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Tisbury
August 25, 2005
By Kay Mayhew - 508-693-2725 - kayanddonald@yahoo.com
Congratulations to Jennifer Oliver. The whole town is proud of Jennifer. At the Fair she tossed an iron skillet 44 feet, three inches to win in the 18 to 29 age group.
Great news from the Kuehne family. Braden Robert Kuehne was born in Falmouth to Robert and Sandra Kuehne. Robert owns BKs Carpet Cleaning here. The baby’s grandparents are George and Mary Kuehne of Vineyard Haven and Dave and Margaret Keen of Manchester, England. Braden is welcomed by his big sister Kaylee, age three, and three pretty Island cousins, Tayla (10), Alyssa (6), and Sara Kuehne (5).
I attended the biggest birthday party at Illumination Night. Everyone sang “Happy Birthday” to Pete Ferguson. The birthday cake was served later by his wife Barbara on the porch of their cottage. Hanging front and center on the porch roof was a special birthday present, a new lantern handpainted by Marion Burke with the Ferguson coat-of-arms and Scottish thistles. There were also a number of grandchildren assisting in the celebration.
The Fair had lanterns, too. Ethan Mendes won a ribbon for his seven entries. Mary Anna Baston won a red ribbon for a quilt, beautifully pieced and quilted, featuring more lanterns. There were a lot of quilts hanging high above the crowd, most with the names printed so you could read them from below. A striking quilt with burgundy borders and burgundy embroidery on white squares was created by Catherine Griffin. Sara Kurth took ribbons, including the Watkins Award, for wall hangings liberally embellished with beads. The men noticed all the wildlife, especially fish, on the quilt made by Cindy Bennell. Ann Maley’s blue ribbon was on a complicated tessellation quilt, pretty to look at and fascinating to study.
Many Vineyard families make the Fair a family project. Toby Riseborough (age 12) got three ribbons, including two blues, for his chickens: a Rhode Island red hen, a Rhode Island red-and-buff Orvington cross-bred, and four jungle fowl babies born in June. His mother says that the new jungle fowl have been fairly quiet birds so far in the neighborhood and missed the quiet when they stayed at the fairgrounds. His sister Maggie May (10) received a blue ribbon for a shell collection/collage with poetry. Their mother Corinne Dorsey baked her favorite cake from a Baptist Church cookbook while her niece, 12-year-old Ashleen, helped to carry on the Dorsey family baking tradition with double chocolate chip cookies
Everyone at the Fair was talking about the display of live eagles, owls, and hawks. Most thought the birds were stuffed until an eye blinked or a wing fluttered. My other favorites: Gertrude Knowlton did a watercolor of pale yellow roses making you want to stroke the velvety petals. Allan Pekor captured a beautiful Island scene in his color photo of a schooner in the harbor. I loved Christine Alesch’s rooster at the window of the henhouse. Fairgoers admired Lori Stone’s mermaid doll, another winner, as well as her delicately embellished antique-looking quilted and beaded bag. Few pictures compared to Frayda Galvin’s remarkable photograph of an exquisite egret.
The life-sized “Thing 1” made by Julie Pringle earned a blue ribbon. The absolute winner of all, with a red ribbon, was Julian Robinson’s photograph of Allen Whiting face-to-face with a newborn lamb. That would make a delightful Fair poster!
Mark your calendar to feast on a spaghetti dinner on Saturday, Sept. 3 at the Legion Hall on Martin Road. Adults pay $10, children under 12 are served for $5. That is because only children are aware that September is next week. Buy tickets at the door or reserve yours with a call to Ed Colligan at 508-693-0912.
Big bunches of birthday balloon wishes go out today to Sherm Goldstein. Percy Burt celebrates on Saturday. Wish a happy 82nd to Arthur Dickson on Sunday. Happy birthday wishes go to Gisela White and Cynthia Walker on Monday. Wednesday belongs to Jessica Dolliver.
Heard on Main Street: “Sun days are better than others.”
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