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Boston Pops...
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they need to know for this par-
ticular beat is when to start. You
bring your hand up and bring
your hand down. You wouldn't
believe how hard that is for some
people."
As for Shatner, Lockhart said,
"I'm sure he'll be a pro."
The original Star Trek series
was a hit in syndication in the
1970s, and it's that decade that
the Pops will celebrate Sunday in
what Lockhart calls "our Seven-
ties show, a Baby Boomer bash.
You begin to realize so much of
your audience shares a common
cultural history from this period
of time, the movies, big Broad-
way shows."
Sharing the stage will be
Rockapella, known for the
catchy theme to Where in the
World is Carmen Sandiego? on
PBS. "They're about the best (a
cappella group) I've ever heard,"
Lockhart said. "They have a
great repertoire, everything from
Sly and the Family Stone to
Three Dog Night and a little bit
of Beatles."
Although the Hyannis concert
is nearly sold out, the orchestra
will be on Nantucket Aug. 12 for
a show at Jetties Beach with the
knockout interpreter of the great
American musicals, Bernadette
Peters.
"She is just a stunning per-
former," Lockhart said. "She's
gorgeous, her voice sounds in-
credible. They don't make them
like that anymore."
If you'd rather not fend off
bugs and the sun to hear his
band , Lockhart would welcome
you to the Pops' regular season
in Boston's Symphony Hall.
"From May through July 4
-there's that little concert we
have on the Charles -there's
about six nights a week of music
covering such an incredibly
wide span," he said. Then there
are the holiday concerts from
the second week in December
through New Year's.
"We are unique in the musical
world in terms of the variety of
our repertoire and broad audi-
ence," Lockhart said.
Sunday's concert will have
music from the Star Wars movies
written by Lockhart's predeces-
sor on the podium, John Wil-
liams, but the incumbent says
he plays no favorites between
the universes created by George
Lucas and Gene Roddenberry.
"I'm pretty much a non-believ-
er," he said. "I missed that day in
class."
Some lawn tickets - $15 for adults ($20 the
day of the show), $5 for children - are still
available for Sunday's concert, but they're
going fast. They're available at Christmas
Tree Shops, TO Banknorth branches on the
Cape, and the Hyannis Puritan store.The
gates open at 1 p.m. Sunday, with perfor-
mances by the Original Dissonance Jazz
Band, Turner Avenue Quintet, and Hyannis
Sound beginning at 2 p.m. The Pops concert
begins at 5 p.m. Parking in the area is lim-
ited, so arrive early. People with handicaps
may be dropped off at designated locations
on Ocean, Main and South streets and
should be accompanied by an escort. For
more information, call 503-362-0066.
Review of Commission nears end...
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most.They're not followed
because they're not useful.
Tighten them up with a
priority list."
There seemed to be
some interest in joint re-
view of projects by the
Commission and towns,
if the legalities could
be worked out, but Fu-
dala advised that the
front-loading of the com-
mission review provides
valuable information for
the town's subsequent
vetting of projects.
On Tuesday morning,
the task force hashed
over 3 1/3 pages of pos-
sible recommendations
for change. One would
involve better communi-
cation by commissioners
to their town officials. An-
other dealswith whether
commissioners should
be elected, rather than
appointed by boards of
selectmen or Barnstable
Town Council.
"There'svirtually no ac-
countability for Cape Cod
Commission members ,"
said the task force 's Spy-
ro Mitrokostas. "We've
got to take it out of the
hands of selectmen and
put it in voters ' hands."
Member Maggie Geist
said the commission
should be more active
in fostering map-based
zoning that would help
locate projects in appro-
priate areas. Increasing
the technical assistance
available to communities
was urged.
Some members want
to see the Commission
more active in laying
out a direction for the
Cape economy, but task
force co-chair Wendy
Northcross disagreed.
"To ask the Cape Cod
Commission to map out
the economic future of
the Cape is a little gran-
diose,"said the president
and CEO of the Cape
Cod Chamber of Com-
merce. "They need to be
partners.
Carr offered to send
these and other sugges-
tions out in the form of
a straw ballot , but mem-
bers decided to reviewthe
recommendations with-
out voting and get back
together next week.
Another public hearing
was held in Barnstable
last night, after the Pa-
triot's deadline. The third
will be held at Eastham
Town Hall Aug. 8 at 7
p.m. On Aug. 10 at 7 p.m.,
the task force is hoping
for a big turnout of town
officials for a conversa-
tion at 1st District Court
House in Barnstable vil-
lage. The task force itself
will meet that morning at
7:45 in rooms 11 and 12
at Barnstable Superior
Court House at the coun-
ty complex. All meetings
are open to the public.
Sheriff begins retreat from complex...
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"If I can accommodate all of my
folks, I have no problem leaving
there,"he said. "I don't want to pay
electrical and rent on six different
buildings."
