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David Provost

NAC RECEIVES $75,000 WEEZIE GRANT The Nantucket Arts Council is pleased to announce that it has received a matching grant of $75,000 from the Weezie Foundation. The grant is to spur development of a permanent endowment for scholarships for Nantucket students continuing their education in the arts beyond high school. With the grant, the Weezie Foundation will match dollar for dollar all donations to the Nantucket Arts Council for the Scholarship Endowment up to $75,000. Scholarship winners will be announced in the spring.

Contributions for this match can be sent to the Nantucket Arts Council, PO Box 2176, Nantucket, MA, 02584, noting the Weezie Grant Scholarship fund drive.

PROVOST NAMED KLINGENSTEIN VISITING FELLOW PProfessor Pearl Rock Kane, Director of the Klingenstein Center at Columbia University, has announced that David Provost, Head of the Nantucket New School, has been named a 2007 Klingenstein Visiting Fellow.

Each year twenty heads from independent and international schools are selected as Klingenstein Visiting Fellows at the Klingenstein Center in New York City. The object of the Klingenstein Leadership Program is to encourage a sustained and thoughtful leadership in American independent schools both here and abroad. Visiting Fellows spend two weeks in January at Columbia University as guests of the Center.

“Few opportunities for professional advancement can equal this prestigious program,” said Provost. “I am looking forward to taking full advantage of the resources of New York City, Columbia University, the Teachers College and the shared experiences with my colleagues.”

Starting on January 21, Provost will spend his time attending seminars, special readings, lectures and tours. He will also gain exposure to the dynamic mix of public, public/charter and private schools in New York.

“The Visiting Fellows program, held each year in January, chooses its applicants as much for what they bring to the conversation as for what they may take away,” said Bruce Buxton, Director of Planning for the Klingenstein Center. “Seven of this new cohort of twenty Visiting Fellows are heading American international schools.”

“The 2007 Fellows also include heads from American boarding schools, urban day schools, and country day schools from every region of the United States, including Hawaii,” said Buxton.

CHAMBER ANNOUNCES RED TICKET WINNERS Island shoppers spent more than $6.7 million at local businesses participating in the Chamber of Commerce red ticket program during November and December with a total of 269,189 tickets given out during that holiday period.

At the Dec. 24 ticket drawing on Main Street, Thomas McNeill was the holder of the $5,000 ticket which he received from Don Allen Ford. The $1,000 winners were Richard Ray with a ticket from Nantucket Pharmacy; Anna Burnham with a ticket from Island Airlines; Hospice of Nantucket with a ticket from Nantucket Bookworks; Debra Creedon with a ticket from Geronimo’s; Rebecca Schultz with a ticket from Cape Air/Nantucket Air; Tuany Tarcitano with a ticket from Don Allen’s; Cary Hazelgrove with a ticket from Nantucket Bookworks; Tracy Ryder with a ticket from Nantucket Gourmet; the Methodist Church with a ticket from Swain’s Travel; and Liz Locario with a ticket from Best of the Beach.

The winners of the Chamber’s residential light decorating contest were Scott Bamber for brightest lights; the Decker family for most creative; Steve Albright for most traditional; and Neville and Kathy Richen for best holiday spirit.

NANTUCKET’S NEW FAST BOAT IS COMPLETED The Iyanough, the Steamship Authority’s new fast ferry for the Nantucket run, was officially delivered to the boat line during Christmas week and will go into service March 28. The 154-foot, four-engine catamaran vessel built by Gladding-Hearn of Somerset, Mass., will be capable of running at 35 knots and can carry 393 passengers. The new boat, which features a state-of-the-art ride control system, is replacing the six-year-old Flying Cloud.

POLIA RECEIVES CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD Nantucket Bank’s Customer Service Recognition Award for 2006 was recently presented to Polia Ivanova. Polia is the Residential Lending Closing Coordinator based at the Bayberry Court Loan Center. Polia has been with Nantucket Bank for six years, and is widely recognized for the excellent service she gives customers and staff alike.

This annual award highlights the importance of employee efforts to give Nantucket Bank customers the best service possible, and to demonstrate a high level of team-work with their co-workers. Award winners are selected by Nantucket Bank officers and managers. For her achievement, Polia received flowers, a cash bonus, and an invitation to dinner with Bank President, Bill Hourihan.

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