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SHOREHAM — On Aug. 8, troopers from southern Addison County and northern Rutland County were dispatched to four different reports of home burglaries. Rutland County troopers responded to two residences on Lake Road in Benson and a residence on Main Road in West Haven. Addison County troopers responded to a residence on North Orwell Road in Shoreham. Investigations suggested that several homes were entered forcefully. Multiple items including family jewelry, wedding bands, watches, cutlery, coins and laptops were removed from the houses. Evidence was recovered at several residences and is pending submission to the Vermont Forensic Laboratory. All four burglaries were reported to have occurred during daytime hours and all four residences were unattended at the time they were entered. Anyone with information on suspicious activity in the area or information on one or all of the burglaries are encouraged to contact the Vermont State Police at 802-773-9101. Information can also be submitted anonymously online at www. vtips.info or text “CRIMES” (274637) to Keyword: VTIPS.
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MONTPELIER — States want to expand access to oral health care, but the debate over how to do it is provoking strong reactions from many within the dental community. When the American Dental Association’s Jane Grover spoke on improving access to oral health care at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 43rd annual meeting recently, audience members weren’t expecting anything out of the ordinary, at least, not for a convention of state lawmakers. But the tensions that boiled over during the workshop’s question-and-answer session were anything but ordinary. “To what extent, in your opinion, can trained dental assistants or hygienists get out there independently without direction from a dentist and start filling cavities? And can I assume the ADA would, like, squash them?” asked Arizona state Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, hitting Grover with a loaded question. “Oh let’s start a war,” an audience member blurted out in reply. In a room full of dentists and policymakers, Kavanagh’s question was a firebomb. Grover, a dentist, and the director of the Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations for the ADA, had just finished singing the praises of the Community Dental Health Coordinator program. The ADA-backed initiative trains dental hygienists to help underserved people get access to quality dental care. Notably, the program does not train such professionals to fill cavities or extract teeth. “Doing a cavity prep and filling a tooth is a surgical procedure,” Grover told Kavanagh, insinuating that only dentists can do that work. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22
A group of internationally known artists joined hands to help create the West Rutland Sculpture Art Park. Included is a slice of Danby marble carved by Liliya Pobornoikova of Bulgaria. Bill and Barbara Carris opened their house to the artists, along with materials for their sculptures, in 2013. Included among the art works is a fantastic, iron locomotive sculpture. The park is located at 1450 Clarencon Ave. in West Rutland. You can find details on the park’s Facebook page. Photo by Jack Rogers
Local kids pictured on baseball cards By Lou Varricchio lou@suncommunitynews.com
FERRISBURGH — For baseball all-stars, getting your own baseball card is indication of making the grade. This Friday will be a special day for nine youngsters in Vermont, including residents of Ferrisburgh, West Rutland and Shelburne— all made the grade in the eyes of the professional players of Lake Monsters Minor League baseball team. Each youth will be honored and rewarded with an experience of a lifetime joining Champ the baseball team’s mascot along with Lake Monsters players. The children had their custom-made Lake Monsters baseball cards crafted by team manCONTINUED ON PAGE 21
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Regional bee decline affecting nutrition, disease By Lou Varricchio
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ees are a familiar part of Vermont rural landscape, especially for those farmers and hobbyists who enjoy the challenges and rewards of beekeeping for either fun or profit—or both. Within the Green Mountain State, UVM, the University of Vermont, is the best source for the latest scientific findings about bees, especially about how bees are integral part of our environment. Now, according to a new study by two scientists at UVM and Harvard University, more than half the people in some developing countries could become atrisk for malnutrition if crop-pollinating animals—notably bees—continue to decline. The new UVM-Harvard research has clearly demonstrated that what people eat, at least in the four developing countries that were part of the study, is essential to pollination requirements of the crops that provide their food and nutrients. “The take-home is,” said UVM biologist Taylor Ricketts who co-led the work, “pollinator declines can really matter to human health, with quite scary numbers for vitamin A deficiencies, for example, which can lead to blindness and increase death rates for some diseases, including malaria.” And it’s not just about the plummeting populations of bees we read about in the newspaper. UVM’s Ricketts said that scientists around the world have observed the worrisome decline of many pollinator species, not just bees, which threaten the world’s food supply. Noting the impact on vitamin A sources, Ricketts said the study found that the disappearance of pollinators could push as many
as 56 percent of people over the edge into malnutrition. The study, “Do Pollinators Contribute to Nutritional Health?” was spearheaded by Alicia Ellis and Taylor Ricketts at UVM’s Gund Institute for Ecological Economics and Samuel Myers at the Harvard School of Public Health. It appears in the current issue of the journal PLOS ONE. “Continued declines of pollinator populations could have drastic consequences for global public health,” the Ricketts and Ellis write in their report. “This is the first study that quantifies the potential human health impacts of animal pollinator declines,” Myers said. “But to evaluate whether pollinator declines will really affect human nutrition, you need to know what people are eating.” The new study examined the full pathway from pollinators through to detailed survey data about people’s daily diets in parts of Zambia, Mozambique, Uganda and Bangladesh. “How much mango? How much fish?” Ricketts noted. “And from that kind of data we can find out if they get enough vitamin A, calcium, folate, iron and zinc.” Then the scientists were able to examine the likely impact a future without pollinators would have on
these diets. According to both scientists, the new study exposes how rapid transformation of Earth’s natural systems affects human health. “Ecosystem damage can damage human health,” Ricketts said, “so conservation can be thought of as an investment in public health.” UVM biologist Dr. Taylor Ricketts said bees have a long natural history on the Earth. And the fossil record seems to bear that out, said beekeeper Karen Bean of Brookfield Farm, “Honeybees have been around a long time, about 60 million years. They were off-
shoots of bumblebees, which—along with other bees—had branched off of wasps over 100 million years ago. Prior to 100 million years ago, most of the trees were wind-pollinated conifers.” A UVM research team led by Insu Koh (right) and Taylor Ricketts, bee experts at the University of Vermont’s Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, estimates that wild bee abundance between 2008 and 2013 declined in 23 percent of the contiguous U.S., potentially threatening crop production. - Photo by Sally McCay
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Bond Auto Parts, Inc. acquires Castleton retailer By Lou Varricchio
CASTLETON — Officials of Bond Auto Parts, Inc., a Barre, Vt., based company, announced the acquisition of Smith’s Auto Parts located in Castleton earlier this summer. Smith’s Auto Parts is a family business with a history similar to Bond. Founded in 1977 by Joel Smith on 528 Route 4A West in Castleton, the business has been owned and operated by two generations. Smith Auto Parts is no stranger to Bond Auto Parts. Smith’s has been a jobber store to Bond Auto over the past 30 plus years. “Our partnership with Bond Auto Parts gave us access to an incredible network of parts and allowed us to compete with the big box and chain stores,” said Joel Smith. Bond has a relationship with Smith Auto Parts due to a similar core philosophy. “Customer service is how you win in today’s competitive marketplace,” according to Smith. “That attention to customer service along with a strong relationship and rich history makes this acquisition a great match.”
Officials of Bond Auto Parts, Inc., a Barre, Vt., based company, announced the acquisition of Smith’s Auto Parts located in Castleton.
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College of St. Joseph offers new online med certificate By James Lambert
RUTLAND — The College of St. Joseph in Rutland is offering an online post-primary certificate program for medical imaging professionals beginning this fall. The college’s program allows professionals licensed
in radiography to obtain an alternate license in the field of computed tomography or sonography, with general sonography or vascular tracks. Courses will be delivered online and can be completed in just one semester. Subjects covered range from sonographic principles of
OB/GYN and sonographic physics to an introduction to CT instrumentation and protocols and patient care in CT. The program also includes a clinical education component, which can be completed at participants’ employers. “Professionals should enroll because it offers greater
marketability of skill sets, portability and usefulness to employers,” said Roger Weeden, Radiologic Sciences program director. These fields are in high demand throughout the country, according to Weeden, and obtaining additional licensure credentials adds value to pro-
fessionals at their current organization, as well as with prospective employers. Professionals in the program will be led by program faculty, including Weeden, who are ARRT and ARDMS certified and have years of experience working as sonographers and radiologic technologists in hospitals
throughout Vermont and neighboring New York. The program is the only of its kind in the Rutland region. “The program was developed to address a gap that exists in offering such education within Rutland County and beyond,” Weeden said. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that employment of diagnostic medical sonographers is projected to grow 24 percent through 2024, much faster than the average for all occupations. Employment for computed tomographers is expected to grow nine percent through 2024.
