Joins McLean Trustees

Vineyard Haven resident Dr. Auguste (Gus) Rimpel Jr. has joined the board of trustees for McLean Hospital, the largest psychiatric affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

A retired managing partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mr. Rimpel has an extensive background in international consulting, business and government relations.

Farming the Land

The agricultural renaissance on the Vineyard has shown the Island not only is a fertile place to raise crops and livestock, but also a place where a thriving informal network of woman farmers has grown.

The resurgence, in fact, taps some very old roots. When Vineyard men went to sea in past centuries, Vineyard women ran the farms.

Finding Common Ground

Dr. Martin Luther King said it forty-five years ago: “At eleven o’clock on Sunday morning when we stand and sing and Christ has no east or west, we stand at the most segregated hour in this nation. This is tragic. Nobody of honesty can overlook this.”

I’m the very model of the modern man. And I proved it recently when I made my debut as a model at a women’s jewelry show.

My Hide and Seek Pencil

Even tho’ I keep a pencil by

my phone

Ready to use in case of need

I find that I should have had its clone

Since a readied pencil is a

Special breed.

Ring Ring Hello! Yes I’ll get a

Pencil

Oh! Where is it? Oh Where?

I start becoming apprehensial.

It’s not here! It’s not there!

Fearless Whaler

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of March, 1908:

The bark Wanderer is being fitted for a whaling voyage and will be commanded by Captain George Fred Tilton, the hero of the long walk from the Arctic, bringing the news of the disaster of the whaling fleet, the winner of horse races, and the successful whaling captain.

Hold That Thought! Cognition and MS is the title of a video screening Sunday, April 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Tisbury Senior Center, 34 Pine street, Vineyard Haven.

This 30-minute video about multiple sclerosis that explores the effects of cognitive difficulties on people’s lives. Cognition includes learning, memory, problem solving, information processing, attention and concentration.

Experts share information about the effects of MS and tools that can be used to improve cognitive ability.

See them first at Featherstone: now in its second decade as the Island’s only year-round art center, Featherstone Center for the Arts is preparing the walls for a pair of gallery shows from Island’s best young artists.

Paper and Pottery opens on Sunday to showcase work by students of Janice Frame and Scott Campbell at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. The show opens March 30 with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. and runs through April 6.

Chocolate, a pair of running shoes and you: the first Hot Cocoa 5K Run and Walk for the Safe Haven Project, an event where all proceeds go directly to the spring camp, is set for April 20.

The run will be the kick-off event of this year’s Safe Haven camp, which brings children with HIV and AIDS together for a week away from judgment on Martha’s Vineyard.

The race begins at 10 a.m. on the first full day of camp, April 20, followed by cocoa, cookout and celebration at the finish line with this year’s campers.

Film Producer Seeks

Historic Photographs

The producer of the documentary about the legendary Vineyard schooner captain Zeb Tilton is seeking the loan of pictorial elements.

J.B. Lamont, the film’s editor, reports that the production already has some 500 photographs that have been contributed by museums, libraries, newspapers, family members and collectors, in addition to motion picture footage from a wide number of sources.