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EDITORIALS
A idea whose time has come around
There are a number of things
that need to be worked out be-
fore the proposed reconstruction
and expansion of the terminal
at Barnstable Municipal Airport
could go forward. The Cape Cod
Commissionneedstosignoff onthe
plan, the town wants guarantees
that there will never be a need for
localtaxsupport topayfortheproj-
ect,andthe still-unresolvedfederal
lawsuit againstthe airport filed by
RectrixAerodrome is likely to put
a significant kinkinthe borrowing
process if and when the project
emerges from permitting.
That said, Assistant Town Man-
ager PaulNeidzweickicontinues to
look forward, with an eye toward
leveraging the airport project to
ease traffic much closer to earth.
Neidzweicki is the town's repre-
sentative on the Hyannis Access
Study group, which is looking at
transportation systems in the
greater Hyannis area.
A key part of the access im-
provements for the planned air-
port terminal is a connector road
extending to Attuck's Lane and
avoiding Route 132 through its
most commercial section. The
northern spur of Barnstable Road
would also be closed off, eliminat-
ing one entry/exit point on the
airport rotary.
The rotaryitself has generated a
fair amount of discussion at past
Hyannis Access Study meetings,
with Neidzweicki making the
observation that all of the other
Hyannis Road improvements will
only speed motorists to the ro-
tary.
"We really like the roadway,"
Neidzweicki told the commission-
ers, but he'd like to see more.
Tuesday night, he asked the
airport commission to expand its
thinking on the access road to in-
clude a re-do of the rotary itself.
"In some ways the road may be
more important to the town than
the terminal itself," Neidzweicki
told the commission.
The airport ishopingto leverage
$2 million from the Cape's trans-
portationimprovementplan (TIP),
asizeable chunk,Neidzweickisaid,
and to hisway ofthinkingamissed
opportunity if a rotary redesign is
not included.
The airport's strategy with the
access road was to keep it a public
way so it would qualify for state
transportation funds. That,inturn,
would lower the airport's outlay
for the overall terminal project,
providing an easier package to
finance. The new road would con-
nect to Route 132 viaan extension
of Nightingale Lane and a new
traffic signal.
But in the end, it's a project that
primarily benefits the airport's
desire for an accessible terminal,
and not the overall circulation of
the town's jammed road system.
Those in charge of the TIP should
look hard at the airport's access
plans as ajumpingoff point for the
broader transportation outlook
discussed by Neidzweicki and the
Hyannis Access Study group.
The airport commission was
quick to lend its support and
reserves to purchase the former
Shell Gas Station on the rotary
eight years ago, since turned into
a grassy area between Barnstable
Road andRoute28,and allthat did
was make it more attractive.
If the airport still gains the im-
proved access desired in its ini-
tial plans, there's little downside
for it in proposing a larger-scale
project.
It would add time to the over-
all project, but from the looks of
things, the terminal project has
a number of other impediments
to get through before any dirt is
moved.
The rotary is an idea whose time
was up years ago. Spinning the
thinkingout to aredesignedrotary
couldbe atrue community service
and make an improvement that
would last as long as the planned
new terminal and benefit more
people than those flying out of it.
DS II
editor@barnstablepatnot.com
300 million
smiley faces
The population of the
United States officially
reached 300 million early in
the morning last Tuesday.
Although some people -
economists, demographers
and playpen manufacturers
among them - thought this
was a milestone worth cel-
ebrating, it took a mighty
effort to hear any tooting
party horns or popping
champagne corks.
The absence of hoopla
may owe to the quietly-
held belief in the Census
Bureau that the 300-mil-
lionth person probably
arrived not last week but
some months ago and not
though the usual chan-
nels but on foot across the
Mexican border. Which ,
when you think about it ,
may be one of the usual
channels. However the 300-
millionth person got here ,
he or she is likely to be
Hispanic because Hispan-
ics are the fastest growing
demographic group in the
country. They also account
for a large percentage of
the estimated 11 to 12
million illegal immigrants
in the U.S., many of whom
come from Mexico.
These are not data that
the Bush Administration
wishes to call attention to
with a blast of mariachi
trumpets , not a couple of
weeks before an election
in which illegal immigra-
tion is a high-visibility ,
low-resolution issue of
the sort that gives rise to
an acute variety of politi-
cal acid reflux. Nobody in
Congress knows what to do
about the illegal immigrant
problem , so they have
agreed to build 700 miles of
steel walls along the bor-
der. This will accomplish
nothing, but it will cost a
lot and it shows that our
lawmakers know how to
demonstrate toughness
and resolve if not wisdom
in an election year.
It's hard to believe we
are now a nation of 300
million. The numbers com-
pound , like the interest on
back taxes. It was only 40
years ago that the popula-
tion reached 200 million.
That watermark was con-
sidered good news at the
time and President Lyndon
Johnson held a news con-
ference to mark the event
and give a speech. Fifty
years before Johnson 's
speech the population was
just over 100 million and
we were about to whittle
that down a little by send-
ing an army to France to
fight in World War I.
You could look it up but
Johnson probably didn 't
say anything in his speech
about desperate Mexicans
sneaking across the bor-
der into his home state of
Texas. This was 1967 and
he had his eye on Vietnam ,
another place where we
built a lot of fences and
•f
enclosures and perimeter
ditches , and reduced our
growing population by
50,000 young men before
we finally realized the un-
declared war was over and
we had lost it.
