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A glimpse of our coastal problem
Wednesday night, the final re-
port on the Massachusetts Es-
tuaries program in Barnstable 's
Three Bay Area will be presented
at a public hearing at Barnstable
Town Hall.
The report willnot be revelatory,
as the nutrient problems in the
Three Bay Area are well docu-
mented. It will serve as confirma-
tion and a solid steppingstone for
what to do next.
TheThree Baysreport quantifies
just how overloaded the system
is with nutrients and how much
will need to be removed in some
fashion to reach the desired health
goals for the system.
The Town of Barnstable is just
closing off 14 years worth of work
on a wastewater facilities plan.
That plan was a requirement of
federal sewer grants, accepted
when such things were available,
and will allow some expansion of
the Water Pollution Control Fa-
cility in Hyannis. What it doesn't
address is the majority of the
town not connected to the sewer
system. That's the next step.
Unfortunately, the grants that
made construction of the Hyannis
plant so convenient and cheaper
to the ratepayers - 90 percent
federal share, 7 percent state and
3 percent local match -are long
gone.
Whatever solutions are deemed
necessary for the western part of
town will come on the backs of
residents. There remains some
hope of leveraging some assis-
tance through the still-formative
regional water protection col-
laborative, but don't expect any
windfalls.
The good news out of an earlier
Estuaries Project report , that
one for the nearby Popponessett
Bay, is that a suggested remedy
to increasingly nutrient-rich wa-
ters was wetland restoration, not
wastewater plant construction,
at least not entirely.The method
involves intercepting the primary
surface sources of nitrogen with
reconstructed wetlands that can
absorb (the scientific term is at-
tenuation) and efficiently remove
a good amount of nitrogen.
That doesn't mean something
shouldn't be done withthe homes
with failing septic systems, but it
does mean that it'spossibleto get
the overallecosystem intobalance
without industrial-sized solutions,
both in appearance and cost.
Wednesday'smeetingbeginsat 7
p.m.andwillbe broadcast ontown
channel 18.Tune in or attend. The
concepts for improving the Three
Bays area will become familiar in
the coming years as the town and
the rest of Cape Cod try to figure
out just what to do about it.
DS II
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
The Cape is getting wider
First, the houses got wider. Now it's
happening to the roads.
Like a fast-food customer ordering
a super-sized combo, Cape Cod is on
course to take up more precious space
- and a lot of it is going to pavement.
The Bearses Way revamp in Hyannis
has blown out the formerly tight pas-
sage between Routes 28 and 132 to
accommodate turning lanes marked
so prominently that they can probably
be seen from the International Space
Station.
The Willow Street revision that be-
gins at the Mid-Cape Highway's Exit
7 seems so broad that it might renew
arguments about whether the earth is
flat after all.
The Sagamore Rotary'sreplacement
has opened a wide Saharan desert
of sand piles. One can only hope the
promised landscaping will make the
entrance to Cape Cod look less like the
new location for Saruman's tower.
And there 's more to come. Just wait
until the trees start comingdownfor the
double-barreling - with ahuge median
between the lanes - of Route 132 from
Phinney's Lane to Route 6.
Like The Three Stooges, we seem
determined to "spread out."Eventually,
the Cape'scharm may become,like the
late and laudable Curly, a "victim of
coicumstances."
EFM
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
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BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ARCHIVE PHOTO. DECEMBER 12, 19%
BIG EYES, BIG BITES - Crocker Williams samples some freshly baked sugar cookies at his mother's Osterville fine Foods
shop as Michael Starr exhibits patience beyond his years by politely waiting his turn. Mrs. Carol Williams and many
others in Osterville are preparing for the 27th Annual Christmas Open House and Stroll this weekend.
1836
(Advt) LOCOFOCOMATCHES.
Forthe immediate production of a
light, by rubbing against the wall,
or any hard substance, without
sand paper. Just received and for
sale at the County Bookstore.
1866
At a meeting of the New York
Chamber of Commerce on Thurs-
day of last week a resolution was
adopted looking to the impor-
tance of sounding the Atlantic,
in order to find further facilities
for laying lines of telegraph cable
directly connectingour coast with
the western coast of France that
of Southern Europe. The Govern-
ment is petitioned to employ the
navy for the purpose. In the dis-
cussion ensuing,itwas stated that
one such linemightbe established
from Cape Cod to Brest, at a cost
not greater than $6,000,000.
