Good Morning Gloucester

Have the soft delicious coors light soft cooler packed and ready to go in the bottom of the fridge. When it’s time to go, grab, add ice and let it rip.

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Date and time

Sat, July 16, 2022

3:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT

Location: 

St. John’s Preparatory School

72 Spring Street

Danvers, MA 01923

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The 2022 CCB Foundation Cornhole Tournament will take place on Saturday, July 16th at St. John’s Prep on Brother Linus Field #1 in Danvers, MA. Team check-in and warm-ups start at 3:00 PM and the tournament begins at 3:30 PM. Prizes will be given to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams of the round robin style tournament.

Tournament Information:

·       Entry Fee: $100 per team

·       Team Size: 2 People

·       Prizes for the top 3 teams, fun to be had by all!

·       Food and snacks included for all attendees

Other Information:

This is a family-friendly, sober event for all ages and skill levels. In addition to the tournament, expect music, food, and fun activities for everyone to enjoy!

• 50/50 Raffle
• Cornhole Long Toss Game w/ Prizes (the ‘half-court shot’ of Cornhole!)
• Balloon animals
• More activities to be added!

To purchase tickets, please visit the Eventbrite page

For information about how you or your company can be a sponsor for this event and to learn more about sponsorship benefits, please visit CCB Foundation’s News & Events webpage and scroll down to the post “Interested in Sponsoring the Cornhole Tournament?”  or contact CCB Foundation at info@ccbfoundation.com

CCB Foundation’s mission is to support people in achieving and maintaining long-term recovery by funding, providing, and expanding the availability of transitional support services and programs. This funding will help to establish a peer-to-peer support and recovery program in Gloucester to serve the recovery community throughout Cape Ann. For more information about The CCB Foundation, please visit The CCB Foundation.

I recently took a photo tour specifically to see nesting puffins at Machias Seal Island in Maine last week. It’s been on my bucket list and the trip was made with our puffin sightings along with many other interesting birds. It was a trip that included 3 lighthouses, 3 boat to tender transfers without getting wet, several dozen puffins and hundreds of other nesting birds. I was very worried about all the transferring between boats but I made it with all my equipment intact and mostly dry! It was a 2 hour ride to the boat launch, an hour out to the island with very restricted access and tightly held rules. Only half our group could go onto the island at a time to spend an hour in teeny tiny blinds. The other half waited on the moored boat. The nesting terns were brutal and required sticks for protection. But it was all worth it! Here are just a few of the photos. I highly recommend giving it a try even if you think you don’t especially like birds (Joey and Chris I am talking to you). Many additional details and photos can be found at Pat D’s Photos and Adventures on Facebook. This was definitely in the “adventure” category.

Brian referenced in the letter is Brian Tarr on of my dad’s best buddies. Brian was a Bentley grad and wrote a letter of recommendation for me. They both mercilessly busted each others balls, similar to how my friends and I interact. I was 19 when I typed this letter out and stuck it in the mailbox, my dad was 44, nine years younger than I am as I compose this blog post.

DeNucci referenced in the letter is Alex Denucci, son of Joe DeNucci State Auditor Joe DeNucci.

From Joe DeNucci’s obituary-

Joe DeNucci died on September 8, 2017 from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease

Joe grew up in Newton (Nonantum) Mass. He graduated Newton High School when as a junior he stated his professional boxing career. Joe was a top ranked contender and has the distinction of having the most boxing matches in the history of the Boston Garden. He was inducted to the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago. After his boxing career ended, he was elected in 1977 to the Massachusetts House of Representatives where he served as Chairman of Human Services and Elderly Affairs. Joe was then elected State Auditor in 1986 and was the longest-serving Auditor in the Commonwealth’s history where he served 24 years before retiring in 2011. 

My Dad Libby passed March 21, 2017, just months apart. two strong Italian men.

Anyway here’s the letter I wrote my dad from my college dorm room in Oak Hall, Bentley College.

This posting is for people who need a break from wildlife. It is representative of the marine traffic that passes our house (except for the train).

Light Strip…