is an increase. Whatever comes as a final number is mutually agreed upon.”

Wandell said the commit-tee felt Hackett was valuable to the community.

“We’re moving Pembroke toward those educational goals that we set each year,” she said.

Hackett, too, said he was

glad to be in Pembroke.“I think we’ve done a lot

of good work. I think there’s a lot of work left to be done,” he said. “I’m proud of where we are and I’m excited about where we’re going.

“There are great people in this place, and it’s a great com-munity also to raise my family in. My children are in school here. It’s good to be thinking about staying here for another three years.”

Though it was suggested otherwise by voters at the spe-cial Town Meeting, Pembroke teachers have not yet received any raises for the current or future fiscal years. Teachers now are working under their FY2009 contracts. Wandell said the two parties are near-ing the end of negotiations.

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Snow blower lifted in business break-in

Police say someone broke into a storage shed behind a Washington Street business last week and made off with a snow blower valued at $1,500.

The break-in was discovered around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Sunrise Systems, 720 Washington Street. A door on one of the storage sheds had been forced open and the equipment was missing, according to police reports.

The incident is under investigation.

Hit-and-run driver admits to OUI

A Halifax man involved in a hit-and-run crash in Pembroke in April admitted to oper-ating under the influence, negligent operation and leaving the scene last week in Plymouth District Court.

Colby Whelan, 32, of Halifax received one year of probation and lost his license for 45 days on the charges. He was ordered to pay fees totaling $1,940. His case was continued with-

out a finding until Nov. 10, 2010. He was found not respon-sible for a

marked lanes violation. The incident occurred on April 16, when

Whelan drove his Ford Explorer off Mattakee-sett Street, striking a nearby Lexus and causing extensive damage, according to police reports. Whelan continued driving, parked his vehicle on Maquan Street, locked the doors, and fled on foot.

While searching for the vehicle’s operator, police received a call that he had returned to the accident scene. After talking with Whelan, they determined that he had been drinking and arrested him.

Dirt bike stolen from Taylor Street home

A $3,000 dirt bike was reported missing from a shed behind a Taylor Street home last Friday. The shed had been left unlocked, and the owner was known in the racing circuit, ac-cording to Police Lt. Mike Jenness. Police are investigating.

Pembroke police log

POlICe & COUrT brIefS

frIDAY, NOVeMber 69:39 a.m. Caller reported lar-

ceny on Learning Lane.9:53 a.m. Caller reported sus-

picious activity on Church Street.10:25 a.m. Caller reported

motor vehicle crash with damage under $1,000 on Washington St.

11:15 a.m. Caller reported motor vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 on Farmside Drive.

1:44 p.m. Caller reported lar-ceny on Old Oak Street.

5:02 p.m. Caller reported vandalism on Plain and Lake St.

8:25 p.m. Caller reported ani-mal complaint on Ferndale Ave-nue. Police restored peace.

10:08 p.m. Caller reported vehicle complaint on Church Street. State police notified.

SATUrDAY, NOVeMber 74:28 a.m. Caller reported fire

incident on Baltzer Drive. Fire department notified.

10:36 a.m. Caller reported suspicious activity on Standford Hill Road.

11:28 a.m. Police responded to a call on Forest Street and ar-rested Alan McIsaac, 51, of For-est Street for misdemeanor assault and battery, attempted murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and threat to commit a crime.

12:22 p.m. Caller reported motor vehicle crash with injury on Plain and Lake streets.

1:32 p.m. Caller reported motor vehicle crash with dam-age over $1,000 on Pleasant and Washington streets.

7:14 p.m. Caller reported gathering of people causing a dis-turbance on Indian Trail. Police dispersed gathering.

7:56 p.m. Caller reported sus-picious motor vehicle on Wash-ington Street.

11:15 p.m. Caller reported noise complaint on West Elm St.

SUNDAY, NOVeMber 812:40 a.m. Caller reported

noise complaint on Mayflower Court. Police restored peace.

1:29 a.m. Caller reported sus-picious activity on School Street.

1:54 a.m. Caller reported sus-picious motor vehicle on Birch St. Police sent person on his way.

10:08 a.m. Caller reported fire incident on Pembroke Woods Drive. Fire department notified.

4:15 p.m. Caller reported sus-picious activity on Indian Trail.

4:22 p.m. Caller reported fire incident on Wampatuck Street. Fire department notified.

5:04 p.m. Caller reported motor vehicle crash with damage under $1,000 on Church Street.

MONDAY, NOVeMber 91:11 a.m. Caller reported

threatening on Monroe Street. Police arrested Robert M. Curley, 46, of Monroe Street for assault and battery and threat to commit a crime.

2:38 a.m. Caller reported sus-picious activity on Erikson’s Ln.

3:07 a.m. Caller reported sus-picious motor vehicle on West St. Police issued verbal warning.

9:08 a.m. Caller reported fire incident on Hemlock Drive. Fire department notified.

10:33 a.m. Caller reported fraud on Schoosett Street.

12:07 p.m. Caller reported larceny on Schoosett Street.

2:26 p.m. Caller reported vandalism at home on Indian Trail.

2:53 p.m. Caller reported civil complaint on Carver Street. Police restored peace.

3:20 p.m. Caller reported lar-ceny on Riverside Drive.

4:51 p.m. Caller reported missing person on Andrew Drive.

6:33 p.m. Caller reported sus-picious activity on Indian Trail. Police dispersed gathering.

11:04 p.m. Caller reported missing person on School Street.

11:44 p.m. Caller reported disturbance on Washington St.

TUeSDAY, NOVeMber 109:16 a.m. Caller reported mo-

tor vehicle crash with damage un-der $1,000 on Pilgrim Road.

9:34 a.m. Police arrested Vincent E. Adams, 37, of Andrew Drive on a straight warrant.

11:03 a.m. Caller reported annoying phone calls on Wash-ington Street.

1:37 p.m. Caller reported sus-picious activity on Barker Street.

1:38 p.m. Caller reported do-mestic dispute on Kerri Lane.

1:54 p.m. Caller reported sus-picious activity on Plain Street.

2:34 p.m. Caller reported noise complaint on Wintergreen Farm Road.

3:05 p.m. Caller reported vandalism at home on Dwelley Street.

5:14 p.m. Caller reported ani-mal complaint on Farnum Road.

6:35 p.m. Caller reported suspicious activity on Josselyn Farm.

10:29 p.m. Caller reported suspicious activity on Kings Ter-race.

WeDNeSDAY, NOVeMber 1112:51 a.m. Caller reported

OUI complaint on Church Street.5:56 a.m. Caller reported ani-

mal complaint on Barker Street.5:58 a.m. Caller reported

noise complaint on Fairview Av-enue. Police restored peace.

7:29 a.m. Caller reported civil complaint on Beach Road. Police restored peace.

8:08 a.m. Caller reported sus-picious motor vehicle on Wild-wood Road.

9:10 a.m. Caller reported break-in at business on Washing-ton Street.

9:41 a.m. Caller reported vandalism on Adams Avenue.

12:20 p.m. Caller reported suspicious motor vehicle on Mat-takeesett Street.

1:00 p.m. Caller reported do-mestic dispute on West Elm St.

8:18 p.m. Caller reported sus-picious activity on School Street.

THUrSDAY, NOVeMber 128:56 a.m. Caller reported ani-

mal complaint on Fairview Ave. 10:54 a.m. Caller reported

vehicle break-in on West Street.1:33 p.m. Caller reported

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1:58 p.m. Caller reported lar-ceny on Mill Pond Road.

2:10 p.m. Caller reported by-law violation on Center Street. Police issued verbal warning.

5:31 p.m. 9-1-1 hang-up call reported on Furnace Colony Drive. Police arrested Jeffrey A. Holland, 23, of Furnace Colony Drive for misdemeanor assault and battery and intimidating a witness.

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Two masked men invaded a home on Chapel Street early Friday morning, hitting one resident with a baseball bat and tying the wrists of another before making off with a lap-top computer and some cash.

Neither of the two resi-dents, nor the five others who were home at the time, were seriously injured, Police Lt. Mike Jenness said. Police have not yet located the two suspects. The incident is under investigation.

The two men entered the unlocked home at 69 Chapel Street shortly before 4 a.m. on Nov. 13. They went directly to one of the bedrooms and began assaulting a male resident who had been asleep, Jenness said. One of the suspects pointed a handgun at the resident and demanded money.

When another male resi-dent heard the struggle and came in to see what was going on, one of the suspects bound his hands behind his back with plastic zip ties, Jenness said. The remaining residents real-ized what was going on and

fled to a neighbor’s home, where they called 9-1-1.

Police received multiple calls from numerous “frantic” people reporting that men with guns had entered the home, Jenness said. All of the resi-dents appeared to be in their 20s, and there were no chil-dren involved.

The men were in the home no more than about 10 minutes before they fled the scene, Jen-ness added. A state trooper in the area heard the police call and showed up with a K-9 unit shortly after police arrived.

“They did a search and were unable to find the sus-pects,” Jenness said.

The man who had been hit by the baseball bat suffered mi-nor injuries but refused medi-cal treatment, Jenness said.

The suspects took a laptop computer and some cash from a wallet on the bed stand.

As of Tuesday, the inci-dent was still under investiga-tion, and police were checking with other agencies in the area to see if any other cases re-sembled the home invasion on Chapel Street.

Jenness encouraged any-one with information to call the station at 781-293-6363 and ask for Sgt. Paul Ridley, who is heading the investigation.

The two suspects are de-scribed as being white males between 5’7” and 5’10”, about 150 to 175 pounds. Both were wearing masks.

Jenness said residents should be sure to lock their doors at night and to have an outside light if their home is located in a dark area, such as the Chapel Street home. He also said residents should not try to confront someone who enters their home.

“Instead of going in there and confronting someone who may have a gun, we would ask people if they hear any-thing strange to call the police. That’s our job,” Jenness said.

