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Martial Arts Awards
Two Vineyard martial arts students competed recently in the New England Classic at Franklin Pierce University. Julia Bettencourt placed first in Kata and sparring, while Preston Averill took first in sparring. Sensei Timothy Merriman of Blitz Fitness placed fourth in his division, while Team Blitz Fitness took third in team fighting.
The absence of fast food on the Island rankles some but it may also mean we are healthier. Vineyard residents rank as the healthiest in the state, according to a survey released Tuesday by the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Nantucket ranks second, the report found.
By IVY ASHE
Spring sports hit their stride this week, with several games taking place on home turf. Tomorrow, boys’ lacrosse plays Falmouth at 11:30 a.m., while the girls’ squad takes on St. Helens/St. Katherines — visiting all the way from Britain — under the lights at 6:30 p.m.
On Monday, the girls’ tennis team plays Sandwich at 3:00 p.m.
A juror in the Cessna plane crash case said Thursday that the case was “a toss-up” and might have resulted in a verdict for either side had it not settled on the eve of jury deliberations.
The female Edgartown resident, who did not want to be identified by name, said the panel bonded during the monthlong trial but abided by the judge’s instructions to refrain from discussing the case or drawing any conclusions until all the evidence had been presented.
The legal saga of Alec Naiman, Jeffrey Willoughby and Jessica Willoughby vs. Cessna Aircraft Company ended abruptly this week, after the three 2005 plane crash victims accepted settlement offers.
Until a week ago the waters off of Race Point in Provincetown were a pageant of marine life, with divebombing gannets, 80-foot fin whales slicing the surface, dolphins and porpoises circling like gnats and docile North Atlantic right whales skimming blithely by, mouths agape.