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Free Skate
DAVID CURRAN PHOTO
LOOK, MA, NO HANDS! - Sophomore Michelle Manning, a forward on the BHS girls hockey team, helps
neophyte skater Mona Boumghait of Hyannis (luring last week's Barnstable High School Girls Ice Hockey
Skate Night at Kennedy Memorial Rink in Hyannis. See story Page A:14.
Neurologist finds
rehab hospital,
Cape congenial
RHCI Medical Director studies
nexus of brain and behavior
By Edward F. Maroney
8maroney@barnstablepatriot.corr
Oysters and opportunity brought Dr. David Lowell to
the Northside to live and work.
"We love living in West Barnstable," the new medical
director of Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and
Islands said this week. "I love being able to go out
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Water board to be revised
Businesses
would get two
of five members
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatriot.com
The town council was
expected to create aperma-
nent citizens board for the
town-operated water works
inHyannisthisweek,though
with some changes.
How members would be
appointed proved to be
the greatest source of dis-
cussion. Members of the
current advisory commit-
tee and the Hyannis Civic
Association'sboard of direc-
tors were vocal about the
need to avoid politics as
much as possible and get a
board ready to work. Their
recommendation was to
have the town manager be
the appointing authority,
which was contained in the
initial proposal.
That language has been
reworked and was expected
to be introduced as substi-
tute language this week.
The new plan is to have
the town manager make
the initial appointments ,
which has the benefit of
an expedited process, with
subsequent appointments
falling to the council.
Those changes were
agreeable to the executive
board of the Hyannis Civic
Association,which has been
workingwith Hyannis coun-
cilors and the town adminis-
tration on the proposal.
It also appears that the
business community will
have representation on the
board. Roughly 40 percent
of waterrevenues comefrom
commercial ratepayers, ac-
cording to Town Council
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Speaker: Barnstable's whalemen first and best
Learned their lessons
before Nantucketers
By Brad Lynch
news@barnstablepatriot.com
BRAD LYNCH PHOTO
LANCERS: Bobbi Cox holds,just out of view,the business end of a whaling
lance, much to the amusement oi lecturer Duncan Oliver. Cox introduced
Oliver's talk on in-shore whaling Saturday at Sturgis Library in Barnstable
Village. Oliver collaborated on two books of whaling and maritime history
with the late Jack Bragington-Smith, Yarmouth restaurant owner and
raconteur.
B
elay the braggarts of Nan-
tucket and New Bedford .
Theirs are false claims to be
the first towns to send their sons
a'whaling.
Give credit where it's due.
"Barnstable is the mecca of whal-
ing" in America, said Duncan Oliver
of Yarmouth, retired high school
principal and co-author of Port
on the Bay, and Cape Cod Shore
Whaling, America 's First Whalemen.
Himself a former president of the
Historical Society of Old Yarmouth.
Oliver spoke to a meeting of the
Barnstable Historical Society in
Sturgis Library Saturday.
His co-author of the two books
about whales and the men who
stalked them was Jack Bragington-
Smith, late Cape Cod historian,
raconteur, restaurateur and prime
mover in the famed Jack's Outback
restaurant in the heart of Yarmouth
Port.
Very soon after Pilgrims began to
colonize Cape Cod, they began to
harvest, then turn to oil and bone,
the flesh of whales and their smaller
relatives, the blackfish,that washed
up on local beaches or were strand-
ed and died on tidal flats.
The flesh of the animals was
"tried" or rendered into oil over
wood or whale meat fires much
as salt pork is cooked down to be
added to a recipe for clam chowder.
Whale catching and trying took
place in every waterfront town on
the Cape's north side. Oliver said
there were at least three try stations
on Sandy Neck, and up to 200 men
lived there in winterjust to catch
whales and feed the fires under the
try-works to produce oil out there.
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W
Savings from falling
enrollment eaten up
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com
The school department has built a budget
intended to keep a storm surge of electricity
prices from drowning all initiatives in the
coming fiscal year, but energy costs and the
need to clean up the system's schools leaves
little room to maneuver.
In presenting the $62 million draft budget
for the period beginning July 1, interim Supt.
