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Cfje parnstabie patriot — Founded in 1830 — Published Weekly at 4 Ocean Street • P.O.Box 1208 • Hyannis,Massachusetts 02601 Tel:(508) 771-1427 • Fax: (508) 790-3997 E-mail info@barnstablepatriot.com • www.barnstablepatriot.com PUBLISHER, Robert F.Sennott, Fr. EDITOR David Still U BUSINESS MANAGER ..Barbara J. Hennigan ASSOCIATEEDITOR Edward F.Maroney ADVEKnsiNG DEPARTMENT EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Lucinda S.Harrison Representative Kathleen Szmit Reporter John Picano Representative Melora B. North Reporter Carol A. Bacon Representative Jack Mason Representative DESIGN/PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT StevenGoldberg Representative Cathy Staples Graphic Designer David A. Bailey Graphic Designer CIRC. & RECEPTION TanyaOhanian ^™*, MEMBER NEW ENGLAND PRESSASSOCIATION f\ j£1 FirstPlace,General Excellence-New England Press Association,2001 y §£* First Place,General Excellence-Advertising,2002&2003 1 Next Week in fl)e patriot... [ ^ Healthscape | Nitrogen loading is one concern, but are we also pol- luting our groundwater withestrogens that might cause cancer? www.barnstablepatriot.com THE BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ISSN 0744-722 1 Pub. No. USPS 044-480 Periodical Postage paid at the Hyannis Post Office and at additional entry offices. Published weekly at 4 Ocean Street. Hyannis. MA 02601 Terms: $29.00 per year in advance Wc assume no financial responsibility for typographical error* in advertiscmenrs.but we will reprint that part of the advertiscmenl in which the error occurs. POSTMASTER: ««nd address changes Co THE BARNSTABLE PARTIOT P.O. Box 1208. Hyannis. MA 02601 © 2006, The Barnstable Patriot, a division of Ottaway Newspapers Inc. ' . ' 'r ? ^ THE T / ' VIEW FROM & S&ANCE *^ 2 BY PAUL DUFFY A Now they say that coffee -big, bad,black coffee -is ac- tuallygood for us.That'sright. Medical researchers have found persuasive evidence that coffee reduces the risk of someseriousmaladies,includ- ing heart disease, diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver. And you thought coffee was bad for you and that was part of the fun, wasn't it? Thisnewsis asconfusingas the recent medical bulletins about chocolate. Those of us whose faces often bear traces ofthe luscious sweet stuff are stillreelingfrom the discovery that dark chocolate is good for you. Good for you? Good for you? It can't be true. All logic denies it. Something that tastes so utterly good, that sends the taste buds into raptures and fills the heart with guiltyjoy cannot - simply cannot - be good for you. Yet that is exactly what they have been saying: Chocolate , dark chocolat e anyway, is not only not bad for you, it is good, salutary, beneficial,healthful, wholesome, salubrious. Yes, yes, yes. Rise up from your sickbed ,they said; throw away your crutches,send your wheelchair to the trash heap and toss those pills into the garbage pail. Eat some dark chocolate and say hello to the new you, suddenly wiser, wealthier and much, much healthier. Could this really be true, we chocoholics wondered , as we peeled the wrapper off another Dove Bar and devoured the latest scientific findings. These were all about somethingcalled cocoa flava- nols, which are a subclass of flavanoids,the samestuff that is found in red wine. They had found a link between cocoa flavanols and improved blood vessel function, a major con- tributor to heart health. But addiction teaches cau- tion. We remembered when butter wasbad for usandmar- garine good. And we remem- bered when butter wasn't all that bad for us and margarine allthat good. Weremembered when alcohol was bad for us and then not so bad for us. We recalled that red wine got to be good for us whilemilk, the chief staple of our childhood, turned out to be if not bad, not so good. We remembered eatingapound of cheese every morning on the Atkins diet and watchingthe weight drop away while our cholesterol went through the roof. Wethought ofspaghettiand how it used to be good for us until it turned into pasta and got to be bad for us. We remembered Wonder Bread andhowit helped build strong bodies eight ways when we were kids,andthen eight ways eventually became twelve ways, and then the company went bankrupt. So now they're telling us the more coffee we drink the better.Coffee wasfound to be especially helpful in reducing the chances of developing diabetes, the more the better, according to the combined statistical data from many different studies. People who drankfour to sixcups of coffee adayhad a28percent reduced risk compared to those who drank only two or fewer cups. Coffee