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The Road from Charity to Justice is the topic of the sermon offered by guest preacher the Rev. Cannon Edward Rodman on August 25 and Sept. 1 at the 9 a.m. service at Trinity Episcopal Church.
Even if you’re not of the athletic persuasion, you can still do your part to bring the Save the Gay Head Lighthouse Committee’s inaugural 5K to fruition.
Volunteers are needed to facilitate promotion, registration, site preparation and awards, as well as to staff medical/aid stations and water stations, provide course security and clean up after the event. The committee also needs a volunteer coordinator.
A new multi-million dollar health institute to aid the elderly, the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute, was opened last month in Bristol, England. It is named for America’s first female doctor, the forebear of Barbara Day of West Tisbury and Samuel B. Jones of Carlisle and Chilmark. Both, along with their spouses and Samuel Jones’s son, Steve, were in attendance at the celebration, as well as the three daughters — Scilla (sic), Margo and Jane, of the late George Blackwell of Chilmark. Dr. Blackwell was the great-great aunt of Mrs. Day and Sam and George Blackwell.
The YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard is hosting an American Red Cross lifeguard instructor training course from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 26 to 28. Participants must currently be certified as a lifeguard and be at least 17 years old. Cost for the course is $500 and includes instructor manuals and training.
During the last hour of the 152nd Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair on Sunday, a drizzly rain began to patter the ground. The exhibit hall closed and the animals in the barn and fiber tent were loaded into their trailers. Someone played Taps on a bugle. But the midway remained open and active, and rides still zipped and zoomed, flashing their colorful lights. Fairgoers continued to roam the booth area, eating corn on the cob, burgers and cotton candy. The fair comes only once a year, after all, and it was only a little bit of rain.
Louis W. Sullivan’s morning walks have always been about two things: building connections and health.
Dr. Sullivan’s early morning walks with his wife Ginger started in the early 1970s.