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Sweet temptation
KATE ARMSTRONG PHOTO
LOVE OF THREE APPLES - There's an old fairy tale about a prince who searches for three oranges (or citrons),
each of which when cut open turns into a comely candidate for princess status. On Oak Street in West Barnstable,
the apples are beautiful enough to admire in their natural state.
Draft report on Cape Cod
Commission pulls few punches
Lays out perception
problem, solutions
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com
Members of the 21st Century Task Force on the
Cape Cod Commission are reviewing a feisty first
draft of the group's report.
"Since its creation,the CCC has been atarget for
criticism and disdain,"declares the draft,prepared
principally by chairman Elliott Carr and based on
comments from fellow members and the public.
"Nobody likes a regulator, but hostility to CCC has
always exceeded normal bounds."
The first draft saysthe agency'shistory supports
neither those who say it has slowed development
and hurt the building trades nor those who want
it to stop all development "and thereby save Cape
Cod."
There is a perception problem, the draft notes.
Suggested ways to solve it include:
• establishment of aunified Capewide Geographic
Information System (GIS) map system for planning
and zoning, whichwould foster greater cooperation
between the agency and Cape towns.
• wherever possible, the Commission and the
towns should conduct joint hearings on Develop-
ments of Regional Impact.
• regular meetings - perhaps every 15 months
- between each town's officials and the Commis-
sion, and a stronger leadership role for the town's
Commission member in maintaining agency-town
cooperation.
E-mailsareflyingback andforth between Carr and
task force members as of this writing. The group is
scheduled to come together again in public on Oct.
17 at 10 a.m., with the location to be announced.
Mapping a New Approach
Even before the ink is dry on the task force's
recommendations,Cape Cod Commissionmembers
and officials are talking about ways to implement
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Ty Ranta speaks for Cape Cod in documentary
Former shellfish
warden is one of town's
natural resources
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com
l
^JCLARK PHOTO
MODEL CITIZENS -Taisto Ranta,honoredTuesday nightbytheBarnstable
Association of Recreational Shellfishermen, shares a word with Helmi
Villesis, who was Whelden ^Memorial Library's 2006 Citizen of the
Year. £ W
Ty Ranta helped preserve the Cape.
Now his message of careful conserva-
tion and self-sufficiency is preserved
as well.
Tuesday night , members of the
Barnstable Association for Recreational
Shellfishing gave a rousing ovation to
the subject of Taisto Ranta: Native Cape
Codder after viewing the documentary
produced by Fred Dempsey and Hilda
Whyte.
Family and friends were rapt as the
image of the retired shellfish warden
and Natural Resources officer smiled
shyly back at the camera. Ranta'srecol-
lections ranged over nine decades and
included everything from his discom-
fort on his first day in school - when
this son of Finnish parents couldn't
summon enough English to ask to use
the bathroom -to earning a living as a
clammer and earning a Purple Heart in
World War II.
Not allthe stories were about Ranta's
working life, though where that begins
and interests start is hard to say.He fell
into beekeeping, and reaped more than
honey from them.
"They adapt themselves to almost any
situation," he said. "They know when
it's going to rain. They know when the
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Proposal
would
allow wind
towers
Town committee
seeks setbacks,
standards for review
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatriot.com
With the proposed affordable
housingdistrict apparently heading
nowhere, the zoning subcommittee
of the Barnstable Planning Board
hopes to have better luck tilting at
windmills.
A proposed zoning ordinance will
be presented by the committee for
town council consideration to allow
windmills by special permit across
town.
The only mention in current zon-
ing, according to planning director
Tom Broadrick , is as an accessory
to a home. Other uses, such as ac-
cessoryto businesses ornon-profits,
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Approval by council
seen as unlikely
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatriot.comw
Those looking for the Barnstable
Town Council to take a vote on the
Affordable Housing Overlay District
(AHOD) last night probably should
have made other plans.
At a meeting of the planning
board'szoning subcommittee Tues-
day afternoon there was discussion
about what could be done with the
proposalto makeit palatable to even
one more councilor.
The opinion oftwo councilors pres-
ent at the meeting was that there
was little that could be changed to
satisfytheir colleagues.It isbelieved
that the AHOD proposal is one vote
awayfrom gainingthe two-thirdsap-
proval (nine positive votes) needed
for passage.
Council vice president Janet
Joakim recommended that the en-
tire AHOD ordinance be indefinitely
postponed. Councilor Ann Canedy
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AHOD
may be
withdrawn
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UQHTtOTSE
I This Week in Rites of passage
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? UP FRONT ?
Barnstable FD postpones vote
on retiree benefits
It took longer for the Barnstable Fire District
to find a quorum than it did to act on the two-
article special meeting warrant Monday. A:2
Councilreview findingsupport
A proposed reviewoftowncouncilmembership
and mode of election isfinding support among
some councilors A:2
Town'eyes' solution to goop
generated by geese '
A pair of large, dark eyes patrolled the fields
around Barnstable High School this week,
; spooking Canada geese at 30 miles per
; hour. A:3
Rental registration moving slowly
It was far from a rush to register rental units
at the health division's counter this week.A:4
FireoutsideKendrick's closesvenue
Kendrick's on North Street in Hyannis already
had atough road ahead when a fire closed the
business Sept. 23 pending repairs A:4
? OPINION ?
GAUVIN: Town may mull 'barking
lots' as condo-mania crams center
Town Council President Hank Farnham
has a leg up on the future of downtown
Hyannis A:7
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BUSINESS ?
(foposed bank looks to fill a niche
^The merger and closing of local banks and
^ranches presented
an
opportunity for a lo-
»xally-driven bank to find support. That proved
To be a popular idea A:9
Hawk eye monitors snowbird nests
BillOwensusedto keepwatch over the nation's
most precious and vulnerable asset -children
-as a teacher and 20-year elementary school
principal A:9
? SPORTS ?
X- - _—
Nothing 'junior' about them
Beingthe middle child can be a tough position
for a kid, unless that kid is in the BHS football
program A:12
Serving up victories
It took less than an hour Tuesday for the Lady
Raidersto addanother victory to their season,
the 10lh
win in a row for this formidable group
of athletes A:12
? VILLAGES ?
Artists become part of village 'life'
It definitelywas not a dark and stormy night.
It was, instead, a becalmed autumnal morn
bright of color and gentle of air.
? INDEX ?
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Arts C:1 Obituaries B:2
Automotive B:8 Op-Ed A:7
Business A:9-A:10 Patriot Puzzle B.5
Ctassifieds C:9-C:11 ReelEstate C:12
^J* c:
ic7 *tXm ***** B:5
u^
ja.cl^. „:, ServiceDirectory C:11
HeaKnScape B.3 '
, ...
Legate C:7-C:8 sP0rt8 A.1Z-A.13
MainStreet C:3 Villages B:1
Movfelistinga C:2 Weather B:7
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