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TOWN NOTES
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READY TO RETURN - After a six-year absence, the Barnstaple (U.K.)
Concert Band is ready for a series of performances early next month.
Tales of Cape Cod will again be one of the venues,seen here playing
on a very rainy evening on Sept. 26, 2000.
Barnstable bird
tests positive for
West Nile Virus
A dead bird from
Barnstable tested posi-
tive for West Nile Virus
last week. It is one of two
positive tests for birds on
Cape this year, the other
coming from Yarmouth.
Three weeks ago, mos-
quitoes collected near the
HyannisWastewaterTreat-
ment Plant on Bearse'sWay
tested positive. There have
been no human infections
on Cape this year cases
Of the 47 dead birds re-
ported in Barnstable , five
have been tested at the
state health lab in Jamaica
Plain. Of those, just one
tested positive, according
to he state's West Nile in-
formation Web site.
West Nile Virus can
cause mild to severe flu-
like symptoms. In the
most severe cases, it can
be fatal. It can also show
no symptoms at all.
52nd Annual Deer
Club Clambake
Aug. 26
The West Barnstable
Deer Club hosts its 52nd
Annual Clambake on Sat-
urday, Aug. 26.
The traditional bake
(seaweed and all) includes
lobster, steamers , corn
on the cob, sausage, hot
dogs,baked potato , sweet
potato and onions. Barbe-
cue chicken and steak are
also available. A cash bar
is available.
Tickets are $30 and are
available at the Deer Club,
located on Old Stage Road
in West Barnstable, or by
calling 508-362-3284.
This is the club'slargest
fundraiser of the year.
Osterville Village
Assn. Annual Aug. 30
The annual meeting of
the Osterville Village As-
sociation will be held Aug.
30 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
at St. Peter 's Episcopal
Church on Wianno Ave.
Allarewelcome and non-
members are encouraged
to join to vote on next
year's slate of officers.
Learn about your
town
Inside Barnstable Town
Government: A Citizens
Leadership Academy is
accepting applications for
the Sept. 6 to Nov. 16 ses-
sion. Classesmeet Wednes-
days from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
at various locations and
include a bus tour of the
seven villages. There is
no fee. Get an application
at town hall or by going
to www.town.barnstable.
ma.us.
Barnstaple (U.K.) Concert
Band returns to Cape Sept. 5
The 23-member Barnstaple Concert Band (when its with
a "p" that means from the U.K.) is returning to the Cape for
a series of performances starting Sept. 5.
Arranged as always by Lou Cataldo of Barnstable Village,
the band will play at Tales of Cape Cod, the Town Green,
Thirwood Place inYarmouthand at the Hyannis Rotary Club's
Sept. 7 luncheon.
While the band has accommodations, it is in need of some
helpful volunteers with wheels to transport members and
instruments to and from performances.
Anyone feeling a kinship with Barnstable's twin across the
Atlantic is asked to contact Cataldo at 508-362-9484.
TOWNS TO CC COMMISSION
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the commission, especially
for its technical assistance.
When he hits a snag, he said,
executive director Margo
Fenn has always been acces-
sible and helpful.
Sumner indicated that the
commission may not be as
up-to-dat e as it should be
on certain technicalmatters.
Citing the town'sexperience
withpermittingitsgolf cours-
es, he said the commission's
technicalbulletins "just don't
reflect real-life situations.
"Askedby task forcemember
VickiLoweU ofFalmouth,how
often he communicates with
the commission,Sumnersaid
he speaksto Elizabeth Taylor,
Brewster's member, "prob-
ably three times a week."
Barnstable TownAttorney
Bob Smithsaid that the com-
mission should instruct its
staff to provide advice that
does not limit the options
of the commissioners, who
are the decision-makers.
Smith is still smarting from
an unfavorable staff report
regarding the possibility of
considering the YMCA reno-
vations in WestBarnstable as
a municipal project , a posi-
tion he and Y attorney Pat
Butler favored.
Smith pointed out that
the Cape Cod Commission
Act had been incorporated
into the county'sHome Rule
charter, meaning that many
changes to its enabling act
would not need legislative
approval.
"You can amend big sec-
tions (at the county level),"
he said.
Smith, an unabashed ad-
vocate of home rule, noted
that an alternative version
of the original commission
legislation , originating in
Barnstable,wouldhave given
the agency jurisdiction over
a project if the community
requested its help, or if an
adjacent town asked for aid
if the other's town project
was within a thousand feet
of its border.
Linda Zuern, chairman of
the Bourne Board of Select-
men, said she'd "like to see
more planning, less regula-
tory standards put on devel-
opment "by the commission.
She argued for special review
consideration for her town,
given that it competes with
Wareham and Plymouth ,
towns not in the Cape Cod
Commission.
In contrast to Sumner,
Zeurn said , "We have no
contact with our rep now.We
were told that the position
isjudicial and should not be
(meeting) with the board of
selectmen.
Bob Dubois, executive di-
rector of the YarmouthCham-
ber of Commerce, said the
task force should speak to the
developers whobuiltjust-sub-
10,000-square-feet buildings
to escape commission review
and ask them what their proj-
ects would have looked like if
they'd been able to build what
they want.
The Task Force will hold two mara-
thon,tour-hour meetings starting
at 7:45 a.m. on Aug. 24 and 29 to
review possible recommendations.
These meetings will be held in rooms
11and 12 at Barnstable Superior
Court House. The public is welcome.
BHS teachers...
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will be required to sign a
contract making it known
that the machines are the
property of the Town of
Barnstable , can be traced ,
and are strictly for educa-
tional use.
A volunteer training ses-
sion willbe held prior to the
official start of school so
teachers will have a basic
understanding of the new
computers and their oper-
ating systems.
Because the laptops are
portable and can be taken
home, Orr encouraged the
school committee to con-
sider drafting an accept-
able use plan for teachers
similar to the one provided
to students each year and
offered a rough draft.
"We 're taking this
very seriously," said Orr.
"Teachers need to under-
stand that they are to be
used for educational pur-
poses only."
Committee member Da-
vid Lawler expressed con-
cern about the ambigu-
ity of e-mails and instant
messages, questioning how
they would factor into the
acceptable use policy, not-
ing that it can be difficult
to decipher the tone of an
e-mail, leading to misun-
derstandings.
In spite of such concerns,
the committee was pleased
to learn that the com-
puters ' would be arriving
within the week and agreed
to hold a second and , if
necessary, third reading of
an acceptable use policy for
staffers.
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