Commenting on the
newest historic population
milestone , Carlos Gutier-
rez, the secretary of com-
merce , whose department
oversees the Census Bu-
reau , said, "I would hope
that we make a big deal
about it." Mr. Gutierrez ,
despite having a name with
an Hispanic ring to it, has
apparently not been paying
attention to what's been
going on down Mexico way.
The A.P reported that the
Census Bureau was plan-
ning to celebrate the mo-
ment Tuesday afternoon
with cake and punch , but
that was about as far as it
went in official Washing-
ton.
Mr. Bush was busy sign-
ing his new torture bill and
had no time for ceremonial
frivolities that might call
attention to a political is-
sue that makes everybody
look bad no matter what
side of it they come down
on. Besides, moments after
it was officially recognized ,
the attainment of a popu-
lation of 300 million was
old news in America. If you
want to see how fast that
historic number became
outdated , go to the popu-
lation clock on the Inter-
net and watch the total
grow before your very eyes.
Accounting for births ,
deaths and immigration,
the U.S. shows a net gain
of one person every 11
seconds. So, even as this
is written , the 300 million
mark has been eclipsed
by 10,000. By the time you
read it, the total will have
grown by 30,000. And if you
think that's scary, check
out the world population
clock.
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EARLYFILES
BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ARCHIVF PHOTO. OCTOBER 23, 1986
JUMP FOR JOY - Andrea Fiset (left), Krista Chamberlain (center) and Mandi McClelland fo the BHS field hockey squad
whoop it up in front of the Bishop Stang net after scoring a goal for a 1-0 lead in the first half. Stang tied the game
with the final score 1-1.
1836
Some apology is due to our
patrons for the inferior quality
of the paper which the Patriot
has for some time been printed
on. Having been disappointed
in a considerable quantity pro-
cured by us a few months since,
we have been compelled to use
it for the want of better. As we
have furnished the Patriot with
an entire new dress, we shall,
in the course of a few weeks,
procure better paper, and make
other improvements , which will,
we think, render the paper still
more useful and acceptable to
the public.
1866
Address of Gov. Bullock at
the Agricultural Dinner , in
Barnstable , on Wednesday.
Mr.President:-...It isknown far
and wide how peculiarly and how
well the people of Barnstable
keep this holiday, and make it in
the largest sense a public feast
day. I believe that a large body
of the resident population of the
Cape are usually here on an oc-
casion like the present , and that
the sons of the Cape who have
sought their fortune elsewhere
most commonly come back here
to give and to receive a welcome
at this anniversary.
1896
Marstons Mills. School opened
in this place Monday, 12th.Many
of the older pupils were unable
to attend on account of cran-
berrying, which is very late this
season owing to so much stormy
weather.
1916
The B.H.S. football team won
its second game of the season
Thursday from the Hyannis All
Stars, 6 to 0. Although B.H.S.
was handicapped by the absence
of one of its stars. Ray Maher,
they put up a good game.
1926
Capt. T.F. Phinney, postmas-
ter at Hyannisport , was again
elected unanimously to fill the
position of president of the
National League of District
Postmasters at the annual con-
vention held in Salt Lake City...
The post office at Hyannisport is
considered by the department a
model post office and a number
of the postmasters of the third
class have been requested to
investigate and model their of-
fices along the same line.
1936
Cape Cod's first daily news-
paper was the Cape Cod Item,
of which the present Cape
Cod Item and Bee, one of the
Goss newspapers , is the direct
descendant. Cape Cod's first
daily was published in 1893,
at Yarmouthport, by the late
George Otis. The Daily Item
lasted, as near as can now be
ascertained , several months.
1946
Three hundred fifteen pounds
of wholesome, nourishing Ameri-
can food were delivered today
to nine starving families in
Greece as the gift of James
Katanthanasis , of 129 School
Street, Hyannis. The nine pack-
ages of foodstuffs were rushed
through to these needy Greeks
through the Greek War Relief's
"Telegraph a Food Package "
program.
1956
What will happen to the old
Barnstable , West Barnstable ,
and Cotuit elementary schools
after the new schools are com-
pleted and what community use
will be made of the all-purpose
rooms of the new structures?
Unofficially, it is an established
policy that when the School
Committee no longer has use
for a building it turns it back
to the custody of the selectmen
and the selectmen then carry
out the wishes of the voters as
expressed at a regular or special
town meeting.
1966
Just how to curb speeding of
all motor vehicles and the al-
leged danger and nuisance of
heavy trucking through Phin-
ney'sLane, Centervile, between
Routes 132 and 28 is a big ques-
tion that local and state officials
will attempt to answer with
the help of the area residents
and Hyannis Sand and Gravel
Company.
1976
Hundreds of parents and other
town of Barnstable residents,
along with most of the 950
enrolled students , on Sunday
afternoon attended the open
house and dedication of the new
$7,848,000 middle school on a
35-acre tract near Barnstable
High School. Presiding over the
dedication of the building which
can accommodate 1.200 seventh
and eighth grade pupils was Mrs.
Marjorie Robinson, chairman of
the school committeeand school
building committee.
-
1986
Virginia Ryan , daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Ryan, left
the Cape in July for a tour of
duty with the Peace Corps in
Thailand... Ginny began her
career as a journalist , following
graduation from college, with
The Barnstable Patriot.
1996
Stunning new revelations
about "deplorable " conditions
at the Barnstable County Jail
and House of Correction were
disclosed in an August 9 state
report obtained this week by The
Barnstable Patriot... "During
the past six months,"the report
concluded , "the conditions of
confinement and quality of life
have deteriorated to an overall
rating of poor. The operations
of the facility are impaired to
the point that the facility is not
accomplishing its mission and
there are insufficient internal
controls."
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