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July 1, 2009
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Look inside for a list of Fourth of July activities going on all over Rutland County.
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Police seek eyewitnesses of Pawlet auto fatality On June 18, at approximately 3:59 a.m., Vermont Stae Police troopers assigned to the Castleton State Police Outpost responded to a two vehicle motor vehicle crash in Pawlet. This collision occurred on Route 30 approximately 100 yards south of Towslee Hill Road. The conditions were rain and wet road surfaces. Upon arrival it was discovered that vehicle 1, operated by Ellen D. BindmanHicks, age 17 of North Bennington, which was traveling south had crossed into the northbound lane of Route 30. Once in the northbound lane it collided with vehicle 2, operated by Jon A. Grimes, age 43, of Brandon, which was traveling north. Both Grimes and Bindman-Hicks were transported to Rutland Regional Medical Center via Granville N.Y. Rescue Squad. Once at RRMC medical center both operators were treated for their injures. Bindman-Hicks died as a result of her injuries. Grimes sustained internal injuries which were non-life threatening. Also responding to the scene were members of the West Pawlet and Pawlet volunteer fire departments and members of the Fair Haven Police Department. Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact Trooper Christopher Barber at 773-9101.
July 4 fireworks to light up Rutland The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Fireworks Extravaganza will be held July 4 in the Vermont State Fairgrounds in Rultand. The vent is the area’s largest fireworks display. The fireworks will begin at 9:45 p.m. at the fairgrounds following Summer Smash 2009 presented by the Vermont State Fair. Food and Vendor concessions open at 4:30 p.m., followed by the Stoney Roberts Demolition Derby at 6:30 p.m. For more information on the fireworks call 773-2747 or see www.rutlandvermont.com. See the Tribune’s special July 4 section inside.
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More ‘tea party’ rallies planned The nationwide Tea Parties of ifications of the Declaration were April 15 were fueled by the outrage pivotal in the history of the world, of citizens who felt that the federal and we need to emphasize that.” government was spending their tax Wallace’s Vermont Tea Party Patridollars excessively, growing governots will be holding tea party rallies in ment, and not being accountable to six Vermont towns and cities on the voters. morning of July 4. Vermont State Tea Party coordinaJoining Rutland on July 4 are St. Altor Jon Wallace said that planned In- bans, Burlington, Barre, Manchester dependence and in Orwell Day tea parties at the Mount in Vermont Independence The ramifications of the will focus on State Historic Declaration were pivotal in United States Site. the history of the world, and exceptional“The tea parwe need to emphasize that. ism. ties will be — Jon Wallace “This is a held during the great country late morning which we live so that people in, and it is important to extol the sigcan attend the rallies and get to their nificance of the Declaration of IndeJuly 4 barbeques and celebrations in pendence in relation to the individthe afternoon,” Wallace noted. ual and his or her rights to follow According to Wallace, the Tea Partheir dreams,” Wallace said.” Never ty movement helped defeat Califorbefore in the history of the world, nia Proposition 1A which was the had those concepts been put to a sin- largest proposed tax increase in any gle document, empowering each per- state’s history. son to excel as far as their creativity For tea party details, see www.verand volition will take them. The ram- montteaparty.com.
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Residents on offensive in battle against milfoil From Tribune Staff & News Reports Property owners at Tinmouth Pond, also known as Chipman Lake, an 80-acre lake located in the southwest corner of Tinmouth in Rutland County, have taken what they are calling a “green-alternative” route to treating invasive Eurasian water milfoil—a route the no other Vermont lake association has tried to date. While the results are preliminary they show some promise. Tinmouth Pond drains directly into the Tinmouth Channel, the state’s largest class I wetlands. The channel provides high quality habitat for wildlife and migratory birds, including some threatened and endangered species. While many Vermont lakes associations are employing chemical treatments, the Tinmouth Pond Milfoil Project opted to use SolarBee-brand circulators in conjunction with a suction-harvesting program. The pond’s relatively small size makes the use of SolarBees a viable tool, according to Holly Webb with the project. “SolarBees are floating solar-powered circulators that mix the water vertically and horizontally, drawing water from below the machines
Todd Neel, a national expert on milfoil, scoops up a load of aquatic lake plants in 2007. Property owners at Tinmouth Pond in Rutland County have taken their own “green-alternative” to treating Eurasian water milfoil with a product called Solar-Bee.
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