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THE MASHPEE ENTERPRISE • FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2004 Page 13
<br /> To Weigh 15 RequestsMarine LifeP`,
<br /> Assembly
<br /> For $460,000 CountySurpluCenter Opens00�2.1�,�,�,
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<br /> €s� By MICHAEL C.BAILEY Mary J. LeClair of the by Ms. LeClair, the Upper Cape'
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<br /> Loggerhead �� As the fiscal year 2004 draws to Barnstable County Board of towns would collect a total of
<br /> `` a close, the Barnstable County County Commissioners said Ordi- $90,116: $14,576 for Bourne;
<br /> e • �� Assembly of Delegates is prepar- nance 03-10,the $300,000 expendi- $41,541 for Falmouth; $17,285 for
<br /> First Patient 0,,F, ing to engage in its annual ritual ture to help human services, was Mashpee; and $16,714 for Sand,
<br /> '' � � of 'divvying up surplus county drafted after the county received with. The amounts are based on'
<br /> By CHRISTINE M.FERULLO ': `� funds. However, at least one about 30 requests for assistance the county's assessment to each
<br /> The National Marine Life Cen- t yY county commissioner is objecting from Cape human services pro- town, and each town would be
<br /> `£ _ to how the money maybe spent. viders: "We just couldn't deal free to use the money as they saw
<br /> ter welcomed its first patient this y, � _
<br /> week. On Wednesday, April 7, the as- with them all,"she said. fit.
<br /> Eco, a 95-pound loggerhead sembly will meet to discuss and According to Diane C. Thomp-
<br /> ' ' vote on 15 .proposed uses for son, clerk of the assembly, all 15 In order to veto the ordinance,,
<br /> turtle, was transported from the the county commissioners must
<br /> New England Aquarium in Bos- � $460,000 in surplus county funds. ordinances have been moved for- vote to do so unanimously or by a
<br /> ton to the Main Street facility in The leftover money is the result ward for discussion by the full as- two-thirds majority.The assembly
<br /> Buzzards Bay,. Tuesday morning. of the 'region's still-healthy real sembly. can only override the veto if the;
<br /> The turtle.will complete its reha estate market; fees and taxes col Ordinance 0401, the $300,000 ordinance
<br /> bilitation at the life center and lected through the county's Regis- refund to the towns, is already passes with a two-'
<br /> will be. released back into the try of Deeds have contributed to a facing an uphill battle as Ms. Le- thirds majority weighted vote;
<br /> county surplus since 1999. � Clair has vowed.to veto the meas- each delegate casts a weighted
<br /> wild sometime between mid- and voted based on his hometown's,
<br /> late summer; when the Gulf The net surplus is actually ure. In a prepared statement, Ms.
<br /> Stream shifts. northward toward
<br /> about $1.46 million, but in March LeClair said that she opposes re- population.
<br /> Cape Cod. 2003,the assembly pre-approved a turning the money to the towns Ms..LeClair indicated that she
<br /> "It's really exciting to have an $1 million refund to all 15 Cape because Cape municipalities has the support of fellow Com-
<br /> animal in these tanks," Danielle 'q towns,to help them weather tight have already received a refund, missioner William Doherty, and
<br /> O'Neil, animal care coordinator
<br /> fiscal times. It is the first time and that there are other needs to does not believe the assembly'
<br /> for the National Marine Life Cen- that the county has ever approved attend to. will be able to override a veto.'
<br /> ter,said Tuesday afternoon. surplus spending before the "I took the position that any Ms. LeClair and Mr. Doherty'
<br /> Eco was found cold-stunned on, money was even in the bank. revenue in excess of the voted in favor of Ordinance 03-10;
<br /> November 30 found
<br /> c d Great Hol- The assembly's standing com- $1,000,000 should provide funding back in January, with Commis-
<br /> low in Truro during a beach'walk mittee on finance last week held for human services agencies sioner Lance W. Lambros voting
<br /> by Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctu- public hearings on the last eight throughout the Cape. This would against it.
<br /> ary volunteers. 'The loggerhead, ordinances on the table. be done through competitive The public is welcome to at
<br /> was named Eco because when Those ordinances included' grants, she said. "I feel strongly tend the next assembly meeting,'
<br /> rescuers found the turtle, it was CHRISTINE M.FERULLO/ENTERPRISE 300,000 in refunds to the 15 Cape that individual towns can no which will begin at 4 PM: The
<br /> covered in layers of barnacles, Danielle O'Neil, animal care coordinator .for the National towns for local use; $157,000 for longer adequately support their meeting will be held in the as-,
<br /> some embedded in the animal's Marine Life Center, checks to see if Eco the loggerhead turtle the Sandwich Marina; 50,000 for human service activities and I sembly chamber ' at the
<br /> shell. is settling into her new quarters in the life center's interim the Wastewater Management Re- pledged the county's assistance." Barnstable First District Court-`
<br /> "She looked like she was carry- care facility. The turtle was transferred to Buzzards Bay serve Grant Program; $150,000 for According to figures provided house on Route 6A in Barnstable. '
<br /> ing -her own, ecosystem on her Tuesday from the New England Aquarium in Boston, "associated services delivered to
<br /> back,"Ms O'Neil said. the homeless," including services c�m �+
<br /> Eco's internal ` temperature delivered by fire and police de- CC5 To Host Chamber
<br /> when she was found was only three feet in length. Some are be- leased, Eco will-be the only ani- partments, and donated munici-
<br /> 41.9°F. She weighed 71 pounds. lieved to live as long as,50 years mal at the facility. After her re- pal services; Cape Cod Five Cents Savings 508-477-0792 or by e-mail to
<br /> and was two feet in length. or more. lease, the life``center hopes to Also, $25,000 for the Arts Bank and The Mashpee Chamber info@mashpeechamber.com.
