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Emergency planning CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:1 cal Emergencies and Avian Flu Pandemic, as well as the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). A particularly popular course was the Dispensing Site Overview, which drew a substantial enough crowd to warrant a move to a larger lecture hall. Class participants were provided with descrip- tions of the setup and flow of operations at an Emergency Dispensing Site (EDS), which is where medicines from the Strategic National Stockpile would be dispensed should the need arise. Participants were also given information on potential is- sues regarding situations when a dispensing site would be necessary as well as crowd control at an EDS. "When we stop to look at a disaster, there has to be an appropriate response capability,"said Bob Paone, statewide SNS coor- dinator, panelist and course instructor. Eastham Fire Department Deputy Chief Mark Foley was pleased by the large turnout for the classes. "People just feel a sense of community and they want to serve," he said. Ann Russell of Centerville attended several classes, in- cluding Regional Emergency Planning Overview and Be- havioralHealth."I found them veryinteresting and exciting," she said. "I enjoyed learning how we can prevent and alle- viate stress in an emergency. As a nurse and a volunteer, I found it all very helpful. East Harwich resident Bob Bunzick,who alsoworks with the AmericanRed Cross'Cape Cod Chapter, felt that in the wake of the December storm the timing of the Education Day was appropriate. "One of the problems I see is that it's very hard to maintain volun- teers when there are long pe- riodswhen nothing happens," Bunzick said. "These events get people involved." Gettinglocalpeopleinvolved was the hoped-for outcome of the day. Given the abundance of attendees, that statement should ring true. "This has been a huge success," said Sean O'Brienofthe Barnstable County Department of Health andEnvironment.Added Mike Dallaird,alsoofBCDHE,"This was excellent. Far past our expectations. We were hoping for 200 people and had 317 register." "We want to empower com- munities to rally an effective public response ," said Heu- felder. "Emergency response begins at the local level. Individuals are the heart of the community. Instill in your neighbors the same type of thing." The event wassponsored by a number of local businesses includingWQRC 99.9/OCEAN 104 FM/CapeCod.Com , Heri- tage Printing of Sandwich, and the Upper Cape & Cape Cod Medical Reserve Corps. More information can be ob- tained by visiting www.barn- stablecountyhealth.org Have they lost their minds? CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:7 as racists. Speaking to a mostly-black crowd in Harlem, Mrs. Clinton accused Republicans of running the House of Representatives "...like a plantation, and you know what I'm talkin' about." Unfortunately, no one in the audience was bold - or mischievous - enough to reply "No, I don't know what you're talkin' about. Please explain." In fairness, the plantation reference has been used in the past by a few Republicans, but none had the stature of a Hillary Clinton. She clearly had a political motive in mind (a Clinton always does), but to what^end? Demo- crats already collect at least 90 per- cent of the black vote. If Mrs. Clinton is to become president, she willneed white votes from Middle America...and throwing "plantation" references around won't achieve that. So why did she do it? Maybe Saturday Night Live knows. The show ran a sketch depict- ing the incident, Mrs. Clinton's charac- ter saying "I was pandering." Ah, that's what she was talkin' about. Then there is John Kerry,who evidently thinks that the best way to prepare for another presidential run is to align himself more closely with the Angry Left. Kerry has begun posting comments on Daily Kos, an ultra-lib- eral, ultra-hateful website. How liberal and hateful is Daily Kos? The site's administrator once wrote of American contractors who were murdered and hung from an Iraqi bridge: "I feel noth- ing over the death of mercenaries.... they are there to wage war for profit. Screw them." Does Kerry really want to cozy up to people who think like this? The senator's first blog entry didn't dance on any graves, but it recycled the old Bush-let-bin Laden-escape- from-Tora Bora canard, spiced with a few Bush-broke-the-law charges. Then he went on ABC's "This Week" and repeated those and a few other rote points (Bush lied, Samuel Alito is dangerous, Bush lied, Karl Rove is dividing America and Bush lied). Kerry should consider two points: 1) it's not an election year and 2 even if it were, Bush can't run again, so why waste time attacking him? Sadly, John Kerry is not Massachu- setts' most embarrassing US Senator. That (dis)honor goes Ted Kennedy. His performance in the Samuel Alito confirmation hearings was disgraceful. From mangling the nominee's name (Ted called him "Alioto" at least once) to smearingthe judge's character, Kennedy came across as a rampag- ing old bull whose time in the bullring has clearly passed. Never