JOHN S. ALLEY
508-693-2950
Well, throw a little salt over your left shoulder before reading the column for good luck. Today is the second Friday the 13th of this year. Alan Healy repositioned his herd of sheep into the square field late last month; he has been moving them in the area, and they have responded by neatly mowing the field. As you may have noticed, the deer have been moving around lately, primarily due to the hunting season, and you are apt to see them in the strangest places or crossing the road. The archery season for deer ends next Saturday. My, how time flies: just one month from today there will be the annual breakfast with Santa at the Wharf in Edgartown.
Marian Irving, of Old County Road, recently attended Grandparents Day at Beaver Country Day School with her granddaughter, Nichole. While there she participated in a humanities class book discussion concerning the life and living conditions of a young girl in Afghanistan. The campus was bustling with over 200 grandparents present. That evening, in Wayland, her birthday was celebrated with her son, Chuck and his wife, Mimi, plus her three grandchildren, Chloe, Nichole and Scott, and her daughter, Susan. A raspberry mousse cake was the featured dessert for her special dinner.
The Democratic Council of Martha’s Vineyard will hold their monthly meeting tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. at the Howes House. Candidates or their surrogates will be on hand to campaign for your vote in the special election on Dec. 8 to fill the U.S. Senate seat held for nearly 50 years by the late Ted Kennedy. Martha Coakley will be represented by Bill Stafursky, Mike Capuano by Eric Turkington. Alan Khazei’s campaign will have a representative on hand. Joe Pagliuca has informed them that he will not be represented at the meeting.
Chris Murphy, of Chilmark, and Jim Newman, of Aquinnah, have been busy organizing a former Peace Corps volunteer get-together and potluck dinner tomorrow night at his house at 6:30 p.m. Anyone interested may contact Chris at 508-693-6610. All are welcome.
The school held a flu vaccination clinic on Monday. H1N1 vaccinations were given to the students, and the same was true over at the charter school.
Last Sunday afternoon a new business opened in town. Knit Works is located on New Lane, and the business it owned by Alix Small. She is selling hand knit clothing, exotic yarns and fibers and more.
Nicole Alley and her husband, Arsen Hambardzumian, of East Taunton, spent the weekend with her parents. Arsen had several septic inspections to make in Vineyard Haven and Nicole helped him out.
Sal Laterra, of Providence, R.I., arrived yesterday to spend a long weekend with Phyllis Meras. He is helping Anna Alley with a project over at her house.
Last Sunday night the Edgartown Cinema held a screening of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant. The movie opened nationwide last Friday. The significance of it for us was that Jessica Carlson, who is Bob and Barbara Day’s granddaughter, made her screen debut with a feature role in the movie. Her relatives attending the movie were Susan Jones, Bruce Yauney and Nancy Nitchie, all of Chilmark and Vineyard Haven; Carolyn Stoeber and Steve Morgan of Edgartown; Winston and Steve Clegg of Chilmark. A number of other friends of the Days’ also enjoyed the screening and festivities.
Kristen Buck, of State Road, director of development at the Vineyard Nursing Association, reports that November is National Home Care and Hospice Month, and Home Care Aide Week ends tomorrow. The VNA honored their home health aide staff last Thursday with an appreciation breakfast hosted by the culinary arts department of the regional high school for their 35 home health aides. They make 30,000 visits a year and the overwhelming majority of those visits are made by the home health aide staff. During this breakfast they also honored Joann Ewing, a home health aide for the VNA who is retiring after almost 20 years of service to the community. Kristen says that Joann exemplifies the true spirit of a home health aide; she is pleasant, compassionate and always going the extra mile for any of her patients. The VNA salutes her and all of their home health aides and is so appreciative of this wonderful group of people that work for the agency and the community.
Anna Carringer reports that the Martha’s Vineyard Museum will be open Friday and Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please stop by to see the new exhibit, Those Who Serve: Martha’s Vineyard and World War II. On Saturday, Nov. 28 at 3 p.m. there will be, at the Edgartown Federated Church, readings and discussion by Vineyarders who served in the war effort. After the talk, all are invited to the museum to see the exhibit and have some light refreshments.
Ginger Duarte reports that the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club will hold its final general meeting of the year on Tuesday, at 1 p.m. at the Wakeman Center with a program called Holiday Creations — techniques, materials and tips for making holiday decorations. Wiet Bacheller, Mary Lou Perry and Kristin Henriksen will make the presentation. There also will be refreshments. Anyone interested in gardening, flower arranging, the preservation of the Island’s natural beauty and eco-friendly living is welcome to join them. For information, call 508-693-5334.
Marian Irving reports that the First Congregational Church will hold their annual Christmas Faire on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., selling holiday greens, homemade crafts and baked goods. For more information call the church office at 508-693-2842.
Director Sarah Kuh reports that the Vineyard Health Care Access Program will be celebrating its 10th anniversary today.
Colleen Morris over at the library, reports that on Sunday at 5 p.m. there will be a community poetry reading. Bring your poems or your favorite, or just come by and listen to the program. There will be light refreshments afterwards. Next Friday at 4 p.m. the JC Jazz Trio will be on hand and perform for the patrons.
“On Saturday night, Nov. 11, 1950, the Norman Benson family in Lambert’s Cove thought they heard the familiar though far out-of-season music of pinkletinks. For generations it has been an accepted tradition that they announce the arrival of spring with their piping. Well the Bensons’ granddaughter, Margaret Duquette, succeeded in capturing two of them, which are now in a globe in the kitchen and are continuing to announce that spring has arrived. Various people, asked about the pinkletinks, have said that never before have they known of the peepers appearing at this season of the year.”
Happy birthday to: Bob Gothard, Lucy Mitchell, Rosemary Jackson and Cheryl Kram today; Geoff Currier, Louise Fragosa, Lee Aven, Tom Norton and James Koster tomorrow; George Hough, Robin Nagle, Craig Miner and Antonio Saccoccia on Sunday; Paul Adler, Jane Finnerty and Wendy Forest on Monday; Chole Maley, Peter Tucker and Chelsea McCarthy on Tuesday; Rusty Hitchings, Sammi Chaves, Jennifer Reekie and Terri Mello on Wednesday; and John Athearn, Kevin Segel and Sandra Ingela Welbrock on Thursday.
Well, that is all of the social news for this week’s column. If you have any news please call or e-mail me. As we approach the holiday season, remember what the late Will Rogers said about making your money last longer: Fold it in half! Have a great week.
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