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NEWS April 23, 2008

P.O. Box 1265 Manchester Center, VT 05255

Marge Fish stopped by the office to remind readers of an upcoming Green Mountain Club Meeting...details on page 46

Spring Home Improvement Inside

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Austin, Jane and Emma Gras enjoy early childhood reading ...details on page 27

Making a Dog Park a reality are Alena Manning, Tara Shannon, Rosalie Fox, Donna Murray, Ralph Varick, and their best friends...details on page 24

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READERS’ LETTERS ...rafﬂe tickets...

Water Works appreciates the opportunity of selling raffle tickets for the benefit of 8-month-old Zahra, daughter of Pam and Chani, during Long Trail School’s Charity Bowl Event. As a result, we were able to reach a wide audience and are most grateful for the generosity of many. Our evening however, was touched by a very special ninth grade Long Trail attendee, by the name of John, who donated his last $10 to Zahra’s cause. This was the event that launched our month long campaign to raise as many funds as possible to defray the exorbitant medical costs this family must endure. Tickets for our donated water softener are available throughout Manchester, including banks, Chamber of Commerce, Cornerstone Fitness, Equinox Valley Nursery, Harvest Grille, I-Ship, Main Street Realty, Mortgage Solutions, Mulligan’s, Stella’s Salon Plus, Vermont News Guide, and Water Works. Due to a slight bit of confusion, the winning ticket will be drawn mid-May at Harvest Grille. We want to thank Express Copy for their generosity toward the production of posters and raffle tickets. Our goal is to raise a minimum of $5000. Your assistance in reaching that goal is greatly appreciated. Thank you, —Claudia and Alan Bookspan, Manchester, Vt _______________________________________________

Garth Caldwell

The Garth Caldwell family wants to give heartfelt thanks to all who gave love and compassion to all of us during Garth’s illness and passing. Sincere thanks to all at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, the ICU, and all at CLR and its residents. Also to friends and neighbors for their support. All our love, — Mary Caldwell, Dale and Kristine Caldwell and girls, Chris and Delania Caldwell and girls, and Lia Shattuck _______________________________________________

Service Notes Air Force Airman 1st Class Kathleen A. Brophy has been decorated with the Afghanistan Campaign Medal in conjunction with Operation Enduring Freedom. The medal is awarded to any member of the U.S. armed services who has performed duty within the borders of Afghanistan or contiguous airspace for a period of thirty consecutive days or sixty non-consecutive days. Service members who have been engaged in combat with an enemy force, or members who have been wounded in combat within Afghanistan may receive the medal regardless of the number of days served in country. In addition, Brophy has been

awarded the NATO Medal by the authority of the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The U.S. Secretary of Defense in concurrence with the Secretary of State approve acceptance and wear of the medal by U.S. service members who have served under NATO command or operational control in direct support of NATO operations in the former Republic of Yugoslavia, or as designated by Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, from 1 July 1992 through a future date to be determined. Eligibility is extended to service members who have served under NATO command at designated installations and served a specified time

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period in that theater or area of operations. While in Afghanistan, Brophy served at Bagram Air Base. She is a tactical aircraft maintenance crew chief regularly assigned to the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 336th Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, N.C. The airman first class has served in the military for more than one year. She is the daughter of John R. and Kathleen A. Brophy of New York Route 43, Averill Park, N.Y. The airman graduated in 2004 from Averill Park High School. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew C. Morris has been named the Air Force’s Expeditionary Operations Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 2007. Selection was based on the individual’s exemplary duty performance, job knowledge, leadership qualities, significant selfimprovement, specific achievements, notable accomplishments, and community service and support. Morris, an operations directorate superintendent with 20 years of military service, is assigned to the 43rd Airlift Wing, Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, N.C. He is the son of Peter and Patrica Morris of Boyd Hill Road, Wilmington, Vt. ____________________

IN THIS ISSUE:

Antiques & Auctions........... 48 Automotive......................... 64 Classifieds........................... 60 Creatures/Environment....... 46 Entertainment..................... 49 Fine Arts/Crafts................... 47 From my Corner.................. 3 GNAT-TV Schedule............. 27 Mind & Body....................... 44 Restaurants......................... 50 Service Directory................. 57 Sports................................. 42 Job Connection................... 68 Weekly Almanac................. 50 Worship.............................. 56 April 23, 2008

Meals on Wheels

Suggested donation of $3.00 per meal For Reservation or cancellation, call 362-3714 Wednesday, April 23 IT’S THE 50s Bacon Cheeseburger, Cottage Potatoes, Spinach w/Pimentoes, Bread, Peaches and Milk. Thursday, April 24 Macaroni & Cheese, Copper Pennies, Wax Beans, Strawberries and Banana, and Milk. Friday, April 25 BBQ Beef on a Bun w/Sauce, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Bananas, and Milk. Monday, April 28 Breaded Pork Cutlet w/Onion Gravy, Oven Fries, Carrots, Fruit Cocktail, and Milk Tuesday, April 29 American Goulash, Herb Bread, Green Beans, Pears and Milk. ___________________

TOWN OF DORSET

Marble Sidewalk Committee The Dorset Sidewalk Committee will hold a meeting at the Dorset Town Offices on Wednesday, April 23, at 5:30 p.m. in order to conduct the following business: Continuing discussion of marble sidewalk options. _____________________

Bank Fund to Beneﬁt Harris Famiy

The East Dorset Congregational Church has set up an account at the Bank of Bennington at 78 Center Hill in Manchester Center for the benefit of Helen and Nate Harris. Their home burned this week and they lost all their possessions. All donations will be greatly appreciated. For further information, please contact Pastor Larry or Evelyn Jenney in Wallingford at 446-3385. April 23, 2008

From my Corner

— by Susan J. Coons

coincidence?

I was listening to“The Whistler” on the radio last Thursday afternoon, and so engrossed in the story that I missed my turnoff for Route 279 West. I drove on to Kocher Drive, turned around at Grace Christian School and headed back to my turnoff. As soon as I approached Chili’s I heard a very loud noise...my muffler began to drag. I immediately exited the bypass and turned around in the Cinema 7 parking lot. I found a bungee cord in the trunk of the car and managed to tie the muffler up, hopefully, for the rest of the trip home. Back again on the bypass, and my jury-rig gave way! I pulled over and again tried to hook it up. I noticed there were many men driving past in pickup trucks and SUVs. But it took one small built woman to help me out! She pulled ahead of me and ran back to see what she could do to help. She was wearing a blue denim dress and immediately placed herself under the car, quickly found a way to hook up the muffler, and just as quickly popped out from under the car and dusted herself off. She told me that she had taken her children, who were waiting in the car, to Hogback Mountain for the afternoon and they were on their way home. She lives in Hoosick Falls, and her kids were asking why she took the bypass, because it was the long way home. She told them there was no particular reason, just thought she should do it. So, there you have it. Two strangers meet under what almost seems like circumstances “set-up” by a source greater than life itself. We both did something that was unusual and out of the way. Coincidence? Perhaps.

The muffler was going to drop no matter what. The right person came along and helped me. I’m so grateful to her. And, even though her children were on spring break, they were still learning. They witnessed their mother, Sharon Kalenian, help someone in need. I’ll bet they do the same someday, and I’d bet you, also, that they have very deep respect, love and admiration for their mother. ____________________

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Meet Jake the Snake Meet Jake the Snake at the Pawlet Public Library on Sunday, April 27 at 1 p.m. Jake is a 21 year old, nine foot long, red-tailed boa constrictor native to the South American jungles. The Pawlet Library is located at 141 School Street, Pawlet, VT across from the Pawlet Town Hall. Free for all adults and children. 802-3253123. Jake the Snake loves com-

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pany and he is waiting for the chance to visit the Pawlet Public Library, Jake is the perfect host for children to learn about the diversity of reptiles. Presenter Steve Amos will use images, specimens, and some readings to first introduce children to the biology and behavior of snakes. How long they can live. What is a snake’s primary sense, etc. As the finale, Steve Amos will bring out Jake the Snake for all to take a close examination and to even pet Jake, if they so wish. Children and adults of all ages have already had the opportunity, and Jake definitely enjoys the attention! Stephen H. Amos is a naturalist, author, teacher, former National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD Tropical Rain Forest curator and Natural Sciences curator at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, and is the founder of Amos Natural Science Education Services. Steve possesses nearly thirty years of related professional experience and has traveled extensively in pursuit of his interests and love for interpreting nature.

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Celebrate Shakespeare “All the World’s A Stage” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, at the Spiral Press Café when the Weston Playhouse Theatre Co. and the Northshire Bookstore join forces to celebrate William Shakespeare’s 445th birthday with a free public community play-reading of the Bard’s classic comedy of love and language, “As You Like It”. All are welcome to join, either as “groundlings” or readers or both. No dramatic experience necessary, just an Elizabethan spirit of fun. Come in costume and be eligible to win free tickets to the WPTC production of “As You Like It”, appearing on the Weston Playhouse MainStage Aug. 28-Sept. 6. One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, “As You Like It” tells the timeless tale of the headstrong Rosalind, her dainty cousin Celia, and the witty fool Touchstone, who escape from the usurping Duke Frederick to the mythic Forest of Arden. The party begins at 7 p.m. with a brief dramatic excerpt by veteran Shakespearean actor, Sam Lloyd. ______________________

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Derby Day Dinnerfest

Hubbard Hall Projects cordially invites everyone to a Derby Day Dinnerfest, a gourmet celebration in support of Hubbard Hall Projects on Kentucky Derby Day, Saturday, May 3 beginning at 6 p.m. This tasty annual event starts off with a delicious dinner hosted in area homes and culminates in a mass gathering at Hubbard Hall for a selection of delectable desserts featuring the famous Pompanuck Chocolate Fountain! Cost for the entire extravaganza is only $50 per person and includes wine, dinner, dessert and coffee and, of course, the pleasure of great company. Advance reservations are required and must be made by Monday, April 28 at 5 p.m., by calling 518-677-2495. Each site offers its own unique menu and options include: A Taste of the South; Savor the Old/ Welcome the New: Spring Dinner on the Pencil Brook Covered Bridge; Fiesta de (almost) Cinco de Mayo; Dinner in the Diner; A Trip to Spain and A Kentucky Derby Buffet. Please call 518677-2495 for more information. ______________________

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Basket Rafﬂe

A Basket Raffle will be held to benefit the Young at Heart Senior Center, Poultney, Vermont, on Saturday, April 26 at St. Rafael’s Hall, East Main St. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., and a free lunch will be served at noon. Admission tickets with 25 chances are $5.00; additional tickets with 25 chances are $2.00. There will also be door prizes. Come join the fun! For further information, call Mary at 287-9200. ________________________________________________

North Rupert Wildlife Day

North Rupert Wildlife Day will be celebrated with a free workshop on Saturday, May 10, form 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Workshops include: Black Bears and Their Habitat, presented by Forrest Hammond, VT Fish and Game biologist; Turkeys and Their Habitat, presented by Doug Blogett, VT State biologist; Amphibians, Roads and Riparian Areas, presented by Alan Calfee, forester and conservationist; Making Good Use of Your Game Warden, questions and answers with Travis Buttle. A tour of a local one-acre clear cut habitat will be held following the presentations. Lunch, prepared with locally produced ingredients, is available for $8. Please call 325-3914, no later than May 3, for your reservation, enabling an accurate lunch count, and leave a message. This event is being held at the Calfee Barn, Route 30, North Rupert, Vermont, and is sponsored by Home and Habitat. There will also be door prizes. Information is available from Kutz Engineering, Whitetail Institute, and The Bird Place. ________________________________________________

Presenting Don Dorr...

Terry Tyler will chat up Mr. Donald Dorr for the benefit of the Dorset Senior Connection at their monthly meeting at the Wilson House on Thursday, April 24. Mr. Don Dorr, a real native son, has spent his life providing the services everybody needs: Gas, oil, septic systems, trucking, excavation, and the list goes on. The number of vehicles his men drive daily about the town is legendary, to say nothing of a field full of antique tractors and cardboard Indians. Add to that the many years of free Thanksgiving dinners for the public, and you have the man, Don Dorr! Dorset seniors hope Terry can help them learn what makes his old friend tick, because Don Dorr was reluctant to say anything on his own! This is a program not to be missed. Terry and Donny will make sure of that. Please call Helen Tyler at 867-0261 as soon as possible, as there will be no seating without a reservation. The suggested donation for the hot lunch is $3.50 at noon. If you would like to come to the program only, it will begin at 12:45 in the Meeting Room. There is no charge for the program itself. For further information, call Pat Carmichael at 362-6254. _________________________________________________

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Student Ambassadors to Hold Beneﬁt

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Duncan Gamble, seventh grade student at Arlington Memorial Middle School, will be a Student Ambassador with People to People, a program founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Duncan was recommended to be an Ambassador, and had to follow up with an application, and interview. Among qualities considered are good grades, citizenship, and contribution to the community. His delegation of thirty five middle school students from Vermont, New Hampshire, and Upstate New York will learn about Australia and New Zealand together before traveling this summer – sharing our culture with other students and people from abroad – as part of the program’s purpose “Peace through Understanding”. As one of several fund-raising efforts in Duncan’s campaign to generate the tuition, he and fellow delegates, Keneally Kennedy of Charlestown, New Hampshire, and Brenden Bergeron of Berlin, New Hampshire, will be holding a “Rock-a-thon” at the Diamond Run Mall in Rutland on Sunday, April 27. Information about their program, available to local students, will be on display. The students will be holding a raffle and selling hand-made greeting cards and crafts as well. You can contact Duncan at 375-0299, or by e-mail at duncan05250@yahoo.com. ________________________________________________

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Way to Go! Commuter Challenge

This event encourages the use of cheaper, healthier, and more earthfriendly transportation alternatives to driving alone. Businesses, schools and teams are encouraged to register today. Everyone who commits to walk, bike, telecommute, carpool, take the bus or use an alternative to driving solo will receive free giveaways and be entered in a drawing to win great prizes — iPods, cordless electric mowers, overnight stays, golf and ski passes and more. This year’s goal is to save at least 500,000 pounds of CO2, so be sure to register today at www.waytogovt.org. Register your business to compete in the “2008 Workplace Commuter Challenge” and go head-to-head with other businesses to see who can encourage the highest percentage of employees to walk, bike, telecommute, carpool or take the bus from May 5-9. The five winning employers will be presented an award June 5, at the Burlington Boathouse. More details are available at www.waytogovt.org. Visit the Way to Go! Commuter Challenge Web site www.wayto govt. org, for more information and to sign-up online. Both children and adults are encouraged to join in. Improve your health — and the health of the environment — by choosing an alternative to driving alone when traveling to work, school, or play during May 5-9. In addition to improving your health and the health of the environment, you will be entered to win in the Way to Go! raffle. Prizes include a cordless electric mower, iPod, snowboards, hotel stays, gold and ski passes, and more! Information on the Way to Go! Commuter Challenge and commuting alternatives is available at www.wayto govt.org.

