Duxbury Clipper 2010 - 18 - 08
Duxbury Clipper 2010 - 18 - 08
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Volume LX No. 32 “Running is one the best solutions to a clear mind.” –– Sasha Azevedo Wednesday, august 18, 2010
Tantillo brings
tech savvy
New superintendent wants to
think outside-the-box in Duxbury
By Justin Graeber, Clipper Editor Tantillo, who describes
[email protected]
himself as a “visible superin-
Just look for the yellow tendent,” will be watching and
notebook. learning, all while taking notes
Dr. Benedict Tantillo, the in his omnipresent notebook.
new superintendent of schools He knows he has a challeng-
in Duxbury, has some big ing task ahead.
ideas for the district. But when “My job is to take a good
his tenure begins in earnest district and make it better,” he DOWN TIME: A few boys felt like reading instead of swimming; Demani and Luis are with Stephan
in September, he’ll mostly be said. Lockwood their counselor. Campers have the use of two pools while at Camp Wing. Photo by Karen Wong
observing, learning how the Tantillo was hired to re-
town, the students and the
staff work.
place outgoing superinten-
continued on page 14
Touching lives at Camp Wing
Race on the sand
Inaugural beach run draws 150
T he music is blasting at lunch
time in the dining hall at Camp
Wing. Food is carried through
a maze of tables, but it’s hard to avoid the
By Justin Graeber, Clipper Editor Top 5 Duxbury runners people dancing on the chairs and sing-
[email protected]
Kevin Thomas, second place, ing along to the music, performing cho-
Usually when people tell
you to pound sand, it’s not a
18:54.20 reographed moves to the delight of their
very nice thing to say. Billy Jewell, third place, friends.
However, for the runners 18:55.79 And that’s just the counselors.
in the Duxbury Beach Preser- Jimmy Bunnell, sixth place,
vation Society’s inaugural 5K 19:41.51 By Justin Graeber, Clipper Editor
run on Saturday morning, it [email protected]
represented a challenge. Tom Pereksils, seventh Lunch time is one of the highlights of the day
The course for the race, place, 19:58.70 at Crossroads for Kids, the organization that runs
which raised money for the Matt Fuchs, 14th place, summer camps for at-risk youth all through the
society’s storm fund, took 21:45.92 summer. As Executive Director Deb Samuels de-
place almost entirely on the For complete results see coolrunnings.com scribes it, lunch used to be a chaotic time at the
unforgiving terrain of sand, camp. Most of the kids are well-behaved during
staring in the parking lot near ing around and following the the day, but when 200-plus gather for lunch, it’s
the Harbormaster’s shack and shoreline back to the starting tough to keep things under control.
going all the way up to the point. TOUR GUIDES: Deonte, 10 and Zoie, 11, show
second crossover before turn- continued on page 16
a guest around Camp Wing last week. continued on page 6
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