My friend Herbert Ward would like to remind everyone that the Federated Church in Edgartown, will hold its seventh annual Festival of Wreaths on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m.
The weather has been absolutely ideal all week, allowing for all the outdoor activities one did not get to over the busy summer. The fish are not as abundant as usual and perhaps it is due to the warmth of the water but they are still biting. The birds are lingering and not migrating south just yet.
We thoroughly enjoyed the warmth of the weather over the past week. However, by Wednesday morning it was nearly freezing. Fireplaces are already burning the remnants of last year’s woodpile, summer clothing is heading for winter storage, parking spaces are more abundant, lines in the stores are less long, and you finally have time to actually have a conversation with your family and friends whom you have missed over the summer. The goldenrod is abundant, beach plums were nonexistent this year, yet there will still be a few good beach days left to enjoy.
Jannette Vanderhoop will be the presenter at the Aquinnah Cultural Center today from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Vanderhoop Homestead. There will be a $10 craft fee as you learn how to create a sailor’s valentine and as you listen and learn about Wampanoag whaling. On Saturday, Jason Mancini of Connecticut College and the Mashantucket Research Center, will present a lecture titled Preserved on the Mighty Waters. Admission is $7. It’s all part of the whaling exhibit.
The Rev. David Berube will be the guest minister at Community Baptist Church on Sunday. Reverend Berube is a member of the Oak Bluffs Police Department and serves as chaplain for at Otis Air Force Base.
November is American Indian Heritage Month and the Aquinnah Public Library has a stellar collection of Native American books. Please stop by and look through the vast collection for your reading pleasure. This is a collection that has been built upon over the past two decades, first by Roxane Ackerman and growing significantly with each new library director. Jennifer Christy, her staff, and library trustees Nancy Delaney, Betty Joslow, and Martha Vanderhoop have further expanded the collection.
The Aquinnah Fire Department is still seeking a few strong people to join not only for the benefit of the department but for the Aquinnah community as a whole. Their services certainly would have been utilized on Saturday during the storm when everything was blowing around and transformers were at times arching and catching on fire. Our fire department is not well staffed at the present time and more volunteers need to be trained.
