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A glass of wine or beer at the end of the day is relaxing and may have health benefits, it is said.
Students Graduate
Hanss Buder, son of Lynn and Karl Buder of Vineyard Haven, has graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science from Duke University in Durham, N.C.
Mickaela Gray of Edgartown received a bachelor’s degree during May commencement ceremonies at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt. She majored in community and international development.
The Rev. Thomas C. Lopes, a Vineyard native who has been ordained for 43 years, will retire as pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, North Easton, on June 24.
Father Lopes, who will turn 70 in August, plans to retire to the Island. He intends to assist at churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River with the celebration of Masses and other priestly services.
A 1956 graduate of Tisbury High School, he studied for the priesthood at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Conn., and at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton. He was ordained a priest in 1965.
It was as if those audio vignettes so often played on the nearby National Public Radio station WCAI were being spoken out loud, live and seriatum at the Oak Bluffs library:
“I used to carry all the bags off the steamboat, then the ice, and then deliver letters. We’d go to the fish market and open quahaugs for all the hotels. And we’d do the Flying Horses at night, and go swimming,” Billy Norton said, recounting growing up in Oak Bluffs in the 1930s.
Early Service
From June through August, the Federated Church on South Summer street in Edgartown will hold an early, informal service at 8 a.m. each Sunday. The service generally will last about 30 to 40minutes. The regular worship service will be held at 10:30 a.m., with child care available at this ser vice. More information is available by calling 508-627-4421.
Democratic Council Will
Sponsor Candidates’ Event
Candidates for the Democratic nomination for state representative to replace the retiring Rep. Eric T. Turkington will introduce themselves on June 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs School.
The Democratic Council of Martha’s Vineyard, which is sponsoring the event, invites the public to meet the five candidates, learn their views and ask questions.