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INSIDE
Lackof housing,jobshurtsenrollment
Enrollment in the Barnstable School District
is again showing a decline, according to data
from the Mass Department of Education. A:2
Sturgis students soar on MCAS
Sturgis Charter Public School students have
turned out some impressive MCAS scores,
accordingto the Department of Education and
the Boston Globe -. A:2
Crikey! A tribute to the Croc Hunter
reveals incredible talent
When students in the music program at
Barnstable High School needed a theme for
Wednesday 's fund-raising concert,they found
it ina most unlikely, though timely source: the
late Steve Irwin A:3
Hyannis Civic elects slate; will
seek 500 new members
There aren't any farmers on the Greater
Hyannis Civic Association executive board,
but the panel nonetheless pledged this week
to go out inthe field to cultivate new members
for what should be the town's largest village
group - but is the smallest A:4
? UP FRONT ?
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The Blackboard
FROM THE RIGHT:
Let's clarify something that shouldn't need
clarification, but apparently - even at this late
date - requires it: we are at war A:7
? OPINION ?
Warehouses near construction at
airport and industrialpark
Two more commercial buildings should be
popping up from Hyannis industrial land soon,
one at 755 Independence Drive inthe industrial
park and another on leased airport land on
Mary Dunn Way, just north of Route 28. A:9
? BUSINESS ?
Playingtor keeps
Cape Cod's newest football program officially
began its season on Sunday in spite of a slick
playing fieldand misty weather. Of course, in
football, such conditions are almost welcome.
Such was the case when players in the Cape
Flag Football League took t A:14
Caught up inthe Frenzy
When Keith Clarke was approached about
becoming coach of the Cape Cod Frenzy,
a new addition to the American Basketball
Association (ABA), he was a little skepti-
cal. "I didn't know anything about them ,"
he said A:14
? SPORTS ?
Deliveringpeople for Osterville
John Crow delivers. He helped his high school
lacrosse and football teams in Connecticut
deliver enough victories to propel the school to
successive state lacrosse championships. B:1
? VILLAGES ?
Arts C:1
Automotive B:4
Business A:9-A:10
Classifieds C 10-C 12
' Editorials A;6
j .Events C:3-C:7
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HealthReport B:7
Leg* C:7-C:8
MainStreet C:3
MovieListings C:2
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Obituaries B:2
Op-Ed....
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Patriot Puzzie B:5
Real Estate B:6
Religious Services B5
Service Directory C 12
Sports A:1+A15
Villages 8.1
Weather B:8
? INDEX ?
Review of
council
election
process
sought
Charter amendments
could be seen next fall
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatriot.com
Osterville Town Councilor Jim
Crocker wantsto take alook at what
could happen to the council's size
after the next federal census.
Crocker sponsored anitemfor next
week's agenda calling for a review
committee "to study and report on
size, make-up and powers and du-
ties" of the town council.
In anticipation of the 2010 census,
Crocker said now is a good time to
look at how council representation
is determined.
When the council/manager form
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A Clean Sweep
KATHLEEN SZMIT PHOTO
BAGGING IT -Barnstable Middle School students Tory Ashe (left) and Abbie Young pore through a bag of trash they
collected at Veteran's Beach in Hyannis yesterday. Approximately 500 students from the Middle School took part
in the cleanup of Barnstable beaches as part of the national Coast Sweep project. A full story on the cleanup will
appear next Friday, including the tale of a safe found on Long Beach in Centerville by another group of students.
Push on for homeless services
Players turn
out en masse to
start coordinated
planning process
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com
EDWARD F MARONEY PHOTO
HERE'S THE PEOPLE-Claire Goyer,
executive director of Duffy Health
Center, helps up set up groups of
toy people meant to represent the
Cape's homeless population.
Couldhuman serviceagencies,
town departments,the business
communityand volunteers work
as one to house the homeless?
It sure looked like it Wednes-
day.
Fifty-fivepeople squeezed into
the police department'smeeting
room to practice problem-solv-
ing with an eye toward identify-
ing service gaps whileincreasing
bonds that could lead to asingle
point of entryfor people needing
services.
In his welcoming remarks ,
Town Manager John Klimm
congratulated his listeners for
their commitment,pointed with
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TAXES:
Who'll pay
what?
Annual decision on
who carries what
burden comes Nov. 16
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatnot.com
This year'staxclassification hear-
ing, where the town council decides
how to spread the tax burden among
residents and commercialproperties,
is scheduled for Nov. 16.
The council must take a vote
each year prior to setting the tax
rate. Last year saw the town shift
tax burdens for the first time, with
both businesses and non-residents
taking on more.
It is more complicated this year,
as it is a formal certification year
for property values with the state.
That places requirements through
the state Department of Revenue,
including a public disclosure period
after the values are set, allowing
residents to review their new assess-
ments before they are finalized.
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Planning board ready to deal on AHOD
Will report to
council next week
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatriot.com
The Barnstable PlanningBoard
is ready to talk about the afford-
able housing overlay district
(AHOD).
The board authorized Steve
Shuman, its most ardent sup-
porter of AHOD, to arrange a
meeting with town councilors to
go over the suggested amend-
ment and then draft afinalreport
for the full board's review next
Monday. If such a meeting with
councilors cannot be arranged,
Shuman will still write up the
report for the board.
Monday is the last day the
board can act onits recommenda-
tion to the council. The council
is expected to take its vote at
Thursday's meeting.
The planning board essentially
endorsed a version of a sliding
scale developed by Shuman and
has invested the most time in
seeing it through at the council
level.
Unlike an earlier sliding scale
included as part of the town's
presentation , which increased
the required level of affordability
as density increased , Shuman's
plan seeks to establish apreferred
number of affordable units based
on the overall number of units
proposed in the development ,
specified for developments of one
to 29 units.
The AHOD is intended as a
local alternative for develop-
ers to create mixed affordable
and market-rate developments.
Speed and defined parameters,
as well as a density bonus on the
number of allowedhousing units,
are the incentives for developers
to choose the proposed local
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OK, pal: For once,Jean Gardner will miss the bus
Historian
steps down as
'coach' of Tales
of Cape Cod
tours
By Brad Lynch
news@barntablepatriot.com
BRAD LYNCH PHOTO
ALL IN A DAY: Jean Gardner, public servant and good neighbor, copes
with a stuck bus (but not for long) as she guides a Tales of Cape Cod
trip around the Cape. It's all in a day's work.
Every Cape town enjoys
an abundance of men and
women ready to devote
their time , energy and
enthusiasm to commu-
nity service.They staff the
clubs, committees,school
groups , and churches ,
focusing on how life can
be better for their neigh-
bors, whether they are
dentists and doctors who
fly to remote areas of Cen-
tral America to pull teeth
and tonsils or folks who
make the beds in home-
less shelters in Hyannis.
Lots of people. Working
people. Retired people.
Good people.
And then there is Jean.
Jean Gardner is one of
those women who knows
everything and everyone.
If you live on Cape Cod and
haven't met Jean Gardner,
don't worry. You will.
Of course, everyone in
the papers and the radio
.1
stations and hometown
TVknowsJean. She'sbeen
at the center of many an
uplifting news story since
she moved to Harwich
from her native Boston at
14. You know, the kind of
warm happy story that's
not about shooting guns
or heroin.
And now after years
here, she has decided
to wrap up part of her
pioneering service to the
science and folklore of lo-
cal Cape Cod history. Jean
was one of the organizers
of Tales of Cape Cod and
president for two years.
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