Cummings had wanted to recast
part of the oldjail and house of cor-
rection as aregional lockup to help
out local police with limited space
to hold prisoners, and to accom-
modate juveniles, for whom there
is no overmght lockup this side of
the canal.
"There's still no appetite to fund
it," he said. "Eventually, and soon,
within the next year, if I don't get
funding, I will have to abandon the
old jail and give that back to the
county.Unfortunately,ifit'sdecided
five to 10years from now that every
town needs aregionallockup, we'll
end up building it."
County officials and Cummings
are trying to set up a meeting to
discuss the future of the hilltop
property, but it's beginningto look
as though its fate will rest with the
county commissioners and the As-
sembly of Delegates.
Not that the sheriffisnostalgicfor
the old, swelteringcells."Especially
on days like this," he said, "when
we had to bring in industrial fans
and buckets of water and ice, and
let everybody sit around in their
underwear."
Old Shell station may hold key for new terminal fuel plans
CC Commission
may allow
offset for
'undevelopment
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatnot.com
Few people may remem-
ber that it was Barnstable
Municipal Airport that pur-
chased and "undeveloped"
the former Shell gas station
on the airport rotary, but the
Cape Cod Commissionmight
be willing to give the airport
a little credit .
Actually, it would be a lot
of credit in the form of a
hazardous material offset for
the airport's planned new
terminal. The commission
subcommittee reviewing the
45,000-square-foot terminal
plan is willing to go back at
least five years, perhaps lon-
ger, to allow previous work
and acquisitions to count as
offsets for the project.
If removal of the gas sta-
tion's fuel tanks on that site
iscounted,it wouldmorethan
cover the planned expansion
of the airport' s fuel farm.The
larger, relocated fuel farm
planned for the airport is seen
as an overall improvement
to the current system, which
utilizes fuel trucks.
At the subcommittee'sJuly
25 meeting, members agreed
withthe airport'spositionthat
reducing exchanges of fuel on
the sensitively-located airport
property, central to public
water supply wells for both
Barnstable and Yarmouth,
provides better protection for
groundwater. By increasing
the capacity of the fuel farm
to 40,000 gallons and reduc-
ing the need for trucks, there
would be fewer fuel transfers,
and the committee is willing
to apply the commission's
flexibility standard to make
that happen.
Commission planner An-
drea Adams reviewed the
commission'spast practice of
allowingprior work for offsets
and came up with an average
of about fiveyears. Extending
it back to include the 1999 gas
station purchase exceeds that
average, but if that's what's
needed to facilitate the new
fuel farm,there appeared to be
support onthe subcommittee
to allow it.
With regard to hazardous
material, some thought is
also beinggivento asite-wide
allowance for storage. Right
now, onlythose materials un-
der the control of the airport
itself areunder consideration,
but with multiple leases to
other operators that have
their own fueling and storage
capabilities, subcommittee
members are interested in
exploring whether a thresh-
old can be set for the entire
600-acre airport property.
Commission executive direc-
tor Margo Fenn said that
she would consult with staff
counsel on that matter.
Traffic Considerations
Dr. William Marasco, Yar-
mouth's representative to
the commission, said he con-
sidered the airport' s filing
deficient becauseitlacked any
provisionfor improvingWillow
Street in Yarmouth.
"I think it's naive to think
that Willow Street will not
be impacted on a 10-year
project ," Marasco said.
MarkNelson ofHorsley Wit-
ten, the airport commission's
consultant for the project ,
acknowledged that Willow
Street was not a part of the
planned mitigation, noting
that the ongoing work by the
state to improve the Exit 7
intersections and widen Wil-
low Street is included as part
of the mitigation planning.
"Our response isthat traffic
study has been done,"Nelson
said.
The planningfor the airport
isbased onthe projectionsfor
the peak usage in 2015.
Another roadway concern
was raised by Barnstable's
commission representative
Roy Richardson , who was
disappointed not to see any
direct improvements for the
airport rotary. The airport
project does callfor anew sig-
nalized intersection on Route
132 at Nightingale Road and
the elimination of the north-
ern spur of Barnstable Road,
the current rotary access
point for the airport. That,
as well as a planned publicly
accessible access point from
Attucks Lane, is expected to
intercept and reduce traffic
at the rotary.
Richardson noted the im-
provements, but added that
they appeared to be directed
at making it easier to get in
and out of the airport , not
taking the opportunity to
make improvements for the
general public.
Subcommittee member
Elizabeth Taylor of Brewster
saidthat itis"extremely criti-
cal" that the access work for
the airport gets done before
the project is completed.
Nelson said that the airport
has"heard that,"but the tim-
ingof state fundingfor some oi
that access work might alter
the desired timeline.
Two more subcommittee
meetings were scheduled to
take another pass at ground-
water onAug.24and economic
development issueson Sept.7.
Both will be held at the Cape
Cod Commission'sBarnstable
Village offices.
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