Flanders And Swan

Oak Bluffs

Our thoughts and prayers this week are with Lisa BenDavid Scannell and her extended family. Lisa was seriously injured last week when her horse fell on her. She is now in Mass. General Hospital and is recovering from orthopedic surgery after suffering hip and pelvic fractures. She is out of ICU and faces over two months of rehab. Lisa and her family are so very grateful to the responding EMTs, who were praised by the Boston surgeons for their excellent and appropriate emergency response and care and to all their friends and family members who have been inquiring about her progress.

Veteran Hollywood comedy writer Marty Nadler will  perform his one-man show, Very Vineyard 2011, at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven on Saturday, July 9, at 7 pm — a benefit for the M.V. Center for Living. Marty's writing/producing and performing career spans more than three decades. Enjoy an evening of wine 'n cheese and comedy with the Vineyard's beloved raconteur. It will be his only appearance during July. For reservations, call Leslie at 508-939-9440. The Center for Living sponsors the supportive day program, medical taxi, emergency food cupboards, culinary arts luncheon, FEMA discretionary funds for fuel, and other assistance, and a network of providers' web site.

Oak Bluffs lost two lifelong Islanders this week. Genevieve Rogers and Bobby Ann Gibson both died on Tuesday. On Sunday, David Cunniffe, 71, of East Chop, a kind and gentle man, died. They leave many very sad family members and friends. Our sympathies are extended to you all at this time.

The Center for Living's second annual "Summer Welcome" dinner/dancing fundraiser is coming up on Friday, June 24, from 5:30 to 10 pm at the P-A Club in Oak Bluffs. Tickets cost $15. Last year's party was a sell-out, and everyone had a ball.

The Library Friends are holding their second Used Book Drop-Off Day of the season on Saturday, June 18, from 12 noon to 3 pm at the Oak Bluffs Public Library. Books in good condition are welcomed for children, teens and adults, including hardcover and paperback, fiction and nonfiction, plus DVDs, CDs, and Audio Books, as well as recent textbooks (last five years only). All book and media donations must be in good shape.

Kate Feiffer will be reading from her newest book at The Bunch of Grapes on Saturday, June 18, at 10 am, and will be having a car-decorating palooza for the kids. We think this is the first car-decorating palooza to be held on the Island.

WB Pippin: In The Gallery.......

I am an ex-actor/ stage manager/ singer in opera choruses. I've done loads of different jobs over the years to supplement the erratic and often meagre sums paid to thesps, notably painting and decorating , which I enjoy and have got good at. Jackie and I got married in 2007, bought wb Pippin and moved to the river Cam. Hobbies include acquiring and restoring bits of old junk, the biggest piece of which is a 1948 Alvis TA 14 dhc motor car. It is currently at my parents' place in Bournemouth, waiting patiently for me to get around to finishing it.....

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