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Pembroke High School students may not have been thrilled by the surprise drug search conducted by Pem-broke Police last Friday, but local officials say the fact that the search did not turn up any major drugs or lead to any ar-rests is definitely good news.

“We made a pretty good, thorough search, and we’re kind of pleased with the out-come,” Pembroke Police Lt. Mike Jenness said this week. “We’re re-evaluating how

much of a problem is there.”Jenness said the search,

which occurred on the last day of school before February vacation, was not spurred by specific concerns from the po-lice department but that it was done in cooperation with the schools “to make sure there isn’t a problem getting out of control.”

“We did a check of the hallways, lockers and common areas, then we did the parking lot,” he said. “As a result of

Police search high schoolPre-vacation hunt turned up no major drugs in classrooms, cars

I’VE GOT YA, MOM: Whitman-Hanson/Pembroke girls hockey assistant captain Rian Regan walks her mother, Jean-Marie McClain, onto the ice at the Bridgewater Ice Arena on Saturday during the WHP Senior Night presentation. Graduating seniors presented their parents with flowers before the team’s final home game of the season against Falmouth. The girls came from behind to win 3-2. Game story on page 24. Photo by Dave Palana


It has been just over a year since Town Hall first started offering a passport service and, if business there is any indication, the economy doesn’t seem to be deterring people from going places.

The selectmen’s office sees an average of five ap-plicants per week, a number that has held pretty steady since Pembroke launched the program in December 2008,

according to executive assis-tant Diane Tobin and princi-pal clerk Vicky Gillard, who run the program.

“In January, we had all the people rushing for March, plus you had the people who were planning ahead for June and July,” Gillard said. “And now it’s people for April school va-cation.”

Gillard works an ex-tra five hours each week to


Elaine Crudup’s sis-ter was at a Low-ell Spinners Mi-

nor League Baseball game last year when she happened across a wall of sketches on display there. Looking through the hand-drawn pictures of servicemen and women from Massachusetts, she came across one that was extremely familiar: U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Jesse Crudup.

“She was looking at the wall and her nephew was star-ing back at her,” said Elaine Crudup, Jesse’s mother.

This is how Elaine Crudup was introduced to Woburn artist Gina Johnson and her

ongoing project, “Operation Home Times: Faces of Re-membrance.” The project, started with one pencil sketch of a fallen Massachusetts sol-dier in 2007, has since grown

to include sketches of 129 men and women who have served in the military since Sept. 11, 2001 and died, either in combat or after returning home.

Travelers use town serviceOne year later, interest in local passport program holds steady

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Operation Home TiesMilitary tribute wall features Pembroke sons;

traveling exhibit to arrive on March 20

HOMETOWN HEROES: Sketches of U.S. Marine First Lt. Brian McPhillips, 25 (left); Army Pfc. Matthew Bean, 22 (middle); and Army Reserve Spc. Jesse Crudup (right) are among the 129 pic-tures drawn by Woburn artist Gina Johnson and included in the traveling exhibit “Operation Home Ties: Faces of Remembrance.” The exhibit will be in Pembroke on March 20.

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Images courtesy of Gina Johnson

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It has been more than a month since a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the small island country of Haiti, but

the healing and rebuilding have just begun. This Sunday, a delegation from Temple Salem, a Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Dorchester with strong ties to Haiti, will come before the congregation at First Church in Pembroke to talk about how their members have been im-pacted by the earthquake, and about how Pem-broke residents can help with the recovery. Among the delegation will be James Ulysse, a native Haitian who moved to the Boston area about 27 years ago and has worked as a media technology assistant at Pembroke High School for about six years.

What has it been like for you and your family since the earthquake? It’s very tough, very painful, especially when it happened in places where you used to go, where you grew up. Watching it on TV, it’s very, very painful.

Were you from the Port-au-Prince area? The area I grew up, by car it’s about 30 minutes driving to Port-au-Prince, but I used to walk from my house to Port-au-Prince and back. I don’t think it’s even from here to Braintree — less than that. But I spent almost half of my life in Haiti, living in Port-au-Prince, because that’s where I went to school. On weekends, we would go back to where my parents live, then Monday morning back to school.

What has it been like at your church, where so many have loved ones still in Hai-ti? Does it help to have one another for sup-port? We try to support each other, but for us as humans, it’s not always easy, especially in a tragedy like this. It’s not like one or two people are grieving. It’s the entire congregation that is grieving. It’s hard to speak to someone who doesn’t have a loss in Haiti. Basically, we just comfort each other, grieve with each other, and the thing that really keeps us going and keeps us alive is just our faith in God. If it weren’t for our faith in God, we would not be able to stand up. There is one of our members, he lost 18 members of his family. Even if you didn’t lose someone yourself, imagine that you have to comfort someone like this. If it is not your connection with God, you will not be able to find the right words to say.

Do you feel like people in the United States are helping a lot, or do you feel there is more people could be doing? Basically, in a tragedy like this, in general, there is no law that says people have to help you. So they help because they want to help. We’re very pleased with the help we’ve received from the U.S. government and also from the American peo-ple. As I’ve said to people I’ve talked to, one of the reasons this country is strong economically is because they would help other people. May-be they might not understand it, but when you give, you just get back in return. And I think

that’s one reason that this country is so blessed. As far as what they’re doing in Haiti, I think they are doing all they can do.

Did you lose any family members in the earthquake? There are people around, neigh-bors, friends, people I know who got lost, but as far as close family, my niece is the only one that didn’t make it. She was 22 years old. She went to school that day and she didn’t make it home. It could have been worse. One of my nephews in Haiti, he was in a building working, and usually he’d leave the building between 6:30 and 7 p.m. For some reason that day, he just didn’t feel like staying longer in that build-ing — at 3 o’clock he decided to leave. He told me that that building basically collapsed with 1,500 people in there. No one made it. And people who knew him, they knew for sure he would have been inside it. They published in the newspaper in Port-au-Prince that he died in the building. He’s very lucky, very lucky. Even people around that building saw that building collapse; they said for sure he was one of the people inside there. But for some reason, God knows, something told him to leave.

When you lived in Haiti, did you ever ex-perience an earthquake? No, that’s the first one we had. I had people, growing up when I was a kid, wake up in the morning saying that the earth shook a little, but sometimes you don’t even notice it. Not anything like this. The high school I used to go to is completely destroyed. The church I grew up in, we were trying to rebuild that church for years. We couldn’t get it finished. Sending money, collecting money here, and we were at the last phase to complete the construction, and that church was complete-ly destroyed. Back to square one. Then there’s another big church in town, in Port-au-Prince, when I was there for school, that’s where I used to go. I think that’s the biggest Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Haiti. It’s gone. We had another church. There was a choir rehearsal that night in that church. It’s gone.

Native Haitian to speak at First Church on Sunday

James Ulysse, who works as a media technol-ogy assistant at Pembroke High School, grew up in Haiti and moved to the United States about 27 years ago. Photo by Becca Manning

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It began with talk around the dinner table about the situation in Haiti.

Pack 105 Cubmaster Brian Duane and his family were dis-cussing a family friend and her connection to Haiti through a woman she works with. Her friend is from Haiti and still has family there.

“While this woman’s im-mediate family survived the earthquake, she still has sev-eral extended family mem-bers who were killed or who are simply missing,” Duane said. “Her mother’s house is intact and she has something like 300 people staying on her property, most with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. They are without elec-tricity, water and gas, and they are making as many shelters as they can with sheets, blankets and rags. It was so clear that the Haitian people needed ab-solutely everything.”

The woman had made ar-rangements for relief items to be shipped for free by UPS to her mother’s church in Haiti, where they would be distribut-ed to people who desperately need them.

“As we talked about the things we could do to help, we somehow got to the idea that maybe the Cub Scouts of Pack 105 could help,” Duane said. “The idea of having a cloth-ing collection at the Pack’s Blue and Gold celebration was quickly decided upon, and the word was spread throughout the pack. The response was fantastic.”

At the pack’s Blue and Gold banquet on Feb. 5, they collected more than 100 pairs of shoes and several dozen boxes containing clothes, tow-els, sheets and more.

“On Saturday Feb. 6, it was 88 degrees in Port-au-Prince when the Cub Scouts arrived at Duane Manor to sort the donated relief items,” Duane said. “We put on second layers before heading out to the barn — it was 22 degrees in Pem-broke. The Cub Scouts and their families arrived ready to work, first unloading cars, then sorting the donations into categories. The boys had many appropriate giggles over ‘girl clothes’, and a couple of parents had tearful smiles re-membering their children in their old clothes and watching the boys sort them into piles to help other children half a world away.”

After a hot chocolate and brownie break, it was back outside to bag up the shoes so they wouldn’t get separated, and to fold the donations into boxes.

“The quick response was heartwarming,” Duane said. “As Cubmaster, I could not be prouder of the efforts of our Scouts and their families.”

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GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY: At their Blue and Gold banquet on Feb. 5, Pack 105 Cub Scouts and their families collected more than 100 pairs of shoes and several boxes of clothes, towels, sheets and other items to send to a church in Haiti as part of the relief efforts following the Jan. 12 earthquake there. Photo courtesy of Dave Shea


Brockton man killed in School Street crash

A Brockton man was killed early Sunday morning when his car ran off the road on Route 27 and slammed into a tree.

