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Looking back to when Vermont helped give birth to the GOP.

Ladies’ Night Out chorus ensemble to perform “To Sing is to Fly”, May 11.

CSC men’s lacrosse team captures NAC Championship title.

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Vermont’s looming energy sinkhole

CVPS acquires Vt. Marble Power RUTLAND—Central Vermont Public Service announced May 4 that it will purchase the assets and service territory of the Vermont Marble Power Division of Omya Inc. for $33.2 million.

Included in the sale are rights to serve about 890 customers in Proctor, including the Omya industrial facility in Florence, which will become CV's single-largest customer.

Significantly, the sale also includes four hydroelectric facilities with a combined capacity of 18.1 megawatts.

"This purchase will create economies of scale that will benefit all of our customers, and will lead to expansion of the generation output from the four Vermont Marble dams through increased investment," CVPS President Bob Young said. "It maintains Vermont control over the plants, which produce clean, reliable energy, and expands CV's role as the operator of the largest fleet of renewable hydroelectric generators in the state."

Young said there would be significant benefits to the purchase: It continues the state-supported consolidation of

By John McClaughry newmarketpress@denpubs.com

See CVPS, page 12

Rutland woman arrested for heroin dealing RUTLAND—The Southern Vermont Drug Task Force over the past several months has conducted an investigation into the distribution of heroin in the Rutland area.

The investigation revealed the heroin was readily available for sale by Holly Palmer, age 35, of Rutland City.

Palmer was arrested without incident and was released on a citation. She is being charged with three felony counts of selling heroin and will appear in Rutland County Court June 14.

Rutland City’s recreation baseball season started last week with several teams playing at White's Field. Here the pitcher for the Knights of Columbus takes the mound as a member of Team Alderman looks on from second base.

Photo Shawn Pemrick Photography

Holly Palmer

Police find missing Florida man’s car at inn RUTLAND TOWN—Robert Servian, age 61, was reported missing April 2 in Sarasota, Fla. Both he and his vehicle were entered into the National Crime Information Center by the Sarasota Police Department. The last communication received from Servain was in the form of an e-mail received by his wife March 30.

Servain is described as 6 feet tall, 210 pounds, white hair, and blue eyes.

There is no information about clothing he was wearing at the time of his disap-

despondent and possibly suicidal.

She advised Vermont State Police that she is unaware of anyone who he might be meeting or who would have picked him up in the Rutland area.

Upon responding to the Holiday Inn, a trooper found Servain’s 2010 white Honda two-door, with Florida registration 355LIL, parked in the northeast lot of the Holiday Inn in Rutland Town. Inspection of the vehicle did not show any signs of

See MISSING, page 9

Robert Servian

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pearance. Servain’s wife advised that he had lost 35 pounds over the last year, but did not describe him as being in good physical condition.

She advised that he used to be a hiker, who had done a lot of hiking along the Appalachian Trial, and might be in the Rutland area. She advised that he had not done this in a long time. She further stated that he was born in New York but grew up in Connecticut.

Servain’s wife feels that he is probably

MONTPELIER—A sizable and vocal group of Vermont energy activists may be pleased to see the state legislature shut down the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. But they have no idea how to replace its energy and economic contribution to the state.

Voting Yankee “off the island” will not get rid of the need for the 285 megawatts of dependable base load power that it delivers to Vermont utilities each year at bargain prices. Despite over $30 million extracted each year from electric ratepayers to finance Efficiency Vermont, energy savings from conservation are not likely to cancel the growth in electricity consumption as the region emerges from the recession.

Where will the needed energy come from? Alternative energy activists say “wind power”, but proposed wind projects have already been stymied by local opposition in Londonderry, Sutton and Ira. A strong proposal for four turbines at the abandoned radar base atop of East Haven Mountain was killed off by a PSB requirement that the promoter spend tons of money to assess the potential threat to birds and bats.

VELCO, the state's transmission utility, estimates that inland wind turbines deliver about 15 percent of their rated capacity. That means the New England ISO power grid operators have

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WEDNESDAY May 12, 2010

Dr. Alan Bean: America’s uncertain future in space

By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com Apollo 12 was the second NASA mission to land humans on the Moon in November 1969. Of 12’s three crewmen— astronauts Pete Conrad, Alan Bean and Dick Gordon—only Conrad and Bean took the Lunar Module to the surface of the Moon, landed, and walked on the cratered Ocean of Storms. Bean also spent two months in the weightless environment aboard Skylab 3 in 1973. He had planned to pilot the space shuttle but decided to retire in 1980, one year before the first shuttle flew in space.

Apollo 12 made space history a long time ago. Best remembered for lightning striking the giant Saturn 5 rocket on takeoff, Apollo 12 is also notable for its pinpoint landing next to the abandoned Surveyor 2 robot spacecraft and for returning a lunar rock that chemically matched some tektites found on Earth.

Only Alan Bean and Dick Gordon survive, both men on the cusp of 80. Pete Conrad, one of the most colorful NASA astronauts from the old days, died in a motorcycle accident a few years ago.

Today, only Alan Bean actively speaks about the historic mission and what it was like to be the fourth man on the Moon. An accomplished artist, Bean paints lunar scenes both realistic and fanciful; his canvases are highly collectible and

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Dr. Alan Bean What kind of public support do you see today regarding human spaceflight?

Hey, I thought everybody wanted the most out of our space program for the good of the nation. But I look around now and it’s disappointing to me that some politicians are not thinking the same things. They’re not doing and voting what is best for the country. They do other things. I’ve been very shocked.

Is America on the right track today regarding humans venturing into space?

I don’t believe so. NASA spent a lot of time with the best minds in the scientific community to come up with a plan to return humans to the Moon and go beyond it (Project Constellation and the Ares rockets). They had the best hardware under development and the best people to get the job done.

So, for someone to just drop in, spend a little time thinking and saying ‘Well, I think I’ll change things,’ is pretty arrogant. It’s not in the best interest of NASA. I have a lot of confidence in the methodology of NASA to do the best things with the time and money available. My heart is in what NASA wanted to do and not with the people who think they have a “better” idea. Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, and many others, agree with me on this.

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Alan Bean, a decorated U.S. Navy pilot and aerospace engineer, was in Vermont recently to accept an honorary doctor of fine arts degree at Green Mountain College.

I had the honor of meeting Dr. Bean and chatting with him at the college about the past and future of NASA and humans in space. I also presented the former astronaut with a copy of my book about lunar science, titled “Inconstant Moon” published by Xlibris/Random House; it discusses some of the unusual lunar rocks returned by the Apollo 12 crew— Do you believe extraterrestrials have visited the Earth?

No. In all the billions of miles of space, we’re it. Unlike on T.V. where aliens have landed here or people are waiting for the aliens to come by—in the real world, they’ll never come by. Here we are; we’re all there is in this portion of the universe. It’s up to us to make the Earth a great place.

You use realistic and fantasy art as a means of exploring your off-Earth experiences. Why? I have witnessed things that few humans have seen. I went to another world and I am an artist. So, when I left NASA in 1980, I wanted to be true to my creative skills and tell the stories of humanity’s first adventures off the Earth through visual art. I can celebrate the first time humans went to another world, the Moon. Yes, we will do it again when we send humans to land on Mars for the first time. This is what humans do. We explore new worlds. I explore these new worlds through my art.

Regarding the Apollo 12 and Skylab 3 missions, what are your fondest memories?

