Under the Party Tents, a Tasting of Summer

$175,000 Is Raised in Two-Day Event to Benefit Trust

By JESSIE ROYCE HILL

It is one of the Vineyard's few events at which everyone wears shoes. Tasseled, pointy, strappy and high. They call it a stroll, but the women, in their pink and green Lilly Pulitzer ensembles, more likely teeter from vendor to vendor as they withdraw their heels from the fresh grass into which they've sunk. The gentlemen, a formation of navy blazers and bowties, outpace them.

Authority Members Talk Tomorrow About Future of the Chief Executive

By ALEXIS TONTI

The future of the Steamship Authority will be decided this week when chief executive officer Fred C. Raskin steps behind closed doors to tell the boat line board of governors whether he will resign.

At a meeting Wednesday, "I believe that Fred Raskin intends to tell us whether or not he plans to stay for the full term of his contract," Vineyard SSA governor Kathryn A. Roessel said.

SLIP Styling Away: Youth Group Organizes, Sponsors First Events

By CHRIS BURRELL

They call themselves The SLIP. That's the condensed form of a name that sounds like it was plucked from a comic book bubble: The Supporting League of Ideas and Projects.

A youth-driven group, their whole purpose is fostering creative outlets for their peers, giving Island teenagers an alternative to the weekend or summertime party scene.

Like a twist on the old Homer Price story, it wasn't the doughnuts that piled up this weekend at Janice Casey's bakery in downtown Oak Bluffs, but the signatures.

Aquinnah Fails to Pass Override; Budget Faces Cutback of Ten Per Cent

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

Voters in Aquinnah dealt a heavy blow to the town selectmen this week, rejecting a $260,000 Proposition 2 1/2 override and sending a tough message about government spending that reverberated around the Island.

The general override failed by three votes in a special town election held Wednesday afternoon.

The final tally was 40-37 against the override.

Late-night snackers looking for their fix of apple fritters, doughnuts and cinnamon buns in Oak Bluffs could be locked out and left hungry tonight.