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Volume LX No. 37 “Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.” –– Benjamin Disraeli Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Planning for
the worst
Selectmen discuss Hazard
Mitigation Plan with MAPC staff
By Susanna Sheehan, Clipper Staff to the Board of Selectmen
susanna@duxburyclipper.com
Monday, explaining that when
Trying to prevent loss a community takes action to
of life and property damage prepare for natural hazards
from natural disasters before like storms, flooding and wild-
they happen is the focus of a fires, they are in much better
planning effort in Duxbury shape when any of these prob-
unveiled this week by the lems occur.
Metropolitan Area Planning Martin Pillsbury and Jo-
Council. seph Domelowicz have been
Two representatives from working on the plan for al- SHUCK IT TO ME: Island Creek Oyster owner Skip Bennett is surrounded by some of his shuckers,
the MAPC presented a draft most two years, meeting with Johnny Heinstadt, Quinn Cosgrove and Gardner Loring during Saturday’s Oyster Festival. See page
of a Hazard Mitigation Plan continued on page 6
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was tapped for an early com- set free and very soon he was of songs and parties as well as
mission as First Lieutenant in released unharmed. lawn luncheons for young ser-
the Army Signal Corps. He 1921 found Carl a civilian vicemen during World War II.
$
volunteered for service a week again working in New York Sally remembers dances held
every Saturday night from
July through Labor Day at the
Yacht Club where her mother
once served as chair of the en-
tertainment committee and her
father as Commodore. During
his tenure as Commodore he
dry cleaning
arranged for a group (Harrison
Street Trust) to purchase and
hold the land for seven holes of
the future golf course north of
Harrison Street until the Yacht
Club was ready to expand and
utilize the acreage.
Carl Danner the profes-
sional was always a busy man. • Superior dry cleaning service delivered
In addition to a 26-year career to your door twice a week
as President of American Hide
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and Leather Company, he was
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and a board member of both the and the environment
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
and the National Association
of Manufacturers. He served
on the Massachusetts Port
Authority Board, The Boston
Chamber of Commerce, was a
member of the Duxbury Plan-
ning Board and in 1943 was
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Danner and his wife, Cornelia, on their wedding day.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Duxbury Clipper 5
Davidson Reception
at Bumpus Gallery
The Helen Bumpus Gal-
lery exhibit titled “Into the
Garden” by Duxbury artist Al-
ison Davidson is running dur-
ing September and October.
Focusing primarily although
not exclusively on floral imag-
es, her watercolors have been
exhibited throughout the South
Shore and Cape Cod and have
received numerous awards.
A reception to meet the art-
ist will be held at the Gallery
on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 2
to 4 p.m. Complimentary re-
freshments will be served and
Members of Troop 80531 held their first meeting as Brownies at the all are invited to attend.
Girl Scout House last week and were all smiles as they gathered The Helen Bumpus Gal- Fine Wine • Beer • Liquor • Cigars
outside. Top row: Carina Bruno and Sophia Mulvey. Middle Row: lery is located on the main
Elizabeth Lemieux, Kelly Barr, Faith Thomas, Emily Quinlan and level of the Duxbury Free Li- Stop & Shop Plaza • Kingston
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juries and property damage or charges over time to pay for the real estate improvements. 2/54% s $58"529 s
caused by natural disasters by
creating long-term strategies • Learned that there will be a seminar on changes to the Open
LOFTUS
to high tides. These include flooding on adjoining private tree trimming program and
Gurnet Road, King Caesar and town properties. calls it “effective.”
Road, the area of Washington The Duxbury Fire De- After their presentation,
Street and St. George Street, partment responds to ap- Pillsbury and Domelowicz
Patten Lane, Snug Harbor, proximately 150 brush fires asked selectmen to take a few
Blue Fish River and the Mar-
shall Street bridge.
annually with 30 fires burn-
ing multiple acres. Because
weeks to review and com-
ment on the plan and then
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Road, Congress Street, Lake and undeveloped land, Dux- selectmen do adopt the plan, ORIENTALS & AREA RUG CLEANING
Shore Drive, Keene Mill and bury is susceptible to brush then Duxbury will be eligi-
Keene Brook, and Plantation fires. The hazard mitigation ble for grants from the Fed- ON LOCATION
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