Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

March 6 43 31 Trace

March 7 57 40 .00

March 8 64 41 .00

March 9 61 38 .37

March 10 39 31 .43

March 11 46 37 .03

March 12 47 32 .18

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 43º F.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

Chilmark has many reminders that spring is coming and, hopefully, soon! The snows of the past two days are gone after today’s rain. The daffodils that are peeking out of the sunny sides of yards will have had a good wetting this week.

JOHN S. ALLEY

508-693-2950

(alleys@vineyard.net)

Well, if you are superstitious, sprinkle a little salt over your left should before reading today’s column. The weather last weekend was positively delightful and springlike. The temperatures climbed into the low 60s on both days. Golfers were out practicing their swing in the Agricultural Hall field, tops were down on convertibles, T-shirts were the order of the day, and folks began cleaning up the mess in their yard from winter. People are slowly adjusting to daylight saving time.

JUNE MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

Aquinnah Public Library for Saturday, March 14 at 11 a.m. — Jennifer Christy will read stories to celebrate spring and at 11:30 will assist with art projects to celebrate light.

TOM DRESSER

508-693-1050

(tomdresser@aol.com)

Oak Bluffs library will host a technology fair on Saturday, March 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. Reference librarian Mat Bose says anyone can come and learn about a variety of technologies related to business, entertainment, energy, personal computers and home networks. Programs range from Vineyard Energy to WiFi update and a video-discussion with Valerie Becker.

KATHIE CASE

508-627-5349

(kathleencase@comcast.net)

I don’t know about anyone else but I think every year it takes me a little longer to get used to the time change. I love that there is light at the end of the day but I like the light in the morning; it helps getting up easier, but oh well this too shall pass.

Just before February vacation, my class went to Edgartown Cinema and saw the film  Defiance. It was a movie about the Bielski brothers who survived the Holocaust by building a community in the forest. They lived in hard conditions, but they saved 1,200 people. Even though this number seems small when you consider that six million Jews died in the Holocaust, if they had only save d one person it would have been worth it. One life is still so much. “Our revenge will be our survival,” said the Bielski brothers, and this is so true.

For every disaster, there is a survivor and I am he,” declares Matt Flynn, stepping towards the three spirits listening as he speaks the ancient words of Tuan McCarrill. This is the Irish Creation story, and Matt is playing the part of Tuan, the shapeshifter who witnesses each race of invaders as they conquer and then lose the land of Ireland.

Tisbury has a warrant article for the annual town meeting to see whether the town will appropriate $1,566,000 to start setting aside money to pay for retirement benefits for town employees. We have been funding our pension plan, but we have not been funding promised health insurance and other benefits.

Cast Your Ballots!

From the Gazette editions of March, 1909: