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Veterans honor those who serve them
SPECIAL THANKS - Sidney Chase of Hyannis, who serves as director of Veterans Services
for the Cape and Islands, receives a certificate of appreciation from Post Commander Joseph
Gentile and VFW Aux. District 17 Commander Ariene Stoker of Hyannis.
DAVID STILL II PHOTOS
THANK YOU - Barnstable Police Sgt. Arthur Caiado was among those
recognized and thanked by the Dennis F.Thomas Post 2578 VFW last
week.
The Dennis F.Thomas Post 2578
Veterans of Foreign War in Hyannis
hosted a dinner last week to thank
Cape citizens for their service to
veterans.
Among the honorees were
Barnstable Police officers, Mas-
sachusetts State Police officers,
Hyannis Firefighters and EMTs.
The post also recognized doctors
and nurses from the VA clinic in
Hyannis, which serves all Cape Cod
veterans, and volunteer drivers who
transport veterans to the VA hospi-
tal in Providence, R.I.
The 13-year-old founder of Cape
Cod Cares for the Troops , Dylan
DeSilva of Brewster, was also recog-
nized. This organization sends care
packages to troops in Iraq. A $1,000
donation was made to his program
(www.capecod4thetroops.com ).
Eagle Scout candidate Alex Crosby
of Osterville was also recognized for
his efforts.
Special plaudits were given to
Sidney Chase, director of Cape Cod
Veterans Services, for his assistance
to all veterans and their families.
Lt. Josephine Krowinski of
Yarmouth was honored for her ser-
vice as a nurse in World War II and
the Korean war.
Talkin'
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tors should be test results
and grade point averages,
not financials.
I am grateful about the
influence the article about
Sturgis has had. It isn't just
the educational benefits the
students will receive , but
the students themselves
who have made the school
what it is today: an institu-
tion for future thinkers and
creators.
Even before the IB was
administered to Sturgis the
students I have had the
pleasure of working with
have shown qualities not
seen in my previous school
experiences:determination,
diligence, and thought.
There is also empathy.
These students contribute
150 hours of community
service during their senior
year of high school.
These aren't students who
just talk about what hap-
pened on American Idol last
night. They discuss political
and social issues altering
our country. Now, four years
later, there has been no
doubt inmy mindthat these
studentswillsucceed inwhat
they want to accomplish.
Nine years ago our school
was refurbished from an old
furniture store to an institu-
tion for those wanting the
opportunities they thought
they'd never get in another
public school. Sturgis was
founded based on the ideol-
ogy of sailors who observed
and discovered new ele-
ments of life two hundred
years ago.
The students at Sturgis
share similar ambitions as
they have a sincere long-
ing for a higher education ,
making them members of a
new revolution in education
reform.
Looking back on my ex-
periences at Sturgis I feel
optimistic for the future of
those attempting to acquire
a better education. Hope-
fully the DOE will be able
to replicate the "best prac-
tices"of schools like Sturgis
so that more students will
realize the same benefits for
themselves.
David Stewart is a se-
nior at the Sturgis Charter
Public School in Hyannis.
After graduation on June 3,
Stewart will attend college
in pursuit of a journalism
career.
Thoughts at twilight...
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:7
that hadn't seen anew struc-
ture in 30 years.
A wonderful new clas-
sical/jazz station, WFCC,
offered announcers who
sounded like real people ,
and WQRC had the unbeat-
able team of Dick Golden at
the turntable and Bob Seay
at the news ticker. Even the
oldies station was special,
with the good humor of
Dusty Rhodes and Frank
Mitchell, the former always
ready to flavor his remarks
with an appropriate Yiddish
expression.
I'd like to snap on the ra-
dio right now and hear those
voices as they were, just as
I'd like to see ajazz concert
on the Hyannis green the
night before the annual
Boston Pops concert , as
once was the standard. I
can't do that , but I can look
forward to the return of
Tony Bennett to the Melody
Tent this summer, and to the
music the Arts Foundation
of Cape Cod will bring to
the planned new stage in
Aselton Park.
In 1987, our first year on
the Cape,mywifeand Imade
some good friends. Billy and
Glenna ran the restaurant
acrossfrom Bismore Park on
the harbor in Hyannis, and
finally had to find out more
about the couple who came
inFriday nights and ordered
the most exotic item on the
menu. When they did, they
invited us to spend Christ-
masDaywith them and their
children , Carly and Trevor.
That tradition continues,
almost 20 years later.
Another tradition will be
marked soon as my wife
and I again celebrate her
birthday by staying at Race
Point Lighthouse on the
bare and bended knuck-
les of Provincetown. This
year, it's our privilege to
introduce our friends to the
deep quiet,moody skies and
burning sands -and they 're
cooking!
Thanks for making us at
home on Cape Cod, Billy
and Glenna,just asyou once
were welcomed yourselves.
Don't forget your sandals!
A little bird...
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:7
been reporting that tropical
glaciers, which are the most
sensitive to climate change,
are shrinking. They tell me
that the ice may be gone in a
decade or two.My cousins are
really worried that after the
glacial runoff ends drought
could impact their habitats.
"That isn't all," he con-
tinued. "Bits of pollution
spewed into the atmosphere
collect moisture, creating a
cloud cover that reduces the
amount of sunlight reaching
earth. This keeps tempera-
tures lower thanthe warming
trend would make them, and
will make them if air pollu-
tion is reduced."
As he wheeled away, I
thanked him for his schol-
arly input and revelation of
a Catch-22 dilemma.
Yesterday morning, as I
walked toward our garden,
a red-tailed hawk in a very
bad mood swooped out of the
sky to screech a few words
at me.
"Areyou aware,"he glared,
"that every gallon of gasoline
weighs seven pounds but
releases 22 pounds of carbon-
dioxide into the air?"
Without waiting for a reply
he proceeded aggressively:
"Every one of you Americans
consume the oilequivalent of
eight tons everyyear,far more
than anyone elsein the world.
Ihave to fly through that stuff
every day, and inhale it."
Before I could register em-
pathy, he was gone in a flash
of tail feathers.
A little tree swallow, re-
cently arrived from the south,
lit on an overhead branch
and tried to offset the hawk's
screeching with her melodic
twitter:
"Humans produce almost
100times asmuch carbon-di-
oxide as allthe volcanoes on
the planet, and that amounts
to 20 billion tons annually.
This really upsets some of
us, so you can understand
why the hawk was so angry,
although he should have had
better manners."
I tried to query her further,
but she was distracted by the
prospect of turning apassing
insect into an appetizer.
These feathered friends
have given me a great deal
to contemplate , and all of
it was put into perspective
a couple of months ago by
one of my favorite birds. A
sparrow-sized , slate-colored
junco wasprobingin the snow
with his distinctive pink bill.
He paused in his search for
food to make a comment:
"Everybody knows that
the world is in the middle of
a dramatic warming trend ,
abetted by humans emitting
greenhousegasses.Why don't
you make more than token
efforts to do something about
it while you are researching
and debating? If you don't, it
might be too late by the time
you find all the answers."
Why not indeed!
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