Opinion
From a June Just a Thought column by Arthur Railton:
Editor’s. Note: The Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank recently sponsored an essay contest for school children in grades five, six and seven, in honor of national Teach Children to Save Day. What follows is the winning essay. The writer is a sixth grade student at the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School.
On May 28 Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard and Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod (H& PCCC) announced an alliance that will bring expanded hospice services to Martha’s Vineyard while preserving the traditional role of Hospice. This letter is an effort to set forth my personal feelings and the board’s rationale for this innovative undertaking.
Port Town in a Storm
A Daunting Task
While Island seniors and their families are planning their graduation parties, parents of Island middle schoolers are discovering ways to make sure their kids reach graduation, happy and healthy. The Martha’s Vineyard Youth Task Force hosted dinners at all Island schools in the past week, to communicate with parents about communicating with teens on the subject of drinking and drugs. Their message is at once sobering and promising.
We just installed a new oven and the kitchen has been all torn up. A fit of tidiness and order naturally followed this upheaval, an inspiration to do something serious about cleaning things up to match the shiny new appliance. Starting to hunt for a Band-aid in a kitchen drawer full of junk, I decided to change the paper lining while at it. Sort of stirring things around, I began to take a look.