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His campaign team is chaired by
cousin Bob Delahunt. Forest said
the representative is "focused on
the job. There's a lot of work that
stillremainsboth intermsofbudget
priorities in Washington, reflecting
the real needs of the people of this
country,and aforeign policy reflec-
tive of the values and wisdom of the
American people."
Closer to home, Forest said,Dela-
hunt isworking on the transition at
Otis Air Force Base, protecting the
Coast Guard operation there,dredg-
ing harbors, and finding funding for
affordable housing. "The list goes
on," Forest said.
Boston
Bill Galvin, who has flirted with
a gubernatorial run, will stand for
re-election as secretary of state,
according to aide Brian McNiff.
Galvin came to the Cape during
the last state election, in 2004, to
join Delahunt and U.S. Rep. Barney
Franktoprotest Republican "shock"
mailings sent to voters. The trio
chargedthat the piecesdistorted the
records of Democratic incumbents
such as state senators Murray and
O'Leary.
"We haven't finished in terms
of growing our assets in terms
of pension funds," said Timothy
Cahill in confirming that he'll run
for treasurer again. "We've gone
from $26 billion up to $40 billion in
three years. I want to make sure it
continues."
A focus in the next term, accord-
ingto Cahill,willbe makingsure the
new school building authority stays
on track. "We have expended about
a billion and a half dollars for about
200 schools, "he said. "That'salmost
half the waitinglist.We're on pace to
retire the debt early, prior to 2008."
Joe DeNucci, who's finishing his
fifth term as auditor, hasn't lost his
taste for the job, according to his
communications director, Glenn
Briere.DeNucci,who served 10years
in the Legislature and chaired the
human services and elderly affairs
committeebefore winningthe state-
widepost, retains a special interest
in such matters.
"Just today, there was a report on
a human services provider who was
misspending state money," Briere
said. "It's still a major priority of
his."
For Carole Fiola,beingsoutheast-
ern Massachusetts'smember of the
Governor 'sCouncil means ensuring
there arechecks and balancesonthe
governor. The council must advise
and consent on judicial appoint-
ments but also when members are
named to other groups such as the
state parole board.
Fiola said she was pleased that a
Cape Codder, Doris Dottridge, had
been named to a full term on the
parole board. The councilor, who
represents 53 cities and towns, says
she's "looking forward to running
again."
"She likes the job ," aide Kevin
O'Reilly said of Terry Murray, and
who wouldn 't appreciate being
chairman of the (always described
as) powerfu l Senate Ways and
MeansCommittee? "Sincebecoming
chair, she's been in a better posi-
tion to serve her constituents and
the people of the commonwealth,"
O'Reilly said.
Murray is motivated to run again
by successes such as Senatepassage
of an education reform bill (it will
be back in both houses soon) and
enactment of Nicole'sLawrequiring
carbon monoxide detectors, accord-
ing to O'Reilly. Health care reform
(Murrray serves on the House-Sen-
ate conference committee on the
issue) is another priority.
"I am definitely planning on run-
ning,"said Rob O'Leary, who chairs
the Senate'shigher education com-
mittee. He said he's close to report -
ing a bill that could lead to $400
millioninspendingon public colleges
and universities. "We need to make
the schools affordable, and make
sure the quality of these schools is
competitive."
Healthcare reform and education
funding reform are other interests. Of
the latter,he said, "There is the best
chance since I've been on the job to
do something significant."
Demetrius Atsalis is pleased that
"revenues are coming back to state
coffers. My hope is that we can
roll back taxes to 5 percent. I said
when we could afford to do it, I'd
support it."
The representative said he was
pleased the Senate "adopted the
hallmarkprovision"of hiseducation
reform legislation, which called for
considering a community's median
income. He'd still like to rid the
state of gas additive MTBE and will
continue to look for funds to sup-
port community activities such as
the Cobb Astro Park at Barnstable
High School.
"Absolutely" is how Matt Patrick
describes his interest in serving
another term. He points to the ap-
pliance energy efficiency billand the
zero-interest loan program for en-
ergy-relatedhome improvements as
particular successes of this term.
"The next big issue is changing
the school formula so we get our
fair share," the representative said.
As for the proposed wind farm in
Nantucket Sound, which Patrick
supports, he said there 's not a lot
he can do given that the project is
in federal waters.
Jeff Perry doesn't want to give
up either part of the job he loves:
neither debating and voting nor
helping constituents through "the
maze of state government."He says
he staysclose to his roots as a "frus-
trated taxpayer,business owner, and
police officer. "
As ranking Republican on the
education committee,the two-term
representative said he's shouldered
the unpleasant task of pointing out
that some communities are over-
funded by the state while others,
like Cape towns, suffer.