Chapel St. home invadedPolice: Two masked men entered home, assaulted resident with bat and made off with laptop, cash

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Anyone with information about a home invasion that occurred at 69 Chapel Street around 4 a.m. on Nov. 13 is encour-aged to call Pembroke Police at 781-293-6363. Ask for Sgt. Paul Ridley, who is heading the investigation.




Two weeks ago, Special Town Meeting voters rejected a plan to give or sell a one-acre lot on Pelham Street to Habitat for Humanity. Neighbors cited the need to hold on to open space, particularly in an area that could be home to an en-dangered species of turtle.

On Monday, selectmen considered selling the proper-ty to the highest bidder, which could be any one of the neigh-bors who wanted to keep the land as open space or anyone wishing to build a single-fam-ily home there.

Selectman Don Ander-son made a motion to put the Pelham Street property out to bid, but the issue was tabled for a week to allow Selectman Dan Trabucco, who was out of town, to weigh on the matter. The previous week, Trabucco had expressed concerns about selling off the land.

Anderson said the town al-ready owns quite a bit of land and that by selling off a small portion in difficult financial times, Pembroke could afford to make payments on land al-ready purchased or on future opportunities.

“The town’s not running out of land,” he said. “We’re amassing it consistently, and what we have to worry about is how we’re going to pay for that.”

The town is currently pay-ing off its share of the purchase of cranberry bogs at the corner of Mattakeesett and Maquan streets. The land was pur-chased through a combination of town money ($275,000), Community Preservation Act funding ($200,000) and a state grant ($405,750).

Anderson said he felt sell-ing one acre of open space to pay for a larger tract “seems like a fair trade.”

“Twenty-three percent of the town is owned by Pem-broke,” he said, referring to numbers he obtained from the assessors’ office. “We have a lot of conservation land, and we’re adding to it all the time.”

The Pelham Street lot has already been surveyed and has been deemed “buildable” be-cause it is not on wetlands.

Selectman Arthur Boyle said he could not support An-derson’s motion on Monday out of courtesy to Trabucco, who was hesitant about selling the property.

Anderson also made a sec-ond motion, to put out to bid a seven-acre parcel on School Street that lies between two parcels owned by New Eng-land Village, a residential community for adults with de-velopmental disabilities.

Depending on whether

acceptable bids come in, the property could be surveyed as a possible site for the single-family Habitat home proposed on Pelham Street, he said.

Last fall, special Town Meeting voters granted an easement to New England Vil-lage to allow their residents to cross a small portion of the property, mostly wetlands, so they wouldn’t have to walk on Route 27.

Selectmen put the prop-erty out to bid in March, but the only bid received was for $4,500 from New England Village. Selectmen felt the bid was too low for a property that had been assessed at $27,400.

This time, the board would list a minimum bid for the property. Town Administra-tor Ed Thorne said he would check with the assessors’ of-fice to determine an appropri-

ate minimum. This issue also was tabled one week.

In other business Monday:• Selectmen accepted the

resignation of Joseph Mulkern from the Housing Authority Board and the Planning Board effective Dec. 1.

• Selectmen signed an agreement with the Mass. De-partment of Transportation to maintain sidewalks along Routes 139 and Route 53 that will be reconstructed as part of a MassDOT project to be-gin this spring. The agreement is a “formality,” according to the town administrator, as Pembroke already maintains sidewalks along these state roadways.

• The board approved a request by the Mollica family on Sunset Way to host a band at their annual backyard party in July.

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PART WITH PARCELS? Selectman Don Anderson has proposed that the board auction off two parcels of town-owned land — a one-acre lot on Pelham Street [left] and an approximately seven-acre lot on School Street [right, shaded]. Voters at the Nov. 3 special Town Meeting rejected an article that would have allowed the board to give or sell the Pelham Street property to Habitat for Humanity. The School Street property is sandwiched between two parcels owned by New England Village.


Army Chief Warrant ➢Officer 2 Joseph Parenteau recently received the Bronze Star Medal for participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Bronze Star is awarded to those who have performed heroically or have given distinguished ser-vice during an armed conflict or ground combat against an en-emy of the United States. Par-enteau has served in the military for 17 years. He is the brother of Nicole Parenteau and gradu-ated from Silver Lake Regional High School in 1987.

Army National Guard ➢Pvt. Brandi Dunbar complet-ed nine weeks of basic train-ing. During the training period, Dunbar received instruction in basic combat skills, chemical warfare, rifle marksmanship and field training exercises. She is the daughter of Donna Dunbar and the stepdaughter of Brian Baragwanath.

Army Pfc. Gregg Forrest ➢ recently completed the Direct Fire Infantryman One Station Unit Training. The subjects studied include basic combat, drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, military justice and battlefield operations and tactics. Also taught are mine location, neutralization and ex-traction; ground navigation; and communications equipment op-eration and maintenance. He is the son of Dawn Forrest. He is a 2003 graduate of Silver Lake Regional High School.

The Chamber of Commerce ➢recently elected their 2010 of-ficers and board members. Re-sults are as follows: President Dave Shea, Vice President Joel Sugarman and Treasurer Mike Tinkham. The Board of Direc-tors are Susan Shannon, Jus-tin Lyttle, Dan Vail, Barbara Case and Susan Pieri.

We are pleased to announce ➢the arrival of Sydney Rose Bo-dio. Sydney was born on Oct. 26, and her proud parents are Allison Sullivan and Justin Bodio. Proud first-time great-grandparents are Conservation Agent Bob Clarke and his wife Harriett. Grandparents are Dan and Diane Sullivan and Jayne and William Bostic all of Pem-broke and Phil and Karen Bodio

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On Saturday, Nov. 14, in ➢rainy conditions, the Pembroke High School’s cross country team won the Division 3 title with 34 points at Franklin Park in Boston. Four of the team’s runners placed in the top eight. Senior Paul Cina came in sec-ond with a time of 16:40. Ryan Kelley, a junior, came in fourth with a time of 16:53, followed by Joe Vercollone, a sopho-more who came in seventh in 17:04, and Brendan Adams, a junior, eighth in 17:08. Coach Greg Zopatti has a great, hard working team!

Robert Belley ➢ is running a

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The Plymouth County ➢GOP, which represents Repub-licans in the 27 municipalities of Plymouth County, includ-ing Pembroke, kicked off its campaign “Revolution 2010 … A Year and Counting” with a straw poll of attendees on Nov. 10 at the Holiday Inn Ballroom in Rockland. The following Pembroke residents attended the event: Paul Dwyer, Winthrop Sargent, Bob Demarzo, Sue Demarzo, Joe Sheehan, Vince Cogliano, Mary Salters, Paul Nourse, Andy Wandell, Ginny Wandell, Patrick Chilcott, Sabrina Chilcott, Deb Flana-gan, Liz Cytrynowski, Ziggy Cytrynowski, Bob Graham, Judy Graham, Vince Cogliano and Rep. Dan Webster.

It is funny how things happen. Three years ago, I met someone in Alaska with whom I had sum-

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Though their haul didn’t break any records, local Scouts managed to collect more than 5,300 pounds of food to do-nate to the Pembroke Food Pantry last weekend.

It was the second highest total in the drive’s nine-year history. Last fall, the Scouts broke their record by collect-ing more than 6,300 pounds of food.

“I think it went really well,” said Dave Shea, a com-mittee member for Cub Scout Pack 105 and Boy Scout Troop 43. “We had really good in-volvement.”

Also participating in the drive were Cub Scout Pack 43, Boy Scout Troop 105, Girl Scouts of Pembroke and Ven-turing Crew 72. The groups dropped off bags around Pem-broke on Nov. 7 and picked them up a week later on a very rainy Saturday morning.

The wet weather may have led to a drop in donations from last year, Shea said, with some residents worried about leaving bags out in the rain or choosing not to make a trip to the com-munity center to deliver items.

There also are several food drives going on in town for the Food Pantry (includ-ing one being organized by the Express), so people might be donating though other venues, Shea said.

“We didn’t get as much food as last year, but there are multiple drives going on all over town,” he said. “The town overall probably did pretty well.”

Food Pantry volunteer Bill Ferguson said the pantry shelves are beginning to fill up, though they don’t have the reserves they had last year.

“Right now, it looks really impressive, but I know this is going to have to get us through probably until next summer, and we’ve had a pretty high demand,” he said. “There are still some empty shelves.”

Ferguson said he was start-ing to worry several weeks ago with supplies so low and more and more residents signing up to receive food.

With heavy traffic on Wednesday, recently filled shelves were already looking light again.

The Food Pantry is serving about 280 families and contin-ues to get more each week, he said. Last fall, the pantry was serving about 200 families, an increase from 2007 when about 100 families were signed up.

Along with the donations brought in by the Scouts, the Food Pantry has been getting help from youth sports organi-zations, student groups, artists, business owners, adult service groups and more. Pembroke High School Student Council

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Volunteers separate and crate food items collected during the annual Scouting For Food drive on Saturday, Nov. 14.

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Pembroke High School cross country and track and field teams are hosting a 5K road race fundraiser on Thanksgiving weekend.

The Titans Track Club Trot Off the Turkey 5K will be held on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 10:30 a.m. at the commu-nity center, rain or shine. The course will start at the Town Green, follow Center Street to High Street to Mountain Avenue and back onto Cen-ter Street, ending at the Town Green.

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Though Gallopo doesn’t know Matt personally, when he heard the news about the accident, he felt he had to do something.

“Mrs. McClune has helped me so much in my high school years, especially with the whole college process that we just got through together,” Gallopo said. “When I heard about what happened to her son, it was so tragic. I felt it was my turn to help her.”