The driver, Jon A. Viteri, 38, of Belmont Street, Brockton, had been traveling north on Route 27/School Street toward Brockton when his vehicle went off the road. A motorist in the area reported the accident around 3:11 a.m.

“We’re still trying to figure out what might have happened,” Pembroke Police Lt. Mike Jen-ness said Tuesday. “It does not appear that alco-hol, drugs or speed were involved.”

Pembroke Police and first responders from Pembroke Fire Department arrived on the scene shortly after the crash was called in. Responders had to cut the roof off the vehicle to remove the operator, Jenness said.

Viteri was transported to South Shore Hos-pital, where he later was pronounced dead, Jen-ness said.

Man charged in vehicle thefts, break-ins

Police arrested one man and could soon be charging others for a series of vehicle thefts and break-ins that have occurred around Pembroke since Jan. 1.

Jeffrey A. Taylor Jr., 20, of Oak Place, Hali-fax, was arrested last Friday and charged with felony breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, three counts of larceny of a motor vehicle and three counts of breaking and entering of a motor vehicle.

Taylor pled not guilty Tuesday in Plymouth District Court.

The investigation of these incidents is still ongoing.

“We do anticipate more people will be charged,” Pembroke Police Lt. Mike Jenness said.

Between Feb. 5 and Feb. 6, vehicles on Standish, Birch and Lake streets were stolen and four vehicles on Standish Street were broken into. Other break-ins and thefts occurred around Jan. 1. All vehicles have been recovered.

Boots taken, iPod left in latest rash of break-ins

About half a dozen vehicles were broken into over the weekend at homes throughout Pembroke. Small items such as a pair of old work boots were taken, while expensive items including iPods and cash were left behind, ac-cording to police. Other items taken include a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card and vinyl vehicle reg-istration cover.

Police do not believe these latest break-ins

are related to a series of vehicle break-ins that have occurred over the past several weeks. The incidents are under investigation.

Pembroke Police Lt. Mike Jenness again re-minds residents to “Just lock your car at night, and if you see anything suspicious, don’t hesi-tate to call us.”

The non-emergency police station number is 781-293-6363. For emergencies, call 9-1-1.

Teen to do community service for theft

A Pembroke teen was sentenced to 150 hours of community service last month after admitting he broke into a local home in August and stole more than $250 worth of jewelry.

Steven Jarvis, 17, of Forest Street admitted to charges of felony breaking and entering, ma-licious destruction of property under $250 and larceny over $250 in Plymouth District Court on Jan. 27. He was ordered to stay in school and/or remain employed and to do 150 hours of com-munity service. On Feb. 11, a judge ruled he would be allowed to do that service in another facility outside of the courts.

Jarvis also was ordered to write a letter of apology to the victims.

Jarvis was arrested last fall after police found his cell phone in the bedroom of a home on Andrew Drive, where he allegedly broke in along with two other men. The other men also were charged with breaking and entering.

Jarvis’ case was continued without a finding for three years.

Man pleads not guilty to PlayStation theft

A Kingston man accused of breaking into a Schoosett Street apartment and stealing a Play-Station and other items pled not guilty last week to charges of larceny and felony breaking and entering.

Christopher Woodford, 18, of Nottingham Drive, Kingston was arraigned Feb. 11 in Plym-outh District Court on the charges, which stem from a Feb. 10 incident. According to police re-ports, Woodford allegedly entered the apartment building through an unlocked window and made off with a Sony PlayStation, two game control-lers, 10 video games and a laptop computer.

Woodford is due back in court on March 12 for a pretrial hearing.

Pembroke police log

POlice & cOUrT BriefS

friDAY, feBrUArY 56:52 a.m. Parking complaint

on Phillips Road.12:27 p.m. Caller reported

animal complaint on Washington Street. Referred to animal con-trol.

1:23 p.m. Party on Church Street reported missing or lost property.

2:21 p.m. Fire incident on Church Street.

2:50 p.m. Property recovered on Birch Street.

3:14 p.m. Drug law violations reported on Pilgrim Road.

3:35 p.m. Disturbance oc-curred on Washington Street.

3:57 p.m. Trash complaint re-ported on High Street.

4:45 p.m. Caller on Corporate Park Drive reported larceny.

4:57 p.m. Suspicious activity with a motor vehicle reported on School Street.

7:11 p.m. Fire incident re-ported on High Avenue.

8:32 p.m. Caller on Center Street reported domestic inci-dent.

9:18 p.m. Disturbance report-ed on Old West Elm Street. Peace restored.

10:44 p.m. Caller complains of noise on Elmer Avenue.

SATUrDAY, feBrUArY 61:01 a.m. Motor vehicle crash

on West Elm Street. Damage over $1,000. Kimberly T. Stazinski, 20, of Milbery Lane, arrested for speeding, OUI liquor, not having her license and negligent opera-tion of a motor vehicle.

7:53 a.m. Motor vehicle theft reported on Lake Street.

8:50 a.m. Report of breaking and entering of a motor vehicle on Standish Street.

9:30 a.m. Motor vehicle theft reported from caller on Birch Street.

11:38 a.m. Report of break-ing and entering of a motor ve-hicle on Hobomock Street.

11:45 a.m. Report of break-ing and entering of a motor ve-hicle on Standish Street.

12:43 p.m. Disturbance re-ported on Mattakeesett Street. Peace restored.

1:56 p.m. Fire incident re-ported on Indian Trail and Wam-patuck Street.

3:55 p.m. Caller on Church Street reported shoplifting.

5:44 p.m. Report of breaking and entering of a motor vehicle on Standish Street.

7:12 p.m. Caller on Church Street reported larceny/shoplift-ing. Cynthia L. Brewster, 45, of Owls Head Bluff Road arrested for shoplifting by concealing merchandise.

7:56 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on Standish Ter-race.

8:30 p.m. Caller on Prince Way reported breaking and enter-ing of residence.

9:22 p.m. Motor vehicle crash with damages over $1,000

reported on Edgewater Drive.

SUNDAY, feBrUArY 77:28 a.m. Caller reported a

non-aggravated assault on Mat-takeesett Street.

11:27 a.m. Motor vehicle traf-fic complaint on Quaker Circle.

11:50 a.m. Caller reported larceny on Plain Street.

1:02 p.m. Caller on Plymouth Street reported vandalism.

1:05 p.m. Caller on Pudding Brook Road reported an animal complaint.

3:31 p.m. Domestic situation reported on Pembroke Woods Drive.

6:23 p.m. Caller on Fairwood Drive reported a break-in at their home.

MONDAY, feBrUArY 812:22 p.m. Civil complaint

reported on Wampatuck Street.12:59 p.m. Caller reported

breaking and entering of resi-dence on Washington Street.

1:27 p.m. Fire incident re-ported on Queensbrook road.

2:16 p.m. Motor vehicle crash with damage over $1,000 on Cen-ter Street.

10:06 p.m. Dog complaint on Sunset Way.

TUeSDAY, feBrUArY 91:23 p.m. Caller reported

vandalism on Edgewater Drive.1:35 p.m. Property recovered

on Grove Street.5:01 p.m. Fire incident on

Lady Slipper Circle.5:02 p.m. Fire incident on

School Street and Center Street.6:47 p.m. Drug law violation

reported on Pembroke Woods Drive.

7:11 p.m. Motor vehicle traffic complaint on Hobomock Street.

11:33 p.m. Vandalism report-ed on School Street.

WeDNeSDAY, feBrUArY 101:14 a.m. Suspicious mo-

tor vehicle reported on Harvard Street.

1:30 a.m. Suspicious mo-tor vehicle reported on School Street.

12:53 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on Wampatuck Street.

2:27 p.m. Breaking and enter-ing reported on Schoosett Street. Christopher T. Woodford, 18, of Kingston arrested for larceny from a building and felony break-ing and entering.

8:14 p.m. Fire incident re-ported on Plymouth Street.

THUrSDAY, feBrUArY 116:06 a.m. Crash on Center

and School Streets reported with damages over $1,000.

11:45 a.m. Shoplifting re-ported on Schoosett Street.

5:51 p.m. Suspicious motor vehicle reported on Kings Ter-race.

On Monday, Wesley Car-roll of Troop

43 led a group of Boy Scouts in preparing the boxing room of the Pem-broke Police Boys Club to be painted. This in-cluded tasks such as re-placing trim, filling holes and washing the walls. Carroll planned to prime the room Wednesday and paint the room Friday. He is working on his Eagle project, in which a Scout is required to organize and lead a service project that is beneficial to his community.

RING LEADER: Troop 43 Boy Scout Wesley Carroll (third from right) stands in the Pembroke Police Boys Club boxing room after prepping it to be painted along with fellow volunteers Scott Davison, Ryan Kovalski, TJ Kovalski, Ronnie Ramos, Jay Wainwright, Brad Davison, Chris Campbell, Joe Scoledge, Jacob Skolnick and Tommy Duane.

