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IN THIS ISSUE: Arts, Entertainment ........... 18 Antiques & Auctions .......... 19 Auto....................................29 Business Proﬁles .................. 3 Classiﬁeds...........................23 Crossword.......................... 20 From my Corner ................... 6 Horoscope...........................20 Jobs.................................... 31 Pets, Home & Garden......... 22 Real Estate..........................27 Sports ................................ 21 Weather.............................. 30 INSERTS: Aaron’s Ronnie’s Cycle

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Meals on Wheels

Suggested donation of $3.25 per meal For reservation or cancellation in Bennington: 802-442-8012 Manchester: 802-362-3714 Wednesday, October 28 Turkey Swedish Meatballs, Mashed Potatoes, Spinach, Whole Wheat Bread, Jello with Fruit and Milk. Thursday, October 29 Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Italian Blend Vegetables, Garlic Bread/Cheese, Applesauce and Milk. Friday, October 30 Happy Halloween! Chicken Dijon, Roasted Red Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts, Pumpkin Bread Pudding and Milk. Monday, November 2 Chicken/Sausage Chili, Tossed Salad, Cornbread, Sliced Cinnamon Apples and Milk. Tuesday, November 3 Macaroni & Cheese, Stewed Tomatoes, Green Beans, Brownie and Milk.

Hoosick Falls Senior Center

Wednesday, October 28: Cards, senior exercise class, 1 p.m.; van transportation available to Bennington Rec. Center for swimming, leaves at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, October 29: Cards; Bocci, 10 a.m.; Bingo 12:45 p.m.; van transportation available; Paul Corbett’s “Hoosick Falls Health Center” at 1 p.m. Friday, October 30: Cards, crafts; special “Halloween” dinner at noon, special guests for lunch. Monday, November 2: Mystery Bingo, 10 a.m.; cards; business meeting; senior exercise class at 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 3: Center closed for Election Day. The Hoosick Falls Senior Center is located at 69 Church St., Hoosick Falls, New York. Dinner is served at noon daily. Please call Director Kathy Bugbee with your reservation at 518-686-7561.

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...everyone a winner at fall festival...

On Saturday, October 17, the HFCS PTA held its ninth annual Fall Festival and is pleased to report it was a grand success! HFCS was bustling with more than 400 people and bursting with spirit with vendors selling their wares, kids doing craft projects, young and young-at- Rylie Niles enjoys a painting activity heart dancing the “cake Photo by Cathy Gee Graney walk,” a ghoulishly fun “Haunted Hall,” folks tapping their feet to the HFCS Jazz Band, a solo performance by Lacy Lacroix and everyone enjoying baked goods and the vibrant atmosphere! The quality of the featured raffle items was once again extraordinary — and the winners were quite pleased: a handmade quilt made by Anne Reynolds Copps, won by Austin St. Hilaire; a Will Moses Print with custom framing donated by Peg Caron, won by Skip Teker; a fire pit, won by Jill Hayden; a “Dine in-Dine out” package of gift certificates from local restaurants and New Country Value Foods, won by Patty Post. The $100 gas card was awarded to Marybeth LaFlamme. Other winners were Shannon Wickenden, who won the 50-50 raffle, and Amy Netti and Liz Poitras, who guessed the closest weight of the giant pumpkin. And we shouldn’t forget all the people who won the door prizes offered by the vendors. Congratulations to all the winners! The ultimate winners, though, are the students of HFCS and our community. The PTA is pleased that the festival continues to be about making a commitment to families and helping to bring them together with friends for some fun, to meet new people and to buy great local products. The PTA doesn’t raise a lot on this event, because that’s not its purpose, but what is raised helps the PTA continue its financial support of classrooms and to bring special programs to the children and parents in our school district. The PTA would like to extend thanks to all the local businesses and groups who offered their support, talents and products. And a special thanks to the students involved in the Panthers Football Team, Youth Impact Team, Youth Summit Team, National Honor Society and Key Club for their great work with setting up and running the kids’ activities. In addition, the PTA couldn’t get the festival off the ground each year without the tireless efforts of its many dedicated volunteers and the generous support of the vendors and school personnel. - Hoosick Falls Central School PTA in Hoosick Falls, NY

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The Bennington Lions wish to thank the community and those who bought ads for this year’s annual car show. The program is the main fundraiser for our Lions Club, and the monies go toward buying eye glasses and hearing aids for people in our community who need assistance. For information about joining and helping out in the fundraising activities, call King Lion Florian Lane at 802-442-8865 or write to Bennington Lions Club, P.O. Box 491, Bennington, VT 05201. - Bennington Lions Club in Bennington, VT