Well, not all crews get along like professional teams. But I was lucky on Apollo 12 in 1969 and Skylab 3 in 1973. I can honestly say I went on a flight to the Moon with my two best friends, Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon. It was scary at times, but I had these two great guys by my side. Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott were with me on SL-3. They were the rookies and I was the veteran, the commander of that mission. I passed on to them what Pete and Dick taught me about doing the right things as an astronaut. I tried to model Pete as Skylab commander. And we were up there for 59 days doing a lot of good science.

The Rutland County Humane Society is holding a yard sale to raise money for the homeless animals. Join us on Saturday, May 15, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Rutland County Humane Society, 765 Stevens Rd. in Pittsford.

Now is the perfect time to start cleaning out those attics, basements and closets. RCHS is happy to accept donations for the yard sale. All items must be pre-priced (nothing less than 25 cents) and in working order. No clothing, shoes, textbooks, magazines or computer equipment. Items can be dropped off at the brown building next to the RCHS shelter on Friday, May 14, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. or Saturday, May 15, 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. only. The shelter will be open May 15, 10-5, for visiting with the adoptable animals.

Join the fun and support the animals. If you have any questions please call RCHS at 483-9171 or visit www.rchsvt.org.

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WEDNESDAY May 12, 2010

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When Vermont helped give birth to the GOP

By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com

U.S. Sen. Solomon Foot in 1855 (1802-1866).

Photo courtesy of the National Archives

Imagine Vermont as a stronghold of Republican ideals.

You’re kidding, right? Well, there was a time in the 19th and 20th centuries when the Green Mountain State welcomed members of the Grand Old Party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Reagan—a time when Vermont Republicans felt welcomed here; a time when liberal-minded residents didn’t snub their noses at conservative neighbors (and vice versa). My, how times and partisan politics have changed. Today, GOP strongholds have moved to other states far to the west and south of Vermont.

Forgotten by most Vermonters is the true story of an enterprising attorney from the 19th-century Vermont cowtown of Cornwall; a man who made an indelible mark on the political landscape of Vermont and the nation in the early 1800s.

Solomon Foot, a Cornwall native and loyal Whig Party member, became a pioneer of the fledgling Republican political party in the mid-19th century.

The Whig Party, short for whiggamor—the nickname applied to 17th century Scottish rebels—was the sole party of America’s revolutionaries during the 1770s and ‘80s. But after the demise of the Whigs in the mid 1800s, the party’s political philosophy—a party that stressed the individual (not the collective) and free enterprise triumphing over a centralized, federal government—was quickly adopted by their replacements, the Republicans. Abraham Lincoln was a Whig until the party morphed into the GOP (Grand Old Party or Republican Party). Thus, Lincoln became the first Republican president in 1860.

In Vermont, Solomon Foot helped establish the state as a bastion for Whig-Republican ideals well into the mid-20th century—a far cry from the state’s post-1960s role as a cradle of liberal Democrat “Blue State” politics.

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Foot, born on Nov. 19, 1802 in Cornwall, was a brilliant thinker, eloquent speaker, and raconteur. He was an oldfashioned Vermont lawyer, state representative, and senator.

He spent more than 25 years in elected offices.

After being admitted to the Vermont bar in 1831, Foot served as an Addison County state legislator in 1833; he was returned to state office from 1836 to 1838.

Spending just six years as a prosecuting attorney, Foot eyed a promising career in national politics.

His successful 1843 U.S. House campaign focused on 19th century conservative ideals and the call of Manifest Destiny in the frontier of the American West—although Foot, and fellow Whigs at the time, rejected the political catch phrase coined by Jacksonian Democrats.

Foot was elected as a Whig congressman from Vermont in 1843. And by 1850 he successfully transitioned his political machine to make a run for the U.S. Senate; he was elected to that post in 1850. Foot succeeded U.S. Sen. Samuel Phelps, another Whig, from Middlebury.

After the demise of the Whig Party in 1856 over the slavery question, Foote was reelected as a Republican senator; he served as senator from 1856 until his death.

Foote was president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate from 1861 to 1864 during the darkest days of the U.S. Civil War. He died, at age 63, in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 1866.

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With wild turkey hunting season still in full swing in Vermont until May 31, the National Wild Turkey Federation has the safety of local turkey hunters in mind.

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•Resist the urge to stalk turkey sounds. It is nearly impossible to sneak up on a turkey. It is also unethical and could lead to an accident.

•Select a spot that is in open timber rather than thick brush: wearing camouflage clothing and eliminating movement is more critical to success than hiding in heavy cover.

•Sit against a large stump, blow-down, tree trunk or rock that is wider than your shoulders and higher than your head when calling wild turkeys.

•Never wear bright colors, especially not red, white, blue or black because these are the colors of a wild turkey gobbler. Watch out for red, white or blue on your socks, t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, hats, bandannas, etc. Wear dark undershirts and socks, and pants long enough to be tucked into boots.

•Remain still and speak in a loud, clear voice to announce your presence to other hunters if necessary. Never move, wave or make turkey sounds to alert another hunter of your presence.

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Taking money from Vermont’s farmers

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hen the majority Democratic Vermont House passed the Miscellaneous Tax Bill last month, they in essence voted to raise taxes on Vermont manufacturers, contractors, and dairy farmers. The bill did this by imposing a 33 percent reduction in the so-called domestic production deductionavailable to businesses in 2010 and 2011.

This vote concerned me a great deal, because it effectively takes about $9 million out of the pockets of manufacturers, contractors, and dairy farmers.

This deduction is one of the few business tax incentives that Vermont offers.

Specifically intended to help protect high-paying, highbenefit jobs here at home and keep them from going overseas, it delivers some much-needed assistance to the manufacturing, construction, and dairy industries, which are already among the hardest-hit by the current economic recession. These folks have prepared their budgets and made their plans in Vermont with the expectation that this incentive, which was enacted into law in 2004 , would be available to them.

Even more difficult to understand, the House vote came only about a week after one of Vermont's best-known business successes—Burton Snowboards—announced that it would be moving its manufacturing jobs out of state and overseas. If the Legislature continues to try to balance its budget on the backs of employers and actually take away the few positive advantages we have, we can only expect more jobs to leave Vermont.

As the owner of a construction company, I know firsthand how difficult it is to run a successful business in Vermont. As a Vermont State Senator, I will be working hard with others in the Vermont Senate to remove this provision from the Miscellaneous Tax Bill and restore support for these businesses and their employees who are most in need.

If you share my concerns, I encourage you to contact your state senator and ask him or her to have this provision removed. If left in the bill it may cost us good paying jobs in the long run.

Vermont State Sen. Phil Scott

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Aloha, Vermont?

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f you’ve been following the continuing efforts of the Fourth Estate, you know that it’s about as unusual as a blizzard over William Shakespeare’s fictional Prospero’s Island—of “The Tempest” fame—for an accredited editorial writer to admit a blindspot in his commentary.

Perhaps it’s ok for a mere weekly amateur such as your humble scribe, moi?

My judgment gap came while pondering whether Vermonters, like so many living in other states, might contemplate some sort of territorial breakup or even secession (the last actual multi-state attempt had a sorry outcome), because of internal differences in political and governance objectives.

I thought Vermonters might consider either an individual town defection (think: Killington) or even a New England-in-the-1820s or Thomas Naylor-in-the-present sort of secession debate.

I had toyed with, and rejected, the notion of a virtual Vermont of pretty much disenfranchised old Vermonters practicing some form of traditional self-government while co-existing geographically mixed (but governmentally-separated) among the new in-migrants—because the facts on the ground are that there’s no place in the state (not even the Northeast Kingdom) where the now dominant group is clearly absent. There is simply no place to furnish a sanctuary for the now subordinate group.

My error in thinking this couldn’t be done may well be proven wrong by the example of Hawaii.

