Community
Fifty years ago this month Harry Belafonte helped make history. On August 28, 1963, Mr. Belafonte, at Martin Luther King Jr.’s behest, recruited celebrities to speak to the estimated 250,000 Americans assembled on the Washington Mall — an event which, for many, defined a decade, even a century.
Lucy Thompson lives on Spring Moon Farm off Lambert’s Cove Road, a here-an-oink, there-an-oink working farm. It requires all the dawn-to-dusk responsibilities involved with raising cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, pigs and other animals, plus all the daily work of maintaining a lush garden that tumbles over with herbs, melons, squash, and a variety of vegetables.
On Thursday, August 15, the corn dogs come to town. So does the Ferris wheel, Robinson’s racing pigs, goat and swine exhibits, woodsmen’s competition, chop stick knitting contest, the list just keeps going on and on as the 152nd Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Livestock Show and Fair begins.
Summer Soul MV presents a full day of events to raise funds for organizations that support cancer patients. These organizations include Angel Flight New England, Martha’s Vineyard Cancer Support Group, The Look Good Feel Better Program of the American Cancer Society and the Scan Van program of Project Renewal. All four organizations will share proceeds from a health care panel and fund raising brunch to be held at Dreamland, and an artisans fair at Union Chapel, both in Oak Bluffs on Monday, August 12.
On Sunday, August 11, Reverend Raphael Warnock returns to preach at the West Tisbury Congregational Church. Rev. Warnock is the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. Warnock and Rev. Cathlin Baker, pastor of the congregational church, were students together at Union Seminary in New York city. This is Rev. Warnock’s fifth summer sharing the pulpit with Rev. Baker.
Services begin at 10 a.m. on Sunday. The church is located 1051 State Road in West Tisbury. Childcare is provided.
Has the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard been listed in the Best of the Vineyard? From the number of visitors walking through the doors lately, the shelter is the place to visit while on-Island. All the pets have been thriving on the human attention. Even Michael, the most reclusive of cats, has emerged from his hidey-hole to be admired. He has been joined in the cat room by Genevieve, a three-year-old tabby who has been an indoor cat throughout her life.