Chuck Sanders would have loved Saturday, August 30, at Union Chapel. It was a beautiful Vineyard day, and all of his family members were there to pay tribute.

A common theme in my columns this summer has been East Chop volunteers. As the summer draws to a close, I begin to think of our winter community. They are an impressive group.

I recently met with Ann Smith, the executive director of Featherstone. She spent most of the interview bragging about East Choppers’ involvement with and support of Featherstone.

An end of an era came to the East Chop Tennis Club at the annual August meeting on August 9. After 16 years as club manager, Ned Fennessy is retiring at the end of this season. A retirement party followed the annual meeting.

Della Hardman was an art professor, Gazette columnist and keeper of the East Chop Lighthouse, among other things. She first came to the Vineyard as a three-year-old child in 1925.

Kim Blacklow is a senior partner at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, a global law firm that employs 12,000 lawyers. She is married to Ken Blacklow and they have a son, Issac, who is nine, and have adopted a five-year-old boy from Ethiopia.

Absolutely stunning 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath waterfront home set right on the water's edge in East Chop. Enjoy immediate views of boats in Vineyard Haven harbor, spectacular sunsets over Vineyard Sound and the Elizabeth Islands, and dropping off your back deck to refresh at your private waterfront.  The spacious, "beachy" home has been well-maintained and upgraded through the years and includes beautiful water views from nearly every room. Hardwood floors and high ceilings throughout.

The Pan-Mass Challenge is the most successful athletic fundraising event in the nation. The event features a bike-a-thon that crosses much of Massachusetts.

This interview is long overdue. Greg Coogan became a member of the Oak Bluffs board of selectmen 11 years ago. He is the senior member of the board.

Last fall Craig Dowley had a once-in-a-lifetime experience. He and four mates sailed in a race across the Atlantic.