Holiday at Seamen’s
      The holiday season of 2006 has been a remarkable one at Seamen’s Church Institute beginning with our Thanksgiving Dinner for the community when we cooked and served 75 dinners. The Christmas season began with the enchanting decorating of our 1930 historic building by the Newport Garden Club followed by Christmas morning breakfast when we cooked and served for 150 members of the community.
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Chorus says thanks
      It was a joyful experience for all of us in the Jamestown Community Chorus to perform our favorite selections in two concerts in December. The patrons were most appreciative of our 2006 holiday offering, which included seasonal and Christmas choral music from as early as the 16th century to the present day.
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Thanks to good Samaritan
      On Tuesday evening, Dec. 12, my wife and I left our home to seek supper because we were too tired for food preparation after rising at 3:30 a.m. to reach medical care in Boston. Before driving a mile, we developed a flat tire and called AAA. While we waited for their arrival, three drivers who saw that we had a problem stopped to ask if they could help.
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Keep pageant simple
      Sometimes change is good. Sometimes it isn’t. Please keep the live nativity on Christmas Eve as it was originally intended. Peaceful, serene and simple, only recitation of scripture and the beautiful singing of Christmas songs. Please, no announcements, no thank-yous. These can and should be in the newspaper.
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New equipment… no barn
      I have just read about the new and refurbished equipment the highway department has obtained and have a question. Where are they putting all this brand new equipment? Out in the winter weather to rust? Our thanks must go to the few who have delayed construction of the highway barn for the last 20 years.
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No more access to the beach?
      On Monday, Jan. 8, there will be a public hearing and vote on reducing access to the Jamestown Shores beach by eliminating parking on Seaside Drive and the boat launch area. When the existing parking spaces are full, anyone who wants access to the area will be forced to find a parking space more than three football fields away or face parking fines issued from police surveillance activities.
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