Fugitive found, jailed By Lou Varricchio
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CASTLETON — Vermont State Police officials were contacted by the Washington County, N.Y., Sheriff ’s Office and informed that Robert Carota, 51, of Fort Edward, N.Y., was a fugitive from New York and may be staying in the Castleton-Hubbardton area. New York authorities advised that there was an active warrant for Carota’s arrest and that they were willing to extradite him back to New York if captured. The warrant was issued for Criminal Contempt in the First Degree. Through investigation troopers learned that Carota was staying in an RV at the KOA Campground on Route 30 in Hubbardton. Carota was taken into custody without incident. Castleton Police and Fair Haven Police officers assisted state troopers in the investigation and the apprehension of Carota. Robert Carota was lodged at the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Center on the charges of being a fugitive and a charge of violation of an abuse prevention order. Police also reported that bail was set at $50,000.
Woman crashes car in Weybridge WEYBRIDGE — On Aug. 8, at approximately 2:32 a.m., the Vermont State Police in New Haven received a report of a motor vehicle crash that took place on Morgan Horse Farm Road in Weybridge. A VSP investigation revealed that Paulina Perez, 26, of Addison, had operated a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Perez provided a preliminary breath test roadside which indicated her BAC was a 0.143. Perez was taken into custody and transported to the New Haven State Police Barracks where she was processed for DUI. Perez was release with a citation to appear in Addison District Court at a later date.
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There’s something about summer — not in the city Fresh Air kids in Vermont By Leslie Montalvo
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FERRISBURGH — Deena Miller of Ferrisburgh first found out about the Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Towns Program as a child when she saw her neighbor hosting a Fresh Air child. Miller thought hosting a Fresh Air child in Ferrisburgh would be a wonderful experience that she someday wanted to take on. In 2008 Miller, her husband David Croke, and their three children—Leah, Allie and Ethan— signed up to become a volunteer host family. That summer Miller’s family welcomed a New York City teen named Ramata to their home; the youth has returned to stay with the Ferrisburgh-based family every summer since that first visit. During Ramata’s first summer with Miller and her family, they took her to visit museums and other local attractions. Miller reminisces about the day they all went blueberry picking. “We took her blueberry picking her first summer. She looked at me and said, ‘this is the best day of my life.’ I knew it wasn’t the best day of her life, but I knew this was something new for Ramata and she was really enjoying herself.” Miller noted. “I look back
at that moment a lot. That was when I realized that what my family and I were doing an amazing thing.” Ramata has since enjoyed what Vermont has to offer—swimming, camping near Lake Champlain, and just being with her loving host siblings. According to Miller, “Ramata plays very differently with all of the kids; she has a very special relationship with each of them. She plays soccer with Allie, plays games with Ethan, and just chats with Leah about teen things, because they are the same age.” At the end of the day, Ramata bonded with all of her host siblings while enjoying a game of Uno. Miller added, “All three of the kids look forward to playing Uno with Ramata. She even has special rules; we call them Ratmata Rules.” Miller is grateful for the impact hosting a Fresh Air Fund’s child has had on her kids. The teen’s hostess said that the Fresh Air Fund Friendly Towns Program has “Opened my kids eyes to the real world and given them a connection outside of Vermont. It can be a life changing experience. If you go with an open mind and an open heart, it’ll work out.” To learn more about how to become a host family in Addison County, contact Marion Sullivan at 802-877-3028 or visit www.freshair.org.
Ethan Croke, Allie Croke, Leah Croke and Fresh air child Ramata Guitti.
Author Megan Price pens tales of Vermont’s woods RUTLAND — Megan Price, the author of the popular book, “Vermont Wild: Adventures of A Fish & Game Warden” has been making public appearances in the area since spring. Price’s four volumes of true, humorous and sometimes harrowing game warden stories have proven a hit among young and old alike—especially with hunters and anglers. “From ravenous bears, charging moose and a long list of wily poacher encounters, Price’s books are best sellers at many Green Mountain bookstores,” according to Price. “The most recent volume was released a few months ago and relates more than a decade of effort by game wardens to arrest and prosecute a poacher who continually slipped through their fingers.” A former reporter and state legislator, Price began by collecting and writing the humorous stories of retired warden Eric Nuse of Johnson. When the public clamored for more, Price reached out to wardens from around Vermont and Maine. Price has been called a folklore artist for her efforts in col-
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lecting and preserving the men’s wacky woods adventures. Her appearance at the Rutland Library offers a rare opportunity to hear some stories behind the stories and to have books dedicated to loved ones as memorable gifts that will be enjoyed again and again. The event is free and open to all ages. “Without the hard work and tenacity of fish and game wardens, Vermonters would not enjoy the wildlife we see today,” Price said. “The fact their stories are loved by all ages, all walks of life, is a tribute to these men. If the Green Mountains could talk, these are some of the stories they’d tell.” Price has been featured on Vermont Public Radio and has twice earned a mention on the nationally recognized Publisher’s Weekly website. LEFT: The author of the popular book, “Vermont Wild: Adventures of A Fish & Game Warden” plans visits to area bookstores and libraries in the coming months.
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Separate realities
uring the late 1960s and through the 1970s, Vermont, not unlike California, was a fermenting experiment in anti-establishment politics, communal living, organic farming, and Aquarian Age thinking. A few years ago, I chatted with a then 67-year-old, self described “old hippie” named Jon. After our discussion, I told him I’d like to write about it. “Just don’t use my real name,” he said. Ok, Jon, here it is— Jon had moved to Vermont from Westchester County, N.Y., back in the summer of the Moon landing and Woodstock, 1969. He recalled that his mystical awakening occurred in Vermont after reading a series of bestselling New Age books about altered states of consciousness and psychotropic drugs written by the late UCLA anthropologist Carlos Castaneda. The books Jon referred to—supposedly works of non fiction—discuss a series of meetings between the author and an old man named Don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian shaman. The most popular titles in the series include, “The Teachings of Don Juan”, “A Separate Reality”, and “Journey to Ixtlan”. His last book, published in 1998, was a capstone to the series, titled “The Active Side of Infinity”. Matus, as readers discover, lived in the Sonora Desert along the desolate border of Mexico and the U.S. The author claimed he spent time studying Yaqui mysticism under the guidance of the mysterious Don Juan; he even went so far as to ingest concoctions of peyote/mescaline and jimson weed prepared by the holy man. The books tell the “true story” of how Castaneda, with Don Juan’s help, moved between various states of reality—all with the use of drugs as a new way of seeing. The author eventually became a kind of shapeshifter, too, flying like an ebony raven in the sky. According to Jon, “the Don Juan books were a profound influence on my life and how I viewed the world.” What prompted our discussion about Carlos Castaneda were recent revelations, made by a BBC-TV documentary, that the man was a fraud—a good old-fashioned American snake-oil charlatan. It turns out that the millionaire author’s multi-volume accounts of peyote mushroom trips with Don Juan Matus were, literally, peyote pipe dreams. According to the 2007 BBC-TV report, Castaneda spiced up the books with a few facts cribbed from an old textbook about Sonoran Indians. The author had consulted rarely known reference books while a graduate student in anthropology at UCLA. Amazingly, the first book in the popular series served as Castaneda’s master’s thesis at UCLA. Later, Castaneda’s cult, based in Los Angeles, included an inner circle of devoted women and men. The cult members changed their names and cut-off all communication with family and friends. “Castaneda fell in love with, and adopted as his daughter, a waitress he met in a L.A. diner,” Jon said. “In 1998 when Castaneda died of cancer, the waitress and two others of the his inner circle disappeared. The skeleton of a woman was later found in Death Valley; it turned out to be the waitress. Police think the women committed suicide as directed by Castaneda.” The women had wanted to follow their Hispanic guru into his promised “active side of infinity”—life after death. For Jon—who had abused his share of illegal drugs over the years to escape painful childhood memories and as means to unlock his own elusive mystical enlightenment—the shattered myth of the pop-cultural shaman Don Juan Matus marked the end of his Aquarian quest for truth, bliss, eco-utopian community, and love. “When I heard all of this, the wheels came off my wagon,” Jon admitted. “But I suppose it’s darkly funny when you think about it.” While still connected to both the spirit and the pop music of the late 1960s and early ‘70s, Jon sees the recent revelations about Castaneda as a final, cruel joke played on the counter-culture movement. “Turns out Don Juan was just a made-up character and Castaneda was just another con man looking to get rich quick,” Jon mused. So much for the dawning of the Age of Aquarius here in a place, on the flip side of infinity, called the real world. — The Editor
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As summer fades
