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TOWNNOTES WestBarnstable VillageAssn.meets Tuesday The West Barnstable Civic Associationwillhold ageneral membershipmeetingTuesday beginningat 7 p.m. On the agenda are reports on the YMCA/Lombard af- fordable housing initiatives, Lombard Trust and town updates,OldVillageStore,the Cape Cod CommunityCollege windturbineproposal andthe Cranberry ExpressTrainRide (see next item). The meeting willbe held at the Community Building on Route 149. Ride the Cranberry Express on Oct. 15 Tickets are sellingfast, but youmight stillbe ableto get a seat onthe CranberryExpress for a trip over the Cape Cod Canal railroad bridge. The Cape Cod Chapter of the National Railway Soci- ety and the West Barnstable CivicAssociation are hosting a fundraiser at the historic West Barnstable village train station Oct. 15 at 1p.m. The event,whichincludesastation tour andrefreshments,willbe capped offbythe arrivalofthe Cranberry Express, a special Cape Cod Central Railroad train departing at 2:25 p.m. for a trip over the canal and into Buzzards Bay. Call the Whelden Library or the village branch of Cape Cod Cooperative Bank for any remaining tickets. The fare is $20, or $12 for 3- to 11- year-olds. Avoid Osterville-West Barnstable Rd. 'til mid-November Osterville-WestBarnstable Road from Route 28 to Main Street willbetoughertotravel for the next six weeks. The Centerville-Osterville- MarstonsMillsWaterDepart- ment is installing new water mainsand firehydrants along that stretch.The work started Monday and is scheduled to runthroughNov.18.Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes,or allowfor additional time. Bye bye, Barnstable Officials from the Town of Bourne often complain that businesses interested in locating there hear about the Cape Cod Commission, turn around at the bridges, and park their companies in Warehamand Plymouth. Isit time for Barnstable to com- plain about losing business to Yarmouth? SupplyNewEngland/Kitch- en & Bath Gallery,which had eyed a site in Independence Park in Hyannis for a whole- salefacility,isinstead headed for WestYarmouth.It plansto construct a9,900-square-foot building, and yes, that isjust 100 feet under the Cape Cod Commission's threshold for review. BLT is 23 Barnstable Land Trust marks its 23rd birthday Nov. 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. Peter 's Episcopal Church in Osterville. The Founder's Award will be presented to Anne Gould in recognition of three decades of "relentless efforts" to protect the Cape. Call 508-771-2585 or send an e-mail to andreatablt.org to RSVP Helping the homeless isn't hopeless There's a follow-up to last week'sstory on plans to coor- dinate services for the home- less.It ended withAlanBurt of the Overnights of Hospitality program sharing his despair over not being able to help a womanwhowasbeingstalked find safe housing. Burt had a lighter heart later in the week, thanks, he said, to Jill Scaliese. The caseworker for the Cape Cod Council of Churches put to- gether a workable plan for the woman. The Overnights program has added Janet Leahy as a case manager, Burt wrote, and has welcomed a Boston University master's program intern , Cindi Woerderman. Best of all, he noted , two more people moved out of the Overnightsprogramlast week into housing. "The Overnights Program with over 250 volunteers is such an amazing act of Love," Burt wrote. HyannisChamber... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:9 of the above. That'sright -all of the above. No third- party consultants needed or time-consuming mar- ket studies required. Just think how well off business would be if we could take the three groups and figure out a market strategy for each, not just during the 12 weeks of the summer season but 12 months a year. What would be the services that are needed to support them? Those servicestranslate into jobs and more commerce. Sustaining what we are is clearly easier than trying to reinvent what we want to be As the Vice President of Tourism for the Hyannis Area Chamber of Com- merce, I would be negligent if I didn't mention the past season. It disturbs me to no end when I hear rookies condemning business on Cape Cod. Don't talk to me about rain, bridge cross- ings, gas prices,jellyfish or other temporary conditions that affect the brief sum- mer season. Sure not all years are consistent and sometimes you have to work a little harder to make a buck, but do yourself a favor and judge the season over a period of five years, not last year. When I ask those sea- soned (not seasonal) busi- ness people how things are going, their answer is good to great. It was a good sea- son and always will be when businesspeople work hard, look to solutions, not prob- lems, and are flexible and savvy enough to respond