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County lab may move... EDWARD F MARONEY PHOTO HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT - George Heufelder, director of the county department of healthandthe environment,talks about his new budget with county commissioners Wednesday. CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:1 County commissioners Bill Doherty and Lance Lambros expressed satisfaction at the manyservices the department provides not only to Cape towns but also to individual residents. Heufelder said workers handle homeown- ers'complaintsabout mold,90 percent of which are surpris- ingly easy to resolve. "The ventilation isblocked, or there are 50plants in aroom with mold and moisture," he said. Municipalities are benefit- ing from staff review of the air quality in their schools, a program that will expand to other town buildings, accord- ing to Heufelder. State-required beach test- ing is another familiar con- tribution of the department to the towns, and Heufelder had some good news in that regard. The federal Environ- mental Protection Agency, he said, is trying to identify a "four-hour indicator"of water quality, one that would al- low quicker turnarounds on closures. "Ninety percent of beach closures are open the next day,"Heufelder said. "They're open when they should be closed, and closed when they should be open." In the midst of the account- ing,Lambros asked Heufelder ifhe sawanyproblems coming down the line. "There are no new initia- tives," the county commis- sioner said. "We're trying to keep everyone level. We know we have to cut somewhere." Like all department heads will be, Heufelder was asked to review and set priorities in his budget against the possibility of cuts. A second budget review willbe held for all departments when firmer revenue figures become avail- able next month. Heufelder said he worries about keeping the lab's com- plicated machinery in good shape, especially after hav- ing to drop some expensive service contracts. "I cross my fingers when I walk by certain instruments," he said. The department'swastewa- ter system testing facility on the Massachusetts Military Reservation continues largely to support itself through con- tracts to evaluate innovative systems. Heufelder said the latest to come downthe pikeis aGermanvariationthat treats wastewater inside the house. A heated trailer will stand in for a residence at the test site this winter. There are advantages to having a registered sanitar- ian as director of the health department. When the Chil- dren's Cove building needed a new wastewater system, Heufelder and H&E colleague Sean O'Brien designed the system, saving the county thousands. J 00- I Color Studio on Ridgewood Specializing in • Color - we are color educators! • Long hair design • Men — gray blending & privacy H M ^M RK««. -^ fc^ m m N^ SPQI ^V ^B ¦ Rt °- -%yi lift w » m MK-MM ^ ^ ..-y "'fli^K'fc 'f -WaSPs I ^ r I 'M\ » ™ m ~ M\ WE Caitlin , Debbie & Denise (from loca l Cape salons) Call for appointment 1 508-778-9195 Corner of lyannough Rd. fir. 195B Ridgewood Ave.. Hyannis WINDSOCK Alliance joins greenhouse gas action The federal Environmental Protection Agency's position that it isnot required to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, seen as an element of the toxic brew advancing global warming, was contested at the U.S. Supreme Court yes- terday. Among the groups filing a friend-of-the-court brief in support of such regulation was the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound. While Cape Wind proponent Jim Gordon has argued that his proposed 130 turbines in Nantucket Sound would ease global warming and its effects on coastal erosion, among other benefits , the Alliance, which was also listed in the brief in its other role as Nantucket Soundkeeper, has op- posed the project. In its entry in alist of descriptions of filers -whichinclude the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, among 10oth- ers-the Alliance states that its goal"isto protect Nantucket Sound in perpetuity through conservation, environmental action, and opposition to inappropriate industrial or com- mercial development that would threaten or negatively alter the coastal ecosystem." Reports are rolling in Technical report s on the proposed Cape Wind project are being posted on the federal Materials Management Service Web site at www.mms.gov/offshore/RenewableEn- ergy/CapeWind.htm. Once on that page, look for the "new" symbol and click through. The reports include an oil spill probability analysis, a final underwater noise analysis, and a draft fisheries report that is (pardon us) stocked with data on that activity in the Sound. Letters to the editor The Barnstable Patriot welcomes letters to the editor. Please keep them brief and either type or print them neatly. Include name, address and telephone number. Anonymous letters will not be published, but names will be withheld upon request. