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TOWN NOTES NANCY VIALL SHOEMAKER PHOTO A COMMUNITY ON TRACK - West Barnstable neighbors and visitors head toward the Cape Cod Canal aboard the Cranberry Express, a special Cape Cod Central Railroad train that ran Sunday from the village station to Buzzards Bay with 83 aboard. Water board's glass is full The Hyannis Water Advisory Board has filled all the seats around the table. Joining chair Deb Krau, Allen Goddard and Peter Cross are twomembers of the business community. Rachel Carson Baxter of Hyannis and the Baxter Boat House holds a degree in en- vironmental economics. Skip Simpson, who lives elsewhere in town, owns the Anchor-In on Hyannis Inner Harbor. Baxter and Simpson were appointed after the committee, the town,andthe businesscom- munity reached agreement on havingtwobusinessrepresenta- tives with local connections on the board. Now Krau andthe committee can turn their attention to the result of a hydrologic study of water use in the district. The data will be used in preparing a capital plan. "It's a wonderful modeling tool," Krau said. "It will let us model not just site by site but scenarios of five or 10 large developments." Krau said the committee is glad to have the fire depart- ment participatinginthe effort, especially after discovering somesurprisingnews."Wewere amazed to find that 35 to 40 percent of the cost of providing water is for fire suppression," she said. The information on usage will help the committee make recommendations on rates, Krau said. The chairman said the town should know by the end of the yearwhether low-cost financing has been secured for the origi- nal $10 million bond to buy the department. Krau said the committee will belookingatwaterrates overthe winterandhopes to have recom- mendations by the spring. "I feel we have made a great deal of progress since the town bought it," she said. "I think there's a really good working relationship with the town, the DPW, the contracted agency, and the residents. I think the board is very much in tune with our responsibilities of providing good qualitydrinkingwaterat as reasonable a cost as we can." BEDC not split on tax split There wasno split vote on the Barnstable Economic Develop- ment Commission last week when members backed return- ing to a factor of 1in assigning the town's tax burden. Last year, the town council voted for a1:15ratio that shifted a bit of the weight to commer- cial properties to the benefit of residential ones. Members agreed that there had not been an outcry from the business community, but Town Council President Hank Farnham said he considers returning to a 1:1 ratio "more an issue of fairness. Businesses represent less than 15 percent of the tax base. The economic impact (of the shift) was basi- callyinsignificant except for big businesses." "As the BEDC, we have to go for the factor of 1," said Deb Krau. "It doesn't matter what we think individually." Four members voted in favor, with Lou Gonzaga abstaining. He had said earlier he wanted moreinformationabout howthe shift had affected businesses. CLASSROOMRAMBLES Aqua-cultural fusion with Sammy the Oyster The Big and Small Theatre Troupe will present Sammy the Oyster this morning at 9:45 and again at noon at the Marstons Mills East Horace Mann Charter Public School featuring Grade 6 students from BHMCS. Supt. Dr. Grenier to speak at IMP dinner The Cape Cod Chapter of the Inter- national Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP)willsponsor adinner and presentation of "High Performance Team"by Dr.PatriciaB.Grenier, Superin- tendent ofthe Barnstable Public Schools, Nov. 6 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Hyannis Golf Club,Route 132,Hyannis. The cost is $15.Toregister,emailinfoc«iaap-capecod. org or callSharonMcPherson at 508-862- 4953 by Oct. 27. BHS students receive AP recognition Thirteen seniors in the graduating Class of 2007 and 17 students from the Class of 2006 at Barnstable High School have been named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level AP examinations. About 18percent of the more than one million highschool students whotook AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar. Students took AP exams last May after completing college-level courses at the high school. Twenty students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP examinations with grades of 3 or higher: Class of '07: Joel Bonina, Brenda Booth , Abigail Brodsky, Marisa Fortunato , Alyssa King, Katherine Patellos, Michael Pierce, Matthew Toni, Mary Wroe. Class of '06: John Atsalis, William