TomMcDonald shared the school committee's
disappointment that more could not be done
to reduce fees and significantly enhance pri-
ority programs.
"We were hoping electricity would go up 10
percent," McDonald said, but the truer esti-
mate appears to be 50 percent. "With these
numbers, we really could have done some
great things for the school district."
McDonald said the $62 millionfigure,show-
inganincrease of 4.2 percent over thisyear (of
which "the vast majorityisgoinginto energy"),
includes an appropriation of $56,615,492, esti-
mated grant revenue of $4,754,00, and revenue
from revolving accounts (bus and kindergar-
ten fees, for example) of $1,980,000.
A steady decline in enrollment at the ele-
mentarylevel, from 2,993in 1998to aprojected
2,173 in 2006, will result in the elimination of
12 teacher positions (primarily at that level),
"basically through retirements," Asst. Supt.
Glen Anderson said.
"We lost 912 students between 2002 and
2006,"he said. "Weneed to revisit the need for
closing older or smaller schools. Is it worth it
to redistrict, or keep open schools with seven
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Energy costs
keep school
budget tight
Supt.candidate promises collegial-
ity A:2
The bottle of iced tea sat unopened next to
superintendent candidate Nancy Lane the
night of Jan. 11 as she answered questions
, from the school committee and its liaison from
the town council, Jan Barton A:2
Superintendent interviewtonight
Dr.Jeffrey Bearden,assistant superintendent
for student services for business for the Maine
School Administrative District No. 1, head-
quartered in Presque Isle, is scheduled to be
interviewed for the Barnstablesuperintendency
by the school committee tonight at 7 in the
Barnstable High School library A:2
Politics and prayer come
together at MLK service
Nearly 120 people gathered at Cape Cod
Community College Saturday to listento what a
trio of speakers had to say about the two most
recent presidential elections. The forum, "The
TruthAboutthe November 2004 Election-and
How to Not Get Fooled Again in A:4
Despite new van,vets have dif-
ficulty moving forward
There are forty thousand of them on Cape
Cod, with sixty new ones each month. Often,
they do not receive the funds they need to
do what they do: Help each other in times of
need A:4
? UP FRONT ?
Political menu a chef's delight
Welcome to the new year. The early indicators
are that this year will be rather robust from a
political junkie's perspective. In fact, there
are an enormous number of arenas offering
large quantities of politicalaction available for
consumption this year. Some of the offerings
already on this menu of political delights could
become all-time greats A:7
? OPINION ?
Fairness Matters to take
aim at split tax
Formed around the issue of Barnstable's deci-
sion to institutea higher tax ratefor commercial
properties, a non-profit aims to show it was a
bad decision A:9
Penn family salutes
IrishVillage owner
His grandfather, Rick Penn said, "would rather
make a friend than make a sale." A:9
? BUSINESS
D-Yreturns to BHSfootballschedule
After anextended absence,Dennis-Yarmouth
willreturnto the Barnstable HighSchoolfootball
schedule this fall A:12
BHS girls cagers fall to 4-3
Inconsistency took its toll as the BHS girls
basketball team fell to 4-3 with a 57-45 loss
to Marshfield in Hyannis last Friday A:12
? SPORTS ?
Keeping elders active,interested
In the sunny great room of a large white build-
ingon Main S.'jetinCenterville Harry Burdett
clutches an indoor horseshoe in his right hand.
Taking carefulaim, he makes his toss. Nearly
a ringer! Burdett's success is met with cheers
and applause from fri B:5
? SENIOR SENSE ?
Entrainwillkeepyour caboose loose
Ever been to a PTO meeting where the entire
parent/teacher brigade was dancing to a live
body-shakin' world music band? If not, pay
close attention C:1
? ENTERTAINMENT ?
Arts C:1 Obituaries 8:2
Business A;9 Op-Ed /V7
Classifieds C:8-C:10 PatriotPuzzle B:3
EarlyFiles A6 People B:3
Editorials A:6 RealEstate C:7
Events C:3-C:6 ReligiousServices. B:4
HealthReport B:5 ServiceDirectory. C:10
Legals C:7 Sports A:12-A:13
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