to changing demographics. Tourist, visitor, or guest? Whatever you may call yourself, there will always be thriving businesses here to welcome you, 365 days a year, in the hub of Cape Cod. CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:9 Briefly, Owens , who is bonded and insured, said he becomes "the owners' eyes whilethey are away,"bymak- ingweekly or monthly checks of the property to assure nothing has gone amiss. If something has, he says, he notifies the owners and connects them with aplumb- er, electrician or other crafts- men who may be required to correct an emergency situation. A single house check is $25 and it includes a physi- cal inspection to assure all windowsand doors are closed and locked. "Welook for signs of plumbing leaks or forced entry, rodents, heating and coolingsystemproblems and, particularly after storms , roofing, moldings, gutters and drain pipes. "What we are offering," Owens said, "is peace of mind when you're away for extended periods." There are also contracts for $79amonth oryearly (winter) for $300. Some custom chores are included. "One client has me go to his garage once a week to start up his car," Owens said, while another has Owens check hissecurity system weekly to assure it is operating properly. Still another callswhen comingto the Cape onweekendsto have Owens turn up the heat. "I prefer that clients also have a security system for which I become the contact person when the owners are absent," he said. Owens said housesshould alsohavealow- temp sensor that warnsif the heating system has shut off for any reason. "Other than that,"hesaid,"I'drecommend a complete shutdown of the heating system and draining the pipes" to protect against winter damage. Owens also shows up to monitor workers and allow them into ahouse for routine chores such as the annual drainingofthe lawn sprinkler system and also arranges for snow removal if owners so desire. Owensmade aroundabout transition from school princi- pal to house monitor.Before teaching, he armed himself with a BA. from Worcester State and, later, masters' degreesinschool administra- tion at UCONN and psychol- ogyfrom AnnaMaria College in Paxton. After retiring, he became a bank loan officer, a senior plan representative for Fal- lon Community Health Plan, then hired on in the alarm business for ADT, Brinks Home Security and Intercity Alarms on Cape Cod. Further information is available at www.capecodhousecheck.com. Hawk eye... Proposed bank looks to nil a niche... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:9 deiros said. "We understand how to do that ... We think we can help a lot of those people." The proposed bank also wantsto set amarkfor thrifti- ness, keeping management salaries lower than market levels ("considerably less," according to Medeiros), and mamtainingan eye on overall costs. "There's a lot of wealth on Cape," Perfetuo said. "So you've just got to find the people." If the capital campaign is successful and the bank receives its final approvals to open, it will do so in a tem- porary location in Hyannis. Plans to build its own offices next to the CVS on Route 28 on the former Better Stones & Gardens site have to wait untilthe organizationisviable and approved. On board for the bank's proposed board of directors arePerfetuo;Medeiros;Glenn VanWickle, former regional vicepresident and salesman- ager at Compass Bank, for Cape Cod and the Islands; Matt Murphy, general coun- sel to the Barnstable County Sheriff's Office; Dionysios "Denis" Yannatos, founder of Great Island International LLC; Thomas W. Chiisto, a senior loan consultant with Hyannis Mortgage Corpora- tion;Joan E.Christo,an office administrator for Sotheoy's International Realty, Cape Cod Brokerages; Mark Ho- chgesangis, a client services managerfor Advent Software in Cambridge;Michael Dean, managingpartner of Michael J. Dean and Associates, LLC; JamieRegan,ownerandpresi- dent of Century 21 Regan Realtors in Mashpee; Enrico Versace,MD;SheriffJimCum- mings; Glen Beasley, execu- tive director of the Cape Cod Chapterforthe AmericanRed Cross; Emilio Rigas, founder and president of Cape Cloth Care Inc.; Dana S. Briggs, proposed Chairman of the Board of Directors,president and owner of BankPro Advi- sors, LLC; John D. O'Brien, former CEO of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, for- mer executive director of the Cape Cod EconomicDevelop- ment Council. Keyemployeesinclude Rob- ertFabiano,mostrecentlywith SovereignBank;DebbieSmith, arecent branchmanagerwith Sovereign; and Paul Gallop, whooperated CCBT'sresiden- tial mortgage program. Bank on it ^_ __ = __ ===:== _ OPEN FOR BUSINESS - Bank of Cape Cod President Tim Telman cuts the ribbon as part of the bank's S official launch Wednesday. 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