Gallopo is planning a benefit concert on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. at the high school to raise money to help the McClune family with medical costs. Gallopo, half of the duo CJ and Nick, will be performing along with lo-cal bands Gates Lane and The Hiding Spot. Tickets are $5 at the door, though Gallopo is encouraging people to donate whatever they can.

“We don’t have a goal in mind,” he said. “We want to raise as much as we can, real-ly. It’s all going to such a good cause.”

Already, some donations have come in. While going around town to hang up post-ers on Tuesday morning, Gal-lopo’s mom, Heather Eisen-mann, found people were quick to pull out their wallets and contribute to the cause.

“It’s been so humbling to see the generosity as soon as people hear,” Eisenmann said. “People were calling friends and telling me to go here, go there, try this, stop by there. It was incredible.”

She plans to add that mon-ey to the funds that are raised on Nov. 24.

Donations also can be made to the Matthew McClune Ben-efit Fund at Rockland Trust in Pembroke Center.

A Pembroke native, Matt McClune is known by many through his role as a swim-

ming instructor at the Town Landing and coach for the Pembroke swim team. He also coached youth basketball and was a swim instructor at the YMCA and has been a substi-tute teacher at both Pembroke and Boston College high schools.

Matt is a 2003 graduate of Boston College High School and played football there as well as at Sacred Heart Uni-versity, where he graduated in 2007 with a degree in political science.

After graduation, Matt got his certification as a personal trainer. He joined the coach-ing staff at Boston College High School and became the coach of the freshman football team as well as the winter and spring track teams.

“It is hard to put into words what the last three weeks have been like for my family and me,” Joanne McClune wrote in an e-mail thanking friends and co-workers for their support. “I hate to use the cliché that it is a parent’s worst nightmare, but that is what it truly is. We have tried to wake up more times than I can count to no avail.”

Matt had surgery to fuse his neck the day after the accident and was sedated and on a ventilator for nearly the first two weeks, according to Joanne’s e-mail.

He developed pneumonia and high fevers and had to be kept on the ventilator longer than expected.

Recently, Matt’s condition improved and last Wednesday he was able to leave the surgi-cal ICU and go to the rehabili-tation unit at Boston Medical

Center. He has movement in his shoulders, biceps, some tri-ceps and wrists but at this time not his hands, according to his mother’s e-mail.

“The road ahead is go-ing to be long and difficult, but there is no doubt that we will survive not only because of our strength, faith and love as a family, but because of the overwhelming support and prayers of all of our friends in this wonderful community we are blessed to live in,” Mc-Clune wrote.

A CarePages Web page has been set up to keep friends and family updated on Matt’s con-dition. Matt recently dictated a message that was posted to the site, writing, “Hey everyone. I just wanted to let y’all know I am feeling okay and doing al-right. I have my good and bad days (as expected), but thanks to everyone’s well wishes and visits, most of them are the good days.”

Gallopo encourages every-one to come out in support of Matt and his family on Tues-day, Nov. 24 and promises a great show.

“It will be very relaxed, just a really fun atmosphere,” he said. “We’ll just be trying to keep people happy while at the same time keeping in mind that we’re all here in support of a really good cause.”

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PHS senior plans benefit concert for local man

PHS senior CJ Gallopo, performing above at a Mission Haiti concert in October, is planning his own benefit concert to raise money to help Pembroke native Matt McClune, who was injured in a crash.

Matt McClune, 24 [above with brother Mitch] is known by many in Pembroke through his role as a swimming instructor at the Town Landing and coach for the Pembroke swim team. Matt was seri-ously injured on Oct. 25 when his truck rolled over on a roadway in Milton.

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School officials say they responded quickly after dis-covering at least two under-cooked hamburgers had made it to the lunch table at Hobo-mock Elementary School last week.

A staff member noticed the undercooked burger at lunchtime on Thursday, Nov. 12. The employee was return-ing a lunch that had been de-livered to a child in the nurse’s office who was suffering from flu symptoms.

“Obviously, it raised a flag,” Director of Operations and Accountability Steve Lamarche said of the under-cooked burger.

Hobomock cafeteria staff went through all of the ham-burgers that had been served and found at least two par-tially eaten burgers that were slightly pink. The hamburgers were “medium,” not raw, as was reported, Lamarche said, and the families of both chil-dren who had the burgers were notified.

A call went out to all Hobomock families and staff around 4 p.m. that day ex-plaining the issue, Superinten-dent Frank Hackett said.

“We were being proac-tive with parents even though we verified that only two un-dercooked burgers had been served,” he said.

Typically, the schools serve pre-cooked hamburgers, but they were low on supplies that day and served regular hamburger patties, Lamarche said. It was determined that at least one thermometer used to test the temperature of the meat was off by about 10 de-grees and that burgers usually measured at 165 degrees might have been wrongly measured at 155 degrees.

That thermometer has since been disposed of, and new thermometers have been ordered, Lamarche said.

On Friday morning, town Health Agent Fred Leary came to Hobomock to evaluate the kitchen.

Leary said he received a call Friday morning from a local television station asking about the “raw hamburger” that had been served at the school the day before.

“Anytime there’s any kind of complaint about a kitchen, whether it be a school or a res-taurant, I’m supposed to do a full walk-through inspection,” Leary said. “I did that, and ev-erything looked good.”

Leary said the under-cooked burgers did not appear to be a health issue.

“For it to be a problem there would have to be E. coli in the meat to start with,” Leary said. The burgers were not contaminated.

Leary said he is in con-tact with Beliveau regularly and spoke highly of all of the school cafeteria staff. He did, however, advise Beliveau to contact him in the future on any issue, “no matter how small” to avoid confusion.

“Given the circumstances, what they did was what they should have done — go out and check what everyone was eating and make sure that ev-eryone didn’t have a raw ham-burger, and then confiscate the ones that they found,” Leary said.

All other schools were checked to make sure the same problem had not oc-curred there, Lamarche said. No other undercooked burgers were found.

The district is conducting a thorough investigation.

“No matter what, it’s still a concern as to how that could have happened,” Lamarche said. “We’re making sure we do documentation when we’re taking the temperature of food and we’re calibrating ther-mometers on a daily basis now when cooking meat.”

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Barbara Augello, president of Health Ed of New Eng-land, will lead a CPR certification and recertification class on Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Veterans Memo-rial Hall in Town Hall. Cost is $35 per person. In this Heart-saver CPR course, participants will learn how to save the life of a child or adult victim, including techniques for CPR as well as choking emergencies. There will not be a written exam. American Heart Association certification cards will be issued, and certification lasts for two years.

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She also modeled for cal-endars and catalogs while cheering for the Patriots; danced at Coyote Ugly in Bos-ton and at three annual Sturgis bike weeks in South Dakota; and was Full Throttle’s bill-board model for 2004.

Anania then moved to Los Angeles and joined the Purr-fect Angelz, an L.A.-based performance dance troupe. While in Los Angeles, Anania learned about a new fitness method that was becoming popular among celebrities and aspiring actors and actresses. The technique combined bal-let, pilates and yoga, and would totally reshape their bodies.

“Originally, I was consid-ering going into business with a conventional gym,” Anania said. “But back in 2004, I found this method out in L.A. and de-cided that I had to do this. So I moved back to this area to be closer to family and intro-duced it here. There is nothing like this in New England; the closest studio or method of this type is in New York.”

In the short time she has been involved with this meth-od, Anania has seen its popu-larity grow rapidly.

Anania explained that the dance elements are drawn heavily from ballet and in-corporate the “barre method,” which is similar to the Lotte

Berk Method that has been used for decades.

“It’s not unusual for some-one to express interest but then say ‘but I can’t dance’, so we explain the difference,” Anania said.

In general, the classes are limited to 15 to 20 at a time.

“The form is the most important part of the class,” Anania said. “The class size is kept small enough to allow instructors to walk around and adjust postures so that the students receive the full benefit. If the form is wrong, you won’t feel it and it won’t work the way it should. With larger class sizes, I will have a second instructor to keep that level of attention.”

Private lessons are avail-able if a student feels they need more direction.

A common stumbling block for beginners in any fitness program is waning in-terest if results are not imme-diately apparent. However, Anania has an interesting ap-

proach to this issue. “We use examples. We

show the students exactly what kind of transformation can take place when you ap-ply this method,” she said. “One of the best examples is my sister Kerry, who is also an instructor here. She literally transformed her entire body using this technique. That re-ally helps to drive things home to the students. We also make sure to change up the music we use and keep things fresh, alter the workouts and make sure that you don’t come in and have the same workout over and over again.”

To be completely effective, any exercise program should be coupled with proper nutri-tion, and Anania noted that this method is no different.

“Unfortunately, we cannot follow our clients home and watch what they eat for them,” she said. “But in this new lo-cation we have more space and would like to implement something to assist them in making intelligent choices.”

As for the reason people tend to get involved in this method, Anania indicated, “It’s different from any other method or workout. When the class is over and you are lay-ing on the mat in the dark, in relaxation and the music is just right, you leave here feel-ing really good. This is unlike anything that you will find in a yoga studio or a zumba class. It really is a mind/body con-nection that we build.”

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Seasons of the Heart fair set Dec. 5The Bryantville United Methodist Church, 546 Mattakeesett St., will host its annual Sea-

sons of the Heart Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Shop from a selection of gift baskets, crafts, jewelry, holiday ornaments and decorations, visit the “New to You” and white elephant tables as well as sample and buy a variety of fresh and frozen appetizers, meals, soups and baked goods. The Kitchen Corner will be serving up lunch and desserts.

The Pembroke Chamber of Commerce invites the commu-nity to join them for dinner and dancing and music by The Fat City Band on Friday, Dec. 4 at the Pembroke Country Club. Doors open at 6 p.m. for a cocktail hour and will be followed by a sit-down dinner catered by Family Crest Caterers. The band will arrive at 9:15 p.m., and then the dancing will begin. Tickets for dinner and show are $40 per person and must be purchased in advance by calling Dan Vail at 781-293-6974. Dancing only is available with doors opening at 9 p.m. — cover charge at the door.