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& Gold banquetLike most Cub

Scouts, Pack 43 celebrated Scouting

Anniversary Week with a Blue and Gold banquet on Saturday, Feb. 6. In nearly all packs, the annual Blue and Gold ban-quet, which is often the pack meeting for February, is the highlight of the year. It brings families together for an eve-ning of fun and inspiration.

The purpose of the Blue and Gold banquet is to cel-ebrate the pack’s anniversary, recognize pack leaders and other adults who have been instrumental in the pack’s success, and inspire the lead-ers, Scouts and parents. Packs often like to invite former members and other Scouting or community leaders to take part in the annual Blue and Gold banquet.

It is also when Scouts earn their badges to move on to the next level of Scouting.

MOVIN’ UP: Crossing over from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts were William Tavares, Zack Balkam, Ryan Tracey, John Foresman, Quinn Keegan, Caleb Hayward, Matt Ferguson, Anthony Townsend, Matt Higgins and Sean Kallenberg.

ORDER OF ARROW: Tyler Kindy as the Guide, Patrick Walsh as the Chief and Tony Winters as the Medicine Man demonstrate the Order of the Arrow, Manomet Chapter. This group was chosen to perform Cub Scout to Boy Scout “Crossovers” throughout south-eastern Massachusetts. Photos by Kevin Gallinger


This is a great time of the ➢year to snuggle up with a warm cup of cocoa and a good book. “The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver is the 543-page selection for the March 2 meeting of the Book Club at the Pembroke Public Library. It is a story about an evangelical Baptist missionary who takes his wife and four daughters to the Belgian Congo in 1959. It is a suspenseful story of one family’s undoing and their re-construction over three decades in postcolonial Africa. Books may be reserved at the library by calling 781-293-6771. Carol Watches welcomes all to join the discussion.

With a diabetic grandson, ➢Carol Smith puts in quite a bit of time making raffle prizes for a fundraiser run by her son and daughter-in-law for the Diabe-tes Association each year. This year, Carol purchased a McCall pattern for stuffed animals. She spent hours making bears, gi-raffes, elephants and pigs for the event. This annual holiday fund-raiser brought in approximately $4,000 for the cause this year.

The fifth grade class at Sa- ➢cred Heart Elementary School recently presented a realistic and historical “wax museum” for the student body and their parents as part of a weeklong celebration of Catholic Schools Week. Each student read a bi-ography of a person who has made a positive contribution to society. They then wrote a bio-graphical poem describing the person, and dressed as the char-acter they portrayed in the Sa-cred Heart Wax Museum. The props and costumes were very creative, and the wax museum was enjoyed by all. Joseph Sargeant portrayed John Ad-ams and Katherine Krochko portrayed Amelia Earhart in the wax museum.

The Sacred Heart High ➢School Drama Department re-cently staged the “Mystery of Edwin Drood.” Matt Donovan, a junior at Sacred Heart, por-trayed the Reverend Crisparkle. The show, which is a solve-it-

yourself musical, met with over-whelming audience reviews. The cast of high school students and musicians engaged audi-ences with their comedic per-formances and skilled musical ability. The cast and production team dedicated the show to Sr. Nivard Kohout, CDP, who died last fall. Sr. Nivard was a cham-pion of the performance arts on the Sacred Heart Campus.

Justin Iacovino ➢ , son of Frank Iacovino and Rose-mary Kiley-Iacovino, has been

named a writing center coach at Saint Michael’s College for the spring semester. Iacovino, a senior information systems ma-jor, was selected from nominees submitted by the college faculty to be one of 33 student coaches. The coaches are an elite group who work one-on-one with their peers diagnosing writing problems and designing strate-gies to help. Coaches are se-lected because of their language skills, patience, flexibility, good humor and a good knowledge of written language.

Joseph Scoledge ➢ made the dean’s list at Bridgewater State College. His parents, Butch and Terry Scoledge, are very proud of him. Be sure to congratulate the Scoledge family when you see them around town.

Twelve students from Sa- ➢cred Heart High School had their artwork entered into the 2010 Annual Boston Globe Scholas-tic Competition, including Pem-broke residents senior Faith Donnelly and junior Danielle Clauss. When the judging for the prestigious art competition was completed, the school had captured two Gold Keys, two Silver Keys and an Honorable Mention. Donnelly received a Silver Key Award for her entry “Curiouser and Curiouser.”

I always look forward to hearing from one of my many pen pals. Back in January, I received an e-mail from

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PARTY LINE: On Saturday, Feb. 13, Democrats in Pembroke held their annual caucus to elect delegates to the Massachusetts Democratic Party convention to be held in Worcester on June 4-5. Elected delegates include: John Hanley, Lisa Cullity, Greg Hanley, Libby Bates, John Cowl, Liz Benotti, Dan Trabucco, Rob Tocci, Frank Hughes, Becky Coletta, Bill Cullity, Tim McMullen and Janet White.

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The Josh Cutler campaign committee will be hosting a number of neighborhood cof-fees in Pembroke. This is an opportunity for folks to meet Cutler in an informal setting, ask questions and share ideas.

Their upcoming coffee schedule in Pembroke is as follows:

• Saturday, Feb. 20: Bob and Lydia Hale, High Street

• Friday, March 5: Matt and Beth York, Furnace Colo-ny Drive

• Sunday, March 14: Becky and Bob Coletta, Ver-na Hall Drive

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ROMAN HOLIDAY: After long wanting to visit there, Marilyn and Nick Zechello Sr. took a trip to Rome, Italy last fall. Here, they pause outside their hotel with a copy of the Pembroke Express. Marilyn is assistant to the Planning Board and Nick is wiring inspector for the town of Pembroke.

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On March 20, the seventh anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, Johnson’s traveling tribute wall will arrive in Pem-broke, and neighbors will have the opportunity to stop by the Veterans Hall inside Town Hall to see the images of these men and women on display.

At least three of them will be all too familiar.

Along with Spc. Jesse Crudup, 27, who died of health complications in 2008 a year after returning from Iraq, John-son’s project features images of Army Pfc. Matthew Bean, 22, who was killed in May 2007 while serving in Iraq, and Ma-rine First Lt. Brian McPhillips, 25, who was killed in April 2003 also while serving in Iraq.

It’s that local impact that led Julie Caruso and the Pem-broke Military Support Group to invite Johnson and her proj-ect to Pembroke. For Caruso, who remembers clearly how it felt to get the calls about Brian McPhillips and Matthew Bean, the wall is another way of re-minding people about the many men and women who continue to put their lives on the line.

“I don’t want people to for-get,” Caruso said. “When the war started, it was on the news every night — how many were injured, how many were killed. Now, it’s the last item on the news.”

Getting the word out about the wall is important to Elaine Crudup, too.

“We want to get a lot of support when we do get it down here, just to let people know,” she said. “You hear on the news the soldiers that get killed in battle, but you don’t hear about the ones that die later. And there’s a lot that have.”

Crudup’s son served as a military police officer in the 94th MP Co. based in Londonderry, N.H. After 17 months overseas, including two six-month extensions, Jesse and his division returned home in 2007. At the time, they had served one of the longest tours in Iraq since the start of the war.

“When we finally got him home, it was a very special day,” Crudup said.

But though he was back in Pembroke and hopeful of be-coming a police officer, the ad-justment was difficult for Jesse, his mother said.

“He went through a lot of depression. Post-traumatic

stress is a very hard thing to di-agnose, but that’s what he had as far as we can figure,” she said. “When these guys come home they need to go get help, but a lot of them, like my son, won’t. They’re ‘Army strong.’ They think they’ll get better by themselves, but they can’t.”

Dealing with depression and health problems, Jesse developed a blood clot in his leg, which eventually traveled to his lungs and resulted in his sudden death from a pulmonary embolism, his mother said.

Despite their tragedy, Crudup said she is looking for-ward to having the tribute wall here in Pembroke.

“I can’t wait to see it,” she said.

Johnson, the artist behind “Faces of Remembrance,” said she first came up with the idea to sketch life-like memorial

portraits of fallen soldiers after seeing a local news station’s online tribute page. She was drawn in by the stories as well as the images.

“I’ve always been inspired by eyes. They really are the mirror of the soul,” Johnson said. “And the name — Opera-tion Home Ties — came to me with all the ribbons around af-ter 9/11 and the old saying, ‘It takes a village to raise a child,’ that these aren’t just the fami-lies, it’s the community that rallies behind them.”

The day after Johnson came up with her idea, she found out that one of the neighborhood children who had taken her art class as a child had a fiancé who had died in battle. That soldier was her first subject.

“When she came over [to see the picture], she shed tears, and by the time we end-ed up talking about him she was laughing. I thought, that’s the whole idea of this, to be a

happy remembrance,” Johnson said. “That’s my whole goal, to capture the essence of each one of these soldiers and when you look at them you can’t help but have them etched in your mind, etched in your heart. For me, it’s a very joyous thing.”

Johnson’s initial goal was to draw each person and give the picture to that person’s family. But eventually, with supporters volunteering space, time and money to help her, Johnson expanded the project into a traveling exhibit. The first public viewing of “Faces of Remembrance” was held in December 2008 at the Burling-ton American Legion Hall.

The exhibit was displayed at the Statehouse last June.