What’s about to take place in the Aloha State could possibly come to pass in the Green Mountain State albeit for somewhat different reasons.

The Hawaii proposal—known as the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act—calls for the 6 percent of Hawaii’s 1.3 million residents who are truly natives to be self-governing with a set of laws parallel to, and different from, the set of laws under which the other 94 percent will live (and pay taxes, and be regulated, and so on).

The 400,000 or so entitled Hawaiian natives, wherever they now live, will get a going-away gift of a couple million acres of land to which they don’t have to move plus a few dozen millions of federal grant dollars to establish and operate their own governance. One step forward, two steps backward.

Who gets to fine these Hawaiian elites for speeding on Waikiki Boulevard? What if they behave badly after dark in Honolulu’s bar-brothel-arts district? The news stories I’ve read don’t say.

The separation is based on race and culture, the articles I’ve read do say. The free-at-last natives would have their own Virtual Hawaii, right in there physically mixed with, but politically separate from, the traditional (since US annexation in 1898, anyway) Hawaii.

Regarding the theory of what’s good for Hawaii could be good for Vermont: Why not give 1 million acres of Vermont’s 6 million acres to the Yankee natives who were doing fine before to the down-country Volvoid gentrificationincursions began during the 1960s?

It’s at least arguable that the once-distinct Yankee culture, responsible for creating from wilderness the farmand-village landscape so attractive to the suburbia-fleeing inmigrants, is as worthy of preservation and self-governance as the Polynesian one now recognized.

Like the cardiologist, standing alongside his favorite mechanic, and peering under the hood of his Mercedes and hearing the auto expert say, “There’s a lot we don’t yet un-

derstand about valve lifters,”there’s much about a virtual Hawaii which is so far unexplored.

I can visualize where Hawaiian schools might be separate but equal, but who will pay for and staff such government functions as highways, jails, and the volcano and tsunami-warning centers?

Will the crater of Mauna Loa be off-limits to non-Polynesians?

Will the real Polynesians demand the return of Pearl Harbor to its pre-U.S. Navy conditions,or will they just demand rent? (Oops, I’ve just been informed they’re already demanding rent.)

Would Hawaii Five-O law enforcement be executed differently based on now-approved racial profiling, just as Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” was built around some Europeans arrival on, and take-over of, a non-European-owned island?

Check with your high school English student regarding Caliban and Ariel, the ungentrified natives versus Prospero and Miranda (the gentry intruders), for what’s being taught alongside historical literature in our ideologically post-colonial era.

Similarly, for a Virtual Vermont— Would the natives continue to be taxed to pay for the imported (and expensive) public education practices they have consistently disliked over the last 40 years of their imposition, or, as in Hawaii.

Would they be left alone to run their own schools as they once did? Even though they wouldn’t, most likely, get their own million acres, would they get to adopt and implement their own zoning on what small pieces of their state they still, nominally, own?

If academic inmigrant to the Town of Charlotte Mr. Thomas Naylor can build a secession movement—on such Enlightenment-level platform planks as keeping Wal-Mart out of town—can the pre-Naylor natives specifically invite a big box store to any Vermont town of their choice, if they so wish?

The underlying question in both states is one of (in Grover Norquists’s memorable phrase) “The right to be left alone” to which the members of his “leave us alone” coalition have always aspired.

In Hawaii, the natives want out from under the control of the non-native majority. In Vermont, the same sentiment underlies the woodchucks v. flatlanders tension.

It isn’t a conventional right v. left political argument, as shown by a quote (which I have taken the liberty of paraphrasing) from liberal-progressive Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis during the 1920s: “Every citizen has the right to be left alone by his government.”

If, under a Virtual Hawaii Law, the native islanders get some reprieve from their inmigrant mainland rulers and tormentors, couldn’t the same device have a similar outcome in the Green Mountain State? Native Vermonters could create some legal distance between the new, elite Vermont created by the gentry inmigrants. My initial thought about this idea was “not very likely,” but with luck I might yet be proven wrong.

Amazing Grace

ry. As the story goes, Saul was working overtime chasing down Christians. The Scripture describes him as, “….breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord…” It was his intention to find Christians hiding out in Damascus, arrest them, and bring them, bound, to Jerusalem.

That is until Jesus met him on the Damascus road. Surrounded by those who beBy Rev. Krista Beth Atwood lieved in his cause, Saul was struck down and blinded. As Saul himself described it later in the book of Acts, “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?”

Saul heard the voice of the Risen Jesus and his life was forever changed.

Both the story of Saul and the story of John Newton are remarkable conversion stories. They are startling and awe-inspiring. “I once was lost but now am found, was blind, but now I see.” Yet, in any conversion story, the main character is God. John Newton and Saul both had encounters with Christ that transformed them. While our experiences may not be as dramatic, we are all—to some degree—stumbling along the way trying to do what is best and often messing up. Sometimes it takes a dramatic experience to open our eyes.

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.

And Grace, my fears relieved.

How precious did that Grace appear The hour I first believed. Amen!

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mazing Grace is probably one of the most well known hymns in all of Christendom. Even nonchurch goers are often familiar with the first verse.

Pop singers cover it and contestants sing it on American Idol hoping it will give them a boost into the Top Ten. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me.

I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind but now I see.

The stanzas are a powerful testimony to God’s grace and forgiveness in the face of human failing, made even more powerful when seen through the life of the author. John Newton, born in London in 1725, was the son of a commander of a merchant ship. Newton’s mother died when he was six and, as a young boy, he began sailing with his father.

Later, at his own request, he was put into service on a slave ship. In 1748 he became captain of his own slave-trading ship bringing Africans to England to be sold.

While Newton did have some early religious instruction from his mother, he had long since given up any religious convictions. In fact he mocked the faith of those around him. However, in the face of a horrific storm during a homeward voyage, he experienced what he was to refer to later as his “great deliverance.” He recorded in his journal that when all seemed lost and the ship would surely sink, he exclaimed, “Lord, have mercy upon us.”

The hymn, Amazing Grace, was composed many years later, after Newton left the slave trade and became a priest in the Anglican Church. Throughout his ministry this unlikely disciple drew large congregations and influenced many, among them William Wilberforce who became a leader in the campaign for the abolition of slavery. ‘Amazing Grace’ indeed. (Adapted from Al Rogers’ synopsis, 1996) In the Bible we hear many stories of unlikely disciples.

The story of Saul (later known to us as Paul) is one such sto-

Ex-Vermont resident Martin Harris lives in soggy Tennessee.

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Rev. Krista Beth Atwood is the pastor of Faith United Methodist Church in South Burlington.

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United Way food drive under way The United Way of Rutland County in conjunction with the National Association of Letter Carrier ’s 495 will be conducting its annual food drive on Saturday, May 8.

Last year, the local Letter Carrier Food Drive placed in the top 10 in the nation for the number of pounds of food collected among communities similar in size. This year, the United Way will strive to be first in the nation as Campbell’s has pledged to donate extra food to the top drive.

Food Donations are collected all throughout Rutland County by letter carriers along their mail route. The food is taken back to your respective

post office and distributed to three local community food shelves—BROC, the Community Cupboard, and the Salvation Army.

In the Fair Haven area, food goes to Fair Haven Concerned and the Poultney letter carriers bring the collected food to the Poultney Food Shelf.

Food collection will take place in each of the following zip codes: 05701/05702, 05733, 05743, 05759, 05764, 05765, 05777, 05156 and 05149.

If you do not live on a mail route, food donations can be brought directly to the Rutland City Post Office on Saturday, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Locally, over 25,000 pounds of food are

collected, with more than 71 million pounds collected nationally.

