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First In, Best Dressage
The Martha’s Vineyard Horse Council is offering a dressage show on August 14 and clinic with Bill Warren and Bill McMullin the day before, August 13.
On show day Bill McMullin will host Ride on the Side. Participants will sit with Bill during the show and he will talk about what is going on during each ride, what the judge is looking for, and how the movements are likely to be scored — promising a great opportunity to ask questions about riding tests! The cost for this is $35.
The overflow crowd gathered at the Chilmark Public Library to hear renowned Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday evening did not know it going in, but they were about to hear from an indicted felon.
An international criminal, if you will, for his offense was not committed in this country but in Italy.
In summary, the circumstances are these: Several years ago an Italian newspaper contacted him, seeking his views on an Italian judge who had freed a group of terrorists, on the basis that they were actually “freedom fighters.”
Meals-on-Wheels
Got wheels? The Meals-on-Wheels program really needs you. Regular and substitute drivers are needed to deliver Meals-on-Wheels on Martha’s Vineyard. Drivers are needed Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Individuals, teams of two or more, or groups and businesses may adopt a route. Delivery routes include up-Island, in and around Oak Bluffs, including Woodside, Edgartown and Vineyard Haven. Mileage reimbursement is available.
We the young people of Martha’s Vineyard can help promote healthier living, especially among young Americans, by teaching parents to buy healthier food, getting kids motivated, and helping kids to exercise. By using all of these techniques we could really help a lot of kids lose weight and eat healthier.
When you’re a kid and are near water and see a stone, you skip it. Maybe you are lucky one day and you find a slate mountain. To a kid it seems to be a mountain, but it is a pretty big hill — or maybe it’s just a piece of a hill. You are on a path in a woods, it’s hilly terrain with lots of rocks and boulders jutting out into your way. The path winds around, slippery in places, for there are some tiny waterfalls here and there, and they make everything damp. You are 10, maybe 11 years old.
I moved to the Vineyard in 1966 and have been passionate about fishing from the beaches for more than 35 years. Over the years, I have seen many changes on the Island and have been especially affected by the loss of access to too many of these beaches.