s another summer draws to an end and the days grow shorter, we try to squeeze in those summer time activities before the season changes and before we know it, we’ll find ourselves anxiously awaiting summer 2017, as we slip and chip away at the coming winter’s weather. Summer is kick back time sitting on the front porch watching the world go by. Sandwiched between family reunions, picnics, Dan Alexander trips to the ball park and popular swimThoughts from ming holes and in general trying to slow Behind the Pressline down in the pace of everyday life, we should try to just soak up the opportunity to just enjoy life. I guess I’m just an old timer who remembers the days gone past and sees the issues facing the American family in a connected world that just can’t seem to be dialed in. As we pass through these changing times, it’s easy to find fault with the world today and complain about what we don’t agree with rather than appreciating what we do have. The birth of a child, a christening, a child’s birthday party, or even a child’s sporting event; these are the events that define life and defy the ages. What parent, grandparent, relative or close family friend doesn’t share the same joy today that their counterparts enjoyed at any time in the past watching our young ones grow and remembering our own youthful days? Current events will always have an impact on how the pace of life changes through the ages, but priorities are frequently self imposed. We must take stock in how we choose to live and the value we place on time, which is ever so fleeting. The calendar pages fly off the wall, or in most cases these days, off the computer screen or mobile phone as we work harder to stay focused on just keeping up. It’s easy to get so caught up in all the new technology, the massive amounts of information we have streaming into our homes and the constant demands on our time. Putting down the phone and replacing it with a neighborly visit over the fence, taking a family trip or volunteering for a charity requires nothing more than making a simple choice and sticking with it. The solution is to keep your priorities grounded, sharing time with those you love and respect, while being considerate of those who do not think like you. They are entitled to their thoughts, choices and beliefs, just as much as you are to yours. Don’t let the highly contagious political fever spoil the joys of summer. There will be plenty of time to reengage with that mess when it counts the most, during the debates and on election day. Enjoy these last fleeting days of summer. The world with all its ups and downs, scandals and threats will still be out there when fall returns. Summers are special and each summer should be filled with unique memories that last a lifetime. Dan Alexander is associate publisher of New Market Press. He may be reached at dan@newmarketpressvt.com
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Take Your Sweet Time baking up cookie sandwiches By Cassandra Loucy office@addison-eagle.com
ADDISON—Jessica Thibeault, owner of budding specialty baked goods company Take Your Sweet Time, has teamed up with Goodies Snack Bar to add another item to their menu. For the rest of the season, you can now order cookie sandwiches, made with Take Your Sweet Time cookies and delicious Goodies vanilla creemee. Jessica, resident of Addison and mother of two boys, has always loved baking. She attributes her love of baking to her great grandmother, who she called Memine. She recalls, “She always had a full cookie jar at her house. Every time I’d spend time there, I’d ask her to bake cookies with me, and I was always so amazed that she knew the recipes by heart and never had to look at a cook book!” What started as a hobby—thoroughly enjoyed by friends and family—began to grow, and Jessica started Take Your Sweet Time in 2012. She now offers local deliveries of pies for special occasions, cookies for parties, dessert displays and cookie favors for weddings and more. She refers to herself as “an equal opportunity cookie lover!” But if she was to
choose a favorite, it would be a toss up between peanut butter and maple. Goodies Snack bar, in their 16th season, is a local staple, surrounded by cornfields and quintessential Vermont views. They open for the season the second week in April and remain open through September. The popular summer snack stop is owned by Steve and Cindy Good-
man, and run with help from their three kids Kirk, Kyle, and Kara. They employ both Vermonters and New Yorkers, and it is a popular first job for many young teens. Steve pointed out what a great first job it makes since they are so busy during the summer—seeing somewhere around 20,000 customers each season— so it is fast paced and the employees
learn a lot about working hard. Goodies is especially well known for the size and value of their creemees. A baby or kid size rivals the medium and large of other creemee stands in the state. Famous duo Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are among those who have enjoyed these delicious treats! Currently, the snack bar
offers the cookie sandwiches with either chocolate chip cookies or M&M cookies. If they are a success, they will be adding more flavors… keep your eyes open for maple, perhaps? Make sure you stop out and visit them and get one for yourself—$4 plus tax—before they disappear! Goodies is located at 6035 Route 7 in West Addison.
Jessica stands in front of Goodie’s Snack Shop, where they have added cookie sandwiches to the menu.
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Robert Owen and staff cut the ribbon at the Rutland Chamber of Commerce’s Ribbon Cutting Even for their grand opening of their Super Cuts Store in Rutland. Photo provided
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Vermont’s favorite fair and girlie show photographer The visual art of Charles Fish By Louis Varricchio
Author and photographer Charles Fish grew up just one mile from a fairground in Vermont, so it’s easy to see why he’s had a lifelong fascination—and passion—for the rural ways of the Green Mountain State’s fair and farm field days circuit. “I was born in Rutland, Vt., in 1936... fairs loomed large in the imagination of a boy and in the yearly calendar of farmers and town folk alike,” Fish says of his love-affair with Vermont’s many fairs. “Local excellence was honored in the exhibits of 4-H projects, handcrafts, needlework, vegetables, baking, and canning. Horse and ox teams competed in the pulling ring, and pacers and trotters showed their stuff on the track...” To help celebrate both the world of Vermont fairs and Fish’s outstanding photographic work about the subject, the Vermont Historical Society (VHS) showcased a 2015-16 exhibit at the Vermont History Museum titled “Blue Ribbons & Burlesque: The Country-Fair Photography of Charles Fish”. The photo exhibit is a feast for the eye; it explores the evolution of our country fairs from Addison County to Franklin County and every place in between, north, south, east and west. Included in the VHS exhibit is a delightful trip down memory lane including images of local interest such as the Addison County Fair & Field Days and the Vermont State Fair held at the Rutland Fairgrounds. What sparked an interest in documenting Vermont’s fairs? “It was the biggest fair in Vermont, The Champlain Valley Exposition (in Essex Junction), and I lived just a mile or so down the road,” Fish says. “I was 9 or 10, it was the mid 1940s, and my friends and I used to sneak in and jump over the fence. We were young and spry. The guards were older and couldn’t catch us, although as an adult thinking back, I wonder how hard they wanted to try. I’d go to the fair many times before it closed each season.” VHS’ Amanda Gustin helped organize Fish’s unusual fair exhibit. “The black and white photographs of Charles Fish capture nature and nurture, theatrical illusion, the
pursuit of excellence, and even the guilty pleasures of fair food,” she said. Urbane and relaxed, Fish reminds one of actor Edward Herrmann who portrayed FDR in the 1970s PBS-TV series “Eleanor and Franklin”. For some four decades, Fish has been described as a keen observer of Vermont’s fair circuit—from the popularity of Roxie’s French Fries at the Vermont State Fair to the oxymoron of the provincial Tunbridge World’s Fair. “They (country fairs) were rich with images and wonders at a time when entertainment was more restrained, the panorama of the wide world less brutally revealed,” Fish said. “...The boundaries of the acceptable were pushed back in the freak shows and girlie shows; striptease did not otherwise exist in rural and small town Vermont. Returning to Vermont some 35 years ago, I revisited the fairs, camera in hand. From these forays came the approximately 200 black and white photographs (accompanied by text) that appear in my book titled ‘Blue Ribbons and Burlesque’.” In a 2015 interview with the Windham County Common, Fish sized up the many fair and girlie images he has created over the years. “There are informal portraits—twin babies in carriages, a man with many piercings—and then they move along to the things people do at a fair, ringing the bell with the big hammer, shopping, looking at the displays, riding the Merry-Go-Round,” he notes. “Then there are the freak shows, the banners proclaiming a man who can drive nails into his skull, and another man who can eat broken glass. There was a lot of fakery too. I remember hearing a story about a set of Siamese twins, who were supposedly joined at the hip, who had an argument on stage and walked off separately. Even their manager hadn’t known they were fakes.” If you love the roar of the crowd--and the smell of the fries--at Vermont’s many rural fairs, then you’ll enjoy Fish’s photographic legacy. But if you can’t make the trip to the VHS museum in Montpelier, then at least pickup a copy of “Blue Ribbons and Burlesque” online or at a local bookshop. The black and white fair-and-field days photography of Rutland-born Charles Fish was the focus of a recent exhibit at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. Photos courtesy of Vermont Historical Society
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Hinesburg Food Shelf is a lifesaver for residents By Gail Callahan
As soon as the doors opened on a recent, sunny Friday morning, clients started to stream through the Hinesburg Food Shelf ’s front door. Our State Vermont (OSV) to get a full picture of just how important one local food shelf program is to the local community. About 90 families are served from the 51 Ballard’s Corner Road Food Shelf. The organization fits into an array of social service and community programs overseen by the Hinesburg Community Resource Center. The local, non-profit also offers a wide spectrum of programming that connects everyone from young families up to seniors with an array of programs and services that helps them deal with challenges in their lives. Some of its offerings include Hinesburg Rides, a volunteer driver program, a weekly playgroup for toddlers, a group for new parents and a clothing swap event that occurs twice annually. Open Tuesdays, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Fridays 10 a.m. to noon, the Food Shelf partners with the Vermont Food Bank for about 70 percent of their food, according to Laura Hoopes, a Hinesburg resident, who coordinates the Hinesburg Community Resources Center. Food Shelf are bought from the Food Bank at a discount and then, in turn, land at Hinesburg’s Food Shelf. Also, the organization has offered fresh produce for the past two years, paving the way for clients to add additional healthy choices into their diets. Conscious of the environment, the Food Shelf also provides clients with reusable shopping bags. Several years ago, students from the Hinesburg Community School’s art classes came up with decorative designs for the bags. The Food Shelf also received a donation of about 360 large, cloth reusable bags to kick-off the program and “for the most part, people do bring their own shopping bags,” Hoopes says.