Please support your community by donating any of the following non- perishable food items: peanut butter, jelly, pasta, cereal, canned vegetables and fruit, tuna fish, canned meats, baby food, soup, puddings, and juices.

Cleaning supplies, paper goods and diapers are always in demand as well.

Please do not donate outdated products, home-canned goods, glass containers or perishable items like potatoes, baked goods, onions or bread.

For details, call United Way at 7737477.

Local women’s chorus entertains with “To Sing is to Fly” PALS—Two giant snapping turtles were caught resting in a mud flat behind the Chittenden Reservoir last week. Despite their unusual position, they weren’t mating—perhaps they’re just pals hanging out in the sunshine. The larger male’s shell was nearly 2-feet long. A fish and wildlife biologist working with CVPS at the scene estimated the older turtle to be more than 60 years old.

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Chaffee seeks exhibitors RUTLAND—Art in the Park Festivals will be held Aug. 1415 and Oct. 9 -10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in Main Street Park at the junction of Routes 4 and 7 in Rutland. The fine-art and craft event is Vermont's oldest continuing arts tradition, and one of the Chaffee Art Center's major fund-raising events. It was recently voted one of Vermont's Top Ten Events by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Rutland’s Best of the Best Festivals. Chaffee officials are seeking potential exhibitors in the following categories: fine art, clay, fiber, floral, glass, jewelry, photography, specialty food, wood. All exhibitors are juried. An application can be printed from the website www.chaffeeartcenter.org or mailed if requested by calling 802-775-8836.

Concert series returns Organizers of the Castleton Concert on the Green always open their summer concert series with the best performances in western Rutland County and the shows continue every Tuesday throughout the summer. The 2010 Castleton Concert on the Green summer concert series is no exception.

Tuesday, June 1, is the opening evening of the Concert on the Green series; it is the first date of 13 concert dates.

According to concert publicist Dick Nordmeyer, “The complete listing of all 2010 concerts will be published soon in the Rutland Tribune. You don't want to miss any of the.

Be a part of the fastest growing, big time entertainment in the State of Vermont. Starting time is always 7 p.m.—sharp.”

Performing at the College of St. Joseph May 11 was the Ladies’s Night Out chorus with (back row) Kim Stannard, Monica Freson, Jordan Hill, Laura Daubenspeck, Daphne LeaHemmer, Roxanne Ramah, Olivia Gawet, and (front row) Lynn Gaudreau, Melody Hoffman, Lydia Drinwater, Karen St. Peter, Crystal Giasson, Lucy Tenenbaum director, Taylor Quail, Ada Loyzelle. Missing: Lindsey Coutermarsh, Ursula Hirschmann, Joy Lemke, Angela Champine, Marci Wheeler O’Brien.

RUTLAND—On May 11, at the College of St Joseph’s Tuttle Hall Theater, the Ladies’ Night Out chorus sing out during a special spring season concert.

The event featured choral music that included Randall Thompson’s Alleluia, two songs by Gwyneth Walker, Madrigals, The Art of the Ground Round by PDQ Bach, American folk songs and

more.

Lucy Allen Tenenbaum, director, included a special piano accompanist, Jean K. Sutton of East Poultney. Castleton State College student Angela Champine, associate conductor, conducted Dirait-On by Morten Lauridsen.

This season’s concert included a piece for bassoon and piano: Andante

and Hungarian Rondo by Carl Maria von Weber, performed by CSC bassoonist Tiffany Coolidge accompanied by Mary Kay Capone, CSC piano student.

The chorus, consisting of 20 local women singers, began practicing for the concert in January.

New programs at Castleton Community Center The Castleton Community Center has regular weekly fitness classes: Bone Builders (osteoporosis prevention) every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:30 a.m. or 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Movement Medley (a blend of Tai Chi, Yoga, and resistance training) meets every Thursday, 4-5 p.m. Better Balance (exercises to increase muscle strength and flexibility) meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10:30-11:30. Call the center for information about any of programs: 468-3093

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Allen receives college award Jeremy Allen of Center Rutland, received the Physical Education Award at Saint Joseph's College of Maine, awarded annually to an outstanding graduating senior majoring in physical education.

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CAMPOREE—Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from the Green Mountain Council’s Ethan Allen District gathered at the recent closing ceremony in the Button Bay State Park amphitheater after a near-perfect weekend of camping. The scouts, including all scouts from Rutland and Addison counties, celebrated 100 years of scouting in the United States.

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Religious Services RUTLAND All Saints Anglican Church An orthodox Anglo-Catholic Christian Community. Mass & Liturgy offered every Sunday at 4:00p.m. Childcare available. Handicap Accessible. Christian Education. 42 Woodstock Ave., Rutland (Services at Messiah Lutheran Church) 802-282-8098.

Email: AllCelticStaintsRutland@comcast.net Alliance Community Fellowship Howe Center, Sunday Worship 10:30a.m.

Phone: 773-3613 Calvary Bible Church 2 Meadow Lane, Rutland, VT • 802-775-0358.

(2 blocks south of the Rutland Country Club) Sunday Worship Service 9:30a.m. Nursery care available. www.cbcvt.org Christ the King 66 South Mail St. - Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:30 & 11a.m.

Church of the Nazarene 144 Woodstock Ave., Pastor Gary Blowers 483-6153.

Sunday School for all ages at 9:30a.m. Morning Worship at 10:30a.m., Evening Worship at 6:00p.m. & Wednesday Prayer at 7:00p.m., Children’s Church available during Worship Service.

Church of Christ 67 Dorr Dr., Sunday Worship 10:30a.m.

The Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints North Strewsbury Rd., 773-8346. Sacrament 10a.m.

Church of the Redeemer Cheeney Hill Center, Cedar Ave., Sunday Service 10a.m.

First Baptist Church 81 Center St., 773-8010 - The Rev. Mark E. Heiner, Pastor. Sunday worship 10:30a.m., Sunday school 9:00a.m.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Hillside Rd. Saturday Worship 5:30 p.m., Sunday Worship 10:30a.m.

Grace Congregational United Church of Christ - 8 Court St., 775-4301.

Sunday Chapel Service 8:30a.m., Worship 10a.m.

Green Mountain Baptist Church 50 Barrett Hill Rd. , 747-7712.

Sunday Worship 11a.m., Evening service 6p.m.

Green Mountain Missionary Baptist Church - 98 Killington Ave., 775-1482 • Sunday Worship 11a.m. & 6p.m.

Immaculate Heart of Mary - Lincoln Ave. Saturday Mass 4:30p.m., Sunday Mass 8 & 10:15a.m.

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Gleason Rd. - Public Meeting 10a.m.

Messiah Lutheran Church 42 Woodstock Ave., 775-0231. Sunday Worship 10a.m.

New Hope in Christ Fellowship 15 Spellman Terrace, 773-2725. Sunday Worship 10:15a.m.

Pentacostals of Rutland County Corner of Rt. 4 and Depot Lane, 747-0727.

Evangelistic Service 6p.m.

Roadside Chapel Assembly of God Town Line Rd., 775-5805. Sunday Worship 10:25a.m.

Rutland Jewish Center 96 Grove St., 773-3455. Fri. Shabbat Service 7:30p.m., Sat. Shabbat Service 9:30a.m.

Salvation Army - 22 Wales St. Sunday Worship 11a.m., Praise Service 1:30 p.m.

Seventh-Day Adventist 158 Stratton Rd., 775-3178. Saturday Worship 11a.m.

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church 8 Cottage St. - Sunday Service 10a.m.

