Medicare Fraud Talk

Become an educated healthcare consumer and protect yourself and your loved ones against Medicare fraud and deceptive marketing tactics.

At 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 25 the Tisbury Council on Aging will host a free informational workshop to help consumers gain the awareness necessary to avod healthcare fraud and abuse.

For more details, call Terrie Drew, MA SMP Project Coordinator at 800-892-0890 or 978-946-1243 or Joyce Stiles-Tucker, Tisbury COA Director at 508-696-4205.

First Aid Class

The American Red Cross, will hold an adult and child CPR/AED and first aid class on Oct. 9, at the YMCA. The CPR class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and costs $60. First aid class continues to 4 p.m. The cost is $70 for both. You may register at 508-775-1540.

Island health boards are urging a newly aggressive approach to combating Lyme disease, proposing a five-year comprehensive study that would examine, among other things, drastically reducing the Island’s deer population.

The Vineyard study would piggyback off a recent report from the Nantucket Tick-Borne Disease Committee, which argues for culling its herd of approximately 2,500 deer to 500 or fewer animals, a process the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife expects to take roughly a decade.

Bodhi Path

The Bodhi Path Buddhist Center’s off-season schedule will include meditation sessions on four days of the week.

Tuesday and Thursday sessions will be from 6 to 7 p.m., Saturday mornings will be from 10 to 11:15 a.m. and include sitting meditation and yoga. On Sundays from 10 to 11 a.m. there will be meditation or teachings.

The Bodhi Path center is located at 21 Laurand Drive in West Tisbury. For more information, call 508-696-5929.

The 21st annual Oak Bluffs Columbus Day 5K road race will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10. The one-mile fun run will kick off at 10:30 a.m.

The race begins at the Wesley Hotel on the Oak Bluffs harbor. After the gun goes off it’s up and around East Chop. If you hit the wall, simply stroll for awhile and enjoy the breathtaking views of Vineyard Sound.

Stress Reduction Class

Grinding teeth. Biting nails. Living a life rife with road rage. It’s stress you say, the price of living in the must do, must have, must see, must be everything moment in our culture. But admit it, the whole race to nowhere has got you feeling down and out.

Well, this Sunday at 7 p.m. the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center is presenting a workshop specifically designed for you.