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. THE BARNSTABLE PATRIOT nD ..,.., Tn _ _ - „ j On0 u" b-MAIL IU HYAM02601 ¦«" —¦ *¦« *¦ COUNTY CLIPPINGS Farewell to a judge Judge Joseph Reardon holds several sessions of the BAND (Barnstable Action for New Directons) drug court treatment program not in his courtroom at Is' Barnstable District Court but inthe Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis. The non-violent offenders in his court's care have a chance to see how many ways there are to express one's self. On Tuesday at 2 p.m., Rear- don , the court' s presiding justi ce, will share a personal landmark - his retirement celebration - with the latest group of BAND graduates -the seventh. Human rights day at 4Cs The Barnstable County Human Rights Commission welcomes one and allto attend acelebration of International Human Rights Day Dec. 9 at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable from 9 to 11 a.m. Glenn Marshall, chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council, will be the speaker at the ceremony, which will include presen- tations of the Cornerstone Awards, music, food, drum- ming, and more. Receiving the awards are Scott Fitzmaurice , execu- tive director of the Cape and Islands Gay and Straight Youth Alliance; JoHanna Flacks, founding member of the Friends of the Barnstable County Human Rights Com- mission;artist and philanthro- pist Rick Fleury, a friend of the commission; and George Spivey, Falmouth's equity/af- firmative action officer. Students from the High School Human Rights Acad- emy begun by the commis- sion will speak about their projects. To make a reservation for the free Continental breakfast , write to commission coordi- nator Gail Meyers Lavin at humanrightscommssiontg ca pe.com or call 508-240-1588 or 866-421-4HRC. Ponds in Peril The Association to Preserve Cape Cod, alongwith the Cape Cod Commission and Ameri- Corps Cape Cod,willpresent a "Ponds in Peril" program Dec. 5 from 1to 4 p.m. at the West Barnstable CommunityBuild- ingon Route 149.Registration for the workshop on pond life, local monitoring efforts, and the fish run stewardship program is required. Go to www.apcc.org, send an e-mail to infoia apcc.org, or call 877- 955-4142. Human services ideas sought The Barnstable County Health and Human Services AdvisoryCouncilislookingfor proposals that will help work- ing families and youth, elders, those with behavioral and mental health conditions, the homeless, and people dealing with child care, primary care, and domestic violence and sexual assault issues. Two-tothree-pageproposals are due by noon Wednesday- There'saformat tofollowinap- plying; contact administrative assistant Julie McCarthy-Keir at 508-375-6628orhumanservic esrabchumanservices.net. Enjoy the holidays with CORD Cape Organization for the Rights of the Disabled (CORD) will host a holiday party/open house Dec. 8from 1 to 4 p.m. at its office, 1019 lyannough Road (Route 132) in Hyannis. Call by today to make requests for reasonable accommodations. This is a scent-free event. Call 508-775-8300 (voice or TTY) , fax to 508-775- 7022 , or send an e-mail to coreentffcape.com. Cancer study yields more questions At a luncheon meeting of the Silent Spring Institute at Barnstable Town Hall last month, findings of several of the group's studies were re- viewed,including the possible contamination of drinking water through septic systems and a possible associations between breast cancer and residence on Cape Cod. The drinking water study, which was conducted on a residential septic system on Cape Cod,revealed that estra- diol and estrone, two natural estrogens, were present in the samples, aswas alkylphenols, synthetic surfactants used in detergents and cleaning products. While alifetime of exposure to natural estrogens and alkyphenols has been asso- ciated with a higher breast cancer risk, such associations are the subjects of consider- able debate. Although no clear link was found between drinking wa- ter on Cape Cod and breast cancer, the findings of the well study prompted those at Silent Springto encourage residents to consider using water purifying systems for their drinking water. To help folks on Cape Cod, and in other Massachusetts locations,keep track of pollut- ants, pesticide usage, breast cancer incidence , and other data, Silent Spring has cre- ated an interactive Web map. Thismap allowsusersto focus on a specific town or address, or an area as a whole. For more information on the studies, go to http://li- brary.silentspring.org/news. To use the map, go to http:// library.silentspring.org/news/ MassHEIS. [S| ^HL j ^k ¦ P^ TB ^H ~«n HP^^* HF ~^B ^^> fi^^^V Bffij KB '^^^k''' "'/:JH MM MmiMMmwmmwMMMWMMMM ^ L ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^a^ ^B ^K. i i -r* mm a** I l^ ^f l B^'Jnai f t 13 " I ^. " < ¦i'M EWMMY ** % SV* *Vw* \1^BMM' ^ MM MaMM ^ &£ T3M±.' 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