Cape & Islands
First Assistant District Attorney
Michael Trudeau confirmed that
Cape & Islands District Attorney
Michael O'Keefe, who was battling
the flu this week, will seek another
term. •
O'Keefe , who had a long-term
partnershipwith hispredecessorPhil
Rollins, lost his mentor last month
when Rollins died. The only men to
hold the title Cape & Islands DA
brought about many reforms in the
office , but there have been bumps
in the road for O'Keefe, including
his controversial involvement in the
Christa Worthington murder case.
County
IsBill Doherty runningfor re-elec-
tion? Go to www.votebilldoherty.
com for the answer (which is yes, by
the way). The county commissioner
continues to get the word out about
regional services and cooperation
on issues such as homelessness ,
transportation , and wastewater
management.
Hepoints to creation of the county
wastewater collaborative as an ac-
complishment, and notes that towns
have begun to appoint representa-
tives to the voluntary organization.
He'd like to make a contribution as
decisions on these and other matters
are made.
Don't blame Jack Meade for the
drop in real estate prices; he's just
the Register of Deeds. What he's
happy to take responsibility for (and
base his re-election campaign on) is
his modernization of the recording
process and on-line systems.
"We're about to put on-line every-
thing back to 1703," he said (Many
records were destroyed in an 1827
fire). Meade promises "other excit-
ing projects for regular users of our
system."
Next door, Scott Nickerson has
alsospent the last sixyears bringing
his domain, the Barnstable Clerk of
Courts office ,up to date. "The clerk's
office is now all computerized , even
in the courtrooms," he said, and a
statewide system is coming.
Nickerson said he's proud he's
reduced personnel and other ex-
penses by three quarters of amilhon
dollars since taking office , with no
firings. In a second term, he'd like to
see citizens be able to access court
information over the Internet and,
perhaps , "e-file."
Finally, a man who's been to Bos-
ton as a state representative and
is now content to stay closer to
home, wants another term as the
town's member of the Assembly of
Delegates. Tom Lynch of Centerville,
who controls the largest vote on the
county legislature.
Lynch said that regional services
can relieve some of the financialbur-
dens on communities, and he'll con-
tinue to work toward solutions that
benefit his town and the region.
Availability of nomination papers
for all the above offices will be an-
nounced in the newspaper.
ELECTION 06: Incumbents ready to run
Program the fruit
of site-based
management
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
"Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome the Barn-
stable High School boys vol-
leyballteam."
BHSAthleticDirector Steve
Francis says the school will
launch a program this spring
that will include varsity and
junior varsity teams.
He said the program's bud-
get will be "in the neighbor-
hood of $13,000" to pay two
coachesandcover the costsof
gameofficials,transportation
to and from away games, and
uniforms.Because the school
alreadyoffersgirlsvolleyballin
thefall-Barnstableboaststhe
most successful program in
the state -it already owns all
the necessary equipment.
Franciscredited the school
department administration's
move to site-based manage-
ment under the leadership of
interimSupt.TomMcDonald
andAsst.Supt.GlenAnderson
as instrumental in enabling
him to put together a busi-
ness plan for the program
that would allow it to be
started "with little to no net
cost increase" in the athletic
department budget.
Becauseofdecliningstudent
participation,BHSdidnotfield
freshman boys or girlssoccer
or field hockey teams last fall,
and waninginterest led to the
eliminationofwintercheerlead-
ing ayear ago.
Meanwhile, Francis tapped
girlsvolleyballcoach TomTur-
co,whoseteamshavewonnine
state championships in his 18
yearsat the helmand whohas
for some time been interested
in developinga boys program,
to do afeasibilitystudy.
The first step was to gauge
interest, and the initial re-
sponse was overwhelming:88
boys signed up late last fall.
That doesn't mean all 88 will
show up for tryouts, Francis
cautioned, but even if only
half do, that stillwould mean
makingcutsforaprogramthat
willhave room for fewer than
30 athletes.
"So we're basically dem-
onstrating good site-based
management in evolving our
athletic program ," Francis
said.
When the school started
girls hockey and wrestling
programs in 2003, both were
required tobe self-supporting,
though both are funded this
year. Both quickly became
successful competitively and
as popular offerings provid-
ing positive extracurricular
opportunities for students.
But whentheywerelaunched,
site-based management was
not in place.
Internal candidates for the
varsitycoachingpositionhave
until next Friday to submit
their candidacies. As of Mon-
day, only one had done so
- Turco, whose teams have
wonninestatechampionships
in his 18years at the helm.
Francis said he expects to
name a head coach the day
applications close, and then
post the junior varsity coach
job immediately. The spring
interscholastic sports season
starts around April 1.
It'shard to imagineanyone
but Turco gettingthejob,and
notjust because of the cham-
pionships. Francis spoke in
glowing terms of the coach's
influence on his players as
people.
