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W&t J&atn&tMt patriot — Founded in 1830 — Published Weekly at 396 Main Street, Suite 15 • P.O.Box 1208 • Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 Tel:(508) 771-1427 • Fax:(508) 790-3997 E-mail info@bamstablepatriot.com • www.barnstablepatriot.com PUBLISHER, Robert F.Sennott,Jr. EDITOR David Still U BUSINESS MANAGER ..Barbara J. Hennigan ASSOCIATEEDITOR Edward F. Maroney ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Luanda S. Harrison Representative Kathleen Manwaring Reporter John Picano , Representative Melora B. North Reporter Carol A. Bacon Representative Jack Mason Representative DESIGN/PRODUCTIONDEPARTMENT Cathy Staples Graphic Designer CIRC. & RECEPTION Tanya Ohanian David Bailey Graphic Designer _„ f^ ( MEMBER NEW ENGLAND PRESSASSOCIATION i V£. I First Place,General Excellence-New England PressAssociation,2001 *"' f^y " First Place,General Excellence-Advertising,2002&2003 EARLY FILES COMPILED BYJOHN WATTERS EAMFILES@BmmEPATRI0T.COM ANNOUNCING CANDIDACY - Robert 0'Leary of Cummaquid (second from right) talks with the media in front of the Barnstable Courthouse in Barnstable Village April 15. 0'Leary announced his intent to become the Democratic candidate for county commissioner. 1836 Welearn that the sloop Alexan- der of and from Wareham, bound to Boston, went ashore in the gale on Wednesday night, about a half a mile distant from Scitu- ate light, and it is supposed that all hands perished. The bodies of Capt. Burgess, and a boy about 12 years of age, with one other person have been found. Capt. Burgess had two sons on board. The cargo consisted of 1000 kegs of nails,and about $1200 worth of hollow ware.Weare informed that the cabin was nearly dry the next morning, and that it is thought the Captain and all his crew were washed overboard after she went ashore. 1866 It is with regret that we learn that the schooner Juliet,of Cent- reville, which left Boston for New Haven, Conn., with a cargo of grindstones, is missing, and has not been heard from since. Fears are entertained that she must have been lost in a snow storm whichraged furiously shortly after she cleared Boston Harbor. The following were the crew: Joseph T. Crosby, master, age 38 years, and son of Capt. Wilson Crosby; Frank Hinckley, mate, 24 years, James Worrill, seaman, 18 years, and Albert Scudder,cook, 16years all of Centreville; also an English boy,seaman,nameunknown,aged about 16 years. 1896 Good progressisbeing made on the HyannisYaeht Club House. A gangofmen are excavatingfor the basement, and the stone masons are at work onthe foundation. The field stonesused inthe foundation are carted from the old Hadaway farm between Centreville and Barnstable. 1906 In superior court the case be- tween Mary E. H. Jones v John Wilson washeard. Thiswas an ac- tion of trespass brought to deter- mine the width of Ocean Avenue at Craigville. The plaintiff owned land north of Ocean Avenue and adjacent to the Centerville River. The defendants built a tennis court with back and side nets twelve feet high and withterraces on the east end whichthe plaintiff claimed completely obstructed Ocean Avenue and a portion of her land. The principal question was whether Ocean Avenue was 25 or 40 feet in width. This is an important question to a number of summer residents in Craigville because if the avenue was 40 feet inwidth severallots very desirable for summer cottages situated on the high land north of Ocean Avenue would be too small for buildingpurposes. After two days the verdict in favor of the plaintiff was received and Ocean Avenue was deemed to 25 feet wide. 1916 The Hyannis Public Library is ment which had been going on for seven years. It promises to be a busy book, especially now that Hyannis is talking active interest in the movement. 1926 TheBoard ofHealthofBarnstable Town is making every effort to ar- range for municipal collection of garbage and refuse. This is, of course, in the nature of a trial and the amount of money available is limited. It is hoped and expected that every citizen will do what he cantolegitimatelylimitthe amount of garbage and refuse which must be disposed of. In the case of most private houses practically all of the refuse and good dealof the garbage maybe disposed ofonthepremises. The best wayto do thisisto provide oneself with one of the common wire incinerators and in this all of the combustible refuse and a good deal of garbage may be disposed of. If all concerned will make an effort to carry out this plan it will leave the people who do the collecting free to dispose of such garbage and refuse that isnot possible and safe to handle on the premises and the money appropriated will this go much farther. 