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Upcoming Harvest at Smokey House This spring, at the 5000 acre Smokey House Center in Danby, students from area high schools helped produce over 500 gallons of maple syrup and now share the responsibility of caring for 32 young lambs. Spring is also the time for people in the Northshire region to dream of fresh food and sign-up for a “share” of Smokey House’s upcoming harvest. When you purchase a share in our community-supported agriculture (CSA) program, you support local agriculture and provide meaningful work for local young people. Fresh, seasonal organic vegetables will be harvested and delivered each week from May through October while naturally-raised beef, lamb, pork, and chicken will be ready for pick-up at Smokey House in the fall. Sign up now to secure your share of the harvest. For more information about joining Smokey House’s CSA or about our Youthwork Program, please call 293-5121 or visit www.smokeyhouse.org. Get ready for a healthy, bountiful summer! ________________________________________________

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Cell Phone Recycling Collection Campaign Project Against Violent Encounters (PAVE) is calling on you to help them collect 300 recycled cell phones by June 15. In addition to being eligible to win a cash award, PAVE will earn money for every phone collected. All proceeds from collected phones help fund free services for victims and their families of domestic and sexual violence. By donating your old phones, not only will community members benefit, but also our environment, since broken or unusable phones will be recycled in a socially responsible way. Please help PAVE with their BIG CELL campaign. Put a drop box at your office, organization, or school. Make a poster about our campaign. State the deadline of June 15 and PAVE’s telephone number. Tell friends and family. Everybody can be on board for this. Either drop off your cell phones at the PAVE office between 8 and 4, Monday through Friday, or call 802-442-2370 to arrange for a pick-up. The clock starts now and thanks. _________________________________________________

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Topics & Tangents at Equinox Terrace

Work — a major part of nearly everyone’s life — dominated a recent discussion by some Terrace residents. What work had they done, whether paid or unpaid, major or minor? Let’s find out. Secretarial work. Caring for aged relatives at home. Banking. Volunteering in hospitals. Working for the phone company. Starting and running a cookie business. Caring for young children. Teaching in schools. Consulting. Working in the Girl Scout office. Assisting in a preschool. Filling most functions in a grocery store. Postmastering. Serving on local select boards and other departments of local government. Cleaning houses. Bringing up a family. Fund-raising. Conducting a band for musical performances at Christmas time. These Terrace residents, now retired, can look back on active lives filled with every kind of useful work — useful to others and fulfilling for themselves.

Dorset Sportsmen’s Club Elects Ofﬁcers

The Dorset Sportsmen’s Club held its Annual Meeting April 8, 2008 and elected officers for the year April 2008-April 2009. President- Tim Sheldon II; Vice-President- Emery Beers; SecretaryNancy Rubadeau; Treasurer- Cindi MacLeod; Trustees: Brad Tyler, Carroll Knight, Fawn Sheldon, Posie Stannard, Rick Wilkins, Betty Ann Sheldon. The next meeting will be held May 6. For information regarding the club, call Nancy at 362-4547 or Betty Ann at 362-2664. _____________________________________________ ___

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Music Together Now Accepting Registrations

Music Together with Deb Z will be starteing a shorter spring session beginning Wednesday May 7, at 9:15. This session will only run for eight weeks instead of the usual ten, to avoid going into vacation time. However there will be two make-up classes available at the end of August and families can do make-up classes on Saturday as well. Class size is limited so preregistration is a must. For more info on Music Together classes, guitar lessons, birthday parties and entertainment for all ages, visit www.musicwithdebz.com, or call 362- 2971. Free demo classes are available plus there is a video to watch on line. Scholarships are also available. _____________________

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Pictorial Photographs on View at The Clark

During the first decades of the 20th century, photographers in Europe and America were engaged in a heated debate over the status of photography. A group united to assert their belief that photography should be considered an art form rather than merely a means of visual documentation. Representing this notion, Pictorial Vision: American and European Photography, on view April 26 through August 17, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, features 15 photographs dating from the 1880s to the 1920s drawn from the collections of the Clark and the Troob Family Foundation. Those photographers who believed their medium to be fine art produced “Pictorial” (picture-like) photography, and established international exhibition societies, held salons, and published journals. Inspired by Romanticism, Art Nouveau, and Symbolism, Pictorial photographers mimicked the look of paintings and drawings in their work, manipulating negatives to produce richly toned, soft focus images using a variety of printing techniques. Some Pictorialists, however, advocated “straight,” untouched photography as the most honest approach to making art in this modern medium. Despite these philosophical differences, Pictorialists active during the height of the movement (1880-1920) were linked by a common vision of instituting photography as a vehicle of artistic expression - a belief that drives photographic practice to this day. Artists represented in Pictorial Vision include Peter Henry Emerson, Eduard Steichen, Alvin Langdon Coburn, George Seeley, Pierre Dubreuil, Alice Burr, Frank Eugene, Félix Thiollier, April 23, 2008

Perennial Plant Sale

and Pierre Dubreuil. The exhibition was organized by Sarah Hammond, a second-year graduate student in the Clark/Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art. The Clark’s collection of photographs dates from the invention of photography to the early 20th century and now comprises nearly 1,000 photographs. The collection includes important photographs by Gustave Le Gray, Édouard Baldus, Nadar, Eugène Atget, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Francis Frith, Roger Fenton, Carleton Watkins, William Bradford, Winslow Homer, and Alfred Stieglitz. The Clark has more than 5,000 prints, drawings, and photographs, which are available for viewing by advance appointment. The Clark is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown. The galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 am to 5 p.m. (daily in July and August). For more information, call 413458-2303 or visit www.clarkart. edu. ___________________

The last week of April through the end of May is the best time to be dividing your perennials for the Garden Club of Poultney’s 2008 Perennial Sale. This given them plenty of time to recover from division so they look perky by the sale date. If possible, it would be wonderful if members bring 20 or even 30 of their plants to the sale. Thirty plants could be just three large clumps of ten plants each. Keep in mind that the size of the pots they usually go in are not that big. The divisions add up fast. For those of you who have had difficulty potting your own perennials, bring some large clumps to Woods’ Garage, as well as your apron, garden gloves and a trowel, on Monday, May 5 at 10 a.m. Bring your potted plants, well watered and preened to look attractive, to the Town Hall lawn on Friday, May 23. The Perennial Sale begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 24. The sale runs until around 11 a.m., or until all plants are sold. For further information, call Pat Fast at 775-3771. _____________________

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Gregory Gould Recognized

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Winhall Police and Rescue Officer Gregory Gould,was recognized at the Vermont Emergency Medical Services Awards banquet in South Burlington, Vermont. Officer Gould was presented with the “Safe Kids Award” which is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of injury prevention to children. Gould is a four year member of the Winhall Police and Rescue Department where he works as a patrol officer, a school resource officer, and an EMT 1-03. Winhall Police Department works not only as the local law enforcement agency in Winhall and Stratton, but is also the first response medical squad for Winhall and Stratton Mountain. Winhall Police and Rescue has also been recognized at the annual EMS conference as the First Response Squad of the year in 2004. Officer Gould was recognized for his work in the Mountain School at Winhall and other area schools where he teaches topics to students such as wilderness safety, fire safety, stranger safety, Halloween safety, alcohol, drug, and tobacco prevention, Internet safety, sexual assault prevention, and first aid. He also works with school administrators on environmental engineering to make the school more secure. As a first aid and CPR instructor, he has instructed school staff and community members in CPR (cardio pulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automated external defibrillator), as well as first aid. Gould is also a CPS (child safety seat) technician and runs a child seat fitting station through Winhall Police and Rescue Department. Car seat fittings and inspections can be scheduled by calling the Winhall Police and Rescue Department at 297-2121. ____________________

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Second Graders Perform ‘The Lorax’, for Earth Day

To celebrate Earth Day, Mrs. Mance’s second graders at Manchester Elementary-Middle School recently performed Dr. Seuss’ classic 1971 story, “The Lorax”, for select groupings of fellow schoolmates, teachers, staff and parents. The performances were wonderful and every child played a role in re-telling this cautionary tale of the Lorax, a strange little creature who “speaks for the trees” and who ventures into a dismal place to warn against the dangers of mindless progress. “The Lorax” is considered one of Dr. Suess’ most critically acclaimed and socially-conscious books and also a bit ahead of its time, as it introduced the concept of environmental responsibility to children long before saving the earth was a global concern. Theodor Seuss Geisel began writing the book on laundry lists during an African safari where upon viewing the decimated African forests, he exclaimed, “they’ve stolen my truffula trees” thus inspiring the theme of “The Lorax.” Told in the magical language of Dr. Suess, this clever fable explains the concepts of cause and effect, adaptability, ecosystems and the limitations of the natural world. The story centers around the Lorax, who challenges the Once-ler, a greedy factory owner responsible for a dramatic environmental disaster caused by his careless lumbering of Truffula trees; all for the sake of bigger and bigger profits knitting “Thneeds”, for a Thneed, after all, is a thing that everyone needs. The impact of this irresponsible deforestation affects the Swomee-Swans, Brown Bar-baloots and the Humming-Fish in addition to introducing air pollution and industrial wastes such as Gluppity-Glupp and SchloppityScholopp into the environment. April 23, 2008

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“Summer’s Coming” to Fisher

“Summer’s Coming” is the theme of this year’s Fisher Elementary School Spring Choral Concert. The Fisher Chorus will perform Thursday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in the Mack Performing Arts Center. The event is free and open to the community. Accompanied by pianist Nyoka Little, the Fisher Chorus will sing a

variety of lively music in anticipation of warm summer days. Arlington music and theater teacher Patti Cody, praised the efforts of the fourth and fifth grade choral students. “It’s wonderful to see their efforts. We practice early in the morning before the school day starts, and they are always excited to perform.” “Summer’s Coming” will feature several soloist performances including those by fifth grade students: Olivia Andrew, Haley Davis, Molly Elwell, Laura Farrington, Mackenzie Gross, Brooke Hawley, Jesse Keel, Lee Krulikowski, Kristi Lewicki, Torrie Saunders and Ryan Spencer. For more information about the Fisher Choral Concert, contact Cody at codyp@bvsu.org or 375-2589, extension 149. For information about Fisher Elementary, you can visit the Fisher Web site at www. fisher.k12.vt.us. The Arlington School District mission is to create a safe, caring and respectful environment of academic excellence where students are uniquely challenged to reach their potential at the K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 levels. ________________________________________________

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Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily, the two leading trade publications on the business of sports, honored Abraham D. Madkour, a former native of Manchester, Vermont, with a special award as a member of this year’s prestigious “Forty Under 40” awards ceremony. Over 600 guests attend the black-tie event on Friday, March 14, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. This award is given annually to the top 40 executives in the sports industry under the age of 40, in recognition for their outstanding achievement, standard in excellence, and business influence, within the sports world. Madkour, who serves as Executive Editor of both publications, Sports Business Journal/Daily, has traditionally been the host honoring each year’s winners. However, this year the company surprised Madkour with a special honor, bringing this year’s class of recipients to forty-one. In surprising Madkour, 39, at the end of the ceremony, Sports Business Journal Publisher, Richard Weiss noted that it was Madkour’s final year of eligibility and then detailed Madkour’s career path and acknowledging him as “a truly deserving honoree”. Madkour, son of Dr. and Mrs. Abraham Madkour of Manchester, has been with the publication since 1994. Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily is owned by American City Business Inc. parent company to Bennington-based Hemmings Motor News.

Welcome the arrival of spring and its accompanying warm weather with “Plein Air and The Beauty of Nature”, a solo exhibit of oil landscapes by artist Harry H. McChesney at the Canfield Gallery in the Martha Canfield Library in Arlington, Vermont. Join the plein air painter for an opening reception on Saturday, May 3 from 3–5 p.m. The show continues through May 31 and can be viewed during library hours. Based near the Albany New York area, McChesney says, “My work is influenced mostly by the beauty of nature. It is always my desire to convey to others the emotion that I feel when seeing a beautiful subject.” A graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, he has since retired from the New York State Museum where he worked as a diorama background painter in addition to other positions. McChesney currently focuses his energy on fine art, primarily concentrating on plein air landscape painting in oil, although he also does portrait and figure work in oil and other media. The Canfield Gallery is located in the Martha Canfield Library on East Arlington Road across from Arlington High School. The gallery is open during library hours. For more information, call the library at 375-6153 or visit the library Web site at www.marthacanfieldlibrary. org.