Johnson bases her pencil sketches on photographs she finds on the Internet or that are provided by friends and rela-tives. The original sketches are delivered to the person’s fam-ily, and copies of the pictures are included in the exhibit.

Johnson said it was impor-tant for her to include not only those men and women who died overseas but all who have served and died since 9/11.

“To me, they’re all heroes,” she said.

After completing portraits of Massachusetts servicemen and women, Johnson moved on to Rhode Island, completing 17 portraits of people from that state. She hopes to inspire art-ists in other states to do similar projects — some already have — and said she doesn’t antici-pate putting down her sketch pad any time soon.

When “Faces of Remem-brance” comes to Pembroke, Johnson will be here too.

“I feel like it’s an honor just to stand there and watch the reactions of those parents and then the public,” she said. “It’s like meeting each individual soldier.”

“Operation Home Ties: Faces of Remembrance” will visit Pembroke on Saturday, March 20. The wall will be on display in the Veterans Hall at Town Hall, 100 Center St., from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. that day.

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WALL OF HONOR: “Operation Home Ties: Faces of Remembrance” was displayed last summer at the Statehouse and will be coming to Pembroke Town Hall on March 20. Photo courtesy of Gina Johnson

“That’s my whole goal, to capture the essence of each one of these soldiers, and when you look at them you can’t help

but have them etched in your mind, etched in your heart. For me, it’s a very joyous thing.”

— Woburn artist Gina Johnson on her project, “Operation Home Ties: Faces of Remembrance”




Julie Caruso can hard-ly believe it has been nine years.

Nine years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Nine years since a small group of people got together to reform the Pem-broke Military Support Group, years after the Gulf War, know-ing that, inevitably, the United States would be going to war in one way or another and that local servicemen and women and their families would need a shoulder to lean on.

It has been seven years since the United States went to war in Iraq, and seven years since Pembroke suffered its first tragedy, followed by an-other four years later.

For Caruso and her group of volunteers, time has passed, but their mission remains as strong as ever.

Every month, the group fills boxes with phone cards, socks, snacks and games to send to about 20 local men and women serving in the Middle East.

Every Christmas, with the help of school children, they pack up special boxes to send to the more than 50 lo-cals serving worldwide. They do the same thing at Easter time. For Valentine’s Day, they mailed out phone cards. On Christmas, they delivered red, white and blue wreaths for families of those serving to hang proudly on their doors.

And in between, the mem-bers of the Military Support Group continue to do what they do best: support one an-other — whether that involves a cup of coffee, a shoulder to cry on, a long conversation or a social outing.

“The benefit of being in a group of people who are in the same situation as yourself, of missing your children or miss-ing your spouse, is that there’s always somebody to talk to,” said Michelle Hogan, a sup-port group member and moth-er of Spc. Stephen Hogan. A member of the Army National Guard, Spc. Hogan is stationed in Oklahoma and will be de-ploying to Iraq for a year.

Hogan said she appreciates knowing her son and others regularly receive packages.

“They know there’s peo-ple back home thinking about them,” she said.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Of-ficer John Lally knows exactly what it means to find a little something from Pembroke in the mail. Lally has been serv-ing for 2 1/2 years at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan.

“Every month like clock-work, I get a care package from them,” he said. “The guys that work for me see me get this huge package and they

ask, ‘Who sent you that?’ I tell them: My hometown. My hometown sends this to me ev-ery month, and they’re just in awe. Because their hometowns don’t do it. It makes Pembroke a special place.”

For Lally, it’s the little things — Sudoku puzzles, word search books, CDs, even a small plastic skeleton to hang up at Halloween — that make the packages special.

“It breaks up the monoto-ny, especially when you’re out at sea on an aircraft carrier for five or six months at a time,” he said. “It gets boring, and your days blur together. To get this package from them, it re-ally brightens your day.”

Along with volunteers, the support group is always in need of donations. Items con-stantly on their “wish” list in-clude Gold Bond powder, indi-vidual packages of baby wipes, sunscreen and bug repellent, powdered juice, international phone cards, paperback books, DVDs and “fun” items.

Donations can be dropped off at the selectmen’s office in Town Hall, or other arrange-ments can be made by calling Caruso at 781-826-0269.

In March, the group is bringing the traveling tribute wall, “Operation Home Ties: Faces of Remembrance” to Pembroke. They also are plan-ning a flea market fundraiser in the fall and are selling spots on a raffle calendar now through April 1.

They will draw a prize a day each day through the month of April. Prizes include gift certificates to restaurants and beauty salons, cash, gift baskets and other items. Tick-ets cost $10 each or three for $20 and can be purchased in the selectmen’s office.

The Military Support Group meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Veterans Hall at Town Hall. They are open to new members — not only

those who have someone serv-ing in the military — and en-courage people to stop by.

Looking back on the group’s nine years, Caruso can still recall the nerves she felt before their first vigil follow-ing the start of the Iraq War in 2003. But she also recalls a group of women locking arms in support of one anoth-er and the sudden realization that “This is what this town is about.”

It’s what the Military Sup-port Group will be about for as long as they’re needed.

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DIG IN: After U.S. Marine First Lt. Steve Pettinelli received a Christmas package from the Military Support Group at his base in Okinawa, Japan in December, he sent this photo to his mom, Donna, showing him “unleashing the wolves” — Marines in Pettinelli’s platoon — onto the items inside.

Their mission lives onNine years after 9/11, Pembroke Military Support Group still sends soldiers packages every month

Photo courtesy of Donna Pettinelli


Walk the dog,shoot the moonYo-Yo dancer Brett Outchcunis shares unique talents with kids

Brett Outchcunis shows the group how to do a dance called “the Cupid Shuffle.”

Brett Outchcunis demonstrates a “cradle” trick with his yo-yo during a show held Tuesday at Pembroke Public Library. Outchcunis — “a professional entertainer, motivator, dancer and DJ rolled into one,” according to his Web site, oochworld.com — spent about an hour with his audience, showing off his yo-yo skills and leading the group in a series of dances that got even a few of the adults off their seats.

Sarah Tormey, 10, does “the Ooch” at the conclusion of the program.

Vanessa Ahola, 6, moves to the music.

James Milinazzo, 9, (above) strikes a pose.

Teresa Harling joins in the dancing fun during an interactive presentation at the library on Tuesday.

Alana Koplovsky, 5, does “the bounce” during one of the dances.

Brett Outchcunis, a.k.a. “Ooch,” turns a walk-the-dog trick into a “haircut” on the head of one of his audience members.

Brett Outchcunis leads the group, including Youth Services Librarian Jessica Lamarre (front), in a dance.

Isabella McTavisholiveira, 7, gets into the music.

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Shealyn Harling, 2, follows the moves of Brett Outchcunis and her older sister.

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Friday, Feb. 19Council on Aging Activities. Every Friday: Soft-shoe line dancing class, 9:15-10:15 a.m.; games, 12:30-3 p.m. For information, call the senior center at 781-293-8220.

Saturday, Feb. 20Altered Book Techniques Class. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at The Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden St., Duxbury. Make journals that are personal works of art. $110 for five-hours workshop. Taught by Marie Zaccagnini. Register at 781-934-6634.

Feed the Animals. 10 a.m., at South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell. Watch a naturalist feed the animals and learn about their habits and habitats. For information, call 781-659-2559 or visit ssnsc.org.

Meet an Animal. 2 p.m., at South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell. Each day, a different animal — turtle, frog, snake and others — will be featured. Drop in. For information, call 781-659-2559 or visit ssnsc.org.

Sunday, Feb. 21North River Community Church. 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday services. Located at 334 Old Oak St., Pembroke.

Whoo’s Having a Birthday Party. 1-2:30 p.m., at South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell. Meet Hedwig and some of her forest friends. Enjoy games, crafts and stories. Explore the EcoZone, take a short walk in the SSNSC woods and top off the festivities with a special “Hedwig” birthday cake. Register by calling 781-659-2559. Cost is $8 members, $10 non-members.

Monday, Feb. 22Writing Club Meeting. 4:30 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Grades 4 and up are invited to a creative writing group called Aspiring Authors. Bring your work for another opinion, get some new ideas or work on the monthly newsletter. For information, call Jessica Lamarre at 781-293-6771.

Board of Selectmen Meeting. 6:30 p.m., at Town Hall, Veterans Hall.

Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting. 7 p.m., at Town Hall, Veterans Hall.

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

tueSday, Feb. 23Sit 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 Class. 10-11 a.m., at The Wellness Community-Mass. South Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover. Drop-ins welcome. Call 781-829-4823 or visit thewellnesscommunitymass.org.

Newcomer’s Orientation. 10:30-11:30 a.m., at The Wellness Community-Mass. South Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover. Informs people living with cancer, their loved ones and caregivers about TWC-MSS’ free programs. Drop-ins welcome. For info, call 781-829-4823 or visit thewellnesscommunitymass.org.

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.

Young Yoga. 4-5 p.m., at The Hanson Holistic Center, 156 Liberty St., Hanson. Combines traditional yoga elements including asana, breathwork, balance, relaxation and meditation with interactive discussion, partner play, music and dance. Led by certified instructor Becky Paul. 10-week session costs $100. Drop-ins welcome at $12/class. Register at 781-293-2447 or [email protected].