1936 Aspirants for battery positions on the Barnstable High baseball team reported this week. A few candidates for other positions also came out. Coach Taft , the new coach,has ahost of fair materialin "Gabby"Cash,Pat Nikula,Robert Mott, co-captain Coleman, Fred Stewart, and Francis McEach- eron. Cash, an experienced right- handed twirler of last year'steam, is counted on to be the mainstay of this year's nine. Nikula and Mott, although both are inexpe- rienced are considerable men for relief pitching. Behind the bat, there are two excellent receivers in Coleman and McEacheron , who have both had experience in former years. Fred Stewart, a senior of no experience, is sure to give the boys a tough battle for the backstopping berth. half to death?" Questions in that vein were phrased by numerous Barnstable and West Barnstable residents when they learned that the earth-shaking explosion early Monday morning resulted from the blowing up by a demolition squad from Ft. Devens of a quan- tity of C-2 explosive which had been discovered by afamily group out for a Sunday afternoon stroll on Sandy Neck.Actually,the blast rattled windows,shookhomesand awakened sleepers on the north shore, Hyannis, and Osterville, but did no damage; at least none has been reported. 1966 The sun beckoned early April 19, Patriot'sDay,and though the hoar frost stilllay white on the field,the urge to look around persisted. As we drove slowly through the quiet of Barnstable Village, Russ Miller was sleepily setting out- his seed buckets along the sidewalks. We noted for the first time the new red and gold scrolled sign above the doorway at Village Hall.At the old Crocker Tavern Bob Ogden was already at work in the yard, And then at the top of the grade cameintoview the dunes of Sandy Neck and the harbor -green blue against white in the sunshine. 1976 This week the Barnstable School Building Committee lost its patience and lashed out in frustration at both the contrac- tors and architects responsible for the construction and renova- tions of the $15 million middle school-high school project. The list of particulars was long and disturbing and in an effort to crack down on the stampeding costs, inefficiencies , and outright blunders, the committee called in the town's legal department to help tighten the noose around the collective necks of the straying construction herd. CONTINUED ON PAGE A:12 EDITORIALS KEVIN BURKE PHOTO New breeze on the canal With the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge asabackdrop, the Mas- sachusetts Maritime Academy wind turbine reached for the sky in Buzzards Bay earlier this week. At the same time, it appeared that Cape Wind proponent Jim Gordon 's grasp might exceed his reach ascloakroom politicsin Washingtonthreatened the life of his project. Rather than a forest of turbines , we may see solitary tall towers across the Cape. Let it be clean It's well enough established to say politics can be a dirty game without additional qualifica- tion. At the height of the 2004 elec- tion season, Cape Cod was post- carded from beyond the bridges with images straight out of the state Republican Party's 2004 playbook. There was auniformity in the messages: skew, alarm and mention only the Democratic op- ponent. These were seen in state representative as well as senate races. The state GOP went so far as to use a handgun measure sup- ported by state Senator Rob O'Leary to try to sway votes against him. The irony is that most righter-wing 2nd Amend- ment types traditionally vote Republican. Perhaps there was enough learned in that expensive cam- paign, alosing one at that,to show the non-wisdom ofthat approach. The state-led campaign and talk- ingpointsweren'tthe sole,or even leadingreasonfor the Republican state senate candidate 's loss. That she was essentially installed as a Cape candidate prior to the election rightfully earned her a carpet-bagger designation. State representative candidate Will Crocker, a Republican from Centerville , hit the right note by saying that his would be a clean campaign.It's one that his fellow Republicansand opponent Dem- ocrats should pick up and sing.It only takes one sour note to turn things, and history on Cape has shown, it usually doesn't work. If campaigns do get ugly, let them do so on their own accord, not out of obedience to the state- wide organ. DS II editor@barnstablepatnot.com > By Ed Semprini CHOWDAH BOWL: Don't- Dump-on-Doggie-Doo-Doo: The quirky appeal comes from Harwich Oracle columnist Stephanie Foster, who asks readers to not "poo-poo" her dog doo-doo idea. The idea is related to the stormy Cape Wind issue. Foster, in a recent column, suggested Cape Cod scoop a page from the city of San Francisco, which she says wants to harness "the power of dog doo-doo " by dumping it into methane digesters to turn it into methane gas. Foster saysthe Cape is an ideal locale for such a program because of all the golf courses along our shores. "The Cape has two commodities that go hand- in-hand, " she writes. "Golf courses and Canada geese, if you get the drift. " Steph , frankly, the idea is a "shank." You know that along with beaches, the well-groomed fair- ways from the shores of Buz- zards Bay to North Truro are the most popular attractions for thousands of visitors, let alone the thousands of locals. And not only for three months. Let the word drift across the bridges that the Cape 's golf courses are harvesting sites for all that doo-doo , you can wave good-bye to all that green stuff the visitors and their families pour into the cash registers here. They'll go where Canada geese don't fly.Oh, if you're not familiarwith the word "shank," ask any golfer, and then cover your ears... Better Late Than: It took a disgruntled town em- ployee to embarrass his home town.Arozana Tesson,in a let- ter to Provincetown selectmen, criticized the town for lacking a veterans ' memorial. "I find it a disgrace that the plaque names (World War I and II) are in avault wnere no one can see them."he wrote. The polished plaques will be set up with a new memorial in front of town hall this summer. • • • ISLAND HOPPING: Bam- bino Boomlet: Martha 's Vine- yard is enjoying a bit of a baby boomlet , according to a Vineyard Gazette report - and it'spaced by births to Brazilian parents. The community Hos- pital in 0akBluffs recorded 152 births last year,and reported a percentage increase from 8 in 2003 to 20 percent last year in the number of births to moth- ersfrom Brazil... Turtle Snaps: Turtles , turtles everywhere on Nantucket. So, should you happen to be driving around the island, the islanders want you to not turn their pets into turtle soup. Obey all the "Turtle Crossing" signs along the roadways... Shellshocked: The headline in the Nantucket Independent read: "Worst Season on Record."The story reported the scallop industry took a shellingthis past spring- time. "Toughest year I can re- member in a long time,"said a veteran scalloper,Doug Smith. The media reported scallopers brought home 5.482 bushels over the last fivemonths. Last season'sharvesthit 32,500. The dearth of Nantucket'spopular tasty shellfish resulted in sea- food market prices leaping to $20 a pound , according to the Independent... What! A Club Med on the Vineyard! That's what a New York City com- pany proposes for an exclusive members-only destination resort. That proposal led the Vineyard Gazette totake up its powerful editorial arm to fire away that the plan "appears to have as much in common with the Vineyard lifestyle as aClub Med,"and urged voters to reject the idea. No word from Art Buchwald andWalter Cronkite. • • • You're way up there, Mor- ris, if you remember when Mashpee was "overrun" by Camp Edwards GI's, bound for one destination - Milia's Restaurant for chicken and spaghetti... Capehistorybuffs: Locate the following: a) Am- ¦ rita Island; b) Captain Kidd's Island;c) Lieutenant'sIsland; d) Dead Horse Valley,Answers below. • • • Newsquotes: "We righted the ship of state and for that I'll always be proud." - Paul Asher-Best, in surprise an- nouncement he will not seek re-election to Truro Board of Selectmen (In Provincetown Banner). ..."Visiting developingcoun- triesisshocking.Coming back to the U.S. and seeing what we now take for granted slipping away is equally shocking. The difference is,or is supposed to be,that we can do something about it."-Rick Presbrey,di- rector of Housing Assistance Corporation (In commentary in Bourne Enterprise.) • • • Press Speaks Out: "We'd like to suggest some balance in the tourism promotion expenditures that recognized the importance ofmakingvisi- tors ashappy as possible once they're here... it's one thing to bring people here and it's another to keep them coming back and bringing friends... for years the town fathers and mothers saidwe don't want to be like Disney. Granted. But one thing the mouse does a very good job at is pleasing the people it entices to his playground." (Provincetown Banner). • • • Answers to queries: a) Cataumet b) Pleasant Bay in Brewster c) Wellfleet d) Nantucket • • • Quotebook: A successful wife's motto: "If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry,again." - (Speakers Book of Quota- tions) Cape Comment 1 Next Week in gfte patriot... | ^ Ho me & Garden j Our supplement offers idea for creating water gardens, and rolls out the new causal furniture choices... www.barnstablepatriot.com r BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ~| ISSN 0744-7221 Pub. No. USPS 044-480 Periodical Postage paid at the Hyannis Post Office and at additional entry offices Published weekly at M6 Main St . Hvannts. MA 02601 Terms: $29.00 per year in advance Wc assume no hnancial responsibility tor lypogrup hrcal errors in advertisements, but wc will rcpnnt thai pari of (he .Kbertisernenl in which the error occurs POSTMASTER: send address changes ti> THE BARNSTABLE PARTIOT P.O. Ben 1208, llvannis. MA 02601 © 2006, The Barnstable Patriot, a division of Ottaway Newspapers Inc.