Over 50 people turned out to hear Michael Hopper, president of the Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition, talk about the successes and lessons learned from stream restoration efforts at Red Brook in Wareham, and the Quashnet River in Falmouth, and how those could be considered in the discussion about our own Mill Pond/Mill Brook. The program was taped by MVTV and will air daily for the next three weeks. Additionally, a DVD of Michael’s presentation is in circulation at the West Tisbury Library.

It is important to correct a few points:

When introduced in the seventh grade to the story of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, I have to admit I was most interested in the description of the character’s gross nose. But I also responded to the 19th century setting and, of course, the love story, in particular the character’s willingness to be used as a bridge for love despite his own interests.

Recently, while having lunch with my friend Wendy, she shared a story about her father, one that reminded me of the lesson I learned from reading Cyrano de Bergerac.

As we drive off the ferry my wife, Cathlin Baker, turns to me and says, “Don’t mind me, I have an extreme sense of well-being.” She then proceeds to chatter and laugh, even waving occasionally to strangers in cars beside us as we wait in traffic on our way to Boston.

From Gazette editions of February, 1987:

The Martha’s Vineyard State Forest by any other name still brings the name of Manuel F. (Manny) Correllus to the minds of most Islanders, and some of them now want the state legislature to make it official.

From Gazette editions of February, 1937:

With the sale of Capt. Isaac Norton’s fast schooner, Malvina B., less than a year since the B.T. Hillman, Capt. Horace Hillman, gave her parting salute to her home port

FOR AMANDA

Editors, Vineyard Gazette: