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president of the Hyannis
Civic Association and well-
known real estate broker, was
enjoyingfish chowder at Main
Street's Common Ground
lunch counter when he was
asked how thingswere going.
"Good," he replied with
gusto.Hewasupbeat,talkative
and said he was enjoying the
new condo he had purchased
at Sea and Main streets in
October, and looking forward
to the association's imminent
annual meeting.
Three days later, he died
unexpectedly at Cape Cod
Hospital.
A native of Concord, Drouin
would have turned 69 on the
date of the civic association's
annual meeting.
Since going into semi-
retirement several years ago,
Drouin had taken increasing
interestmcivicaffairs.servingon
varied committeesandforging
a solid working relationship
with Town Manager John
Klimm.
Townwidebusiness
curfew sought
, Atwo-hournightlyclosingfor
allretailbusinessesintownwas
on the town council's docket.
Theproposed ordinance seeks
tocloseallretailestablishments,
including those serving food,
from 1 to 3 a.m. nightly as a
way "of controlling noise and
promoting the public peace
and to protect public safety
and nighttimetranquility..."
The council would approve
the curfew, giving the town
manager the ability to
grant hardship permits for
businesses.
'Art attack' seen as
key to downtown
revitalization
A temporary harborside
stage nestled at the back of
AseltonParKfor "Shakespeare
by the Shore" performances
by Barnstable High School
students and weekly concerts
sponsored by The Arts
Foundation of Cape Cod.
Paintedbuoysonslenderpoles
wavingashigh as21feet above
the park to signal the new
activitythere.Widersidewalks
leading down to the boats. A
farewell to the Bismore Park
parking meters.
And that's just the harbor.
Elsewherethetownisplanning
to move forward on a park
at the site of the departed
Gulf station at 725 Main St.,
to purchase a property next
to the Guyer Barn gallery for
an artists' residence, and to
consider turning Zion Union
Church (after its congregation
moves to new quarters) into a
museum that celebrates the
community's diversity.
School start
compromise sought
Parents of elementary school
children don't want their first
gradersjumpingoff the businto
thedarknessofaJanuaryevening,
buttheysaytheyunderstandthat
high school students need more
sleep in the morningto function
better in classes.
Parents of high schoolers
see their junior zombies drag
themselves out of bed at 5
a.m. to catch a 6 a.m. bus and
worry for their well-being,but
they say they recognize the
need to make sure elementary
schoolers aren't burned out at
the end of along day.
The board is split. Some
favor the statusquo asmaking
thebest of abad situation,but
atleastonememberispushing
against a taboo.
"Maybe we have to look at
(the situation) and say,'Dowe
spend more money?'" David
Lawlerasked."Maybewehave
to add additional buses to the
routes.Iwantthe (highschool)
kidsto start late, (but) I don't
wantfirst graderscominghome
at 4:30 or 5."
$50K sought to cover
police overtime
The Barnstable Police
Department has an overtime
problem.
The department is looking
for an additional $50,000 to
cover overtime costs for the
rest of the year. But looking
aheadtonextfiscalyear,which
begins July 1, the department
is seeking another $450,000,
which would restore cuts to
overtime made over the past
four budgets.
The plan for next year is to
restore the cuts made since
2002,whichDeputyChiefCraig
Tamash said would allow the
department to bring back
programs lost in that time.
These include the "adopt-
a-school" program and bike
patrolsonMainStreet,Hyannis
and other villages.
HannaH's, upstairs
condo dweller asked
to work out noise
complaint
Conflicting testimony led
the licensing authority to
postpone deciding whether
entertainment at HannaH's
Fusion Bar and Bistro at 615
Main St. in Hyannis is too
loud.
Owner Binh Phu "hasn't
lived up to the agreement of
no amplified music," upstairs
neighbor Tom Foreman told
theboard.Lastfall,theownerof
acondominiumdirectlyabove
the restaurant saidhe hired an
independent sound engineer
who found that noise levels in
his unit reached 57 decibels
during the entertainment, far
above the 15 recorded during
a normal conversation.
The owner , who runs
HannaH's with his wife and
brother, agreed that when
the restaurant opened last
April, the noise was loud,
but said he had removed
drums and bongos and that
additional insulation was
added to Foreman's floor.
Residents Steve Sandoza
and TomDavisboth saidthat,
despite repeated attempts to
hearthenoisecomingfromthe
restaurant downstairs, they
never heard a peep.
Tom Geiler, the town's
director ofregulatoryservices,
said that Foremanhas a right
to the "quiet enjoyment" of
his unit, but that there isn't
enough current evidence
showing a violation. Both
parties are to make a "good-
faith effort' toward resolving
the matter.