1896
Owingto anew arrangement be-
tween the W.U.Telegraph co. and
the railroad company,the services
of Mr. God. Robinson have been
dispensed with.Mr.Robinson has
been in the employ of the railroad
company and lineman for the
past sixteen years, and now the
telegraph company is to have the
care of the line, employing one of
its own men. Mr. Robinson has
manyfriendshere who sympathize
with him in the loss of a position
which he has filled so long.
1916
At the Universaiist church on
Sunday morning, Rev. Roydon C.
Leonard preached for the last time
as pastor. ... Mr. Leonard came to
Hyannis in the early summer of
1915 following Rev. E.A. Hoyt. ...
Ayoung man of pleasing address,
dignity in the pulpit and earnest
in the preparation of his work he
early made friends and the pews
were well filled. In the Sunday
School he labored with zeal.
1926
CENTERVILLE. Last Tuesday
morning the fire whistle blew and
the fire apparatus raced in answer
to an urgent telephone call which
said that John Antone's house
was on fire. Notwithstanding the
rapidity of action the house wasin
ashes when the truck arrived, Mr.
and Mrs. Antone lost everything
except the clothes they stood
in... A family was occupying a
part of the garage at the time and
they moved elsewhere to give the
Antones a place in which to stay.
CarrieM.KelleyandDora Gardner
started a collection H.F.Phinney's
store Thusday nightinwhich afew
dollars were collected. This small
beginning was made into a bigger
thing by starting a paper with a
twenty-five dollar subscription
from Chas. L. Ayling. Miss Kelley
andMrs. Gardnervery kindlywent
around collectingandMonday eve-
ning the money was taken to Mr.
Ayling who now has $112 toward
afund for purchasing lumber for a
new house for John Antone. Sev-
eral carpenters have volunteered
their services; Wilton Childs has
promised $100 worth of labor and
some of the plumbershave offered
their services. SeaburyBearse has
given two kegs of nails.
1936
Freedom Hall, Cotuit, newly re-
built with $12,000 of Uncle Sam's
WPA money, was rededicated
Monday night to the interests of
the community... Cotuit Men's
Club,the Portuguese Civicclub and
Cotuit Matron's club now use it...
1946
E.T Slattery of Boston is fea-
turing an unusual exhibit of the
paintings of Helen TuckerMartin
ofHyannis Port... examples ofher
work now hang in every state in
the Union and have been shipped
as gifts as far afield as Paris and
Teheran, Iran.
1956
Court action against a gang of
juveniles and teenage Barnstable
youth involved in a series ofcrimes
they apparently plotted at hang-
outs on Main Street inHyanniswill
wind up in District Court tomor-
row... Crimes committed by the
gangincluded: larceny of gasoline,
breaking and entering, larceny of
windshield wipers, larceny of hub
caps, larceny of ice cream cake
from Liggett's Store in Hyannis.
1966
(A letter from Lt. Edward L.
Chase, raised in Hyannis and
Centerville) Oh, we all curse the
heat and the bugs and the filth ,
but when one Vietnamese comes
up and says, "Happy Tanksgiving,
G.I.," the curses give way to a
realization that Vietnam, hot and
as bad asit may seem, is better off
for America'sefforts. It may take a
long time, and Americans are not
very good waiters, but I am proud
to be apart of the effort and proud
to be associated with the caliber
of Americans sent here.
1976
(Advt.) SHIRDAN'S RESTAU-
RANT Airport Rotary Hyannis.
Daily specials: Baked Meat Loaf,
Grilled Liver & Onions, Home-
made Chicken Pie, N.E. Boiled
Dinner, Baked Stuffed Scrod/Cape
Cod Clam Pie, Baked Ham and
Beans/Fish Cakes, Baked Beans.
1986
(Cape Comment) County com-
missioners are searchingfor anew
site for re-location of some county
offices because the complex on the
north side is being squeezed out
of much-needed space... But don't
look for any physical evidence of
County Complex II before 1990.
1996
"I have the best job on the
Cape ," said Dick Bigos as he
steered his car toward Craigville
Pizza (which is smoker friendly),
soon after clicking off his car
phone conversation with ajudge ,
in between puffs of aNewport 100,
not long before callinghis office for
messages and responding to one of
them even while commenting on
local landmarks to this reporter.
