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For more than 20 years Dr. Elliott Dacher practiced medicine. He was an internist going about his rounds of helping patients with their physical ailments. Over the years, however, he began to sense that something was missing. He didn’t know exactly what it was, but he felt an inner longing, both for himself and for his patients, whom he felt were not receiving the entire package.
The seventh annual Aquinnah Powwow at Aquinnah Circle began Saturday at noon with the Grand Entry, a procession of dancers and drummers. Members of 10 nations were in attendance, and the powwow also honored tribal veterans and elders.
Members of the Narragansett Tribe certainly had the most representation, with Hiawatha Brown as the arena director, head dancers Christian and Leah Hopkins, Dean Stanton, who always has a remarkable style of dance, and members of the Hazard family in attendance.
Tivoli Day Celebrates and Remembers
Tivoli Day is tomorrow. Sept. 17 from 9 to 6 p.m. in downtown Oak Bluffs. For those out of the loop, this is an annual event that essentially takes over Oak Bluffs. Circuit avenue becomes a walkway throughout the festival and plays host to music, outdoor dining, arts, a climbing wall, mini horse rides, raffles, and summer specials. Essentially, it showcases Oak Bluffs at its very best, with just the right amount of shoulder season elbow room.
Ping Pong Season Begins
The all-Island club MV Table Tennis started its new season of play Sept. 13 at the West Tisbury School. The club, which is open to players of all ages and skill levels, will play weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays at West Tisbury, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and at the Vineyard YMCA Saturdays and Sundays, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
A wheelchair-bound Vineyard Haven man was acquitted this week of a charge he used a baseball bat to assault a man he accused of molesting a three-year-old girl.
After a bench trial in Edgartown district court on Monday, Francis C. Hebert, 57, owner of Mac PC Sales and Service, was found not guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon stemming from a Feb. 22 arrest.
Police said that Mr. Hebert, a paraplegic, told them he used the bat on Joshua Hardy of Middleborough after Mr. Hardy admitted abusing the girl and then laughed at Mr. Hebert.
Back to the Island - An Evening For Friends of WMVY radio begins at 8 p.m. Thursday at Nectar’s by the airport with performances by Livingston Taylor, Mike Benjamin, Sabrina and Groover, Jason Spooner Trio, The Daytrippers and Jemima James and Dan Waters.
There is no set admission fee for the benefit, but attendees are being asked to pay what they can. Proceeds will benefit the not-for-profit arm of WMVY that supports free streaming of all programming online at mvyradio.com.
For details, call 508-221-5778 or visit mvyradio.com.