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Scholarships Available
The Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard is now accepting applications for its 2012 educational scholarships.
Seventeen scholarship funds are administered by the permanent endowment, which will be awarding scholarships to both high school seniors and Vineyard students currently enrolled in college or graduate school. Last year, $144,300 in scholarships were awarded to 63 Island students, with awards ranging from $500 to $5,000.
Democrats Caucus
Democrats in Edgartown will hold a caucus on Feb. 11 to elect delegates to the Massachusetts Democratic party’s 2012 nominating convention. The meeting begins at 11 a.m. and takes place at the Edgartown Public Library located on North Water street.
All registered Democrats may vote in the caucus. Two delegates and two alternates may be elected at the caucus.
For more information, call Christina Brown at 508-627-5534.
On Roll on Super Sunday
Super Bowl Sunday. Tom Brady in the huddle. He steps to the line. Surveys the defensive spread. Audibles a 4-4-50 call and then, right in front of the global audience, the whole team leaves the field, hops a plane and heads to the Vineyard.
Sounds bizarre? Well consider what a 4-4-50 means. Four Grace Church lobster rolls for $50.
Farm Neck Grants
The Farm Neck Foundation, a charitable corporation created by the Farm Neck Golf Club, has awarded $36,000 in grant money to 16 Island organizations, programs and nonprofits. The grants are intended to provide charitable assistance exclusively for Martha’s Vineyard.
Recipients of the 2011 annual grants are listed below.
A Farmers’ Roundtable will be held Feb. 2, at the Farm Institute in Edgartown.
The 2:30 p.m. event, organized by the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF), the Martha’s Vineyard Youth Leadership Initiative (MVYLI) and the Farm Institute, will bring together farmers from around New England to discuss farming issues.
Busy Farmers
And you thought it was quiet in Katama in winter. Well, not at the Farm Institute.
Winter is for doers on the farm as the winter program gets underway. Little farmers, for ages five to seven, chew their cud with the cows on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Fridays are get fit at the farm with some farm chores involving working with animals, including oxen training. Thought the weight room was sufficient? Tell that to the ox you need to move.