JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
Chilmark is a busy place this season of the year. Town hall is buzzing with activities, many surrounding the emergency work on the docks and many projects that had to wait for the summer to end. If you are new in town or are wondering how to fill the off-season hours, you might like to check out the opportunities for volunteer service to Chilmark. Congratulations to Cathy Thompson, who was appointed to complete the late Rusty Walton’s term on the planning board.
Chilmark is currently negotiating a new contract with Comcast. There are still areas of town that do not have cable service. There is now an opportunity for residents, seasonal and yearround, to express their interest in such service. MVTV.org has a survey posted that those folks can complete. We are hoping those of you who aren’t here now but do want cable service in those parts of town now not served will take advantage of the online survey. There will be focus groups organized for those of us who are currently in residence. To sign up for one of the focus groups, please go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/PJPZHW7. Problems? Julienne Turner at Martha’s Vineyard Community Television at 508-696-9760 will be happy to help.
Three popular Chilmarkers who add a little salt to town life are celebrating significant birthdays this week. We send best wishes to Elmore “Bud” Mayhew, Everett H. Poole and Roberta A. Morgan. Cheers from us all!
Bob and Connie Taylor are happy to tell us of the birth of their grandson, Weston Matthew Taylor, born Oct. 5 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He is the son of Matt Taylor and Carrie Fyler of West Tisbury. Weston was welcomed home by his big sister, Story.
Friends of Ethel Whitman are happy to know she has now finished her therapy and is at home with her daughter, Jane, in Little Compton for the winter.
Seth and Joanne Wakeman of Stonington have enjoyed a two-week vacation in town renewing their many friendships here.
Regardless of what I told you last week, join me in congratulating Linda Levy in the recent publication of her novel, A Kingdom of Madness. Linda tells us it took her 21 years to write it and she actually finished it while at her Chilmark home this summer. You may learn more at her Web site, akomthenovel.com
The Sunday school at the Chilmark Community Church is sponsoring a Heifer International project. They will celebrate their efforts on Sunday, Oct. 24. Some animals may be in attendance. The church meets Sundays at 9 a.m. and Sunday school convenes at that time. Pizza and games nights continue at the church on Tuesday evenings.
Please remember that the Women’s Symposium will meet at the Community Center on Oct. 30 at 9 a.m. Speakers, small discussion groups and refreshments will continue until noon.
Michael Drezner and Liz Gude hosted the wedding of Liz’s son, Clayton Scoble and Laura Sewrey on September 25 at the Gude house on South Road. The bride is from northwest Montana and the couple will live in Somerville. Many friends and family members enjoyed an outdoor wedding in beautiful fall weather. Michael Drez-ner officiated at the wedding. Cheers from us all!
Have you heard that Chilmark has been named one of the 1000 best places in Mass.?
Ed Greenabaum and Joan Caulton have arrived from Indiana for an extended stay at their Chilmark home.
Chilmark and West Tisbury will host 35 students from the Bridgewater High School in Warrington, U.K. this week. The West Tisbury eighth grade class is participating in this cultural exchange program. The students arrived yesterday and will stay until Friday, Oct. 29. They will be staying with eighth grade host families in both Chilmark and West Tisbury. The six Chilmark students who will be hosting are Andrew Ruimerman, Peter Ruimerman, Erin Hickey, Brigida Larsen, Charlie Parkhurst and Ben Poole. Many planned activities and trips are scheduled and in May of 2011 our students will travel to Warrington for a similar cultural exchange. Much of the funding for the students comes from the School’s Out newspaper, put together last spring by the students and sponsored by our Island businesses that placed ads in the newspaper.
Last Friday, the students and staff of the Chilmark School, joined by parents and community volunteers, shared in a special luncheon made by local chefs of local ingredients. The Island Grown Schools organized the event and helped prepare it. Chefs Jan Buhrman and Robert Lionette made meatloaf of meat from Pasture Hill Farm in Chilmark, corn from Morning Glory Farm down-Island and kale and sweet potatoes from Mermaid Farm in Chilmark. The school PTO made it possible for every student to share in this special meal. Afterwards, there was apple cider pressing, harvesting potatoes and carrots from the school garden and observing bees in the Island Grown Initiative’s observation hive.
Marilyn Hollinshead invites us all to enjoy an hour of special music on Sunday, Oct. 24, at the Old Whaling Church at 5 p.m. Helen Brunner, who is the founder of the London Suzuki Group will lead her London Gold Group in concert. These are violin students ages 9 to 15 who have come to play for us. They play violins and violas.
Whatever October is, it certainly is not the slow season!
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