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Hebert Award and Other News

Hebert Award At an all-school assembly on January 21st, Nico Whitlock ’16 was awarded the Hector Hebert Award. Long time colleague and fellow history teacher Alan Hall – dubbed the “venerable” by Principal Eric Klein – made the presentation. Before describing Mr. Hebert’s characteristics and teaching style, Mr. Hall gave the students a snapshot of Yarmouth in the early 1970s: no stop lights, school called off by horn blasts from a general store on Main Street, the junior high school housed in the 100 Wing, etc.

Mr. Hebert would be delighted in this year’s recipient. Nico is a top student, a soccer player, President of the Outing Club, a spokesperson for the student club B.O.L.D. (Building Our Lives Drug & Alcohol Free), a bass player in a bluegrass band, and a music teacher at the Boys and Girls Club. Congratulations Nico.

Poetry Outloud

Amanda Dettman ’16 won the 2016 Poetry Outloud competition, held before the student body on January 7th. Each of the eight contestants – two from each class – recited two poems from memory, and were judged by four local poets. Amanda had competed in all four of her years at YHS, and will now advance to the regional competition.

All students in the school are required to memorize and recite a poem in their English class. Other contestants were: Natalie Bourassa ’19, Hannah Grant ’19, Sage Watterson ’18, Nick Prato ’18, Ella Werner ’17, Isabelle Murray ’17, and Lucy Alexander ’16.

Students in the News

Jordan O’Brien ’17 has a passion for race cars. He recently returned from a trip to North Carolina where he competed at several NASCAR tracks, winning one race and placing in another.

Franz-Peter Jerosch ’19 and his partner, Julia Curran of Westbrook, placed second in the juvenile pairs event at the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships held in St. Paul, MN on January 16th.

Jack Venden ’16 and Tyler Waaler ’16 have received nominations by the Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, for admission to the United States Naval Academy.

Sports Updates

Here are the records of the teams as they approach the end of the regular season:

Boys Basketball 12-3
Girls Basketball 7-8
Boys Hockey 11-2
Girls Hockey 6-10

Records of the swimming, track, nordic skiing, and alpine skiing are not regularly reported in the press, and hard to find. More on those teams later.

Sally Barchard ’65

Sally Barchard of Falmouth died on May 31, 2015 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She worked for forty-two years for the Fred S. James Insurance Company. An active woman, Sally had an many interests: painting in water colors, kayaking, gardening, and music.

Sally was predeceased by his sister, Linda Barchard Pyles ’65. A celebration of Sally’s life will be held at Lindquist Funeral Home in Yarmouth on Saturday, June 6th. A full obituary appeared in the Portland Press Herald on June 2nd.

Richard Bowie ’63

Richard Bowie died suddenly of a heart attack on November 21, 2013 in Assonet, MA. After graduating from the University of Maine, Portland, Rick entered the Naval OCS program in 1967. He served on several naval vessels during the Vietman War.

Rick married his classmate Travis Markham Bowe, who survives him. They settled in Dartmouth, MA where they raised their three children. Rick worked for several businesses in the area over the years, and was very active in church and civic affairs.

Thomas E. Wood ’73

Tom Wood died at the Maine Medical Center on March 27th, 2015 after a brief illness. Tom worked as a carpenter in the Greater Portland area.

Among his survivors are his sister, Sandra Wood Wilson ’67 and her husband Mark Wilson ’65, and his nephews Aaron Wilson ’94 and Brett Wilson ’99. His full obituary appeared in the Portland Press Herald on April 1st, 2015.

Harold W. Moulton, Jr. ’63

Harold “Butch” Moulton of Yarmouth died unexpectedly on March 5th in Pompano Beach, Florida. A five sport letter-winner at YHS, Butch continued his athletic career at USM, and was later inducted into their Sports Hall of Fame. After marrying in 1968, he and his wife Rosemary lived in Massachusetts for a while before returning to Yarmouth, where they raised their children and Butch developed a construction business. For a number of years they have wintered in Florida.

Butch was predeceased by his brother Tom ’76. Among his survivors are his wife Rosemary O’Brien Moulton ’64, and daughter Melissa Moulton Black ’88. The March 19th edition of The Forecaster carried his obituary.