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From Gazette editions of November, 1958:
VNA RESPONDS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I write to address the Vineyard Nursing Association’s efforts to accommodate an increased demand for physical therapy services here on the Island, a demand which has been made keener by our absorption of the entire case-load of the Visiting Nurse Service unit of the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (which closed its doors last June) and by the loss of our full-time physical therapist over two years ago.
Educating Children Early
Investing in early childhood care and education is not about ideology. It’s simply a smart investment, a thing otherwise elusive these days. Investing in young children pays big dividends.
The Vineyard Affordable Child Care Project is a model program, run on a shoestring by two people who use local insight and a commitment to quality to maximize its impact. Yet this project is being crippled by sudden and short-sighted budget cutbacks.
Pond Stock Rising
The late Foster Silva, longtime superintendent for The Trustees of Reservations on Chappaquiddick who loved to tell perfect strangers that he had received his degree from Katama University, had an opinion on the subject of bay scallops. Cape Pogue scallops, he said, were the sweetest. No arguments.
Adagio Arrives
Rebecca and Charles Esposito of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Adagio Esposito, born on Nov. 14, 2008, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Adagio weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces at birth.
Announcing Chloe
Kelly Silva Boccia and Jason Boccia of Milford announce the birth of their daughter, Chloe Emma Boccia. Chloe was born on Nov. 9 at Metrowest Medical Center in Framingham and weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces. Island grandparents are the late John B. Silva of Chappaquiddick and John A. and Kathleen A. Benoit of Edgartown and Breaux Bridge, La.
CPR Teacher Training
The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter is looking to train CPR and first aid instructors to teach classes on the Vineyard. Instructor training courses will be held at the Chapter House at 286 South street in Hyannis on Dec. 5 and 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost of the course is $145.
Veterans, merchant mariners and others involved in past and present service will be honored at the Nov. 21 Shabbat Service at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center. An Oneg Shabbat with refreshments will follow the service honoring veterans. The Island community is invited to the service.
Margaret Knight>
508 627-8894
All of a sudden the leaves are all off and the world looks like winter, except my marigold “tree,” which is still blooming in the garden. And I’m still picking green beans – granted they’re tiny and few – and eating the last of the tomatoes.
Kathie Case>
508-627-5349
I think the whole Cape woke up to a surprise as we watched the snowflakes fall. It didn’t amount to much but it told us what time of year we are in.
