POSITIVE SIGNS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

As the nation weathers its horrific, self-inflicted, environmental Pearl Harbor in the Gulf of Mexico, we also continue to endure the ongoing, widespread, business as usual devastation caused by coal use and the invisible harm emanating from our fleet of nuclear power plants (tritium leaking into drinking water aquifers, for example).

COMPLETE SURPRISE

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Words cannot express the emotional feeling that I felt, when my name was read by the principal of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School at the start of the Class Night ceremony for the class of 2010, at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs, on Friday, June 11.

MENTORS WHO HELP

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

GOOD THINGS, TOO

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

The town may have budget constraints in this economy, but what about all the good things happening in the town of Oak Bluffs through grants and hard work and good will?

FALSE AND MISLEADING

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I write in regards to comments made by Mr. Nixon, principal of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, in the Vineyard Gazette May 28 article, “Parents Appeal in School Marijuana Case.”

BRAZILIAN DAY

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

On Friday, May 21, we organized the first Brazilian awareness day at the regional high school. We had a wonderful day and involved most of the school in activities such as Jiu Jitsu, Capoeira, Brazilian dancing and even fusion dancing with the Irish history class and traditional Brazilian food.

We would like to thank Elio Silva, Elias dos Reis, Steve Bernier, and Merrily and Frank Fenner for their generous donations.