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Energy savings seen in Barnstable The new9.99-cent per kilowatt hour municipal rate announced by the Cape Cod Light Compact earlier thismonth isalready pay- ing benefits in Barnstable. An appropriation now before the town council to pay for un- anticipated increases in energy costs will be lowered by some $60,000 as a result. While the additional amount for all de- partments,includingschool and enterprise funds,isstillin excess of $500,000, it could be worse. The additional funds willcome out of free cash and appropri- ate reserve accounts and is projected to handle all energy costs through the end of this fiscal year. Romp in the cedar swamp Barnstable Land Trust will host a "romp" through Cord- wood Road and around theAlmy Atlantic White Cedar Swamp in Coutit tomorrow at 9 a.m. Park and meet at the town landing on Old Post Road. Get ready for spaghetti TheWestBarnstable Spaghetti Supper will be held April 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the fire station on Route 149. Proceeds benefit the WestBarnstableVillageFestival. Shuttle vans will provide rides from parking areas at the com- munity building, and those who need transportation from their homes can call 508-362-3241 the day of the supper. Admission is $8 for adults and $4 for children at the door. Take a stroll on Bayview Farm BayviewFarm,described asthe "missinglink"between conserva- tionlandsand SandyNeck/Great Marsh, will be open for tours Apf A8from 10a.m.to 2 p.m.The Barnstable Land Trust and the Nature Conservancy areleading a campaign to preserve 10 acres ofthe farm,and need $288,000 to the $500,000 already raised by June 15. For more information, call 508-771-2585 or go to www. SaveBayViewFarm.org. : TOWN NOTES= By Ed Semprini news@barnstablepalnol com The Towen of Barnstable has selected its first-ever director of golf operations for the OldeFairgroundsand Hyannis Golf clubs. He isRonald R.Stepanek, senior manager-player de- velopment of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, who will assume the post April 19, with headquarters at Olde Barnstable. "Weare convincedwehave the ideal golf professional to energize and to market both facilitiesbigtime,sensi- tive to present membership and taxpayers," Barnstable Recreation Commission Di- rector David Curley told the Patriot The official appointment wasmade by Town Manager John Klimm following the unanimous recommenda- tionsofafour-membersearch committee, which received 40 applications.At the same time,Curleyemphasizedthat the official town control of Hyannis Golf Club will not become effective until De- cember 30. Still left unannounced is the selectionofthenewhead professional to supervise both golf clubs. Curley said he has recommended Merry Holway,whopresentlyserves as assistant pro-manager at Olde Fairgrounds. No date was set for the selection. Stepanek , a native New Englander, comes to Barnstable with an impres- sive resume of executive ac- complishmentsasamember of the Professional Golfers' AssociationofAmerica.Prior tohisposition at PalmBeach Gardens,hewasexecutivedi- rector of Southern OhioPGA in Dayton, and before that, executive director ofCentral NewYorkPGA,headquarters in Syracuse. Stepanek earned hisMas- ters of Physical Education at Springfield College and his Bachelors of Science at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. Withthe acquisition of the 18-hole Hyannis course off Route 132 in 2004 for a tota: of $9.5 million, Barnstable becomes the third Cape Town to point to ownershir. of two golf clubs. Yarmouth and Dennis are the others Members ofeach clubwillbe eligibleto playboth courses Asfor the status of member- ship fees, Curley could onlj say nothinghas been firmed at the moment, but a slight boost is a possibility dowr the line. "The entire focus of this reorganized golf progran. willbe to 'Play Barnstable," Curley said. "We want oui town courses to be the golf- ers' destination. That's oui goal." New director of golf operations named CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:1 broke,hefixed it.Ifsomething needed to be invented to make something work better, they invented it. Every house in town had something worked on by the blacksmith." The building Ellis has been blacksmithing in for all these years has made its rounds through the village over the years. It started out behind the village schoolhouse on top of Lothrop's Hill, where it held the village 's horse- drawn hearse. In the middle of the twentieth century it was moved to land behind the Barnstable News store, and then around 1980 to its present location behind the Barnstable Tavern. "It has really fallen into disrepair," said Ellis. "It was getting to the point where was uncomfortable to even be in there." There was an attempt to have the 200-year-old struc- ture moved again and re- paired,but that never cameto fruititon. "It wouldjust about have to be taken down piece by piece and put back togeth- er,"Ellissaid. "We thought up at the museum would have been a good place. But the current owner didn't have the interest." Out ofnecessity,Ellismoved apart of his operation into his garage attached to his house directly across the street from the Barnstable Superior Court House and the statute of James Otis, his namesake. Ellis and his wife Jean take their part in the history of their community very seri- ously, keeping scrapbooks on many subjects related to the village. On holidays, they in- viteresidents into their home, which itself has the look and feel of a museum. "It still didn't feel right, and there was a lot of equipment that I couldn 't bring into the garage," said Ellis, who thought that it might be time put out the flame in his forge for good. It was then that officials of the Trayser inquired