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Quincy flounders flounder on board for Quincy Veterans!

It is with great delight that Quincy Quarry has some good news about Quincy to report for a change!

Last week’s annual Veterans fishing trip hosted by Harvey’s Saltwater Fishing Club and keep afloat by Boston Harbor Lobsterman’s Association was yet again a great time for the disabled and older veterans who were feted at this much appreciated event.

As usual, many hardworking volunteers were at the dock at Hough’s Neck Public Landing as well as the Quincy Yacht, the key land-based facilities for this event, as early as eight in the morning preparing for the arrival of the honored guests a couple or so hours later.

After all, there is much for the many volunteers to do as not only are the guests shipped out onto the water to go fishing, they are treated to a late lunch (or arguably an early Early Bird dinner, ed.) when they return from fishing.

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The honored guest and a couple of flounders
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Unfortunately, there was a modest downside: this year is a local election year and thus a number of candidates were out trolling for votes but not offering all that much assistance on the mission of the day: shipping vets out to fish and then serving them a hearty lunch at the Quincy Yacht Club when they return.

One in particular did her usual arrive around ten, shake a few hands and then jump on a boat with the hope of staging photo op to then post on her personal social media site as well as so pat herself on the back for “volunteering” even if – not surprisingly – she usually doesn’t stick around to help serve lunch, much less do much in the way of any other heavy lifting.

As things played out, while this ward heeler did manage to jump onto the boat that was carrying the honored veteran of the day, she apparently was not able to score a photo as a close read of her social media post would clearly suggest that she was stuck with recycling a picture taken last year.

Unfortunately for the ward heeler, Quincy Quarry was onto this odoriferous fishing for a photo op.

Thank you to Harvey's Saltwater Fishing Club, Quincy Yacht Club, Boston Harbor Lobsterman's Association, and all the…

Posted by Margaret McLean Laforest on Thursday, July 13, 2017

 

Then again, there isn’t much that slips past the Quarry even if it doesn’t always publish all of the dirt available to it.

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