Friday, May 24, 2013

By Katie Carroll
Published: May 28, 2009

Just like the ferry, Chilmark was rocking and rolling this Memorial Day weekend. Folks were turning on the water and dusting out homes, tilling the soil for their gardens, selling their winter's accumulation of assorted possessions at yard sales, and cooking out over the first weekend of summer.

My dad, Frank Tamoshunas, came for a quick visit with his grandkids and to deliver some of his heirloom tomato plants for our garden. Please recall, I do not have a green thumb, so keep your fingers crossed that they will make it through the summer. My mother, Diana Lees, was here for the long weekend and, thanks to the Nixon Family, enjoyed dinner at the Home Port with the 25 people we managed to squeeze at our table.

I had a nice chat with Jack Dunk, grandson to the Harrisons of Flanders Lane. At that point, Jack was fishing hard but not catching. I hope his weekend finished up with reeling in a big one. Also here were Chris and Celia Slater visiting with Herb and Jane. The Jaffes are back at their Stonewall home. The John Keene family has the pleasure of Hillary's folks for the next couple of weeks. Hal and Ann travelled from Colorado to see their now four-year-old granddaughter. Yes, Ella celebrated a birthday on the 19th.

A warm welcome back goes out to Peter and Del Darling who have returned from their Stratham, N.H., home to a summer of excitement on the south shore. Daughter Susan Greeley and her children, Brendan and Tara, were here for a night to get the house opened and window screens in place. Brendan is a senior at Quinnipiac College and Tara is a sophomore at Holy Cross. Tara just returned from a trip to Italy with her varsity basketball team. Brendan's friend, Steve, was also here for the night to assist with the summer start-up chores.

As of June first, the library will begin its extended summer hours. Tuesdays it will be open from 10:30 am until 5:30 pm and Fridays until 1:30 pm. Please be reminded that Saturdays from 10:30 to 11:15 am is story time. Sandpipers, a group for toddlers, meet Tuesdays from 10:30 to 11 am and teen time is Saturdays from 3 to 5 pm. Also, at the library, Elizabeth Carter will be showing her art from May 23 until June 12. Elizabeth Carter makes small wall sculptures, collages, and monoprints, working with a variety of materials. Part landscape, part reliquary, her work combines expressive mark-making with images, symbols, and found objects to create intimate, personal environments. You can visit the library website for further information at library.chilmark.ma.us/ or call 508-645-3360.

Allison Colarusso will have her first art show at the Chilmark Sovereign Bank beginning with an opening reception tomorrow from 4 to 6 pm. Her photography, which is primarily focused on the natural beauty of Martha's Vineyard with a few shots from a recent trip to Key West and the Bahamas, will be on display from May 29 through June 4. How exciting to find a location to share your passion.

Ian Yaffe, assistant harbormaster, will be back for the summer as a college graduate. Ian, the Goodwin Commencement prizewinner at Bowdoin College, delivered a speech entitled "Moving Forward with the Common Good and Bowdoin," which addressed his commitment to making the world a better place. He was one of five students from across the country selected last June to receive the Campus Compact's 2008 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award for showing an extraordinary commitment to improving local and global communities. Congratulations, Ian.

Pam Goff shares news from the Chilmark Church. The Reverend Arlen Bodge will preach this Sunday at 9 am. Also, for those of you who haven't heard, the Chilmark Church will continue to host the Chilmark Flea Market, but at a new location for the summer of 2009. Its new home will be the beautiful rolling field across from the house referred to as the old schoolhouse. Keep checking in for updates and information.

The West Tisbury School seventh graders have received their English exchange pairings for next fall. Bradley has already emailed back and forth with her new friend, Emily, a number of times. Emily, along with approximately 40 British students, will visit us in October. In the meantime, the kids are diligently working on their articles for "School's Out" and continue to gather advertising sponsors for their paper.

The students at the Chilmark School have begun to plant their new school garden.

The pastures at the Captain Flanders House are a little too quiet today. Sandy Mincone's horse, fondly known as Immy, suffered a leg break and had to be put down. My sympathy goes out to you and all of the other horses and ponies in the field. He will be missed.