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Photography Book Award
West Tisbury photographer Alan Brigish’s book Breathing in the Buddha: A Photographic Exploration of Buddhist Life in Indochina was recently awarded first place in the photography category of the 2010 DIY Book Festival, which honors independent and self-published works of merit. The book also received an honorable mention in the spirituality category of the 2010 San Francisco Book Festival. Profits from every $49.50 sale of the book now go directly to pay for a child’s education in Burma, Nepal and Cambodia.
Pending the ability to hire an accredited teacher, high school leaders announced this week that driver education will return to the regional high school next fall.
Former head of the state police, Neal Maciel, is set to begin teaching in the fall once he receives the proper teaching credentials from the department of motor vehicles.
Out with the old library and in with the new may take on a new meaning at the annual town election in Edgartown next Thursday. Against a backdrop of heated discussion in recent months and weeks over plans for a new town library, three seats on the library board of trustees are being contested.
Julie Lively is challenging incumbent Ellen Kaplan for a one-year term as library trustee. In a telephone interview this week Mrs. Lively said she was inspired to run when she saw a presentation about the potential new library.
Food for Fines
Food for library fines amnesty week is April 10 through 16 at the Vineyard Haven Public Library.
Anyone with an account full of overdue books and movies can return them free of charge by bringing a nonperishable food donation for the Island Food Pantry,
For details, call 508-696-4211.
It’s easy to feel helpless in the wake of disaster but, as the six girls of Edgartown Brownie Troop 80290 learned, equally easy to take action. For the past few weeks, Brownies Ellie Dolby, Kamari Edgar-Harris, Kylie Estrella, Kya Malone, Madison Palmer and Avery Simmons have been hard at work raising money to donate to survivors of the earthquakes in Japan.
Applications are now being accepted for one of International Rotary’s oldest programs, the ambassadorial scholarship awards, designed to further international understanding and foster friendly relations among people of different languages and different cultures. While abroad, scholars serve as ambassadors of goodwill to the people of the host country and give presentations about their homeland to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to greater understanding of their host countries.