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On Sunday, April 27, the sixth Sunday of Easter, Rogation Sunday will be recognized at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 200 Pleasant St., Bennington, Vermont. Historically Rogation Sunday provided opportunity for church members to give thanks for spring weather, clean air and water, and the hope for good harvests from abundant seed. In the English church, Rogation Sunday also gave rise to a ceremony called “Beating the Bounds.” The Parish Priest would lead church officers, acolytes, choristers, and others in a procession around the perimeter, the boundaries or “Bounds,” of the parish property. It was important for church personnel to know the “bounds” because they were responsible for caring for the poor, the sick, and those in need, who resided within the “bounds.” The Holy Eucharist is celebrated at 8 a.m. with a Rite 1 said service, at 10 a.m. with a Rite 2 choral service, and at 5 p.m. with a contemporary liturgy with the contemporary ensemble. The celebrant is the Rev. Anita SchellLambert, Rector, assisted by the Rev. Penny Hawkins, Deacon. St. Peter’s Church will celebrate with the singing of the Great Litany in Procession at the 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist liturgy. Music will include the organ voluntary Cantabile composed by César Franck. The choir will sing the anthems Panis Angelicus by Franck, as well as With a Voice of Singing by Martin Shaw. Weather permitting, the service will conclude with a procession out of the church and around the church grounds, returning to the parish hall for the dismissal. All are welcome to participate and to stay for refreshments after the service. For further information, please call St. Peter’s at 802-4422911 or visit the church Web site at www.stpetersbenningtonvt.org

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The Danby/Mt. Tabor Volunteer Fire Department is offering a roast pork dinner on Saturday, April 26, starting at 5:30 p.m. The menu will include roast pork, mashed potatoes, homemade gravy, stuffing, veggies, applesauce and homemade pies. Cost for adults, $10; $6 for children. The dinner will be held at the main firehouse on Old Route 7. The dinner is to benefit the Danby/Mt. Tabor Volunteer Fire Department. ________________________________________________

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The University of Vermont invites one and all to the UVM SugarOn-Snow Party on Monday, April 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Bailey/Howe Library Portico, to celebrate the Vermont tradition of maple sugaring with a taste of the year’s first harvest. The UVM party dates back to the joint bicentennial of the university and Vermont statehood in 1991 when the Vermont Maple Industry Council’s Maple History Committee revived the Dean Hills Sugar Party tradition that began in the 1930s and was fondly remembered by UVM and the surrounding community. For further information, call 899-4923 or 656-4389, or e-mail crv@uvm.edu.

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to announce the schedule for its upcoming Summer Marketplace. The St. James Marketplace will be held on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in July (12, 19, 26) and August (2, 16, 23, 30), unless there is inclement weather. The goal is to serve the community by offering locally produced goods (fresh vegetables, locally produced food products and handcrafted items) at reasonable prices, as well as offering a place to have lunch and visit with neighbors. Vendors may set up for a day, a month, or a season; your choice. A donation of 10 percent of each day’s earnings, will go towards the Outreach programs. For more information, or to reserve a space, please contact Marilyn King at 375-2786 or mw.king@verizon.net, or the church parish office at 375-9952 or stjamesparish@verizon.net.

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The Winhall Memorial Library in Bondville is sponsoring the 2nd computer literacy program for the community, led by Keith Nemlich. The program will be on the use of the Internet, and will be held on Thursday, May 1, from 5-7 p.m., at the Mountain School at Winhall. Following up on the first program, the rest of the things we need to know to be comfortable using the Internet will be covered: what it is; how to access it; how to use it safely (of special importance to parents); browsing, bookmarking and much more. Keith Nemlich has been a teacher in the area for the 14 years, and has served on the technology committees of 3 area schools. He is currently a technology instructor at MEMS. The class is free but limited to 12 people. To reserve your space, please sign up at the library (Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-7 p.m.) or call 297-9741 and leave a message. Also, if you want to register for a few classes on digital photography which will be scheduled toward the end of May, please call the library.

Roast Pork Supper

The Mount Holly Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary is offering a Roast Pork Supper on Saturday, April 26, with seatings at 5 and 6 p.m., at the Odd Fellows Hall, Belmont, Vermont. The menu will include roast pork, mashed potatoes with gravy, vegetable, roll and homemade pies. All you can eat, home style for $10, adults; $5 for children under 12. The dinner is to benefit the Mount Holly Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. For further information, call 259-2679.

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Dog Park Committee Reaches Out to Northshire Dog Owners

More than 2,300 licensed dog owners in Manchester and the surrounding towns have just received postcards asking for donations to help build the area’s first off-leash dog park. To be located in the Dana L. Thompson Memorial Park on Route 30 in Manchester Center, this half-acre enclosure will give canines a secure place to exercise and play while their owners socialize with each other. This community resource will be free and open to the public. “In order to break ground this spring, we need everyone to jump on board as quickly as possible”, explains Will Carlan, Chair of the citizenbased committee and program manager at Manchester-based WEQX radio. “If every dog owner – licensed or not – chipped in, we would be well on our way toward having the money we need to build and maintain the park into the future.” The committee has already received checks and pledges of more than $7,000 in one week – a remarkable start for a group that formed only two months ago. The committee is refining not only its construction budget but also a three-year budget for the park’s maintenance. And members are also reaching out to area businesses for financial and in-kind contributions. Interested donors are urged to contact the committee at manchesterd ogpark@verizon.net. “The dog park will be a powerful draw to our area,” states committee member Ralph Varick, owner of Varick Associates Real Estate, Manchester. “From homeowners and visitors to hotels, restaurants and surrounding activities, a dog park will be a win/win for everyone.” For more information, visit manchestervtdogpark.org.

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W.H. Shaw Insurance Agency Underwrites Butterﬂy Garden at Hildene The W. H. Shaw Insurance Agency of Manchester Center has donated $2500 to Hildene, the Lincoln Family Home, for a butterfly garden for the nonprofit organization’s education program. The grant is the second gift to the community’s children as part of the agency’s 2008 initiatives to mark Shaw’s 100th anniversary. As Mike Powers, president of Shaw Insurance said, “Hildene plays an important role in our community presenting historically important research, promoting education and stewardship of the land. Their mission matches our agency’s commitment to support the community.” The Butterfly Garden will be located in the Kitchen and Cutting Garden area and will augment Hildene’s popular fall

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program, “Mighty Monarchs.” Last year 289 school children in grades K-3 participated in this program which explores the habitat, life cycle and migration of Monarch butterflies. The garden will also be an educational resource for the summer camp programs, especially during Bug Bonanza camp and it will educate Hildene visitors about the importance of maintaining a butterfly habitat. To attract different species of butterflies, the garden will contain a variety of nectar plants - food for adult butterflies - and host plants - food for caterpillars. By having both nectar and host plants, students and visitors will have the opportunity to observe the complete life cycle of butterflies. The garden will incorporate sunning spots for basking, puddling areas used by male butterflies for obtaining minerals necessary for reproduction, and shrubs and bushy flowering plants for shade and shelter. The garden is being designed by garden designer Laurie Blotoin of Morning Star Perennials in Rockingham, Vermont, and will be installed and maintained by Hildene’s Master Gardener, Cindy Lewis.

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Roast Pork Dinner in Rupert

The Rupert Volunteer Fire Department’s Annual Banquet will be held on May 10, at 7:00 p.m. The Menu will include roast pork and roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetables, roll and apple crisp or apple pie for desert. The cost is $12.50 for advance tickets and $15.00 at the door. After 9:00 p.m. it will be $5.00 for entertainment from The Red Hot Riders. For advance tickets please talk to a fireman. For information, call Jimmy-Joe Lewis at 394-0035 or George Lewis at 394-2491. _____________________

Cinco de Mayo in Jamaica Please come join us for a Cinco de Mayo Dinner on Monday, May 5, 5-7 p.m., at Jamaica Village School. Dinner will include authentic Mexican cuisine, prepared and served by the JVS sixth grade class. The menu will include: handrolled red chile chicken, empanadas, chili con carne enchiladas served with Mexican rice and beans, tres leche cake for dessert and a kids’ taco plate.

Fee is $10 for adults (pre-buy tickets at $9); $5 JVS ages children (pre-buy tickets at $4). Pre-buy tickets may be purchased at Jamaica Country Market, Moe’s Place, Jamaica Coffee House or from any sixth grade student. Great raffle prizes available too! All proceeds will benefit the sixth graders class trip. _____________________

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The Men’s Auxiliary of the VFW Harned-Fowler Post 6471 in Manchester Center, is raffling off a 2008 Twilight Season Pass at the Golf Course at Equinox, valued at $1,450. Tickets are $20 each and only 100 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be held on Thursday, May 22, at the VFW. Tickets can be purchased at the VFW on a first-come, first served basis. For additional information, please contact the VFW at 3629840. A special thank you to the Equinox Resort for their generous support. _____________________

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Knock on wood, it looks like spring is finally here! With spring each year also comes the Annual Perennial Sale at Hubbard Hall on Saturday, April 26, behind The Hall. You are invited to bring divisions of your favorite perennials – any and all sorts from the easy to the finicky are welcome.

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(Continued from page 25) Sale includes shrubs as well as herbaceous plants and bulbs. The more people who contribute, the more interesting the sale becomes. Everyone who donates plants to the sale may begin shopping an hour earlier than the general public! Plant donations may be dropped off at The Hall on April 26, from 7 a.m., onward. Donors may begin shopping at 8 a.m.; the sale opens to the public at 9 a.m., and continues until everything is sold! It’s a great way for enthusiastic gardeners to exchange choice plants while supporting Hubbard Hall at the same time! You may also arrange to have your donations picked up prior to the sale day by calling Caz Lewis at 518-677-5430 or Bliss McIntosh at 518-677-3151. It is not necessary to pot up your divisions if they are taken soon before the sale; just wrap the roots in damp newspaper and place them in plastic bags. Please label them accurately and clearly. Hubbard Hall, an 1878 rural opera house, is a community arts center dedicated to bringing the best of the arts to the region with year-round theatre, and music and dance performances and classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels. Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge, N.Y. For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, please visit our Web site at www.hubbardhall. org, or call 518-677-2495. ________________________________________________

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Early Childhood Literacy Fair

Come celebrate the Month of the Young Child. The Early Childhood Literacy Fair is featuring many activities and workshops for young families. This event is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29 and 30, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., at the Northshire Day School. It is free and open to the community and is geared between the ages of 2 through 6. Come for one or both days. You may choose from a variety of activities such as music and movement with Alexandra Langstaff of Hullabaloo, on Tuesday, to riding a friendly pony with Ann Pierce on Wednesday (weather permitting). There will be craft activities with the theme of clowning around; face painting; nutritious snacks; and lots of information about childhood literacy. Every child who attends will receive a free book. The Vermont Reading partners will also have a table offering new and used books. This event is being organized by Heat Start and the Northshire Day School. It is sponsored by Success by Six and the Kiwanis Club. For further information, call the Northshire Head Start Coordinator, Sue Pierce, at 362-3950 or Jane Gras at Northshire Day School, 3621395. ________________________________________________

Mother’s Day Performances You can help the Solarfest Odyssey of the Mind Team get to the World Finals Competition in Maryland. Bring Mom and the rest of the family to an evening of children’s performances, desserts, silent auctions and more on Sunday evening May 11th at the Tinmouth Community Center. Two local Odyssey of the Mind teams under Solarfest sponsorship will be performing their skits. The After School Children’s chorus, led by Melissa ChesnutTangerman, will perform their spring concert. The evening is a fund-raiser for the Odyssey team, helping them get to World Finals in Maryland at the end of May. There will be great desserts, ice cream, a silent auction and a raffle. Come have some fun, some dessert and support these teams and children ages four to 14 from Tinmouth and Middletown in their creative ventures. Silent Auction items range from the fabulous to the practical and frivolous. There is a special kids’ silent auction too with items just for kids to bid on. The raffle features maple syrup, gift cards to local businesses, movie tickets, and much, much more. The concert will begin at 7 p.m., with the skits following. Free will donation at the door. Please call Cathy Reynolds at 446-2928 or Leslie Silver at 235-2335 for more information.

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Anne Lemke is No. 1 in Sales

Harmful Effects of Butt Litter on the Environment

Anne Lemke, Real Estate Consultant with RE/MAX Star Properties, was awarded the top honor in Vermont at the RE/MAX of New England 2007 Awards Recognition Event held at the Boston Marriott on March 28. Lemke is a hard-working, knowledgeable, no-nonsense realtor who is consistently producing at the very top levels. During these challenging times in real estate, securing the Top Award for the entire state is a tremendous accomplishment. The top agents in this demanding marketplace are intelligent, informed and innovative. Anne is also Past President of the SCVBR local Board of Realtors. You can reach Anne at www.AnneLemkeRealtor.com, or call 5586516; e-mail anne@remaxstar.com. ________________________________________________

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Cigarette butt litter is the world’s greatest environmental litter problem with 4.3 trillion butts littered worldwide each year. Cigarette butt filters are made of a thermoplastic, which is slow to degrade in the environment, and contain remnant tobacco and 165 toxic chemicals. Some of the chemicals include arsenic (used in rat poison), carbon monoxide (a poisonous gas), formaldehyde (used to embalm dead bodies), lead (a highly poisonous metal), and napthalenes (used in explosives and moth balls). Discarded cigarette butts can take up to 15 years to breakdown leaking these and many more toxic chemicals into soil and water sources as they corrode into tiny plastic powdered particles. Tobacco-Free Community Partners promotes the proper disposal of cigarette butts by discarding fully put out butts in appropriate butt receptacles. Individuals and businesses can purchase cigarette butt containers to discourage butt litter thereby reducing exposure of toxic chemicals to our environment. Cigarette butt litter is preventable. Please remember litter breeds litter. It is a community responsibility to keep the environment beautiful and clean. Tobacco-Free Community Partners is an education, resource, prevention, and connection network whose mission is to prevent first time tobacco use among youth and reduce its use across all ages in the Bennington area. To learn more about the Tobacco-Free Community Partners, contact Julie Krawczyk at 447-6478 or view the Web site at www.tobaccofreebennington.org.

