JANE N. SLATER
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Chilmark was wet this week. It surely did rain . . . for hours if not days! Anyway, we appear to be none the worse for it although I am sure some basements are wet today. I tried to find out how many inches it rained in Chilmark but Bob Conway, who is my weatherman, reports that his rain gauge cracked. Enough said!
Rain or shine, the census takers were out on Wednesday. I have heard that the Cape and Islands are the only place in the country that has door-to-door census takers. The rest of the country is filling in a card. How dull for them, not to be able to catch up on the news with a neighbor.
Welcome home to Ted Meinelt, who is back at his South Road home after a 10-day vacation in San Francisco visiting his friends, Jane Newhall and Anita Guerra. He had sunshine everyday and a good time renewing his memories of the city. He last visited San Francisco 24 years ago. Ted’s son, Terry, of Topsfield, had business in San Francisco so they met and traveled home together.
Happy birthday wishes from us all to Jim Morgan of Menemsha. He turned 86 this week and he is hard at work finishing up some ship models for his wife Roberta’s summer shop. Cheers from us all.
The Chilmark library has income tax forms available for the public and they will download any of the other IRS forms you might need.
The Chilmark Community Church will have Easter services at 9 a.m. Sunday and will host a traditional egg hunt for the children after the service. The church continues to host the Tuesday night pizza and game nights beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the church meeting room. All are welcome.
Clark and Pam Goff are back at their Tea Lane home after a walking tour and vacation in England.
There will be a gathering at the community center on April 10 to remember Tom Osmers. It will be a potluck supper beginning at 6 p.m.
The charter school will host their annual talent show at the community center on April 9 beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The Islandwide Sustainable Book Club will begin meetings in April. The book, Collapse, will be discussed at the Vineyard Haven library on April 21 at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome, and books and the book list can be found at your local library.
Olivia, a popular fictional character from children’s literature, will be at the Chilmark library on Saturday, April 17, at 10:30 a.m. And parents of young children make note, Olivia is a bigger than life figure so prepare the little ones.
Congratulations to the teenaged writers and artists who have prepared and published a book, Scoop, at the Chilmark library. Kristin Maloney, children’s librarian, reports of their success. The book is available at the library and we can all be proud of our teenage population in Chilmark.
Arne and Helen deKeijzer of Weston were at their Larsen Lane home last weekend.
There are a couple of things going on at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School next week that might interest Chilmarkers. Adult and Community Education of Martha’s Vineyard is offering a short original play and video about immigration issues on the Vineyard. The program will be in the library of the school on April 9 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The Wampanoag Environmental Health Consumer Expo for 2010 will be at the high school on Saturday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be exhibitors, speakers, door prizes and much more.
Sue Larsen walks on! She has passed the 500 mile mark on her way to the 750 miles of training she committed herself to, and to raising $10,000 for breast cancer research. To date, she has walked more than 500 miles and raised all but $2,300 toward her goal. Donations may be mailed to Avon Walk for Cancer at her address, 108 Hammett Lane, Chilmark, or may be made online at: avonwalk.org/goto/susan.larsen. The deadline for donations to be mailed to her is April 14 and the deadline for online donations is May 13. We can hope Sue takes us with her on her walk on May 15 and 16. All to cure a deadly disease no woman deserves. And to show Sue we are happy she is a survivor. Let’s help others to be able to say they are survivors.
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