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Spring is here and that means it's time for River Day in Marstons Mills! This year is the tenth anniversary cele- brating our beloved Marstons Mills River withfood, fun and informationfor the wholefam- ilyto enjoy. Please visit www. marstonsmills.orgfor details andjoin us on Sunday,May 21, at the WilliamMarston House (whereRoute 149meetsRoute 28). Appreciating our valuable water resources is something we allneed to do. It'sacritical issue for sustainability on our peninsula,and must be looked at holistically-water resourc- es,wastewater treatment,the protection of everythingfrom our wells to our bays. It's a Cape-wide issue, and the Town of Barnstable must consider the issue as a town - that is, one town of 15 on the Cape - not a group of villages, or districts, but as a town. What we put into the ground flows in all directions, and ends up in our sole source aquifer. What we take out oi the ground in one area may be needed in others. This issue, more than any, needs cooperative and col- laborative energy. We have to work together, which has al- waysbeen mycredo asapublic official,andwillcontinueto be so. It is my sincere hope that others will adopt this credo before it's too late. Speaking of working to- gether (my favorite subject!) I'd like to report on the prog- ress ofthe YouthCommission. The Youth Commission has recently reinstated the "Mall Nights," a popular program held monthly at the Cape Cod Mall's Food Court lost due to town budget cuts afev; years ago. Thistime around,ouryouth commissionwasrespondingto anissuetheyfelt existed atthe Mall - their perception that teens were unfairly targeted as "trouble" in the Mall. The Youth Commissioners met with Mall General Manager Leo Fein and Mall Security Director Garrett Linehan,and had a meaningful discussion. They learned that Mall rules CONTINUED ON PAGE B:2 PRECINCT 10 JANICE BARTON i » i i i i i i i i Library avoids red, looks to green future By Paul Gauvin pgauvin@barnstablepatriot.com PAUL GAUVIN PHOTO NOVEL IDEAS-LibrarianSueMartin,left,helpsBarbaraLaFlammeof Marstons Mills sift through offerings during a book sale last week. Imagine what it would be like to win $1.7 million on a lottery ticket but couldn't collect because you lost the ticket. Depressing, to say the least. That' s essentially what happened to the Marstons Mills Library last year, albeit the library's experience is "more complicated"thanmis- placing aticket, sayslibrarian Susan Martin. Also imagine Marstons Mills without a quaint and cozy vintage library of its own as an integral part of the village center - or without a staff that won't let gointough sledding. Library officials had to forego a $1.7 million grant from the state because, al- though they tried hard, they couldn't raise $2 million by last May as required by the state. The disappointment, however, underscores the resiliencyofthe town'ssecond smallest library (3,000 sq. ft.), itslibrarian,its dogged ability to operate on a shoestring and it'soptimism for afuture 9,000-square-foot facility. "We sawit coming,"Martin shrugs, indicating it wasn't such a shock when the li- brary's board had to refuse the state offer. "Wehad raised about $200,000 and we were told wecould sellthisbuilding (the current library) for about $400to $500,000. Weidentified possible lead contributors of, say $1 million, but we vis- ited them and we talked and talked - but no offers." One potential benefactor pledged $400,000 if the library could be built at the Burgess House site on Route 149. But with the loss of state money, that initiativeisover and,said Martin with a stiff upper lip, "it isn't all bad. Some good things are happening." How she can say that in the same breath as reporting she had to reduce her own time, therefore her own salary by 50 percent , cut staff time and shorten library hours by seven, attests to the library's true grit. "There was nothing else we could do,"Martin said.About $30,000 had to be cut several weeks ago if the library were to make it to the end of the fiscal year (June 30). "Many people don't realize these are not public libraries. The town provides a subsidy that covers about 70 percent of our operating budget and we have to raise the rest," she explained. "It would be wonderful if every household (about 3,000 of them) in the village could commit $35 to $50 to this, but with Katrina and other pressing causes competing for donations..." she trails off realizing she had made her point. 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