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Mancala game tournament - a traditional African game sometimes referred to as Bao. By participating in the BBA Walk for Water event, you are helping the world’s poorest gain access to safe water. All proceeds from this event will go to World Vision (www.worldvision.org) and BOMA Fund clean water and irrigation projects (www. bomafund. org) in Africa. On a global scale, water has reached a crisis. Billions of the world’s poorest are without access to safe water. The Walk for Water team is inviting everyone to join us (you can walk with or without water) or volunteer, donate funds to this project or buy a Walk for Water t-shirt. More information and registration forms are available at bbaservicelearning.wikispaces.com/Walk+for+Africa or by contacting Lani Lovisa at 5498275 or llovisa@burrburton.org. Rain date for this event is Sunday, May 11.

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Walk for Water Africa Day On Saturday, May 10, Burr and Burton Academy Service Learning and Frost Wells and Pumps Incorporated are hosting the first Walk for Water Africa Day at Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester, Vermont. Schools, churches, community groups and friends are encouraged to organize relay teams of four people to participate in the Walk for Water Walk/Race that simulates the walk many African families must do every day to get water. Registration is at noon and the walk/race begins at 1 p.m. from the BBA football field. Fees for registration are $25 for a team of four and $10 for individuals. Teams will walk up to Equinox pond and back carApril 23, 2008

rying a jerry can of water. Each team member should bring their own jerry can or container, with a cap, to carry water; the recommended sizes are adults, 2.5 gallons or 10 liters and children 1 gallon or 4 liters of water. Relay Teams can also sign up for the Amazing Race Relay on the BBA field at 1:30 that will involve the completion of African “challenges”. Team prizes for both events will be awarded (fastest, slowest, best costume, etc.). The event will also feature an African marketplace with information booths about other African projects, African food, products, drumming, film, dance, music and more. It will include a

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Arbor Day Chestnut Tree Planting at Hildene

On Friday, April 25, at 1 p.m., The Lincoln Family Home at Hildene will celebrate Arbor Day, by planting an American chestnut tree. Hildene’s tree, a two year old seedling, is traveling from Meadowview, Virginia to “put down roots” in Manchester. The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) staff pathologist, Fred Hebard, indicates that it is a special one indeed. He says, “We have harvested very few nuts of this generation. It is a third backcross chestnut; the final generation of our breeding program and should be highly blight resistant.” TACF President and CEO, Marshal T. Case will be on hand as the Hildene tree is planted in the grassy area adjacent to the Welcome Center parking area with assistance from local school children. The ceremony will conclude with the distribution of sugar maple saplings to the first 100 children. This special event honors both the efforts of the foundation to save the American chestnut tree and the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. While he ran for president, Lincoln was often referred to as the “Rail Splitter,” a nickname alluding to his days as a young man on the frontier. “Rail Splitter” became a symbol central to his 1860 presidential campaign. Chestnut was the wood of choice for the early split rail fences that farmers of the day came to rely on. The American Chestnut Foundation’s goal is to: “restore the American chestnut tree to its native range within the woodlands of the eastern United States, using scientific research and a breeding program developed by its founders.” They harvested the first blight resistant nuts in 2005, and hope to begin reforestation trials with blight-resistant American-type trees before the end of this decade using sound ecological principles.

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tained funding and most importantly, a “sense of the past and a hope for the future.” The ACF is headquartered in Bennington, Vermont. For information on the foundation, visit www.acf.org. Mighty Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology may be purchased at the Hildene Museum Store. To learn more about the Arbor Day Chestnut Tree Planting at The Lincoln Family Home at Hildene, contact Carrie at 802.367.7960 or e-mail carrie@hildene.org. ____________________

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Chef Suvir Saran Introduces Kitchen Tools Exclusively at The Kitchen Store At J.K. Adams

Chef, cookbook author and Indian food authority Suvir Saran has developed the American Masala Collection of ceramic kitchen tools available exclusively in New England at The Kitchen Store at J.K. Adams in Dorset. In the past year, Chef Saran, a part time resident of upstate New York, appeared at the store demonstrating the preparation of traditional Indian foods. The porcelain Mortar and Pestle Set in the Collection is produced in conjunction with Wade Ceramics Ltd. of England and was recently featured in The New York Times and Food and Wine. Saran adjusted the traditional pestle to create a wider-than-usual base – making it easier to use and to prevent ingredients, particularly spices, from popping out of the mortar as they are ground. Ultra-sharp ceramic knives and ceramic trivets are additional selections from the American Marsala Collection. Ceramic knives retain their original edge longer than steel knives and are lightweight and comfortable to use even for long periods of cutting, slicing and mincing. Made from ceramic zirconia, the knife blades are available in five sizes with blades that do not stain or rust, and do not absorb the taste or odor of cut food. Three new ceramic trivets inspired by decorative motifs of the Taj Mahal are made of porcelain, and they support oven-to-table cookware and platters up to 450°F and weighing up to 44 pounds. The versatility of shapes offered work well with all types and sizes of tabletops and appeal to personal shape preferences. Suvir Saran is the author of two widely acclaimed cookbooks, “American Masala: 125 New Classics From My Home Kitchen” (2007) and “Indian Home Cooking” (2004). Saran established new standards for Indian food in America when he teamed up with tandoor master Hemant Mathur to create the authentic flavors of Indian home cooking at the restaurant Dévi in New York City, for which they earned a Michelin star rating. Saran is a contributing authority to Food Arts magazine and teaches food professionals and home cooks around the U.S. He will be at the Kitchen Store demonstrating his new collection with favorite recipes on Saturday, June 14. To see the American Marsala Collection visit The Kitchen Store at J.K. Adams open daily from 9 AM to 5:30 PM at 1430 Rt.30 in Dorset. The telephone is 362-4422 or visit the Web-site at www.thekitchenstore online.com. ________________________________________________

Wilburton Inn Restoration

There is a spring sparkle at the Wilburton Inn. Everything old is new again, or at least they have made a start. The first phase of a campaign to restore the Wilburton to its days of glory as the most prestigious estate in Manchester has just been completed. Now that the plaster, paint and polish have been put away, you are invited to come up and see what is new at the Wilburton and stay for a wonderful dinner. The Wilburton Inn is offering a specially priced Spring Dinner Thursdays through Sundays, until May 18. Come in and enjoy dinner prepared by young and talented chef, Isaac Hutchins. For reservations please call 362-2500. _________________________________________________

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Bistro Henry Hosts Masquerade

On Saturday, April 26 at 6 p.m., Bistro Henry is hosting a fabulous evening including hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and a sumptuous four course meal followed by dancing and a live auction. Tickets to this event are $85 and will benefit the Long Trail School drama students attending the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland this summer. Masks will be on sale at the door, but you are welcome to bring your own. The Fringe Festival is the world’s largest performing arts festival. Over 1500 American schools are nominated each year, but only 50 are selected. This is a great honor for the 15 Long Trail School students, and all proceeds will go toward funding this trip. For reservations, please call Bistro Henry at 802.362.4982. _________________________________________________

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Fort Salem Announces Casting For Adirondack Awakening

Fort Salem’s Artistic Director, Jay Kerr, has announced the completion of casting for the World Premiere of Adirondack Awakening, an original musical revue, written by Kerr and Stephen Trombley. Adirondack Awakening will have its initial performances in the Cabaret Theater at Fort Salem on Memorial Day Weekend, May 24, 25, and 26. Sue Caputo, who starred last season (and will be reprising her role this Independence Day Weekend) in the Fort’s Songs of War and Peace, will be sharing the stage with another Fort favorite, Ann Marie Acquilano, who sang several roles at Fort Salem in the World Premiere of A Christmas Carol: A New Musical. Caputo comes to the new revue having recently appeared in the Capital Repertory Theatre’s winter production, M. Butterfly. The ladies will be joined on stage by Trombley and Kerr. The journey of Adirondack Awakening begins in 1609 when Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson “discovered” the mountains as they explored the bodies of water that now bear their names, each within months of the other. No aspect of the four hundred years since (or its evolutionary roots four billion years before that) is too serious to be lampooned, skewered, and satirized by the musical pens of the performer/authors and the wit of the two women joining them. Whether lamenting the near extinction of the beaver or mocking the misery of men literally lost in the woods, whether eavesdropping on the diary of a teenage girl taking the TB cure and falling in love with a fellow patient in Saranac Lake or simply celebrating the invention of the paper bag (Adirondack timber and ingenuity), they use musical styles to comment on events in history that somehow missed inclusion in mainstream history textbooks. Adirondack Awakening opens on Friday, May 24 at 8 p.m., with shows on Saturday, May 25, at 2 and 8 p.m., and a final matinee on Sunday, May 26. All tickets are $10, and because seating is limited, reservations are recommended (Fort Salem Box Office: 518-854-9200). This event is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program.

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1st Congregational Church Rummage Sale

Please come to the annual spring rummage sale at First Congregational Church in Manchester. This is sponsored by the Women’s Fellowship and all proceeds go to the many missions and organizations supported by the church. The sale is spectacular, with something for everyone. You will find white elephant items too numerous to mention, antiques, a variety of books, music, linens, and a lot of clothing to enhance anyone’s spring wardrobes. There is a boutique, where you can find something more upscale for a special occasion, or something for a spot in your home or a lovely gift for someone. This event will be held on Friday, April 25 from 5-7 p.m., and Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The famous bag sale, where you can fill as many bags as you wish for one dollar each, will begin at 12:30 sharp. Everything in the boutique at that time, will be sold at half price. For further information, please call the church office at 362-2709. ________________________________________________

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Rafﬂe to Beneﬁt the Chani Family

Water Works, located in Sunderland, is making an offer no one can refuse. They are holding a raffle to help defray the exorbitant medical expenses the Chani family must endure in order to help their 8-monthold daughter, Zahra. Water works is offering a $2300 water softener, including delivery and installation and maintenance for one full year. Tickets ($20 each or 5 for $90) are available at the following locations: Area banks, the Chamber of Commerce, Cornerstone Fitness Center, Equinox Valley Nursery, Harvest Grille, I-Ship, Main Street Realty, Mortgage Solutions, Mulligan’s, Stella’s Salon Plus, Vermont News Guide, and Water Works. Claudia and Alan Bookspan, owners of Water Works, would like to raise $5000 with this raffle. The winning ticket will be drawn at Harvest Grille sometime mid-May. For further information, call 362-4106. ________________________________________________

Northshire Seniors Planning Trip The Northshire Seniors are planning a three-day trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with Mountain Son Tours of Rutland, leaving July 15 and returning July 17. Seniors will be staying at the beautiful Park Plaza Hotel in Lancaster for two nights. A visit to the Dutch Apple Theatre is planned for the evening of July 15 where dinner will be followed by a musical. There will be a tour of the Amish farmlands including the Amish Quilt and Craft Shop and “Country Surprise”. Lunch will be enjoyed at the Plain and Fancy Restaurant. We will also visit the Sight and Sound Millennium Theatre to see “In the Beginning: The Story of Adam and Eve”. Dinner (family style) will be at the Good and Plenty Restaurant which is known for its Dutch cooking. The price includes hotel

accommodation, transportation, some meals and two shows. Double (seniors 55+) $369. A $50 deposit is required when signing up, and the full amount must be paid by June 15. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call Barbara Goddard at 375-2343. _____________________

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The Rensselaer County Soil & Water Conservation District wants to help you celebrate Spring by planting a tree. The Conservation District’s 37th Annual Spring Arbor Green Tree and Shrub Program offers inexpensive bare-root stock for conservation plantings, wildlife habitat improvement, erosion control, Christmas trees, nature education and landscaping your environment. Trees available this year include: Colorado Blue Spruce; Scotch Pine; Fraser Fir, Norway Spruce, Balsam Fir, White Flowering Dogwood and Sargent Crabapple. Shrubs include Rose of Sharon, Highbush Blueberry, Lilac, Forsythia, Burning Bush, Raspberries, Sand Cherry, and more. To get an order blank, call the Conservation District at (518) 2711740 or visit the Conservation Field Office at 61 State Street in Troy, New York. Our Ag & Life Sciences Building is located just north of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Return your order and payment by April 30th and distribution will be Saturday, May 10th from 9:00 AM to 12 noon at the Questar III (BOCES) Center on Industrial Park Road in South Troy. You may also download an order blank by going to the Rensselaer County Web Site, which is, www.rensco.com, and follow the link to the “How Do I”!.... box on the left hand side of the page, scroll down to the 37th Annual Arbor green Tree & Shrub Sale link, click and print it out. This program supports Soil & Water Conservation Programs in the County! You need not be a resident of Rensselaer County to participate in this program. All programs of the Conservation District are offered on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status or handicap.

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Photo: Artist Maria Chambers and 5th grader Ryan Wadsworth make clay tea cups for a Japanese Tea Ceremony.

Mountain School Students “Show the World” April 30 On April 30 at 6 p.m., the students of the Mountain School at Winhall will answer the question “So, what’d you learn at school this spring?” when they show their parents, friends, and the community at large, the results of

their latest OPUS Project, “World Cultures.” The OPUS Project is MSW’s multidisciplinary, thematic, integrated course of study. All courses of study are taught through the scope of these themes (Language

Arts, Math, Science, etc.). The spring theme for all classes has been “World Cultures.” The Pre-K-Kindergarten class studied their own heritage and played the roles of “world travel-

ers” as they journeyed through the higher grades, learning about the other cultures being studied along the way. Grades one and two studied China, three and four Africa, five and six the Edo Period of Japan, and seventh and eighth, Post-Imperialist Japan. Guests will enjoy music, dancing, karate demonstrations, and a play, as well as displayed student work throughout the school building. Viewing begins at 6 p.m., performances start at 6:15 p.m. There will also be a homemade dessert raffle of 20 absolutely scrumptious desserts to benefit Pre-K-4 class initiatives. The Mountain School at Winhall, on Route 30, in Bondville, is a state approved Pre-K-8 independent day school located in Bondville, Vermont. For more information on the OPUS presentation, the school or any of its programs, call the office at 297-2662, or visit online at www.themountainschool.org. ____________________

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New England Ringers Return to Manchester!