In addition to purchasing food from the Vermont Food Bank, local town and educational organizations, such as the Hinesburg Community Police Dept., the Hinesburg Community School, and the Hinesburg Fire Department also hold food drives to help boost the Food Shelf ’s stock, Hoopes added. Dairy products also come from a local farm, she says. Hoopes also points out that the town’s local churches are also very generous to the Food Shelf. At the same time, the Town of Hinesburg also inserts a budget line item annually in their March Town Meeting fiscal plan, aiding the Food Shelf. The Rev. Jared Hamilton, pastor of the United Church of Hinesburg, says that the Food Shelf provides opportunities for service through donations of time and food to neighbors who require assistance. “It meets a real need in the community,” he notes. Back at the Food Shelf, which is driven by volunteers, the bright, airy space, equipped with a loading dock, handicap ramp and a series of wooden steps into the building, resembles a small store and that design is no accident, according to Mike Grillo, who oversees the Friday shift at the agency. “It’s set up like a market so the clients get to choose. It’s more like a shopping experience,” he says. Volunteers escort clients through the aisles of the Food Shelf, picking out their groceries and at the same time become familiar with the stories of the people who come to the Food Shelf for things to eat. The selection includes fresh food, meat, cheese, eggs, peanut butter, jelly, milk, canned products, food for pets, along with items to care for furry members of a client’s family and condiments. Refrigerators line the back wall of the building and shiny, steel carts to ferry groceries to the waiting cars of clients are also on hand. After one older client pushed a cart down a ramp, crowding every space with bags overflowing with groceries, Grillo helped the man to his car, assisting him with the stock. The older man says his household includes a handful of relatives and that the supplies from the Food Shelf would help
Survey shows technology improved at Vermont schools By Lou Varricchio
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MIDDLEBURY — A survey by the Vermont Agency of Education, examining technology available at Vermont’s public schools, reveals steady improvement including more than 85,000 computers in use compared to 68,000 last year. The 2016 survey also revealed that, for the first time, all of the 305 schools who responded to the survey have wireless access within their buildings. “Vermont schools should be congratulated for continuing to provide technology to support digital learning across their curriculum landscape,” said Peter Drescher, education technology coordinator at the Vermont Agency of Education. “Schools continue to make this a priority and the increasing availability of more robust broadband only will serve to enhance the educational prospects for all Vermont students.”
Drescher presented the results of the survey to 40 school technology leaders at Essex High School last week. Broadband coverage has steadily increased with download speeds of 100 megabits per second in 180 of the schools, which has more than tripled in the past two years. Schools that provide a computer for each student in multiple grade levels increased to 195 from 137 schools in 2015. The survey also delved into the number of systems that are employed, cloud services used, and personalized learning plan platforms. “I really want to thank all the schools for responding to the survey in a timely manner, it’s clear the schools continue to prioritize technology and want to be on the cutting edge,” Drescher said. “This is an important survey because we get asked about it by legislators who have continually advocated for the best available technology for all Vermont students.”
Inmate arrested in Rutland RUTLAND —The Vermont State Police responded to the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Center in Rutland and arrested Lloyd Wright, 45, Aug. 3, for possession of buprenorphine strips. Correctional staff received information that inmate Wright was in possession of Suboxone. During the search of Wright, two Suboxone (buprenorphine) strips were located in his identification lanyard. Wright was issued a citation for the violation and will appear in the Rutland Superior Court Criminal Division on Aug. 29.
feed his family for last several weeks up to a month. Hoopes says clients can come to the agency for groceries once a month. There is a simple, screening process every person must participate in to be eligible to receive food and a driver’s license and piece of mail that shows a potential client’s address must also be handed in. The agency welcomes residents from Hinesburg, Charlotte, Huntington, St. George, Shelburne and Monkton. While communities, such as Charlotte and Shelburne, each have their own respective food shelves, the Hinesburg Food Shelf will assist residents from those towns who live “on the line” and it’s easier for those people to come to the Hinesburg Food Shelf, Hoopes tells OSV. “The majority of our clients are on a fixed income,” Hoopes said. “There are many seniors in the community and a family member might have a disability.” The Food Shelf got its start in the basement of the United Church of Hinesburg. Volunteers would fill a box with groceries and hand it to waiting clients, Hoopes says. After a while, the quarters grew cramped and those involved with the organization found the needs of the community outpaced the building’s capacity. About six years ago, the current, ranch-style space that the Hinesburg Food Shelf calls home opened up and was provided by a local company, Renewable NRG Associates. While Hoopes balances the needs of the Hinesburg Resource Community Center, its outreach is slated to expand as thrift store is poised to open. Located on Vermont Route 116, across from Lantman’s Market, the shop, which Hoopes called “a sweet space,” is meeting shoppers’ needs Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hoopes points out that the store is brimming with donations of clothes and other items from the community.
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Kidney donor, recipient team up to save lives RUTLAND — Rutland City resident Summer Stoutes donated a kidney to Rutland Town resident Brent Garrow earlier this year. Together, they are asking all of their friends, families and supporters to consider donating blood at various Red Cross venues including the GOLM, the Gift of Life Marathon held in Rutland. “For those people who need it, a blood donation is every bit as heroic as an organ donation,” said Stoutes, who donated a kidney to Garrow despite never having met him. “Each donation means life, or a better life, for someone who needs it.” Garrow said he would be forever thankful for Stoutes’ gift and the opportunity for a normal life that it provided. “Her donation changed my life immeasurably,” Garrow said. “This isn’t an abstract issue for me - Summer provided me with a new lease on life, which every blood donor does when they roll up their sleeve.” Garrow, a firefighter, and Stoutes, a teacher, agreed to become ambassadors for the Gift-ofLife to help educate potential donors about the importance of donations. “There is no substitute for donated blood,” Garrow said. Added Stoutes, “Through organ or blood donation, we each have the power to extend lives, improve quality of life, and demonstrate our commitment to our community and fellow man.” According to a local news report, hundreds who tried to donate weren’t matches for Garrow, hwoever, Stoutes proved to be an ideal donor match. When asked why his wife offered her kidney, husband Mark Stoutes told a reporter in April, “I don’t know if there is an answer to this.” “I’ve known and admired Summer and Brent for many years, and I’m thrilled that two people who I respect so much are teaming up to lead us in spreading the word about the importance of organ, blood and tissue donation,” Castleton University President Dave Wolk said. For regular updates on the GOLM and Mini GOLM, like Gift of Life Marathon on Facebook.
