Sports
Coop’s Top Gun
Cooper Gilkes 3rd of Edgartown has won this year’s 2007 Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club’s Top Gun Award, marking his third time winning the fall challenge at the club as he did in 1986 and 2003. Coop bested 10 other club members in the three categories of standing deer, slug turkey and a special presentation of a cup to gather up this year’s title. Phil Hughes of Oak Bluffs captured second place while Nelson Sigelman of Vineyard Haven placed third.
Two leading Island recreational fishing organizations have called on the state Division of Marine Fisheries to end the controversial practice known as yo-yoing, which laces bait fish with lead that ends up in the bellies of striped bass.
Island Woman Wins 5K
Amory Salem of Edgartown has won the women’s division of the annual Thanksgiving Day 5K in Oak Bluffs several times — but this is the first year she also out-ran the men as well to win. Congratulations.
School Wins Shade Grant
From Melanoma Group
Students at the West Tisbury School have won a $1,500 shade grant from the Melanoma Foundation of New England for designing a television spot to promote protecting skin from the sun.
The school was selected as a winner among hundreds of entries. At 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, the foundation will present the school with a grant to use toward creating shade, such as planting trees.
Island Ambulance Services
Seek New Volunteer EMTs
Vineyard ambulance squads once again are appealing to Island residents to become a volunteer emergency medical technicians.
Jeff Pratt, president of the Martha’s Vineyard Association of EMTs and Tisbury ambulance coordinator, says that new emergency medical technicians are needed every year. Classes start in January and go through April. Participants can become an Island emergency medical technician by June.
Club Hosts Shoot
The Martha’s Vineyard Rod & Gun Club will hold its annual fall shotgun shoot from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25 at the club, which is off Third street in Edgartown.
Open to members and the public, everyone is eligible for prizes. This annual shotgun marksmanship competition takes place the day before the shotgun deer season opens.