"Think what it does for
your society," he said. "It's
not just this is how many
trophies you've got... It's the
changes I see, the effect he
has on children and helping
them to become productive
young adults. It's something
every adult would want their
children involved with."
Given Turco's track record
of success,notjust as a coach
but as a mentor to young
people, Francis said, "Why
wouldn't we want to expand
his role to include boys?"
IfTurco, who teaches adap-
tive physical education at a
numberofthedistrict'sschools
includingthe highschool, gets
thejob, the postingfor would-
be junior varsity coaches will
direct inquiries to Turco, not
Francis. That isn't the way
Francis handles all assistant
coach vacancies, he said, but
it is when he has the level of
confidence Turco has earned.
Turco has mentored numer-
ous assistantcoaches over the
years, said Francis, with the
samelevel of commitmentand
successhisteamshaveshown.
Tim Acton, head volleyball
coachatBourne,abuddingdy-
nastyinDivision2 (Barnstable
plays in Division 1) is a Turco
protege, he noted.
Francis said the new boys
volleyball team is expected
to play in the Southern Al-
liance, featuring perennial
power Greater New Bedford
Regional Voc-Tech.A formal
applicationtojoin the confer-
ence has been submitted.
A schedule is being devel-
oped, probably between 16
and 18 games, slightly fewer
than the maximumof 20 that
applies to many high school
sports in Massachusetts, be-
cause the new team willneed
the practice time.
"I think people need to
throttle back their competi-
tive expectations for awhile,"
Francissaid,echoingthoughts
Turco voiced last fall when
speakingabout hisinterest in
coachinga boys team whileit
wasstillinthefeasibility-study
stage.
"What Tomhasbuiltwasn't
done overnight,"Francissaid,
likening starting a new pro-
gram to pushing a car from a
dead stop. Onceitgetsrolling,
it gathersmomentumandthe
task becomes easier.
"Toestablishthat discipline
and athleticism and skilllevel
isgoingto taketime,"Francis
said.
BHS boys volleyball a go
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in the 500-yard freestyle.
"He's just an all-around
great swimmer," Newcomb
said.
McGrath also teamed up
withBonina, senior WesDuch-
esney and junior Brandon
Smith to take second in the
meet-opening 200-yard med-
ley relay. And he was back in
the pool for the last race of
the day, joining Duchesney,
Smithand sophomore Charlie
Spilsbury to finish third in the
400-yard freestyle relay. (The
quartet was awarded first-
place points because, with
the meet already decided ,the
final two races were swum as
exhibitions.)
Duchesney was Barnsta-
ble's second leading scorer,
collecting seven points with
a second-place finish in the
100-yard butterfly and athird
in the 200-yard freestyle to go
with his relay contributions.
Mitchell and Bonina also
scored seven points each in
addition to their relays.Mitch-
ell wasthird in the 200-yard in-
termediaterelay andwasthird
to touch the end of the pool in
the 100-yard breaststroke,but
received second-place points
-that wasthe other exhibition
race; otherwise, his solo total
would have been six.
Bonina was alittle less than
two seconds ahead of Mitchell
in the 100-yard breaststroke
but behind Nantucket' s fast-
est entrant , and finished fifth
in the 200-yard individual
medley. Had the breaststroke
not been an exhibition, his
solo total would have been
five.
Smith and Spilsbury each
scored four solo points, Smith
with a third in the 50-yard
freestyle and afifth in the 500-
yard freestyle, and Spilsbury
with fourths in the 200-yard
individual medley and the
100-yard freestyle.
Spilsbury alsojoined forces
withMitchell,Ryanandjunior
Matt Sabatt to take second in
the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Senior Ed Houghton picked
up two points with his fourth-
place finish in the 50-yard
freestyle , and freshman Brad
Holmesscored two with fifths
in the 200-yard freestyle and
100-yard backstroke.
Ryan received three points
in the 100-yard breaststroke.
He finished fifth , but picked
up the third-place points in
the exhibition.
Freshman Jordan Bonina's
fifth-place finish in the 100-
yard freestyle earned him a
point to round out the scor-
ing.
Given the uphill battle of
facing deeper, more seasoned
squads, the Raiders have a
competitive goal in addition
to winning, Newcomb said:
takingtheir opponent as deep
into the meet as possible be-
fore those exhibitions start .
"Our boys,"said the coach,
"they're just going to see how
many points they can score in
a meet."
It hasn't been enough to
win so far, but if it is. so much
the better.
Green BHS boys swim team...
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known in terms of how she
dealt with setbacks,"he con-
tinued,sayingthat even when
Kelly was experiencing side-
effects of cancer treatment ,
unable to hold down food , she
would be at practice the same
day,movingaround mats, "do-
ingthings she probably wasn't
supposed to.
"It was all about the kids,"
Francis said. "She'll never be
forgotten. "
Bowe sets school record...
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