Delahunt: Impeach
Congress instead
U.S.Rep. BillDelahunt may
look like a flaming radical to
critics of his dealings with
Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez , but some Cape
i
Codders think he's being
too conservative in not
calling for the impeachment
of President Bush and Vice
President Cheney. When the
topiccameupatacivilliberties
foruminFalmouth,theQuincy
Democrat made his feelings
plain.
"Wecurrentlyliveinasingle-
party nation,"he said, "There
are no checks and balances
when you have a single-
party nation. My hope is in
this November's election we
impeach this Congress."
i
Fourth-generation Scout
completes Eagle project
For manyyoungsters, being a Boy Scout
means being a part of a great organization
thatallowsyoutodoreallycoolstuff.ForWill
McDonough of Osterville, Scouting isaway
of life that began four generations ago with
his great grandfather, John W Thompson.
After building a Scout camp in Maine,
Thompson traveled south, built Massasoit
in Plymouth, and eventually established
Scouting on Cape Cod.
Followinginhisfootsteps,aswellasthose
of hisfather Steve and his late grandfather
Robert, Will McDonough has immersed
himself in Scouting throughout the years.
He capped off a long career with the
successful completion of his Eagle project,
overseeingthe constructionandinstallation
of an osprey pole at Sandy Neck Beach,
followed by a beach clean-up.
Boosting income tax 1% for
education suggested
Could a constitutional amendment
increasingthestateincometaxby 1percent
be the answer to local education costs?
State Rep. Matt Patrick, D-Falmouth,
thinks it's worth a shot, and he could have
an unlikely ally for the concept in Barbara
Anderson of Citizens for Limited Taxation.
Patrick,whosedistrictincludesthevillages
ofOstervilleandCotuitinBarnstable,saidhe
intends to file a constitutional amendment
in the fall to increase the state income tax
by 1 percent, dedicated entirely to public
education, including the state's university
system.
Thatwouldproduce morethan$2billionin
dedicatedrevenues.Thebenefit totaxpayers,
Patrick said, would come in a "concurrent
decrease"inlocalpropertytaxes,theprimary
source in many communities, for public
schools.
"That's where it hurts to tax people,"
Patrick said of property taxes. "I'd like
to shift the burden from the towns to the
income tax."
It is the potential to reduce property
tax burdens that has Anderson, executive
director of CLT, calling Patrick's idea "an
interesting concept." She said the idea
"would be an exciting proposal in another
state. While the concept works if your tax
burden is low, I don't see how our state can
handle that."
Anderson said she'd be more interested
in a constitutional amendment forbidding
propertytaxestobeusedtofund education,
which then places the entire burden to pay
for the commonwealth's public schools on
the state.
Members named for Hyannis
Access Study
Amongthose servingon acomprehensive
study of access to Hyannis, including a
possible new Route 6 exit between exits 6
and 7, are, from the municipaloffices , DPW
DirectorMarkElls (alongwithhisYarmouth
counterpart , George Allaire), Assistant
TownManagerPaulNiedzwiecki,andgrowth
management director Ruth Weil.
Politicalleaders on the task force include
stateRep.DemetriusAtsalisandCouncilors
Ann Canedy and Harold Tobey along with
Sue Rohrbach of Centerville, district aide
to state Sen. Rob O'Leary.Representatives
of town boards include planning board
chairmanDavidMunsell,who'llbejoined by
airport commissioner Robert O'Brien, who
also serves on the board of the Steamship
Authority.
Business interests are represented by
Wendy Northcross, CEO of the Cape Cod
Chamberof Commerce;DanWolf,president
ofCapeAir;CynthiaCole,executivedirector
of the Hyannis Main Street Business
Improvement District; John Kenney,
president of the Hyannis Area Chamber of
Commerce;andarep tobenamedfrom Cape
Cod Healthcare.
Environmental groups are represented
by Maggie Geist, executive director of the
Associationto Preserve Cape Cod,and Tom
Mullen (a former Barnstable DPW chief),
president of the Barnstable Land Trust.
State, federal and regional government
agencies are on the list, as are two citizen
members: Peter Fisher, president of the
Centerville Civic Association and Alan
Goddard, listed to his undoubted pride as
"Hyannis Resident."
Fire district study will be
recommended
The Fire District Study Preparation
Committee will recommend that the fire
districts be studied.
If that sounds boring to you, you just
haven't been paying attention for the last
half-century.
The committee , which will present
its report to the town council, wants an
independent consultant to answer this
question: "Is the Town of Barnstable
receivingthe services currentlyprovided by
the Fire Districts in the most efficient and
effective manner possible?"
The group, chaired by Town Councilor
Jan Barton, takes no stand on that query.
Addressing concerns regarding loss of
service in any possible consolidation of
districts, the report states directly: "Any
reorganization or consolidation that would
have a deleterious effect on response time
would not be acceptable to anyone on the
Committee, and hopefully anyone living in
the Town of Barnstable."
