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By Patriot Staff We remember the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the confr ontation between President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. At the time, the president 's daughter Caroline was 5 years old and the premier 's son Sergei was 27. Today, the former serves halfway around the world as ambassador to Japan While the later has also made a long journey, to Brown University and a senior fellowshi p at the Watson Institute for International Studies Sergei Khrushchev will share his insights with a Barnstable High School audience July 31 at 6:30 p.m. in the JFK Hyannis Museum 's speaker series. Tickets are available at www.JFKHyannisMuseum. org or in the Main Street museum 's gift shop.... Speaking of connections to Russia , an author who served as dramaturge for the Moscow premiere of Tennessee Williams ' Small Craft Warnings will be a participating scholar at the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival Sept. 25 to 28. The American who directed that play in Russia, Richard Corley, will lead a workshop to develop a script based on Mother Yaws, a late short story by Williams.... If you're a veteran or an active duty member of the U.S. armed forces, the Hyannis Elks Lodge 1549 invites you to drop by for a free cookout July 26 from noon "until we run out of food. " The lodge on Bearse 's Way welcomes guests, who can dine for a donation of $5. Proceeds are earmarked for Heroes in Transition , Inc. Alison Whitner, trustees chairman , writes that it's hoped veterans will take the opportunity "to relax, and maybe share some stories, mementoes, medals, and/or pictures with us.".... We were told recently of a 4-year-old who, seeing a butterfly wing by, spread her hands in the air and tapped her fingers in the breeze "to enlarge the image." If you like your nature unmediated, the North American Butterfly Association could use your help July 26 in a butterfly count at the MassAudubon Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary in Barnstable. Register with leader Ian Ives at iives@audubon.org for the count , which begins at 9 a.m.... Mark Aug. 14 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on your community calendar. That's when Harbor Health Community Health Center •will have a ribbon-cutting at its new location , 735 Attucks Lane in Hyannis. Let them know you're coming by calling 617-533-2242.... A very special set of public and private meetings conducted by the U.S. Department of the Interior later this month in Mashpee will focus on proposed changes to the federal tribal recognition program. A public meeting open to all will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Community and Government Center at 483 Great Neck Road South. That will be followed at 1 p.m. by a tribal consultation open only to representatives of federally-recognized tribes, of which there are 566, Tribes from around the country are j expected to attend.... That reel-y big show, The Woods Hole Film Festival , will be held July 26 to Aug. 2. Among the features are at least two of local interest: The Watershed, showing July 27 at 5 p.m., looks at nutrient pollution on the Cape and its possible remediation by j shellfish aquaculture. Lies I Told My Little Sister, on i screen July 31 at 9 p.m., j is a drama-comed y shot j largely in the Mid and Lower ¦ Cape. Venue and ticket information is available at ] woodsholefilmfestival.org.... A blend of historic and ¦ contemporary homes awaits on the Wellfleet Historical : Museum 2014 House Tour I July 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 j p.m. For tickets, go to www. wellfleethistoricalsociety. org.... Good interviewers paint portraits of their j subjects, and Steve Bakunas will take that literally when he both paints and interviews his wife, actressLinda Lavin, on stage at Harwich Junior i Theatre July 28 at 7 p.m. The j painting by Bakunas, a former j technical director at HJT, will j be raffled at the end of the I 90-minute show. Proceeds j benefit HJT's productions and arts education programs. : Call 508-432-2002 or go j to www.hjtcapecod.org for \ tickets.... Too Late for the Listings: Globetrotting i journalist Stephen Kinzer • will be honored July 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Truro j Center for the Arts at Castle ¦ Hill annual Summer Party on j the Deck. Tickets are $30 for : non-members; go to www. castlehill.org.... An 11-piece • chamber ensemble from the Curtis Institute of Music I will play works by Vivaldi • and Piazzolla in the Lillie j Auditorium on MBL Street in Woods Hole July 20 at 7 j p.m. For tickets, go to mbl. edu/concert.... The circus j is in town - the next town over, that is - when Circus • Smirkus performs July 21 to j 23 at Sandwich High School. Matinees are at 2 p.m. and evening performances start at 7 all three days. Tickets for j this year's show, "Anchors : Away for Atlantis ," are available at smirkus.org.... \ It's family paddle day