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Bloodhound's ready to lead the search...
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It's a way my husband and
I have found to give back
to the community. Our
goal is to unite with police,
firefighters and volunteers,'
hoping people will come
forward and become part of
a local tracking program.
Lacoste said she saw
this united effort succeed
in a recent case in West-
port that she and her dog
worked. "When everybody
works together, the rate of
success is much greater,"
she said. In the Westport
case, police called some
1,000 residents in the area
of the missingperson to
check garages and asked
them be alert.
Lacoste, a pre-vet-med
student when she and her
husband decided to start a
family, said she first trained
as an EMT with emphasis
"on wilderness training"in
New Hampshire to prepare
her for search and rescue
(SAR) certification.
Between the cost for trav-
el to week-long and week-
end field training sessions
in Pennsylvania and Vlr- ,
ginia during her 'vacation .,..
time' several tiflies a year, ':
and the $1,200 bloodhound ,
Lacoste said the family has
spent an average of $6,000 a
year to get to this point.
In addition to about three
annual training sessions in
far-away places, from New
Hampshire, Western Mas-
sachusetts and Virginia, she
trains weekly at home.
Mr. Lacoste and daughter,
Juliette, are willing targets
for these sessions of "get-
ting lost" for the sake of
"being found. There isn't a
place in town that I haven't
been" Mr. Lacoste quipped
in a take-off of Johnny
Cash's familiar refrain,
"I've been everywhere,
man." They have two other
children, John E, a reserve
policeman and Jena, a col-
lege student.
The couple is forming
a non-profit corporation,
Cape Cod K-9 Search and
Rescue and creating a Web
site, Capecodk9SAR.com
currently under construc-
tion. The cost and paper-
work have been donated
by a lawyer who believes
in what they are doing,
Lacoste said.
Lacoste is attempting to
link with other SAR groups
for mutual aid and train-
ing. "Most of them are in
western Massachusetts,"
she said. "I also want to
link up with local police and
firefighters. "
In the event someone
with a missing person
called her directly for assis-
tance, "I would have them
notify police and once scene
management has been es-
tablished, I would help as I
did in the Westport search.
"It's best that the police
train to organize search
scenes" she said and to that
end, she and her husband
will be taking courses on
how to teach the process to
local police and firefighters
- by invitation.
She said police in Rhode
Island and Massachusetts
are fearful of litigation, and
are reluctant to work with
civilianvolunteers because
of liability questions. "You
don't see that from Pennsyl-
vania on South," she said,
"where civilians work with
law enforcement to not only
find missing persons but to
help solve crimes."
For the moment, Mrs.
Lacoste is content to
continue the groundwork
toward what she hopes will
become a comprehensive
search and rescue asset
combining professional and
volunteer teams.
More information on volunteering for
the SAR is available by calling Mrs.
Lacoste at 508-778-0547.
Osterville Bay...
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That was then and this is
now. As committee member
and Ostervilleresident David
Lawler pointed out , many
things have come to light
sincethe decision to close the
school was made, including
the condition of the system's
aging stock of portable class-
rooms.
"I love that school. It will
break my heart if it closes,"
said Lawler. "But there have
been a lot of things that have
changed."
According to the Massa-
chusetts School BuildingAu-
thority, most of the portable
classrooms in the district
are in deplorable condition,
ranking a four on a scale of
oneto four withfour beingthe
worst. None received a rank-
ing higher than three.
At the time, the commit-
tee voted to close Osterville
Bay the SBA inventory, a
statewide effort completed
in April of this year, was not
available.
"Ifwe closeoneschooldown
and we don't have healthy
spaceto put thekidsin,canwe
afford to [close the school]?"
asked committee chairman,
Ralph Cahoon,alludingto the
questionable portables.
Referringtothemas"stand-
ing petri dishes,"Lawler pro-
posed several times that the
committee investigate the
possibility of closing all of the
portable classrooms versus
closingOstervilleBay."It'sold
but it'swellbuilt.It adds alot
of charm to that section ofthe
village," said Lawler.
Declining enrollment in the
Barnstable district isanother
issue, although it was noted
at the meeting that recent
kindergarten statistics show
a plateau in numbers, if not a
slight increase.
"If'kindergarten is flat or.,
up,"said Lawler, "we need to
revisit the issue.Ifthe popula-
tion continuesto decline then
we implement the closing of
Osterville Bay after closing
the portables."
While committee member
Patrick Murphy didn't nec-
essarily agree with Lawler's
proposals , explaining that
he had yet to see concrete
evidence against closing the
school,he strongly suggested
the committee take action.
"I'd like to challenge the
school committee,"he said. "I
ask everyone up here that we
have to do somehard work.We
can't sit here for another gen-
eration and not get anything
done with these elementary
schools."
SuperintendentDr.Patricia
Grenier presented a packet
pertaining to the Osterville
Bay issue that offered three
different proposals. Citing
the need to gather enrollment
figures , determine environ-
mental issues and address
redistricting in the wake of
closure, Grenier encouraged
the committee to opt for op-
tion three in her packet.
"The piece that I am most
worried about is connecting
with the families impacted
by the closing of Osterville
Bay,"she said,suggestingthat
the school take advantage of
a free demographic enroll-
ment projection by the New
England SchoolDevelopment
Councilto get amore accurate
readingon current enrollment
trends.
After further discussion,the
committee made a motion to
authorize Grenier to "do ev-
erything she needs to comply
with option three."
The option includes the
superintendent working with
a consultant to create a plan-
ningcharretteineither village
or grade level, NESDEC en-
rollment projections,review of
the SBA criteria and ratings,
obtaining a market analysis
of the OstervilleBay property
and meeting with the Capital
Planning Committee. Grenier
plans to present her findings
to the school committee at an
October meeting.
"We're not going to throw
any surprises at anybody,"
said Cahoon. "We're going to
do what's best for the com-
munity."
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