There it is, Five Corners — our Five Corners. It’s not the most elegant intersection on the Island. It’s rather scruffy, in fact. But, recently, in an effort to clarify where cars should go, the Town of Tisbury added a highway directional sign, actually two signs, one above another, atop a field of concrete brick pavers on the Post Office side of the road. Now every time I pass by I think of the hundreds of people on this Island who spend thousands of hours every month trying to keep Martha’s Vineyard special.

We won’t clam up.

We oppose the 31 per cent cut of high school performing arts classes. We offer proposals that will hold off those cuts and strengthen performing arts without raising our taxes. Will you help us?

LIGHTS OUT

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Tomorrow, Saturday night, March 29, is Lights Out Martha’s Vineyard from 8 to 9 p.m. We encourage every Islander to participate by turning out lights for this one hour to raise awareness about energy conservation.

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!

Town Meeting Time

Next Tuesday evening, Tisbury residents will gather in the gymnasium of the Tisbury School for an activity that goes back to the days of British colonial rule and yet remains as fresh as the latest Island controversies, whether large or small.

Should enough citizens turn out, town moderator Deborah Medders will declare that a quorum is present, and the voters of Tisbury will again begin the annual practice of coming together to govern their town.