Matilda Arrives

Tehya Annabelle Backus-Clement joins her parents, Jeannie Clement and Rod Backus of Vineyard Haven, in announcing the birth of her little sister, Matilda Adelai Backus-Clement, on March 11 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Matilda weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces at birth.

Do you love horses and helping people? Rising Tide Therapeutic Equestrian Center is having a volunteer recruitment day. The center, based at Red Pony Farm in West Tisbury, needs help from anyone aged 16 or over in many areas: grooming and tacking up horses, barn cleaning, side-walking in lessons, pasture raking, public relations, and more.

ShareCare, a one-day seminar for the general public that teaches cranio-sacral therapy techniques to relieve pain and promote relaxation, will be held Sunday, April 6, at Vineyard Complementary Medicine in West Tisbury. The workshop accommodates those who have no background in anatomy or physiology.

Earns Honors

Elizabeth Edwards, a member of the class of 2008 at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., earned highest honors for the fall semester. She is the daughter of John and Mary Edwards of Edgartown.

Hello, Guthrie

Rosemary and Nathan Davis of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Guthrie Floyd Davis, born March 10 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Guthrie weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces at birth.

Diversity Council Seeks

Help from New Members

The Island Diversity Council, a grassroots organization with the mission of keeping issues of diversity in the forefront of the Island community’s attention, is seeking new members.

The group seeks to promote programs in the school and create venues for adult education and discussions. The goal is to foster acceptance and understanding between all the different constituencies on the Vineyard.