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Technical problems for schools Aging computers are holding back students, teachers By Edward F. Maroney emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com Barnstable'sschools are at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to technology, the school committee was told last week. Out of 327 districts in Massachusetts, the town is 319th, put to shame by Falmouth (258th) and Cha- tham (37th). "Technology at the Barnstable Public Schools is in aprecariousposition,"saidBethann Orr, the system's director of educational technology. The high school got new computers nine years ago dunng a renovation project. Given the speed with which the machines are improved ,that number should be converted into dog years. Take the Dell OptiPlex GI sitting on a teacher's desk at the high school - please! Orr said it has a 300mghz processor, when today's standard is two to three gigahertz. "Our computers at the high school are boat an- chors," Orr said. "It takes 12 to 20 minutes to boot up the average computer at the high school. Most teachers are afraid to shut them down." At minimum, she said, "we need over 1,000 ma- chines, approximately $1.5 million in technology. We can no longer repair the computers. The future looks dim and I am very concerned." CONTINUED ON PAGE A:4 The end of a Golden era Hyannis doctor looking forward to a long list of adventures By Kathleen Manwaring kmanwaring@barnstablepatriot com Dr. William A. Golden is putting away his shingle. While he may be retiring, don't expect him to slow down a whit. Now that hisfive children are grown and time is of the essence, Golden wants to get started on his to-do list."Istopped writingwhen it got to three pages," he said. After 25 years of seeing patients in Hyannis, One item that Golden is particularly excited about is a planned trip to Haiti with students from the University of Miami in Florida. Once there, he will help provide basic medical care for Haitian citizens. . "The people won't come in with the same problems we see here,"said Golden,noting that infection and nutrition are their greatest chal- lenges. "They need just very basic things." After Haiti, Golden would like to try karate, explore localwaterways in his self-made kayak, and take a few extension courses, perhaps in ethno-botany. "I'd like to explore a lot of the hobbies and interests I haven't been able to," he said. Upon arriving here in 1981 Golden became the first pulmonary critical care doctor on the Cape, establishingan outpatient bronchoscopy center. In the 25 years he has practiced, he has seen numerous advances in medical technology. "Things have changed immensely," he said. "Most of what I learned in medical school is obsolete." Through the years Golden has weathered a number of changes within the medical world , including the emergence of health maintenance organizations. "Youjust have to deal with the changes as they come along," he said, noting that HMOs do have a major drawback. "The v C0NTINUE0 ON PAGE A:12 On to Boston RAISING THE TORCH - Centerville Elementary School nurse Maryellen Loucks holds aloft a specially made patriotic torch during anall-school rally held to celebrate her running ot the Boston Marathon on Monday. Making this an especially poignant run tor Loucks isthat she was diagnosed with MS last spring. See story, A: 11 Darby water easement OK'd Some continue to question the vote By David Still II dstill@barnstablepatnot.com A water easement for the Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire District to protect a po- tential future water supply well on the town-owned Darby land was ap- proved last week by the Barnstable Town Council. While the vote is recorded,it'snot entirely clear if the matter is fully resolved. The sometimes confusing manner in which the vote was taken prompted complaints immediately afterward. There 's also been talk in some quarters about filing a com- plaint with the state Ethics Com- mission over the dual role played by Osterville town councilor Jim Crocker,who alsoservesasanelected member of the COMM prudential committee. During the council discussion of the matter, Councilor Tom Rugo of Centervillewasthe most direct about why he thought the easement was sought, saying that it was a means for Osterville to prevent affordable housing. That drew a grumble from the predominately pro-easement crowd. One caller to the paper coined the phrase, "The gang who couldn't vote straight ," and so it appeared last Thursday as the council moved awkwardly toward a decision. After procedural confusion about what was being voted,the final vote on the matter was made. Rugo passed when first called to cast his