Google Workshop

The MV Women’s Network will hold a three-hour interactive Google workshop from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on April 10 on how to use Google tools to reach and serve more customers. The workshop will be held in the Baylies Room at the Whaling Church on Main street in Edgartown,

Navigation Course

Sail Martha’s Vineyard is offering a coastal navigation course Monday and Wednesday evenings, April 9, 11, 16 and 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. The course will focus on introducing students to basic chart work, including determining a vessel’s position, course plotting, coastal piloting, familiarization with navigation aids and allowing for tides and currents.

Each student will be assigned an individual navigation station as well as provided with all of the necessary charts and tools.

By IVY ASHE

Spring sports hit their stride this week, with several games taking place on home turf. Tomorrow, boys’ lacrosse plays Falmouth at 11:30 a.m., while the girls’ squad takes on St. Helens/St. Katherines — visiting all the way from Britain — under the lights at 6:30 p.m.

On Monday, the girls’ tennis team plays Sandwich at 3:00 p.m.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

March 30 47 38 Trace

March 31 51 37 .10

April 1 47 30 .14

April 2 52 38 .27

April 3 47 34 .03

April 4 55 35 Trace

April 5 61 41 .00

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 51º F.

Last month documentary filmmaker Len Morris of Vineyard Haven accepted the 2012 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor from the U.S. Department of Labor at a ceremony in Washington D.C. But Mr. Morris does not have the luxury of basking in the afterglow of the award ceremony. His Kenyan Schoolhouse program, now in its tenth year, is currently putting 34 former child laborers and street children through secondary school.

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Martial Arts Awards

Two Vineyard martial arts students competed recently in the New England Classic at Franklin Pierce University. Julia Bettencourt placed first in Kata and sparring, while Preston Averill took first in sparring. Sensei Timothy Merriman of Blitz Fitness placed fourth in his division, while Team Blitz Fitness took third in team fighting.

The fate of the Martha’s Vineyard Family Center surfaced again this week, with the center’s supporters urging the high school committee to consider ways to keep the center at the high school.

The high school, citing low enrollment numbers, has decided to phase out its early childhood vocational program. As a result, the family center will need to relocate by 2014.

The absence of fast food on the Island rankles some but it may also mean we are healthier. Vineyard residents rank as the healthiest in the state, according to a survey released Tuesday by the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Nantucket ranks second, the report found.

A dentist, a rabbi, and a potter walk into the West Tisbury School.

It could be the beginning of a bad joke, or it could just describe a typical Tuesday or Thursday night for the Martha’s Vineyard Table Tennis Club, which draws its players from all walks of life, including the three mentioned above.