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A whisper at Wequaquet
DAVID STILL II PHOTO
SILENT RUNNING - Is anyone aboard as the gentle waters of Wequaquet come calling at
his home away from home?
Assessment center for children
coming to downtown Hyannis
Foundations combine
resources to close the
gaps in service
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com
EDWARD F MARONEY PHOTO
HAPPY WARRIORS - Doreen Bilezikian,
left, and Lisette Blondet make an upbeat
presentation to the county commissioners
about a new assessment center for children
and adolescents.
A consortium of Cape foundations
working through Cape Cod Healthcare
plans to open an assessment center for
children and adolescents in Hyannis
this summer.
Doreen Bilezikian, representing her
familyfoundation,and Lisette Blondet
of Cape Cod Healthcare met with the
county commissioners thisweek to dis-
cuss their plans and seek support.
Cape Cod Healthcare, Cape &Islands
United Way, Cape Cod Community
Foundation, the Kelley Foundation,
and the Bilezikian family's foundation
cametogether last yearto raise$100,000
and secure a matching grant from the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to
improve mental health services.
Bilezikian said she and others trav-
eled around the Cape talking not only
to providers but alsoconsumers of such
services, and found that the state of
diagnostic services for children on the
Cape "is a very serious problem." The
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Cape Light Compact weighing Cape Wind contract offer
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com
EDWARD F MARONEY PHOTOS
CLEAR CHOICES - Jim Gordon of Cape Wind and Audra Parker of the
Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound made their cases to the Cape Light
Compact Wednesday.
Have you made up your mind about the Cape Wind project?
If you're a member of the Cape Light Compact's board,you'd
better be ready by next month.
The Compact, which negotiates with power suppliers on
behalf of most Cape Codders and Vineyard residents,is listen-
ing to the company and its leading foe, the Alliance to Protect
Nantucket Sound, as it considers signing a long-term supply
agreement with Cape Wind.
Such an arrangement would lock in the Compact to the
advantages and disadvantages of a partnership of sorts with
wind farm developer Jim Gordon. The long-term pact would
help Gordon raise money to build the 130-turbine project slated
for Nantucket Sound.
On Wednesday,members heard presentations by Gordon and
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Fire districts
study will be
recommended
Committee
to meet with
council May 25
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatnot.com
EDWARD F MARONEY PHOTO
LET'S GET IT DONE - Mike
Ingham of the Comprehensive
Financial Advisory Committee
makes a pointduringlastFriday's
Fire District Study Preparation
Committee.
The Fire District Study
Preparation Committee will
recommend that the fire dis-
tricts be studied.
If you think that's a bor-
ing lead sentence, you just
haven't been payingattention
for the last half-century.
The committee, which will
present its report to the
town council May 25, wants
an independent consultant
to answer this question: "Is
the Town of Barnstable re-
ceiving the servicescurrently
provided by the FireDistricts
inthe most efficient and effec-
tive manner possible?'
The group, chairedby Town
Councilor Janice Barton ,
takes no stand on that query.
Addressing concerns regard-
ing loss of service in any
possible consolidation of
districts, the report, states
directly: "Anyreorganization
or consolidation that would
have a deleterious effect on
response times would not be
acceptable to anyoge on the
Committee, ancPfrapefully
anyone living in the Town of
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Late-night retail
likely curtailed
Ordinance to
close businesses
from 1 to 3 a.m.
expected to pass
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatriot.com
Unlessthere'sasignificant
change of heart on the part
of the town council, amonth
from now store owners can
expect to shut their doors
between 1and 3a.m. as part
of a town-required closing.
The council wasset to hold
apublic hearing on the mat-
ter last night,after which a
vote was expected, accord-
ing to council president
Hank Farnham.If that came
to pass, the new regulation
will go into effect in 30 days,
on or about June 10.
The ordinance proposal
seeks to close allretailestab-
lishments, including those
serving food,from 1to 3a.m.
nightly as away "of control-
lingnoise and promoting the
public peace and to protect
public safety and nighttime
tranquility "
The request for the retail
ban came from the police
department,which was also
behind a voluntary clos-
ing request supported by
the town council two years
ago.
At issue are crowds of
club goers gathering at
late-night convenience and
food stores after the 1 a.m.
closing time. The history of
the voluntary ban is one of
inconsistent compliance ,
according to the Barnstable
Police Department. In past
interviews, Police ChiefJohn
Finnegan said that when
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INSIDE
Late-night retail likely curtailed
Apologies to Down Under chanteuse Helen
Reddy. The title of her autobiography (re-
viewed in last week's entertainment section)
is not Helen Reddy, but The Woman I Am
We don't know whether Chrissie Hynde ever
dueted with the aforementioned Ms. Reddy,
but yo A:2
Townbudget hearings begin
Thursday
The town council starts its official public hear-
ing for next year's $142 million spending plan
Thursday A:2
Fincom tradeoffs restructure
county budget priorities
Roger Putnam of Wellfleet knows shellfish,
so when the Assembly of Delegates fi-
nance committee member said hewanted
$25,000 for "clams" last week, some may
have gotten the wrong idea A:3
Passing /Attest
In high schools across the country, an alarm-
ing trend is growing: according to researchers
quoted in a recent Time magazine article,
one out of three public high school students
will not graduate. A major issue facing many
Massachusetts students has to do A:4
? UP FRONT ?
Peace,tranquility and unintended
consequences
Little things do mean a lot, as the 1954 Kitty
Kallentune suggests, particularly with today's
gasoline prices A:6
Cape Wind,oil,gasoline and
outrage
Is there a connection between the proposed
wind farm on Nantucket Sound and the price
of oil and gasoline? Let's look at the relation-
ship A:7
? OPINION
Winter white brings spring green
The sun may have been shining across the
Cape on Saturday but at Dick Beard's Chev-
rolet/Subaru it was all about snow A:8
Businessman raises concerns
Howard Penn of Puritan Clothing has seen a
lot in his years on Main Street in Hyannis,and
he likes a lot of what he sees as the shopping
district begins to attract new development
A:8
? BUSINESS ?
Raider women earn 10th OCL
championship
Maintaining their season-long focus, even in
the wake of a bit of coaching drama, the BHS
girls tennis team bagged their 10,nOld Colony
League championship victory Wednesday,
soundly defeating Marshfield 5-0 A:10
? SPORTS ?
Science researcher at home with
harmonica
"If you can hum it,whistle it or sing it, you can
play it on the harmonica." B:1
? VILLAGES ?
Death
ofASalesman
It's no Horatio Alger story. No rags-to-riches
tale, either. But Chatham Drama Guild's
production of Arthur Miller's Death of a
Salesman can bring out a variety of emotions
in any theatergoer. CM
?-ENTERTAINMENT ?
? INDEX ?
Arts C:1
Automotive C:14
Black Board B:4
Business A.B-A.9
Classifieds C11-C 13
Editorials A.6
Events C:3-C:8
HM
BIReport 8 7
Leg* C:9-C:10
Letters K7
Main Street B8
MovieListings C:2
Obituaries 8:2
Op-Ed A7
PatriotPunle B:5
People B:2
RealEstate B.6
Religious Services B:5
Service Directory C 13
Villages B:1
Weather A12