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The Martha’s Vineyard Mediation Program will conduct basic skill mediation training during the first two weekends of March. The 32-hour course costs $400. Interested parties may obtain more information by calling 508-693-2999.
After the regional high school science fair had ended on Saturday afternoon, two youngsters approached sophomore Eli Hanschka, who had just taken home the event’s top prize, grand overall winner, for his engineering entry, Wave Energy: Harnessing the Power of Waves.
The Martha's Vineyard Ice Arena will be bustling this weekend with the start of the 16th Annual Fairleigh S. Dickinson Tournament on Saturday. The tournament, held in honor of arena benefactor Farleigh Dickinson, spotlights the Vineyarders and visiting Westwood, Weston and Lynnfield.
In February Islanders’ thoughts often turn to spring when the snowy, gray haze of winter comes to an end. Green grass will sprout, tiny buds will peek out of tree branches and yellow daffodils will bloom. But it can seem very far away.
As Dickon, The Secret Garden’s Yorkshire boy characterized by his way with both nature and words, sagely notes, “A lot of things what looks dead is bidin’ their time.”
The polished hardwood of the regional high school basketball court gleamed beneath the bright gymnasium lights, reflecting the figures of the 10 players racing up and down the lanes. The championship game of the boys’ middle school basketball season was underway.
The novelty of playing at the Vineyard version of the big time, the Francis “Sancy” Pachico Gymnasium, was there for both teams on the court.
Perhaps by next year some brilliant student will invent a machine to blow blizzards away. But for now the high school Science Fair scheduled for last week will take place tomorrow, Feb. 16, at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
This is the 14th annual science and engineering fair. The public viewing takes place between 11 a.m. and 12:15 and the awards will be presented at 12:15 in the cafeteria.