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Thanksgiving’s not quite here yet, but Kathleen Keegan and the rest of the Pembroke Chamber of Commerce Tree Lighting Committee are ready to deck the halls.

Or at least the Town Green.

Keegan and fellow com-mittee member Kyle Harney appeared before selectmen on Monday to talk about not just this year’s plans but also what the center of town might look like in December 2010.

Keegan said her ultimate goal is to light every tree around the Town Green and to hang holiday banners through-out the Center, first on tele-phone poles and eventually on old-style light poles — all to give Pembroke that holiday feeling.

“The town of Pembroke does not look like it has any-thing going on during the holi-days,” Keegan said.

Along with installing lights and banners, Keegan said the town could hold a store front decorating contest or run a special holiday shop-ping day in the Center to en-courage commerce as well as holiday spirit.

This year, Keegan is hop-ing to light two trees on the Town Green, one of which

would be a service tree deco-rated with yellow ribbons and the names of those serving in the military. The annual Tree Lighting Ceremony is sched-uled for Sunday, Dec. 6 from 3-5:30 p.m.

“Every year we try to step it up a little bit,” Keegan said of the event.

This year’s event will fea-ture new activities, including the sale of white glow stick candles and a child identifi-cation program by New York Life Insurance Co., as well as the usual array: hot air balloon rides, hay rides, ornament dec-orating, holiday rabbits to pet, marshmallows to roast and a visit from Santa Claus.

The event is free and open to the public.

As for next year, Keegan said she was hoping the town could pitch in some money to help expand Pembroke’s holi-day look.

Selectmen said they would look for a more detailed plan in the future and suggested Keegan ask other community groups to help with funding as well.

Keegan said she wanted to be sensitive to all beliefs and would purchase banners with generic phrases like “Seasons Greetings” or “Happy Holi-days.”

bringing holiday spirit to PembrokeChamber member shares hopes for Town Green lights, seasonal banners

GREETINGS FROM ICELAND: Pilgrim Road resident Linda Wilson took a recent trip to Iceland and brought the Express along with her.

P.A.P.A. to sponsor silent auctionThe Pembroke High School Association for the Perform-

ing Arts will conduct its first silent auction in conjunction with the music department’s high school winter concert on Thursday, Dec. 10. At the silent auction, bidders will have the chance to bid on sports memorabilia, restaurant certifi-cates, tickets for sporting events, jewelry, gift cards to local and national store retail stores, golf foursomes to area cours-es, decorative items and more. The opening bids will start at 25-30 percent of the item’s full value, so the savings will be tremendous. Bidding will begin at 6 p.m., and the concert begins at 7 p.m. All bids will close at the end of the concert. All of the proceeds from the silent auction will support the per-forming arts programs at Pembroke High School.


Youth cheerleaders warm up for competitionThe Pembroke Youth

Football cheerlead-ers practiced their

routines during a special dress rehearsal on Thursday, Nov. 12, in preparation for two weekends of competition. On Saturday, Nov. 14, the Mites, Peewees and Midgets divisions competed in the New England Dance and Cheer Competition at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. They will also be com-peting in the OCYCA Compe-tition on Saturday, Nov. 21.

Midget squad member Sam McSweeney, 13, pre-

pares for the lift.

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The Mites practice their big stunt.

Eight-year-old Kiley Foley is the Mites team “flyer.”

Midget squad members Cori Craven, 12, Madi Prifti, 12, and Allie Higgins, 12, pause for a photo.

Morgan Worley, 13, and Molly Row, 13, practice their smiles to go with their rou-tine.

The enthusiastic Pee Wees perform their best moves.One of the teams practices a lift.

The Pee Wees line up for their introduction.

Mites cheerleader Mallory Messner, 8, shows off her curls and winning smile during practice.

The Pee Wees rock the house.

The Pembroke Pee Wees

practice their

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Friday, Nov. 20Council on Aging Activities. Every Friday: Line dancing class, 9:15-10:15 a.m.; card crafting class, 10:30 a.m. ($2 per class); games, 12:30-3 p.m. For information, call the senior center at 781-293-8220.

Non-Denominational Bible Talks. 7:30 p.m., at the community center, 128 Center St. Fridays through November. A quiet, reverent group led by Dan Helenek and Joel Crawford. Free and open to all who want to find or strengthen their faith. For information, call 814-440-5794.

Saturday, Nov. 21First Church Holiday Fair. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at First Church, Center Street. Shop from selection of homemade jams, jellies, cheeses, fudge; aprons and potholders; hats, scarves, mittens; holiday ornaments and decorations (new and used); and breads, cookies, pies and other desserts. Enjoy silent auction and snack bar.

Craft Show. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Utopia Place, Route 53, Pembroke. Shop from handmade jewelry, pottery, clothing, gingerbread houses, Christmas ornaments and more, all made by local artisans. Personal Best Salon and Utopia Day Spa will offer free sample services including airbrush tanning, hair extensions, skin analysis and chair massages. Psychic readings available. Food samples from the Bistro. Raffles. Drop off items for the Pembroke Food Pantry. Free admission. Enter through Bistro entrance on side of building. Tables available to rent for $20. For information, call front desk at 781-826-3363 or call Marie at 508-333-0097.

Irish Step Dancing Class. 10-11 a.m., at the community center, 128 Center St. Children in preschool up through high school are invited to join a local class taught by instructors from The Forbes School of Irish Step Dancing in Quincy. Call AnnMarie Hanley at 781-293-6543.

Seniors Thanksgiving Dinner. Noon, at Pembroke Knights of Columbus Hall, Schoosett Street.

First Church Ham and Bean Supper. 6 p.m., at First Church, Center Street. Cost is $10 per person. Supper will include homemade beans, ham, coleslaw, cornbread, dessert and beverage of choice. Eat in or take out. Tickets available by calling the church office at 781-293-2584.

SuNday, Nov. 22North River Community Church. 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday services. Located at 334 Old Oak St., Pembroke.

North Pembroke Holiday Craft Fair. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at North Pembroke Elementary School. See Santa, shop from baked goods and crafts tables and kids-only Jingle Bell shop. For information, call Susan Gannon at 781-826-1463.

MoNday, Nov. 23November Storytime. 10:30 a.m. and 3:15 p.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. For ages 2-5. Registration required. Call 781-293-6771 or stop by the youth services desk.

Writing Club. 4:30 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Grades 4 and up. For information, call 781-293-6771.

EcoZone Celebration with Jeff Corwin. 6:30-9 p.m., at South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell. Meet Norwell native Jeff Corwin, wildlife biologist, producer and presenter for Discovery Networks,

and receive a complimentary autographed copy of his book “100 Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth’s Most Endangered Species.” Includes reception with appetizers, cash bar and music. Tickets are $50 per person or $80 per couple. Call 781-659-2559.

Board of Selectmen Meeting. 6:30 p.m., at veterans’ hall in Town Hall.

DPW Commissioners Meeting. 6:30 p.m., at DPW office in Town Hall.

Board of Health Meeting. 6:30 p.m., at health office in Town Hall.

Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting. TBA, at veterans’ hall in Town Hall.

Conservation Commission Meeting. 7:30 p.m., at selectmen’s office in Town Hall.

Planning Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m., at planning office in Town Hall.

tueSday, Nov. 24Sit and Be Fit Exercise Class. 10 a.m., at Council on Aging. $5 per class. For information, call the senior center at 781-294-8220.

Tai Chi. 10-11 a.m., at The Wellness Community Massachusetts South Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover. Integrate mind, body and spirit through breathing, exercise, posture and meditation. Drop-ins welcome, but RSVP appreciated. Call 781-829-4823.

November Storytime. 10:30 a.m., at Pembroke Public Library. For ages 2-5. Registration required. Call 781-293-6771 or stop by the youth services desk.

Newcomers Orientation. 10:30 a.m., at The Wellness Community South Shore, 273 Hanover St./Route 139, Hanover. Tells people living with cancer and their caregivers, families and friends about the free programs and services TWC-MSS provides. Drop-ins welcome, but RSVP is appreciated. Call 781-829-4823.

Seniors Living with Chronic Illness. 1-2 p.m., at Council on Aging building. Ruth Coleman, MSW, a clinical social worker, leads this support group every Tuesday for seniors living with conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, cancer, MS, lupus, heart disease, COPD and others.

Exercise Class. 3-4 p.m., at Council on Aging. $3 per class. For information, call the senior center at 781-294-8220.

Book Watchers Book Club. 3:30 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Grades 3 and 4 will discuss “Fantastic Mr. Fox” by Roald Dahl. This group meets monthly to discuss a book that ties in with a movie. “Fantastic Mr. Fox” will be in theatres in November. Multiple copies of the book are available at the kids’ circulation desk. Call 781-293-6771 for information.

Youth Yoga. 4-4:45 p.m., at Hanson Holistic Center, 156 Liberty St., Hanson. Yoga for ages 4-7. Learn basic poses using stretching and breathing techniques combined with games, stories, songs and affirmations. $10 per class. For information or to register, call certified instructor Becky Paul at 781-293-2447.

Caregivers Network. 6-8 p.m., at The Wellness Community South Shore, 273 Hanover St./Route 139, Hanover. Drop-in support group for caregivers of those living with cancer. RSVP appreciated. Call 781-829-4823.

SEPAC Speaker. 6:30-8:30 p.m., at North Pembroke Elementary School library. Ann Larsen of Landmark School will present a parent training seminar for students with language-based learning disabilities. Sponsored

by Pembroke Special Education Parent Advisory Council. For info, e-mail [email protected].

Benefit Concert. 7 p.m., at Pembroke High School auditorium. $5 at the door. All proceeds to benefit Pembroke native Matt McClune, who was seriously injured in a vehicle accident on Oct. 25.

Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting. TBA, at veterans hall in Town Hall.

WedNeSday, Nov. 25Dull Men Meeting. 10 a.m., at Council on Aging. Always open to new members. Stop by the senior center, 144 Center St.

Learn to Skate. 3:50-4:50 p.m., at Hobomock Arena. Pembroke Youth Hockey offers learn-to-skate lessons every Wednesday. Open to all ages. Walk-ins welcome. For information, visit pembrokepythons.com, call Joe DiPrizio at 781-294-7110 or e-mail [email protected].

thurSday, Nov. 26Happy Thanksgiving! Town offices closed.

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. 7:30 a.m., at Bumpus Park across from the King Ceasar House (King Ceasar Road), Duxbury. Sponsored by the Duxbury Interfaith Council. A coffee hour will follow in the barn of the King Ceasar House. For more information, call 781-934-8388 or visit duxinterfaith.com.

Friday, Nov. 27Council on Aging Activities. Every Friday: Line dancing class, 9:15-10:15 a.m.; card crafting class, 10:30 a.m. ($2 per class); games, 12:30-3 p.m. For information, call the senior center at 781-293-8220.

upcoMiNgGirl Scout Fair. Sat., Nov. 28. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at First Church, Center Street. Registration for Girl Scouts and new leaders; handmade crafts, snack bar, cotton candy and product vendors. Bring items to donate to the Pembroke Food Pantry. To rent a table, e-mail Ginger Comeau at [email protected].

Holly Day Puppet Show. Sun., Nov. 29. 1:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. shows, at

The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury. Award-winning puppeteer Wayne Martin will perform “Santa’s North Pole Express” with puppets and marionettes. Ideal for grades K-6. Part of town-wide Holly Day. For information, call 78-934-6634.

November Storytime. Mon., Nov. 30. 10:30 a.m. and 3:15 p.m., at the Pembroke Public Library. For ages 2-5. Registration required. Call 781-293-6771 or stop by the youth services desk.

Teen Book Club. Mon., Nov. 30. 4:30 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Ages 12 and up will discuss “Killing Mr. Griffin” by Lois Lowry. Call the library at 781-293-6771 for information.

Pembroke Community Youth Alliance Speaker. Tues., Dec. 1. 7 p.m., at Pembroke High School auditorium. Kathi Meyer will speak about the loss of her 17-year-old daughter, Taylor, to an accident after a drinking party. Bill Phillips from New Beginnings and Chris Horkan from the Pembroke Police Department also will speak. For info, e-mail Kate Goodman at [email protected].

School Committee Meeting. Tues., Dec. 1. 8 p.m., at Pembroke High School. Special time to allow committee members to support PCYA program.

Holiday Boxwood Workshop. Wed., Dec. 2. 10 a.m.-noon or 7-9 p.m., at South Shore Natural Science Center,

Norwell. Cost is $27 members, $32 non-members. Create a tabletop tree or wreath that will last through the holiday season. Pre-register by Nov. 25 by calling 781-659-2559.

PCCD Annual Meeting. Wed., Dec. 2. 6:30 p.m., at Carver Public Library. The Plymouth County Conservation District, which meets monthly to consider natural resource problems, particularly those related to agriculture, will hold elections for its board. Any landowner in the county is eligible to run for a three-year term. All county residents are invited to vote. Will include talks on federal stimulus money for farmers, pollinator habitats and the Agricultural Environmental Enhancement Program. For information, call Cara Eleniefsky at 508-295-5495 ext. 144 or e-mail [email protected].

Grief Support Group Meeting. Thurs., Dec. 3. 6-7:30 p.m., at Beacon Hospice, Plymouth. Free grief education series and support group for people who are experiencing grief during the holiday season. Register by calling Scott Ciosek at 508-747-7222.

Chamber Holiday Party. Fri., Dec. 4. 6 p.m., at Pembroke Country Club. Cocktails at 6 p.m., followed by dinner catered by Family Crest Caterers.

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meatballs, tossed salad, breadstick, mixed fruit

Tuesday: Fajita with chicken and cheese, lettuce, tomato and salsa, rice, tortilla chips, strawberry cup

Wednesday: Assorted cereals, string cheese, juice cup, fruit mix

Thursday: Thanksgiving Day — No School

Friday: No SchoolBryantville/

Hobomock alternate lunch: Chicken Caesar Salad, pita bread, pears, juice, pretzels, dessert. Snack: Rice

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baked Cheetos, dessert. Snack: Chips Ahoy Crisps

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Monday: Spaghetti and meatballs, tossed salad with dressing, breadstick, strawberry cup

Tuesday: Pepperoni French bread pizza, buttered

carrots, 100 percent juice cup, fresh apple

Wednesday: Early Release Day — No lunch

Thursday: Thanksgiving Day — No School

Friday: No School

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All meals include choice of milk.

Bryantville Elementary School stu-dents and parents put on their Santa hats early by putting together holiday

boxes to send to local men and women serving overseas in the military.

Organized by the school’s PTO co-chairs of family events Kim Sulfaro and Kate Dahlquist, the Military Stocking Stuffer event was held on Friday, Nov. 6. Bryantville families were asked to bring in donations for several weeks ahead of the event. Donations included gum, mints, hard candy, CDs, DVDs, books, magazines, hand-held video games, powdered drink mixes, socks and non-perishable food.

By the end of the night, there were three large vehicles full of stockings and extras to be shipped to those serving in the Middle East and elsewhere.

“This is a great opportunity to show our love and support to the men and women who will not be able to spend the holidays with their own fam-ilies,” Sufaro explained. “This event allows the children to learn and understand why we should continue to show respect for those fighting for our country.”

Children who helped out at the event in-cluded some whose parents are currently serving and have served in the past as well as others just wanting to help.

The night of the event, families were asked to write a letter to a soldier, then stuff a stocking with items and place the letter/card in the stock-ing. The stockings were then packed up and de-livered to Bryantville fire station.

Pembroke High School students as well as Bryantville parents helped unload the items from the school into the fire station.

Pembroke Military Support Group chair-man Julie Caruso and her group will ship out the packages to reach their recipients in time for the holidays.

As part of the event, parent Shawn Rozan-ski offered the students free airbrushed tattoos — not surprising, one of the most popular tattoos was the eagle.

With plenty of refreshments (including hot cocoa and warm cider), holiday music playing and a fireplace scene set up for photo ops, it was the perfect setting to get everyone in the holiday mood.

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Caitlin Gruning shares her letter to the soldiers before packing it up to send overseas.

Elaine Crudup, with nieces Hailey and Cassidy, is the mother of Spc. Jesse A. Crudup, one of Pembroke’s fallen heros.

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Parent Allison Messnier donates her candy, while the kids stuff stockings to send to soldiers from Pembroke who are serving overseas during the holidays.

Friday, Nov. 20Spirit Week @ Hobomock: Pajama Day

Bryantville Third Graders Visit Willbrook FarmsPTO Movie Night. 7-9 p.m. @ Hobomock. Students

in grades 4-6 and their families invited to come watch “A Christmas Story.” Bring one item for the Food Pantry.

Parents’ Night Out, Kids “Fall” In. @ PHS. Sponsored by Key Club.

Saturday, Nov. 21Senior District Music Festival Auditions. @ PHS.

Sunday, Nov. 22North Pembroke Holiday Craft Fair. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

@ North Pembroke.Hobomock Senior Chorus Performance.

@ Independence Mall, Kingston for Evening of Charities.Monday, Nov. 23

Picture Retake Day. @ BryantvilleWednesday, Nov. 25

PHS Alumni Breakfast. 9:30 a.m. @ PHS. RSVP by Nov. 20.

Early Release Day for Preschool-12th GradeThursday, Nov. 26

Thanksgiving Day. No school.Thanksgiving Day Home Football Game. 10 a.m.

@ PHS turf field.Friday, Nov. 27

Thanksgiving Recess. No school.

The Pembroke Commu-nity Youth Alliance is hosting a presentation by Kathi Meyer on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Pembroke High School auditorium. Meyer will speak about the loss of her 17-year-old daughter, Taylor Meyer, to an accident after a drinking party. Two guests will be join-ing the presentation — Bill Phillips from New Beginnings and Chris Horkan from the Pembroke Police Department.

Taylor drowned in a swamp after a night of partying with friends after homecoming in October 2008. Her mother, Kathi Meyer, said Taylor sim-ply made a bad decision and that she wants others to learn from this. Meyer has spent the past year speaking with kids and parents about the conse-quences of bad decisions. She

emphasizes the need for kids to stick together and create a buddy system so that “kids have each other’s backs.” She believes that there is a need to come together as a community and learn from her tragic loss.

Phillips founded the New Beginnings program in 1985 to promote awareness and accep-tance of alcoholism and other dependencies as a health issue of grave concern to everyone, with major ramifications to the welfare of the communi-ty. Horkan will speak briefly about social hosting laws. So-cial Host Liability is the legal term for the criminal and civil responsibility of a person who furnishes liquor to a guest.

For information about this event, e-mail Kate Goodman at [email protected].