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The A Frame Bakery Opens in Williamstown A 10-Year Dream Finally Comes True

By Mary Ann White On a recent trip to Bennington I spotted an eye-catching purple A-frame with a sign on the window stating that a bakery would be opening on Friday (October 16). Great, I thought. I’ll stop on my next trip through, get some baked goods and do a little interview for a spotlight. So this week, I watched for that purple A-frame and was delighted to catch a few minutes of the owner’s time in between her baking and waiting on customers. It was a long road for Sharon and Richard Sutter, but 10 years later Sharon’s dream has come true and her bakery is now open. The A Frame Bakery, located at 1194 Cold Spring Road (Rt.7/Rt. 2), opened October 16 after much remodeling and preparation. “The Purple Bakery” as children have been reported calling it, has become a very popular stop for those passing by early in the morning on their way to work or school for a fresh-baked muffin, biscotti, cookies or coffee. “It has been really busy,” Sharon stated while running back and forth to the oven checking on apple muffins that were quite fragrant and almost ready to take out. Folks were lined up waiting for these treats, myself being one. Sharon, Richard and their six children have their primary home in Windsor, but are now living in the house next to the bakery, and the children are attending local schools. The children seemed quite thrilled that mom was running a bakery and made their way in to get treats for their school lunches and to say good-bye. Available at the A Frame Bakery are biscotti, breads, brownies, cakes, cookies, mufOctober28, 2009

“A Citizen’s Toolbox,” a twohour forum where Vermonters can learn the basic skills of effective citizenry and advocacy, will take place November 1 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bennington Free Library in Bennington, Vermont. Topics will include: how to read and understand pending legislation; sources of information; effective petitioning; and lobbying a representative. Sponsored by the Vermont Campaign for Liberty, it is free to the public. Learn to be heard. For more information, email benningtoncountyc4l@gmail. ��

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ple A Frame Bakery with purple rocks and the baker behind the counter donning a purple hat. Great smells, great tastes and great people!!

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Solar Energy for Home or Business

On Wednesday, November 4, the Center for Ecological Technology (CET) will offer a Solar Energy for Your Home or Business seminar from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Chris Vreeland, a registered professional engineer, will be the featured speaker. Registration is required, and a donation of $10 is suggested. BerkShares are accepted. Interest in solar hot water and solar electric (photovoltaic) systems for homes, farms, schools and businesses in the Berkshires continues to grow, due to volatile fuel prices and concern about the effects of fossil fuels. Grants and tax incentives are available to help offset the cost of investing in solar energy and other renewable technologies. This seminar is designed to help homeowners and businesses determine if a solar installation would be a good fit. Attendees will learn the basics about solar hot water and solar photovoltaic systems, the components of a solar energy system, how to determine what size system is needed, whether they have good sites and how to gain additional benefits through energy efficiency improvements. Vreeland will also provide information on financial incentives available from Massachusetts and the federal government. For information, or to register, call 413-445-4556, extension 25.

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Green Card Lottery Assistance

The Berkshire Immigrant Center will help residents to apply for the annual Diversity Visa (green card) Lottery on Wednesday, November 4 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 88 South St. in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Assistance will be offered on a first come, first-served basis or on other days by appointment. Attendees are asked to use the north-side entrance near the Pittsfield Cooperative Bank. Staff from the Berkshire Immigrant Center will be on hand to take or scan digital photos of applicants and family members and to submit applications over the internet. A suggested donation of $5 per primary applicant is requested. Spanish-speaking interpreters will be available. Anyone who would like to attend who is in need of an interpreter should contact the Center in advance by calling 413-445-4881. Citizens of the following countries are not eligible to apply this year: Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and Vietnam. However, applicants may be eligible if their spouses or parents were born in a qualifying country. Applications must be submitted online by November 30. Qualifying applicants can be residing anywhere in the world and can apply from anywhere in the world. Photos and biographic data of each fam�� ily member (spouse and unmarried children under 21 years of �� age) must be included in the �� application. For more informa�� tion about eligibility, visit http:// �� www.travel.state.gov/pdf/DV�� 2011instructions.pdf. �� The Berkshire Immigrant Center, a program of Berkshire �� Community Action Council, �� provides citizenship assistance, �� immigration information, advo�� cacy, referrals and counseling to the growing immigrant communities in Berkshire County. �� For more information about �� the Diversity Lottery or the Berkshire Immigrant Center, call 413-445-4881 or email �� info@berkshireic.net.

