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Brazilian community seek answers from police Centenas na comunidade brasileira procuram p or resp osta dos policiais Officers affirm even-handed approach to enforcement Text and Photo By Edward F. Maroney emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION - Patricia Oliveira translates a response from an English-speaking police official at Tuesday's meeting with the Brazilian community. More than 300 people from the Cape's Brazilian community - all ages and all circumstances - squeezed into every available space in a room at the Hyannis building of Cape Cod Community College Tuesday to hear reassur- ances from police that officers are not making random traffic stops of Brazilians and Americans of Brazilian ancestry. But they also heard from aGreater Boston Legal Serviceslawyer that an ever-tight- ening noose of restrictive laws and regulations threatens their status in this country. Those able to find a place to stand or sit in the meeting room (many were turned away for lack of space) heard Barnstable Deputy Chief Craig Tamash declare, "We know the vast majority of the community wants to do one thing -provide for their families. I wish I had a magic wand to give you all licenses." The immediate applause indi- cated that at least half the audi- ence had no need to wait for the translation. If drivers aren't speeding, running red lights, or committing other mo- tor vehicle infractions,Barnstable Lt.PaulMacDonald promised,"you willnever get stopped by the police department." CONTINUED ON PAGE fl:5 Fire district study to be sought Committee drafting report for council consideration By David Still II dstill@barnstablepatnot.com A study of the town's five fire districts willbe among the recom- mendations to the town council from the ad-hoc fire district study committee that'smet for the past year. The report is being drafted by a subcommittee and is expected to be forwarded to the full council next month. Marstons MillsCouncilor Janice Barton organized the commit- tee and serves as its chair. She said the report to ue sent to the council will recommend a study of the districts. Just what that study willinclude has yet to be fleshed out. Barton said that the recommendation will include the establishment of acommittee to draft a request for proposals,similar to ones created to draft RFPs for the airport in Marstons Mills and the former Grade 5 building. The committee was established as an ad-hoc group a year ago to gather information,determine goals, set parameters,research funding and create an RFP for groups to conduct a study "if one is determined to be neces- sary."According to its charge,the committee was not established to conduct the study or make any decisions regarding the question of consolidation. Precinct 1 Councilor Ann Canedy also serves on the study committee. She said that the CONTINUED ON PAGE A:12 Idea an outgrowth of payment PILOT discussion By David Still II dstill@barnstablepatriot.com Twoyears ago,then-town coun- cil president Gary Brown sought to establish a payment in lieu of taxes program to boost town coffers with donations from tax- exempt organizations. The committee established to investigate the revenue-raising potential of the idea quickly con- cluded that no bonanza existed. "Basically every idea we came up with, people could shoot holes into."said BillBrower,who served on the payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) committee. All was not lost, however, and may result in a novel coordina- tion of town needs and non-profit resources. Brower saidthat whilenon-prof- its by-and-large have no reserve funds, but they do have resources and seem willing to make those available in some fashion. That spurred the notion of anew CONTINUED ON PAGE A:3 Foundation may offer non-profits chance to give All fired up for shooting range clean-up Eagle Scout project aims to pick up, repair town range By David Still II dstill@barnstablepatnot.com DAVID STILL II PHOTO SHELL GAME - Spent shotgun shells pushed to one side of the range at the town-owned shooting range in West Barnstable will be picked up as part of an Eagle Scout project to clean up and repair the range. Anyone wishing to donate time to the clean-up should be at the range at 8 a.m. Saturday, with their own rakes. When Alex Crosby of Osterville took a look around the town-operated shooting range in West Barnstable, he saw room for improvement. "Last summer at the town range,Inoticed that the range wasn't being kept up to stan- dards, "Crosby said. From that observation , an Eagle Scout project was born. With the help of Boy Scout Troop 54 Scoutmaster Chuck Coleman, Crosby developed the idea into the required project to earn the Eagle Scout designation. The 14-year-old is a range user and a member of the Junior National RifleAssocia- tion. He said he fired a gun for the first time two years ago, and quickly found that he liked the sport. "It'sa good passion of mine," he said. He now shoots .22 caliber riflescompetitively at regional competitions and does quite well.Recreationally,he said,he shoots a wider range of guns. Crosby 's parents,Britt and Robyn . both work for the Centerville-Osterville- Marstons Mills Fire Depart- ment, which came in handy when planning the clean-up. Alex adapted COMM's inci- dent management protocol to organize the volunteer labor. The command and control hierarchy