Dean’s List
Samantha Rabin, daughter of Karen Bressler and Steven Rabin of Turkeyland Cove Road in Edgartown, has been named to the dean’s list at Hamilton College for the 2007 fall semester.
Ms. Rabin, a first-year student at Hamilton, is a graduate of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
Announcing Júlia
Angelica Moreira and Laudinei Prata Vilaça of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Júlia Bonjour Prata Vilaça, born on Jan. 7 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Júlia weighed 7 pounds, 4.4 ounces at birth.
HOLLY NADLER
508-693-3880
If I were writing a children’s book about this week in my life, it would be called, Fun! Fun! Fun! Bills! Bills! Bills!
There’s been a lot of stuff on National Public Radio lately about hidden fees in our invoices, and I decided to go on a crusade and find out Where’s Waldo in my bills, Waldo being each and every suspicious charge. I began with the phone company, Verizon.
Garden Scholarships
The Nauset Garden Club will award two $3,000 scholarships to residents of Cape Cod or the Islands for the 2008-09 academic year.
The students should be entering their junior or senior year of college during the 2008-09 academic year, majoring in landscape design, horticulture, environmental, marine or a related science, or be enrolled in a graduate program majoring in the same studies.
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
We send condolences across the Vineyard to all who enjoyed the company of Bob Morgan of Edgartown, who died earlier this month. All who knew him appreciated his enthusiasm and love for his family, his Island home and his country. He will surely be missed by many of us.
Agricultural Society Invites
Farm Grant Applications
The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society has issued a call for applicants for its annual grant program. Eligible are all farm-related individuals or organizations whose goal is to improve the quality of life and contribute to the sustainability of the Vineyard agricultural community.
Dean’s List
Genevieve Flanders, daughter of Joyanne and Steven Flanders in Chilmark, has been named to the dean’s list at Hamilton College for the 2007 fall semester. Ms. Flanders, a graduate of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, is a junior majoring in neuroscience at Hamilton.
Medication Safety Fair
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has scheduled a medication safety fair in the hospital’s main lobby on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 9 to 11 a.m.
Community members are encouraged to bring their current medications, including any vitamins, herbs and over-the-counter medications, in a bag to the fair, where hospital workers will be assisted by Island pharmacists.
New Chapter Group
The New Chapter Group will be starting again soon at the Tisbury Senior Center with Karen Meeks as facilitator. If you are newly retired, just moved to the Island or experiencing any change in your life, you are invited to join the group, which will meet monthly. More information is available by calling the center at 508-696-4205.