St. Peter Church Convent Ave. - Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday Masses 7:30 and 11:30a.m.

Trinity Episcopal Church 85 West St., 775-4368. Sunday Eucharist 8, 9 & 10a.m., Wed. 12:05p.m., Thurs. 9a.m., Morning Prayer Mon.-Sat. at 8:45a.m.

True Vine Church of God 78 Meadow St., 775-8880 or 438-4443. Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. • Training for Reigning, Wednesdays at 7p.m. Nursery available during Sun. & Wed. services.

J.A.M. Sessions for teens bi-weekly Fridays at 7p.m.

Women’s Bible Study Tuesdays at 10:30a.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church 117 West St., 775-0850. Sunday Services 10:30a.m.

Rev. Erica Baron United Methodist Church 71 Williams St., 773-2460. Sunday Service in the Chapel 8 and 10a.m.

United Pentecostal Church Corner of Rt. 4, Depot Lane, 773-4255. Sunday Services 9:30a.m. and 6p.m., Evangelical Service 5p.m.

Wellspring of Life Christian Center 18 Chaplin Ave., 773-5991. Sunday Worship 11a.m.

BRANDON Brandon Congregational Church Rt. 7 Sunday Worship 10a.m.

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Brandon Baptist Church, Corner of Rt. 7 & Rt. 73W (Champlain St.) Brandon, VT 802-247-6770. Sunday Services: 10a.m. Adult Bible Study, Sunday School ages 5 & up, Nursery provided ages 4 & under. Worship Service 11a.m. *Lords supper observed on the 1st Sunday of each month. *Pot luck luncheon 3rd Sunday of each month. Wednesdays 6:30p.m., Adult prayer & Bible study, Youth groups for ages 5 and up Grace Episcopal Church Rt. 73, Forestdale February-April: 9am, Holy Eucharist; 9a.m. Sunday Morning Program for children preschool and older.

247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-inPartnership LifeBridge Christian Church - 141 Mulcahy Drive, 247-LIFE (5433). Sunday Worship 9a.m., www.lifebridgevt.com, LifeGroups meet weekly (call for times and locations) Living Water Assembly of God 76 North Street (Route 53), Office Phone: 247-4542.

Email: LivingWaterAssembly@gmail.com. Website: www.LivingWaterAOG.org. Sunday Service 10a.m.

Wednesday Service 7p.m. Youth Meeting (For Teens) Saturday 7p.m.

St. Mary’s Parish - 38 Carver St., 247-6351, Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday Mass 9:30a.m.

St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church - Rt. 7, Brandon Village. February-April services will be held at Grace Church, Rt. 73 Forestdale: 9a.m., Holy Eucharist; 9a.m. Sunday Morning Program for children preschool and older. 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership United Methodist Church Main St., 247-6524. Sunday Worship 10a.m.

CASTLETON Castleton Federated Church Rt. 4A - 468-5725. Sunday Worship 10:30a.m.

Church of Christ Bible study & services Sunday 10:00a.m. All are cordially welcome. Contact Mike Adaman 273-3379.

Faith Community Church Mechanic St., 468-2521. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m.

Fellowship Bible Church Rt. 30 North, 468-5122. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. & 6p.m.

Hydeville Baptist Church - Hydeville, Rt. 4A Sunday Worship 9:30a.m. • 265-4047.

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday 8:30a.m.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church - Main St. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. third Sunday of the month.

CHITTENDEN Church of the Wildwood United Methodist Holden Rd., 483-2909.

Sunday Service 10:30a.m.

Mt. Carmel Community Church - South Chittenden Town Hall, 483-2298. Sun. Worship 5:30p.m.

St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church - Saturday Mass 4p.m.

Wesleyan Church North Chittenden, 483-6696.

Sunday Worship 10a.m.

CLARENDON The Brick Church 298 Middle Rd. 773-3873. Sunday Worship 10a.m.

Nursery Care Available. www.brickchruchvt.com Reformed Bible Church Clarendon Springs, 483-6975. Sunday Worship 9:30a.m.

FAIR HAVEN First Baptist Church South Park Place, Sunday Worship 11a.m.

First Congregational Church Rt. 22A Sunday Worship 10a.m.

Our Lady of Seven Dolors 10 Washington St. Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday 8 & 9a.m.

St. Luke’s - St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Sunday Worship 10:45a.m.

United Methodist Church West St., Sun. Service 8:30a.m.

FORESTDALE Forestdale Wesleyan Church Rt. 73 Sunday Worship 11a.m.

St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church Rt. 7, Brandon village: 8 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 (traditional language). 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 (contemporary language), with music. “Sunday Morning Program” for children preschool and older (during school year). Telephone: 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership Grace Church Rt. 73, Forestdale - part of St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church: May-July services held at St. Thomas, Brandon village (corner of Rt. 7 and Prospect): a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 (traditional language.) 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 (contemporary language), with music. “Sunday Morning Program” for children preshcool and older (during shcool year.) Telephone: 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership.

Living Water Assembly of God 76 North Street (Route 53), Office Phone: 247-4542.

Email: LivingWaterAssembly@gmail.com. Website: www.LivingWaterAOG.org. Sunday Service 10a.m.

Wednesday Service 7p.m. Youth Meeting (For Teens) Saturday 7p.m.

HUBBARDTON Hubbardton Congregational Church Sunday Worship 10a.m. • 273-3303.

East Hubbardton Baptist Church The Battle Abbey, 483-6266 Worship Hour 10:30a.m.

IRA Ira Baptist Church Rt. 133, 235-2239.

Worship 11a.m. & 6p.m.

LEICESTER Community Church of the Nazarene 39 Windy Knoll Lane • 9:30a.m. Worship Service, 11:00 a.m. Bible School, 6:00p.m. Evening Service.

Wed. Evening 7:00p.m. Dare to care and Prayer.

3rd Sat. of the month (Sept.-May) 8:00a.m. Men’s breakfast St. Agnes’ Parish - Leicester Whiting Rd, 247-6351, Sunday Mass 8a.m.

MENDON Mendon Community Church Rt. 4 East, Rev. Ronald Sherwin, 459-2070. Worship 9:30a.m., Sunday School 11:00a.m.

PAWLET Pawlet Community Church 325-3716.

Sunday Worship 9:30a.m.

St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Church West Pawlet. Sunday Mass 9:30a.m.

The United Church of West Pawlet 645-0767. Sunday Worship 10a.m.

PITTSFORD Pittsford Congregational Church Rt. 7, 483-6408. Worship 10:15a.m.

St. Alphonsus Church Sunday Mass 9a.m.

POULTNEY Christian Science Society 56 York St., 287-2052. Service 10a.m.

St. David’s Anglican Church Meet at Young at Heart Senior Center on Furnace St., 6451962. 1st Sun. of every month, Holy Eucharist 9:30a.m.

Poultney United Methodist Church Main St., 287-5710. Worship 10:00a.m.

St. Raphael Church Main St. Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday Mass 10a.m.

Sovereign Redeemer Assembly sovredeemer@gmail.com • Sunday Worship 10a.m.

Trinity Episcopal Church Church St., 2872252.

Sunday Holy Eucharist 10:45a.m.

United Baptist Church On the Green, East Poultney. 287-5811, 287-5577. Sunday Worship 10a.m.

Welsh Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship 10a.m.

PROCTOR St. Dominic Catholic Church 45 South St. Sunday Mass 9:15a.m.

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Gibbs St. Sunday Worship 9a.m.

Union Church of Proctor - Church St., Sun. Worship 10a.m.

SHREWSBURY Shrewsbury Community Church Sun. Service 10:30a.m.