New England Ringers (NER) returns to The Meeting House of First Congregational Church on Sunday, May 18, 5 p.m., during their spring/ summer tour. This Manchester stop follows a highly successful FCC appearance in January! The 14-member regional ensemble performs on one of the largest handbell instruments in the northeast. With six octaves of bells and chimes, the music is expansive and soaring. Concert arrangements include the mellow syncopation of Vince Guaraldi (composer of the Charlie Brown theme), a bit of fun and challenge with the Gypsy song from “Carmen”, the exciting dash of the William Tell Overture; from Rachmaninoff to 50’s rock. The program showcases the imagination and musicality of the arranger/composers, as well as the amazing capabilities of the instruments and the energy and talent of the musicians. This will be another memorable concert by New England Ringers. The Meeting House of First Congregational Church is located on Route 7A (across from the Equinox Hotel) in historic Manchester Village, Vermont. Suggested donation $10/adult, $5/student. Handicapped accessible. ________________________________________________

Rev. Clayton Scholarship Applications Available at BBA

The Rev. Clayton Scholarship Committee at Zion Episcopal Church in Manchester Center wishes to notify graduating seniors at Burr and Burton Academy, and their parents, that applications are available for this year’s award. The winner will be chosen on the basis of academic achievement, participation in school activities, athletics, community service, financial need, character of the applicant and future goals. The Clayton Scholarship was created upon the bicentennial of Zion Episcopal Church in 1982 as a gift to the community and named in honor of Rev. Robert L. Clayton, who was rector of the church from 1955 to 1985. He and his wife Betty were ardent supporters of Burr and Burton and area youth. Although administered by Zion Church, this is a non-denominational award and religious affiliation (or lack thereof) is not a factor. The Clayton Scholarship is the only local award which continues funding throughout the four years of college provided the recipient remains in good academic standing. The amount awarded in 2007 was $4,000. Applications are available at the Burr and Burton Academy Guidance Department. Applications are due by May 1.

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Dorset Church Rummage Sale

Spring is here so it’s time for the semi-annual rummage event at the Dorset Church. The date is Saturday, April 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The bag sale will start at 12:30! The sale is always packed with useful items at reasonable prices. There will be children’s clothing and toys, women’s separates, men’s clothing, accessories, footwear, linens, attic treasures, books, miscellaneous housewares, small appliances, and the most popular Ladies’ Boutique. There will be a table for tools, power tools, and garden equipment. The Christen Education Group will be selling coffee, donuts and lunch. Proceeds from the Rummage Sale are used by the Ladies Fellowship to support many local organizations as well as state and worldwide missions. Donations of clean, serviceable items will be accepted at the Dorset Church on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 22, 23 and 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please do not donate any furniture, large appliances, or computers and computer related items. The Dorset Church is located at 143 Church Street, off Route 30, in Dorset, Vermont. If you have any questions please call 867-2260. See you on April 26!

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Speakers Announced for 2008 Hildene Symposium Hildene has gathered an impressive group of nationally recognized speakers for its 6th Symposium to be held May 28, 29 and 30 at The Lincoln Family Home and Equinox Resort in Manchester Village, Vermont. Entitled “Why it Matters: The Nine Most Important Elections in U.S.,” the event takes place against the backdrop of a nation

engaged in the electoral process in numbers not seen in decades. With symposium speakers focusing on elections prior to 1960, the intent is decidedly the exploration of historical events rather than the current day’s politics, but the topic is clearly timely. The year 2008 also marks the beginning of the national celebration of the bicentennial of one

of our most beloved presidents, Abraham Lincoln who said, “The strife of the election is but human nature applied to the facts in the case.” Two elections involving the “Great Emancipator” are included in the presentations. Award winning Boston Globe journalist and author of “The Father of Spin,” Larry Tye, will deliver the keynote address, speaking on how spin has shaped American politics and the influence it has had on the election process. The nine elections that

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symposium speakers will examine occurred between 1798 and 1932 and chosen for their important outcomes; results that had lasting influences on both the social and political climates. Susan Dunn, Williams College professor and author of “Jefferson’s Revolution: The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism”, will speak on the race between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. In her presentation entitled: “The Election of 1800: Jefferson’s Second Revolution” she will also discuss the role Jefferson’s running mate, Aaron Burr played as “saboteur.” The election of 1798 has a decidedly Vermont connection which author and University of Vermont Professor, Dona Brown, will address in her talk, “As Goes Vermont, So Goes the Nation: The Election of 1798.” She explores the importance of the contest to secure the congressional seat captured by native son Matthew Lyons in that year. Lyons was victorious in spite of the fact that he was jailed at the time for his criticism of President John Adams in violation of the Alien and Sedition Acts. University of Tennessee Professor of History, Daniel Feller, will focus on the four major candidates in “The Election of 1824,” John Quincy Adams, William Harris Crawford, Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay. As editor/director of “The Papers of Andrew Jackson” at the university and author of “The Jacksonian Promise: America 1815-1840”, Feller is well versed on the topic. The elections of 1860 and 1864 belong to Abraham Lincoln and two renowned Lincoln scholars, Harold Holzer and Frank Williams, will speak on them. Holzer, author of “The Lincoln Family Album” and “Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech that Made Him President”’ will speak on the election of 1860 in a presentation entitled: “Electing April 23, 2008

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published “The Campaign of the Century”, chronicling what he considers to be Upton Sinclair’s “most lasting contribution to modern media follies” the former socialist’s bid to become the governor of California. Mitchell will examine Sinclair’s nearly successful gubernatorial bid at the height of the Depression and its national implications in his presentation: “1934: Upton Sinclair’s Race for Governor of California – and the Birth of the Modern Political Campaign.”

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Abraham Lincoln: The Triumph of the Front Porch Campaign.” Williams, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, will explore the significance of Lincoln’s reelection over George McClellan in “1864: Election Amidst Civil War.” Among Justice William’s published works is the well regarded “Judging Lincoln”. In his talk entitled: “Courts and the Constitution in the Disputed Presidential Election of 1876,” author and University of Virginia Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History, Michael Holt, will look at the contest between candidates Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, Democrat Samuel Tilden, and Greenback Peter Cooper. Among the many works he has penned, Professor Holt coauthored with David Herbert Donald and Jean Baker “The Civil War and Reconstruction”, for which he wrote the chapters on Reconstruction. Philips Academy faculty member, Kathleen Dalton, will focus on Theodore Roosevelt in her presentation on the election of 1912 entitled: “A Candidate’s Struggle to Fight His Way Back into Politics: Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 Election.” Dalton, currently a Visiting Associate Professor at Boston University is the author of Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life. University of Vermont Professor of History, Mark Stoler, explores the impacts of the election that pitted Theodore Roosevelt against Herbert Hoover in “1932: The Transformation of the Nation and the World.” Had the result of this contest been different the New Deal would not have happened. Stoler is the author of “Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grand Alliance and U. S. Strategy in World War II”, and is currently the Stanley Kaplan Visiting Professor of American Foreign Policy at Williams College. In 1992, author Greg Mitchell

The symposium concludes with lunch followed by a panel discussion. The session will be moderated by Hildene Executive Director, Seth Bongartz, with participation by symposium presenters and members of the audience. To learn more about the 2008 Symposium or to register, contact symposium coordinator, Carrie Howe at 367-7960 or email carrie@hildene.org. _____________________

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Grace Christian School Silent Auction

Grace Christian School is holding a Silent Auction at the school on Saturday, April 26 from 7-9 p.m. It will be an evening filled with music, desserts and wonderful merchandise that will be sold to benefit the Grace Christian School Scholarship fund. Please come out and enjoy a wonderful evening! ________________________________________________

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St. James Sunday School Supports Arlington Food Shelf

Adams Selected for Competition Emily Adams, of Bennington, has been selected as a finalist in the Rotary District Conference 4-Way Speech Contest in Lake Placid on May 3. She previously won first prize in the Bennington Four Way Test Speech Contest, sponsored by the Bennington and Catamount Rotary Clubs. Emily is the daughter of Kate and Jerome Coderre of Bennington, and of Malcolm Adams Jr., of San Antonio, Texas. A junior at Mount Anthony Union High School, Emily is deeply involved in the Future Business Leaders of America. She is the Vice President of the Vermont FBLA southern region and Public Relations Director of the National FBLA eastern region. Emily is a varsity tennis player, a chamber singer, and a member of the Mount Anthony Drama Department. She volunteers for the Camp Agape, a summer camping program for children of incarcerated parents. She is also a year-long mentor for several of the campers. The speech she prepared for the 4-Way Contest describes her experience in the camp, learning about the needs and abilities of the children there. She hopes to major in business and communications during her college career. _____________________

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This spring, the St. James Episcopal Church Sunday School children are holding a series of events in support of the Arlington Food Shelf. St. James Sunday Schoolers are calling themselves “the St. James Shepherds”, and are asking attendees to these events to bring non-perishable food items or monetary donations as payment for these communitywide events.

The first full event, a Community Talent Show, will be held on Sunday, May 18 at noon. Adults as well as children are welcome to be part of the show. Nonperishable canned goods and monetary donations will be accepted at the door. Weather permitting, the Talent Show will be held outdoors on the parish lawn. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. If you would like to help out or

perform in the show, please call Laura Weiss at 442-7700 or the Parish Office at 375-9952. St. James is located on Historic 7A, Arlington, Vermont. Future events include a car wash on June 1, and a carnival on June 15. Watch for details, or go to www.stjameschurchvt.org for more information. All proceeds to benefit the Arlington Food Shelf.

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Screening of ‘Renewal ‘ at St. Peter’s Parish Hall, Bennington An exciting documentary, Renewal is the first feature-length documentary to capture the breadth and vitality of America’s religious-environmental movement. Offering a profound message of hope, Renewal shows individuals and communities driven by the deepest source of inspiration – their spiritual and religious convictions – being called to re-examine what it means to be human and how we live on this planet. The 90-minute film, screening April 29 at 7 p.m., tells 8 stories including how Interfaith Power and Light brings different faiths together to mount a religious response to global warming. Drawing upon Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Catholic, Native American and Protestant traditions, the film profiles efforts to preserve God’s creation. (2007

The Renewal Project) Renewal was produced and directed by veteran filmmakers Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller, using compelling storytelling and high production standards consistent with work for NOVA, American Experience, and other PBS series. St. Peter’s Church EcoTeam has obtained the film Renewal that features Interfaith Power and Light, one of the organizations with which St. Peter’s is aligned for sustainability action. Make plans to attend this free event, and bring family and friends. No food will be served due to the length of the program. St. Peter’s Church is located at 200 Pleasant St., Bennington, and is wheelchair accessible. Call 802-442-2911 for further information. _____________________

Golf Club Opens

The Golf Club at Equinox has opened its doors. While the clubhouse is closed for renovations, the course is eagerly awaiting your visit. Come take advantage of a special opening week rate of $60 plus tax, which includes greens fees, golf car, and bottled water. Tee times will be on a walk-up basis until the clubhouse reopens in late April. Call us for availability at 362-7870.

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Artisan Vendors Wanted

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The Historic Salem Courthouse Preservation Association is seeking quality Arts and Craft vendors for participation in its “Al Fresco” weekend event. On Sunday, July 27, 2008 HSCPA will be hosting an Artisans’ Fair, Farmers’ Market, and a brunch featuring the culinary expertise of many area chefs. This event will mark the second annual Artisans’ Fair scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The vendor fee is $20 for the day. There is limited availability of tented booth space with tables and chairs. For further information, contact HSCPA at 518-854-7053 or Bob Nopper at rjnoppper@aol.com; 518-854-7135. Deadline for space is June 1. _________________________________________________

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The birds are chirping, so it must be time for the Spring Session of Fisher Elementary’s After-School program. Offering a variety of programs for area children in grades kindergarten through five, the Fisher After-School program began April 21, and will continue through June 2. Programs begin at 2:45 p.m. with a school-provided snack and end at 3:45 p.m. Each activity meets once a week. Fisher After School is sponsored by the Arlington Arts & Enrichment Program (AAEP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing art and enrichment experiences to Arlington area youth. Classes are open to children who live in the Arlington, Sandgate, and Sunderland communities, but since class space is limited, preference is given to students who attend Fisher Elementary School. For more information about Fisher After School or to register your child, contact Yvonne Sutton or 375-6409.

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Triton Swim Team Information & Registration Night All new and returning swimmers and their parents are invited to attend this important meeting on Wednesday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the MEMS cafeteria. Meet team managers, register your swimmer, and place orders for team suit, caps, towels, and warmups. Team handbooks will be available with meet information and practice schedule.

If you enjoy swimming and enjoy having fun and want to be a member of the team, please come to this jam packed informational meeting. All levels and abilities are welcome to come and hear what the Triton Swim team has to offer. Anyone unable to attend should contacted Heather Whiteford at 366-1235 or Stacie Staab at 375-1158.