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Barnard Becomes Occupational Health and Safety Technologist

Justin Barnard has completed all requirements for certification as an occupational health and safety technologist (OHST). This certification is awarded to individuals who meet the experience and/or education requirements which include passing a four-hour examination. The examination covers basic and applied sciences, legal and regulatory matters, control concepts, investigation, survey and inspection techniques, data computation and record keeping, education, training and instruction. Barnard is the son of Berta Winiker of Bennington, Vermont and is a 2009 graduate of Keene State College.

Park Square Christmas Tree Search

The Pittsfield Department of Community Development Recreation Program in Pittsfield, Massachusetts is asking anyone who would like to donate an evergreen tree for use as the City’s official Christmas Tree at Park Square to call the office no later than November 6. Criteria to be used in selecting the City’s official Christmas Tree will be: minimum height of approximately 30 feet; superior shape; ease of access to the tree for cutting; adequate room to safely fell the tree; and ease of transporting the tree. Screening and selection of trees will take place the week of November 9. Cutting and installation of the tree at Park Square is scheduled for the week of November 23. For information, call Pittsfield’s Recreation Activities Coordinator, Rebecca Tefft, at 413-499-9370.

Halloween Extravaganza Canceled

Due to the severity of the ﬂu in the local community, Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, 160 Hospital Drive, Bennington Vermont will not host a Halloween Extravaganza. No Trick or Treating will be allowed in the building. See you all next year (continued from cover story) from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Colgate Hall of First Baptist, which is located at 601 Main Street in downtown Bennington. The First Baptist Church offers this event as part of its vision to be “a place for healing, community involvement and spiritual grounding.” An American Baptist congregation, First Baptist worships weekly at 9:30 a.m. Sunday mornings. The Rev. Jerrod H. Hugenot serves as coordinating minister. For more information, call 802-442-2105 or visit www. fbcbennington.org.

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Vermont Author Celebrates Nationwide Book Release

Set on a forest farm in Vermont, Vermont author RW Pero’s “Killing the Hunt” tells the story of John Deere, whose wife, the nurturer of the farm, has died, leaving him depressed and unsure of what to do. Faced with the possibility of losing his farm, he becomes obsessed with killing that which has claimed its dominance over the farm, an abnormally large, one-eyed buck he has named Charlie. As Charlie becomes John’s adversary, John begins walking the fine line between sanity and insanity while struggling with his quickly deteriorating health and coming to grips with the reality of his life. But not even his newfound interest in Maggie, a nurse, can distract him from his final mission — eliminating Charlie. For John, it is survival, nothing more than the law of nature — or so it seems. Pero, a Vermont native, currently resides in Sandgate. He obtained a Ph.D. in biological sciences despite a background similar to John Deere’s and went on to write over 175 peer-reviewed scientific papers, five books and 25 patents. He also formed two biotech companies and taught at two universities. For more information, visit rwpero.tatepublishing.net.

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— by Susan J. Coons

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Fall Into Inndulgence The next episode of “Inndulgence with Chris Sprague” will begin airing on Thursday, October 29. Sprague’s special guest will be Leslie Keefe. To celebrate Fall, Sprague and Keefe will be cooking sautéed chicken breasts with apples and calvados cream (the dish Sprague cooked when she was awarded four stars for food, service and atmosphere from the Portland Press Herald — the first for an inn — while in Maine). The second recipe will be apple crisp with maple syrup (a recipe she developed for the Kellogg Company as a promotional piece for the Country Inn Specialties cereals, including “Inn at Ormsby Hill Blend”). Leslie Keefe, a native Vermonter, served as executive director of the Manchester and the Mountains Regional Chamber of Commerce for seven years. In 2001, she began her own marketing consulting business and devoted her skills to the capital campaign of the Northshire Day

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School in Manchester, Vermont (which was successfully completed in 2006). Since July of 2007, Keefe has been the development director for Long Trail School and continues her volunteer work for Burr and Burton Academy (BBA), Manchester Elementary Middle School (MEMS) and Zion Church. Keefe lives in Manchester with her husband, Brian (Vice President of Government Affairs for Central Vermont Public Service) and their two children, Joseph, age 16 (a junior at BBA), and Regina, age 10 (in the fifth grade at MEMS). Scheduled viewing times are: (CAT-TV) Sunday/Thursday, 12:30 p.m.; Monday/Friday, 6:30 a.m.; Tuesday 12:30 a.m.; Wednesday/ Saturday, 6:30 p.m.; (GNAT-TV) Thursday/Friday/Saturday, 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. The show may also be viewed at www.inndulgence.com. For more information, call 802-362-1163.

