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PDF of print edition The Lighthouse Keeper BY DANIEL W. DRAKE       Hawkeye was waiting on the low branch of the pine tree nearest the back door. As soon as he saw me, I was greeted with "Happy New Year." It sounds a bit different coming from a bird, but, nonetheless, the sentiment was clear. "Happy New Year to you, I replied. "Did you have a good holiday? More ... e t c e t e r a 1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends       COMMUNITY FOUNDATION RECEIVES $20,000 DONATION The Community Foundation for Nantucket has received a grant of $20,000 from the Reinberger Foundation. The grant, spread over two years, is for the Administrative Endowment Fund, to be used to help fund the costs of getting the Community Foundation up... More ... YACK on: Smear Grant Sanders       There's a movement afoot in Nantucket politics lately. (Or perhaps it's been going on longer than I think and I just noticed.) In the last six months, we've witnessed a unified group of local politicians deploy a very simple tactic. The smear campaign. Have you noticed it? I have. More ... PTertacks CAT BATH Part 2 Jan Jaeger       As promised, my elderly cat Jezebel had her New Year's bath. She did very well, but I suspect this bath will hold her for a while. She smells lovely and I think the warm water, followed by a gentle blow dry, was very soothing for her. I will walk you through giving my cat a bath so you can try thi... More ... Media you can Trust The merchants make the picks       BOOKS Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street 228-1080 "The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan ($15) Winner of the National Book Award in Non-Fiction for 2006, "The Worst Hard Time" reveals the untold story of those who survived the great American dustbowl. More ... I ON SELECTMEN AT ITS MEETING ON JAN. 3, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN (Stover absent)       + Heard an update on the mid-island roundabout from Transportation Planner Mike Burns who said work is nearly done until final paving is laid in the spring with a goal to have all construction completed by Memorial Day. + Heard an announcement from the Nantucket Anglers Club of a two-day boating s... More ... BIRDS OF NANTUCKET PALMS ON NANTUCKET? by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw       Holy Cow! Is this yet another symptom of global warming? Could palm trees actually grow here like they do on the English 'Riviera' near Torquay? No, we haven't gone that far yet. These 'Palms' are little warblers and strangely enough, we look for them on Nantucket in the wintertime. More ... TIGHT LINES SNAPFISHING with Andrew Spencer       Alocal biology teacher whose name rhymes with Liddle once suggested that yours truly was tinged with bitterness, going so far as to call me a curmudgeon. If memory serves, today marks the approximate one-year anniversary of that unfortunate declaration by young Matt, who was allowed to get away wit... More ... I ON THE COURT Nantucket Court Report       Following a fairly quiet New Year's weekend the District Court docket began filling to a more normal volume with several cases that had been carried over from last year and a few new arraignments. Because weather prevented a judge and assistant district attorney from getting to the island Monday, m... More ... Field Notes by Peter B Brace       BYOK (BRING YOUR OWN KAYAK) Kathleen Fee's idea of renting kayaks from the beach between the ocean and Miacomet Pond will likely drown in a swirl of bureaucratic rip currents when the Board of Selectmen take up this matter at its Jan. 17 meeting. More ...