FLAG FIX

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Let’s all give a big thank-you to whomever dredged up the so-called flag bylaw in Tisbury and indirectly brought it to our collective attention. Such faceless mischief-makers are rarely recognized for catalyzing unintended consequences.

In all the hubbub two questions go unanswered: Where is the value added, and how is the public served?

Dawn Camille Baxter and Derrin Arthur Woodhouse were married Saturday, May 29, 2010 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Englewood, N.J. The Rev. Robert L. Shearer, the priest-in-charge of the church, performed the ceremony with the Rev. Charles L. Fischer 3rd, another Episcopal priest, participating.

Dawn is the daughter of Thelma Boozer Baxter and William C. Baxter of Englewood, N.J., and Oak Bluffs.

Dance Into Summer

Lisa Umberger and Dwight Arundale of Boca Grande, Fla., and Edgartown were married in an intimate ceremony on Sunday, May 8, at their home in Boca Grande. Family friend Donna Moore officiated with longtime friends Fred Berger and JoAnn Barwick serving as best man and matron of honor respectively.

Champagne and caviar were served after the ceremony, followed by a celebration dinner at the Gasparilla Inn. The couple have returned to the Vineyard for the summer and are planning a honeymoon later in the year.

Laura Marie Tilghman, daughter of Frank and Jeanne Tilghman of Newbury, Vt., and Ludovic Chan Razafindramazana, son of Kherounnissa Tombosoa and Chan Chong Tsiu of Maroantsetra, Madagascar, were married in October 2010 in Toamasina, Madagascar.

Kristin Mary Wilson and Daniel Oliver Jr. were married at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Mattapoisett at noon on Sept. 11, 2010. The Very Rev. Harry E. Krauss, Dean of the Cathedral of Saint John, Providence, officiated.

The receiving line was held at the family home on 40 Water street, where the bridegroom often visited his late paternal grandparents, Andrew Oliver and Ruth Blake Oliver of Boston. The reception was held at the Mattapoisett Casino where the Alex Donner Orchestra performed. The couple later departed on the catboat Seasons.

Integrated Health

Acupuncturist and natural medicine doctor Dr. Iris Gold and chiropractic orthopedist Dr. Steven Katz both are back practicing at Integrated Health Center of Vineyard Haven.

He’s an academic and an adventurer, an Oxford-educated expert in Sanskrit who 50 years ago traveled overland from Damascus to Baghdad, then sailed across the Arabian Sea from Bombay to Aden in an untested boat with limited charts.

The Steamship Authority will lose the lease for its reservation office at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport, and is seriously considering closing the office.

The move is made necessary by the fact that the new owners of the so-called Beacon Building — Island Professional Realty LLC — have told the boat line they have other plans for the space, and will not extend the current lease beyond the end of January next year.

Beachgoers whisking their dogs onto Joseph Sylvia State Beach for a quick spin hoping no one notices may want to think twice this summer — the Dukes County commissioners are calling for a volunteer-based patrol program to help enforce the no-dogs policy.