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July 21, 2011
Chilmark
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
slaterjn@comcast.net
Chilmark is a busy place. Everyone I meet is in a hurry to be somewhere else. There are so many things to do that the vacation part of a vacation is getting lost! Just in case you aren’t totally booked for the coming week, I will include some announcements and program listings for you!
July 21, 2011
Aquinnah
JUNE D. MANNING
508-645-2574
(lthslnks@gis.net)
The fifth annual Native American Artisans’ Festival will be held at the Aquinnah Cultural Center on Saturday, July 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with Jennifer Kreissberg of Ulali performing at 3 pm. For further information, please call 508-645-7900.
In case you missed the festival two weeks ago, the West Tisbury Congregational Church will have an ice cream festival tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by and enjoy your favorite ice cream dish.
July 21, 2011
Volunteer with Red Cross
Volunteer with Red Cross
The American Red Cross is looking for Island volunteers for general support, health and safety preparedness, disaster services and military family support.
Training is provided, free of charge.
Volunteer forms are available to download on the web at cciredcross.org; click volunteer, or call 508-775-1540.
July 21, 2011
Correction
Correction
A story in Friday’s paper about a lawsuit brought against Clarence A. (Trip) Barnes 3rd referred to Mr. Barnes’s plan to fight an order to remove unregistered vehicles from his West Tisbury home. Mr. Barnes said he would fight the order to remove storage trailers, not cars.
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Harvard professor Joseph L. Bower was incorrectly named in Tuesday’s story about the Summer Institute lecture at the Hebrew Center.
The Gazette regrets the errors.
July 21, 2011
When Molly Gets Really, Really Creative
By JONAH LIPSKY
Before she began writing and illustrating children’s books, Molly Bang earned master’s degrees in Far Eastern languages and literature from the University of Arizona and Harvard University. These experiences helped her realize, “how unsuited I was for scholarly research and a life spent in libraries.”
She then turned to reporting, learning, essentially, the same lesson. She worked at the Baltimore Sun and discovered, “how unsuited I was as a reporter by getting fired.”
July 21, 2011
Chief Climber
Chief Climber
Chilmark police chief Brian Cioffi is going Over the Edge this weekend. As part of a fund-raising event for Special Olympics Massachusetts, 100 participants who pledge to raise at least $1,000 have a once-in-a-lifetime chance of rappelling 22 stories down Boston’s Hyatt Regency.
As of Thursday morning he had received $7,148 in donations. Anyone may donate online at overtheedgeboston.org, sponsor “edger” Brian Cioffi.
July 21, 2011
Aquinnah to Create Taxi Regulations
Aquinnah selectmen denied a new taxi license application this week, citing a lack of town rules and regulations.
Selectman Spencer Booker said at the selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday he couldn’t approve Jeff Corr’s application because the town has no taxi bylaws.
“I’m looking to work some rules and [regulations] up perhaps similar to other towns before I feel comfortable issuing any more licenses,” he said. “We have no [regulations] in place and we really need to make that happen before we can move forward.”
July 21, 2011
Historian Highlights Moments of Revelation
The West Tisbury Public Library is expanding, its patrons hope, to make room for more books like David McCullough’s The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. Mr. McCullough spoke at the Agricultural Hall on Wednesday to a rapt, full house, without notes and with his inimitable panache about the importance of libraries and the illuminating effect the City of Lights has had on its American visitors over the centuries.
