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Musical Peace Rally
Saxophonist Nick Arons will serenade people at and passing through Five Corners in Vineyard Haven at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 9 as part of a rally against the occupation of Iraq and the Bush administration’s policy toward Iran. More information is available by calling 508-693-7741.
It appears the Chilmark Road Race will continue as usual Saturday. No big changes. “Hopefully it’s going to be exactly like it’s been the last 31 years,” said James Goodenough Heuser, the director of the Chilmark Community Center.
As usual, registration for the event filled up quickly; the 1,500-person limit has been reached. “People come up every moment trying to get in,” Mr. Heuser said Thursday. “We’re already turning people away.”
The Martha’s Vineyard NAACP and the Oyster Bar & Grill are presenting a series of four summer luncheons with guest speakers who have made successful careers in broadcasting entrepreneurship, in organizational management and human resources, in writing, and in medicine. Lunch and dialogue is open to all. The events are at 12:30 p.m. at the Oyster Bar & Grill at 57 Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs. Cost is $30 per person per luncheon, to benefit the Island branch of the NAACP.
The speakers will be as follows:
Last Call for Chowder
The last New England chowder supper of the season at the Federated Church in Edgartown will be held Thursday, August 14. Supper will be served from 6 to 7:15 p.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children. Proceeds benefit the Island Food Pantry. A Vineyard Sound concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the church meetinghouse. For information call 508-627-6040.
Habitat Will Break Ground
On Sixth Vineyard House
Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard will break ground on its sixth house on Saturday, August 9, at 10 a.m.
The new home will be built in Edgartown on land donated by the Town of Edgartown and transferred to the Island Housing Trust. The address is 21 11th street, on the south side of the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road.
On Tuesday afternoon as thunderstorms threatened, they came to the West Tisbury Grange Hall early and straggled in late: fishermen fresh off their boats, cooks from Chilmark and New York, politicians and lawyers in coats and ties, teenagers on skateboards. They came to honor Clarissa Allen and Mitchell Posin, recipients of the 25th annual Award for Creative Living from the Ruth J. Bogan and Ruth Redding fund. The Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha’s Vineyard gives the award every year to acknowledge an Island resident who embodies the spirit of Vineyard living.