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EDITORIALS Herring ruins ON THEIR WAY - Two herring climb one of the final rungs of the ladder up the Marstons Mills herring run last spring. The Mas- sachusetts Marine Fisher- ies Commis- sion approved a three-year ban in all state waters on "har- vest , possession and sale" of river herring at its November meeting. The decision came in response to "recent drastic declines" in river herring spawning runs. Barnstable 's most popular herring run at the Mill Pond on Route 149 has been open just two of the last 10 seasons. 2005 happened to be one of them. A good and steady flow of herring drew crowds of kids with nets , adults with buckets, and some hungry ospreys overhead. The return of the run in Mar- stons Mills is a cooperative effort between the town and the Lib- erty Hall Club, which adopted the run years ago and has volun- teered countless hours clearing and restoring the run in the past decade. Last year's wet spring may not have helped many base- ments, but it did help keep the runs flowing strong throughout the spawning season. Unfortunately, runs across the state and throughout the spawn- ing region of river herring remain in a state of decline. The fate of the species is not entirely in the hands of the run-keepers, how- ever. The success of the things that eat herring in the wild - stripers, cormorants , osprey, etc. - is believed to be taking a toll. Another theory also holds that a past management success, the resurrection of the sea herring, has increased fishing on this species, perhaps landing many would-be-spawning river herring as by-catch. Whatever the reason, there 's no argument that the river her- ring is in trouble all over. Connecticut fisheries officials placed a similar ban on its name- sake river in 2004, and more Atlantic states are looking at tougher regulations/restrictions . So while there will no doubt be some fishermen whose hunker dreams are dashed by the lack of bait herring, there seems to be little argument that the ban is a good and necessary step. If the herring return to Mar- stons Mills as they did this year, and let's hope they do, consider them beauty, not bounty. It'd be a shame to say "that' s where the fish used to come." DS II ediior'TJbarnstablepatnot.com By Ed Semprini A straight-shooting, disciplined leader of unquestionable char- acter. That was the Phil Rollins we knew and covered as a radio newsman for many years. The lawman-newsman relation- ship that strengthened into a friendship began in a West Yar- mouth restaurant in 1970. The restaurant was set up as the head- quarters where Phil Rollins, his friends and supporters gathered to receive election returns. We recall an air of confidence throughout the gathering that their candidate would pull an upset and defeat the powerful Democratic incumbent Edmund Dims of New Bedford , who had held a tight grip on the district attorney 's office that served Southeastern Massachu- setts, including New Bedford, the Cape and Islands. We were standing practically shoulder-to-shoulder with Phil Rollins, the microphone at ready when the thunderous roar of.vic- tory broke out. Recalled is the newly-elected district attorney 's initial exclamation about "we're on our way." The first interview with Rollins was in our station and on the air a short time later. A wild night. Rollins ' popularity with his peers and his employees , his numerous accomplishments and his laudable leadership kept him in office until retirement in 2002. He was succeeded by Michael O'Keefe . who served with him for some 20 years. More than a few hours were spent in the district attorney 's office during our working years, and more often than not the in- tervipw was preceded by football talk. Rollins was an outstanding guard at Dartmouth College. But when the gridiron prelimi- naries were over. Phil lost little time getting down to business. His hours were too precious to waste on his football battles Through those contracts , never did we entertain doubt that Phil Rollins was shooting strai ght. Pressed and pressed again , the reply usually was "Not now. but I will get back to you. " And he did. We're convinced today, recalling the press conferences, that Rol- lins enjoyed flavoring the briefings with a bit of levity. His favorite comment when a couple of veteran reporters appeared in the nick of time. "Well, the heavy hitters are here. We can start ." We haven't seen Phil Rollins very often during the last several years. We'll guess that he had been spend- ing time improving his golf game. After all, one way or another, he had to beat his D.A. office protege, Michael O'Keefe, an excellent low handicapper. Phil Rollins is gone, at too early an age. But he has left behind , for all to commend , accomplishments and successes unequalled in law enforcement in our region. • •• CHOWDAH BOWL: Happy New Year!...Hey.Wellfleet! Be on guard. There 's anothertown challenging your "oyster capital" boast. It's Dennis. The challenge is the result of a recent taste-testing contest in which the Quivet Neck Dennis oys- ters