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$1,000 First Prize Offered in Lincoln Essay Contest Up to 13 Vermont eighth graders could be cash prize winners in this year’s Hildene Lincoln Essay Competition. In announcing an expansion of the competition, Hildene executive director Seth Bongartz noted that,“The success of the past three years of the contest, begun with Bennington County students in 2007 and taken statewide in 2009, laid the foundation for further

broadening the reach with a new co-sponsored Hildene-Brown Essay Competition this year. This annual challenge to eighth grade students in Vermont and now Providence, Rhode Island, fits squarely within Hildene’s mission to advance the Lincoln legacy through education, commitment to community and active stewardship of the family’s home and land.” Winners of the competition in each state will be awarded the following prizes in 2010: First Place, $1,000; Second Place, $750; Third Place, $500; and up to ten Honorable Mentions of $200 each. Educational programming at The Lincoln Family Home has proven a powerful tool for advancing the legacy of the nation’s greatest president and his family. Enrollment in Hildene’s school programs and summer camps has evolved from just

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over 200 students seven years ago to more than 3,000 this year. Participation in the annual essay competition with its focus on President Lincoln, is limited to eighth graders attending public, private and home schools all across the Green Mountain State. In the first year (2007), young essayists sought to answer the question: Why Was Lincoln our Greatest President? In 2008, participants were asked to imagine that President Lincoln had not been assassinated and to then write the farewell address he might have given to the nation in March, 1869. Students who participated in 2009 were asked to write an essay exploring the meaning of a key sentence in the president’s Second Inaugural Address, arguably his greatest. Those who accept the 2010 challenge will first read “The Prayer of the Twenty Millions” the open letter to President Lincoln published by abolitionist and influential editor of the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley on August 19, 1862 calling on the president to free the slaves as a way of weakening the confederacy. They will then read Lincoln’s reply. Bongartz said, “The hope is that understanding the letters will help kids understand the underpinnings of the political and sociological process that

Lincoln went through building up to the emancipation of the slaves.” The student’s essays will seek to explain why the president wrote this response. Each student must submit his/her nonfiction essay with a maximum length of 500 words to Hildene by November 28. One of the goals of the contest is to promote critical learning skills in reading, writing and research. The essays will be judged based on a panel’s assessment of the student’s understanding of Abraham Lincoln as a writer and a leader, as well as on the content, style, composition and grammar. Each winner, along with his/her parents and teacher, will attend the annual Lincoln’s Birthday Luncheon as Hildene’s guests at the Equinox Hotel in Manchester, Vermont. This year the luncheon will be held on Saturday, January 30. The first, second and third place winners will read their essays and receive their awards. There is great excitement at Hildene about taking this successful competition formerly open only to Vermont students, to eighth grade students in the greater Providence, Rhode Island area through Hildene’s collaboration with Brown University. To receive an entry packet, call 802-367-7962 or email cathy@hildene.org.

Cambridge Soldier Receives New Rank, Responsibility Major General Joseph J. Taluto, The Adjutant General for the State of New York, has announced the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility and leadership. Levi Brownell from Cambridge, New York, serving with Company E, (Forward Support Company, Infantry) 427th Brigade Support Battalion, has been promoted to the rank of Private 1st Class. Army National Guard promotions are based on overall performance, attitude, leadership ability and development potential. These promotions additionally recognize the best qualified soldiers and attract and retain the highest caliber Citizen Soldiers for a career in the New York Army National Guard.

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Presentation on New York State Health Care Proxy A New York State Health Care Proxy is an important document for any New York State resident 18 years of age or older. It assures that health care wishes will be followed in the event that a person is unable to make decisions for himself/herself regarding treatment and that an individual of his/her choosing will be the one making decisions. It offers the benefit of encouraging people to think about the care they want so that if they need to make decisions when under the stress of illness or injury they have already given some thought to the care they desire. Those who have already had New York State Health Care Proxies for ten (10) years or more and/or those who have experienced deaths or divorces are encouraged to review their present documents. On Wednesday, November 18, Reverend Richard Hoffman, chaplain

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of Saratoga Hospital and pastor of Cambridge United Presbyterian Church, will present information on the New York State Health Care Proxy at 7:30 p.m. at the Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad Community Room, 37 Gilbert Street in Cambridge, New York. The program will last 90 minutes and will be followed by a time for questions. Blank NYS Health Care Proxy Forms will be available along with an information sheet. There is no cost to attend or to complete a Health Care Proxy. The event has been organized by Cambridge United Presbyterian Church, Embury United Methodist Church and First Baptist Church as a service to area residents. For more information, call 518-677-3866 or 518-677-8160.