mind that Ted Kennedy questioning someone else's character is always farcical; the senator's attempted portrayal of Alito as a racist because of the judge's long-ago membership in an obscure Princeton conservative organization was laughable. It was also a puzzling tactic, given Kennedy's own member- ship in Harvard's Owl Club, a group that was thrown off campus for refus- ing to admit women. The phrase "do as I say, not as I do" comes to mind. In fact, the Alito hearings demon- strated a self-inflicted wound that keeps the Democrats from increasing their national support , even as Repub- lican support is dwindling. They have become knee-jerk opposers. Any judi- cial nominee of George W. Bush must be guilty of something, and they'll dig through piles of mud to find it. Any proposal suggested by Bush must be borne of suspect motives. Any ac- complishment gained on Bush's watch must have been done at someone's expense. It's a corrosive and self-de- feating posture, and one that will keep the Democrats out of power unless and until they begin facing up to it. Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, et al, look in the mirror. EARLYFILES CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:6 move the contaminated shore area. This would fill in from the foot of School street to Dunbar 's Point. 1936 Agent Harold G.Andrews of the Massachusetts SPCA has had extra size balloon tires placed on his car so that he is now able to run it anywhere on the shores and thus rescue waterfowl thereon with their feathers so soaked in oil that they cannot fly and are likely to perish miserably. He had many call of this character the past year but was not able to do much because he was unable to reach the dis- tressed birds. This year it will be different and if he cannot save allof them he can at least put many of them out of their misery so that they will no be obliged to starve to death as they do so often. 1946 A new and enlarged Cape Cod Hospital to be accom- plished through raisingof the largest sum ever gained by popular subscription on Cape Cod is the aim of the officers of the hospital corporation , it was announced. The new hospital expansion will in- clude a greatly enlarged and improved service area with several operating rooms, a separate maternity depart- ment, adequate facilities for out-patients , and many other features. 1956 Edwin Milk , who left Hyannis 20 years ago for a theatrical career under the name of Edwin Gordon, came back thisweek withhisfamily and intends to stay around more or lesspermanently.Mr. MilkwasanEnglishteacher at Barnstable High School inthe years from 1933 to 1936. Since leaving Hyannis he has been with many shows around the country as director, manager or actor. He was last on the Cape at the Cape Playhouse in 1948 in "The Voice of the Turtle." Among productions which he directed were road shows of "Margin of Error" and "Death of a Salesman" with Thomas Mitchell, and "Children's Hour" with Fay Bainter and Patricia Neal. 1966 Barnstable continued on its way toward its fourth straight Cape Cod League Crown with a convincing 6-1 victory over Dennis-Yarmouth.Ed Buckler started Barnstable's scoring by tipping in a Jim Sherman pass afterShermanhad pulled the D-Ydefenseman out of po- sition with an excellent fake. Tom Bednark followed up Buckler'sgoal moments later as he deflected Billy Cotter's hard shot from the blue line. Ronnie Williams also picked up an assist on the play. 1976 There is a feeling of some if not many people in town that Barnstable should have long ago constructed amajor year- round all weather recreation center.It hasnever been done, and asthingsstand now,there areno major plans for anysort of municipal super gym. Re- cently,however, the park and recreation commissionbegan movingforward modest plans to improve and expand the Kennedy Rink, and last week the commission completed an application to the federal government for a HUD Com- munity Development grant of $100,000 aimed in large at making the Kennedy Rink into much more than awinter skating area and a chilly one at that. 1986 Bolstered by a $1 million check received from the state, thetown'sHyanniswaterfront park is taking a quantum leap forward and may be "substantiallycomplete"this year. In fact residents and tourists may begin enjoying the 2.9-acre park on Hyannis Inner Harbor as soon as this summer if plans aggressively pursued by Selectman John Klimm are realized. Movers are placing steel I-beams under the first house to be sold on the South and Ocean street park corner, as town crews under town DPW were busy clearing brush. 1996 Neighboring Route 132 motels are planning major expansions that will make them convention centers and among the largest motels in Southeaster Massachusetts. Both the Sheraton Hyannis and the Hyannis Regency plan to add 50 rooms and amenities that will include a 900-capacity ballroom and an amphitheater seating 150 persons. The Sheraton has begun construction of its 50- unit, two-story addition, new meeting rooms and fitness facility.The 196-roomRegency hasfiled plans withthe zoning board of appeals to demolish the old-style Port &Starboard motelnext door and construct 50units,exerciserooms,meet- ingrooms,theatre,restaurant and banquet hall. f y r x T~ ."