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For the fourth consecutive year, RBC Wealth Management is the Presenting Sponsor for a golf tournament benefiting the 420 students at Manchester Elementary-Middle School. Annabel McElroy, RBC branch director said, “At RBC Wealth Management, we believe that giving back to the local community is our responsibility and we are very proactive in this area. We are especially pleased to once again partner with the Friends Foundation for MEMS, presenting the ‘Tee It Up For MEMS’ golf event and to be a part of all the great things that are happening at our community’s public school.” This year’s shotgun “shamble” tournament will begin at 12:30 p.m. on June 4, (rain date June 11) at The Golf Club at Equinox. A “shamble” format is a twist on a traditional “scramble”- in a

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“shamble”, all members on a team play their own ball into the hole, from the spot of the best drive off the tee. Play is limited to the first 34 teams so call now and reserve your spot! There are also a few morning tee times available, if the afternoon is not the best for your schedule. The proceeds from the tournament will help the Friends Foundation fund priorities in reading, writing, science and performing arts. Sarah Hadden, the driving force behind the annual golf tournament and a Friends of MEMS board member said, “To reach our fund raising goal of $160,000, the Friends Foundation must raise $40,000 by June 30; we hope that our fun golf tournament will get us halfway there, with a full field of players and sponsors all coming out and supporting the students, while enjoying a great day of golf.” Continuing the “Tee It Up” tradition of one “Great Gift” versus assorted “Chotchka Items”, each participant will receive a Player Gift certain to linger in the memory, not languish in the garage. This year, every player will be given their choice from among 4 custom-fit styles of ergonomic, Callaway Golf performance sunglasses. A $95.00 value, we are pleased to provide our “Tee It Up” golfers with eyewear designed to improve their competitive edge or enhance their contemporary style, on and off the course. Back again, 2002 Vermont Amateur champion Bill Hadden will hold his signature “Beat the Champ” competition on the 14th hole. Last year, due to shoulder surgery, Bill was unable to play at the “Tee It Up” tourney but he is back and stronger than ever, after winning the 2007 Vermont Mid-Amateur championship and he is ready to take on any and all challengers. April 23, 2008

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The Power of One

Tracy Torregrossa Brandt will be giving a presentation at the First Congregational Church on Monday, April 28, at 7 p.m. Tracy is the founder and director of “Children Off the Streets”, an orphanage in Katmandu, Nepal. COTS was founded in 2005 to provide Nepalese orphans with a warm, safe and loving place they can call home, by providing them with a healthy environment, nutritious food, health

care, and medication. It is the only orphanage in the country that provides a private education for all of its children through the twelfth grade. Tracy will be showing slides and speaking about the path that led her to establish COTS. This is a wonderful opportunity to support Tracy and the incredible work she has accomplished in a few short years. Tracy is the daughter of Janet and Jesse Torregrossa and the niece of Marion and Fred

LaTorella. Please make time to meet her. She is a dynamic young woman who knows “the power of one”. This program is sponsored by the United Women’s Fellowship of FCC. Light refreshments will be served. Please mark the date on your calendar. ____________________

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Beat the Champ! Bill Hadden, Senior VP/Financial Consultant at RBC Wealth Management and a plus-2 handicap, was recently inducted into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame and is the current Vermont Mid-Amateur champion.

Also back is an on-course complimentary BBQ, a fun raffle, great prizes and contests followed by cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and awards on the Dormy Grill terrace. To sign up for player teams and corporate sponsorships, please contact Barb Oliver at 549-5611 or e-mail friends@manchester schools. org. _____________________

First Baptist Church Worship Plus

Patty and Lou Midura will be guest speakers on April 27 at the First Baptist Church to share their experiences on a recent mission trip to Uganda. This is one in a series of programs presented by the church called Worship Plus. The church family and public are invited to lunch immediately following worship at about 11:45 a.m. and then the Miduras will make their presentation at about 12:15 p.m. There is no cost and all are welcome. The church is located on the corner of Bonnet and Main Streets. For further information, please call Rev. Carpenter at 3621555. ____________________ April 23, 2008

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As a part of its ever-expanding program of workshops and classes, Hubbard Hall Projects has added a new course on Self Defense for Women. One out of every three women is sexually assaulted. What you learn here may save your life. Since your mind is your best weapon, you will learn to identify, avoid or deal with dangerous people and situations in a nonviolent manner. Also, you will learn simple but effective physical techniques to defend yourself if violently confronted. In today’s increasingly violent society, this course could prove invaluable. Course instructor Darryl Caputo has been a martial artist for 16 years and is a Second Degree Black Belt in the art of Sun Moo Kwan Hapkido and Matsu Kazi Jujitsu. He has taught martial arts classes for much of this time and has taught self defense to prison guards, county parole officers and women of all ages. (Continued on page 45)

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This Mother’s Day, how would you like to honor your mother and also help strengthen families in Bennington County? Sunrise Family Resource Center will send your mother (or person of your choice) a card recognizing your donation in her name. Sunrise Family Resource Center is a non-profit parent/child center that serves all residents of Bennington County and surrounding areas by providing parent education offerings, childcare resource and referral information, family development assistance and home-based support for families at risk. Help them help your neighbors. For further information on how to make a Mother’s Day donation in honor of your mother, call Sunrise at 442-6934 or e-mail sfrc. sunrise@Comcast.net. (Contributions in memory of mothers are also welcome.) _________________________________________________

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“Planting the Seeds, Planning for the Future” Workshop

The Rutland County Caregiver Coalition presents “Planting the Seeds, Planning for the Future” a free workshop for caregivers. This informational workshop will touch on a variety of topics that caregivers face. Anyone who helps take care of an aging, disabled, or chronically ill family member, friend, neighbor, or client is encouraged to attend. The topics that will be discussed are as follows: Medication Safety, Guardianship & Power of Attorney, Talking to Doctors, Alzheimer’s 101 & Dementia Home Safety, and Understanding Pain Management. This information workshop will be held Saturday, May 3, and Saturday, May 17, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in the CVPS/Leahy Community Health Education Center at Rutland Regional Medical Center, 160 Allen St., Rutland. Attendees may register for one or both workshops. For more information or to register, call Brenda Howe, at 786-5990. Register early as attendance will be limited to 40 people. This workshop is brought to you by Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice (RAVNAH), Rutland Regional Medical Center, Southwestern Council on Aging, At Home Senior Care, InterAge Adult Day Program, and PACE Vermont. ____________________

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RRMC Support Groups

Hearing Outreach Program of VT, “HOP”, clinic for testing hearing loss in children, RAVNAH on Albert Cree Drive, 10 a.m., third Thursday of each month. To make a referral or schedule an appointment, call the toll-free HOP line at 800-537-0076. Hepatitis C Support Group is a confidential support group held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, RRMC, 6:30-7:30 p.m., conference room #3. For more information, contact Lisa at hepcrutland@yahoo.com, or visit www.freewebs.com/hepcrutland. _____________________

(Continued from page 44) The course begins on May 7 at 7:00 p.m. and runs for eight weeks, ending on June 25. There is a fee, and pre-registration is required. Please wear comfortable clothing and clean sneakers for indoor use only. For more information and to register, please call 518-677-2495. A minimum of six students is required to hold the course. Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main St., in Cambridge, New York. For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, please visit the Web site at www.hubbardhall.org or call 518-677-2495. ________________________________________________

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CREATURES

& ENVIRONMENT

Pets of the Week

Cody is a six year old, energetic, male red Husky. He is an extremely handsome boy who is vigorous, vivacious, playful and extremely strong. Cody loves car rides, swimming in pools and cooling off with the hose. He is housebroken, crate trained and will pull on the leash if allowed. He gets along with most other dogs, yet appears to shy away from cats. Because of his energy requirements, Cody calls for potential owners who fully understand the breed, his needs and have lots of room to exercise. Come meet this exciting, attractive boy! Marnie is a gray tabby and white short haired cat. She was a stray who was being fed by a very friendly lady who had to move into a retirement home. She was trapped and brought to SCAC. She is a very sweet and loving girl who can be a little timid at first. Marnie has beautiful green eyes that will mesmerize you. These pets and others are available at Second Chance Animal Center, Route 7A, Shaftsbury, Vermont. For further information, call 375-2898. ________________________________________________

Green Mountain Club Annual Meeting

The Green Mountain Club will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, April 26, at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Marge and Bob Fish, Londonderry. For further information, please call 824-3662 or e-mail marge. fish@gmail.com . ________________________________________________

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Saturday, May 3, is Green Up Day 2008 and citizens throughout Vermont will be joining together in this annual event to clean up and beautify our special state. On this day, for the past 38 years, thousands of young and older Vermonters have enthusiastically turned out to remove winter’s debris from roadsides, parks and river banks and, also, to plant trees, shrubs and flowers. Over these years, Green Up Day has become a popular Spring Ritual to welcome the upcoming summer season. We are expecting that this year more Vermonters than ever will be willing to volunteer a few hours on Saturday morning, May 3, to make Vermont clean and green again! As always, bags are provided. Bennington County coordinators, Jean Bongartz, 362-2429, and Joan Shaw, 362-1911, report that the following persons, many of whom have contributed to the success of this effort for many years, are the 2008 Bennington County Green Up Town Coordinators: Arlington, Donna Squires, 375-6680; Bennington, Stuart Hurd, 442-1037; Dorset, John Lareau, 362-5231; Landgrove, Andrea and John Ogden, 824-5318; Manchester, Bill Drunsic, 362-1516; Peru, Tracy Black, 824-2998; Pownal, Don Prouty, 379-1470; Readsboro, Jody Berard-Kemp, 423-5233; Rupert. Laura Thompson, 394-2560; Sandgate, Jack Quinn, 375-9655; Searsburg, Peter Janovsky, 464-3081; Shaftsbury, Karen Mellinger, 447-1950; Stamford, Bruce Richardson, 694-1428; Sunderland, Hap and Lorraine Eliason, 375-1083; Winhall, David Glabach, 297-2159; Woodford, Ron Higgins, 442-4875. Please watch for more specific information about Green Up activities in your town or contact one of the above Town Coordinators. Wear old clothes and come out and have fun! ________________________________________________

GMC, Killington Section

Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m.: Tree hike, West Rutland. In celebration of Arbor Day, join members for a hike with forester Russell Reay. Climb to the summit with great views and learn about tree identification, the history of this hardwood landscape, and forest management. This is moderate, 3 miles with some climbing. Rain date is April 27. For further information, call leader Sue Thomas at 773-2185. ________________________________________________

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Manchester Arbor Day

Celebrate Arbor Day in Manchester on Friday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Dana L. Thompson Memorial Park. From 10 to 11 a.m. there will be a dedication at MEMS and tree planting; 11 a.m.. to noon, a Rake Master Challenge and tree ID walk; Barbecue at noon; and from noon to 2 p.m., tree climbing for kids and adults. Hildene is also sponsoring a tree-planting event at 1 p.m. For further information about the Hildene event, call Carrie at 362-1788. For further information regarding Manchester Arbor Day events at the Park and Rec Center, call Bear Scovil at 362-1315; 362-4174. Sponsored by NEC-ISA, Bartlett Tree Experts, Equinox Valley Nursery, Trees New England, and Manchester Parks and Recreation. ________________________________________________

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FINE ARTS

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Workshops Offered at the Bennington Museum

Two exciting workshops are being offered by the Bennington Museum that are based on the current exhibit Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit. On May 4 from 1-4 p.m., Debra Priestly, an artist featured in the exhibit, will lead a hands-on workshop that will change the way you view objects normally taken for granted. Bring something from home - an old tool, a measuring cup, an empty Mason jar - and use it as the basis for a narrative about the meaning, history, and importance of objects. The object will become the focal point of a work of art you create. Fee is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. This workshop is for Adults Only. Debra Priestly is a visual artist from New York City and upstate New York. Priestly makes mixed media objects, incorporating painting, drawing, digital imagery, and sound. Her art has been featured in numerous exhibitions throughout the United States, New Zealand and Guatemala. Publications featuring her work include The New York Times, ArtNews, Art in America, and The History of African-American Women Artists, by Lisa E. Farrington. She is a professor at Queens College in New York City where she has been teaching since 1998. Her art is part of several permanent and private collections and is included in the traveling exhibit now at the Bennington Museum. As a family, explore the temporary exhibit Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit at the Family Workshop being offered on May 10 from 1-3:00 p.m. Look for meaning in the objects used by the artists, and try to determine the story that each piece in the exhibit shares. Work together, using a simple tool or kitchen utensil you have brought from home to turn that object into a work of art. The object you bring should be something you do not plan on using again! The fee for this workshop is $2 for members and $8 for non-members. Space is limited in these workshops, and they fill up quickly. Advanced registration is required. Call 447-1571 and speak with the Programs Coordinator. The Bennington Museum is located at 75 Main Street (Rt. 9), Bennington in The Shires of Vermont. The museum is just a short ride from Manchester, Williamstown, and eastern New York. Open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m., the museum is closed on Wednesday. Visit the museum at www.benningtonmuseum.org or call 802-4471571 for more information. _________________________________________________

Simon and Herta Moselsio’s Art on Exhibit In celebration of Bennington College’s 75 years of innovative arts education, the Bennington Museum will feature the art and sculpture of Simon and Herta Moselsio from March 13 through May 5. The Moselsio’s were two of Bennington College’s first art instructors, teaching ceramics and sculpture, with tenures lasting over 25 years. The collection of their work on exhibit will demonstrate the artists’ exciting diversity. A special program, Art in Motion: Films by Simon and

Herta Moselsio, will be presented at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 24. The Bennington Museum is located at 75 Main Street (Route 9), Bennington in The Shires of Vermont. Visit the museum at their Web site, www.benningtonmuseum.org or call 447-1571 for more information.

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ANTIQUES

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Rupert Mettowee Valley 4H Club Seeking Vendors.

The Rupert Mettowee Valley 4H Club is looking for vendors for their farmer’s market on June 7, at the Dairy Day. It is at the Rupert Firehouse from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $10 per table. For information or to reserve a table, call 394-0035. The club is also looking for people interested in walking their animals in the walking of the heifers at 1p.m. that day. ________________________________________________

Vendors Wanted for ‘Crafts n’ More’, Arlington

The Arlington Catholic Daughters invite vendors of art, handicrafts, etc., to participate in their annual “Crafts n’ More” FunFest. The event is Saturday, June 14, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. This busy Father’s Day weekend event will be held on the parish lawn, along Historic Rte. 7A in the heart of Arlington, Vermont. For more information, please call Collette Galusha at 375-6117 or Sally McManus at 375-9780.