Caregivers Network Group. 6-8 p.m., at The Wellness Community-Mass. South Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover. Support group for caregivers of people living with cancer. Drop-ins welcome. For info, call 781-829-4823.

WedneSday, Feb. 24Dull Men Meeting. 10 a.m., at Council on Aging. Always open to new members. Stop by the senior center, 144 Center St.

Baby Lap Sit. 10 a.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Weekly storytime with music and fingerplays to stimulate literacy interaction with ages 6-24 months. No registration required.

Beginners Knitting with Mary Leydon. 1 p.m., at senior center, 144 Center St. Every Wednesday. Call 781-294-8220 for information.

Participant Support Group. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at The Wellness Community-Mass. South Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover. Support group for people living with cancer. Registration required. For info, call 781-829-4823 or visit thewellnesscommunitymass.org.

Participant Support Group. 4-6 p.m., at The Wellness Community-Mass. South Shore, 273 Hanover St., Hanover. Support group for people

living with cancer. Registration required. Call 781-829-4823.

thurSday, Feb. 25Business After Hours. 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Sweet Fordy’s Cafe, Bakery and Deli, 290 Center St. Sponsored by the Pembroke Chamber of Commerce. RSVP online at pembrokechamber.org.

Fabric Journal Class. 6-9 p.m., at The Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden St., Duxbury. Create a fun, padded journal. $50. Register at 781-934-6634.

Friday, Feb. 26Council on Aging Activities. Every Friday: Soft-shoe line dancing class, 9:15-10:15 a.m.; games, 12:30-3 p.m. For information, call the senior center at 781-293-8220.

upcoMingParents Night Out Fundraiser. Sat., Feb. 27. 8 p.m.-midnight, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Schoosett Street. Musician Jim Plunkett will perform. Tickets $25. Call Kim Kane, 781-826-0383; Pam Roy, 781-829-0557; Andrea Schaffer, 781-826-9430; or Christine Sullivan, 781-826-8932.

Snow Shoe Classic 5K Run/Walk. Sun., Feb. 28. At Pembroke Country Club, West Elm Street. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.; race begins at 10 a.m. If there’s no snow, bring trail sneaks for a trail run. Limited number of loaner snowshoes will be available. All proceeds benefit The MS Society. For info and registration forms, email Kim McCarthy at [email protected].

Friends Book Club. Tues., March 2. 7 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Drop in and join the group discussion on “The Poisonwood Bible” by

Barbara Kingsolver. All are welcome. For information, call 781-293-6771.

Author Discussion. Wed., March 3. 7 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Author Tom Juravitch will discuss his book “At the Altar of the Bottom Line: The Degradation of Work in the 21st Century,” which looks at four Mass. workplaces and the effect of the recession on work practices and employers. For info, call the library at 781-293-6771.

Girls Scouts Sweetheart Dance. Sat., March 6. 6-8 p.m., at PCMS. Music by PJ the DJ, dancing, refreshments, photo ops ($9) and corsages ($7). For registered Girl Scouts and an adult male relative/family friend. Tickets cost $7 per person. Contact your Girl Scout leader for tickets.

Learn to Skate. Wed., March 10. 5:30-6:30 p.m., at Hobomock Arenas in Pembroke. Seven-week class runs Wednesdays, March 10-April 21. $120 per skater, plus $12 registration fee for USFSA membership. For information or to register, visit pilgrimskatingclub.com or call 781-294-7575.

Shaker Tape Class. Thurs., March 11. 7-9 p.m., at Black-Eyed Susans Basket Classroom, 42 Mattakeesett St. Learn how to make a Shaker tape stool. Class is $65; $36 if you bring your own chair. Stools must be prepped before the class. For info, call 781-294-1688 or e-mail Susan DeMarzo at [email protected].

Learn to Skate. Sat., March 13. 12:30-1:30 p.m., at Hobomock Arenas in Pembroke. Six-week class runs Saturdays, March 13-April 17. $105 per skater, plus $12 registration fee for USFSA membership. For information or to register, visit pilgrimskatingclub.com or call 781-294-7575.

Pembroke Historical Society Pancake Breakfast. Sun., March 14. 9 a.m.-noon., at Historical Society Museum on Center Street

(across from First Church). Society volunteers will be serving a breakfast of pancakes (plain or blueberry), sausage, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee. Tickets cost $6 for adults and $4 for children under 12. Mimosas and Bloody Marys will be available (cash bar) to those 21 and older. For more information, call Susan at 781-294-8941.

Pembroke Science Fair. Sun., March 21. 12-4 p.m., at PCMS. Take a look at all the science projects submitted by local children in kindergarten through sixth grade. Submissions due Feb. 26. For info and to register online, visit pembroke.oursciencefair.com.

Taste of Pembroke. Sun., March 28. 12-3 p.m., at Pembroke Country Club.

Friends Book and Bake Sale. Sat., April 10. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Pembroke Public Library. Annual fundraiser sponsored by the Friends of the Pembroke Library. Shop from thousands of books, tapes, CDs and DVDs from a quarter to a dollar and grab a treat from the bake table. For information about donating items, call the library at 781-293-6771.

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The Old Colony YMCA Summer Fun Club will be holding open houses at Hobomock Elementary School on March 10, April 14 and May 19 from 5-6:30 p.m. Come learn all about the Y Summer Fun Club. The program is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. The cost is $35 per day, with the exception of the Whale Watch, Water Wizz and Canobie Lake trips, which cost an additional $15. Kids can sign up for one day or the entire summer. Children will participate in fun, educational activities, enjoy healthy snacks and exercise, dress up and meet new friends.

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help run the passport program, with she and Tobin splitting their time between that ser-vice and the many other duties of the office — which include everything from handling se-lectmen’s correspondence and scheduling meetings to provid-ing directions to local restau-rants for callers on the phone.

“We expect a lot during the [February] school vaca-tion week, because that’s when the children are home, and our hours are so limited because of the hours of Town Hall,” Tobin said. “It certainly is a conve-nience. It’s not our basic job, but it’s an extra service that we try to provide to the town.”

Since the program began, Pembroke has processed more than 267 passport applications. With $25 from each application going to the town, the program has brought in about $6,675 since its December 2008 start, according to Town Accountant Mike Buckley.

Costs, including Gillard’s extra hours, have totalled about $1,853 so far, Buckley said. Money is kept in a passport fund and at the end of this fiscal year, officials will determine what is needed to maintain the program and what could give the town’s general fund a small but welcome boost.

“We should be able to send back about $3,000 to $4,000 the way things are going,” Buckley said.

The office is open for passport applicants Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by appoint-ment, Tobin said. Applications cost $75 for adults — good for 10 years — and $60 for chil-dren — good for five years. The town charges an additional $25 fee per application as well as $6 for postage — enough to cover the $5.65 required to mail applications to the U.S. Passport Agency in Boston and account for future increase in postal costs.

Once mailed, applications take four to six weeks to be processed by the state agency, and passports are then mailed directly to the applicants.

People can choose to expe-dite the process to two to three weeks for an extra $60 per ap-plication — which goes to the state — plus postage.

“It’s funny how many people come in and say ‘We’re leaving in four to five weeks — is that going to be enough time?’ We’re hesitant. We can’t

promise them,” Tobin said. Travelers take note: Make

plans early.Both trained and certified

to handle passports, Tobin and Gillard say they try to provide a convenient service along with privacy for each appli-cant, sometimes asking those who stop by the office for other business to wait outside while they finish an application.

“We don’t want to discour-age anyone from coming in, but our hours are as accommo-dating as we can make them,” Tobin said. “We try to do it when two of us are here so the rest of the office can still func-tion while somebody’s pro-cessing a passport.”

Typically, a passport ap-pointment takes about 20 min-utes to half an hour.

The two learn as they go and adjust as needed. Faced with multiple questions about what items a person needed to bring with them for the pass-port application, Tobin now has a list ready with answers.

“It’s been over a year now and we still get baffled with some questions,” she said.

They also have learned how some documents are not accepted by the U.S. Passport Agency — certain birth certifi-cate cards with limited infor-mation or copies without the proper seal — and other rules that must be followed. For example, children age 15 and under must have both parents present.

Though the program has not brought in a ton of extra money — selectmen said in 2008 they had seen it raise as much as $90,000 for other towns — it’s a service that people appear to find useful.

“A lot of people seem very appreciative. It’s right around the corner for some people; they come by here every day,” Gillard said. “A lot of people come from outside the town, too, It’s not just residents of Pembroke.”

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People in need of passports are welcome to stop by the selectmen’s office on the second floor of Town Hall, 100 Center St., to have their applications processed. Interested? Here’s what you should know:

HOURS: Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or by appointment

COST: $100 adult, $85 child (15 and under), plus $6 postage; expe-dited application costs $160 for all ages plus special postage

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ITEMS TO BRING: Two recent color photos (2x2), driver’s license, birth certificate with raised seal and separate checks for state, town

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The Government Study Committee feels it must respond to a letter pub-lished in the Feb. 12 issue of the Pem-

broke Express about our committee’s efforts. If the author of the letter had spoken to us first, we could have cleared up her misunderstandings of our proposal to adopt a town manager form of government. Most of the author’s concerns have already been discussed and addressed dur-ing the committee’s due diligence process.

