Jennifer O’Neill to Speak

Jennifer O’Neill, Hollywood star of the film Summer of ‘42, model and cover girl, will share her story about how she found hope and peace in the midst of her tumultuous movie career, on Thursday, July 22, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at the Tabernacle on the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs. A freewill offering will be taken in lieu of admission fee.

Eighth Graders Serve Tea

The eighth grade class of 2011 is hosting the 21st annual Edgartown Garden Walking Tour and Tea on Wednesday, July 21 (rain date, Thursday, July 22), from 1 to 4 p.m.

The popular tour benefits the class trip to Washington, D.C. Tickets are $5 and can be bought from any eighth grader, or at the Ashley Inn, Saffron or Edgartown Books.

Gone are the grownup gatekeepers of movie merit — kids are the audience for the weekly Cinema Circus films. So the Gazette and the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival bring you the big view from the smaller viewers with weekly kid critics.

By PETER BRANNEN

As the charred remains of the drive-on dock at Menemsha stand as a reminder of last Monday’s fire, the unselfish actions of a few individuals during the frenzied confusion of the blaze have come into sharp relief.

One such individual is Menemsha bass fisherman Casey Elliston, who salvaged a number of boats from the inferno as flames raced down the ill-fated pier. For his part, Mr. Elliston refuses to acknowledge that he did anything special the day Menemsha burned.

With the mercury topping 90, Islanders elsewhere complained about the mugginess, but at the weekend’s annual Feast of the Holy Ghost, the prevailing atmosphere was, as ever, the light spirit of generosity.

Flights of History

In the coming year the Vineyard and Gosnold communities will be deciding what kind of wind energy development we want, both on land and offshore in state and federal waters. We’d like to give the community an update on preparation of a Wind Energy Plan for Dukes County, an effort begun early this year by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission with the help of a work group made up of representatives of the seven towns of the county.

FROM MENEMSHA

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Thank you to everyone who helped put out the boathouse fire on July 12. Without this all-island effort, so much more would have been lost. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

Barbara and John Armstrong

Menemsha

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SAIL MV CORRECTION

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Food is for your stomach, and flowers are for your soul. That’s what Victoria Riger tells people when they ask why she sells flowers rather than produce. Ms. Riger, Krishana Collins, and Ken DeBettencourt are all farmers. You won’t see their names among the big farm names on the Island, but their bouquets of flowers fill our homes with color and scents that no potato can do. They are a few of the flower growers on the Vineyard.

History buffs and aviation enthusiasts alike gathered at the Katama Airfield in Edgartown on Saturday afternoon for a chance to see restored World War II airplanes in action. The planes — two trainer aircraft and a transport plane — were flown in as a spinoff event to the Those Who Serve exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.

History buffs and aviation enthusiasts alike gathered at the Katama Airfield in Edgartown on Saturday afternoon for a chance to see restored World War II airplanes in action. The planes — two trainer aircraft and a transport plane — were flown in as a spinoff event to the Those Who Serve exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.