The Seekonk
Reporter
JANUARY 2010 Volume 22, no. 1
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Serving the Residents of Seekonk, Rehoboth and Surrounding Communities Since 1989
The Kiwanis Club of Seekonk
14th Annual Taste of the Town
February 2nd • 6-9pm at the Johnson & Wales Inn Rte. 44 in Seekonk
see details on page 21
Seekonk Youth Join Dighton-Rehoboth Hockey Team Hockey Returns to Seekonk for First Time in Many Years By Laura Calverley
Seekonk has not had a high school hockey team for many years. When it existed, the program was strong and the team was very good, but it dissolved in the 1990’s for various reasons. For years, Seekonk kids who had played hockey since they were 6 or 7, just couldn’t play when they reached high school. Or their parents had to pay to send them to private schools that offered hockey programs. Now all that has changed. Seekonk has entered into a cooperative team with Dighton-Rehoboth this season, thanks mostly to some dedicated parents and school athletic directors who didn’t want to see the kids lose the opportunity to play. The reason they did it is pretty simple, says Mark Ferreira, president of Friends of Seekonk Hockey, whose 15-year-old son Adam plays on the new team. “We have so many kids that play years of youth hockey. Their parents invest countless hours and thousands of dollars every year to participate. Some of these very talented athletes have decided to leave the Seekonk school system because we didn’t offer hockey at the high school level. Our goal is to re-establish the highly successful stand alone hockey program for the town that we had for so many years,” said Ferreira. continued on page 9...
Health 2010 & Fitness See page 52
Spotlight on Schools Turn to page 43
Brownie Troop 460 organized a Toy Drive for Seekonk families. They collected over 5 large boxes of toys and donated them to Doorways. Troop 460 would like to thank all who donated toys.