were proclaimed the tastiest of all entries, including Wellfleet , Barnstable, Brewster and Orleans. •Quivet Neck has upset Wellfleet's apple carts,"CraigPoosikian , who arranged the fund-raising contest, boasted...Wouldn 't you agree that the team search for mushrooms, particularly that RARE one, in inclement weather rates the No. 1 story of '05 on Cape Cod??? Or would you select the story of the swarm of beautiful butterflies across the Cape? One announce- ment CC would enjoy hearingas '06 starts to rev up would come from County Commission Chairman Bill Doherty stating there will be a concerted effort to cut costs and how many agencies and public officials advocate for housing, unless a community is willing to want affordable housing it isn't going to happen." - The Upper Cape Codder. • • • Newsquote: "I wouldn 't be surprised if the attorney general didn'thave arole inthat."- Bourne Selectman Richard E. LaFarge, on decision to reinstate Admiral pare the growing bureaucracy at the County... There'sno place like home - in Provincetown ! That's what Barbara Rushmore believes and she is. submitting articles to have the town bring 1,000 new residents into the Cape-tip. No mention yet where they would live... Media: Long-time Provinc- etown Banner staffer Sally Rose is the new editor of the Banner , suc- ceeding Joseph Harvey, who has moved up to associatepublisher... Jeff Howlett, one-time reporter at radio station WOCB (Yarmouth) has settled in Rochester, N.Y, where he ismanager of aradio sta- tion... Tom Curran, former Patriot newsman, is a sports writer for the Providence Journal ,and covering, appropriately, the Patriots... Too many notes keep slipping from the Bowl, one believed related to Helmi Wiliesis of West Barnstable. CC sincerely apologies if the reply never reached West Barnstable. • • • Former Barnstable Selectman Paul Brown says you know Barn- stable history if you can name the three villages in which "dummy" police officers were stationed on the main streets. Answer below.. You're way,wayup there,Morris,if you remember when the song "It's Three O'clock in the Morning"was the big hit. • • • Press Speaks Out: "No matter Gurnon as president of the Mas- sachusettsMaritime Academy.(In Bourne Enterprise) . • • • Query answer: Hyannis, Oster- ville, Centerville. • • • Quotebook: "In the New Year may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but never in want." (Freixnet Book). Cape Cement Cfje parnsfatjle patriot — Founded in 1830 — Published Weekly at 396 Main Street, Suite 15 • P.O.Box 1208 • Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 Tel:(508) 771-1427 • Fax: (508) 790-3997 E-mail info(!fbarnstablepatriot.eom ¦ www.barnstablepatriot.com PUBLISHER ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Robert F. Sennott, |r. Luanda S. Harrison Representative EDITOR David Still II ^' h, \ P 'T Representative ASSOCIATE EDITOR Edward F. Maroney 9?[ ^ Bac°" Representee lack Mason Representative EDITORIAL DEPA RTMENT TomJ. Walsh Representative David Curran Reporter Melora B. 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January 9, 1986 LENA LAYUP - Jamie Strada (left) and Cara Paradise race to stop D-Y's Sue Lena from making this layup. The Strategem failed as it did for most of the day for Barnstable as Lena scored 22 points to lead D-Y to victory 71-49. 1836 The Pilgrim Society have seen com- pleted within the past year two laudable projects in commemoration of the Land- ing of the Pilgrims -one of which is a large Painting, presenting their Landing from the Mayflower upon the Plymouth Rock. It was executed and presented to the Society by Henry Sargeant, Esq. The other is the Monumental enclosure of the Forefathers's Rock, designed and finished by Geo. Brimmer, Esq. This structure bears the names of the signers of the compact onboard the Mayflower, just previous to landing. 1866 Provincetown has five hundred men employed in the whale fishery; 1260 in the cod and mackerel fisheries; 100 in lobster fishing, and 130 in freighting, a total of two thousand seafaring men. All the above branches of business have been very profitable for several years past, and Provincetown is becoming wealthy. 1899 The new model and training school building just completed by the town of Barnstable, on Ocean street in Hyannis,is to be dedicated on Thursday of this week. The building will be thrown open to the public during the day for inspection, and at 1:30 p.m. There will be public exercises in Masonic Hall, to which everybody is invited. We are unable to get the exact programme, but the principal festivities will be singing by the Schubert Quartet and Superintendent Samuel W. Hallett will be the master of ceremonies. 1906 George Crowell of West Barnstable was robbed of $30 and a gold watch by a smooth-tongued crook in Boston. The gas house at Hyannis has been competed and the machines are being installed. 