Summer Stoutes of Rutland City donated a kidney to Rutland Town resident Brent Garrow. “Her donation changed my life immeasurably,” Garrow said. Photo provided
‘I Love Rutland‘ Campaign celebrates love affair with Rutland By Lou Varricchio RUTLAND — “I Love Rutland” is a promotional campaign created by Mike Napolitano of Awesome Graphics in Rutland City. Like the classic New York State tourism advertising campaign of years ago, “I Love Rutland” is Napolitano’s way of expressing his love while hopefully getting similar pubic results. “Recently, I told some Burlington folks that I was from Rutland, and they gave me a double take as if I was from prison or lived in a gnarly place,” Napolitano said. “I told them that I love Rutland. And then I thought this slogan should become a sticker.” Napolitano said that the City of Rutland had given him and his family many opportunities. Rutland City Mayor Chris Louras gives a big thumbs up to Napolitano’s project. “We identify our challenges, celebrate our victories, and do this as a team, and as a community,” the mayor said. “We think it’s really important that there be a positive message about Rutland out there,” said Green Mountain Power Vice President Steve Costello. Costello is a cofounder of the citywide love fest campaign “There are challenges and the campaign isn’t about pretending that all of those are solved.” With a focus on the rebirth of the city
and the qualities of Rutland, a group of community leaders formally kicked off “I Love Rutland,” a campaign to herald and engender love for the city and region. “As a third-generation Rutland resident who has married, raised a family and run a small business here, I love my community and want to declare it to the world,” said Mike Napolitano, owner of Awesome Graphics, who developed the campaign with Green Mountain Power’s Steve Costello. “This is a great community, filled with people powered by determination and compassion, surrounded by some of the most beautiful mountains, lakes and rivers in the world. I think we need to express that at every opportunity.” The campaign includes “The Heart of Rutland,” a regular web and Facebook feature, similar to Humans of New York, produced by Donna GoodHale, owner of Expressions by Donna. GoodHale, a wellknown local portrait photographer, will shoot portraits of everyday Rutland County residents and with her husband, Brad, write up short stories about them and what they love about Rutland. “We love this community and jumped at the opportunity to be part of I Love Rutland,” Donna GoodHale said. “Just planning the Heart of Rutland makes me love Rutland even more.” Besides donations from Awesome Graphics and GMP, “I Love Rutland” is funded by
several entities and individuals including Carpenter and Costin, Casella Resource Solutions, Castleton University, College of St. Joseph, Heritage Family Credit Union, Kathy Harm, Magic Brush Painting, Mark Foley Jr., Roots, and Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce, to name only a few. “We both share a love for this community and frustration with the fact that Rutland residents are often the community’s harshest critics,” Napolitano said. “There is plenty of work to do to continue Rutland’s rebirth, but we believe positivity can be a big part of it. That includes responding to inaccurate negativity when it pops up.” As part of its amazing work to improve quality of life in Rutland, volunteers from Neighborworks and other organizations are going door-to-door in pairs doing a survey of life in the Northwest neighborhood. More volunteers are needed. With community minded residents such as Wieles and the volunteers of Project Vision (to name just a few), the “I Love Rutland” movement can only grow. Share the Love, Rutland If “I Love Rutland” struck a positive chord in the City of Rutland starting in the early spring of 2016, so, too, did “Share the Love”, an even earlier program spearheaded by Meals on Wheels of Rutland County. “The Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging cannot do its work or fulfill its mission unless we are united in partnership with a broad coalition of community mem-
bers and partners, private businesses and nationwide associations such as Subaru and Meals on Wheels America. By joining forces we boost our effectiveness and continue our mutual efforts in providing nutritious meals to home bound seniors within Rutland County. For that, we thank all who made this donation possible,” according to Sandy Conrad, executive director of Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging. This local effort is part of Meals on Wheels America’s annual participation in Subaru’s national year-end Share the Love Event. For every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased during the active program period, Subaru donate $250 to the purchaser’s choice of participating charity, one of which being Meals on Wheels. Local Meals on Wheels America Member programs, like Rutland County Meals on Wheels, that partner with Subaru retailers to raise awareness for the Share the Love Event can earn grants of up to $20,000. This provides an extra layer of support to help deliver nutritious meals and other important services to seniors in Rutland County. For Rutland residents, there’s a lot to celebrate through grassroots efforts such as “I Love Vermont”. But there’s also a lot to be thankful, too, with ongoing programs such as “Share the Love, Rutland” to help our neighbors in need.
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plus other venues around the city. Family fun: Pancake breakfast, Little City 5K & 10K Races, age 65 and over crafters/vendors, horse drawn wagon rides, bandstand music, chicken BBQ, children’s venue, Rubber Duckie race.
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ergennes Day is a great way to experience all of the charm of the Little City. With live music, walk-andrun races, local crafts and vendors, a chicken BBQ and even wagon rides, you’ll find more fun around every corner. Vergennes Day is sponsored by the City of Vergennes and organized by the Addison County Chamber of Commerce. This 35th year, Vergennes Day will take place on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 26-27. Events will include a street dance Friday night, a pancake breakfast, 5K and 10K races, local crafts and vendors, horsedrawn wagon rides, bandstand music a chicken BBQ, a children’s venue, a rubber duckie race, and more. This is our 35th year. Join the 5K and 10K races. The 5K run and walk will take you through our city streets, finishing at the City Green. It’s a great opportunity for friends and family to get out and participate in a fun-filled and healthy event. Organizers also have a 10K run for more serious runners, which includes a challenging hill climb on Route 66 at the 3-mile mark. Both courses have been wheel-measured, so you can feel confident that our distances are accurate. Vergennes officials are hoping for a large turnout of runners and walkers this year, so please register online and save $5. Registration on Race Day starts at 8 a.m. at the Steven’s house adjacent to the City Green in Vergennes. All races start at 9 a.m. If you’re planning to register on the day of the race, please help us out by registering no later than 8:30 a.m. (If you want a race t-shirt, we highly recommend you register online.) This year, our race will benefit Sweet Charity, a local downtown Vergennes non-profit. Help support this local organization. The more folks who show up, the larger the donation. Schedule: Friday, Aug. 26: Welcoming back “The Hitmen” from 7 to 10 p.m. Snacks and beverages provided by the Greater Vergennes Boys & Girls Club. Please support them. Saturday, Aug. 27: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Vergennes City Park
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A chat with Mayor William Benton By Dominick Santa Maria
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s a sixth generation Addison County, Vt., resident, William Benton, the mayor of Vergennes, has his pulse on the state’s smallest city. He graduated from University of Vermont in 1978, with his B.A degree in economics. Mayor Benton is also a local businessowner, operating W.D. Benton Inc. Appraisers since 1981, three years after receiving his college degree; his wife, Kristen Benton, is co-owner of Hollyhocks Flowers in downtown Vergennes. Vergennes’ mayor credits both his experience as a lifetime resident, and his business ownership, as a big help with his mayoral duties. “Being mayor has given me an understanding of local history, both societal and political,” he told the Eagle. The mayor also told the Eagle how being a Vergennes area native has helped him view change in the Vergennes community over time. As for his business experiences, Mayor Benton is able to meet and converse with numerous people through his business dealings, assisting him with understanding the causes and concerns of Vergennes’ residents. This allows him to not just grasp the identity of Vergennes, but also how Vergennes’ place in the county, giving the mayor a “breadth of knowledge and understanding of the county”. Since becoming mayor of Vergennes, Benton has guided the city by leading in revitalizating the downtown area, cleaning up the Otter Creek River, and creating a Vergennes Downtown-Basin Master Plan. The master plan, which Mayor Benton credits Vergennes City Manager Mel Hawley’s help, consists of items such as a traffic feasibility study, market assessments, and public recommendations and concerns. The Downtown-Basin Master plans lays out a step-by-step process for creating synergy and tying the downtown marketplace with the Otter Creek River basin. The river basin includes walking paths, MacDonough and Falls parks, and accommodates between 800 and 900 boats during the summer season. The goal is to help create a flow between downtown and the basin, as boating tourists coming into the city will help the financial health of downtown, while people dining, shopping, and just spending time downtown will be able to enjoy everything the river basin has to offer. One of the ways the mayor expects to help with tourism is
with a Wifi Internet network for the basin, encompassing the parks and boats on the river. Another major item on the mayor’s political agenda is a truck bypass through Vergennes, to try to help alleviate Vergennes’ big traffic problem. Being mayor is a considerable responsibility, one Benton does not take for granted. He receives community feedback through e-mail messages and telephone calls. “Not too many of them are complaints,” he said with an accompanying grin. In the last mayoral election, Benton ran unopposed, a sign he thinks shows his support within the community. “I think that people have seen the job I have done and are pleased with it,” he said
When asked what his biggest struggle with being mayor is, Benton replied that it was the pace that frustrated him the most. “Coming from the private sector, I am used to getting things accomplished”, Benton said, “while politics can be a slow business.” If the biggest shortcoming of the Vergennes mayor is impatience with the progress and productive success of the city, then the Little City is in good hands. Pictured above: Mayor William Benton Photo by Dominick Santa Maria
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Vergennes: Vermont’s new coworking capital By Lou Varricchio
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VERGENNES — Vergennes’ Kennedy Brothers building, located at 11 Main St., is fast becoming Vermont’s nerve center for coworking. What exactly is coworking? The concept first appeared in California in 2005 and has since spread across the planet. Coworking involves a shared office, and independent activity. Unlike a typical office, co-workers are usually not employed by the same organization. According to Robert Feurerstein, president of Kennedy Brothers, “Coworking is a solution to the problem of workplace isolation faced by growing numbers of independent, freelance, and telecommuting workers. By coworking, you can establish a lowcost and flexible business presence and connect with others.” The Eagle talked with a coworker renting space in Kennedy Brothers for the summer months. Jeremy Lang, a web developer from Cleveland, Ohio, is renting a high-tech coworking space at Kennedy Brothers and works normal business hours. Lang said that he wants to be near his girlfriend who is attending an internship at UTC Aerospace Systems in downtown Vergennes. Lang works for NewsBank, a news database archive company based in Naples, Fla. The company also has an office in Chester, Vt. The newly refurbished Kennedy Brothers facility boasts highspeed Internet, coworking space, plus three conference rooms with each conference room can sit 12 individuals at the tables with room for another five people. Folding walls between the rooms enable larger space as well. “With the full space, 50-person capacity in auditorium style or 30 people sitting at tables can be accommodated,” Feurerstein said. In addition to the new business resources at Kennedy Brothers, the new KB Cafe provides food and coffee service. For details about conference space or coworking, call 802-8772975, or e-mail: Robert@KennedyBrothers.com. AT RIGHT: Jeremy Lang, a web developer from Cleveland, Ohio, is renting this high-tech coworking space at Kennedy Brothers in Vergennes during the summer. Lang wants to be near his girlfriend who is attending an internship at UTC Aerospace Systems in town. Lang works for NewsBank, a news database archive company based in Naples, Fla. The company also has an office in Chester, Vt.
