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THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 2014
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Pop Warner Needs Your Help
Dear Parents, Friends,
Coaches
and
I need your help. Recently, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) evicted us from the Murphy skating rink which we have used as our concession stand since we started in 1998. In 1998, the then MDC Commissioner David Balfour arranged our use of the rink and we have not had a problem until this year. This eviction came from Nicholas Gove, the DCR Director for the Boston Region. We have repeatedly tried to meet with the DCR Commissioner Jack Murray to discuss our current situation but the Commissioner has refused. Additionally, the DCR has severed all power to our foot-
Sixty Years Together
ball and cheerleading trailers. The current situation puts the entire South Boston Pop Warner (SBPW) program in peril. The concession stand proceeds go to ensure we have Boston EMS service and referees for our games. The lighting in the containers ensures that no child or volunteer gets injured in the dark. DCR service over the last several years has deteriorated. They cut the grass but that’s about it. DCR use to provide bleachers, line and aerate the field. Now they do not provide any of that. We purchased the bleachers several years ago and purchased a paint machine as well as paint. We paint the field and provide our own barrels. And most recently, we had to purchase a new scoreboard controller for continued on pg 2
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Last Sunday afternoon, September 28, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick and Margaret (“Fred and Hon”) Rooney celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary in the Venezia Banquet Room on Port Norfolk. Note the delight on their faces as they see the huge turnout - a jampacked roomful of well-wishers was on hand to congratulate them, and (of course) to celebrate the joyful and blessed event. But most important, all 11 of Fred and Hon’s sons were there, along with many of their 29 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. They were married on Saturday, October 2, 1954, so their actual Anniversary date is this Thursday, October 2 (as you’re reading this). For all South Boston Online knows, Fred and Hon might still be celebrating. Please turn to pages 4 and 5 for a full photo essay and write-up of Fred and Hon’s 60th Anniversary celebration.
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