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Andrew C. Jenzer graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Washington. The 32 days of training provide the best possible professional training and evaluation for all cadets in the aspects of military life, administration and logistical support. Although continued military training and leadership development is included in the curriculum, the primary focus of the course is to develop and evaluate each cadet’s officer potential as a leader by exercising the cadet’s intelligence, common sense, ingenuity and physical stamina. The cadet command assesses each cadet’s performance and progress in officer traits, qualities and professionalism while attending the course. Cadets in their junior and senior years of college must complete the leadership development course. Upon successful completion of the course, the ROTC program and graduation, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, National Guard or Reserve. The cadet is a student at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. He is the son of Jurg Jenzer and Althea Lloyd of Brattleboro, Vermont. Jenzer is a 2006 graduate of Brattleboro Union High School.

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Peace Resource Center Presents Rethink Afghanistan The Peace Resource Center will present a showing of the film Rethink Afghanistan at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse in Bennington, Vermont on Friday, November 6 at 7 p.m. A discussion period will follow the film. From Robert Greenwald, the director of Outfoxed, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price and Iraq for Sale, this full-length documentary focuses on the key issues surrounding the protracted war. It includes footage from Greenwald’s own trip to the region in early 2009. The film is

divided into six segments, each of which raises critical questions regarding the U.S. presence and mission there: what will military escalation achieve; could the war further destabilize a nucleararmed Pakistan; the staggering costs of war; civilian casualties caused by recent airstrikes; the impact of war on Afghani women; and the assessment of three former high-ranking CIA agents that there is no “victory” to be won in Afghanistan. The strongest argument in the film against the U.S. mission is made by Robert Baer, the former

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CIA field operative in the Middle East, whose book “See No Evil” was the basis for the film“Syriana”: “The more we fight Afghanistan, the more the conflict gets pushed across the border into Pakistan; the more we destabilize Pakistan, the more likely it is a fundamentalist government will take over the army… and… will have al Qaeda-like groups with nuclear weapons.” The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be available. The Bennington Unitarian Fellowship is co-sponsor of the event. For information, call Maryann St. John at 802-442-4697.

“Take this Bread: the spiritual memoir if a 21st Century Christian,” by Sara Miles, is the focus of the next St. Peter’s Reading Discussion Group meeting on Wednesday, October 28 at 7 p.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Bennington, Vermont. All in the community are welcome to join in the discussion facilitated by the Reverend Anita Schell-Lambert. Raised an atheist and after a career as a journalist in Central America, Sara Miles tells how she “passed the bread to others” in Communion, open table and the food pantry she helped to start. At the food pantry, like at a dinner table where everyone is welcome, the sacramental rituals are acted out. And to the comment that if “the point of church isn’t to get people to come to church, then what is the point?” she says, “to feed them, so they can go out, and, you know, be Jesus” (p. 265). For more information, call 802-442-2911.

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Registration for the 2010 SOUL Tree Stewards Course Vermonters can learn about tree care and explore urban and community forestry issues through a course offered statewide this winter. The Stewardship of the Urban Landscape (SOUL) Tree Stewards course will be offered by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program at 12 sites around the state, including: Bennington, Brattleboro, Lyndonville, Montpelier, Newport, Randolph,

Rutland, Springfield, St. Albans, Waterbury, White River Junction and Williston. The course will be held on Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. starting February 11 and ending April 8, 2010. The SOUL Tree Steward training program teaches volunteers how to plan for, plant and maintain trees in the built environment. The eight-week course curriculum includes the following topics: tree identification, tree biology, landscape planning and design, tree planting, tree maintenance and pruning, municipal forest management, tree health, risk tree management, tree inventories, establishing a tree board or tree committee, funding community forestry, conservation planning, species selection, working with volunteers, public speaking, working with media and developing a tree policy. In addition to the evening sessions, the course features four

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hands-on Saturday sessions and an on-line course component for on-line discussions. “I have not spent much time thinking about forestry beyond the ‘forests’,” said one SOUL Tree Steward. “After completing the SOUL program, I now realize that trees and forestry in towns, communities and cities is just as important.” The course is open to anyone. Registration is on a first come, first-served basis and is required. Registration postmarked before December 18 is $80. After December 18 registration is $100. Scholarships may be available. For more information, and to register, visit the SOUL Tree Stewards Web site at http://www.uvm.edu/extension/ environment/?Page=landscape. html. Those with further questions should contact Kate Forrer at katherine.forrer@uvm.edu, or toll-free at 1-866-860-1382.