SUDBURY Sudbury Congregational Church On the Green, Rt. 30, 623-7295 Open May 30-Oct. 10, for Worship (No winter services) & Sun. School 10:30a.m.

WALLINGFORD East Wallingford Baptist Church Rt. 140, 259-2831. Worship 11a.m.

First Baptist Church -School St., 446-2020.

Worship 11a.m.

First Congregational Church 446-2817.

Worship 10a.m.

St. Patrick’s Church Sat. Mass 5p.m., Sun. 10:30a.m.

Society of Friends (Quaker) Rotary Bldg., Rt. 7 Sunday meeting for worship 10a.m.

South Wallingford Union Congregational Church Sunday Worship 9a.m.

WEST RUTLAND First Church of Christ, Scientist 71 Marble St., Sunday School & Service 10a.m., Wednesday Evening Service 7:30p.m.

St. Bridget Church Pleasant & Church Streets Saturday Mass 5p.m., Sunday 9a.m.

St. Stanislaus Kostka Church Barnes & Main Streets, Saturday Mass 4:30p.m., Sunday 9a.m.

United Church of West Rutland Chapel St., Worship 10a.m.

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he first 10-mile stretch of road was hilly and straight.

Fluid, forward motion and the school day; he was growing and the warm cab, and his father’s voice, and the truck tires revolving along polished asphalt relaxed the boy so that between the tenth and twelfth mile, his head drew slowly to the bench seat—like a bee to a node of mayonnaise—and landed just behind the shifter knob near where the fleshy heal of his father’s hand had come to rest. The transmission lever was in fourth.

The boy was tall and wiry and fit nicely curled on the red vinyl seat. He was content. Warm drool found it’s way to his cheekbone, congregating in the divots the seat pressed into his cheek. He was 14.

Tire moan, engine moan, steady rhythm; off fuel into the turn, back on fuel in the middle of the turn, steady increase of fuel uphill, feathering off fuel down hill; the father talking to himself at normal, between-two-people, conversational decibels; the boy’s half-dream cast his favorite school girls with him as the hero—the one who gets the girls.

His father knew how to drive like nobody’s business; it had been his business. His driving was a gift to his son. The silky ride, like a lullaby rocking the boy to sleep.

Six o’clock: on-time arrival. Paste-ups delivered to the newspaper camera room. The press, with lots of luck, won’t break and the paper will print; father and son will be on their way home by ten.

Eat. At the Fairlee Diner, cook Pat Roberts walks with a limp. For the father a hamburg steak, homemade applesauce, mashed potato, and wax beans. For the boy, Mrs. Roberts serves two grilled franks, the kind that don’t snap like a tic, homemade applesauce, hand-cut well-done French-fried potatos, a thick heaping load of baked beans, melded with perfect amounts of molasses, maple syrup, and bacon, served piping hot. Brown as a Sherpa, perfectly shaped yet ductile, it seemed each bean had been baked individually to the boys taste.

A milkshake for the boy, a coupla cups of coffee for the dad, and pie for both. The father alternated between apple and custard. The boy always ordered banana cream. “Pie is a desert men eat,” he thought to himself.

After dinner, back at the printer’s, sitting in the truck waiting to hear the ring of the press bell that might barely cut through tonight’s humidity—which alerts the pressmen to mind their fingers and shirtsleeves because the press is about to roll—the boy listens carefully to his father’s stories about growing up on a Pennsylvania farm, now a municipal golf course, in the Philadelphia area.

About the father’s uncles, Stanley and Artie (Artie, the blind street-lamp lighter), and how Artie scored the distance between lamps by counting his steps aloud and how his father and buddies would creep up behind Artie and blow out the wick of Artie’s lighter.

About the German mechanic who taught his father not to give up on a faulty engine “It vent before. If you’ve got eet back right, eet’s gotta go.”

About planting, harvesting, and Harry the Horse which was his father’s favorite horse.

“This is what will happen, see? You have friends, guys you work for. It’s fun. You get a good job, one with benefits. Then you meet a girl and get married and have a place of your own with your wife. And you have kids. There ain’t much more than that to life.”

The boy found the lessons interesting and entertaining. His favorite? The first time his father drove.

“One day, I was little, my Pop caught me sitting behind the wheel of his Model T truck daydreaming. He got in the other seat, and said ‘Okay, see if you can drive this thing.’ It had a foot lever choke. I started it, put it in gear and took right off.

He was surprised, he said, ‘Billy, how did you know how to do that?’”

“I been watching you, Pop.” They departed for home at midnight, the boy behind the wheel and the father instructing.

“This guy in front of you, he’s local—should be pulling off soon. If he doesn’t, take him, or he’ll drag you all the way to Barre. You know the route?”

The boy shifted in his seat.

“There’s a hill up ahead. It’s straight, good to pass.”

He pressed the accelerator and picked up speed.

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Spartans, Panthers split pair Spartans are NAC champs!

By Frederick Pockette newmarketpress@denpubs.com The Castleton State College Spartans and Middlebury Panthers hooked up for two last Saturday in Castleton.

In the opener the Spartans squeaked out a 1-0 win behind the arm of pitcher Hilary Bemis, who turned in an impressive outing. Bemis got the complete game shutout to up her personal record to 8-8 on the year. Sarah Flore singled home Megan Blongy in the fifth inning for the games only run.

Ali McAnaney took the loss for the panthers, dropping her to 7-4 on the year despite a strong outing.

In the second game Middlebury’s Megan Martel broke a 6-6 tie by driving in the winning run in the bottom of the sixth, giving her Panthers a big 7-6 win. Emma Katz went the distance for the Panthers in her first career start to pick up the win.

After the split the Panthers stood at 17-10, while Castleton Crusaders were 15-18 Raiders Nip Hornets 3-2 Kate Kurchena and Marisa Kiefaber scored three goals apiece to lead the Rutland Raiders to a 10-9 win over the Essex Hornets in high school lacrosse action last Friday in Essex. Kurchena’s third goal broke a 9-9 tie with 8:39 left to play. From their Rutlands deadly defense, led by Dana Nelson and Mary Kate Cirelli, held Essex back the rest of the way to secure the one goal win for the visiting Raiders. Sara Lovett added a goal and an assist, while Ali Dorion, Gracie Wright and Melissa Gfeller contributed single goals to the winning effort. In the netColeen Hunt made eight saves, before giving way to Kristie Ryan, who added another pair for the 41-1 Rutland squad. Jamie Panton led four goals for the Hornets.

Colonels Sweep Raiders

Both the Rutland Raiders baseball and softball teams traveled to Brattleboro last week to take on the Colonels, and both came back home without a win.

In baseball Rutland’s Justin Godzik pitched a beautiful game, giving up just two unearned runs on three hits while turning in a complete game. Unfortunately for the Raiders they could only plate 1 run themselves, losing 2-1 and falling to 5-3 on the year. Mike Howe drove in the lone Raider run with a pinch hit single in the bottom of the sixth inning.

For the Rutland girls the problem was Brattleboro hurler Kayla Woodson, who tossed a six hit shutout at the visiting Raiders. Offensively the Colonels manged to score twice to secure a 2-0 win. In the second inning Cassie Rawson doubled and scored on a double steal. They increased that lead to 2-0 in the fifth inning when Syndey Santore blasted a run scoring triple off Rutland’s Taylor Kresconko. Kresconko took the loss but pitched well, giving up just two runs and five hits, while recording eight strikeouts in six innings of work. Emily Louras had a double and a single while Theresa Goodwin added two singles for Rutland in the losing effort. The loss was the second for Rutland in as many nights.

