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Year in Review 2012

Vanguard associate editor Tina Comeau shares some of her images from 2012.

Acadian pride was on display during an April public consultation session in Tusket for an electoral boundaries review.TINA COMEAU PHOTO 1 width:500px;height:332px

Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School Class of 2012 graduates Emily-Ann Sweeney, Emily Sweeney and Jaymee Webster pulled over for a minute on Parade Street as they made their way to their graduation ceremony at the Mariners Centre. The June 28 ceremony was unique in that it was the last class graduating to have attended the high school building on Parade Street. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

 2 height:500px;width:332px Canada West players surround goalie Jonah Imoo as the team prepares to go n the ice for their warmup prior to the start of the World Junior A Challenge between their team and Team USA at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 3 width:500px;height:332px

Members of the group Up and Coming share the stage in more ways than one during a performance of the Gotye song Somebody That I Used to Know. Julien Boudreau (far right) provided the vocals as Luke Babin (far left) added percussion on the guitar that was being played by Nicholas Pothier, Shane LeBlanc and Noah Warner. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

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Yarmouth youngster Grace Rodney was excited to be celebrating her fourth birthday this year. Because she was born on Feb. 29, 2008, this was her first “real” birthday, since Feb. 29 only swings around once every four years. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

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Cheering in the stands. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 6 width:500px;height:332px

YCMHS student Marc Surette is about to get a rude awakening, or make that a wet awakening, during a Water Day IWK hospital fundraiser the school held in June. Students donated money for the chance to drench each other with pylons, recycling bins and buckets filled with water, along with water guns and water balloons. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

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Jessica Amirault paints using a paintbrush inserted into a mouthpiece since she doesn’t have the use of her arms. Helping her where hands are needed is Dan Earle who is as excited as Amirault is that some of her paintings will be on exhibit in the lobby of Th’YARC this month. The exhibit runs Dec. 4-14. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

 8 width:500px;height:332px Cheering for Canada West. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 9 width:500px;height:332px

Workspace was at a premium on board this vessel on Monday, Nov. 26, as it is loaded for the start of the lobster fishing in LFA 34 in southwestern Nova Scotia, which had been postponed due to strong winds. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

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A meeting for crewmembers was held on Nov. 21. The turnout wasn't what the meeting organizer had hoped for. Another gathering is planned for Friday, Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. at the Lobster Rock Wharf. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 11 width:500px;height:332px The special award recipients at the 36th Annual Yarmouth County Athletic Awards Banaquet: (clockwise from front) Brett Mercier, Carol d'Entremont, Rob Sweeney, Eddie Hartley and Michelle MacKenzie. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 12 width:500px;height:371px Canada West celebrates a goal. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 13 width:500px;height:359px Cheering for Canada East. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 14 width:500px;height:274px Well, the puck didn't make it in the net on this rush but the same could not be said for Canada West goalie Jonah Imoo or Canada East forward Brent Norris. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 15 width:500px;height:311px
Switzerland goalie Luca Boltshauser looks off to his side, the puck safe under his glove. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 16 width:500px;height:334px Canada West goalie Curtis Skip lines up with teammates waiting to go on the ice. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 17 width:500px;height:332px A high-five during a visit from the Canada East hockey team to Meadowfields. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 18 width:500px;height:332px

Dominic Boudreau is all smiles as he plays in his home following a day at school. He was also all smiles when he and his family recently went on a wish trip to Disneyworld.