Director of the Community Action
Committee of Cape Cod &Islands,
Inc., since 1983, Dick Bigos is ac-
tion personified.
By Ed Semprini
CHOWDAH BOWL: Cape
Comment has decided not
to take part in the Cape cod
Christmas Bird Count. Noth-
ing against bird counting;
it probably is an enjoyable
pastime if you're a dedicated
bird counter - and there are
thousands of them across the
country. But we much pre-
fer spending Christmas time
meeting Santa Claus after his
work hours for a snort or two
of Christmascheer. Beats get-
ting up early in the morning to
count birds.
Now what's all this about
counting birds at Christmas
time? Rich Eldred tells all
about the bird counters in an
enjoyable Yuletide article in
The Cape Codder. He explains
that first you must throw off
the blankets in the early, early
morning hours, fill a ju g with
coffee and then prepare to
count. Some counters have
a preference for owls, and for
those, Eldred says Jeremiah
Trimble, who runs the Buz-
zards Bay and Medi-Cape
counters, suggestsstartingat 3
a.m.to "get in acouple of hours
of dark owling." If owls aren't
your thing, Trimble suggests
the bird feeders. "I've been
birding my whole life with my
father," Trimble told Eldred.
"We do it by hearing and spot-
ting the birds." The day ends
after sunset when counters
meet to compile all the num-
bers. Anyone for the Christmas
bird count? CC is off to meet
Santa.... There's a Codder in
our midst who has been listed
as one of 33 living laudables.
The Provincetown Banner
reports that literary giant
Norman Mailer is ranked 19ih
on the list that includes Walter
Cronkite, summer colonist on
Martha'sVineyard.... "It keeps
the old spirit of Christmas."
With the annual Christmas-
time commercialism hype ac-
companied by the hectic and,
at times, the near-nutty pace
of the daily pursuits, it's com-
forting to be reminded there
are those who understand the
true meaning of the season's
celebration and think of the
holiday in a more pleasurable
and traditional way.The com-
ment above was offered by Bud
Angierof Harwich,who stages
his annual living creche in his
ban. Angier, who has been
inviting viewers to the creche
for 21years,understandably is
bonded with the holiday spirit
ofthe past. Heis95years old....
Surprise! Here they come!
The Worthingtonmurder trial
books. Reported to be work-
ing on books are Maria Flook
of Truro and Peter Manso of
Provincetown. Manso is the
author of Provincetown: Art,
Sex and More , which shook up
Cape-enders, while Flook au-
thored Invisible Eden and
stirred considerable com-
ment throughout the Valley
ofthe Pamet.... Yackety-Yack-
ety: The brouhaha over the
Barnstable Council'sproposal
to limit the amount of public
commentrecallsapublic event
to honor a popular personality
(not from Barnstable). The
guest of honor had earlier con-
fessed that he feared standing
in front of an audience with
microphone in hand. He told
of sleepless nights prior to
the celebration. "I was shak-
ing when they handed me
the mike," he later told close
friends. He then proceeded to
offer words of appreciation for
allthe honors he had received
and began to yack away like a
"motor mouth." Suddenly, he
broke off,held the microphone
on high and literally shouted,
"Y'know, I'm beginningto like
this things." He continued to
ramble on.
• • •
Barnstable history buffs
should be able to name the
village which at one time
included a separate village
known asHighground.Answer
below.... You're way up there,
Morris, if you were fans of
crooners Russ Colombo and
Rudy Vallee.
• • •
Newsquotes: "It showsthat
the complexion of tourism is
changing. Trends show that
the average visitor to Prov-
incetown is getting older and
wealthier." - Bill Schneider,
Provincetown tourism direc-
tor, on report of changing
trends in tourism. (In The
Cape Codder) .
..."It's not a great year."
- Nantucker scalloper Kenny
Wiggin on scalloping sea-
son. (In Nantucket Indepen-
dent) .
..."This is probably the
toughest year I've seen. "
Scalloper Harvey Lynch. (In
Nantucket Independent ) .
• • t
Answer to query: Cotuit.
• • •
Quotebook: "Living is like
lickinghoney off athorn." (Dor-
man Book of Quotations).
Cape Comment