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Vergennes and the art of the quilt By Lou Varricchio
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There’s an old Vermont joke that goes something like this: To a European, a Yankee is an American. To an American, a Yankee is a New Englander. To a New Englander, a Yankee is a Vermonter. To a Vermonter, a Yankee is someone who eats apple pie for breakfast. And to a Vermonter who eats apple pie for breakfast, a Yankee is someone who eats it with a knife. Well, we logically presume, that to a Vermonter a genuine Yankee country inn— where you can sleep late and eat apple pie for breakfast (with a knife if you must) – would have to be the iconic, circa-1834 Strong House Inn located on West Main Street in Vergennes. In fact, this historic, Federal-style architectural treasure near downtown Vergennes, is also considered to be an ideal Yankee retreat for expert quilters—especially members of the exclusive Needle & Gun Club, an allfemale club of retired FBI agents and professional friends hailing from the Philadelphia suburbs of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The formerly gun-toting quilters were at the Strong House Inn last week to conclude a therapeutic retreat of quilting. Each year, Needle & Gun Club members reunite their creative passion to be spoiled in the process. “Every year we meet and make quilts here,” said quilter Karen Fink, of New Jersey, “and every year we donate quilts to an Addison County charity and elsewhere.” This New Year, the down-country quilters are donating dozens of beautiful works to the John Graham Shelter in Vergennes. The quilts will help keep families-in-need warm this winter and also serve as cheery décor for the Shelter’s vestibule. Shelter Program Director Amy Kitteridge was speechless when she surveyed the quilts to be donated.
“These are works of art,” she said. Strong House Inn co-owner Mary Bargiel said the Needle & Gun Club members are annual retreatants to the bed and breakfast. The tradition began in 2001 with a prominent story highlighting the group in the New York Times. “They meet once a year here,” Bargiel said. “They come from Philly, New Jersey, Maine, Georgia, even Florida.” At the back of the inn, quilters set up their sewing machines—Singers and Pfaffs—and zip away at assembling singularly stunning pieces of traditional American folk art. While the gray overcast of a January day cast a pall outdoors, the lady quilters were active and interacting with their various quilts-in-prog-
ress. What these women make with their hands, they give with their hearts. “It’s all in a day’s work,” said quilter Karen Dever. She said that the club will meet next in June in the Garden State, then back to Vergennes early next year. And what’s the target for the next Needle & Gun Club quilting match? “Our next charity is the Nurse Family Partnership of Philadelphia,” Dever said. “The program allows nurses to deliver the support first-time moms need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start
in life.” The club’s product for the nurses? Baby quilts and velvety pillowcases fit for tiny kings and queens. Maybe master quilter Eleanor Burns sums up the Needle & Gun Club’s mission-statement best: “A bed without a quilt is like a winter sky without stars.” Sweet dreams. Pictured above: Expert quilters from around the Northeast meet at the Strong House Inn in Vergennes. Photo by Lou Varricchio
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A brief history of Vergennes
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lthough Vergennes was settled as early as 1766 when Donald McIntosh built a homestead on Comfort Hill overlooking the Otter Creek Falls, most of the inhabitants left the county during the period from 1766 to 1783 when boundary disputes with New York and the Revolutionary War made peaceful settlement impossible. After 1783 the population expanded rapidly, and by 1787 it was evident the falls, with its milling and shipping activities, was very different from the outlying agricultural communities. In 1788, residents of the three bordering towns agreed to give up a portion of their land to establish a separate village on the Otter Creek Falls. On September 19, 1788, Vergennes was incorporated as a city, the third in the new nation and the first in the state. Its name was suggested by Ethan Allen to honor the Comte de Vergennes, French minister of foreign affairs and negotiator of the Treaty of Paris. Vergennes grew rapidly in the next decade and diversified its manufacturing and trading activities. Many townspeople worked producing and transporting lumber and potash. A bridge was built across the falls, and by 1789 there were fiftyfour households in Vergennes. The Monkton Ironworks Company was established on the falls, and at its height, around 1812, the company had nine forges, blast and air furnaces, a rolling mill, and a wire factory. A tunnel in the west bank of the falls, used to funnel water from the falls to the ironworks, and a towpath along the Otter Creek are some of the archeological remains of the once active industry. Vergennes, with its navigable creek, access to the lake, and skilled work force, figured prominently into the War of 1812. A marker designates the site of the shipyard where Commodore Thomas Macdonough commanded the building of a fleet to defend Lake Champlain against a British invasion. On December 21, 1813, Macdonough brought his fleet up the Otter Creek to Vergennes for winter quarters. The navy’s instructions to Macdonough were to increase the size of the fleet dramatically. Vergennes was host to forges, furnaces, sawmills and a rolling mill. A shipyard was also already in operation. At Vergennes, shipwrights built six row galleys, the schooner Ticonderoga, the brig Eagle and the frigate Confiance which was 146’ stem to stern. The 26 gun, Saratoga was completed in 40 days. The British and American fleets met in Cumberland Bay on Sept. 11, 1814. The two fleets were nearby matched in size and firepower. The battle raged for two hours and twenty minutes and the American fleet was victorious. The Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814 was a decisive victory for American forces. Macdonough’s fleet prevailed on the lake, and Vermont militia (commanded by General Samuel Strong of Vergennes) and New York militia drove back British regulars from outside Plattsburgh back to Canada. The treaty of Ghent was signed on Christmas Eve of 1814. The defeat of the British on Lake Champlain was considered the decisive battle of the War of 1812 and the City of Vergennes and its townspeople who worked nonstop to build the gunboats deserve much credit for the efforts. The embargo on British goods was lifted at the end of the war, and by 1816 the Monkton Ironworks could no longer compete with less expensive imported goods and it closed. The Lake Champlain Steamship Company, however, thrived.