Last Friday the Raiders preceded their loss to Brattleboro by losing in the finals of the Drury Tournament to tournament hosts Drury High School 13-4. Drury took advantage of a defensive collapse by the Raiders in the 4th and 5th innings. In those two innings the Raiders defense made seven errors, and Drury cashed them in for 11 runs. Kelsey Ouimet had a double, a single and drove in four runs to lead Drury’s offense.

Meanwhile hurler Kelsey Molloy took care of business

shutting down the Rutland bats. In seven innings of work Drury gave up just one hit, a two run single by Sam Teupker in the sixth inning.

Mosley also struckout an impressive 12 Raider batters on her way to the complete game win. Taylor Kresconko took the loss for the Raiders, who fell to 3-3 with the backto-back action.

In other softball action last weekend the Otter Valley Otters needed just six innings to thump the Burr and Burton Bulldogs 17-1 last Saturday in Manchester. The Otters offense feasted off Bulldog pitching, banging out 20 hits, and that offense was led by Kristy Pinkham, who was a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate.

Kaylee Pinson pitched the entire game to pick up a complete game win. Burr and Burton’s Bullgog’s Libby Merrill ruined Pinson’s shutout bid when she tripled and scored on a passed ball.

The Otters improved to 4-2 with the win, while the Bulldogs fell to 1-3 on the year.

The Fair Haven Slaters were in action last weekend too, falling to the Windsor Yellow Jackets 9-2 in Windsor. Pitcher Amber Heath fired a two-hitter over five innings, struck out six while walking just two to pick up the win for the hometown Yellow Jackets. Katelyn Curtis relieved her after five. Offensively Heath, Curtis and .Mariah Delong led the way for Windsor ’s potent offensive attack. All three were 2for-4. Curtis and Marshall each banged doubles and between the three of them they scored five runs, and drove in four. Fair Haven’s Emily Rinquist took the loss. In six innings of work she gave up nine runs on ten hits with four strikeouts and one walk.

CSC’s men’s lacrosse Spartans are this year’s NCAA NAC Division III champions.

By Fred Pockette The Castleton State College Spartan’s men’s lacrosse team has captured their first ever North Atlantic Conference Championship and head for their first ever NCAA Division III National Championship.

The Spartans earned the trip by jumping out to a 6-2 early lead, and holding on to defeat the top seeded Mount Ida Mustangs 11-5 in the Conference Championship last Saturday in Newton, Mass.

The Spartans utilized better shot accuracy, putting 21 of their 38 shots, while Mount Ida could only place 11 of their 33 shots inside the posts. Castleton’s net minder David DeGhetto outplayed his counterpart to secure the conference title for the Spartans.

Deghetto stooped six of the 11 shots fired at him, while Mount Ida’s goalie James McAllister allowed 11 of the 21 shots blasted at him to get by into the net.

Michael Martinez and Nohea King each netted the hat

trick to lead the Crusader ’s offense, while Sam Bailey contributed several goals and an assist to the huge win. Jake Rick and Craig McDerment each added a goal and an assist while Daniel Lizzi had a single goal to round out Castleton’s scoring. Mount Ida, who wind up their season at 12-8 and 91 in NAC, got single goals from Nick Yacuzzi, Derek Broughton, Christopher Prophete, Brandon Keith and Paul Battapaglia. The loss was Mount Ida’s only conference loss this year.

Castleton heads to the national tournament with a 145 overall record. They wind up their 2010 conference play at 9-1. Congratulations Crusaders and good luck on your quest for a national championship.

Minutemen Hold Off Wasps 7-4 Last Friday Mill River held a 7-1 lead over Woodstock going into the Wasps final at bat. But with one out Woodstock’s offense scored three more runs, while using

up just one more out to do it.

Then with tow runners on and two out in a 7-4 game Woodstock’s Connor Blair came to the plate. Blair had touched Mill River hurler Joey Beland for two hits already, but not this time. Beland got Blair to ground out to first to end the come back, and secure the 7-4 Mill River win.

Zach Fuller and Tyler Wood had a pair of hits to pace the Minutemen’s offense attack. Wood also scored a run and stole two bases for the victors. Beland went the distance to pick up the complete game win for the Minutemen.

Brian Martin had three hits, drove in a run and scored once to lead Woodstock in the losing effort.

Blair and Justin Pierce banged out a pair of hits as well, with one of Pierce’s being a double. Jon Ferrero took the complete game loss for Woodstock, who fell to 34 on the year with the loss.

Mill River improved to 7-4 with the win.

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REGIONAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Thursday, May 13

RUTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at Sheldon Towers at 9:30 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care.

RUTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Linden Terrace at 11 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care.

RUTLAND — Rutland Free Clinic Fundraiser Dinner at 6 p.m. in Fellowship Hall at Grace Congregational Church. Baked ziti. Door prizes and 50/50 raffle. Adults $10, Children, ages 12 and under, $5. At the door.

VERGENNES — Summer's Here: Luncheon at Noon. For adults 60 and over. Sponsored by CVAA. BBQ chicken, 50/50 raffle, door prizes. Donation $3. Reservations required. Bring place setting. Transportation call 3881946. To reserve: 1-800-642-5119 x615.

BRISTOL — May at the Masonic Lodge- Noon Lunch at the Masonic Lodge aren't to be missed and May is no exception! This month's luncheon offering is soup-n-salad, Ted's famous meatloaf and dessert. Donation $3.

Sponsored by CVAA. Adults 60 and over, call Marion at 453-3451 to RSVP. BURLINGTON — Public event: The Green Mountain Chapter of the Air Force Association welcomes Richard M. Strum at the Elks Club in Burlington, noon. Strum is director at Fort Ticonderoga where he created the school program "America 's First Victory" about the capture of Fort Ti by Ethan Allen. Contact 868-9034. Advanced luncheon registration, 879-6774.

CASTLETON — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at Castleton Meadows at 12:30 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568.

N. GRANVILLE, N.Y. — Roast Beef Supper, family style starting at 4:30 p.m. at the North Granville (NY) United Methodist Church on Route 22.

Adults $8, children, ages 3-10, $3. Handicap accessible. All welcome.

HINESBURG — Music Night at Brown Dog Books & Gifts at 7 p.m. : John Penoyar & Friends. Music from mid-century America. Complimentary refreshments. Free to the public. 482-5189 or www.browndogbooksandgifts.com.

MIDDLEBURY — Spring Rummage and Bake Sale at Middlebury United Methodist Church. Proceeds benefit church missions near and far. 3886016 or 388-2510.

MIDDLEBURY — Art, food, music at Hospice Volunteer Services' biggest fundraiser of the year. Preview and silent auction begin at 6 p.m. Live auction, dessert , drinks 7:30-8:30 p.m. Music, dancing 9-11 p.m. Tickets $25 at the door. 388-4111.

VERGENNES — Jimmy Fortune of Statler Brothers fame and a Country Music and the Gospel Music Hall of Fameer will make first solo acoustic appearance in New England since the Statler Brothers retired. Vergennes Opera House at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20. 877-6737.

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MIDDLEBURY — Zumba fitness dance classes now offered all over Addison County and beyond! Zumba is a high-energy class with easy-tolearn moves that will melt the pounds off. Morning, mid-day, and night classes available. Contact Lindsey at 388-3381 or “lindseyhescock@gmail.com”.

For more information, check out “www.11311.zumba.com” or on Facebook “Zumba Addison County & Beyond”.

Friday, May 14

Satruday, May 15 BRANDON — Annual Kid's Fishing Derby by the Neshobe Sportsman Club. Registration 8-10 a.m. Derby 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Camp Thorpe Pond on Capen Hill Road Goshen. Ages 3-14. Lottery for two lifetime fishing licenses. Free lunch. Chicken BBQ, activities, auction, raffles, food, drinks.

