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By Paul Gauvin
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HEMMED IN - Haviia Caus is flanked by two new sewing machines,
flat iron and ironing board at work at Cape Cod Alterations she opened
with her partner, Marty Coyne, several weeks ago in the Centerville
Shopping Plaza.
No
matter how good
or how bad the Cape
business climate
may be, it will always be
sew-sew for Haviia Caus
who has launched Cape
Cod Alterations at 1686
Falmouth Road in the
Centerville Plaza.
And however people
might feel about the cur-
rent immigration issues,
Ms. Caus stands tall as an
example of willing legal
assimilation into United
States culture and its prom-
ise of converting hard work
into proprietorship.
Eight years of patience,
eight years of green cards,
red tape and paying taxes;
eight years of legal expens-
es, eight years of long hours
of labor to work and raise
two children as a single
mom, have now parlayed
into permanent resident
status and the pride of
ownership - an intangible
sensation manifested by
Ms. Caus' bright smile and
bounding enthusiasm for
her new enterprise and her
prospects for full citizen-
ship in a year or two.
"When I lived in Brazil,"
she said in accented Eng-
lish, "I had businesses. I
had a bakery", then, sweep-
ing an arm across the small
newly painted store, "al-
terations like this and then
a small factory making auto
seat covers ... but people
don't pay."
At one point, she said, she
was selling furniture from
her apartment to pay bills.
"One day I say 'enough' and
decide to leave. I thought
first I would go to Italy. My
father is Italian and I have
citizenship there."
But a visit to a sister on
Cape Cod offered another
option, one she liked better.
"When I came here I say,
'This is where I want to
be.'"
She did the necessary pa-
perwork , packed up her two
children, Vinnie, now 23,
and Raisa, 16, (pronounced
Ha-ee-sa) a student at
Barnstable High School,
and hired out as a seam-
stress, often working long
hours but making friends in
the process.
She adapted her base-
ment where she and several
friends also made slipcov-
ers and cushions, pillows
and other projects for extra
income - services that have
now become part of Cape
Cod Alterations and hems
while you wait.
But this is as much a love
story as a business report .
A little more than two years
ago, she met Marty Coyne
in a work environment. "I
was helping a friend do
some painting and decorat-
ing on a wall and Haviia was
there. Four months later we
had our first date ...it was
June 12, 2004," he said, a
detail most men forget like
yesterday's lunch.
They talked about past
hard times and shared an
optimism for the future.
"He was so nice," Haviia
says looking at him admir-
ingly. "When I saw him, she
says with a bright smile,
"I say 'he's gonna be my
husband some day '" Then
she extended her hand. "He
give me a diamond."
They plan to marry next
year.
Coyne is a silent partner
in the alterations business.
"We had talked a lot about
her going on her own. I
would tell her it was about
time and we would look
around for a place. When
we saw this one, it was once
a tailor shop, we talked to
Mr. Poyant (landlord Rene
Poyant) and our credit was
good enough for us to get
it."
Coyne, who works for his
stepfather in the painting
and decorating business,
said he painted the place
- pale blue with white trim
- and helped finance the
tools of Havila's trade.
Besides one-hour hems
and cuffs, Ms. Caus offers
repairs in general - zippers ,
waists, sleeves, tapers , slip
covers, cushions, pillows
and other projects.
What lifts her spirits, she
said, is the reception she
has received from custom-
ers, some of them from her
basement operation , and
some new. "The people are
so nice. Not one person
comes in, ah, mad. They are
all happy and they wish me
good luck."
One thing seems evident.
Any article left for repairs
or changes will leave in an
altered state.
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Bistro planned for 300 block
Alessandra and Susan Bertini will visit the licensing
board Monday to ask for a common victualler license
to operate Caffe Toscana at 302 Main St. in the reno-
vated building that once was home to The Boarding
House, which relocated nearby.
The intended hours are Monday through Saturday,
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. That would create only 30 min-
utes of overlap with the evenings-only Fazio's restau-
rant just down the street in Hyannis.
Three show-cause hearings coming up
Monday at 9:30, the Barnstable Licensing Authority
will take up three show-cause hearings for Hyannis
businesses: Fresh Ketch, cited for allowing enter-
tainment to continue 10 minutes after the 12:30 a.m.
license limit; Cape Cod Inn, for failing to contain noise
on the premises; and Kendrick's Casual Dining and
Lounge.
The Kendrick' s case involves a police report that
management failed to call the department or an ambu-
lance when people were injured on or off the premises ,
and that an employee did not give requested informa-
tion to the police about a reported stabbing on July
14.
After making findings , the board can impose a range
of penalties from warnings to suspensions to revoca-
tion of the license.
Independence House gets a boost
Rockland Trust is helping Independence House 's
food pantry with a donation of $250 and a food drive.
Non-perishable items are being collected at the
bank's Hyannis branches at 442 Main St. and 375 Iya-
nough Road through Sept. 30.
CBI named best
The Chatham Bars Inn & Resort has been named
Best Hotel: Cape Cod by Boston magazine for 2006.To
commemorate the designation , CBI will offer a Cel-
ebration for Two package this fall, including overnight
accommodations , breakfast for two, two 60-minute
massages and champagne in the room on arrival , all
for $554 per night. Call 800-527-4884 or go to www.
chathambarsinn.com.
Insurance agents to swing into action
The Cape Cod Insurance Agents Association is holding
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of Schatzberg, "who just so happens
to be the most progressive college
president in the country today."
The project was nudged along also
by the Cape's political leadership,
including U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt and
the Beacon Hill delegation , especially
state representatives Demetrius At-
salis and Shirley Gomes.
State Sen. Rob O'Leary, who teaches
in the public college system and chairs
the Legislature's higher education com-
mittee, said the commonwealth "should
not rely on private giving to fund and
maintain its commitment to public
higher education. There's a failure of
public policy in that regard."
Delahunt said the public and private
cooperation demonstrated that 4Cs "is
truly a community college. You have
underscored that. This is really ajewel
in the community college system."
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