JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
Chilmark’s biggest thrill this week has to be the arrival and visit of the Stanley Cup to the Chilmark Community Center. It was the buzz for most of the day. Hooray to all those who got to see and touch!
The days of August have been humid and hot most of the time, with some spectacular lighting and thunder to complete the traditional August experience for New England, but in all, August is providing the vacations that most have anticipated all year.
Congratulations to all those loyal folks at the Chilmark Community Center who managed to produce a most successful book festival last Sunday in spite of the downpours that filled the day.
We all send best wishes to June Manning, intrepid reporter of all things Aquinnah, who is recovering at home this week from surgery performed in Boston the beginning of the week. We hope she will be out and about soon,
Bob and Anne Ganz are vacationing at their North Road home and enjoying the beginning of Bob’s retirement. He taught at George Washington University for 46 years, retiring in February. His daughter, Holley, and her husband, Carlton Osborne, of Oakland, Calif. are visiting this month.
Town hall wants us to know that applications for the rental of Middle Line Road units are available at town hall.
Tom and Barbara Rivers were happy to have an August visit from their friend, Tom Haynes, and his six-year-old son, Brennan. This was the 26th annual visit to the Vineyard for Tom.
Andrew and Anna Thomas and their children, Jacob and Mina Kate, are here from Nag’s Head, N.C., for a brief visit with Conrad and Jane Neumann on Larsen Lane.
The tradition continues at the Bell homes as the fourth generation, Eliza Rose Wechsler, makes her second visit to Chilmark. She, with her parents, Sarah Bell and Jay Wechsler of New York city, is visiting her grandparents, Larry and Janet Bell, and great-grandparents, Harold and Barbara Bell. Eliza’s mother, Sarah, visited Chilmark for the first time at six weeks old and her daughter made her first visit at eight weeks. Eliza Rose also has grandmother Barbara Benerole of White Plains and Robert Wechsler of Scarsdale.
Friends of Basil Welch can find him at Windemere. His many friends can visit him there. His Chilmark friends miss him in town.
Andrew Hindes and his family of Los Angeles are guests this week of the Nitchie family at their Middle Road home.
Cris and Lesley Neumann and their sons, Even, Corin and Aden, are in town from their home in Balbriggan, Ireland. They are enjoying a month at the South Road home of Chris’s parents, Conrad and Jane Neumann.
The Chilmark Public Library will have a talk by Bill Sargent about his new book, The Well from Hell: The BP Oil Spill and the Endurance of Big Oil. The program begins at 5:30 p.m. on August 17. The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Library. The public is invited at no charge.
The Martha’s Vineyard Democratic Council will host a visit by Setti Warren, mayor of Newton, who is running in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat held by Scott Brown. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. at Howes House in West Tisbury. The public is welcome to come and discuss the issues with the candidate.
The Chilmark Historical Commission hosted a successful talk on Wednesday last at the Chilmark library by Bob Groves, a restorer of historic houses. The commission is currently selling the documentary, Passages of Time, an exploration of the stone walls of New England, with many of the Chilmark walls included. Those who wish to purchase a DVD can call the Chilmark Historical Commission at 508-645-2104. They are being sold for $20 to be used for ongoing preservation projects of the commission.
Andy Anderson and Cola Parker are happy to have their daughter, Ella Anderson, 12, return to their South Road summer home this week. She has been at camp in Lake Placid, her first summer away from the Chilmark home. She is home in time to join 10 members of her family, ages 3 to 83, who will be competing in the Chilmark Road Race this week. This year, the family members have come from as far away as New Mexico and Maryland to celebrate the special birthday of grandmother, Francis Parker. Cheers from us all!
Two Chilmark chefs will compete on Saturday, August 13, at the West Tisbury Farmers Market at the second annual Seafood Throwdown. It is sponsored by the Northeast Atlantic Marine Alliance. Chilmark selectman Warren Doty will be the master of ceremonies. The chefs are Josh Aronie of Menemsha Café and Chris Fischer of Beetlebung Farm. It will begin at 9:30 a.m. and onlookers will enjoy many tastings.
We are invited to the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury on August 14 to hear the Reverend Doctor Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. This is the third visit for the Reverend Warnock to the West Tisbury Church. The service starts at 10 a.m. and the church will provide child care. All are welcome.
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