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Local Residents Named RAs at Saint Michael’s

Saint Michael’s College, a liberal arts residential Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont, recently announced that the following local area students were selected for the 20092010 academic year as Resident Assistants (RAs) for the Office of Student Life: • Bridget Dailey, daughter of Richard and Patricia Dailey of Shaftsbury, Vermont is a senior art major. Dailey graduated from Mount Anthony Union High School; • Lucas Schultz, son of Paula S. Schultz of West Halifax, Vermont is a junior biology major. Schultz graduated from Brattleboro Union High School; • Michael Walczuk, son of Mark and Joan Walczuk of Rutland, Vermont is a junior business administration and accounting double major. Walczuk graduated from Rutland High School. RAs are selected from the entire Saint Michael’s undergraduate student population on the basis of faculty and staff recommendations. They display excellent leadership abilities, maturity and likelihood of being good role models for their peers. As a resident assistant, he or she lives in a campus residence hall and is readily available to help students. RAs (as they are called) oversee and provide guidance as needed or requested for 40 to 50 student residents of the hall. They also organize educational programs, guest speakers and peer guidance programs for residents of the hall. Supervised by a resident director, the RA is a paraprofessional official of the college working closely with the residence-life office. Resident assistants work to support and implement the objectives, policies and regulations of the Saint Michael’s College Office of Student Life. October 28, 2009

Free Skate at Riley Rink to Promote Making Good Choices United Counseling Service is sponsoring a free skate at Riley Rink in Manchester,Vermont that includes great giveaways, games and lots of fun. Cosponsoring organizations include The Collaborative, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Southshire Substance Abuse Coalition and DuFour Tours. On Friday, November 6, students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades will be admitted free-of-

charge to skate at Riley Rink from 7:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Middle school students from any school in Bennington County, Vermont and adjacent areas will be admitted for the free program. Skate rentals are not included. Students will be asked (continued on page 14) Skate guards and middle school students enjoy the free skate at Riley Rink.

Poe’s ‘The Raven’ and Hughes’ ‘Crow’

Experience the intimate relationship between text and image at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts with a poetry reading and discussion focused on the exhibition “Crow and Raven: Baskin, Hughes, Manet, Poe” on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. Admission is free. The evening will feature lively readings from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and selections from Ted Hughes’ “Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow.” Following the readings, there will be a discussion with Shawn Rosenheim, English professor at Williams College and expert in the works of Poe, and Lynda Bundtzen, English professor at Williams College and expert on the work of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Focused on two major publications that brought together writers and artists, the exhibition features original works that have never been publicly exhibited. In 1875 poet Stéphane Mallarmé and painter Édouard Manet produced Le Corbeau, a translation of Poe’s “The Raven.” Nearly 100 years later, American artist Leonard Baskin teamed with English poet Hughes on “Crow,” a limited-edition book combining poems and illustrations. For more information, call October28, 2009

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to provide a school ID (except for sixth graders). “This is a Refuse to Use makeup event for students in the Refuse to Use Program,” The Collaborative director Jennifer Flannery said. “We’ll have several games going to reinforce good choices and healthy behaviors.” “At UCS, we treat people with substance abuse problems,” community relations director Robert Pini said. “But preventing substance abuse in the first place is our goal.” The free skate is one of a series of events that offers area youth a healthy, substance-free social alternative. UCS serves children, adults, families and seniors through nationally recognized counseling, early care and education and clinical support.

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Main Street Stage in North Adams, Massachusetts has announced that their fall production will be “Marcus is Walking,” by Joan Ackerman. The play will preview Thursday, November 12 and open Friday, November 13. It will run Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays until November 21. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for students. Thursday, Nov. 12 is community pay-what-you-can night. To make a reservation, call the box office at 413-663-3240 or visit mainstreetstage.org and click on reservations. Directed by Kathy O’Mara, the play consists of 11 vignettes and examines the emotional landscape we roam as we travel in our cars. Control, navigation, love and escape are some of the themes explored. Some of the scenes explored are: a protective father who guides his son through the neighborhood on Halloween; an actor on his way to perform Hamlet is involved in a rear-end collision and confrontation with a Czech cab driver; a devastated businessman strikes up an unlikely friendship with a homeless woman who sleeps in his car. The cast includes Main Street Stage company members Michael Trainor, Wendy Walraven, Lisa Remillard, April Castanguay, Jack Sleigh, Sarah Rae Brown, Jeremy Kerr, Cassidy Matthew, Eric K. Auld, Julia Les, Todd Hamilton and newcomers Andrew Bigelow, Breana Gladu and Abbigail Kelly.