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Northshire Seniors Planning Tag Sale

The Northshire Seniors are planning a Tag Sale at the Manchester Rod and Gun Club on Saturday, May 10 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Ten tables are available for rent to seniors at a cost of $5 each. If you wish to rent a table, please call Dottie Streeter at 867-4442. _________________________________________________

Seeking Vendors in Poultney

Vendor spaces for Poultney’s Annual Townwide Yard Sale event, this year to be held on Saturday, June 7, are now available. To select and purchase a space, talk to Patty McWilliams at Hermit Hill Books, located at 95 Main St., Poultney, Vermont, or by calling 287-5757. The price for a 10’ x 10’ space is $15.00 payable to Poultney Area Chamber of Commerce. The spaces, all located along Poultney’s historic Main Street, are sold, first-come, first-served and they go fast. This year, parking for vendors will be available at the VEMAS parking lot to allow space for more shoppers to park along the Main Street. Nina Corbin, administrator at the office of Poultney Area Chamber of Commerce, explained that Townwide Yard Sale is a long-standing event, sponsored each spring and fall by the community’s Chamber of Commerce. Throughout the Saturday of Townwide Yard Sale, many local and visiting businesses and organizations as well as home sites throughout virtually every street and roadway in this approximately 65 square mile community display goods and wares for sale to eager shoppers. Townwide Yard Sale Day is always a day of fun in which great deals, interesting merchandise and food selections and surprises of all sorts can be found. It is also a great day to visit with friends, longtime ones as well as new ones. For more information about Poultney Area Chamber of Commerce, one may reach the Chamber by telephone at 287-2010. ________________________________________________

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ENTERTAINMENT Weston Playhouse Wins Music Award

The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company of Weston, Vermont, announcers that the new sci-fi rock musical, “The Listener of Junk City”, with book and lyrics by Liz Duffy Adams and music by John Hodian, is the winner of its second annual Weston Playhouse New Musical Award. The national award, created to support emerging musical theatre composing teams of unique promise, was developed in consultation with Obie-winning author/composer Polly Pen, producer Kurt Deutsch of “Sh-K-Boom”, and Ghostlight Records, and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Participants in the Weston concert, held on April 12, and New York recording on April 16, included 2008 Backstage/Bistro award winner Gabrielle Stravelli as The Listener, and actors Bill Gross, Greg Naughton, Will Reynolds and Sandie Rosa. The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company is a non-profit professional theatre supported in part by funds from the national Endowment for the Arts, the Vermont Arts Council, and an ever-growing family of individuals who believe in the impact that the performing arts can have on its community. For further information about the theatre company and its work, visit www.westonplayhouse.org. ________________________________________________

Musical Revue to Celebrate 80th Anniversary Season

The Dorset Players highlight their 80th anniversary season with “Celebrating the Past: A Musical Revue Featuring Performers From Past Productions.” The one-time concert performance will be held at the Dorset Playhouse on Cheney Road in Dorset, Vermont, on Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Among the thirty-one thespians performing 22 numbers from 16 past productions will be Charlie Schubert of Middletown Springs, who will reprise his 1980 turn as Nicely Nicely by singing the title number in “Guys and Dolls,” as well as cooing Og the Leprechaun’s lament of “When I’m Not Near The Girl I Love” from the 1981 Players’ production of “Finian’s Rainbow.” Local audiences also will be treated to a simply loverly rendition of “I Could Have Danced All Night” by Danielle Wilson of Whitehall, New York, who in 2004 played Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady.” As then, Danielle will be aided by maids Kathleen Wilson of Whitehall, Lynne Worth and Julie Citron of Dorset, and Becky Nawrath as Mrs. Pearce. The evening will also feature Errol Hill of Manchester, who in 1994 portrayed the lovelorn Charlie Dahlrimple, rendering his interpretation of “Come to Me, Bend to Me.” Anne D’Olivo of Londonderry, who charmed audiences as Anna in 2002’s production of “The King and I,” will revisit “Hello Young Lovers.” Not to be missed is a royal duet between Peter Langstaff of Dorset and Mary Kate Marcellus of Londonderry, who romanced as King Arthur and Guenevere in 1999’s “Camelot.” Tickets are $20.00 and will be available at the door. The box office opens at 2:00 p.m. on day of performance. All ticket proceeds will be earmarked to defray costs to repair significant damage to the Playhouse rehearsal room and other basement areas caused by recent flooding. For further information, call the Players’s business office at 867-5570 or visit www.dorsetplayers.org. ________________________________________________ April 23, 2008

Ballet Manchester Announces Summer Season

Ballet Manchester has just announced its 2008 Summer Performance schedule. Philadanco (Philadelphia Dance Company) will return to Manchester with a whole new repertoire on Wednesday, July 16 at 7:30. If you missed them last summer you are in for a treat, for their performance was outstanding. “Sheer pleasure in dancing radiates from this modern-dance troupe. Silken grace…perfect form…excitingly rendered.” The New York Times The second performance is Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet of San Francisco. Their dancers are exquisite and not to be missed. Alonzo King understands ballet as a sciencefounded on universal, geometric principals of energy and evolution - and develops a new language of movement from its

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classical forms and techniques. They will perform Wednesday, July 30 at 7:30. Both performances are at the Southern Vermont Arts Center. If you would like to receive a brochure please call 802 362-0759. ____________________

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WEEKLY ALMANAC

Spring Concert in Sunderland

The Sunderland Music Department is very proud to present our annual spring concert. This concert will consist of performances by the SES String Ensemble and SES Orchestra. Of course, there will also be beautiful songs sung by the extraordinary SES Chorus. Refreshments will be served during intermission. All this is happening Thursday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m. in the Sunderland Theatre. _________________________________________________

Concerts Rescheduled

The Battenkill Chorale has rescheduled their concerts of “An American Celebration!” The new concert dates are Saturday, May 3 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 4 at 4 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 35 Hill St., Greenwich, New York. Tickets for these concerts are $12 and can be reserved by calling 518-692-8550 or e-mailing hannievarosy@earthlink. net. The program features American music by Aaron Copland, Randall Thompson, Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber, Virgil Thomson, and Eric Whitacre, plus Shape Note and Southern hymn tunes, and spirituals by William Dawson, Hall Johnson, Jester Hairston, and Wendell Whalum. This concert program is in preparation for the June 28 Battenkill Chorale Russian Tour, when 45 singers from the Battenkill Chorale depart for a thrilling two week series of concerts in five cities including Moscow and St. Petersburg. With this trip, the Chorale launches the first phase of its Russian cultural exchange program, with a goal of sponsoring a Russian choir in Washington County.

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AA • AL-ANON • NA • GA Thursday: AA meeting, Sherburne United Church, Killington, 12:00 p.m. AA Big Book meeting, Grace Congre-gational Church, Rutland, 12:00 p.m. AA meeting, St. Paul’s CC, Manchester 12:00 p.m. AA, Scars, Bars, Big Book meeting, Rutland Correctional Ctr, Rutland, 4:00 p.m. AA Women’s meeting, Zion Episcopal Ch, Manchester, 6:30 p.m. Gamblers Anonymous, 7 p.m. at Turning Point, 141 State St, Rutland, 1-800-522-4700. Al-Anon meeting, Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro, 7:00 p.m. SMART Recovery: Brattleboro Savings & Loan Building, downstairs, 7-8:30 p.m. 254-5568. AA Step meeting, United Methodist Ch, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Church, Rte. 7A (previously Maple Street School) 7:30 a.m. AA Room to Grow, Steel Square Bldg, Rutland, 7:30 p.m.

NA Just for Today, 7:30 p.m., Al Ducci’s Cafe, Manchester AA meeting, Congregational Church Rupert, 8:00 p.m. AA, meeting, Jamaica Community Ch, 8:00 p.m.

Friday

Al-Anon meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, 1 p.m. AA meeting, St. Peter’s School, Rutland, 7:00 p.m. AA meeting (step/disc) East Dorset Wilson House, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting, St. Luke’s Fair Haven, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting, Pawlet Community Ch, 7:30 p.m. AA New Beginnings (Beginners 6:30), Steel Square Bldg, Rutland, 8:00 p.m. J.S. Open Discussion meeting, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday:

AA Straight from the Heart Group, Mecham St., Wallingford, 9:30 a.m. AA meeting (topic/disc) East Dorset, Wilson House, 2:00 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.

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AA meeting, Beginners’ Group, Christ the King School, Rutland, 7:00 p.m. NA Back to Basics Group, Second Congregational Ch, Bennington, 7:00 p.m. AA meeting (speaker/disc) East Dorset, Wilson House 7:30 p.m. AA open discussion group, Sherburne United Church, Killington, 8:15 p.m. H.S. Meeting Book Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 12 noon, Room 6. Teen Support Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m., Rm 6

Sunday:

AA meeting, “As Bill Sees It,” Wilson House, East Dorset, 8:00 a.m. Al Anon meeting 8 a.m. Wilson House, East Dorset, Open discussion. Al-Anon meeting, Serenity House, Wallingford, 10:00 a.m. AA meeting, Weston Priory, Weston, 1:30 p.m. AA Big Book, Green Mountain Group, East Poultney Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. AA Shoulder to Shoulder, HoJo Inn, Rutland, 7:00 p.m. AA meeting, Federated Church, Castleton, 8:00 p.m. AA meeting, St. James Episcopal Ch, Arlington, 8:00 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, Federated Church, Castleton, 8:00 p.m.

Monday:

Al-Anon Turning Point Club, Bennington, 7:00 p.m.

AA Sweet Serenity Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, 12:00 p.m. AA Beginners, Wilson House, East Dorset, 6:30 p.m. AA Beginners meeting, Dorset United Church, 6:30 p.m. AA meeting for Gay/Bi/Lesbian/ Transgendered Persons, 7:00 p.m., Turning Point Club, Bennington AA Start Living Group, St., Peter’s School, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. St. Thomas Episcopal, Brandon, 7:30 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, First Congregational Ch, Newfane, 7:30 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, Baptist Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. AA discussion meeting, United Church, Dorset, 8:00 p.m. H.S. Meeting Book Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday:

AA meeting, Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, 12:00 p.m. AA Women’s Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, 6:30 p.m. Rutland County AA Men’s meeting, Grace Congregational Ch, Rutland, 7:00 p.m. Al-Anon ACOA meeting, Bennington College, North Bennington, 7:00 p.m. AA Meeting, Serenity House, Wallingford, 7:00 p.m. AA Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, Big Book Tapes, mens meeting, 6:30 p.m. AA meeting, Chapel of the Snows, Stratton, 8:00 p.m. Al Anon meeting, 8 p.m. Wilson House, East Dorset, Open discussion

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AA meeting, St. James Episcopal Ch, Arlington, 8:00 p.m. SMART Recovery: Brattleboro Retreat Cafeteria, 7-8:30 p.m. 2545568.

Wednesday:

Al-Anon, Burdett Commons, Arlington, noon. AA Big Book Group, Good Shepherd Lutheran Ch, Rutland, 5:30 p.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Church, Rte. 7A (previously Maple Street School) 7:30 a.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist

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GED • EDUCATION Thursday:

GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 9:00 a.m. and 6 p.m. GED Class, Mack Molding, Arlington, 6 p.m.

Tuesday:

GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 9:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m. ESL Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 4:30 p.m. GED Class, Mack Molding, Arlington, 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday:

Dept. of Employment & Training, Veterans Memorial Drive, Bennington (first Wednesday), 10:00 a.m. GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 3:00 p.m. A Mustard Seed Group St. Peter’s School, Rutland, 8:00 p.m.

MIND & BODY WELLNESS Medicare Assistance, Zion Parrish, Manchester, 10:00 a.m. LaLeche League Support Meeting, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, third Tuesday, 7 p.m. Disabled American Veterans Meeting, American Legion Hall, Chester, first Thursday) 7:30 p.m.

Friday:

Wellness Clinic Smith Haven, South Londonderry, third Friday, 10:00 a.m.

Blood Pressure Clinic, Robert Milbauer Realty, Newfane, third Friday, 10:00 a.m.

Saturday:

CoDA, 12-step fellowship to maintain healthy relationships, 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., Wilson House, E. Dorset, 362-5524

Monday:

Support group for family members of those suffering from mental illness, first Monday at 7 p.m., South Londonderry Library, Clare at 824-3909 Parents in Crisis, SVMC, Bennington, 7:00 p.m. DA - Debtor’s Anonymous, Every Mon., 6:30 p.m., Wilson House, E. Dorset, 362-5524 Overeaters Anonymous Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, 7 p.m. RSVP Bone Builders: Call RSVP at 447-1545 for info. Free. Arlington, American Legion Hall, Mon and Th, 10:30-11:30; Manchester, Masonic Temple, Mon Wed, 11 a.m .to noon; Manchester Town Hall, Tue 10-11 a.m. & Thur, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Tuesday:

Marriage Support Group, Northshire Baptist Fellowship, every other Tuesday, 5769 Main St., Route 7A, Manchester. Call Warren 362-1988 Nice & Easy Aerobics - Beginnier, Bennington Firehouse, River St., 8:15 p.m. 447-5693. All Gain, No Pain Senior Strengthening Class - Bennington Firehouse, River st., 10_3011:15 a.m.; N. Bennington Congregational Ch, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Manchester Town Hall, 12:30-

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1:30 p.m., 447-5693. Blood Pressure Clinic, Second Congregational Church, Londonderry, second Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. Support group for family members of those suffering from mental illness, Third Tuesday at 7 p.m., UCS, 316 Dewey St., Bennington. Clare at 824-3909. Overeaters Anonymous, RRMC, Rutland, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday:

Aerobic Indoor Walking - Beginner, Mon, Wed, Fri.,Bennington Firehouse, River St., 8:15 a.m. 442-6886 Senior Exercise Classes, Hoosick Falls Senior Center, 1-1:45 p.m. 447-5689. Arthritis Support Group, Second Congregational Church, Bennintgon, fourth Thursday, 1 p.m. Bereavement Support Group, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 1:00 p.m. Women’s Cancer Support Group, Vermont Country Store, Manchester, First Wednesday, 5:30 Bereavement/Loss Support Group, SVMC, Bennington, fourth Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. Caregiver Group, Grace Cottage Hospital, Townshend, 6:30 p.m. Bereavement Support Group, SVMC, Medical Office Bldg., Bennington, 6:30 p.m. Chronic Fatigue Support Group, Red Barn, Rtes 11/30, across from Wessner’s, Manchester, 7:00 p.m. C.H.A.D.D. Informational Meeting, RRMC, Rutland, first Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

THURSDAY: Spiritual Healing from Rosemary Altea’s Healing & Educational Foundation. 7-9 p.m. at Mark Skinner Library, 867-4070. No charge.

