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By BOB YORK The amount of time it takes to get from 4:54.008 to 4:55.622 on your stopwatch is 1.614 seconds. That’s not enough time to say “Lake Quinsigamond,” but yet it proved to be more than enough on the clock to keep Deerfield Academy’s number-one boat from a shot at defending its national championship. The invite to the Youth National Rowing Championships, which are annually held on Melton Hill Lake in Oakridge, Tenn., are
Hello and best wishes to all. Owned and operated a small business, Orient Country Store, for 31 years. Recently sold the business. My wife, Diana, and I will be moving back to Honolulu. While in Orient I have been involved in numerous organizations and served on a number of civic boards.including school board , fire department, and economic development. As pertains to the OFD, I am still an active member as a driver/operator of a
Ben Patton’83 was invited to Deerfield by the Senior Class this past Sunday as one of 9 alumni presenters at PATHWAYS. The program, which was created by the Alumni Association in 2001, shows how a Deerfield education might prepare you (or not) for the road ahead. Other presenters were Asha Echeverria ’96, Josh Greenhill ’96, Rob Hale ’84 P15, Leslie Hotchkiss ’06, Sean Keller ’86, Stephanie Lazar ’94, Adam Lubinsky ’89 and Rafi Mottahedeh ’02.
By BOB YORK It’s called Melton Hill Lake, but to five boys from Deerfield Academy, it will always be their Golden Pond. The lake, which is located in Oakridge, Tenn., annually plays host to the Youth National Rowing Championships and this year, the Big Green’s Number 1 boat churned its way to a national championship in the High School Coxswain and Four competition. “National champions … it sure has a nice ring to it, now
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