First: Let us be very clear. We are not pro-posing that anyone give up his or her right to vote. Making officials appointed instead of elected was discussed as one way to improve town government, but our committee voted unanimously not to recommend that change.

The author states that Pembroke is a far cry from those towns that have a manager; however, Pembroke has a population of over 19,000, while Hanover, Mashpee, Duxbury and Millbury have popula-tions of 14,000 or less and yet they have town managers. The committee is aware of the situa-tion in Duxbury and has addressed it by includ-ing a provision in our act that if the town man-ager wants to remove a department head, four out of five selectmen will have to agree.

Instituting a town manager form of gov-ernment is the logical first step in addressing the “serious systemic problems” in Pembroke. With professional skills, a manager will be able to evaluate current services and procedures and coordinate changes. There will be a clear line of authority, increased communication between departments and better accountability than cur-rently exists.

The Government Study Committee is not making this recommendation based on “fly by the seat of your pants feelings” but instead will

have spent nearly a year researching the ben-efits of having a town manager. The committee has interviewed managers and administrators in 10 towns from Duxbury to Danvers. We have consulted with the Massachusetts Municipal Managers Association, which advises towns on different forms of government. We are having informational meetings with the various boards and committees that make up Pembroke town government and giving them the opportunity to express their ideas and opinions, which we are finding very helpful. We did indeed meet with the Board of Assessors on Feb. 1; unfortunate-ly, two of the members, including the author of the letter, were not present. That being said,

we welcome the opportunity to meet with the two members who were not in attendance, and any resident for that matter, at any of our upcoming meetings on Thursday evenings at 7

p.m. in the selectmen’s office. The committee will also be holding a public hearing before Town Meeting. Clearly, we are not “rushing forward.”

When the idea of a Pembroke town manag-er was rejected 12 years ago, Pembroke had a smaller population and budget and fewer town employees than we have today. At that time, graduating from an executive secretary to an administrator was a reasonable step. However, with the increased complexity of town govern-ment, the demand for more services within an already stressed budget and residents’ desire for more transparency from our public officials, installing a town manager form of government is the wise thing to do.

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Last week, Pembroke Schools, in cooperation with Pembroke and regional law enforcement, conducted a search of Pembroke High School using K-9s. While

I understand the reactions of some concerned about Fourth Amendment violations, it is the opinion of this columnist that what the schools and the police did was both necessary and ap-propriate. The dogs that were used are well trained and are there for the purpose of finding illegal drugs in the school. The dogs sniff through lockers, back packs, desks and classrooms. If they have a “hit” or indicate there is the pres-ence of illegal drugs, then further actions are taken. This is non intrusive to most students and their persons and sends a clear message that this community is seri-ous about preventing the sale, distribution or use of drugs in and around our schools.

Over the past few days, I have looked at local posts and blogs on the topic and I have talked to kids at the high school and spoken to several parents. This commu-nity believes it is our priority and goal to prevent drugs from continuing to creep into our learning environments. Schools are a place for kids to “feel safe and secure” seems to be the compelling message I have heard from parents. Students have said over and again, “If you have nothing to hide, then you had no reason to worry.”

It is precisely the actions of last Friday that demonstrate to students that adults are watching them and will hold them ac-countable. We have rules in our schools and our communities for their safety and their well being. If we do not enforce these rules and the accountability that goes along with them, then what good are they? Teens need boundaries, and this was one way of reinforcing the boundaries and expectations of their school.

We do have an issue with drug use in our community; Pem-broke is not alone in this problem. We need to take action in this

area, tackle the problem directly rather than turn away and ignore the problem al-together. One day of search will not solve

all our problems, but continued vigilance in our community, par-ents talking to their kids and their kids’ friends and searches of our schools from time to time will certainly help. This is a great opportunity for parents to continue or begin conversations with their teens about this very serious topic. Talking to our middle school and high school sons and daughters about the dangers of drug use, ease of addiction and our expectations for them is one of the most powerful things we can do to help them continue to make the right choices.

For some, the use of dogs in our schools may seem extreme. It may seem as though we are telling the majority of kids who have done nothing wrong, have not violated the trust of their parents or principals, that we do not trust them. I would hope these dogs tell our sons and daughters that we love them and will keep them safe and, for those same vast majorities who have done nothing wrong, that we have their back and are here to support them. As a father of a high school-aged daughter, I applaud these actions and hope through the Pembroke Commu-nity Youth Alliance, partnerships with schools and local govern-ment/law enforcement and, most important, our families, we continue to remain vigilant in our quest to keep our schools safe and drug-free learning environments.

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I am happy that you shared with your readers the outstanding qualities Pat Gibbons exhibits. I, and others who

have had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Gib-bons, have long been witness to his generosity with numerous causes. He runs a terrific sports

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Robert G. Hackett, 80, of Falmouth and formerly of Weymouth and Pembroke, died Saturday, Feb. 13.

He was the husband of Mary P. (Dwyer) Hackett for 58 years. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children and their spouses, Michael and Anne Hackett of Pembroke, Mark and Kath-erine Hackett of Manomet, Kevin and Nina Hackett of Pl-ympton, Karen Hackett-Bere and Lawrence Bere of Plym-outh, and Christopher Hackett of Falmouth; 11 grandchil-dren; six great-grandchildren; brother Thomas Hackett and his wife Lauretta of Wareham; brother-in-law Patrick H. Dw-yer of Kingston; and many nieces and nephews. He is the brother of the late Mary Jane Woodworth and the late Kath-ryn Newbrough.

He was born and raised in Weymouth and graduated from Weymouth High School, where he excelled in football and was later inducted into the Weymouth High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Af-ter graduating from the Culi-nary Institute of America, he served in the U.S. Army dur-ing the Korean War. Several

years later, he returned home and worked as a chef at the Red Coach Grille in Hingham. In 1969, he opened his own restaurant in Pembroke called Bobby Hackett’s Restaurant. He was involved with many local charities, but took a spe-cial interest in the Pembroke Historical Society. For 30 years, he ran the annual Her-ring Run Old Fashioned Fish Fry, which was the main fund-raiser for the historical society. He worked at his restaurant as owner, operator and chef until 2007, when he sold the busi-ness and retired to Falmouth. Robert was a daily communi-cant at St. Anthony’s Church.

Visiting hours were held Wednesday in Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, Falmouth. A funeral mass was celebrated Thursday at St. An-thony’s Church, Falmouth fol-lowed by burial at St. Anthony Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod Inc., 765 Attucks Lane, Hyannis, MA 02601 or St. An-thony’s Church Fatima Hall Building Fund, 167 East Fal-mouth Hwy., East Falmouth, MA, 02536.

Richard P. Canney, 63, of Pembroke died Friday, Feb. 12.

He leaves his wife, Grace M. (Pagano) Canney of Pem-broke; daughters, Jennifer Can-ney and Danielle Canney, both of Pembroke; granddaughter Jasmine Canney; brother Mi-chael P. Canney Jr. of Pem-broke; sister Marilyn Hughes of Brockton; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by Lauri Canney.

Richard retired from the Weymouth Landing Post Of-

fice and worked most recently at New England Village in Pembroke.

A funeral service was held Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Hanson with burial at Center Cemetery in Pem-broke. Calling hours were held Monday at Shepherd Funeral Home in Pembroke.

Donations in Richard’s name can be made to Ameri-can Cancer Society, 1115 W. Chestnut St., Brockton, MA 02301.

Maureen E. (Condry) Bearse, 75, of Plympton and Pembroke, originally from Dorchester, died on Thursday, Feb. 11.

She was the mother of Rob-ert Bearse of Florida, Susan Provost of Pembroke, the late David C. Bearse, Cindy Pres-ton of California, Joanne Geer of North Carolina, Jane Brac-chi of Wareham, Jill Bearse of Plympton, John Bearse of Bridgewater and Joseph Bearse of Pembroke; “Nana” to Da-vid L. Bearse, Dawn Bearse Haran, Gerri Provost Schaf-fert, Alan Provost, Elizabeth Provost Duggan, Monty, Jil-lian, Allyson and Nolan Geer, Ryan, Cailin and Jaime Pres-ton, Alex and Chelsea Bracchi, Maya Brown and Jack and Jef-

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She was the longtime companion to the late Robert Parsons and former spouse of George Bearse of Marshfield.

Memorial calling hours were held on Wednesday at Shepherd Funeral Home in Pembroke Center. All other services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mothers Against Drunk Drivers in memory of her late son David.

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this, we had no criminal charg-es. No one was arrested and no heroin, cocaine or pills were found. You have to have an ounce or more of marijuana to be arrested, so it was all taken care of administratively.”

Pembroke Public Schools Superintendent Frank Hackett said the search was planned after a random search of the parking lot last year turned up some “marijuana-related para-phernalia.”

“After we conducted the parking lot search last year, we made the decision that we would be searching the inte-rior of the building during this school year,” Hackett said. “We do not have a set schedule or number of searches planned. We are currently reviewing how the search went last week and will be making adjust-ments for any future searches, which may or may not be done this school year.”

