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Stays in Hyannis
under long-term
lease
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com «
Richard McBride will con-
tinue to have a place to fight
the good fight.
"If not for Pilot House," he
told members of the county
Assembly of Delegates
Wednesday, he might be
back on the streets. Instead,
he's been sober 21 months
and is hoping to work there
to help others.
McBride and his fellow
residents got good news
yesterday when backers of
the Pilot House treatment
program signed a long-term
lease for the former Com-
munity Corrections building
at 120 YarmouthRoad in
Hyannis.
"We're very excited about
moving in," said Estelle Frit-
zinger, executive director of
Community Action Commit-
tee of Cape Cod & islands,
Inc. "We should be moving
in April 15."
Spawned in response
to the emptying of camps
around the village where
homeless people were living,
Pilot House began as a form
of "wet shelter," an over-
night residence for people
with serious substance
abuse and mental health
problems that made them
unacceptable at traditional
shelters.
"The space is larger than
the space we were at be-
fore," Fritzinger said. "We
will be able to offer 'Pilot
House 2' within months of
moving. Those Pilot House
individuals who are sober
and working on the program
for a year and ready for
independent living will have
their own individual room.
And in six months, they
can start work on a housing
search,"
The building has a history
of helping people reintegrate
themselves into the com-
munity. Dave Neal, assistant
deputy sheriff for commu-
nity relations, said it used to
house a program for inmates
who had just been released.
The program now operates
out of the old house of cor-
rection in Barnstable village.
"Wejust don't throw you
back onto the streets of
Cape Cod," he said. "We
try to get you a little bit of
help."
A little bit of help is what
Fritzinger and other sup-
porters of Pilot House hope
will be forthcoming from
Barnstable County (see
County CUppings column) .
Contributions for the work
of Pilot House may be sent
to Community Action Com-
mittee at 115 Enterprise
Road, Hyannis MA 02601.
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This year's fund-raiser
planned for May
By David Still I
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dstill@barnstablepatriot.com
As state Rep. Demetrius Atsalis,
D-Barnstable , makes plans for his
2006 golf tournament, he does so
with a clear conscience.
The state Ethics Commission
informed Atsalis in a March 1 let-
ter that it was satisfied and that no
further action was necessary with
regard to a complaint filed after last
June's event.
"Based on our interviews withyou
and areview of relevant documents,
we are satisfied that this matter re-
quires no further action on our part
at this time," the letter from ethics
commission special investigator
Scott Cole reads.
The commissionisnot at liberty to
disclose the complaint or who filed
it, but the letter to Atsalis indicates
that the allegation suggested that
he "held charity functions between
2000 and 2005 for a charity that did
not exist."
It was the Massachusetts Repub-
lican Party that filed the complaint
with the ethics commission after
the Boston Herald published photo-
graphs and stories about the outing,
raisingquestions about the existence
of the charity it was intended to
benefit.
Atsalis acknowledges that the
application to organize the charity
had not been filed as of the day of
the event, but said the necessary
paperwork was filed within two days
of the event.
According to information from the
Secretary of the Commonwealth's
Corporations Division Web site,
Atsalisfiled the application on June
23, 2005, two days after the event
and a day after the Herald began
its coverage.
"I picked up the paperwork on
June 15," Atsalis said this week.
The new charity awarded a $1,000
scholarship to a Barnstable High
School graduateattending Emerson
College thisyear,Atsalissaid.And he
hopes to Increase that to two such
scholarships this year, although he
acknowledges news storiesfollowing
last year's event are likely to deter
some players. Atsalis saidthat some
of the pledges received in advance
of last year's tournament have yet
to be received.
The March 1 letter to Atsalis
from the State Ethics Commission
indicates that it "should have been
sent to you several months ago but
was not."
Atsalis said that the delay in noti-
fication had not been an issue until
his opponent-to-be , Will Crocker of
Centerville, was quoted about "re-
storing integrity"to the Barnstable
Second district.
"Referencing the letter from the
ethics commission, Atsalis said,
"Show me where I have a lack of
integrity."
Atsalis was out walking the dis-
trict this week to collect the 150
signatures needed to officially put
him before voters in the fall.Accom-
panying him was Tom Bernardo of
Chatham, speaker of the Assembly
of Delegates and a county commis-
sioner candidate , who was likewise
collecting signatures.Bernardo must
collect 500 signatures from across
the Cape to get on the ballot. No
more than 20 percent of signatures
can come from one town.
Atsalis cleared by ethics panel on golf outing
DAVID STILL II PHOTOS
BETTER WAYS TO SPEND $200 - The Barnstable Police Department, First Student Bus Co. and the
Barnstable Public Schools coordinated "Operartion Yellow Blitz" Monday as part of a statewide
effort to crack down on those who ignore the flashing stop lights on school buses. Motorists are
supposed to stop for school buses in both directions when students are boarding and off-loading.
Officers followed two buses during the morning and afternoon runs,writing citations to six violators,
who must now pay fines of $200. Similar stings are planned before the school year ends in June.
Sgt. Andrew McKenna, highway division supervisor, tailed the lyannough.
What's black and yellow and stings?