Youth Alliance speaker



Mrs. Julie Wozniak’s fourth Grade Class Hobomock elementary

I am thankful for my fun, playful, athletic friends. I am also thankful for

my X-box 360 that always gets me in trouble. Frank Campbell

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my loving, kind, and generous family. I am also thankful for my supportive friends. Kirsten Riser

I am thankful for my lov-ing friends and family and the wonderful food I have on this Thanksgiving. Emma Grimm

This Thanksgiving I am thankful for my nice, great friend Elizabeth and my excel-lent family. Laurel Flaherty

I am thankful for my kind and sweet little sister. Also, I am thankful for my very nice, kind, sweet, great, excel-lent teacher in the whole wide world, Mrs. Wozniak. I am thankful for my great class-room, too. Eve Bowman

I am thankful for my great sister and my awesome family. I am also thankful for the troops supporting us. I am thankful for my awesome friends that have been so nice to me. I am also thankful because I have a great house to live in, food to eat, and a kind teacher. Courtney Riser

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my kind family and my new flat screen TV. Brian Marshall

I am thankful for my loving family, yummy food, my won-derful life, having a big house to live in, my cute pet, a big TV in my room, and to have money. Nicole Cobb

I am thankful for turkey and all the animals in the world. Also, I am thankful for my lov-ing family and pet, for my 42-inch plasma TV, and for my house and neighbors. Mitchell Martin

This Thanksgiving, I am very thankful for my loving family, healthy food, and my awesome life. One more thing I am thankful for is for every per-son in my whole entire family. Molly MacDonnell

I am thankful for my loving family and my best friends, Kel-ly, Molly, Nicole, Erin L, Erin S., Lauren, Laurel, and more. Brooke McIsacc

This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for my caring and lov-ing cousins, uncles, aunts and the rest of my family. Paul Cun-ningham

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my one-year-old dog

Aspen. This is his first Thanks-giving. I am also thankful for our country, the United States of America. Andrew Arone

This Thanksgiving, I’m most thankful for my lov-ing and caring family, all of my cousins, aunts, uncles, my mom and dad, my sister Lind-sey, my brother Tyler, and my dog Lucky. Lauren Fabian

This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for my loving and car-ing family, all the food at my house, and to have a great dad. Erin Sheehan

I am thankful for my awe-some family. Brendan Devine

I am thankful for my kind family and for all the food we get to eat. John Heeran

I am thankful for my caring family. Brian Burns

I am thankful for my cute, lovable puppy. Erin Latwas

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my awesome fam-ily and being able to ski this winter. Jackson Saia

I am thankful for all of the foods that we get and for my loving family that I have. These are the things that I am thankful for. Camden Cappa

I am thankful for such a good teacher that rocks! I am also thankful for being in an awesome newspaper. Jacob Bowness

I am thankful for my rock-ing awesome family and the pilgrims that made it all happen. Stephanie Dudash

Mrs. Amiee Duffy’s first Grade Class bryantville elementary

I am thankful for my Daddy because he brought me to the Sci-

ence Museum for a Harry Potter exhibit. They have real wands! Nathan Brennan

I am thankful for my dog because he plays with me. Keith McGuire

I am thankful for my stuffed banana because he is funny. Kelli Urbaitis

I am thankful for ice when I got burned on my hand. Chase Murphy

I am thankful for my mom’s homemade cookies. Chloe Kitterick

I am thankful for my mom and dad because my dad works for money and my mom plays with me. Ella Merlan

I am thankful for my Uncle Mike because he plays with me. Jack Willshire

I am thankful for my grand-

parents because they have great food. I’m also thankful for my mom because she makes my favorite dinner on Wednesday. Ryan Davis

I am thankful for my neigh-bor Bethany because she always plays with me and my sister Morgan. Marly Cassford

I am thankful for my mom because she helps me do my homework. Colin Norton

I am thankful for my fish that are cute! Grace Pettipas

I am thankful for my dad because he saved me. Jack Maclay

I am thankful for my mom because she reads to me. I am thankful for my dad because he plays soccer with me. Jordan Roy

I am thankful for my friends Michael and Stephen because they share their Power Rangers with me. Hunter Bowen

I am thankful for food — especially my mom’s apple-sauce. This year it may have sprinkles! Ainsley Ross

I am thankful for having my friends around me. Margaret Amendolare

I am thankful for my mom and dad because they give me what I want. Catherine Hailer

I am thankful for my mom and dad. Stephen McCarthy

I am thankful for my dad be-cause he is nice. Rachel Carlton

Look for more words of thanks from local students in next week’s Express.

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Would you support having a cell tower close to your home if it meant you would get better cell phone service in town?

Kasey McNamara Elmer Street

“Yes, because the service in Pembroke isn’t great. They can

always cover it up to make it look like a flag pole or something,

like they did at the fire station on Route 53.”

Lori CesarioErikson Lane

“No, because I get great service at my house in most parts

of town. I wouldn’t want the cell phone tower right

near my home.”

Dillon McMahon Highland Way

“I would support that because better service for the town would

do more help than harm.”

Pam AvitabileChapel Street

“Whatever is best for the town. Soon, I believe people won’t have home phones because of budget

cuts, so I would support that idea.”

Roberta CampbellWashington Street

“Yes, as long as the tower is somewhat visually appealing.”

The Pembroke Skate Park Committee is sponsoring a Battle of the Bands on Friday, Dec. 11 from 6-11 p.m. at the community center, 100 Center St. Confirmed bands include Emma Ate the Lion, Romantic Airwaves, The Dink Plates and What You Missed, with more bands to be added. Advance tickets cost $5 and can be pur-chased at the community cen-ter or by calling 781-294-4723 or 781-294-7325. Tickets will cost $7 at the door. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.

The committee also is sell-ing tickets for an autographed Tom Brady football, in an en-closed case, with certificate of authenticity. Tickets cost $2 each. The winner will be drawn on Super Bowl Sun-day. Tickets are available at the community center or by calling the numbers above.

Also, the Skate Park Com-mittee is selling oval PMB de-

cals ($3 each); bumper stickers for cars or for a kid’s bedroom ($2); and small stickers for putting on skateboards/BMX bikes, both of which appeal to the interests of skateboarders and BMXers ($2). Get them at the community center or at the Candy Jar and Pembroke Cen-ter Liquors.

The Pembroke Express is now accepting nomina-

tions for the 2009 Citizen of the Year.

The Citizen of the Year is a person who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve our town and the larger community. The Citizen of the Year need not be a Pembroke resident if their contribu-tions largely occurred in Pembroke. Conversely, the Citizen of the Year may be a Pembroke resident whose greatest contribution might have occurred outside the town’s border.

Nominees will be accept-ed for the next three weeks. We will select three finalists and then choose one Citizen of the Year from among them. Nominations should include

your name, any connection to the nominee and reasons why this

person is special. Please be as specific

as you can and include as much information as

you know. Your submissions

will be kept con-fidential. Send all

nominations to [email protected] or mail to Pembroke Express, P.O. Box 1656, Duxbury, MA 02331.

WHAT IS IT? How well do you know Pembroke? If you can identify the location in this historic photo, drop a line to Express history columnist Karen Proctor at [email protected]. Answers must be submitted by Tuesday at noon. Correct answers will be recognized next week. Photo courtesy of Pembroke Historical Society

Who is the next Citizen of the Year?

The Pembroke Skate Park Committee is selling stick-ers made and donated by Mammoth Media in Pembroke. The company is run by Mark and Kenneth Rowell, sons of the late Pam Rowell, a longtime advocate of the skate park.

Skate Park fundraisers Girl Scout fair slated Nov. 28The annual Girl Scout Holiday Craft Fair and registration

will be held on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at First Church in Pembroke. New this year: vendors are in-vited to rent a table and join the fair, for a fee of $10 plus any Pembroke Food Pantry donation. Registration for Girl Scouts of all levels will be available. All are invited to shop from a selection of handmade crafts and products from Silpada, Arbonne, Creative Memories and more, as well as try some goodies from the snack bar and help the Girl Scouts help the Food Pantry. Anyone who would like to rent a table may e-mail Ginger Comeau at [email protected].

Holiday craft sale this weekendNorth Pembroke PTO will hold its holiday craft fair on

Sunday, Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at North Pembroke El-ementary School. Santa will be there, along with a baked goods table, many craft items, raffles and a kids-only Jingle Bell shop. Crafters are needed. For more information, call Susan Gannon at 781-826-1463.

SePAC to host speaker Nov. 24Pembroke Special Education Parent Advisory Council is

holding their monthly speaker meeting at the North Pembroke Elementary School library on Tuesday, Nov. 24 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Ann Larsen of Landmark School will present a parent train-ing seminar for students with language-based learning disabili-ties. This event is free and open to the public.

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NH Winter Season RentalWindsor Hill at Waterville Valley. Beautiful 3BR, 2 bath Condo, sleeps 7, large kitchen and living room with fireplace, mountain view. Close to town square, athletic center, downhill and cross country ski areas. Call Ken, 781-582-1704 for rates.

Duxbury Sunny 2 BRNewly renovated lovely retreat setting, spacious rooms, big closets, W/D, DW, private patio, minutes from Rt.3, commuter bus/rail beaches. No pets, smokers. Very beautiful place. Avail. Nov.1. $1375 incl. all utilities cable. 207-841-3352.

Duxbury Elegant 4 BedroomOn Powder Point. Seasonal monthly rental, furnished, washer/dryer, large yard, newly renovated, $2,900 plus utilities. Call 781-934-2449.

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Freshwater Marine, Inc. requesting to amend a special permit issued under the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Pembroke, Sec. IV, 2. B. 2. Uses Permitted by Special Permit for the outdoor storage and display of goods. Property is located at 447 Washington Street, Pembroke as shown on Assessors’ Map E-11, Lot 74A.

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Harsh winds and horizon-tal rain destroyed the course at Franklin Park Saturday, but that didn’t stop the Pembroke boys cross country team from destroying everyone on it.

The Titans won their sec-ond consecutive Eastern Mas-sachusetts Championship, and their first in Division III, by 51 points on Saturday. Pembroke took four of the top seven places to score 34 total points to second-place Bishop Fee-han’s 85. Only Mansfield in Division II had a larger mar-gin of victory on the day than Pembroke.

“It was awesome,” head coach Greg Zopatti said. “We won [Division IV] last year with 110 points, so 85 should have been enough to win. Bishop Feehan is a great team, but our boys have changed a lot and gotten a lot better.”

The Titans had a little luck on their side as they ran the second race of the day on the muddy, puddle-filled course, so the terrain wasn’t badly chewed up by other racers. But high winds and torrential rains

made for a difficult course, though Zopatti said the weath-er didn’t faze his team.

