The Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs will see one of it’s first crowds of the summer at the upcoming Inspiration Weekend, June 5 to 7, hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Methodists. Senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Atlanta and founder and president of In Touch Ministries, Dr. Charles Stanley will lead the event, which features former members of The Fifth Dimension, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., as well as Island author SQuire Rushnell and his wife, comedienne Louise DuArt.

Gas

Prices for regular unleaded gas as of May 26:

Edgartown

Airport Mobil $2.999 Depot Corner $2.999

Edgartown Mobil $3.059

Oak Bluffs

deBettencourt’s $3.019

Jim’s $3.059

Vineyard Haven

Citgo $2.939

Tisbury Shell $2.999

West Tisbury

Up-Island Automotive $2.989

Menemsha

Menemsha Texaco $2.779

Massachusetts state average (source: AAA) $2.389

Grocery Basket

Joins Tennis Center

Damon Burke has joined the Vineyard Tennis Center, Workout and Spa as its new assistant director. A former Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School student, Mr. Burke has had a lifelong commitment to sports and fitness. He played soccer for Long Island University (Southampton and CW Post) and for the Kyoto Institute of Technology.

Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard announced this week that it will join forces with a leading Cape Cod hospice organization, a move that will lead to expanded services including those covered by Medicare, Medicaid and other insurance carriers.

The plan calls for Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod to become affiliated with the Vineyard hospice, which will retain its independence. An independent nonprofit based in Hyannis, Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod is the largest hospice organization on the Cape, with a $12 million annual operating budget.

The Vineyard boys’ tennis team this week earned a number three seed and a bye in the first round of the MIAA tournament, and will play at home on Monday; meanwhile the boys’ lacrosse team lost to Sandwich in the first round of the state tournament on Tuesday.

The boys’ tennis team finished the season with a 14-4 record, and unofficially won the Eastern Athletic Conference with a league record of 7-1 — unofficial because the Vineyard does not become a full member of the conference until next year.

Tomorrow, flyfishermen from around the Island and beyond will gather for the 18th annual Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club flyrod catch and release tournament. Registration is at the regional high school cafeteria from noon to 3 p.m. Entry fee is $35. Fishing begins at 7 p.m. and continues until 2 a.m. Sunday.

In years past as many as 200 fishermen have participated in the one-night contest and caught and released hundreds of striped bass.