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Chartered in 1813, the company built four lake steamers on the site of the Macdonough shipyard over the next ten years. About 1824, a new era of prosperity began for Vergennes with the opening of the Champlain Canal, which connected Lake Champlain with the Hudson River and reinvigorated the lake trade to both Canada and New York City. Many sloops and steamships docked in the city, loading cargo from buildings adjacent to the shipyard. Many local improvements followed the increase in trade and commerce. About 1830 residents constructed the East School on the newly christened School Street. In 1834 the city laid stone sidewalks Nope, it’s not Cody, Wyoming—it’s Main Street, downtown Vergennes, Vt., circa 1890. and planted shade trees along decade of the 19nth century, improving services for residents its streets. The same year local Episcopalian’s erected the brick Gothic Revival style St. Paul’s and the agricultural community. In 1911, the Burlington Church next to the village green, and Congregationalists built Traction Company, chartered to produce power for Burlinga new brick church on Water Street. Methodists followed in ton’s streetcar line, built a brick power house on the falls. In 1841 with their brick church across from St. Paul’s. St. Peter’s 1912, funds from the estate of William Gove Bixby financed Catholic Church was constructed on South Maple Street in construction of the Bixby Memorial Free Library, a grand neo-Classical Revival structure designed by New York City 1874. In the late 1840’s plans were underway for the construc- architect G. Frederick Frost. The State of Vermont Reform School for Troubled Youth, tion of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad, scheduled to be completed in 1849. Also, competition between rival steam- a part of city life since it was relocated from Waterbury to ship companies was improving travel on the lake. In 1848 Hi- Vergennes in 1875, underwent a significant expansion during ram Adams, speculating on an increase in Lake Champlain this period. By 1900 the school was housed in three buildtourists and new railroad travelers, built the Franklin House ings, including the former U.S. Arsenal, with residents workHotel, complete with a third-floor ballroom, on Main Street ing a farm acquired in 1892. In 1907 the school began a major building program that added about a dozen new structures opposite the green. The combination of the lake trade and a rail connection over the next fourteen years. During the 1930’s, business in Vergennes, as in the rest of continued to support Vergennes industry through the 1870’s. Industries that used lumber to produce consumer goods the country, declined, and many industries along the falls prospered since their raw materials could arrive and their closed. Among those companies that survived, the L.F. Benproducts could be shipped by water or by rail. By 1871, car- ton Company, a manufacturer of spark plugs founded in 1907, riage, sash and door, hub and spoke, horse nail, furniture, and occupied the old site of the Hayes, Falardo and Parker buildexcelsior factories operated at the falls, as well as a tannery, ings. In 1941, the company was acquired and became Simgrist and saw mills and a city waterworks established in 1868. monds Precision Products and today the business is a unit of The city waterworks incorporated a Flander’s pump, the Ver- UTC Aerospace. Vergennes today retains much of its historical character. gennes pump is the only one extant in the country. Along Main Street during this period new commercial The rerouting in 1962 of U.S. Route 7, bypassing the downbuilding were constructed in the Italianate style. Three com- town commercial area, has encouraged growth without demercial building were remodeled and connected to form one stroying the fabric of the city. Almost the entire length of Main Street, including the resicontinuous block of stores. Both the Stevens and Franklin hotels were remodeled in the Italianate style with rooftop belve- dential, commercial, and former manufacturing centers, is recognized as an outstanding example of town development deres from which the thriving city could be viewed. By the 1880s and 1890s the lake trade had greatly declined, and listed as an historic district in the National Register of but Vergennes continued to serve as the commercial center Historic Places. Sources: for a large and flourishing agricultural region. In 1893 the •The City of Vergennes Vergennes Electric Company began power generation at the •The Historic Architecture of Addison County Vermont falls, lighting the city streets. And looking forward to the new century, residents in 1897 built a grand new City Hall and Division for Historic Preservation 1992 •History: War of 1812 Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Opera House, designed by architects Chappell and Smith of Rutland. After 1900 Vergennes continued much as it had in the last
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Bike shop owner works to put smiles on the faces of foster kids By Lou Varricchio
VERGENNES – There’s a lot controversy among bicycle historians about whether or not Leonardo Da Vinci came up with the idea of the cycle back in 1493—there’s that dubious sketch of an antique pedal-pusher, uncovered in 1974—but there’s no disagreement that Tim Mathewson, Vermont’s Renaissance man of cycles, carbon-free activist, all-terrain wheelchair patent holder, and master mechanic, has done more to promote the use of bicycles in the Green Mountain State than any other single person. The owner of Little City Cycles shop, located at 10 N. Main St., in Vergennes, has been coming up with innovative and unusual ideas about bikes and related transportation for years. Now, the dynamic wheelman—with help from Tanya Bashaw—has come up with a solution to a two-fold problem: 1. how to recycle unwanted and older bicycles and parts, and at the same time, 2. bring fun, adventure, and pride of ownership to the lives of Vermont’s many foster children. Mathewson’s big plan, which he calls Magic Bikes under his Green Mountain Foster Bikes program, is to refurbish a growing stream of donated bikes and give them away to foster kids, along with accompanying safety helmets. Work on the foster bikes project is already underway. To help get the project off and running, Mathewson has set up a Go Fund Me website. With a group of bike shop volunteers, Mathewson and company are busy fixing up old bikes in their spare hours. They are removing lots of greasy kid stuff—aging spaghetti brake cables, dented antelope handlebars from the ‘70s, and all those multi-speed gears—then skillfully detailing the cycles with touchup paint (amazingly, drug store nail polish selections come in lots of colors which match most), maybe adding a decal or two. The ultimate work of the Green Mountain Foster Bikes project is to retrofit the unwanted bikes into easy-to-use, easy-to-maintain, coaster-brake bikes—the kind of utilitarian, easy-to-pedal, bike every Baby Boomer kid grew up with in the 1950s and ‘60s. Foster Bikes’ visionary mechanic—who lives in a Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome he built with his wife of more than 20 years—is passionate, and just a tad obsessive about bicycles; now he’s especially jazzed about getting the lovingly refurbished bikes into the hands of youngsters who might otherwise never find their dream bike under the Christmas tree. “When I was 12, I started fixing bikes and selling them to my neighbors,” Mathewson said. “When I was 14, I got my
first job at a bike shop and started racing bikes around New England. During the following 35 years I have owned three different bikes shops, worked at shops in Florida and Vermont and given clinics to many schools.” Mathewson’s foster bike program in Vermont is a model for the rest of the nation; it’s one of those ideas you wish you’d thought of, first—yet it’s really not surprising considering the outside-of-the-box thinking of its originator. “As I was thinking about the project,” Mathewson mused, “I wanted to use a bicycle that needed as little maintenance as possible, while still meeting the needs of the kids using it. We as a nation that throws away a ridiculous amount of bicycles. With simple modifications, the best of these can become simple, one-speed, coaster-brake bicycles. Given a moderate gearing, a rider could enjoy most of Vermont’s terrain. What I would like to do is give the bicycles that need a home to kids that need a home. If the kids like the bicycle they use, then they can keep it if they choose; I will just make more.” In addition to the new foster bikes effort, Mathewson has been involved in long-time advocacy work, which includes playing Santa Claus by giving away bikes that he has fixed to kids at Christmas time, as well as providing bikes to Addison County’s migrant dairy farm workers. He is also a cofounder of BRV-Bike Recycle Vermont, an organization that gives away bicycles to refugees that come to America from third world countries. “To date, BRV has given away over 2,000 bikes,” Mathewson added. There are other examples of Mathewson’s creative ideas— and his big heart, too. Recently, the Colin Project involved Mathewson’s retrofit of a little bike for a local youngster, named Colin, with special assistive/adaptive needs. According to an online post by Mark Hooper, a friend of the boy’s family, “I can hardly express the gratitude for the efforts, talents, and care that Little City Cycles put into the Colin Project. Little City Cycles may not seem like much— you can’t judge a book by its cover—but the work that Tim Mathewson does sure is changing the world for people with limited access.” Getting back to the Foster Bikes effort, Little City Cycle’s new Go Fund Me website makes it easy to contribute to the non-profit effort. But even those without Internet access can just as easily write a personal check or drop by the Vergennes shop with a donation of money or bicycles. For example, with a $100 contribution, a Vermont foster child will receive a bicycle, a new safety helmet, and a lock (when needed).
Little City Cycles owner Tim Mathewson inspects a collection of donated bikes which will be transformed into “magic bikes” for the Green Mountain Foster Bike project headquartered at the Vergennes bike shop.
“My initial goal is to have 50 bicycles ready by April 1, 2016, and another 50 by April 1, 2017,” Mathewson noted. “Depending on the contributions, we would determine how many bicycles per year could be contributed. This would establish Green Mountain Foster Bikes as a source for bikes for foster kids for years to come. From there, I would like to see all the needs met for foster kids in Vermont over time. We are working directly with the State of Vermont Department of Child and Family Services to make it happen.” As Mathewson tells it, the coaster-brake bicycles he plans to deliver only need oil on the chain and air in the tires to stay ready for service for years to come. “We have a long way to go to make this project as extensive as we’d like, and every bit helps,” he stressed. “Every penny, every donated bicycle or part, or Facebook share, gets us that much closer to the goal.” Check It Out: Every little bit helps. For more details about Magic Foster Bikes, contact Little City Cycles is located at 10 N. Main St. in Vergennes, telephone (802) 877-3000. The Green Mountain Foster Bike Go Fund Me Site is located online at https://www.gofundme.com/gmfosterbikes.
