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BUSINESS
Catch limits close down Capt. Bob
Call it a forced retirement. For 45 years, Bob
St. Peter of Hyannis operated a party boat out
of the Hyannis docks. It wasn't a desire to get
out of the game that led him to sell his boat,
Capt. Bob, last month, but the realization that
catch limits would push him into the red.A:8
Unearthed timbers on beach
recalled as 'the old wreck'
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatnot com
DAVID STILL II PHOTO
THE OLD WRECK - It's pretty convincing that all
of these items show or refer to the same thing, but
was it ashipwreck? Experts from across the country
are putting their minds a to the available evidence
and the answer for now is "maybe."
When
92-year-old Laurence
Bearse was growing up in
Centerville, it's fair to say that
things were quite different. Pavement
hadn't come to most of the village and
Centerville Beach,as it was known,
had rolling dunes behind it and little
development nearby.
It was also a time close enough to
the town and village's grand seafaring
4
days that ship remains on the beach
weren't considered terribly unusual.
But part of Bearse's Centerville was
unearthed in December as the town
of Barnstable prepared to dredge
the upper reaches of the Centerville
River. Timbers from what Bearse and
his family called "the old wreck" were
pulled from the sand to make way for
the basins needed to dewater the ma-
terial dredged from the river.
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Catboat Sarah Stirs
By Jim Coogan
news@barnstablepatriot.com
JAMES COOGAN PHOTO
BOTTOM'S UP - Sarah, the replica catboat under construction at
the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis was turned down'
last week in a traditional ceremony.
A
day before area
groundhogs stirred
in their burrows to
maybe get a little glimpse of
shadow or sunshine, there
was a stirring of sorts at the
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
on South Street in Hyannis.
Feb. 1saw the catboat
replica Sarah being "turned
down" as part of her con-
struction schedule. Under
the watchful eyes of mu-
seum boat-builder Mark
Wilkins and administrator/
education director Cathrine
Macort,and assisted by a
group of volunteers,Sara h
was heeled carefully over
on her starboard side so
that she could more eas-
ily receive her garboard
planking. The boat,as she
is presently timbered out,
already weighs about a ton.
The new cat is modeled
CONTINUED ON PAGE A:12
DAVID STILL II PHOTO
HANGING OUT - By
the dawn's early light,
gulls at the Hyannis
Yacht Club were
content to wait for
Saturday's warmer
rays.
Soft sunrise
When it rains, it pours.
Last Friday's inaugural run of
home delivery did not go as well as
we hoped, nor as well as many of
you hoped.
The wet weather did not help,
but it was far from the only prob-
lem.
It was our responsibility to get
papers to you, and in too many
instances we did not deliver.
Throughout it all, we appreciat e
the understanding of the subscrib-
ers who accepted our apologies
with good spirits.
Even those who took us to task
(see letters, Page A:7) did so with,
if not humor, with a certain energy
that we can't help but appreciate.
Our promise of the paper with a
Friday morning cup of coffee did
not go unnoticed by those who
could have brewed vats full before
anything arrived.
This is our promise to do better,
hopefully starting with today's
edition.
TO OUR READERS
Task force to look at
Cape Cod Commission
Outside review
would last six
months
By David Curran
dcurran@barnstablepatriot.com
The Board of County
Commissioners has decided
it's time for a group of out-
siders to take a look at the
Cape Cod Commission.
Thecountycommissioners
voted unanimouslyWednes-
day to create a "Cape Cod
Commission 21s1 Century
Task Force" to assess the
regional planning and land
use agency's effectiveness
and recommend ways to
improve it.
"I think it's a good idea
and I welcome it," Margo
Fenn,executive director
of the agency, said, adding
that an external review will
provide a good opportunity
for the commission to hear
from both supporters and
critics,and to see "how
we might want to refocus
things to become more
productive. "
The commissioners
named their chairman, Bill
Doherty ofHarwich; Assem-
bly of Delegates Speaker
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No motive found in airport case
After a month-long investigation,the
Barnstable Police Department found no
motive for forgery in a case regarding
Barnstable Municipal Airport and Silvia
Aviation I and Silvia Aviation II.
Town Attorney Robert Smith referred
the case to the police department in De-
cember with concerns about whether his
signature had been improperly affixed to
lease documents between the airport and
the two separate Silvia corporations,both
to construct high-end airplane hangars.
Some pen and ink alterationsto the lease
documents had been made, increasing the
overall square-footage of the hangars, but
still keeping them below Cape Cod Com-
mission DRI thresholds.
According to the police report,Smith's
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Matheson
assesses
his time in
Barnstable
By Paul Gauvin
pgauvin@barnstablepatnot.com
Today is Barnstable
chief assessor PaulMathe-
son'slast day at the helm,
but contrary to popular
belief, he isn't retiring be-
cause of the tax revolution
of the past two years or to
while away hours on the
links in Florida where he
has purchased a home.
"My wife and I had de-
cided I would work here
until I was 60 -that's two
years away. But last year
she had about with cancer
- she's better now - and
we reviewed our plans."
One decision wasto retire
earlier than expected to
enjoy some time in their
Florida home.
Still,people close to him
say the public reaction to
his first revaluation dur-
ing his first year on the
job and the subsequent
formation of committees
attacking assessors, the
use of outside auditors,
explanations at multiple
meetings and final ref-
erenda that brought a
split-tax,a 20 percent
residential exemption and
an exemption for small
business overwhelmed
and helped hasten the
decision.
While he smiles and
CONTINUED ON PAGE A:4
Departing assessor
advises 'change
in system'
Arts C.1
Automotive B:8
Btackboaid B:4
Business A:8
Classifieds C 8-C 10
Editorials A:6
Events C:4-C:7
HaaMli Daiuut D-C
neartnKepon D.D
Legate B:7
Letters A7 .
MovieListings C:2
Obituaries B:2
Op-Ed A:7
People B:3
PatriotPuzzle B:3
Service Directory C9
Villages B:1
Weather A.12
? INDEX
Dancing at Lughnasa steps
brightlyonto Harwich stage
Projected on a scrim behind the wonderful
cottage interiorof the HarwichJuniorTheater's
production of Dancing at Lughnasa,is an
intricate Celtic knot C:1
ENTERTAINMENT
Fire Chiet urges self-sufficiency
in event of calamity
Itwas dark-day raining and theforecasters were
warning of a nor'east coastal storm B:1
VILLAGES
Memorable night on the hardwood
The special moment before the game was
somber. At the end, it was exhilarating.A: 10
Gymnastics wraps up
season unbeaten
Allison Szatek set a school record with an all-
roundscoreof 37.6 to leadthe BHS gymnastics
team to a 142.2-134.8 win over Somerset
Saturday at Gymport in West Yarmouth.A:10
? SPORTS
Seatbelt shuffle is a real hang-up
The exchanges came nearthe end of the dinner
party. Very likely, they will continue at the next
party and perhaps another because there was
no agreement and there never will be among
the "pros" and the "antis" on the controversial
seat belt legislation A:7
OPINION
BEWARE: Euro 'lot' a swindler's plot
There's a new scam in town and it's postal,
says Jean Becker of Hyannis, a recipient
of a purported $95,000 Euro Lotto windfall
- and a graduate of the Barnstable Citizens
Police Academy who learned there is no free
lunch A.2
CIGSYA holding on by a shoestring
With its 10th anniversary two months away, the
Cape & Islands Gay & Straight Youth Alliance
finds itself at a crossroads A:3
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