drinkerswhoconsumed more than six cups reduced their risk of diabetes by 35 percent. These statisticswere gleaned from a story in The New York Times. Of course there is more to it than men- tioned here; there always is, but that is the gist of it. Allthisis good newsindeed to those of us who are ad- dicted to both chocolate and coff ee , but a little skepticism might be in order. Some of us who were also once addicted to cigarettes are old enough to recall advertisements for cigarettes inwhich it wassaid that more doctors smoked such and such a brand than any other cigarette. Whether or not the claims were true, it was certainly a fact that plenty of doctors smoked cigarettes. There was a long- running campaign for Old Golds, a very popular brand, whichboasted "Not acoughin a carload." Some other, even better known brands actually claimed that their cigarettes eliminated throat irritation, as if they were more like a cough syrup than a burning tube of tobacco. Now that I can feel virtuous about stepping up my coffee consumption , the only thing missing is that Chesterfiel d to go with it. But I am ever hopeful. Surely, one of these days a study will show that, despite allthe adverse public- ity, cigarettes are really good for us, especially those of us who eat alot of chocolate and drink a lot of coffee. Good for you For youth and community I It'sbeen said afew timesbefore, but this time it looks as if it will stick. The Hyannis Youth and Community Center, which will eventually replace the Kennedy Memorial Rink on Bearse's Way, is coming. After the state approved an unprecedented $3.5 million for an athletic facility in which the commonwealthwillhaveno direct stake, everything seemed ready for what was then a $14 million project. Add another $1 million from the Lyndon Lorusso Foun- dation, and it looked even better. But the town wanted to be sure the business model worked and that the facility would be self- supporting. That took longer, andthe Center that emerged from the visioning sessions held with community members was grander and more expensive than anyone wanted to imagine.It would take an esti- mated $23million,$8millionmore than was available, to build the project and keep all the wish list items intact. Reality said that simply wasn't going to happen, but reality also said the facility that could be af- forded wasacompromise that this community would be uncomfort- able living with for the next 25 to 50 years. Pencils were sharpened and thinkingcapstightened,identify- ing authorized funds for another project that went in another di- rection since the money was approved. Moving the $3 million for the Barnstable Unified Trans- portation and Parking System in support of a good community center made a lot of sense. According to the town'sfinance director, the bigger building will cost taxpayers less money in the end because it can make more money.Even better. A twin-rink proposal was first suggested in 1991at a cost of $4.7 million.Voters turned that down. Now 15years later, the town's on its way to a more expensive, but more expansive center. It's a good facility, too late for some, but holding the promise for a generation or two or three or more to come. DS II editor@barnstablepatriot.com Speaking of youth... a playground turns 20 Anyonewithchildrenwho'slived in Barnstable for the past two decades probably knows where the "castle playground" is. That'smore ofadescriptivethan a formal name, but the massive playground at Barnstable-West Barnstable Elementary School was the work of an equally mas- sive effort in 1986. It represents thousands of volunteered hours, more than $100,000 (in 1986 money) in do- nated cash and material and four 18-hour days of construction. The committee that organized the effort isready to celebratethe 20th anniversary of its labors with arededication ceremony Sept. 16 at 1p.m.followed by areception at the West Barnstable Deer Club. The committee wants anyone and everyone who participated in the construction to come, remi- nisce and celebratewhat hastruly been a community playground. We've spoken with some of the original organizers and will talk withmore in coming days, solook in next week's edition for more on how it all came to be. In the meantime, help the committee track down those who helped make it happen. For more information, contact JaneMcCormickat508-362-2229,or viae-mailatjfmcormick@verizon. net DS II editor@barnstablepatriot.com ZZ EDITORIALSZ BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ARCHIVE PHOTO. AUGUST 28. 