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April 28 - May 4, 2005 Edition
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CHILMARK April 28, 2005 By Jacqueline Sexton - 508-645-2895 - jschil@adelphia.net No one is taking these sunny days for granted after having been bruised and battered for so long. But the baby blue and bright yellow autos with New York and Connecticut license plates are arriving, so spring must be here. The Chilmark Town Affairs Council, which runs the summer program at the community center and which is a model of fiscal efficiency and accountability, has sent out its annual fundraising letter. The center's summer program is self-supporting, and contributions are used for new equipment and maintenance. In the past year, they bought two sailboats, a roller for the tennis courts, and 200 comfortable chairs (co-funded with the Martha's Vineyard Independent Film Society and the Martha's Vineyard Chamber Music Society), among other things. The center is used year-round, and we often wonder what we did before we had it. This Saturday, April 30, the women's symposium XV will meet at the community center from 9 am to noon, with speakers, small groups, and refreshments. The theme this time is “Riding the Waves.” Admission is free, but a donation will be appreciated. Paintings by Pierre Bourque will be on view at the library for the month of May. And Gloria Burkin is showing new oil paintings at the Bank of Martha's Vineyard with an opening reception on Saturday, April 30 from 3 to 5 pm. Her paintings, which will be up until May 25, are landscapes focusing on the light in the changing seasons. While we're planning for all the summer activities, school children are still working away in school, and the library's after-school program for children age five and up continues on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. Next Wednesday, May 4, the children will read Tomak Bogacki's “My First Garden” and then plant seeds. Everyone will be able to watch the seeds grow when they come to the library, and, later, when they're transplanted outside. What a wonderful idea! News of Islanders tends to show up all over the place. In a recent New York Times House & Home section, John Abrams, president of the South Mountain Company, was one of the people interviewed for a story on river-bottom lumber. He said he uses the logs, which are expensive, but declined to give the name of his supplier. Instead, he told a story, which is a pretty typical Chilmark thing to do.

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