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Lily Morris holds three feet of line, with one end in each hand and the rest dangling between her arms.
“This is the bitter end,” she says, indicating the portion in her right hand, “the end that you work with when you’re tying a knot. And this is the standing end, the part that attaches to something else,” she says, wiggling her left hand. “The section in the middle is called the bight.”
The Vineyard Committee on Hunger along with several of our local houses of worship and Reliable Market are working together to ensure that Island families in need will have a great Easter meal. Help by contributing the cost of one family’s meal, $25.
The Easter Basket includes a ham, five pounds of potatoes, three pounds of apples, three pounds of oranges, a pound and half of onions, a pound of carrots, sweet potatoes and more.
April is National Poetry Month, and the Vineyard Haven library is issuing a call to all Island poets who would like their work shown in the library’s main display case.
Poets may submit a maximum of three poems. They should leave their names off the poems, but include another sheet of paper with their names, phone numbers, and the titles of the poems.
Poems can be left in a box on the Friends’ table just inside the main entrance of the library.
Vineyard House is hosting a potluck with The Sisters, including Sister Rose and Sister Maurice from the Bronx, bright, big-hearted, down-to-earth women who tell engaging, funny tales of living with the daily struggle of a habit, from the perspective of a nun’s habit.
Scots and non-Scots are welcome when the Scottish Society celebrates National Tartan Day, April 6, with a potluck supper at the Federated Church in Edgartown. There is no charge.
Entertainment will be a mini-concert by Joe Keenan, whose performance will include the well-known Scottish traditional tunes.
A special tribute will be paid to James Naismith, who invented the game of basketball. Mr. Naismith came to the Vineyard one summer from his base at the YMCA in Springfield, Mass., which now houses the James Naismith Hall of Fame.
Soccer Registration
Walk-in registration for youth soccer’s spring recreational season will be held on Saturday, April 4, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School cafeteria. Online registration is now open at mvsoccer.org. This program is for: Minikickers (kindergarten-first grade), Under-8s (second and third grade) and Under 10s (fourth and fifth grades). Games start on May 2.