Students were not told ahead of time that there would be a search, Hackett said. Shortly before the K-9s en-tered the randomly selected classrooms, an administrator read a statement telling stu-dents to leave their belongings in the room and that police would be conducting a search. The students then were moved to adjoining rooms and the dogs were brought into the empty classrooms.

“All students were coop-erative,” Hackett said.

Some students said they were surprised by the search, while others expected it.

“I figured it had to happen some time, since it happened last year, too,” senior Ross Waldron said of the search.

“Do I agree? No. Random searches are not a good way. Just because we don’t know the right way to ‘fix’ things doesn’t mean we should do it the wrong way.”

Junior Devin Foley also said he was not surprised.

“It happens almost every year right before vacation,” Foley said. “Kids should defi-nitely be more careful about that kind of stuff. If you’re going to do it, don’t bring it to school.”

Foley said he does not think Pembroke High School

has a drug problem.“People from every town

smoke — we’re just like any other high school,” he said. “The searches aren’t going to stop anyone from doing it; they just might prevent students from bringing it to school.”

Senior Amy Quill said she was surprised the search ex-tended into the school, not just the parking lot.

“I wish they hadn’t [done the search], because it stinks that people got caught,” she said. “But if you’re on school grounds, then I guess it is their right to search you.”

Quill said she didn’t think Pembroke had more of a drug problem than any other high school.

“I don’t think that random

searches are going to help the situation at all, because stu-dents just get mad about it,” she said. “It is almost just fu-eling the students’ fire to talk about it, and it just causes conflict.”

Students caught with less than an ounce of marijuana — the amount they legally could be charged with — or with drug paraphernalia will be subject to school displinary procedures, which are out-lined in the student handbook (available online at pembroke-publicschools.org). The policy recently was amended to sepa-rate drug and alcohol violations from other behavior violations, establishing different sets of consequences for each.

According to the hand-book, for a first offense of possession of illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia, a student receives an automatic 10-day suspension, loses leadership roles in athletics, co-curric-ular and student government groups and forfeits their park-ing decal for the remainder of the school year, along with other consequences. The in-cident also will be referred to the police department.

School Committee chair-man Ginny Wandell said the decision to conduct a police search was made by the admin-istration and police department with the board’s knowledge.

She said she felt the ran-dom search was a good way to remind students that adults in the community are commit-ted to making Pembroke High School safe.

“I like being able to tell my kids that where they go to school is a safe place and that adults, as well as their peers, are watching out for them,” she said. “That we’re trying to keep them safe and make sure school is a place where they feel happy and comfortable going to.”

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It has been a long, hard road back to the MIAA tour-nament this season for the Pembroke boys hockey team, but they made it.

Chris Waterfield had two goals and an assist as the Ti-tans punched their ticket on Monday with a 4-1 win over the Silver Lake Lakers at the Hobomock Ice Area.

“It was a big win for us,” head coach Mark Duffy said. “Now, we can take a deep breath and regroup for the tournament.”

Waterfield put the Titans on the board with the lone goal of the first period and then set up captain Ryan Kulik in the second period on the power play before giving Pembroke a 3-1 lead in the final minutes of the second period again on the man advantage.

“He’s a workhorse and he has been there all year for us,” Duffy said of Waterfield. “That line [Waterfield, Kulik

and Tom Cahill] has really clicked and they are carrying the load for us offensively.”

The Titans padded their lead in the third period with a goal from captain Matt Shee-han.

Silver Lake scored their lone goal on the power play in the second period courtesy of Joe Lochran. Though his team let up the one short-handed

goal, Duffy was happy with the play of his special teams lines, which had to kill nine penalties and scored two pow-er-play goals.

“On both sides of the puck we did a good job on special teams,” he said. “But we need to take less penalties, and that’s something we still have to work on.”

SENIOR MOMENTSA visit with girls swim captain Rebecca Blathras

Blathras finished her final season with the swim team on Satur-day at MIT as part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that advanced to the sectionals. With her high school athletic

career behind her, she is focusing on her other endeavors at Pem-broke High School before heading off to college. She shared her thoughts on …

… choosing a college. I don’t know exactly where I am going, but I want to major in engineering. I’ve gotten into the University of Vermont, UMass Amherst and Northeastern, but I’m probably going to find out about five more schools in April. I really like Tufts.

… an engineering major. All the schools I’ve ap-plied to have a general engineering major, because I’m not really sure — but I would probably pick chemical. I really like math and science a lot, and engineering is the application of those to the real world. So I picked it.

… how long she has been swimming. I’ve been swimming all my life, and I’ve been swimming com-petitively for about five years now. I’ve swum on the team every year in high school. It was a small team and I really wanted to help get it started.

… creating a buzz for the swim team at PHS. When I was a freshman, the team was really small and nobody really knew anything about it. Even just in four years, we’ve become a lot better.

… her favorite sports memory. Making sectionals this year was a pretty big deal. Every year, it seems like we’re close in some event, and we qualified this year in our last team meet. It was pretty exciting and a pretty big deal for us.

… the PHS Chamber Singers. I love to sing and I love the class. I really like choral singing; I’m not really a big solo singer. I’ve been in Chamber Singers for three years now and I’m going to miss that a lot because we’re doing a lot of good things right now.

… her other musical talents. I play piano outside of school and I’ve been taking lessons for 10 years. I actually like classical music, but I’ll pick up popular things like Coldplay.

Boys back in the dancePembroke clinches tournament berth with win

Pembroke captain Matt Sheehan nails down Pembroke’s win on Monday with the Titans’ fourth goal late in the third period.

Photo by Dave Palana

No grand finale for girlsRandolph buzzer-beater ends Titans’ season with loss


After a rocky season, the girls basketball team looked poised to go out in style with a three-game winning streak. But it was not to be.

A last-second basket by Randolph ended the girls season with a 45-42 loss at Randolph on Feb. 11.

Pembroke had trailed until the 2:35 mark in the third quarter when sopho-more Sam Flight gave the Titans their first lead of the game. Pembroke held on until the final 25 seconds of the fourth quarter when Randolph tied the game and then took the lead with 19 seconds left.

Pembroke tied the game at 42 with 14.4 seconds left when Molly Dwyer hit two free throws, but Randolph got the ball down the court in a hurry and hit the game-winning shot before time ran out.

“She hit a game-winning shot on their senior night, so good for her,” head coach Melissa Murphy said. “It was a great game. I would have liked to end the season with a win, but I’m proud of the girls and hopefully we’ll build off this in the offsea-son.”

Pembroke struggled to start the game, trailing 11-6 after one quarter, but pesky defense helped the Titans climb to within a field goal, 23-21, at the half.

After Flight gave the Titans the lead, Kim Hig-gins and Brittany Tworig widened it to 35-31 heading into the fourth. Randolph cut the lead to one with two minutes left in the game, but Pembroke stayed on until a Titan turnover and a Ran-dolph layup gave the Devils the lead.

Despite faltering late, Murphy said she was happy with how the girls played and happy for Dwyer, who hasn’t gotten much action this year before hitting those

two clutch free throws with the game on the line.

“I was really proud of her,” Murphy. “She never scores in a game, and she had four points tonight. She stepped up big time.”

The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for the girls, who got 10 points from Lisa Higgins in a 32-21 win over Sturgis Acad-emy on Feb. 8 and followed up the next day with a 38-30 league win over Middleboro behind 10 more from Hig-gins and 13 from freshman Kelsey Butler.

The Titans finish the season with a 6-16 mark in Murphy’s first year as head coach. Murphy acknowl-edged that it was a tough season for the girls, but with the entire roster returning next year and committed to the program, she sees im-provement on the horizon.

“It was more difficult than I thought it was going to be and a little straining, but I really enjoyed it and enjoyed the girls,” she said. “They stuck with it when people quit, and they didn’t give up. It was a long sea-son, but a good one. I’m sad to see it end, but we’re look-ing forward to next year.”

Molly Dwyer stands at the free throw line with 14 sec-onds left in the game and Pembroke trailing by two. Dwyer hit both free throws to tie the game, but her heroics were outdone seconds later by Randolph.

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Track teams take aim at D-III titleMore school records fall as Pembroke readies for states


The All Patriot League meet Friday at the Reggie Lewis Center was geared to-ward individual performers rather than team scoring, but it was one last chance for the Titans to get a look at Ran-dolph before the Division III state meet this Sunday.

The Titans, Blue Devils and Bishop Feehan Sham-rocks are all in the mix to win the state championship, and Pembroke and Randolph started the one-upsmanship Friday by swapping leads until the very end with Ran-dolph edging Pembroke by three points.

“It’s always neck-and-neck with Randolph,” head coach Jim Rooney said. “But we looked at this more as a fun meet where the kids get recognized, try some new events and have some fun.”

Paul Cina, Bobby Gratzer and Andrew Chapman had their fun at the meet by breaking three more schools records. Cina set a new mark in the 1,000 meters with a 2:38.32 time to lead Ryan Kelley and Wesley Gallagher in a Pembroke sweep of the top three places in the event.