if he would thinkabout movinghis operation to their location. "Iwasn't sure,but after giv- ingit some thought,it started to sound pretty goodm" he said. Ellis spent some time thinking what his predeces- sors might have thought of the idea. "Ikindagot acouple ofsigns oneday,"he said."Iwaslooking for a certain matching piece of iron, and all of a sudden I found it where I thought I had looked before. I then saw agreen reflection coming through one of the windows in the old shed, and I chuck- led that maybe my dad and uncle were giving the green light about relocating. I soon came to terms that keeping on the family tradition was more important than worrying about keeping it at the same location." The Ellises moved every- thingup to the new site,which ironically is just across the street where the blacksmith shop wasmore thanahundred years ago. "Everything about the busi- ness is heavy," the smithy said. "Every piece seemed to weigh200 pounds,but wehave finally got it all there." Besides doing some small jobs here and there,Ellisplans on putting on blacksmith demonstrations for visitors to the museum during the summer. "It's a shame we had to close the old shop, but Iguess there is a time and place for everything," he said. And luckily for Barnstable village, the time to lose one of its institutions isn't quite now. Blacksmith forges ahead... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:1 to one in place in Saugus, where Route 1 bars posed late-night problems for po- lice. Finnegan has been in contact with the police department there to seek advice and review how the ordinance worked. He was satisfied that it did, and asked the town at- torney'soffice to draft apro- posal that willbe presented to the town council. "Quite frankly, I don't see that these businesses do a make a whole lot of profit between 1and 3a.m," Finnegan said. The chief hopes that the rule will be ready and sub- mitted in advance of the summer season. In the off-season, week- ends are the main problem at closing time, the chief said, but in the summer, "it can be any night." When the voluntary ban was instituted two years ago, the police department showed video surveillance of crowds of perhaps 200 at various convenience stores in the Hyannis area, which can form quickly as night clubs let out at 1a.m. "We would make arrests, but we're severely outnum- bered," Finnegan said, so the strategyis simplyto dis- perse the crowd as quickly as possible. "Wewant to be proactive here,"Finnegan said. "We don't want to have a stab- bing or a shooting." More video evidence will be part of the depart- ment'spresentation when the proposed ordinance is forwarded , Finnegan said. Barnstable police spokesman Sgt. Sean Sweeney said that an incident at the CVS on North Street in Hyannis St. Patrick's Day week- ends was caught on video. He said the video shows store employees locking the front doors to prevent more people from enter- ing after a fight erupted inside. Retail curfew... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:1 tors, "The mutual holding company structure will re- strict the ability of others to effect a change of control of management because, as long as the MHC remains in existence as a mutual bank holding company, it will control a majority of CCCB's voting stock.... [A] change in control of CCCB will not occur without the approval of the Corporators and Directors." As a mutual holding com- pany, the institution would have greater accessto capital if and when it chose to ex- pand, according to Crowell. Analysts at the bank pre- dict that there will continue to be more in-market merg- ers among the current crop of banks serving Cape Cod. That, Crowell said, could provide opportunities for Cape Cod Coop to acquire bank branches that may need to be shed during such mergers. Looking at the Bank of America/Fleetmerger, Crow- ell said that there was an opportunity there, but the bank was not in a position to act. "In hindsight, I would have like to have been a bidder on a branch,but it wasn't possible," Crowell said. As a mutual bank, Crowell said that such acquisitions would be difficult , but as amu- tual holding company, there's an ability to borrow. Crowell said that there may not be a need for the bank to act on another branch, but a decision was made to put the institution in a position to be able to proceed if necessary. Reviewingthe required lan- guage and disclosures, which he said was brought about by apoorlytransacted deal about 20 years ago, Crowell thought to himself, "I'm going to scare our customers more than I have to." But the language was re- quired and included in the 28-page document. The re- action, once there's been an opportunity to explain the concept, has been positive, Crowell said. The big difference for de- positors is that they would no longer be able to directly elect the bank' s directors , which would be appointed by the holding company'sboard. Crowellsaid that thisisindeed achange, but effectively it mir- rors how the board has been appointed for his 30 years at the bank. "The same people are doing the electing, I would argue," Crowell said. While there have been few attendees inthe past,expecta- tionsareforgreaterattendance at this year's annual meeting, which has been moved to the Cape Codder Resort & Spa to handle any size crowd. The Annual meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. on April 13,but for those wishingto cast votes beforehan d,polls willbe open beginningat 3p.m. at the same location. Depositors asof Jan. 13, 2006 will be allowed to participate in the vote. Cape Cod Coop... 3 Youand your j home deserve Infinity from : t * j Marvin, a name ! |P * j youcan trust I ' • *" ¦ c ¦ I - W ¦ bupenor energy I efficiency. 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