A Call From Carol Green
To the editor:
When I read of Carol Green’s passing [Aug. 12, page A21] I was saddened, but also appreciative of knowing this extraordinarily intelligent and caring woman. Carol once told me she was lucky to be wealthy, not because of the money, but because she was able to use it to benefit the causes she believed in — and there were many.
Some may know how her generosity kept the lights on at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, but fewer may be aware of how she helped WOMR find a new home.
As we were finalizing the purchase of the Schoolhouse Gallery in 2004, I received a call from Carol, who met me for lunch at Napi’s. Getting straight to the point, as Carol always did, she asked me how much money we needed to seal the deal. I remember saying $50,000, to which she quickly (and wisely) replied that we probably needed twice that much and offered us a loan of $100,000. The fact that it was a loan and not a gift was important for two reasons: it showed she had confidence in us to repay the money in two years, and that repayment was essential because it was money from a revolving fund Carol had created to aid all the nonprofits she cared about.
As we remember Carol, I don’t want any of her contributions to be forgotten. What she did for us at WOMR was just a small example of how much she cared about the cultural life of the Outer Cape and of the real and lasting difference she made to keep it alive for all of us.
Bob Seay
Eastham
The writer is former executive director of WOMR-FM.
Truro Is Rural
To the editor:
I was amused to read how Truro is struggling to decide whether or not it is a “rural” community [Aug. 12, page A11].
It seems none of those involved in the imbroglio bothered to seek or speak the definition of the word. Had any done so, such discussion would have become moot.
Truro had some 1,999 folks as residents in 2018. It has 26.3 square miles of land. That works out, on my iPhone calculator, to 76+/- souls per square mile.
Now, since the definition of “rural” (again, from my iPhone, one of which was probably in the pocket or holster of every person at the four-hour meeting referred to in your article) is “any population, housing or territory not in an urban area,” it seems even the uninitiated could divine that Truro, like it or not, is unarguably a rural community.
Onward and upward with the other major decisions to be made by Truro’s august leaders.
Dan Katz
Truro
A Standout
To the editor:
What a terrific issue last week [Aug. 12]. From Paul Benson’s deep dive into the year-round rental disaster bearing down on us like a Category 5 hurricane to Edouard Fontenot’s delightful tale of posset (I cannot wait to try the recipe), and so much in between.
K.C. Myers’s story on Jamaican business owners was a particular standout. If we are committed to supporting minority-owned businesses in our community, it’s important to know which they are, and inspiring to learn their back stories.
In its short life, the Independent has become an indispensable resource, even for those of us who live on the “other side of the rotary.”
Barbara Ravage
Orleans