TINA COMEAU PHOTO 19 width:500px;height:332px Soccer districts championship game: Yarmouth vs Barrington. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 20 width:500px;height:429px
Wearing pink for Stand Up Against Bullying Day at Ecole Wedgeport. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 21 width:500px;height:332px Yarmouth team celebrates its districts win. Carter Cunningham and Ethan LeBlanc, the team's two goalies, leap into the air in joy. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 22 width:500px;height:357px West Pubnico Festival: Activities at the Dennis Point Wharf. Card board boat races. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 23 width:500px;height:288px Disappointment for PEB players, even thought both teams played a hard-fought game. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 24 width:500px;height:338px Plymouth School teacher Kevin MacLeod is duct taped to the wall while having pies thrown at him as a reward for the students efforts in raising funds during their Terry Fox Run. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 25 width:500px;height:332px
An anti-bullying walk was held in Yarmouth the evening of Sept. 13, which was also Stand Up Against Bullying Day in the province. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 26 width:500px;height:324px Students arrive for their first day of classes at the new Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School on Forest Street. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 27 width:500px;height:332px Pitcher Brayden Moses (left) receives congrats from players and coaches after striking out the last batter after Sheburne had loaded the bases three times in the 6th inning, yet only managed to score one run as Yarmouth twice made the out at the home plate. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 28 width:500px;height:325px Snowbirds do a flypast as they leave Yarmouth. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 29 width:500px;height:332px Flying over the airport property. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 30 width:500px;height:268px
Kelly Bellamon and her daughter Joy sang a song to end the evening that called on the commission not to divide Yarmouth. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 31 width:500px;height:332px West Pubnico Festival: Activities at the Dennis Point Wharf. Crate run. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 32 width:500px;height:332px 2012 Seafest Mackerel Toss. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 33 width:500px;height:332px 2012 Seafest Parade of Lights. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 34 height:500px;width:332px 2012 Seafest Parade of Lights. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 35 width:500px;height:332px
PEB Class of 2012 graduates Shawnda Cherney and Samantha Comeau get their photo taken during the June 26 graduation ceremony. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 36 width:500px;height:332px There were many activities for children during Seafest's Mayor's Picnic in the Park, including hula hoops. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 37 width:500px;height:332px Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School teacher Wally Fiander, himself a member of the YCMHS Class of ’89, packs boxes in his classroom for the move to the new high school on Forest Street. He says he’ll miss the old building on Parade Street.Tina Comeau photo 38 width:500px;height:332px There were many activities for children during Seafest's Mayor's Picnic in the Park on the opening day of the two-week long festival. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 39 width:500px;height:332px Members of the Nouvelle Écosse team run into the Mariners Centre during the June 30 opening ceremonies of the Finale des Jeux de l’Acadie. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 40 width:500px;height:332px
Kevin Volmer, a rescue specialist from the Coast Guard vessel Earl Grey, attends to the “injuries” of Breagh MacDonald and Thomas Dymond on Murder Island in the Tusket Islands chain. This was part of a June 27 simulated search and rescue training exercise. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 41 width:500px;height:332px Natis Boudreau with the ball for team Nouvelle Écosse during a 6-0 win over Restigouche. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 42 width:500px;height:368px Firefighters on the scene of a June 20 house fire at Lakeside Road. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 43 width:500px;height:332px YCMHS Class of 2012 graduation. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 44 width:500px;height:332px Walk the Walk for Autism. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 45 width:500px;height:355px
2012 Yarmouth Relay for Life. Yarmouth MLA Zach Churchill braces for a pie in the face from Haley Parent during the pie in the face auction. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 46 width:500px;height:323px 2012 Yarmouth Relay for Life. Luminaries ceremony. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 47 width:500px;height:332px YCMHS prom night. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 48 width:500px;height:332px YCMHS prom night. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 49 width:500px;height:332px Yarmouth/Shelburne track and field districts. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 50 width:500px;height:298px
Fishermen listen intently to the discussion at a 1688 meeting on May 4 in Yarmouth. There was a lot of confusion at the meeting, and following it, pertaining to a strike. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 51 width:500px;height:332px Yarmouth Mariners players interacted with some Central School students who cheered on the team as they left town for Woodstock on Thursday to compete in Game 7 of the MHL Kent Cup Final on Friday night. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 52 width:500px;height:332px Bria MacKinnon came prepared to cheer on the Mariners. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 53 width:500px;height:328px The Mariners celebrate one of their three goals in the second period of Game 6 versus Woodstock. TINA COMEAU PHOTO 54 width:500px;height:353px
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Published on December 30, 2012

Acadian pride was on display during an April public consultation session in Tusket for an electoral boundaries review.TINA COMEAU PHOTO

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