Commentary
GOOD FOOD, GOOD SCHOOL
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
In every generation each person should see him/herself as if he/she personally was liberated from Egypt.
When an individual on Mar tha’s Vineyard dials 911 seeking assistance, a sheriff’s dispatcher answers the telephone, takes information and dispatches the appropriate emergency responder. This sounds like a fairly straightforward task, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Chief Thomas Wagoner of the Loveland, Colo., police department said it best, and to mark national public safety telecommunications week, I would like to share his remarks, which follow.
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Artemis’s Caution
When you look at a deer
what do you see?
Carrier of ticks? Raider of you garden? Meat for your freezer?
Pest, scourge, rodent with antlers?
When you contemplate a deer,
the only large animal left to roam wild
in our woods, a brilliantly fired creature who bolts off
with lifted white tail, speed like a gazelle, consider
As a photographer I am always keeping my eyes open for new things to shoot. Often subjects have a way of finding me.
Up-Island School Lesson
The Up-Island Regional School District dodged a bullet this week when West Tisbury voters refused to cut the district’s budget despite a strong argument to the contrary from both the town finance committee and the three selectmen; as a result school administrators may breathe a little easier knowing that they will not be forced to make cuts in educational programs.