CASTLETON — Ride to Benefit the Vermont Fallen Heroes GWOT Memorial: Sign In: 9-10:30 a.m. $15 per bike, $5 per rider at the Castleton American Legion Post 50. 273-2107, 468-5765, 537-2454 or 236-9657.

FAIR HAVEN — “Have a Heart” scrapbooking fundraiser for Chester (Ted) Thayer at the Fair Haven Eagles Club 9 a.m.-9 p.m. $45 admission includes breakfast, lunch, dinner. Door prizes, goody bags. 265-4426.

MIDDLEBURY — Spring Rummage and Bake Sale at the Middlebury United Methodist Church. 388-6016 or 388-2510. See earlier listing.

Missing From page 1 foul play. The vehicle was secured and in good condition.

Holiday Inn personnel advised the VSP that employees at the inn have commented about the length the vehicle had been in the parking lot and felt it was suspicious.

Upon reporting to the Vermont State Police, the vehicle was run in the NCIC database, which alerted in reference to the missing person report. They stated that the vehicle was first noticed it in the lot approximately 3 to 4 weeks prior to this date.

Anyone with any information is requested to contact Det. Sgt. Albert Abdelnour at the Vermont State Police Barracks in Rutland, 802-773-9101.

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Sinkhole From page 1 to have lots of reserve power readily available when the wind inconveniently stops blowing.

Howard Axelrod, an independent power grid consulting engineer, has estimated that Vermont would need at least 800 Mw of installed wind power to replace Yankee's 285 Mw. That indicates at least 400 2 Mw-rated turbines would need to be erected on Vermont ridgelines, plus all the transmission lines and access roads.

It would take at least five years to replace Yankee with a combined cycle natural gas plant, burning gas brought up by nonexistent pipelines from Massachusetts. Such plants work well, but put the grid at the mercy of fluctuating Midwest or Canadian natural gas prices. Past proposals to extend natural gas lines northward into Vermont have been hooted down by some.

Yankee now supplies 6 percent of the electricity in the New England grid. Unless demand nosedives, that 6 percent (600 Mw in all) of baseload power will have to be found somewhere. Where?

Coal-fired plants in the Ohio Valley? Somebody else's (unbuilt) nuclear plant?

When the New England ISO is unable to put enough juice into the grid to meet the New England Reliability Commission's performance standards, either some large users have to be cut off, or New England will suffer a brownout. To avoid this result, the ISO has to make desperation purchases at, frequently, astronomical prices.

Bringing in power from distant generators brings its own set of problems. There is presently not enough long-distance transmission capacity to keep 285 Mw of additional power flowing reliably

into Vermont. Building more high-voltage transmission lines, of course, brings out the enviros and their lawyers.

What will happen to Vermont's economy if Yankee winks out in 2012? Its 669 employees (average wage: $104,000) will start disappearing. The $93 million Yankee injects into the Vermont economy will start heading south. The state's desperate General Fund will lose $7.6 million a year, and the Education Fund will lose $6 million a year.

These economic facts, and more, are contained in a report prepared last January for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 300 by the highly reputable Vermont Economic Consulting Inc. The study used payroll data in a wellestablished economic model, and did not inflate its findings by adding in speculative benefits.

Some, but not all, Vermonters are shocked at the militant attitude of one of the three anti-nuclear Democratic senators running for governor on promises of creating good new jobs for Vermonters. According to George Clain, head of the IBEW Local, the unnamed senator informed the labor leader that “your members [at Yankee] have two years notice—they should be looking for other jobs.”

Former Gov. Tom Salmon, a Democrat, told a Vermont Energy Partnership conference in Montpelier last month: “The loss of Vermont Yankee would be a profound and unmitigated blow to Vermont and its people.”

Next January the 2011 legislature will have one last chance to avert that blow.

Said one anonymous observer of Vermont’s energy situation: “Voters concerned about living in a brownout world ought to put every candidate on the record early on. The size of this looming economic and energy sinkhole is far too important to overlook.”

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From page 1 Vermont's electric utilities, creating further economies of scale.

CV will invest in upgrades and repairs that will improve hydroelectric output from the plants. CV plans to invest $12 million to upgrade the Vermont Marble facilities and operate them in consort with CV’s existing Otter Creek hydro operations.

CV will invest in the Vermont Marble system, immediately replacing the main substation at the Proctor hydro site and spreading the approximate $1.5 million cost over CV's 159,000 customers rather than just Vermont Marble's customers.

CV will be able to provide Proctor residents and businesses with greater resources. For example, in the event of major storms, CV has nearly 30 line workers within an hour's drive of Proctor.

CV offers choices and services Vermont Marble customers don't have today, including automatic bill payments through CVPS Electripay, on-line bill payments, CVPS Cow Power(TM), various rate choices,budget billing, online bill review and outage information, and in thenear future, CVPS SmartPower(TM), an advanced automated meterreading, outage detection and power management system.

"We welcome the opportunity to serve the people and businesses of Proctor that we don't currently serve," Young said.

Other than industrial rates, Vermont Marble currently has the lowest rates in Vermont, largely because the company has subsidized

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Vermont Marble recently filed a rate case and rate redesign proposal which may increase residential rates increase up to nearly 24 percent absent the sale. Additionally, Vermont Marble said it has told state regulators it will need further increases if it maintains ownership of the company over the next couple of years, in part due to the substation work that is needed.

Depending on how the rate design portion of Vermont Marble's case is concluded, small commercial and streetlighting rates may be higher than CV's rates. Residential customers are likely to pay more with CV, but the impact is unclear pending outcome of the Vermont Marble case, which will conclude before the sale.

"Even for those customers who pay more, I believe CV will represent a good value," Young said. "We continue to offer rates that are among the lowest of any major utility in the Northeast.

We continue to score extremely high in customer satisfaction studies conducted by J.D. Power and Associates, and we continue to excel in customer service and reliability, meeting all of our 17 service quality and reliability standards for six straight years -- the best record in the state."

The reliability of power to VMPD's customers will remain consistent as the transaction takes place.

The sale, expected to be completed by yearend 2010, is subject to the approval process set forth by the Vermont Public Service Board. The transaction also requires approval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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June 3 - 6, 2010 “Tribute to Rock and Roll History” Friday June 4th at 8:00 PM Join many of your favorite Elvis Tribute Artists and other talented performers as they take to the stage as Elvis and other Rock and Roll legends. Several performers, including last year’s LakeGeorge.com Elvis Festival winner Matt Joyce, will present their tribute to Elvis. The show will also feature Irv Cass as Tom Jones, Robert Washington as James Brown, Steve Bobbit as Rod Stewart, James Begley as Buddy Holly and Jesse Aron as Roy Orbison. It will be a great night of Rock and Roll music, backed up by the Change of Habit Tribute Band and Master of Ceremonies Ronny Craig. Doors open at 7 PM.

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“Elvis is Back” Saturday June 5th at 8:00 PM Shawn Klush returns to Lake George for this celebration of Elvis’ life and music, joined by New England Elvis Festival Champion Jim Barone, the Change of Habit Tribute Band and Master of Ceremonies Ronny Craig. In the opening set, Jim will pay tribute to Elvis’ early years and the music he created when he returned from the Army.

In the second set we travel from the beginning of Elvis’ Vegas years to the end of his career, as Shawn performs Elvis’ greatest hits in the way only he can.

Jesse Aron as Roy Orbison

Steve Bobbit as Rod Stewart

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