“I think the course was about 45 seconds slower, but they didn’t let that throw

them,” he said. “The guys were so focused mentally for this race that it could have been raining cinderblocks and they would have broken through.”

Paul Cina and Ryan Kelley

took second and third place overall in the race, with times of 16:40 and 16:53. First-year runner Joe Vercollone came in next for the Titans in sixth place, followed 24 seconds later by Brendan Adams in seventh.

“Paul was fantastic and Verc ran out of his mind,” Zo-patti said.

Ryan Moran finished the scoring for Pembroke with a 16th place 17:32 time, while Wesley Gallagher also finished in the top 25 with a 17:38 time. Pembroke’s seventh and final runner, Robert Lamarre, also ran a strong race on the muddy course, cracking the 20-min-ute barrier and finishing 127th

out of 242 runners. “It didn’t go perfect,” Zo-

patti said. “But overall as a team, I thought they ran awe-some.”

The Titans will look for their first All State Champion-ship this Saturday when they travel to Northfield Mountain. The Titans did well at the meet last year, when it was held at Franklin Park, and are coming in as one of the favorites this season.

“Last year I think we sur-prised a lot of people,” Zopatti said. “This year, it’s a little bit different, but our boys are fo-cused and their times can im-prove.”

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Beasts of the EastBoys cross country dominates Eastern Mass. Championships

Paul Cina (left) and Ryan Kelley (right) run together at the front of the pack to take second and third place respectively.

Brendan Adams and Joe Vercollone start the third and final mile of the race. Vercollone was able to dodge the giant puddle at the turn off, but Adams was not so lucky.

Two for the showConnick, Savage will represent Titans at All States


It’s been a frustrating sea-son, for Heather Connick, but she is finally back where she was last year. For Chelsea Savage, it has been a breakout season that just keeps going. And for the girls cross coun-try team, Saturday’s Eastern Mass. Championship was a positive end to what has been a difficult season.

The Lady Titans missed qualifying for the All State meet as a team by 20 points at Franklin Park on Saturday, but Connick and Savage will move on to represent Pem-broke as individuals.

Connick finished in the top 10 of the Eastern Mass. race for the second straight season, taking eighth overall with a time of 20:15. Connick is still not back to 100 percent after missing most of the sea-son with a stress fracture in her foot, but head coach Greg Zopatti said her performance was her best of the season.

“She was right around

where she was last year with less preparation,” he said. “That just shows you what kind of a stud she is.”

Zopatti said the wind and rain left over from Tropical Storm Ida cut down on the times by almost a minute on Saturday, but that didn’t stop Savage from running a personal best time. Savage ran the 5-kilometer course in 21:17, her best time of the season, to finish in 22nd place and qualify for the All State meet.

“That was unbelievable,” Zopatti said. “She ran out of her mind.”

Senior Sarah Cavalear finished her last race as a Titan in 22:03, taking 42nd overall with Gabby Molig-nano taking 63rd. Jess Leary, who has been battling the flu, ran a 23:32 time to finish out the scoring for Pembroke in 101st place.

“I didn’t expect too much from her, but she still went out and ran her best,” Zopatti said of Leary. “Cavvy also

ran a great second half, and Gabby ran well.”

Joyce Simon and Caroline McCormack also participated in the meet and both cleared the 25-minute mark to finish 130th and 140th.

“The girls all ran really well,” Zopatti said. “This will help us as a program.”

Connick and Savage will be heading to Northfield Mountain for All States on Saturday. Zopatti is expect-ing both Titans to enjoy the race and, since they will both return next season along with a healthy Mary Scanlan, he said this race is a nice step forward for the girls.

“It will be a lot of fun having Connick and Savage at All States,” he said. “We’re losing Cavvy [who graduates this May] but hopefully, Mary will run a full season. And we have a great middle school program, and a couple of stud girls coming up. Hopefully, we can turn the girls program into what the boys have be-come in the next few years.”

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Ryan Kelley tries to stay dry before the start of the Eastern Mass. Championship on Saturday.

Paul Cina sidesteps a puddle as he starts the final mile.

Joe Vercollone wades through a puddle in the first mile.

Robert Lamarre holds off a Triton runner in the second mile.A mud-spattered Wesley Gallagher runs down a straightaway on his way to a 22nd-place finish.

Brendan Adams fights through the first mile on his way to a top-10 finish.

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The teams gathers around head coach Greg Zopatti for their final pre-race pep talk.

Paul Cina

Cina finished second overall in the Division III Eastern

Mass. Championship race on Saturday to lead the Titans to their second consecutive

EMass title.

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Pat Claflin was relegated to just kicking plays after in-juring his ankle last week in Middleboro. But Tyler Morse and Pat Walsh did just fine without him.

The running back duo com-bined for three touchdowns Friday night to help the Titans take their second straight with a 28-13 win over Randolph at the high school.

Walsh scored the fist touchdown of the game on a 23-yard run into the end zone in the first quarter, and Morse added a six-yard score before the quarter was out. Morse put the game away in the third quarter with a 36-yard touch-down run, with Walsh picking up the two-point conversion. Morse also broke off a 55-yard run late in the fourth quarter to help the Titans bleed the clock.

“We really ran the ball well,” head coach Bob Ban-croft said. “It was the first time I felt that, if we stopped them defensively, we could control the game.”

After Walsh and Morse’s first quarter touchdown runs, Pembroke took a 20-point lead in the second quarter when quarterback Luke Nagle con-nected with senior Joe Mem-mo for a nine-yard touchdown pass. Memmo was the Titans’ leading receiver last season, but has battled injuries and illnesses that have limited his time this season and Ban-croft said he was happy to see Memmo get involved in the offense this week.

“That was the best catch we’ve had all year,” he said of Memmo. “Offensively he

hasn’t been able to do much because of different things, but defensively, he’s done a great job for us. He had a nice game.”

The Blue Devils got on the scoreboard with less than a minute left in the first half when Armani Reed rushed in from four yards out. Randolph made things interesting in the second half when quarter-back Christian Lopez scored on a bootleg with 1:49 left in the third quarter and the Blue Devils recovered the onside kick.

Morse recovered a fumble to give the Titans a chance to put Randolph away, but a clip-ping penalty killed the Titans’ drive. The Titan defense put pressure on Lopez, but the Devils quarterback was able to avoid taking a sack and drove his team inside the Pembroke 20. Ben Healey finally got to Lopez came around the edge and wrapped him up for a 13-yard loss.

“That was a big one for us,” Bancroft said. “We had been blitzing, but we hadn’t had any success. We were try-ing to make the big TV hit in-stead of trapping the kid in the middle.”

Dan McCourt then knocked down a pass on fourth down to give Pembroke the ball, and after Morse’s 55-yard run, Nagle took a knee to

end the game. Bancroft gave credit to his

offensive line for allowing the running backs to take control of the game for the Titans and break off big plays.

“Our offensive line did a great job today,” he said. “Bob Gratzer and John Owen really led the way, as they have done all season. Alex Malone and Chris Butkus have worked their tails off, and it was nice to get them in on a couple of those runs.”

The victory was the third of the season for the Titans and occurred after the team honored their seniors and their parents prior to the game. Bancroft said the year may have been a disappointing one for the Class of 2010, but their dedication to the program set the tone for years to come.

“We didn’t have the sea-son we wanted, but all of them stuck with us, and I appreci-ate that,” he said. “As we go down the road and hopefully get better, I’ll look to this se-nior class.”

The Titans have the week off to prepare for the annu-al Thanksgiving Day game against Silver Lake at the high school at 10 a.m.

“That is one big football team,” he said. “We’ll worry about that later, but we’ll smell the roses tonight.”

About three years ago, I unwittingly signed up for a surf camp in the middle of the Austra-lian spring. The water was about 60 degrees,

which would have been bad enough, but then it started to hail. As I crouched under my board on the freezing beach

hiding from the ice falling from the sky, I remember thinking that it was not possible to have a worse day. Until last Saturday, I was right.

The monsoon that was the East-ern Mass. cross country champion-ship wiped surf camp off the map. Tropical Storm Ida may have lost steam before hitting New England, but that didn’t stop swirling winds and horizontal rain from wreaking havoc on the course at Franklin Park. It was so nasty out that, whenever I made fists, enough water came out of

my gloves to fill a beer stein. I left my car at 9 a.m. and despite three layers and a

snowboarding jacket, I was soaked through before the first race started at about 9:30. The Titan boys were lucky enough to be in the second race of the day, but there were already sev-eral puddles on the course that had grown into small ponds. Columnists always have a tendency toward hyperbole, but I am not ex-aggerating. Whitman-Han-son runner Tyler Sullivan found this out first hand when he took a false step near the mile mark and found himself submerged up to his head in mud and water.

By the time the girls took to the course, about 700 run-ners had chewed up the terrain, adding muddy potholes to the course that, with rain continuing to pour down, now re-sembled something the Army might use for basic training.

If you are wondering why there are no pictures of the Lady Titans in this issue of the Express even though Heather Connick and Chelsea Savage qualified for the All State meet, it is because about three quarters through the boys race, my camera decided that it would rather die than be out in that mess and stopped working forever. Quitter.

The weather was horrible, but what pushed the race ahead of surf camp on my list of horrible days was actu-ally Sunday afternoon. By Sunday, the storm had passed and the temperatures hit the mid 60s. TheWhitman-Hanson girls soccer game against Bishop Feehan had been post-poned to Sunday night, and as I plopped down in my car to head to Quincy, I realized too late that my seat was still wet from driving home from Franklin Park.

As I whine and complain about being so soggy, I can imagine all the Titan boys and girls making the universal sign for the world’s smallest violin. Yes, I put on about 10 pounds in water weight, but I was still wearing three lay-ers, a rain coat and combat boots — and I didn’t have to move all that much. They actually had to run that course in running shorts and tank tops — and they had to set up and take down their tent.