1916 Thursday about midnight fire was discovered at the Barnstable Inn. The whole building,particularly the halls,soon became rilled with smoke. All the guests were awakened, who quickly dressed and packed their belongings. Help was sum- moned and by strenuous efforts on the part of a few men who reached there in time the fire was extinguished. It appears to have started in pile of rubbish. Fortu- nately the night was very calm for when the flames were extinguished there was discovered a small room full of charred papers , which had caused most of the smoke and which would have burst into flames with a slight puff of wind. 1926 Rev. Sarah Dixon gave her monthly lecture on current events on Tuesdayeve- ning. The weather wasdisagreeable which, taken with the fact that colds and sickness are prevalent caused a smaller audience than usual. Conditions in China and the Mussolini government in Italy were two outstanding topics in her discussion of world events She left with the hearers a clear-cut definition of the difference be- tween the autocratic government of Mussolini and arepublican form of government with the duties of citizens easily inferred. 1936 Amateur detective work by Louis Dranetz not only allowed him to recover part of his money but also resulted in the capture of the man who has been plaguing Hyannis. Ralph A. Brennan, the man whose whereabouts had been ascertained by Dranetz, was sentenced to nine months in the house of correction Saturday when he pleaded guiltyin the district court to the larceny by check of less than $100 from Louis Dranetz and Burman and started servinghis sentence. On the Satur- day before Thanksgiving, the story goes, he entered the Dranetz and Burman stores and making pur- chases tendered checks for $22.50 whichwereaccepted previouslyand made a number of cash purchases at each and established himself as a customer.One check was made out in the nameof Searsfor an Ellis and the other wasjust the reverse. 1946 John E. Libby, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Libby of Cummaquid, early this month won first prize in his county for his eggs exhibited the State 4-H Club Show in Worcester.He gained the highest score of allCape Cod contestants and was fifth among 80 exhibitors form all parts of the state. John was awarded 25 baby chicks offered as aprize by C. M. Williams of Hatchville,The prize-winning eggswere laid by hens whichJohn raised from chicks he had bought at the Williams farm. 1956 There's a new gimmick at Cape school- boy basketball games. We noticed it first at the Barnstable-Voke game, when it re- ally was annoying, and to a less degree at the Raider, P-town and Harwich games.A segment of the Barnstable cheering sec- tion waits until amember of the opposing team is about to shoot a foul then starts up a chant... "It will roll around the rim, but it won't go in"...and repeated faster and faster and with increasing volume. Not to kid ourselves that anything writ- ten here would be taken very seriously by those who indulge in this new ritual but simply because good sportsmanship still pays off, we must say the code whether written or written, is that a player should be given a fair chance when he is attempt- ing a foul shot. 1966 The No. 9 automobileregistration plate which so many people around this town, around the state, or even out of state, for that matter, have seen for the past 68 years is the number of the first plate ever issued to aMassachusetts private citizen. The proud "wearer" of that historic plate on her very up-to-dat e car is Mrs. Sydney Knott of Barnstable Village. How "No. 9" came into being even before the 1903 establishment of the Registry of Motor Vehicles goes back to 1898 when Louie Knott, who became Mrs. Knott's father- in-law, applied to the superintendent of streets of Brookline Town for a permit "to run a motor carriage." 1975 The clock just keeps on ticking, and time is quite literally running out at the Marstons Mills Dump. Despite several years of discussion, regional refuse is still little more than a pipe dream whichever under the best circumstances could not come in time to rescue the town from its refuse woes. And, so. Barnstable Board of Health has had to move forward with expansion plans, and it will come as something of a surprise and relief to most town residents that a alternate site has been selected adjacent of the Marstons Mills Dump itself. 1986 Francis I.Broadhurst willleave a 15-year career in broadcast journalism tomorrow to take ajob as public spokesman for In- dependence Park. The park , the subject of increasing barbs by critics since an 18- month building moratorium began in 1984, suffered several defeats at November town meeting. The moratorium ended Dec. 12 without a hoped for ironclad agreement on the park's future. 1996 With Wednesday night's additional six inches and more snow on the way, the town of Barnstable continues to do its part to support the local economy.That's a good thing, because business in general are suffering at the hands of treacherous traveling conditions and snowbound pa- trons. DPW Superintendent Tom Mullen said that these recent storms have added an estimated $200,000 in plowing and sanding. He said a wild guess places the snow and ice budget at about $300,000 over the $122,000 allocated.