proved a usefu l model for planning a chain of command. And he expects a good number of volunteers. Range users, the West Barnstable Deer Club, Troop 54 and Boy and Cub scouts and anyone else who wants to help will be assigned tasks. Marc Cohen,owner of the Powderhorn Shop in Hyannis, CONTINUED ON PAGE A:1 An educational collaborative Hy West principal may be named today By Edward F. Maroney emaroney@barnstablepatnot com Are Tom McDonald and Patti Gre- nier the Alphonse and Gaston of the Barnstable Public Schools? The outgoing and incoming super- intendents have perfected the "After youTNo, after you" exchange of those long-ago characters. Case in point: the hiring of a principal to succeed Fred Scully at Hyannis West Elementary School. Interim Supt. McDonald, who ap- pointed teacher Mike O'Toole as inter- imprincipallast year, isofficiallythe one who gets to decide who gets thejob. but he deferred to mcoming superintendent Grenier.Nevertheless, she asked him to join her last week in interviewing the two finalists: O'Toole (who'staught at the school for a decade) and the prin- cipal of the John Simpkins School in Yarmouth,Jonathan Hirst.Hirst,whose school is being closed in a reorganiza- tion effort, taught at Hyannis West before taking the Yarmouth post. CONTINUED ON PAGE A:12 Tax bills out today Barnstable taxpayers should check the mail because the second round of FY'06 tax bills was due to be sent today A;2 If these walls could speak - and they do Seventy years after their creation, murals paintedby Hyannis artistVernonColemanare undergoing a massive transformation A:3 ? UP FRONT Hot air blows infrom Alaska If you are the onlycongressman for allAlaska, how do you find the time to get involved in a regional Massachusetts matter? A:7 ? OPINION BizWiz conference covers all the bases This gathering of wizards saw more baseball bats than magic wands A:8 GIZ OK for full commission vote Barnstable's application to make downtown Hyannis a growth incentive zone received the unanimous support of the Cape Cod Commis- sion subcommittee reviewing it A:8 ? BUSINESS Dodge that ball! The ballswere flying and the losers were almost crying at a dodgeball tournament at BHS that can best be described as intense. For the second year BHS English teacher and Senior Class Advisor Michael Wojkowski organized faculty and students in a heated co A;10 For the team There istaking one for the team and then there is really taking one for the team. At the BHS DodgeballTournament this week, I learned a valuable lesson: those balls HURT! A:10 Broadway comes to Hyannis Tomorrownight,the Kennedy Memorial skating rinkwillcome alivewithaneveningof Broadway on Ice A:11 ? SPORTS 'Olde TymeSynge' program stokes memories In 1939, primitivist artist Grandma (Mary Robertson) Moses,79,gained overnight fame, "Batman" was launched by artist Bob Kane, 18, in DC Comics, the Baseball Hal! of Fame was dedicated, FM radio receivers went on sale for the first time, France and Engla B 1 ? VILLAGES Cape Cod Art Association presents a sayonara to snow Gardeners and landscape painters are a bit wary about the coming of Spring 2006. We've had lots of cold, wet days but less snow and climactic violence than in 2005 C:1 Join the parade and celebrate allthings Irish On March 17, 1906, when 40 percent of Boston's population was of Irish descent, newly-elected Mayor John F. Fitzgerald led, on horseback, his city's fifth St. Patrick's Day parade. On March 12, 2006, when nearly the same percentage of Southeastern Mas- sachu C:1 Takea stroll through Our Town To patrons of 20th century American theater the fictionalNew Hampshire town of Graver's Corners is a familiar locale. It is,of course,the setting of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-win- ning play, Our Town, whichoffers a glimpse of life and times in thi C:1 ? ENTERTAINMENT ? ? INDEX Arts C:1-C:2 Automotive B:8 Business A:8-A;9 Classifieds C 10-C 12 Editorials A:6 Events C:W:6 HealthReport B4 Legals C:7 letters A;7 MailStreet C:3 MovieListings C2 Obituaries B;2 Op-Ed A;7 PatriotPuzzle B5 RealEstate B:6 ReligiousServices B:5 SeniorSense B3-B:4 ServiceDirectory C:11 Villages B:1 Weather M2 | Mais de 300 pessoas da Comuni- dade Brasileira no Cape de todas asidades e circunstancias seespre- meram em todo espaco disponivel no predio do Cape Cod Community College na terca-feira para ouvir com certeza dos policiais de que eles nao estao fazendo "blitz"alea- torias de brasileiros e decedentes de brasileiros. Contudo,eles ouviram deurnadvogado dos ServicosLegais da Grande Boston que mais que nunca asleis estao se tornando mais rigorosas e regulamentos desafiam suas estadias neste pais. Aqueles que conseguiram achar um lugar para sentar ou ficar em pe na sala de reuniao (muitos nao puderam entrar por falta de espaco) ouviram o Sub-Chefe Tamash da policia de Barnstable declarar, Nos sabemos que a grande maioria da comunidade quer uma so coisa: prover por suas familias. Eu gos- taria de ter uma varinha magica e poder dar a todos voces carteira de habilitacao. Aplausos imediatos indicaram que no minimometade dos ouvintes nao precisavam de esperar por traducao. Se os motoristas nao excederem o limite de velocidade. passar com o semaforo fechado,ou corneter qualquer outra violacao de trafego . o tenente de Barnstable Paul Mac- Donald prometeu,voces nao serao CONTINUE NA PAGINA A:5 Policiais a&rman abordagem com igualdade ao cumprir com a lei