Christo, Rebecca Fiske, Brian Klotz, Corey Looby, Jason Lyon, William Macurdy, Daniel Neal, Nathan Roberts, Margaret Schulte, Kathleen Smyth- Hammond. Six students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award.by receiving at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. The AP Scholar with Honors students are: Class of 07: Chris- topher Malone, Joshua Morgan,Meghan Wareham. Class of '06: Paige Bourne, Alissa Doherty, Emma Porteus. Four students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earn- ing an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. Class of'07: Daniel Neelon. Class of '06: Alan Frew, Matthew Garreffi , Daniel Ledoux. Become involved in foreign affairs People interested involunteering with the Cape Cod and Islands AFS program are invited to a meeting at the Unitar- ian Church of Barnstable, Route 6A in Barnstable Village, on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. The AFS Student Exchange Program currently has students at Nauset, Cha- tham,Barnstable,Sandwich,Bourne and Falmouth high schools. Seven Cape stu- dents areparticipatinginAFSAmericans Abroad in Ghana, Iceland, Italy,France, Thailand, Germany and Switzerland. Volunteers are needed to assist with support, sending, hosting, orientations, publicity,databaseand development. Call 508-775-6946 for more information. Cape Cod Academy open house Cape Cod Academy,nowinits 31st year, willhost aFallAdmissionOpen House for prospective students and their families Oct. 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the school located at 50 Osterville-WestBarnstable Road in Osterville.Familieswillhave the opportunity to tour the campus with a student guide, view the new Science Center,meet members of the faculty and administration, andlearn more about the academic, athletic and extracurricular programs the academy offers. For more information call Barbara Hansen at 508- 428-5400, ext. 227. Higher education chancellor to speak locally Massachusetts ' new Chancellor of Higher Education and Cape Cod resi- dent Dr. Patricia Plummer will give the keynote address to the Massachusetts Educational Opportunity Association's annual meeting on Oct. 23 at noon at the Cape Codder Resort in Hyannis. In the audience will be representatives of the 120 member organizations across the state that host TRIO programs funded by the United States Department of Education , including Upward Bound, GEAR UR Talent Search, Student Sup- port Service, EOC, Veteran's Upward Bound,Math & Science Upward Bound, and McNair Scholars. Cape Cod Community College 's participation is being facilitated by SylviaJimison, director of the College's ADVANTAGE program. She can be reached at 508-362-2131, ext. 4511, or atsjimison@capecod.edu. The future is in our hands The public is invited to share in an evening of discussion regarding the future of Barnstable Public Schools on Oct. 25 from 6to 9p.m.inthe Barnstable High School cafeteria. The forum aims to identify the criticalissues and educa- tional recommendations that should be considered for local schools and isbeing held by Supt. Dr. Patricia Grenier. CLI seeks 2007 class The Community LeadershipInstitute of Cape Cod (CLI) invites qualified individuals to participat e in the 2007 Leadership Cape Cod program.Applica- tions are being accepted for the spring semester, which begins in January, and are available at www.clicapecod. org. Leadership Cape Cod features 13 sessions from January to June on a wide range of topics including health care, education, business, government , diversity, media, arts, social services, law, and the environment. For more information, visit the Web site or call 508-362-2131, ext. 4483. Falmouth Academy holds open house Falmouth Academy will hold its fall open house tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. at 7 Highfield Drive. The independent day school offers grades 7to 12.Call 508- 457-9696 or goto www.falmouthacademy. org. Golf tourney benefits scholarship The Cape Landscape Association will hold the 16th annual Mike Stacy Golf Tournament tomorrow at the Hyannis Golf Club. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Mike Stacy Scholarship.The $120 entryfee includes greens fees, cart and dinner to follow the tournament. The scramble format will kick off with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. A raffle will be held at the end of the day with a number of prizes. The tournament is limited to 144 players. For more information contact Diane Johnson at 1-877-432-3156 or email cclal999@Comcast.net. 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