MUNICIPAL MEETINGS Thursday:

Granville Town Board Meeting, Town Hall, Granville, NY second Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Weston Volunteer Fire Dept. Drill, Weston Firehouse, second and fourth Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Sunderland Elementary Planning Commitee. 2nd Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Londonderry Planning Committee, Town Office, Londonderry, second and foruth Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Wallingford Planning Committee, Town Hall, First Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Weston Volunteer Fire Dept, Weston Firehouse, first Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Danby Selectman meeting, Town Clerk’s Office, 1st Thursday, 7 p.m. Monday: Poultney Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, second and fourth Monday, 6:30 p.m. Castleton Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7:00 p.m. Grafton Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, 7:00 p.m. Weston Conservation Committee meeting, Town Office, third Monday, 7:00 p.m. Chester Planning Committee meeting, Town Hall, first and third Mondays, 7:00 p.m. Manchester Village Planning Committee meeting, County Court House, first Monday, 7:00 p.m.

Londonderry Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7:00 p.m. Pawlet Planning Committee meeting, Town Hall, fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Jamaica Selectmen’s meeting, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Rutland Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, West Rutland, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Chester Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Rupert Planning Committee meeting, Town Clerk’s Office, first Monday, 7:00 p.m. Stratton Selectmen’s meeting, Towwn Office, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Holly Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, first Monday, 7:30 p.m. Sunderland Selectmen’s meeting, Sunderland Elementary School, first and third Monday, 7:30 p.m.

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Jamaica Planning Committee meeting, first and third Monday, 7:30 p.m. Shaftsbury Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7:30 p.m. Poultney-Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District Meeting, district Office, Poultney, second Monday, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday:

Fair Haven Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7:00 p.m. Weston Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, second and fourth Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Pawlet Board of Selectmen, Town Hall, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Wells Selectmen Meeting, Wells Town Hall, every other Tuesday, 7 p.m. For info. 645-9020 Shaftsbury Zoning Board meeting, Town Office, second & third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Shaftsbury Planning Commission, Town Office, first & third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Winhall Planning Committee meeting, first and third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Wallingford Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, first and third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Dorset Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Rupert Selectmen’s meeting, 2nd Tue., Town Clerk’s Office, 6:00 p.m. Mt. Holly Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Winhall Board of Adjusters meeting, Town Hall, second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday:

Pawlet Board of Listers meeting, Town Hall, third Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. Dept of Employment & Training Information, Veteran’s Memorial Drive, Bennington, first Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. Winhall Regular Monthly Board meeting, 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. Mountain School Parent Council & Mountain School of Winhall Parent Council Meeting at the Mountain School, (second Wednesday) 7:00 p.m. 297-2122 Stratton Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, 7:00 p.m. Sandgate Planning Committee meeting, 7:00 p.m. Fair Haven Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, second and fourth Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Castleton Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, first and thrid Wednesday,7:00 p.m. Winhall Selectmen’s meet-

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ing, Town Hall, first and third Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Sunderland Zoning Board meeting, Sunderland Elementary school, third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Peru Selectmen’s meeting, Town Center, first and third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Bennington Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, first and third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Peru Zoning Board of Adjusters, Peru Town Center, fourth Wednesday, 7:30 p.m

Success by Six Play Group, Mettowee School, West Pawlet, 9:30 a.m. Dorset Historical Society, open 10:00 a.m. Ladies Fellowship, Missionary Alliance Church, Bennington, 9:30 a.m. Manchester Rotary meeting, Ye Olde Tavern, Manchester, noon Kiwanis Club of Manchester & the Mountains, first & third Tuesday of each month at Ye Olde Tavern. Manchester, 6:00 p.m. Manchester Community Foundation meeting, Chittenden Bank, Manchester, First Tuesday, 4:00 p.m. Unit 69 American Legion Auxiliary, Legion Room, Arlington, second Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. Cathloic Daughters meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, second Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. Mt. Equinox Grange meeting, Grange Hall, Manchester, third Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. #45 American Legion meeting, Currier Memorial School, Danby, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Dorset Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, Dorset Firehouse, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

MISCELLANEOUS Thursday:

Equinox Valley Toastmasters, Ai Squared, 130 Taconic Business Park Rd, Manchester Ctr., 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., info: jshukla@aisquared.com Arlington Lions Club American Legion Room, second and fourth Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Northshire Teen Center Planning Meeting, Mulligans, Manchester Village, first and third Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Red Clover Chapter, Embroidery Guild of America, Trinity Church, Rutland, second Thursday, 7:00 p.m.

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Monday:

BRIDGE

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Tuesday:

Open Duplicate Bridge, 1 p.m. at Equinox Village. Call Elizabeth Von Riesenfelder, Director, at 362-5304. Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m. Zion Episcopal Church Annex, Manchester Center, Director John Conova, 325-6384

Friday:

Duplicate Bridge, 12:15, Manchester Town Hall, Main Street, Manchester Center, VT, Robert Smith, 362-4224

Thursday:

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Friday:

Bingo, Masonic Lodge, Route 30, Jamaica, 7:00 p.m. Bingo, Knights of Columbus Hall, Granville, NY, 7:00 p.m.

Senior Meal at Williamsville Community Hall, 4th Thursday at noon. Wednesday: Dummerston Senior Meals, Evening Star Grange Hall, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays at noon.

PRAYER GROUPS Thursday:

Prayer Group, Congregational Church, Chester, 6:00 a.m. Prayer & Praise Service, Chapel of the Snows, Stratton Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Prayer & Bible Study, Truthville Baptist Church, Granville, NY, 7p.m. CommunityBible Study, nondenominational for women, children, 10 a.m. - noon September -May. Bennington. 447-4745.

Tuesday:

Eagles Bingo, Manchester, 6:45 p.m.

Wednesday:

Bingo, South Wallingford Grange, 7:00 p.m.

FOOD • SENIOR MEALS Thursday:

Townshend Senior Meals, Townshend Church, first and third Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. Manchester Senior Meals Manchester Town Hall, 12:00 p.m. Wells Senior Meals, MWA Hall, Wells, 12:00 p.m. Senior Meals, East Arlington, Bailey Hall, 12:00 p.m. Senior Meal at Williamsville Community Hall, 4th Thursday at noon.

Tuesday:

Townshend Senior Meals, Townshend Church, first and third Manchester Senior Meals Manchester Town Hall, 12:00 p.m. Wells Senior Meals, MWA Hall, Wells, 12:00 p.m. Senior Meals, East Arlington, Bailey Hall, 12:00 p.m. April 23, 2008

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Wednesday:

Bingo, Middletown Springs Fire House, 7 p.m.

Sunday:

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Saturday:

Sunday:

Monday:

Friday

Israel Congregation of Manchester: Sabbath Services, 9:30 a.m., Israel Congregation of Manchester, Rte 7A St. Paul’s Church, Mass, 5:30 p.m., St. Jerome’s Church, E. Dorset, 7:00 p.m.

Shabbat Services, Israel Congregation, Manchester, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday:

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Friday:

Saturday:

Bingo, Granville Hook & Ladder, Granville, NY 7 p.m.

Prayer and Bible Study, Rod & Gun Club, Manchester, 7:00 p.m. Healing Service, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Chester, second Wed. 7:30 p.m. Prayer & Praise, Northshire Baptist Fellowship, Muddy Lane, Manchester, 7:00 p.m., 362-1988

Bible Study, Congregational Church, Chester, 6:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist , St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist & Healing, Zion Episcopal Church, Manchester, 12:15 p.m. Mt. View Baptist Church Serivces, Danby Four Corners, 6:00 p.m. Spiritual Renewal for Busy Lives, Embury United Methodist Church, 41 East Main St., Cambridge, NY, 518-677-3602, 1st, 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7:00 p.m. Bible Study, Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby 4-Corners, 7:00 p.m. Bible Independent Baptist Church,

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Weekday Mass:

St. Paul’s Church: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, 8 a.m., Thu, Fri, 5:30, p.m. St. Paul’s Church

ARLINGTON Saturday:

St. Margaret Mary’s, Mass, 5:00 p.m. sunday: St. James Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:00 a.m. Rite I and 10 a.m. Rite II. SS 9 a.m. Childcare available at SS and 10 a.m. service. Rev. Scott Neal 802-375-9952, stjamesarlington. org; stjamesparish @verizon.net St. Margaret Mary’s Church, Mass, 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Federated Church, East Arlington, Services, 10:00 a.m. (SS 10:00 a.m.) Chapel on the Green, West Arlington, Services, 7:00 p.m., last

Sunday of the month, 6:00 p.m. covered dish supper.

BENNINGTON Saturday:

Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales, Vigil, 4:00 p.m.

Sunday:

Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales, Mass, 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. (SS 9) First Church of Christ Scientist, Services, 10:00 a.m. (SS 8:45 a.m.) Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 108 School Street, Services, 10:00 a.m., (religious education, child care, 10:00 a.m.) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 9:30 a.m. Sacrament Service; 10:40 a.m. SS; 11:40 a.m. Relief Society & Priesthood. 4470139; 442-8126

Saturday:

CHESTER

St. Joseph’s Church, Saturday Afternoon Mass at 6:30 p.m.

Sunday:

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Sunday Services 8 and 10 a.m.; SS, 9:15 a.m. 875-6651 First Universalist Church, Services, 9:00 a.m. Congregational Church, Services, 10:30 a.m. (SS 9:30 a.m.) First Baptist Church, Services, 10:30 a.m. (SS 9:15 a.m.) St. Joseph’s Church, Sunday Morning Mass at 10:30 a.m.

Sunday:

DANBY

Danby Congregational Church, Morning Services, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby Four Corners, Services, 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Holy Trinity, Mass, 11:30 a.m. Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby Four Corners, Young People’s Group, 6:00 p.m.

Saturday:

DORSET

St. Jerome’s, East Dorset, Mass, 7:00 p.m.

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Grafton White Ch., Services, 9:00 a.m.

JAMAICA

Sunday:

Jamaica Community Church, Services, 10:00 a.m. (SS 10:00 a.m.)

Sunday:

LANDGROVE

Landgrove Church, Services, 9:30 a.m., June 30 - August 25

LONDONDERRY Saturday:

St. Joseph’s Chapel, Mass, 4 p.m.

Sunday:

Second Congregational Church, Services, 9:30 a.m. (child care) First Baptist Church, Adult Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10:30, childcare provided. 824-6046

MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS Sunday:

Community Church, Services, 10:00 a.m. 9:05 a.m. all ages Sunday School St. Anne Church, Mass, 8:00 a.m.

MOUNT HOLLY Sunday:

Our Lady of Mercy, Mass, 8:30 a.m.

Saturday:

POULTNEY

St. Raphael Church, Mass, 4:00 p.m.

Sunday:

St. Raphael Church, Mass, 10:00 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 9:00 a.m. United Methodist Church,Services, 9:30 a.m.; (SS 9:45 a.m.) United Baptist Church, Services, 10:00 a.m. (SS & Nursery care 9:00 a.m.) Welsh Presbyterian Church, Services, 10:00 a.m.

Sunday:

RUPERT

United Methodist, Services, 9:00 a.m. Congregational Church, Services, 10:30 a.m. Disciples of Christ, West Rupert, Services, 11:00 a.m. (SS 9:45 a.m.)

Sunday:

SANDGATE

Sandgate United Methodist Church, Services, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday:

STRATTON

Chapel of the Snows, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

Sunday:

SHAFTSBURY

Redeemer Lutheran Church, Route 67A, Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. S.S., Adult bible Study 10:45. Rev. Lisa Anderson, 442-8423 First United Methodist Church,

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Sunday:

TINMOUTH

Tinmouth Community Church (United Methodist: Sunday Services,9:00 a.m. Coffee hour follows. Rev. Shirley Oskamp, 4462633.

WALLINGFORD Saturday:

St. Patrick’s Church, Mass, 5:00 p.m.

Sunday:

Union Congregational Church, Services, 9:00 a.m. (SS 9:00 a.m.) St. Patrick’s Ch., Services, 10:30 a.m. East Wallingford Baptist Church SS 10 AM Service 11 AM

Sunday:

WELLS

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:45 a.m. United Methodist Church, Sunday Worship, 8:30 a.m., fellowship following. Rev. David Adams. 2874406. Communion, fist Sundays.

Sunday:

WESTON

Old Parish Church, Service, 10:30 a.m. Sunday School/Child Care. All welcome

NEW YORK Saturday:

Mass, Salem’s Holy Cross Church, 5:30 p.m.; Greenwich St. Joseph’s Church, 4 p.m., Cambridge St. Patrick’s Church, 4 p.m.

Sunday:

Mass, Salem Holy Cross Church, 8:30 a.m.; Greenwich St. Joseph Church, 10:15; Cambrtidge St. Patrick’s Church, 10:30 a.m.; Schuylerville’s Notre-DameVisitation Church, 8:30 a.m. Embury Methodist Church of Cambridge, Services, 110:00 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church of Granville, Holy Eucharist, 10:00 a.m. (coffee hour after service in undercroft) Truthville Baptist Church, Granville, Services 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; SS 9:45 a.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Salem, Holy Eucharist, Rite I, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays & Prayer Book Holy Days: 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I Shushan Methodist Church, Services, 9:30 a.m. All Saint’s Episcopal Church, Hoosick Falls: Eucharist Service 9:30 a.m. S.S. 9:15 a.m.; Healing Prayer and adult Bible study, Wed. 6:30 p.m.; Father Gary Strubel, 518-686-9037

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