I don’t know how they run 5K week after week in the first place, but doing it under those conditions in an aver-age of about 20 minutes was extraordinary. Everyone who ran in that mess will have my respect forever — though if the weather is that bad next year, I might respect them from my Lay-Z Boy while I play Halo.

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as i whine and complain about being so soggy, i can imagine all the titan boys and girls making

the universal sign for the world’s smallest violin. Yes, i put on about 10

pounds in water weight, but i was still wearing

three layers, a rain coat and combat boots.

Devils go down to PembrokeTitans win two straight with victory over Randolph

Ty Morse explodes out of the backfield in the third quarter for a 36-yard touchdown run, his second rushing touchdown on the game on Friday night.

FooTBALLPembroke 28Randolph 13

A host of Titans surround Randolph’s running back in the back-field.

Photos by Dave Palana



Abby Womersley, 7, and Alison Bonwitt, 8, listen to the tale of Fancy Nancy.

Library tea party celebrates all things fancy

PhotoS By Becca manning

Youth Services Librarian Jessica Lamarre reads the book “Fancy Nancy” by Jane o’Connor to her young audience on Friday, Nov. 13. The girls were all decked out like the book’s title character for the occasion. After the reading, they paraded around the library and into the meeting room, where they enjoyed sparkling cranberry apple juice, iced tea and cookies and made their own tiaras.

The Fancy Nancy Tea Party group shows off their fanciest pose for their parents. The group includes Taylor Woodbury, 5, Collette Spring, 5, Megan Dorsey, 5, Alison Bonwitt, 8, Hannah Jenkins, 5, Brenna Jenkins, 3, ClariceRose Daly, 5, Abby Womersley, 7, Avelina Cuscianna, 6, Sydney Driscoll, 5, Rose Cooper, 8, Morgan Dubois, 5, Genevieve Hayes, 5, and Brook Bonwitt, 6.

Hannah Jenkins, 5 and sister Brenna, 3, get some help from their mom as they work on decorating their tiaras.

Youth Services Librarian Jessica Lamarre pours sparkling cran-berry apple juice for her young guests.

ClariceRose Daly, 5, enjoys her sparking cranberry apple juice.

Rose Cooper, 8, reaches for a cookie.

Rose Cooper, 8, and ClariceRose Daly listen to the story.

Twins Kayleen

and Connor Paquette, 4

1/2, make necklaces.

Collette Spring, 5, decorates her tiara.

Sydney Driscoll, 5, strikes a pose for the cameras.



Ms. C. Rita Shortall, 83, of Pembroke, died Sunday, Nov. 15, at Baypath Nursing and Re-hab Center in Duxbury.

Daughter of the late James P. Catherine L. (Griffin) Short-all, she was born in Boston on Dec. 14, 1925. She was raised and educated in Norwell and had worked as a sales rep for the insurance industry for many

years, retiring from Walter May Insurance in Hingham.

She had been a member of the Pembroke Golden Agers and a volunteer driver for the Pembroke Council on Aging.

She was the sister of Rob-ert Shortall of Hanover, Paul Shortall of Maine, Dorothy McWilliam of Florida and the late James “Bud” Shortall and

leaves many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews and one great-grandniece.

Visitation was held in the Sullivan Funeral Home, Ha-nover on Thursday followed by a funeral mass at noon at St. Thecla Church in North Pem-broke. Burial was in Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree.

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CLEAN GREEN: Girl Scout Troop 80169 cleaned up trash in and around the area of the Town Green on Monday, Nov. 9 as a community service project, with help from Lowe’s, which donated gloves and trash bags. Girls participating included: Bottom row, Miranda Demita, Elise Hogan, Cailan Armstrong, Jenna Eisenmann, Rachel Carlton, Lily Jones, Chloe Malone; top row, Haley Laso, Gianna Verna, Gwen Simmons, Ella Merlan, Kate Cobb, Jillian Hendrickson, Rebecca Morrison and Jenna Hendrickson. Photo courtesy of Christine Morrison

Peter J. Callaghan Jr., 39, of Pembroke and formerly of Hanover, died unexpectedly on Saturday, Nov. 14,. He was born in Norwood on Oct. 19, 1970. Peter was employed as a technician in telecommuni-cations and was a member of Local 103.

Peter leaves his wife, Don-na (Keefe) Callaghan; three children, Owlen, Obrien and Paige Callaghan; his parents, Peter J. and Geraldine (Conlon) Callaghan Sr. of Hanover; one brother, Sean Callaghan and his wife Elizabeth of Quincy;

one sister, Karen Nee and her husband James of Pembroke; and several nieces and neph-ews.

Visiting hours were held in the Sullivan Funeral Home, Hanover on Thursday. Funeral mass will be on Friday at 10 a.m. in St. Mary of the Sacred Heart Church, Hanover. Buri-al will be in Hanover Center Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the “Children of Peter Callaghan,” c/o Rock-land Trust, 301 Quincy Ave, Quincy, MA 01269-8017.

Bernadette (Anzaldi) “Lucy” Forti, 84, of Norwell and Boca Raton, died Saturday, Nov. 14.

She was the wife of 63 years of Joseph V. Forti. She was born in the North End, daughter of the late Luigi An-zaldi and Josephine Bevilac-qua. She was the mother of James (Judi) and Steven (Sue) of Norwell, Richard (Judy) of Marshfield, Jeanne of Kings-ton, Margaret (Tim Lynch) of Berkeley, Calif., and John of Eliot, Maine; grandmother to Michael Forti of Franklin, Di-anna (Kevin Banks) of Pem-broke, Alexander Forti, Meg-gin Forti and Nikki Bertone of Marshfield, Emma Silveira of Kingston, and Isabella Lynch of California; and sister to Joe Anzaldi of Dedham, Rose Crimmins of Rockland, Teresa

Baldwin of Jupiter, Fla. and the late Sam, Guy and Ben.

Lucy’s greatest joy was her family. She also enjoyed paint-ing and traveling. Lucy was a great cook and was known for her hospitality to all. She was a Secular Franciscan and a Eucharistic Minister for many years. Her desire to prevent drug abuse led her to establish Concerned Citizens for Drug Prevention that was instrumen-tal in establishing anti-drug legislation. She was a member of Governor King’s Drug Advi-sory Board and a consultant for Nancy Reagan’s task force.

Visiting hours were held in the Sullivan Funeral Home, Hanover on Wednesday. A fu-neral mass was held on Thurs-day at St. Thecla Church. Buri-al was in Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree.

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each add up the numbers and compare, and then the moder-ator declares the vote, Struzik said. The tally sheets are held by the moderator until after the meeting ends, then given to the town clerk.

Dodge — in his first night as moderator after taking over for longtime moderator John Walsh — said he wondered why a vote of 23 kept coming up.

“I did catch myself, and I thought I had mentioned it to Mary Ann, but I obviously didn’t, and in the rush of it all, I just let it slip,” Dodge said.

The article means an addi-tional cost of about $3,500 to the town, according to Town Administrator Ed Thorne, who announced the error at the se-lectmen’s meeting Monday night.

Thorne said he had dis-cussed the issue with town counsel, who determined that legally the vote stands as it was declared now that the meeting has closed.

“I had originally told Steve

[Dodge] that if the vote was that way, then we wouldn’t pay out the benefits, but em-ployees were saying it passed and town counsel agreed. And selectmen agreed with town counsel,” Thorne said.

Dodge said he thought the article would have to be brought up again in the spring and the vote either amended or made again.

But Thorne said the mon-ey already would be paid out to employees and that, as he understood it, the measure is legal. Longevity payments, given to employees after they work a certain number of years, are paid out annually. The increase corrected an im-balance between benefits of-fered to union employees ver-sus non-union workers.

Thorne said it was the first time he recalled an article be-ing declared passed but tally sheets telling a different story.

“I think it was just one of those rare things,” he said.

Dodge said he takes re-sponsibility for the mistake and hopes to correct it in the spring.

“It’s part of the learning curve,” he said.

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The suspect may have had a vehicle parked across the street, as an eyewitness re-ported seeing a person walk-ing just in front of the building and crossing 139 around that time.

Duxbury and state police assisted, bringing in K-9 units to search the area, but police were unable to locate the man, Jenness said.

The suspect is described as a white male, possibly in his late teens or early 20s, about 5’7”, with a thin build. Along with the black ski mask, he was wearing a black sweat-shirt, jeans and black sneakers with a white oval on them. He also had a tongue ring and blue eyes, according to Jenness.

Police do not believe it was the same man who robbed the shop on May 15, Jenness said. In that case, a masked man with a silver gun came in and demanded money shortly be-fore closing time, making off with more than $250 in cash.

Police are investigating both incidents.

Police also are investigat-ing three other robberies that occurred this year, at 7-Eleven on Center Street in July, at Sa-lon Serode on Columbia Road in April and at Burger King in March. Police did not say

whether any of these robberies appeared related.

In each instance, a man wearing a mask came in while the business was open and de-manded money, making off with various amounts.

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The Dunkin Donuts at 155 Church Street* was robbed around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17 by a man wearing a black mask and wielding two large knives. The man fled after getting the con-tents of a cash register drawer, a little under $100. Police are investigating. It was the second armed robbery in six months at the Dunkin Donuts.

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Pembroke Pop Warner Football will hold its annual elec-tions on Monday, Dec. 7 at the community center.

Also, Pop Warner’s championship game was postponed from Saturday, Nov. 14 and will be played Sunday, Nov. 22 at the Duxbury High School football field. Game time and direc-tions are available on the Web site, pembroketitans.com.

Pop Warner’s Pembroke Titans Jr. Midgets will battle the Bourne Bears.

Pop Warner elections Dec. 7

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