<br /> Staff at the aquarium estimate Loggerheads are `named for make adjustments to the interim Foundation of Cape Cod; $25,000 of Commerce sponsor a Business
<br /> Eco's age is between 4 and 5 their large heads. They tend to care facility to. accept stranded for the Cape Cod Maritime Mu- After Hours for networking and Mobile Health
<br /> years. It is difficult to determine nest in Florida from late April seals. seum; $15,000 for the Marine Life meeting other members of the Van In TOWN
<br /> the sex of a loggerhead without a until September and travel up the The center's interim facility Center in Bourne; and $5,000 for business community. The Mobile Health Link Van;
<br /> DNA test, particularly if the ani- coast along the Gulf Stream. consists of, two rehabilitation the SMART Guide, a guidebook This event will be held will be in Mashpee on Wednesday
<br /> mal has not yet reached sexual In 1978;the US Fish and Wild= tanks, each 12 feet in diameter. Wednesday, 5:30 to 7 PM, .at the
<br /> maturity. However, Eco's caregiv- g The tanks are about four feet hi h published by the Cape Cod Y, from 9 AM to noon at the Wam-
<br /> ers at the National Marine Life life Service designated .logger- and can hold 3,800 gallons of gh Chamber of Commerce that pro- Cape Cod Five Cents Savings panoag Indian Tribal headquar- '
<br /> heads as a threatened species. motes car-free sites of interest Bank, 5 North Market Street,
<br /> Center believe the loggerhead is ter. A pumping system connected tern on Great Neck Road South'
<br /> a female. to visitors Mashpee Commons. and in Mashpee !
<br /> to a storage tank `circulates the P e Village from
<br /> Eco will remain in quarantine Previously, the committee re- ,
<br /> Eco weighs 95.2 pounds, is 2.17 sea water, which is maintained at Hors d'oeuvres will be pro 12:30 to 3:30 PM. Free health'
<br /> throughout her stay at the life about 76 F for turtle rehabilita- viewed seven ordinances asking vided by Giovanni's of Deer screenings for cholesterol, diabe
<br /> feet long, with an ,internal tem- °
<br /> center. Public visits will not be tion and about 60 F for seals. for-$10,000 for the Cape Cod AIDS Crossing and refreshments' by tes, and blood pressure will be
<br /> heads g of 75°F. Adult logger- permitted; however, National Ma- ° Support Group; $33,000 for an in-
<br /> heads generally weigh about 250 Mashpee Wine&Spirits. available.
<br /> to 300 pounds and measure about rine Life Center Director Sallie The facility, which is essen- terpreter for the Visiting Nurse Attendees are urged to bring a Referrals to community serv=.e
<br /> K.Riggs said she hopes to set up a tially a temporary greenhouse, is Association of Cape Cod; $50,000 business card to participate in ices across the Cape will also be'
<br /> G�pp short-circuit camera and a moni- temperature-controlled and to aid elders at risk; $50,000 to the spring raffle. Admission is $5 available for family planning,
<br /> Route 20 for in the visitors'center. staffed by animal care coordina- purchase a van for use by the t-
<br /> p P V u Per person, but chamber. mem- birth control, and pregnancy test
<br /> 1. i We want people to finally seer , tori an _a; orp of,trxainefj_voiun- VNA; $144,000 for homelessness tiers whe bring a non-member ing. ,For more information on
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<br /> hear; the ,latest;plarks from t�'gia „ veterinarian; who also spends $300,000 in competitive'grants for wit' their guest. RSV's are re- open to all ages; its services are
<br /> P g compromise her care, said. Ms. time at the New England Aquar- human services on Cape Cod. quested no later than Monday at confidential.
<br /> nian at their April 12 meeting, O'Neil.
<br /> The developer continues to fo- ium.
<br /> cus on traffic solutions through Although her arrival at the life
<br /> safety improvements, eliminating center was traumatic at first, Eco Fundraising for the life.center '
<br /> congestion,and creating bypasses was appearing more comfortable is continuing. Money is still
<br /> away from the rotary. yesterday. On Tuesday, she was needed for the annual operating
<br /> Any improvement to the rotary slamming to the walls of her tank, expenses of the interim facility
<br /> must be approved by MassHigh- trying to assess her boundaries. and for the overall building fund.
<br /> way and costs for those improve- "Now she's very peaceful. For more information on the fa-
<br /> ments will be paid for in fair She's been sleeping on the bot- cility or to donate, residents can ;
<br /> shares b developers, according tom y g call 508-743-9888 or visit the
<br /> Y P g gracefully swimming
<br /> to Mr.Megathlin. around,”Ms.Riggs said. NMLC web site at www.nmle.org.
<br /> The Cape Cod Commission is Although she refused to eat for Those interested in helping
<br /> holding a public hearing April 21 the first two days, Eco dined on provide a closed circuit television
<br /> on Southcape's proposed phase squid and herring yesterday. to view Eco are also encouraged
<br /> two plans. Until she's ready to be re- to contact the life center. ^,
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