at i Dowses Beach in Osterville July 23 from 5 to 8p.m., with kayak and stand-up paddle \ board demonstrations , trials : and instruction by Three Bays Preservation , Inc. The j fee is $10 for adults , and j $5 for ages 8 to 12; bring • the rest for free.... If you were mentalist and mind j reader Chris Bolter , you j would already know that he's appearing July 23 at 7 p.m. at the MBL Club on Water : Street in Woods Hole, and ¦ that non-member admission is $8 for adults and $5 for j children.... Fans of the Cape Cod Museum of Art have another reason to Thank God j It's Friday: Free Fun Friday : July 25 from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Special art, music and dance ¦ offerings are planned during i the day of free admission.... HopeHealth 's Evening by I the Sea Auction is at the Wianno Club in Osterville j July 25. For tickets, call 508- j 957-0254. Patriot columnist meetsthe new neighbors Text and photos by Paul Gauvin pgauvin@barnstablepatriot.com TURKEY TROT - Seven of eight wild baby turkeys look for easy pickings on Southgate Drive, Hyannis, as two mature birds were nearby for several days last week visiting most yards on the dead-end street. The comeback kids are integrating with the neighborhood since being reintroduced to the Cape inthe late '90s. They can fly a bit and snooze in nearby trees at night. PEEPINGTOM-One oftwoadultandeight kiddiesforaging ina SouthgateDriveyard thisweek decidedto see how the other half lives by flying up to an elevated deck and taking a look inside through a slider.It must have liked what it saw because it hung aroundformore than an hour while the other adult rested in a nearbytreeandthe young'unscontinued foraging. Poultry onparade LeaseforArmoryon lastnight'sagenda Thetowncouncilmayhaveput its collective John Hancock -or is that JollyRoger?-on a 25-year lease for the Hyannis Armory July 17. On the agenda was an agreementwith225 South Street, LLC, which wants to operate a Real Pirates museum there featuringartifacts from thepirate ship Whydah. The lease, whose term would begin March 1, would bring the town $25,000 in year 1, $50,000 per year inyears2to 5,$80,000in years 6 to 15, $100,000 for years 16 to 20, and $120,000 for years 21 to 25. In the second year and going forward, the rent would be reduced by the amount of real estate taxes paid to the town, but not less than $24,000. There is a provision that the museum may be closed for 60 days in a year. The tenant pays all utilities, maintenance and repairscosts,andisresponsiblefor "extensive" insurance coverage. TownManagerisrecommending thatthecouncilOKtheagreement, callingthemuseum"asignificant generator of direct and indirect economicbenefit to theTownand Village of Hyannis." Should the agreement go forward,proponentswould make the rounds of regulatory boards regarding issues such as parking. TheArmory'srelatively smalllot is now used by town employees. Moreonthecouncil's plate In addition to the Armory lease, the council was to hear last night reports from Cable Advisory Committee Chair Nancy Richards and Human Services Committee Chair Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's report , which will include recommendationsfor responding to the opiates abuse epidemic,is tied to a presentation earlier in the meeting on the Y Achievers Program by Stacie Peugh of YMCA Cape Cod. Earlier this year, the human services committee agreed on four priority action items. The first is the Y program, which "identifies kids in 8th grade who are faltering and need support to succeed through high school" and provides same. Spacewillbe provided at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center. Other steps include helping "parents and the community understand and navigate the substance and mental health services systems," providing "community conversation on youth drug abuse prevention" through a community forum, and supporting the town'syouth commission. The committee is also concerned about access to substance abuse treatment programs locally for Cape Cod teens and parents. Future council sessions include a workshop on solid waste disposal and recyclingJuly 24. Thetown shootingwillbe on the agenda Aug. 7 regarding a land survey of the site. Designbidsoutfor LombardField Landscape architectural design consultants have until Aug. 12 at 2 p.m. to respond to the town's request for proposals regarding an upgrade of the Lombard Parking Area and Fields off Route 149 in West Barnstable. A site visit will be held July 29 at 2 p.m. at the nearby West Barnstable Community Building. Icecream,yogaget licensingOKs No one, probably not even legislators, wants to see sausage being made, but ice cream being made? Sign us up. On July 9, the licensing authority approved a new common victualler license for Katie'sCreamery, located down awalkwayat 572 Man St. next to Katie'sIce Cream.Julie Kimball isbehind both ventures. Kimball also got permission to set up 48 seats in the passageway. 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