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Time approaching to restore Craigville for the public By David StillII dstill@barnstablepatriot.com DAVID STILL II PHOTO NEXT STEPS - Project Engineer John Jacobsen (left) and highway supervisor Neil Andres assess the condition of the main dewatering basin on Craigville Beach. The hope is to have the beach restored to its old self by month's end. While information and investigation into the "old wreck"tak- ing up space in the CraigvilleBeach parking lot is interesting, the town still has a beach to restore. The DPW received an OK to relocate the piles of wood to another location in the parking lot, which will allow for needed access to the dewatering basins created for the nearby dredg- ing project. The basins serve as repositories for the spoils pumped over from the Centerville River dredgingproject. The large basin is not dryingout asfast ashoped. Standing water can still be found atop aportion,which means everything below is still pretty wet. Work to mix the spoils around in the hope of ac- celerating the process was done Wednesday. Project engineer John Jacobson said the plan isto have the beach returned to normal by month's end, or soon thereafter. The "wreck" was visited Wednesdayby asmallteam of underwater archaeolo- giststo help determinejust what the vessel was. Vic Mastone, director of UnderwaterArchaeological ResourcesfortheMassachu- settsHistoricalCommission, wasonhand,alongwithstaff archaeologistDavidTrubey andDavidRobinson,senior underwater archaeologist with the Public ArchaeologyLabora- tory in Rhode Island. Measurements were taken of the various piles and they at- tempted to figure out just what was what.Mostly, they found a jumble, but there are some remaining pieces well enough intact to identify. Even so, an original conclusion is holding up. "This is not alight boat, by any means," Mastone said. Most ofthetimberscanbe disposedof,Mastone said.TheDPW has been alerted to hold on to a couple of the larger pieces,but with no ship,no story and suchlittle integrity left to what'sleft, Mastone said there'slittle archaeologicalvalue to the wreck. Getting on with business How will Congress tilt on Windmills? No news as restrictive amendment keeps Cape Wind in suspense By Edward F.Maroney emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com Mark Rodgers, commu- nications director of Cape Wind, says it's "almost a sleazy way of tryingto en- act policy." Charles Vinick, president and CEO of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, says there's "no reason to think that this kills Cape Wind." The matter in question is an amendment advanced in a Washington conference committee by U.S. Rep. Don Youngof Alaska that would prohibit construc- tion of wind farms within 1.5 nautical miles of ferry or shipping routes. Youngis seeking to attach the provi- sion to the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act. That's the part that par- ticularly irritates Rodgers. "It wasn't considered or passed by the House or Senate," he said. "There was no opportunity for hearings. Rep. Youngonly met with the other side. He refuses to meet with us." A message left with Young's legislative assis- tant Grant Thompson was not returned by press time yesterday. "This was drawn with us in mind," Rodgers said. "We're almost one and a half nautical miles from the Nantucket to Hyannis ferry route, but we're only half a nautical mile from the Hyannis to Martha's Vineyard route. That would ironically take out turbines from the shallowest part of Nantucket Sound." Overall, said Rodgers, the restriction "would render the project not economi- cally viable to develop as a commercial project." "It is only Cape Wind that has said this amend- ment kills Cape Wind," Vinick said. "This amend- ment would require a safe separation from the ferry routes and shipping lanes. (Cape Wind) is the largest project on the books today. All those other projects are smaller.It cannot be because the others are eco- nomically not feasible." Both sides are trumpet- ing support from environ- mental organizations in the struggle to pass or block the amendment.Rodgers said the Coast Guard itself is opposed to the legisla- tion, concerned that a "one-size-fits-all" policy is too restrictive. Vinick said he under- stands that the Guard wants "to make their own rules and regulations," but added the amendment has brought new attention to navigation issues, including possible radar interference. Alliance moves around the corner Last February,the Patriot moved around the corner from 4 Barnstable Road in Hyannis to 396 Main St. over Puritan's Clothing. The Alliance was the paper's new neighbor, sharing space on the sec- ond floor. Last week, the organiza- tion left for new quarters: the Patriot's old ones. Rather than being in a col- lection of unconnected of- fices, the Alliance now has a more open floor plan. And, as the newspaper's staff found in its old locale, it's easy to give directions. Just say, "We're over Hoot- ers." What if they win? What would the future hold for the Alliance if it actually defeated the Cape Wind project? "We are the Nantucket Soundkeeper,"president and CEO Charles Vinick said. "In that regard, (the project) is the major threat we see to Nantucket Sound today, but other issues such as pollution, nitrogen loading that truly impact on the sound will con- tinue in the future. Without question, that's the rea- son we are the Nantucket Soundkeeper and that's the reason I came." It's official Certification solidifies the big Beard payoff By Kathleen Manwaring kmanwaring@barnstablepatriot.com They say that April showers bring May flowers. In the case of Dick Beard Chevrolet and Beard Subaru March snows will be bringing May money to quite a few satisfied customers. In Februarythe car dealerran arather ingenious ad campaign that stated "Five Inches Gets You 5,000!" 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