“I know he was pretty happy with that,” Rooney said.

Bobby Gratzer and An-drew Chapman both broke their own school records with Gratzer winning the shot put and Chapman taking sixth in the 100-meter dash in the process. Juniors Brendan Ad-ams and Ryan Moran took the top two spots in the mile run while first-year runner Joe Vercollone finished fourth in the 600.

“Everybody competed well,” Rooney said. “They’re right where we want them to be.”

Rooney says the Titans still have to improve their times in the relays, where they finished behind Randolph in the 4x400 and 4x200, but they are poised to give both the Devils and the Shamrocks a run for their money on Sun-day.

“We’ve got to be at our very best to win, but we’ve got as good a shot as anyone else does,” he said. “It’s going to be exciting; it’s going to be back-and-forth the whole day; and if a few of our guys step up, we have a chance to take home a D-III title.”

Senior captain Paul Cina takes a handoff during the 4x800 relay on Friday. Cina broke the school record in the 1,000 meters while fellow captain bobby gratzer did the same in the shot put and andrew Chapman set a new mark in the 55-meter dash.

Lady Titans looking for first indoor championshipBy Dave Palana, SPortS eDitor

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The Pembroke girls track team left their mark on the Pa-triot League at the All League meet last Friday, and now they turn their attention toward their first indoor Eastern Mass. Championship.

The Titans won five events and had personal bests in oth-ers in their final tune-up for the D-III championships during the Patriot League meet at the Reggie Lewis Center.

They were led by two wins from Berkeley Hall. Hall won the long jump and then domi-nated the 55-meter hurdles, while her sister Meghan fin-ished fourth.

Becky Stoyle and Teresa Fatemi also placed in the top five with Stoyle coming back to win the 300 meters. Mi-chelle Coate placed fourth in the 300 for Pembroke in addi-tion to a first-place finish in the high jump.

“We worked all of them re-ally hard the day before,” head coach Greg Zopatti said. “We are really pressing to get them ready for this weekend.”

The four Titan stars showed their speed by rescu-ing themselves in the 4x200 relay later in the meet. Hall and Coate botched the first handoff, but Coate picked up the baton and chased down two runners before handing off to Fatemi. Stoyle then anchored the team back into third place and less than a sec-

ond off second place.“[Michelle] dropped the

baton, picked it up, looked at me to see if she could still run and then took off, and we still finished third,” Zopatti said. “That just shows you the speed these girls have, and [that baton drop] won’t hap-pen again.”

The two most exciting rac-es of the day for Zopatti were junior Mary Scanlan’s win in the 600 meters and Sarah Cav-alear’s third-place finish in the 1,000.

Scanlan, who has battled injuries each of the last two years, ran a 1:39.16, her best time of the season, to win the 600 by nearly six seconds.

“She is all the way back now, and she is starting to make things happen,” Zopatti said of Scanlan. “She is turn-ing the corner from a kid who had a lot of potential to hav-ing a good shot to win a state championship.”

Cavalear’s third-place time of 3:13.58 was a personal best for her in the 1,000 meters. Zopatti said he was waiting to see some toughness out of his senior captain this winter and that she really competed for the top spot in the race.

“Cavy had a nice meet,” Zopatti said. “She needed to show more toughness and went out and shaved two sec-onds off her time. She really went after it.”

Cavalear will not run the 1,000 meters Sunday, but will be a crucial part of the meet for

Pembroke on the 4x800 relay with sophomores Chelsea Sav-age, Vanessa Pham and Sarah James. Zopatti said he plans to pull Cavalear and Savage out of their usual races during the day to keep them fresh for the relay that he says will be piv-otal if the Titans are going to beat the Shamrocks.

“They are really impor-tant,” he said. “There is no Heather Connick and no Kath-ryn Nathan this year, and they are still learning, but they have to score at least one point. I think Cavy is a little irritated she is not going to run an open event, and I think she will channel that on the track. But it all starts with Chelsea. If she gets off to a good start, then we are going to do well.”

The importance of the 4x800 underscores the fact that the Lady Titans do not have the depth of Bishop Feehan and will have to be at the top of their game in order to win. But Zopatti said he is excited that the meet should be close Sunday, and he hopes it will bring out the best in his team.

“I think it is cool that we are not going to blow every-body away and cool that we are not favorites and have to go get it,” he said. “We are going to have to be mistake-free be-cause Bishop Feehan has a lit-tle more wiggle room. I hope it goes down to the 4x400 where I’ll take Mary Scanlan running the anchor leg with Michelle Coate running third over any team in the state.”

Mary Scanlan anchors the 4x400 team at the all Patriot league meet on Friday after winning the league championship in the 600 meters.

Sophomore Vanessa Pham fin-ishes her leg of the 4x800 relay, an event that coach greg Zopatti said is crucial to Pembroke’s chances on Sunday.

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Saturday afternoon started out as a time for the Whitman-Hanson/Pembroke girls hock-ey team to honor their seniors, but no one on WHP was com-plaining that junior Alex Davis stole the show.

Davis scored all three goals for the girls to lead them in a 3-2 come-from-behind win over Falmouth at the Bridge-water Ice Arena.

“She was just voted to the All League team and she lived up to her billing,” head coach Chris Googins said of Da-vis. “She is a dynamic player with great skills, and she was the best player on the ice to-night.”

The junior defenseman in-jured her arm in WHP’s game against Hingham the week be-fore and had to leave the game to get x-rays. But she showed no signs of injury this Satur-day.

“That was obviously our

first concern,” assistant coach Dan Mastrogiacomo said. “But she is feeling good. She’s been working it out, and she had three goals tonight.”

Falmouth took a one-goal lead into the second period af-ter a shot slid between the pads of goalie Kelly Travers and over to a wide-open forward on the other side of the net. After Davis tied the game on a shot from the faceoff circle in the second period, Falmouth took the lead on another fluky goal when a wrist shot from the blue line ticked off Travers’ blocker and into the goal.

Davis evened the game on a five-on-three power play with 9:35 to go in the game on a wicked slapshot and, two-and-a-half minutes later, gave the girls their first lead when her wrister trickled between the goalie’s legs and into the back of the net.

“We went in and told them 15 minutes is plenty of time, and they went back out and took it to them,” Mastrogiaco-mo said. “Good things happen when they work together, and they really did tonight. We had a couple of great looks on the powerplay, and it was a great win for us in our last home game. You can’t ask for any-thing better for the girls.”

Though Davis scored all

the goals in the win, Googins said the forwards up front also deserve credit for opening up the shooting lanes for their big defensemen.

“Krystal Barnard and Jackie Sullivan are tenacious forecheckers,” he said. “That may not show up on the score sheets, but they did a great job.”

Prior to the game, Googins and the team honored seniors Jen Halloran, Amanda Barry, Rian Regan, Sarah Nadell, Chelsea Paola, Larissa Burgess and Danielle Murphy, along with their parents. Though this year’s crop of seniors did not get the same amount of ice time as the Class of 2009, Googins said they were always great leaders.

“Even though a lot of them don’t play that much, they have great attitudes,” he said. “They are always positive leaders, and it was great to cap their day with a win for them and their families.”

The girls followed their victory over Falmouth with a 2-1 win on the road Sunday against league-leading Sand-wich, which Googins said is a sign they are still playing hard despite missing the MIAA tournament.

“It just shows the team hasn’t quit,” he said.

Sweet sendoff for WHP seniorsGirls come back to beat Falmouth on Senior Night

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MaD haTTeR: alex Davis celebrates her hat trick after she com-pleted WhP’s comeback win with her third goal of the game with seven minutes to play in the third period against Falmouth on Saturday.

Swimmers shine at sectionalsRelay team ends season in style at MIT meet


Rebecca Blathras, Jenna Bostwick, Jen Salas and Emma Ripatrazone just barely qualified for section-als, reaching a qualifying time in their second-to-last meet. But Pembroke’s 200-yard freestyle relay team certainly saved their best for last.

The Titan team came into the South Sectional meet at MIT on Saturday seeded 31st out of 32 teams, but they shaved nearly four seconds off their seed time to finish 24th and just miss an All State qualifying time.

The girls swam the relay in 1:53.73, an improvement over their qualifying time

of 1:57.20 and just short of the Division II state cutoff of 1:52.50.

“To do as well as they did shocked a lot of people,” head swim coach Brian Noyes said. “There were some real powerhouse teams there, and we were a real dark horse, but I think the girls recognized that they be-longed there. It was very fun for these kids; they proved they did belong there. If we only had another week, they would have gone to states.”

The fact that the Ti-tans qualified this season is even more remarkable given their lack of a home practice pool. With the Percy Walker pool in Duxbury closed for renovations, the Titans have

struggled to find practice time all season.

“We had issues with pool time all season and had to drive places at night to prac-tice,” Noyes said. “We had a lot of things going against us this year.”

The performance at sec-tionals was a nice sendoff for Blathras, who swam her final race at Pembroke High School. But Bostwick, Sa-las and Ripatrazone will all be returning for their senior years, and Noyes expects to see them all back at the race this time next winter.

“This was a big confi-dence booster for them,” he said. “They were very pumped up, and I’m sure they will be here again.”


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