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& ENTERTAINMENT ■ Rome: The Industrial Age Lecture at Clark Art

Examine Rome through its different historic periods at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The “When in Rome” series of lectures this fall led by Clark staff is a complement to the fall exhibition “Steps off the Beaten Path: NineteenthCentury Photographs of Rome and Its Environs.” Registration is not required but can be made by calling 413-458-0489. The cost is $8 per class ($5 for members and free of charge for college students). Lectures are held on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. The series continues on October 29 with Jay Clarke, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, who will focus on “Rome: The Industrial Age.” Clarke will explore the complex period between 1850 and 1900 when Italy’s social and political realities changed drastically. She will consider how both Italian and French artists captured these architectural and societal shifts through paintings, prints and photographs of the Eternal City. While artists such as Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot strove to evoke an idyllic past with views of the Roman countryside, others, like the Italian photographer Vincenzo Carlo Domenico Baldassarre Simelli, featured in “Steps off the Beaten Path,” strove to capture the precarious state of Rome’s decaying ruins. Each was interested in preserving the past — both imagined and real — at the very moment when medieval sections of Paris were being destroyed to make way for wider boulevards. The fear of losing ancient Rome to the ravages of industry prompted artists

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to act in divergent ways to document and invent what they perceived as the Eternal City’s timelessness. The remaining lectures in the series include “Rome: The Age of the Popes” on November 5 with assistant deputy director Tom Loughman and “Rome: The Foreign Academies” on November 12 with Richard Rand, senior curator and curator of paintings and sculpture. Technical innovations, artistic daring and shifting socio-political circumstances led to a dramatic change in the photography of Rome in the late nineteenth century. Photographers of the Eternal City began to capture everyday scenes alongside ancient ruins, Baroque churches and back streets, all of which industrialization was rapidly transforming. Through the 100 images in “Steps off the Beaten Path,” viewers today can step into a Rome that was about to step out of the pre-industrial age. The exhibition is on view at the Clark through January 3, 2010. The Clark is located at 225 South St. in Williamstown. For more information, call 413-458-2303 or visit clarkart.edu.

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New Parents Gallery Talks

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New parents and their little ones are invited to the New Parents Gallery Talk series at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The talks, most appropriate for parents with pre-toddlers, take place at 10:15 a.m. on November 6, December 4, January 8, February 5 and March 5. Admission is free. The series gives new parents, along with their babies, an opportunity to meet other new parents and enjoy a Clark curator-led gallery talk geared toward adults. Parents may bring strollers or carry their babies in the galleries. To ensure the safety of the works of art, backpack-style infant carriers are not permitted in the galleries. Front-hanging carriers are welcome. For more information, call 413-458-2303 or visit www.clarkart.edu.

The Williams College Department of Music will present their weekly lunchtime recital series featuring student and faculty performers on Wednesday, November 4 at 12:15 p.m. in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus in Williamstown, Massachusetts. This free event is open to the public. All are invited to bring lunches and listen to performances of classical, jazz and world music. Seating is on the stage of Chapin Hall. Check music.williams.edu/node/1118 for specific program details.

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Victor Hill’s harpsichord recital on Tuesday, November 3 at 8 p.m. will include the first local performance of a newly discovered Suite in D Minor by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. The concert will be held at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and admission is free. Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre was a celebrated performer and composer at the court of Louis XIV. This Suite in D minor and three others were lost for nearly 300 years and have only recently been re-published by the Broude Trust of New York and Williamstown. The program also features three works of J. S. Bach, the Adagio and Toccata in G Major, Fantasia in C Minor and Partita in D Major. The Clark is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown. For more information, call 413-458-2303 or visit clarkart.edu.

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Informational Meeting for Bill Koch Youth Ski League

The Prospect Mountain Bill Koch Youth Ski League will hold an informational meeting for new and returning families this Sunday, November 1 at 2 p.m. at the Prospect Mountain Ski Center Lodge on Route 9 in Woodford, Vermont. The meeting will provide an opportunity for prospective families to learn about the league, a cross-country ski program for youth ages 4 through 13. The program introduces young people to the lifelong sport of crosscountry skiing with all of its recreational, social, fitness and competitive opportunities. The program’s philosophy is that children should have fun while learning to cross-country ski. The Prospect Mountain Bill Koch Club practices every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon at Prospect Mountain. Practices begin on December 8 and run through the end of February. The group has members from New York, Massachusetts and Vermont and is part of a larger organization called the New England Bill Koch League, the largest youth ski league in the United States. As members of the Bill Koch League, skiers can participate in a series of cross-country ski races at Prospect and other venues in Southern Vermont. Non-competitive opportunities are also part of the program. The season culminates with the New England Bill Koch Festival which will be held at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine the end of February. For more information, call Barbara Kourajian at 413-458-2798 or Bob Fisher at 802-464-2250.

