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Swiss-born designer Stina Sayre has fashion in her genes. “I love to design, that’s what I do,” she said recently from her Vineyard Haven studio and store. “I come from a clothing family in Sweden. My grandfather started a clothing company and my uncles took it over. I worked in the business as a kid,” she said. Mrs. Sayre began taking classes and courses in design and technique. It wasn’t until moving to Martha’s Vineyard 20 years ago (after meeting her husband, Nevin, both champion windsurfers) that Mrs.
Receives Degree
Tonya Leonard, a member of the class of 2008 at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., received a bachelor of science degree summa cum laude with honor in education studies.
Prior to commencement, she received the John P. Shepard Prize in Education Studies, named in honor of a former professor and given annually to the student who has demonstrated outstanding performance in both academic achievement and field work in education.
She is the daughter of Pia and Richard Leonard of Vineyard Haven.
Navy Ensign Brett A. MacLaren, the son of Navy Capt. Ron J. MacLaren of Oak Bluffs, recently completed the Navy nuclear power training unit course at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, Goose Creek, S.C.
Ensign MacLaren received instruction about nuclear theory, chemistry, physics, reactor operations, safety and security. Upon completion of the course, he was designated a nuclear power operator.
Island Plan Forum
The next Island Plan summer forum, which will deal with the Vineyard’s built environment, will be held Monday, August 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Union Chapel on Kennebec avenue in Oak Bluffs.
The forum will discuss Vineyard buildings, neighborhoods, streetscapes and public spaces. At the forum, the Island Plan Built Environment Work Group will present its preliminary recommendations. Admission is free.
Built on Stilts Slots
A few available performance slots for the Island’s dance festival coming August 15 to 19 and 23 and 24. Please e-mail Built on Stilts Director, Abby Bender, at [email protected] or visitbuiltonstilts.org for more information. Theater, dance, improvisation and music are welcome. Final programming due by August 5.
It was U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Feb. 5, 2003 address to the United Nations which convinced Bob Drogin that Saddam Hussein had stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.
Until then, said Mr. Drogin, who covers issues of weapons proliferation, terrorism and intelligence — nukes, kooks and spooks — out of Washington for the Los Angeles Times, “I was a sceptic.”