Elects Officers

Vineyard House, a public charity that provides housing for Islanders in early recovery from substance abuse, held its annual general meeting and officer elections Jan. 23. Mark Jenkins will remain in place as president of the board of directors, and will serve alongside co-vice presidents Beth Toomey and John Early, treasurer Brian Mackey and clerk Pat Gregory. Tim Dobel, Janina Kean and Sheila Shapiro will continue as additional board directors for 2012.

Delmont Araujo, a senior at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, has been selected to play for the South squad in this years Shriners All-Star football game.

The game will be played in Gillette Stadium on Friday, June 15.

Lorna E. Chambers-Andrade, RN, PhD, a resident of Edgartown, was honored at the 40th anniversary celebration of the New England Regional Black Nurses Association in Boston at the Copley Marriott Hotel on Feb. 10. She was the seventh elected president of the association, from 2002 to 2004.

Over 300 people attended the celebration. The founder, Dr. E. Lorraine Baugh, is a year-round resident of Oak Bluffs.

Marie Araujo, a registered nurse from Edgartown and also a former member and officer of the association, was unable to attend the celebration.

Dean’s List

Rebekah Jane Nivala of Vineyard Haven has been named to the fall 2011 dean’s list at Wheaton College in Illinois. Rebekah is a senior, and is pursuing a degree in piano performance. Rebekah is also a member of the Women’s Chorale ensemble and the Intercollegiate Debate Team, and is involved with the community service organization the Rotaract Club. Rebekah is the daughter of Risto and Lisa Nivala.

The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society has announced what it is calling a quiet fund-raising campaign this week to raise money to help offset the cost of its recent land purchase in West Tisbury.

The society and the Polly Hill Arboretum bought nearly 10 acres of land from the Martha’s Vineyard Museum last summer for $1 million. The agricultural society contributed $800,000 to the purchase and the arboretum contributed $200,000.

The land lies between the arboretum and the fair grounds.

Kathlyn Lorraine Medeiros and Gilmar Mateus de Souza of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a daughter, Evelyn Lorraine de Souza, born on Feb. 9, 2012, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Evelyn weighed 7 pounds, .045 ounces at birth.