1986 SPOTTED SMOOCHING IN BARNSTABLE- Jennifer Tolley,12, gives Skippy a big kiss on the way to the paddock at Top Spot Appaloosa Farm. 1836 The Democratic Republicans in the several towns compos- ing the Eleventh Congressional District are requested to be represented by delegates in a District Convention to be holden at the Court House inBarnstable on Wednesday the seventh day of September next at seven o'clock , P.M. for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Representative to Congress from said District... 1866 ALARGE HAUL-Alargeschool of porpoises got bewildered up among the shoals of our harbor, above "Scudders ' wharf ," on Monday morning, and several of our citizens succeeded in captur- ing a hundred or more of them, and have commenced to try out their oil. 1896 As predicted in our last issue the dedication and house-warm- ing of the new club house of the Hyannis Yacht Club, was a grand affair... At an early hour the club house was lighted up and the decoration of Chinese lanterns festooned about the building and on the yachts anchored off the club pier presented a spectacle never before seen in Hyannis ... Pleasant Sreet was the centre of all travel that evening and as early as 7:30 carriages containing beautifully dressed ladies began to pass over that thoroughfare to the centre of attraction at the foot ofthe street. 1916 The midsummer outing of the CentervilleClubofBoson washeld at Camp Opechee, Centerville, Saturday afternoon and evening. A goodlyattendancepassed avery pleasant outing, 1926 Thomas Skinner Company of Portland,Maine are constructing a new type of filling station office for the Cape Cod Oil Company at thejunction of Center Street and Barnstable Road. The house is the first of its type to be erected on the Cape, being of entirely metal work. 1936 Massachusetts, and Cape Cod inparticular,willreceive valuable nationalpublicity inanadvertise- mentpublished thismonth bythe Northwestern Mutual Life Insur- ance Co. directed to thrifty men and women ... "On $100 a month -you can live on quaint old Cape Cod," reads the headline of the advertisement... When you are ready to give up the strenuous workaday world there's a little blueand white cottage,with roses rambling over it, waiting for you somewhere 'on the Cape.' 1946 Dr. Eric Lowenthal , former Rabbi of Cape Cod Synagogue, will address a special meeting at the Hyannis Women 's Club on Aug. 25... Rabbi Lowenthal was born in Hamburg, Germany, and at- tended universities in Marburg, Freiburg, and Berlin, where he studied philosophy, Oriental languages, and social economy, and became professor of phi- losophy at a Berlin university. He came to the United States from Switzerland in 1939, and shortly after that, came to Cape Cod to serve as Rabbi of his first American congregation. 1956 (Letter). I would like to ask whypeople can come here to the Cape, to a residential area, to a three-room cottage they rent , and immediately start tearing up things around them. One family arrives, another family arrives, and still another, so finally there are six adults and six children in one 3-room cottage ... Nothing but noise, noise and more noise all day long and half the night ,„ On the other side is a house with no water, no sanitary conditions. The owner is there at times, and other times rents it to others. Dishwater and other water is thrown out ofthe kitchen door... Are we supposed to put up with these conditions, or is there any relief for a mere taxpayer in the Town of Barnstable? 1966 Following hearings last week before Barnstable Selectmen on ThisisThe PlaceandWindjammer Lounge, both in Hyannis, were without liquor licenses Wednes- day and Thursday of this week. Complaints had been received that the two establishments had filled glasses on the table after legal closing time. In each case, it was reported that employees were being served. 1976 After a4 year reign as Cape Cod Baseball League champions, the Cotuit Kettleers were eliminated from the playoffs by the eventual winner, Wareham. However, the Kettleers were one of the strong teams in regular competition -compiling 25-14-5 record. 1986 Robert W. Gatewood has been added to the staffoftheBarnstable Conservation Commission as conservation agent... He holds graduate degrees from Marshall University, Huntington, W. Va.; and Ohio State University, with emphases on aquatic studies. 1996 If any year has challenged the faithinBarnstable Public Schools it would be the one just past. It was a year that saw the resigna- tion of a school superintendent, a massive deficit , angry parents, angry taxpayers, and bitter meet- ings between school and town officials over responsibility and ac- countability for what transpired. With everythingthat happened in the past year, academically, the system remains intact. ___EARLYFILES!