I hope everyone got to see the West Tisbury School’s production of the musical “Shrek Jr.” this past weekend. It was wonderful. All the students in it did such a wonderful job, and the songs were a lot of fun. Fynn Monahan played three parts, my favorite of which was the Gingerbread Man. I went to the show with Fynn’s mom Anja, Spa Tharpe, Jim Wallen, and Juli Vanderhoop. We met at Anja’s for appetizers beforehand, and then drove down together. We saw many more people from Aquinnah in the audience. The show was a little over an hour, with no intermission, but it was so funny the time flew by. Well done, West Tisbury students and staff.
This week at the library: Today there is story time at 3:30 pm, and the afterschool club is at 4 pm. This Saturday at 10:30 am, there will be story time, and from 11 am to 3 pm the craft will be making paper-bag frogs. There will be a Star Wars Party on Tuesday, April 19, at 4 pm. You can make a Star Wars craft, and people are welcome to come in costume. Refreshments will be served.
Tonight at Pathways, the program “Oceans Wilderness II” will be shown. It is an evening of film and video celebrating the ocean. Included in the show is a piece by Richard Skidmore called “Gay Head Light 2014 Revelations: How the Lighthouse Was Moved.” Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the show starts at 7 pm.
The town Boards of Health and Councils on Aging, together with Vineyard Smiles (a service of the Vineyard Health Care Access Program) are pleased to provide dental hygiene services at no cost to lower-income Vineyard adults who do not have dental insurance or a dental provider. You must preregister to take advantage of this program. The dentist will be at the Aquinnah Town Hall on May 6. For other dates and information, call Vineyard Smiles at 508-696-0020, ext. 14, or email vineyardsmiles@mvhealthcareaccess.org.
The board of health would like to remind people to make sure your lawn fertilizer is in compliance with the new regulations. It matters because lawn fertilizers are one of the contributors to our Island’s ponds’ bad report card. If you apply fertilizer yourself, you can find the regulations for each town by going to the Martha’s Vineyard Boards of Health’s website at mvboh.org. Once there, click on lawn fertilizer initiative and choose your town. If you use a landscaping service, they are required to have taken the fertilizer course and obtained a license to apply from the town they do business in.
Just a reminder that the next town meeting will be May 10. Come out, and let’s get our business done.
Sarah Saltonstall just returned from Tucson, Ariz., where she spent a week visiting her brother. She helped him with his job at Humane Borders, swam in the pool, and enjoyed the 80° weather. She then returned home to a snowstorm.
Congratulations to Emerson Mahoney, who was accepted to Dartmouth and will be starting his freshman year there in the fall. His family is beside themselves with happiness for him. Happy birthday to Lexie Roth, who celebrates today! Happy birthday to poet Carole Vandal, who celebrates on Saturday.