At the top of the news this week is the JPVIS Annual Meeting last Saturday. First order of business was the singing of “Forever Maine” accompanied by Holly Barnes on violin. The pressure is on when it’s a beautiful Saturday morning and there’s an agenda to get through. Outgoing president Anne Markette kept it at 1 hour and 15 minutes, presiding with her usual warmth, humor and ability to share the accolades for her many accomplishments as president among the board, committee chairs, and volunteers. Fred Moder, as incoming president, lauded the work of the community by saying “we are a village that knows how to keep improving.” The bottom line is that JPVIS is in excellent shape, thanks to the recent capital campaign and good leadership.

For the week ahead, Saturday, Aug. 2 is the Pancake Breakfast and Tennis Exhibitiom at 9. Please bring a cash donation to offset costs and help the tennis program. Fill up again the next day, Sunday, at 5 o’clock at the Chowder Cook Off. Buy your chowder tickets on the JPVIS website ahead of time.

Next Thursday, Aug. 7 at 7 p.m., Terry Paetzold will be speaking at the Community House about her experience as a sous chef on a Mediterranean cruise last summer. I’m hoping for a behind-the-scenes tell all, but might have to temper expectations a bit as Terry is returning to the same gig this summer. Promises to be dishy at any rate.

Kit Andrews reported: “Folks enjoyed a great history/storytelling evening on the 16th. We learned the origins of the Professors Point moniker from Lee Corbin and I, for one, never tire of hearing (from Celia) about how Mrs. Hinrichs’ cottage was floated from Factory to Hahn Cove in the latter 1940s, nor (from Kem Roth) about why the “Roaring Twenties” owner of Loghaven (previous to her great-grandparents Maddocks’ purchase) named it the Stumble Inn.  Wednesday, Aug. 13, is right around the corner; do join us at the Community House at 7 for another evening of history/storytelling.”

Over the July 18-20 Shipyard Regatta weekend, the Big and Little Cottages at the Andrews’s on Hahn Cove gave way to 13 sailors who skippered and crewed in four Vipers. Thanks to Bob and Louise Bowditch’s son and daughter-in-law Nate and Eden for leading the Viper racers to the Andrews cottages for the second year in a row.  It is a pleasure to host these serious sailors!

This week, the extended family of Bob and Louise’s niece, Nam Holtz, will take over the same cottages in celebration of Nam’s 50th birthday.  On Sunday, Aug. 10 at 6 p.m., the Harbor Theater will show Nam’s film “Found in Korea” about her “search [for] her birth parents and the world she lost as a baby”, with a talk-back after the film.  

The headhunters on the JPVIS board are still looking for a new columnist for next season as this one will be retiring. Writing for the Register is very satisfying and the editors will save you from embarrassing mistakes, like last week when I messed up the plural possessive. It appeared correctly in the print edition. Not so on the copy you were emailed on Thursday morning. Which is to say, we all should either buy or subscribe to the Register as it is our local newspaper of record.

We are still looking for subs for the Aug. 18 and 25 submissions. Please send whatever you have for announcements or news this week to annedooley@mindspring.com.