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Going for the kills
In the first-ever varsity boys
volleyball match, the BHS
Raiders trounced Wareham
3-1.
Under coach Tom Turco's
tutelage,theboystookthefirst
game25-15.Whiletheylostthe
second 25-17,theyrallied back
to twin the next two at 25-18
and 25-21.
A new season for ball
team
TheBarnstableHighSchool
boys varsity baseball season
got under way with a win
against Sandwich. Going to
bat for the first time without
former coach Peter Auger in
13 seasons, the team showed
it had been left in good hands
with new head coach Sean
Donovan.
Pro's pro marks 35
years at Cummaquid
Whatmorecanbechronicled
about Allan L. Stewart?
What more can be told about
a golf professional highly
respected and honored
by peers throughout New
England and lauded by club
members throughout a long
and continuing career?
What more can be written
is: the 70-year-old native of
Canada this spring is starting
his 35th consecutive year as
head professional-manager
of the private and historic
Cummaquid Golf Club.
A runner for life
Last February Maryellen
Loucks of West Barnstable
went on a retreat where she
was asked to write herself a
letter. She wrote about how
lucky and blessed she felt at
the goodness of her life, then
added,"Ifear myblessingsare
preparing me for something
that isahead."Severalmonths
later, she was diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis. ,
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Months later , Loucks
arrived at work at Centerville
ElementarySchool,where she
isthe schoolnurse,to find her
walls covered with letters of
encouragement from second
graders.Loucksisrunningthe
Boston Marathon.
Golf director choice
sends his regrets
While Ron Stepanek knows
his reasons for titrning down
the position of golf director
for the Town of Barnstable, it
hasn't made living with it any
easier.
When Stepanek, living in
Florida,appliedfortneposition,
it seemed like a perfect fit. "I
wrote a description of my
dream job and this was it,"
he said.
Then Stepanek began
questioning the situation and
listening to well meaning but
skeptical friends. Of issue for
those worried about Stepanek
andhisfamily wasthedisparity
in the cost of living between
Florida and Cape Cod - a
difference of about 45percent,
he said.
Eventually the reservations
made him wary of a move,
resulting in his decision to
turn down the golf director's
position."Rightnow/'Stepanek
said, "I'm saying it was the
worst decision of my life."
BHS tennis team
can't buy a loss
The undefeated BHS girls
tennis team racked up two
more wins this week, brining
their stats to 7-0 and 3-0 in
the league.
Playingwellin the top spots
were Chealsey Giatrelis and
Kate Donnely, who is ranked
number one on the team.
"We've taken all seven
games 5-0," said head coach
HedleySmith."Theresultsare
coming from hard work and
practice."
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3PORTSZZ
Biz roundtable says
time is running out
Whathappensinthe next
10to20yearswilldetermine
how the Cape looks five or
10 decades in the future,
according to Cape Cod
Chamber of Commerce
ChairmanDan Wolf.
With 20 percent of
Cape Cod left to develop,
he said at a Cape Cod
BusinessRoundtable press
conference, "quality of life
issuesinthisgenerationwill
set the table permanently."
Wolf , Roundtable
Moderator Elliott Carr, and
Maggie Geist, executive
director of the Association
to Preserve Cape Cod,
presentedtheRoundtable's
"Call to Action." It's a
five-pronged plan that
includes using the Cape
Cod Commissionto identify
regional growth areas and
otherswhere growthshould
bediscouraged;deployment
of the Commission 's
District of Critical Planning
Concern tool to designate
transportation corridor,
waterresourceandshoreline
DCPCs; and other notions.
Hyannis businessman
Tony Shepley, one of two
membersoftheRoundtable
whovoted against the "Call
to Action," said he would
giveCapeCodagoodreport
card in terms of protecting
resources but apoor report
on traffic.He called DCPCs
"anuclearweaponintheeyes
ofsomepeople,"prompting
somewhobelieve onecould
be designated where they
ownproperty todevelopthe
land too quickly.
Cape Cod
Commission
blesses the GIZ
TheCapeCodCommission
gavethe keytolocalcontrol
of downtown development
to the Town of Barnstable
with unanimous approval
of the Cape's first Growth
Incentive Zone.
Within the GIZ, which
now will be routed to the
county commissioners as
an ordinance, then to the
Assembly of Delegates and
back to the commissioners
for signature, the town
will manage growth in a
large swath of downtown
Hyannis up to certain
thresholds. Projects that
would otherwise require
development review by the
commission will be able to
proceed locally.
New bank gets
initial FDIC
approval
The still-forming Bank
of Cape Cod received
initial approval for deposit
insurance from the
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
"We are pleased with this
favorable development ,"
TimothyTelman,president
and CEO of the proposed
bank , said in a press
statement , "and are
confident we can raise
at least $12 million in
capital."
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