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Tivoli Day Fun Run
Start the Tivoli Day festivities on Sept. 15 with the sixth annual George V. Tankard Memorial Martha’s Vineyard NAACP 5K Road Race and one-mile Fun Run. The fun run begins at 9:30 a.m. from the Wesley Hotel on the Oak Bluffs harbor, and the 5K begins at 10 a.m. from the bus stop at Ocean Park.
Preregistration is from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14 at the Wesley Hotel, while race day registration at the same location begins at 7 a.m.
For more information, call Roger Wey at 508-693-7887.
Hook into the Derby on Friday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Louisa Gould Gallery, with live music, refreshments and first viewing of the benefit invitational Derby exhibition involving some 25 Island artists.
From 5 to 6 p.m. Ed Jerome will be signing the book he edited with Ray Ellis’s fishing art. The new exhibition includes oils, photographs, paintings, sculpture, works on paper and board, and the official Derby Grand Slam oil painting as well.
The 20th anniversary of the Martha’s Vineyard Challenge was golden. The Saturday sailing and paddling event raised $14,423 for Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. High winds and bright sunshine made the day perfect for windsurfers and a challenge for sailors and paddlers.
The 43 registered participants and their friends set a record in fundraising.
As August heat gives way to the cooler temperatures of fall, so too changes the sporting landscape of the Vineyard.
In recent weeks, beach volleyball and recreational league softball have been replaced by high school football, cross country and field hockey. Eight teams compete in six sports during the fall high school sports season, more than any other season.
From back swings to forechecks to half-back options, the signs of autumn are everywhere.
Globally, women are the fastest growing population of people infected with AIDS. And women and girls of color in the United States and around the world have been hit the hardest.
The Chilmark Road Race is a chimerical beast, part family-oriented charity jog, part cutthroat competition. Perhaps the contradictory spirit of the now-legendary institution was best summed up by Willy Anderson, age 10. When asked about his plans for the race, the bespectacled youth declared, "I really want to beat my mom. We'll start out together, but at the end I'll try to beat her."