Learn to Skate at Riley Rink in Manchester

Now is the time to sign up for skating lessons. The Northshire Figure Skating Club in Manchester, Vermont offers three six-week sessions of skating lessons from late October to March. Buy one session at a time or buy all three now and save. Lessons include skating for recreation, competition or hockey. The club offers: the basic skills of skating, hockey skating, adult lessons, private lessons, practice time and USFS testing and competition opportunities. Don’t forget the Theater-On-Ice class, which brings to the area the beauty of skating set to popular songs and music from shows, such as the Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Peter Pan and skating variety shows. Both kids and adults use what they’ve learned in choreographed routines set to music. The 2009-10 show will be “Theater On Ice — A Night at the Movies.” Register by calling 802-362-1270, emailing dtegen@comcast. net or downloading and mailing a brochure and forms from www. northshirefsc.8k.com. Lessons will be offered Saturday mornings or Tuesday evenings. Session 1 started Saturday, October 24 and Tuesday, October 27, but registrations will be accepted for two weeks after the start date. All programs take place at Riley Rink at Hunter Park on Route 7A in Manchester and are taught by the qualified instructors of the Northshire Figure Skating Club, sanctioned as one of 800 clubs nationwide to teach the fundamentals of figure skating and hockey through its Basic Skills Program. October28, 2009

Win $500 for School’s Health and PE

The Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation has opened registration for the 2009 fall edition of the Kids Fitness Challenge. Principals, physical education and health teachers at elementary and middle schools across the commonwealth are encouraged to sign up to take part in the Challenge as valuable cash grants will be awarded to selected participating schools. In April, almost 10,000 kids from schools across the commonwealth took part in the spring edition of the Kids Fitness Challenge. Along with the more than 13,000 students who participated in the fall edition of the Challenge in 2008, in excess of 23,000 kids learned the lessons of a healthy, active lifestyle last school year through the Challenge. Hundreds of schools from all regions of Massachusetts have taken advantage of the program, making it a true state-wide event. The Kids Fitness Challenge, presented by the Bay State Games with contributing funds from the Boston Bruins Foundation, is a free program designed exclusively for Massachusetts elementary and middle school students. Participating schools and students engage in a 30minute segment of physical activity from November 16-20. After the schools complete their activity with 100 percent student participation and have contacted the Bay State Games office, each will be entered into a drawing to win one of four $500 grants. The grant is awarded to the winning school to support health and physical education programs. Since November of 2006, the Kids Fitness Challenge has attracted nearly 75,000 elementary and middle school students with $10,000 in cash grants distributed to participating schools. To register, to receive a brochure or for more general information about the Kids Fitness Challenge, visit www.baystategames.org, call 781-932-6555 or e-mail Peter Cohenno at peter@baystategames.org.

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Run away to Bermuda this winter and join the Dana-Farber team in its first international racing weekend. The 35th annual Bermuda International Race Weekend will take place on January 15-17, 2010, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is looking for runners to join its team. Run with the Dana-Farber team along the beautiful beaches of Bermuda in a 10K, half-marathon, full marathon or the Bermuda Triangle Challenge while raising essential funds for the Dana-Farber Institute and the Jimmy Fund. Run as an individual or grab some friends and make it a team effort. This event is part of Dana-Farber’s Running the Race Against Cancer® program. With this program, participants can run in any race, of any distance, in any city around the globe, or run with Dana-Farber in one of the five official Dana-Farber teams. For more information on the Bermuda International Race Weekend visit RunDanaFarber.org or call 617-632-1970. ■

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Pet of the Week

Sadie is a 6-year-old female shepherd-collie and husky mix who came to Second Chance Animal Center (SCAC) with his housemate because the new baby in her home had severe pet dander allergies. The two were previously house dogs and were forced to live outside because of the allergies. Sadie is a sweet and mellow lady who has a beautiful coat which makes her look like a lion. She also has the most beautiful eyes, conveying friendship and truth. She is a cautious girl who can be a little afraid of new situations and will need continued socialization to overcome those fear issues. Basic obedience would also be quite beneficial for Sadie since she can be a bit stubborn. A home with children 7 years and older is recommended. Cats are fine, and other dogs are possible upon introduction. Those looking for a gentle girl should come and meet Sadie! For more information, visit Second Chance Animal Center in Shaftsbury, Vermont or call 802-375-2898.

Final Garden Club Meeting for Year

The Shaftsbury Garden Club will meet Wednesday, November 4 at 2 p.m. in the Shaftsbury Methodist Church in Shaftsbury, Vermont for the final meeting of the year. A date will be set for preparing the Town tree for the annual Holiday Tree-Lighting celebration (to be held at Cole Hall on Sunday, December 6 at 4 p.m.), and the location of the Club’s Christmas lunch will be decided. For more information, call 802-3759403.

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