vote. When the vote came back to him it stood at 6 yes, 4 no, and two abstentions. Rugo voted yes,indicating that he was doing so to retain his rights.He then immediatelycalled for reconsid- eration after the clerk announcedthe vote. Onlythose votinginthe affirma- tive can call for reconsideration. During a five-minute break , Barnstable Village councilor Ann Canedy was pressed to change her vote inthe hallwayby Hyannis coun- cilor Greg Milne. Both had abstained in the initial vote. The vote to reconsider failed, with Canedy still abstaining. The vote came after a week of CONTINUED ON PAGE A:5 COMMITTED -A young turkey steps lightlyonto Route 132 Sunday before committingto the four-lane crossing. He (she?) was joined by two siblings and all were last seen walking through the woods toward the back of the police station. Turkev trot Assessor tunes in to local tax issues By Paul Gauvin pgauvin@barnstablepatriot.com Barnstable taxpayers ought not fret. The town's new guitar- playing chief assessor is in tune with the history, the times and the laws governing property val ues and is not shy of playing in the key of A, as in A-batements Jeffrey A. Rudziak calls him- self an "Army brat" when asked where he was raised, and thus was reared hither and yon. He spent some 25 years in Arizona, about 10 of them as a singer and guitarist and as a home remodeling subcontractor and was torpedoed like so many oth- ers nationwide by the housing slump of the late 1980s. Which is how he became an assessor. "You don't grow up telling your parents to want to be an asses- sor," he said, smiling. "When the business slumped,I needed ajob and the state DOR (Department of Revenue) had openings for field people." Armed with a magna cum laude business degree from Ari- zona State University, an associ- ate's degree in building safety and construction technology and actual construc- tion and real estate experience. Rudziak was hired. He grew into the job over a 12-year period,spending four CONTINUED ON PAGE A:5 Girlsfight off flat batsto rallyfor win The 8HSgirls varsity Softballteam came back Wednesday for a 5-4 win over Old Colony League opponent Marshfield A:10 Girls track bests Mashpee JillLyon provedherselfa formidableopponent as the BHS girls varsity track team took on Mashpee High Tuesday in the Raiders' home opener. She won three events - the 2-mile in 12:39, the mile in 5:46, and the javelin toss with an impressive throw of 100' A:10 Staying the course What more can be chronicled about Allan L. Stewart? What more can be told about a golf professional highly respected and honored by peers throughout New Englandand laudedby clubmembers throughouta longand continuing career? A:10 ? SPORTS j^ I Arts C:1 Automotive C12 Blackboard 8 4 Business A:8-A:9 Classifieds C 9-C 11 Editorials A:6 Events C.3-C.7 Health Report 8:7 Legato C:W:10 Letters A.7 MamStreet C:4 . Movie Listings C:2 Obituaries B:2 | r>Ed A7 ! PatriotPuzzle B:7 j People B:2 j Real Estate B6 ReligiousServices B:3 ServiceDirectory C11 Villages B:1 Weather A:12 ? INDEX ? PRINCIPAL SWAP: HyEast to CotuK/Mills What ifthey cleaned upthe minebutthe canary still can't sing? A:2 Beach 'remains' unsolved What's believedto be the final piece of buried timbers at Craigville Beach shed littlenew light on just what they once were A:3 Summit: Partnerships,incentives willcreate workforce housing CHATHAM- Emergingfrom a six-hour summit on the region's housing crisis Monday, more than 150 civic leaders didn't have any quick fixes B:5 ? UP FRONT ? InOther Words All around the world, Christians and Jews are marking holy days A:7 ? OPINION Cape leaders turn critical lens on selves If you had a complaint about Cape business, government or media, you were in good com- panyat lastweek's Suffolk University/CapeCod Spring Breakfast meeting at the Four Points Sheraton in Hyannis A:8 Cape Cod Commission blessesthe GIZ The Cape Cod Commission gave the key to local control of downtown development to the Town of Barnstable last week with unanimous approval of the Cape's first Growth Incentive Zone A:8 ? BUSINESS ? A century of growth for Cotuit FD Two, four, six, eight, why don't we consoli- date? B:1 ? VILLAGES ? Put yourself in Peril Through the years, Cape Cod has been many things to many people:vacation spot,summer sanctuary, birthplace,home. Yet for centuries, Cape Cod was known as the "Graveyard of Ships" as the number ofwrecks along its sandy shoals numbered well into the thou C:1 The seventh art for the seven villages As a 5-year-old, Lore Loftfield DeBower, pro- fessor and head of language and literature at Cape Cod Community College, wanted two things: to speak French, and to see a Gothic cathedral C:1 ? ENTERTAINMENT ?