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NOTABLE - Charlotte Striebel, likely the next speaker of the county Assembly of Delegates,checks her notes after the county commissioners ' meeting Wednesday. Striebel set to serve as Speaker She's not making accep- tance speeches yet , but it looks as if Yarmouth's Char- lotte Striebel will be the next Speaker of the county Assembly of Delegates. "I feel the position of the Speaker is to run the meet- ing and give people the op- portunity to speak ," she said Wednesday. "If I have ques- tions I certainly willask them, but I don't plan to be the dominant speaker at meet- ings. I believe in letting other people express their opinions. That'sthe way I worked when Iwas a selectman, when Iwas chairman of the board , and it's the same way I'll work if I'm elected. " Striebel,who had served as deputy speaker, decided not to oppose Tom Bernardo of Chatham when the depart- ing speaker ran for what she calls an "unprecedented" third term in that role. The current deputy speaker,Den- nis Fonseca of Sandwich,was interested thisyear but found that the demands of his job would prevent him from serv- ing as Speaker. Barnstable delegate Tom Lynch (who, with Falmouth's Julia Taylor, are the only members whose population- based votes outweigh Strieb- el's) had been approached by other members but declined because of his responsibili- ties as director of the town's housing authority, according to Striebel. Striebel , who has been Yarmouth'sdelegatefor eight years, said the Assembly has gained a higher public profile in recent years through video- taping of its meetings. "We're the only entity in the Commonwealth that has such a government of county commissioners and anAssem- bly of Delegates ," she said. "When people come here from someplace else, they haven't got the foggiest notion what the Assembly is. "I think we have a lot of work to do to make ourselves more prominent in the coun- ty, but that's something that we'll work on." Contests at the Compact The electorate is small - just the board members of the Cape Light Compact -but the incumbent leader- ship is being challenged by some representatives who want the Cape and Vineyard power aggregator to make what they consider a clearer statement in support of al- ternative energy, including wind power. Fred Fenlon, Eastham's member and the town's dele- gate to the county Assembly, is running against chairman Bob Mahoney of Dennis, and vice chair Charlotte Striebel has a challenger in Peter Cabanna. Other nominations may be made before the Compact votes at its January meeting. Chuckles and contributions State Rep. Jeff Perry plans to boost his campaign coffer with another "Jokes with Jeff" fundraiser Jan. 13. To reserve a table of 10, send an e-mail to electjeffp erry@aol.com. All are welcome , and dona- tions will be accepted at the door. Patrick and all that jazz Deval Patrick'sstate-span- ninginaugural festivities will touch down at the Shera- ton Four Points Resort in Hyannis Jan.7. The new gov- ernor and Lt. Governor Tim Murray will speak and Paul Nossiter willlead aDixieland trio f rom 3 to 5 p.m. "I've been playing at these things for years," said the Yarmouth clarinetist , who'll be joined by a tuba player and abanjoist. Their planned 30-minute gig at a Patrick fundraiser earlier this year turned into an hour show. A musician since age 10, Nossiter is no stranger to politics. "I worked very hard for Gerry Studds,"he said of the late congressman.He was part of a group that told the young hopeful that no Demo- crat had won the district since Teddy Roosevelt had split the vote with his Bull Moose Party -and Studds did lose on his first try, Nossiter recalled, by 1,600 votes -"the closest in America." Two years later, by 1,200 votes, he was elected. Nossiter, aregistered Dem- ocrat , recalled that "in my younger days, I played a Republican boat ride on Lake Winnipesaukee." Tickets for the Cape bash, organized by Brewster'sPaul Hush and first reported in Eileen McNamara's Boston Globe column, are $20 and available by sending a check to