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Cakounes will scrutinize county budget A2 LOCAL: A holiday tale of redemption and forgiveness A&E ARTS: UP FRONT Big trouble in little restaurant A three-month investigation involving alleged drug sales out of the Shanghai restaurant inHyannis. led to the arrest of four men. A2 BUSINESS Partnerships The Cape & Islands Workforce Investment Board hosted a ses- sion with the region's economic development practitioners. David Augustinho tells youwhy.A5 SPORTS Barnstable girls best Sandwich on ice The Barnstable Red Raiders' girls varsity ice hockey team openedits 2014-2015 season Saturday night against Sandwich, coming away with a 2-0 shutout victory.A10 Lions roar past Raiders The Red Raiders just can't seem to catch a break,as was evidenced by their sixth loss of the season to Bridgewater-Raynham, 49-20. Read the highlights on A10. A&E Back Section Business A5 Classifieds ASE:14 Editorial A6 Leqals ASE:12 Op-Ed A7. Sports AlO . Worship ASE:15 INSIDE THIS WEEK Czajkowski chosen to lead Lexington schools By Jordan Frias jfriasd JWickedlocal.com and Kathleen Szmit kszmitsbarnstablepatriot.com The Barnstable School District will soon be on the hunt for a new super- intendent. Mary Czajkowski was offered and accepted the superinten- dent' s position with the Lexing- ton system late last week. Czajkowski confirmed the news Dec. 19 during a phone interview in which she said the decision was difficult,but she feels it is ulti- mately the right choice for her. "It will be a capstone in my career ," Czajkowski said,adding that leaving the Barnstable dis- trict will be "bit- tersweet." Barnstable School Committee Chairwoman Margeaux Weber could not be reached for com- ment, and Czajkowski could not be reached for additional com- ment. The Lexington School Com- mittee voted unanimousl y to offer Czajkowski the position after a brief discussion during a public meeting Dec. 19. Czajkowski toured Lexington and the local schools Dec. 18 before she was interviewed by the committee. She was superintendent of Agawam Public Schools for nine years. The Lexington district has more than 6,600 student s and about 1,500 staff members in nine schools. The district has an annual operating budget of more than $110 million. Barnstable has 5,300 students and 600 staff members in eight schools and has an annual budget of $63 mil- lion. Her appointment is contingent upon successful negotiations. see CZAJKOWSKI page 9 Making everypenny count KATHLEEN SZMIT PHOTO GAME 'CHANGERS' - Seventh-graders at Barnstable Intermediate School celebrate raising more than $1,800 in a penny war to benefit families in need from the school community. For more see Page A3. A place of honor for RichardClark Daughterhopes to memorialize father with Astro Park donation By Kathleen Szmit kszmit@barnstablepatriot.com PHOTO COURTESY OF VANESSA CLARK REMEMBERING RICHARD - Vanessa Clark shares a happy moment with her father, Richard, a former Town Council president and beloved commu- nity leader who died in a diving accident in June. Vanessa Clark is hoping to have a bust, possibly of Jacques Cousteau, placed in the Cobb Astro Park at Barnstable High School in honor of her father. When Richard Clark passed awayin June it left his family search- ing for answers and a way to honor a man who not only meant the world to them, but also meant much to his local community. Clark has been presumed dead since not returning from a deep-sea dive in North Carolina in June.The former town coun- cil president and beloved local leader left a lasting legacy that his family has been seeking to memorialize. Recently, daughter Vanessa, a student in South Carolina , proposed the idea of honoring her father with the donation of a bust to the Walk of Legends in the Cobb Astro Park at Barn- stable High School. "When I was at Barnstable that was an overgrown quad ," said Clark of the transformed space. "The busts are very meaningful." see CLARK page 9 A special connection Thesweet story of Gabethe dog, hispal Henry and theiruniquebond By Kathleen Szmit kszmit@barnstablepatriot.com KATHLEEN SZMIT PHOTO SHARING A BOND - Henry Ramage, of Barnstable Village , shares a moment and a special connection with Gabriel the dog. Both have struggled with and are working to overcome serious medical issues. Those who have attended the Barnstable Village Holiday Stroll likely know the stars of this story. One is Gabriel the golden retriever, the costumed pup who happily greets everyone who visits Kat-a- Lilies flower shop, and the other is Henry Ramage, affectionately known as the Mayor of Barn- stable Village, where he knows pretty much everyone. What most don 't know is the unique bond the two share as the result of similar physical chal- lenges they've each faced in the past year. Mary Joyce, Gabe's"mom,"won't soon forget the night Gabe let her know he was ailing. "He woke me up in the middle of the night barking,"Joyce said. This was unusual for her pup, who wasotherwise cheerfully mild- mannered. She thought someone had broken into her home. Instead, it turned out that her cherished friend was in the throes of a grand mal seizure. Joyce placed an immediate call to her vet, who told her to keep an eye on Gabe, as the seizure could be just a one-time event. It wasn't. A month later Gabe suffered three more seizures in one day. An MRI revealed that Gabriel had an inoperable brain tumor. "In one sense I was relieved because I couldn 't even imagine surgery," Joyce said. "The other option was radiation." Joyce, smart and savvy, con- ducted research and discovered a veterinary hospital in Waltham that performs a procedure dubbed CyberKnife, basically concentrated see GABE & HENRY page 9 A nightforremembering Ceremony honors homelesswho died in 2014 By Kathleen Szmit kszmit@barnstablepatriot.com KATHLEEN SZMIT PHOTO QUIET PROCESSION - Piper Colin Walsh of the Colum Cille Pipes and Drums leads a solemn procession to the Federated Church of Hyannis on Hometess Persons' Memorial Day. I moved to Cape Cod in 2003. At the time, what I knew of my new home was mainly the beaches near where I lived, the few cozy shops I'd visited and fabled tales of the celebrities, politicians, artists and writers who'd enjoyed life along this spit of sand. While aware that every locale has a darker side, I either hadn't seen the Cape's or was choosing not to see it. In time, the blinders came off and I became aware of a problem that even Cape Cod can- not escape: homelessness. My first experience involving homelessness happened when I learned that one of my son's elementary school friends lived with his four siblings and their parents in a cramped motel room along Route 28. After being hired by the Patriot in Hyannis, I found myself confronted more and more by homelessness, either through stories for the paper or the actual people themselves, many of whom I'd see along Main Street or on the village green. see HOMELESS page 9