Well it seems like the weather on the Cape has switched over to springish weather which means its time to start thinking about spring cleaning.  Honestly the winter has flown by, and with it the winter ice on the ponds which means no more skating except at the rink which is a totally different atmosphere.  If you get a chance skating on a pond is a highly recommended activity.

Wellfleet like many towns on Cape Cod faces an acute labor shortage in the summer months and it would be impossible for local business to meet the demand for services without importing a fairly significant amount of help.  Like many other businesses in the area we fill a large amount of this need through J1 exchange students.  Every year we here a number of these students.  The process itself requires a lot of work every year from us.  We have to review a large amount of applications and try to assemble a group of people who we think will get along with each other well, keeping in mind historical amnesties while at the same time we try to assemble the most diverse group possible to hopefully provide a rewarding experience for everyone involved and that’s the easy part.  Its necessary for us to have students with staggered arrival and departure dates so that we are able to acclimatize them with the area and  to help them settle in.  The number of students that we higher is based upon our ability to secure housing for everyone something that’s always a challenge considering the local housing market.  This all has to happen in the winter months, honestly we would higher even more students but housing that we consider to be good is a major limiting factor.  Basically we try to set everything up to try to make sure that everyone has a good experience.