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By Patriot Staff
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RANDY ANANOSTIS PHOTC
WHERE LEARNING TAKES SAIL -The upstairs of the renovated am
expanded nature center at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary look;
like a good place to catch a breeze,The building's grand opening it
set for Aug. 12 at 10 a.m., after and before which there'll be tour:
(starting at 9 a.m.), Nature walks will be offered from 8 to 10 a.m
and again from 5 to 7 p.m. The Sanctuary is off Route 6 just pas
the Eastham-Wellfleet line.
Can one ever have enough
books? The Marstons Mills
Public Library holds its
semi-annual book and tag
sale today from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. and Saturday from 1C
a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2160 Main
St. in the heart of the vil-
lage.... Rolling mini-black-
outs were the rule along
Main Street in Hyannis
Wednesday and Thursday.
At one eatery,a staffer called
out the number of times
the power winked out and
came back within seconds:
"That' s seven. " "That' s
eight." The village library
disappointed many world
citizens by posting a sign
that its Internet connection
was not available.... The air-
conditioning won't dare go
off during John Sullivan's
latest extravaganza , The
Lost Treasure ofBlackbeard
Saturday and Sunday at
7 p.m. at Barnstable High
School.The show continues
Aug. 9 to 12 and 16 to 19:
and tickets ($10) may be
reserved by calling 508-771-
6246.... The Hyannis Sound
all-male a cappella group
has competition in the form
of an all-female singing-
group, Cape Harmony. Un-
wittingly, they serenaded
the staff of the Patriot aswe
put out our last issue from
the second floor of 400 Main
St. two weeks ago, when
they sang across the street
in front of the JFK Hyannis
Museum (Bon Jovi's"Living
on a Prayer"was a fav). You
can hear them Saturday at
6 p.m., but you'll have to
travel to Carleton Hall on
Old Bass River Road in Den-
nis. Bring $5 for admission,
$3for children 6to 11....The
Cape Cod Commission'shis-
toric preservation special-
ist, Sara Korjeff , will speak
on "Exploring Maritime
History through Cape Cod
Architecture "Aug. 11 from
2 to 3 p.m. at the Osterville
Historical Museum , 155
West Bay. Admission is $5
for non-members; children
admitted free.
Tax-free weekend coming
un Aug. lz ana id , customers can shop tax-tree in Mas-
sachusetts as long as their purchases remain under $2,500.
Vehicles, motorized boats, tobacco ,meals, and utilities aren't
included. The Legislature gave its approval July 28.
Local students savor summer learning in D.(
Program
offers insight ,
education for
talented teens
By Kathleen Szmit
kszmit@barnstablepatriot.com
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
A MOMENT WITH THE MAN - Barnstable High School student Kristen
Logan and Bishop Stang student Nolan O'Melia share a moment with
Massachusetts Congressman Bill Delahunt. The two met with Delahunt
as part of the summer program Presidential Classroom that the two
attended last month in D.C.
Ask most teenagers what
they did during their sum-
mer vacations and what
ensues might be a mix of
eye rolling and shoulder-
shrugging as they mutter
about work and trips to the
beach.
Ask high school juniors
Kristen Logan and Nolan
O'Melia and the reac-
tion is surprising as both
excitedly chat about their
experiences with Presiden-
tial Classroom, a summer
program for outstanding
high school students aimed
at providing them with a
bit of civic summer educa-
tion.
Logan of Cotuit and
Barntable High and
O'Melia of Centerville,
who attends Bishop Stang,
traveled to Washington,
D.C. for a week in July to
take part in the 2006 Na-
tional Security in a Democ-
racy Program.
While most students
wouldn't dream of par-
ticipating in educational
activities during summer
break, Logan and O'Melia
were thrilled to find them-
selves fully immersed in this
unique program. "We went
to the Pentagon, the CIA,
Capitol Hill," said Logan.
"That was the most impres-
sive," said O'Melia, "getting
to go into the CIA."
Participating in Session
II of the program that
focused on Homeland Se-
curity, Logan and O'Melia
join ed more than 200 other
students from across the
U.S. and the world in tours
of various government
agencies and visits with
key government officials in-
cluding Frances Townsend,
assistant to the president ,
Homeland Security and
Counterterrorism , and
John Clark, director of the
US Marshals Service. They
also spent time with the
Cape's congressman, Bill
Delahunt.
The duo was duly im-
pressed by a video confer-
ence the group had with
Lt. Colonel Barry Johnson,
serving in Iraq with the
U.S. Army.
Contrary to summer
camp with relaxing ac-
tivities and down time, the
Presidential Classroom
kept Logan and O'Melia
extremely busy. "We
had 16-hour days," said
O'Melia. "But I made the
right move coming here."
Both credit the program
with offering insight into
governmental procedures
such as policy making.
"They taught us how policy
is drafted from the lowest
levels," said Logan.
Although similar pro-
grams in Washington at the
time offered a more laid-
back approach to learning,
Logan and O'Melia pre-
ferred the professionalism
of Presidential Classroom.
"We had to wear business
attire," said Logan, noting
that the leaders treated
the groups like adults.
Being in Washington for
the first time since the 9/11
attacks had an effect on
both Logan and O'Melia.
While Logan admitted to
feeling uneasy at times
when planes flew overhead ,
O'Melia was particularly
touched by the story of
one of his instructors who
survived an attack. "One
of my leaders was in the
Pentagon when it got hit,"
he said, acknowledging
the week.
O'Melia and Logan each
belonged to groups of ap-
proximately 40 students
known as caucuses. Each
caucus had to create its
own policy based on infor-
mation provided daily by
the program. The groups
held crossfire sessions dur-
ing which they discussed
important policy issues,
exchanged viewpoints, and
learned what was at the
foundation of individual
opinions on subjects such
as the role of the media
in the Iraq war. "On the
last night, the policy is
presented to the other
groups," said O'Melia. "It
was intense. I saw a couple
of kids cry."
While Logan and O'Melis
thoroughly enjoyed the
governmental aspects of
the program , what they
capital. "The friendship s,
said O'Melia. "That's what
I enjoyed the most."
O'Melia was housed with
students from Michigan,
Philadelphia, and Georgia,
while Logan bunked with
girls from New Mexico,
North Carolina and Illinois.
With the start of a new
school year mere weeks
away, Logan and O'Melia
are glad for the new per-
spectives their summer
opportunity has given
them. "This past year I
took world history and this
is so applicable to today's
world," said Logan.
Unlike some of their
peers, Logan and O'Melia
look forward to talking
about what they did during
their summer vacation. "I
would highly recommend
this to anybody," said
Logan.
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