%>, ' ,*•*» T~ Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy Rain Likely Rain/Snow Snow Possible Partly Cloudy 35/28 45/31 42/33 40/27 38/24 35/22 39/25 Day Hj Lo Preclp* i «y Today we will see mostly sunny skies with a high temperature Tuesday 39 23 0.00" S Jk of 35°, humidity of 70% and an overnight low of 28°. The What year was the earliest Wednesday 55 37 0.35" f^^ record hi9h temperature for today is 54° set in 1952. The Photo taken of a tornado? I Thursday 42 34 0.00" record low temperature is 7° set in 1935. Saturday, skies will Friday 51 41 0.00" remain mostly sunny in the morning and afternoon with partly cloudy Answer: 1864. Saturday 53 39 0.00" skies in the evening, high temperature of 45°, humidity of 75% and an Sunday 37 26 0.00" overnight low of 31°. Expect partly cloudy skies Sunday with a high Monday 44 34 1.15" temperature of 42°. Skies will become mostly cloudy Monday with a ^ "**. H • precipitation mdudessnowconvened io ramian 60% chance of rain, high temperature of 40°. "^ ^ c\^ST^lSZSS!SL-£SS t i Day Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Jan. 27. 1772 - On this date the Barnstable Harbor Friday 6.58 a.m. 4:51 p.m. 5:43 a.m. 2:18 p.m. "Washington and Jefferson Snowstorm" Day High Low High Low Saturday 6:57 am. 4:52 p.m. 6:38 a.m. 3:36 p.m. occurred. George Washington reported 1/27 8:57 am 3:02am 9:42 pm 3:49 pm Sunday 6:56 a.m. 4:53 p.m. 7:21 a.m. 5:00 p.m. three feet of snow at Mount Vernon and 1/28 9:52 am 3:57 am 10:35 pm 4:41 pm Monday 6:55 a.m. 4:54 p.m. 7:55 a.m. 6:24 p.m. Thomas Jefferson recorded about three 1/29 10:45 am 4:50 am 11:26 pm 5:32 pm Tuesday 6:54 a.m. 4:56 p.m. 8:23 a.m. 7:44 p.m. feet at Monticello. 1/30 11:38 am 5:43am None 6:21 pm Wednesday 6.53 a.m. 4:57 p.m. 8:48 a.m. 9:01 p.m. 1/31 12:15am 6:35 am 12:29pm 7:09 pm Thursday 6:52 a.m. 4:58 p.m. 9:11 a.m. 10:17p.m. 2/1 1:04am 7:27am 1:21 pm 7:58 pm • /-. -. Jan. 28. 1922 - The "Knickerbocker" M 1:54 am 8:20 am 2:14 Pm 8:47 Pm New } »\ First , ¦$}§ Full ifST Last st0rm immobilized the city of Hyannis Port 1/29 s$Jr ^ ^f. 2/n \ j / 2/21 Washington DC. The storm produced Day High Low High . Lew. 28 inches of snow in 32 hours. The 1/27 9:49 am 3:03 am 10:34 pm 3:50 pm heavy snow caused the roof of the 1/28 10:44am 3:58 am 11:27 pm 4:42 pm All forecasts , data and graphics Knickerbocker movie theatre to col- 1/29 11:37 am 4:51 am None 5:33 pm provided by Accessweather.com , Inc. lapse killing 96 people. 1/30 12:18 am 5:44 am 12:30 pm 6:22 pm © 2006. All rights reserve d. 1/31 1:07 am 6:36 am 1:21 pm 7:10 pm 2/1 1:56 am 7:28 am 2:13 pm 7:59 pm 2/2 2:46 am 8:21 am 3:06 pm 8:48 pm No person, or president, is above the Law... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:7 With regard to the domes- tic spying and FISA viola- tions, the president has also claimed that in order to pro- tect Americans, he must be able to avoid court review of his wiretap applications. It's just too cumbersome and time consuming to check with a jud ge he says. But in fact, FISA specifically permits wiretaps without warrants in emergencies as long as court authorization is obtained within three days. By not going to the FIAS court when there was no plausible reason not to. the president only increases the likelihood that people will assume the reason he didn't go to the court was be- cause the wiretap requests were improper in some way and would not have been approved. If. in fact , the president felt the law wasn't working, then the proper and legal thing for him to have done would be to have gone to Congress iwhich his party controls) and seek to have it revised-not simply violate it. As any student of Ameri- can history knows, ours is a government of limited powers, where each branch is checked and balanced by the other. Those checks and limits do not disap- pear simply because we are trying to fight the criminal actions of some deranged Islamic fundamentalists. Retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor had it quite right when she said, "A state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens." While former Vice-Presi- dent Al Gore may not be particularly objective about George Bush, he articulated the concern many Ameri- cans now feel about their president when he recently said, "If the president has the inherent authority to eavesdrop on Americans without a warrant , imprison citizens indefinitely, on his own declaration , kidnap and torture them , what can't he do?" The Cape's #1 Location sERvkiG For Gas Loqs ^iffi. SINCE l»n: gjNte^Sfci — ™ pVlwMMWV''IMHMiMiinM iT^iiaKil*with''''| ^ Jrrrr SYmmmm ^ r ( FREE Estimates iro'iiiy Pi'W"' V^H> t09r4^0-' Zl fr • j -^Lf^, J'ooiirao .£, ¦ :\ ^-'I 'ti Jl^i' is^m' ' ll ^w *' $i'l amir * Free 866-398-3831 V t|^BRgaRaway Breakaway Sales & Service Breakaway at Trinity Place 435 Route 134, South Dennis 23C Simon Rd, Mashpee Next to Mid Cape Home Center Next to Boston Interiors 508-398-3831 508 jj39-1674 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS... They're Your Friends and Neighbors!