Celebrations
Garden Club Plant Sale
The Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale and open house on Saturday and Sunday, May 29 and 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the historic Old Mill on Edgartown Road in West Tisbury.
The mill, located across from the Old Mill Pond, has been the home of the club since 1942. A great variety of plants grown in the Garden Club’s greenhouse through the winter will be offered for sale to members and the public.
Senior Health and Fitness
Island Elderly Housing is celebrating National Senior Health and Fitness Day for our residents on Wednesday, May 26 between 10 and 11:30 a.m. at our Woodside 2 community room. There are several fitness activities planned for residents including a walk from 10 to 10:30 a.m., a Wii bowling tournament and a lasso golf round robin tournament.
Masters for Father Nagle
Rev. Michael R. Nagle, pastor of Good Shepherd Catholic parish on Martha’s Vineyard, has earned a master of arts in pastoral studies in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd degree at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis.
Completes Art Thesis
Grier Filley of Millbrook, N.Y., and Chappaquiddick, a senior studio art major at Skidmore College in Saratoga, N.Y., will show her senior thesis in an exhibit of her peers at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore from May 14 to May 22. An opening reception will be held on May 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is welcome.
Chilmark resident and Gazette photographer Peter Simon was a member of the graduating class of Boston University in 1970. The only trouble was, he never actually graduated. A student strike that followed the Kent State killings that year led to the cancellation of graduation ceremonies. Instead, students received their diplomas in the mail. Now, 40 years later, Boston University has decided to give the class a formal graduation to make amends.
Commended List
Headmaster Jay Stroud has announced the Commended List at Tabor Academy for the first semester of the 2009-2010 academic year. On the list are: Alex Nugent, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nugent of Edgartown, and William Kadison, son of David and Christine Kadison of Vineyard Haven.