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Orwell Free Library recognized for librarianship certification
By Michele Farrell
ORWELL — As one of our nation’s most rural states, Vermont is lucky to have many small libraries with staff who respond to our rapidly changing world. Orwell Free Library is one such treasure. Its director, Kate Hunter, is a graduate of the Vermont Public Librarianship certification program. While a number of state libraries offer Public Librarianship certification programs using IMLS funding, the Vermont Department of Libraries is proud to have offered its program for 25 years. Such programs typically require participants to complete 150 credits through classes offered or approved by the state library. Kate began working at the Orwell Library in 2012 with no previous library training. She found the certification program courses invaluable, especially in expanding her knowledge of library administration, collection development, and cataloguing. Meeting colleagues with similar challenges and state library consultants through the program was an added bonus. Thanks to her training, Kate now has a network of library professionals to contact when problems arise. When Kate first began, she saw immediate challenges: “The library was years behind; it didn’t have a website, offered minimal programming, and lacked many basic services,” she said. With few funding opportunities for a library housed in a 19th century building in a tiny village of 1,200, Kate needed to maximize her resources to make necessary upgrades. As the library’s only employee, working 25 hours a week, Kate sought help from Grace Greene, a state library consultant, to assist her in deciding what materials to weed from the collection. After sorting through hundreds of outdated junior nonfiction titles, Kate was also able to add to the library’s technology offerings, providing four computers with Internet access, e-books and audiobooks through Listen Up! Vermont, and adding access to Vermont Online Library’s electronic database. With the help of local donors, Kate also introduced an iPad, an Mp3 player, and touch screen computers to better meet needs of the community. The library also houses cutting edge technology, offering a 3D print program where locals are able to record their voices
and have their sound waves printed in 3D. Suggested by an Orwell resident, who also provided software and the printer for the event, this unique offering in a small town allowed residents to record their voices and experience the technology for themselves. In week two of the workshop, participants view their 3D printed sound waves in earring and pendant forms, and use art supplies to learn the basics of finishing a 3D print. In addition to the many upgrades the library has seen in recent years, this workshop brought community members together to access new technology. Visitors can find the Orwell Free Library on the main floor of the historic Clark property in the heart of Orwell. The building’s upstairs houses the Orwell Historical Society
Museum, which features award-winning exhibits of local artifacts and memorabilia. The exhibits were created by Museum Curator Sandy Korda, and are still on display. The museum is open on Saturdays with help from Historical Society volunteers. In addition to this historic museum, Orwell Free Library offers passes to state historic sites, state parks, the Shelburne Museum, and the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. It also offers a discounted pass for the ECHO Lake Aquarium in Burlington. Michele Farrell is senior library grant program officer in the Office of Library Services within IMLS. The Eagle thanks IMLS for this news.
Students make donation to Habitat for Humanity By Lou Varricchio RUTLAND — The Habitat for Humanity Club of Castleton University recently made a donation of $750 to the Habitat for Humanity of Rutland County. “We work hard to raise funds to support our work,” said Mollie Johnson, HHC president. “We wanted to show our support for the Rutland Habitat in a really meaningful way,” Habitat for Humanity of Rutland County is currently rehabilitating a house on 30 West St. in Fair Haven.
“We hope to dedicate the house and have a family living there by the end of summer,” said Chris Heintz, president of the Rutland Affiliate. With 25 members, the club works on Habitat sites both in Vermont and in nearby states. Earlier this year, 18 Castleton students drove to Winston-Salem, N.C., and spent their time helping Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County, N.C., with various service and construction projects in the area. The visit was part of the students alternative spring break.
The Habitat for Humanity Club of Castleton University recently made a $750 donation to the Habitat for Humanity of Rutland County. Pictured: Kayla Zsido, club vice president; Chris Heintz, Affiliate President; Kelly Mills, Mollie Johnson, club president.
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Continued from page 1 agement; it was part of the team’s fun the promotion to stimulate interest in baseball as well as the team spirit of sports. The Lake Monster custom baseball cards for the children will make popular trading and collectible items; they also help build self esteem and camaraderie. The nine Vermont youngsters recognized are: • Erica Briere of West Rutland • Matthew Gonyeau of St. Albans • Foster Hutchins of Enosburg • Brady Jankowski of Georgia • Oden Krebs of Burlington • Cooper McCurley of Essex Junction • Nate Muzzy of Ferrisburgh • Zoe Richardson of Shelburne • Max White of Richmond The special event kicks off at the Free Press Media office in downtown Burlington at 3 p.m. Aug. 12. Nate Muzzy, Erica Briere (on the cover) and Zoe Richardson (right) are some of the players who have been made into baseball cards. Photo provided
Woman cited for shoplifting RUTLAND TOWN — On July 21, at approximately 8:01 p.m, Vermont State Police was notified that an individual had been caught by store employees shoplifting at the Hannaford Supermarket in Rutland Town. A member of the Vermont State Police spoke with a store employee who had watched a female conceal approximately $120 worth of groceries into a purse and exit the store without paying. The female fled from the store without being apprehended. Troopers later identified the female as Mandy Conte, 32, of the Rutland area. Conte was located and cited to appear at a later date and time for a charge of retail theft when she was located with assistance from Rutland City Police Department.
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Continued from page 1 Kavanagh, known for his feistiness, started pushing buttons. “I’m not a dentist, but all my life I’ve had cavities filled, and with all due respect, it’s not brain surgery,” he said to audible jeers from the audience. “Most of my cavities are filled by my dentist in a matter of minutes, and it doesn’t seem like you couldn’t train an intelligent dental assistant to do that, and the need is so great. We have less trained nurse practitioners doing far more complicated things than filling cavities.” “There’s nothing routine about this,” Grover replied. David Holwager, an audience member and rural dentist from Cambridge City, Ind., jumped into the discussion. “Wednesday (I saw) a child three years of age with 20 teeth, (and) 16 of them were abscessed. She was seen by a nurse practitioner twice who effectively did not diagnose any oral health problems. That child is going to the operating room Tuesday for those teeth to be removed. That’s proper oral health care, isn’t it, sir? That’s what you want.” “That’s anecdotal,” Kavanagh replied. “Anecdotal? That child is real! Those parents are real!” Holwager shouted.
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While everyone in the room could have used a little laughing gas at that moment, the exchange got to the heart of a protracted battle over how states should go about expanding access to oral health care. Under the ADA’s Community Dental Health Coordinator program, certified hygienists provide clinical preventive services to rural and low-income patients. When necessary, the coordinators connect patients with dentists who work for community health centers and social service agencies. “The CDHC program is sustainable because we are taking people who are already trained as dental hygienists and layering another skill setting on to what they already have. They are already working,” Grover said during her presentation. Coordinators are active in nine states, according to the ADA, and more than 100 CDHCs will be trained and ready to help underserved patients by the end of the year. But Grover’s presentation didn’t stop with the promotion of CDHCs. It took aim at a competing initiative gaining traction in some states — dental therapists. Unlike CDHCs, dental therapists receive about a year of medical training and are then permitted to fill cavities and pull teeth, in addition to providing preventive oral care. The therapists, now being licensed in Vermont, Minnesota, Alaska and Maine, are a step up
from dental hygienists in experience and training, but far below dentists. Dental therapists often work for dentists, but they may also become their competitors. In Vermont, which passed legislation this year, dental therapists are being hailed as a solution to underpayment by Medicaid. While Medicaid offers dental coverage for low-income residents, it reimburses dentists about half of what the services cost. The underpayment is so severe that some dentists have stopped serving Medicaid patients, while others have cut back on the number of Medicaid patients they see. Advocates say dental therapists solve the problem by providing about 34 procedures that Medicaid can afford to pay — and at a price dental therapists find acceptable. Dentists, by comparison, perform more than 500 services and are more expensive providers. Grover criticized the dental therapist model as a government-subsidized program. “Mid-level programs have proven unsuccessful without significant government spending,” she said, adding that Minnesota passed its law in 2009 without a fiscal note, but later appropriated $110,000 to the Board of Dentistry for the new program. An additional $25,000 was appropriated to the board to award grants for program-related education. She said Maine’s program is funded through license fees levied on other practitioners.
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Grover also said dental therapists aren’t reaching the rural areas they are intended to serve — about 57 percent of Minnesota’s therapists live in urban areas. The Vermont Oral Health Care for All Coalition, an advocate of dental therapists, says midlevel providers are safe. According to the group’s factsheet, dental therapists received zero safety complaints in 10 years in Alaska and four years in Minnesota. In addition, dental therapy students get training at Vermont Technical College and undergo 1,000 hours of mentorship from dentists before licensing. After gaining approval from the Commission on Dental Competency Assessments, therapists work under the supervision of dentists through a collaborative management agreement. Even so, the Vermont State Dental Society opposes the policy. Grover said CDHCs are a better way to expand access to dental health care, and she reassured some audience members that community health centers by law must offer emergency and preventive services. “So there’s care out there that’s available, that’s cost-effective, that’s given by highly trained professionals — and it’s highly underutilized,” Grover said. Kavanagh, apparently unconvinced after the dust up, said, “With all due respect, this is a medical discussion, and I think I’m going to seek a second opinion on it.”
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