Patrick/Murray Inaugura- tion Committee, 56 Rowland St., Boston MA 02129 , ATT: Clare Kelley. Call Hush at 508-896-3406 for more infor- mation. Food banks won't go hungry Emergency food program grant money totaling$24,725 iscomingto 10organizations in state Sen. Terry Murray's district, she announced this week. The funds from Project Bread' s Walk for Hunger will go to Cape Cod Child Development , Inc.; Catholic Charities; Falmouth Ser- vice Center; First Baptist Church in Hyannis; Friends of Bourne Council on Aging; Housing Assistance Corpora- tion; Nam Vets Association of the Cape and Islands; and the Salvation Army as well as two Plymouth groups. Murray 's release noted that she included about $15 million in the current state budget for various anti-hun- ger programs. POLITICAL POTPOURRI: r "^r abbiCCi for Christmas, New Year's and every day of the year. ( ome share the holidays with us as we celebrate being back home at the new abbicci CHRISTMAS EVI - 5-9 p.m. Tradilion.il Italian l-ish Supper Ci IRISI .MAS DAY -12-8 p.m Special ( hnstmas Day Menu Ni w YEAR'S EVI • Music by ihe band Full Spectrum • Dick ( larks Sew Years Rockin' Hvc • Dinner music until 11 p m live from Times Square on our li Unwed by dance music bie screen TV • ( hampagm toasi r midriighl • Serving until 2 a ni Sitting One 5-6 JO pm $HS OO Sitting Two 8:30 10 p m $105 00 ( .dll for Reservat ions abbicci ? 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More willbe knownin Jan- uary as the Registry report s revenue from the first six months of this fiscal year. Commissioners review task force The county commissioners have been readingthe report ofthe 21stCenturyTaskForce on the Cape Cod Commis- sion and plan to share their thoughts at Wednesday's 9 a.m. meeting in Barnstable Superior Court House. Last- week, it was clear that the land-use agency had been spurred to action by the report , but the commis- sioners tugged on the reins pending their own review of the review. They'll try again Anexecutivedirector won't be under the treefor the Cape CodWaterProtection Collab- orative this month. Thegroupoftownrepresen- tativesand at-largemembers is reassessing the position after not finding what they wanted in the first round of applicants. Mark Ells, director of the Barnstable Department of PublicWorks,hasbeennamed chairman of the Collabor- ative's Technical Advisory Committee. TheCollaborativewillmeet againJan.10at8:30a.m.atthe Barnstable Superior Court House in Barnstable village. Meanwhile, state Sen.Rob O'Leary said Monday that he'llsubmit legislationinthe coming year for a Capewide wastewater program.He was speakingto the Patrick-Mur- ray transition team on hous- ing at Barnstable Town Hall. Seasonal advice from county Want to give a gift from one of the Cape's green in- dustries? Check the Holiday Guide tothe GreenIndustries of Cape Cod under "Spot- light" or "Horticultural and Natural Resources" at www. capecodextension.org, the Web site of Cape Cod Coop- erative Extension. NOAH sets telethon Live, from the Cape Cod CommunityMedia Center in South Yarmouth,it's"Home for the Holidays"! Don't expect Chevy Chase at the helm of the third an- nualNOAHTelethon Dec.20 on cable channels 10and 17, but do look for media mov- ers Mindy Todd of WCAI's The Point, Cape Cod Times Editor Paul Pronovost, and others as hosts. The event raisesmoneyfor the Hyannis shelter for the homeless, which hosts more than 50 people almost every night of the year. During the show Dec. 20, taped videoswillinclude sev- eral performances by Cape jazz great Lou Colombo and a virtual tour of the NOAH Center. Three groups - the faith community (5 to 6:30 p.m.), youth (6:30 to 7:30) and the businesscommunity (7:30 to 9) -willtake on-air pledges. Thetelethon phone numbers are 508-394-3544and800-281- 0709, and are available only during the telethon. Volunteers are stillneeded to answer phones, work be- hind the scenes and sponsor the event. CallRick Brigham at 508-364-7590. ICOUNTYCLIPPINGS ! KEEP THE TOWN I STRONG... § Shop Locally! 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