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NEWS November 19, 2008

Vol. 48 No 48

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OUR READERS’ LETTERS ...arthritis prevention... For the past 3 years, my daughter Faryn and I have been lobbying our congressional delegation in order to pass federal legislation that would expand federal and state public health programs to help the growing number of people with arthritis. This legislation would also authorize federal programs to tackle the country’s critical shortage of pediatric rheumatologists. In September H.R. 1283, the Arthritis Prevention, Control and Cure Act, with the support of Congressman Welch, was passed unanimously by the House of Representatives. When Senators Leahy and Sanders return to Washington, D.C. this month for a “lame duck” session, they will have a final opportunity to complete the work and pass the Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act (H.R. 1283). It is

important that the bill be acted on at that time, since if it does not, the whole mark-up process would have to begin again when the new session begins in January. There are 46 million adults and 300,000 children with arthritis in the U.S., including 139,000 adults and 600 children in Vermont. If you, or someone you know is one of those people please take the time to urge Senators Leahy and Sanders to ensure that this bill passes the Senate in November and becomes public law. For more information on H.R 1283 or on how to contact Senators Leahy and Sanders please go to www.arthritis.org and click on the advocacy tab. Sincerely, — Jackie Borella Londonderry, Vt.

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...mind boggling...

Is this a great country or what? I find it mind boggling to think we have elected an African American as our president considering that only forty years earlier Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated and racial tensions were evident in many parts of the country. Mind boggling yes, but I think it is also an historical, pivotal moment in our history, perhaps ranking in importance to the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From a personal point of view, I am also pleased by Obama’s election and its potential positive effects on some of my family members. I have experienced first hand how hard it has been for a black daughter-in-law to realize the American dream compared to my four white daughters. The difficulties my black grandson and granddaughter had to overcome. Never once did they complain. Never once did they utter a word of self pity. Instead they did what they felt they had to do to achieve parity with fellow students and workers. Our country is facing monumental problems that will not be solved by political business as usual attitudes that have plagued us, particularly during the last eight years. All of us voters and politicians alike must strive to reignite a spirit of bi-partisan cooperation to meet and alleviate these problems. On the night of the election, after it was evident Obama was the winner, both Obama and McCain in their brief speeches, offered us an example of such a spirit. Now that this mighty battle has ended, it would behoove all of us to remember, ponder and practice words spoken by Abraham Lincoln in his 1865 second inaugural address: “With malice toward none; with charity November 19, 2008

OUR READERS’ LETTERS for all; with firmness in the right, God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” — Hal DeBona Dorset, Vt.

...care and expertise...

I was involved in an accident on October 22, on Route 7A north of Chauncey’s Restaurant. Thanks to our efficient volunteer rescue squad and fire department, a bad situation was handled with care and expertise. Each person who responded did his job professionally from traffic control to making sure the victims were well enough to leave the scene of the accident. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts; both driver’s air bags deployed; and both cars were totaled. No one was seriously injured. — Jean G. LaCroix, Arlington, Vt.

...important hearing...

A most important hearing has been scheduled on Tuesday, Nov. 25 by the Select Board, seeking public input on a set of major zoning changes. In short, the proposed new zoning would allow for new buildings in the core

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Antiques & Auctions........... 43 Automotive......................... 60 Classifieds...........................56 Creatures/Environment....... 41 Entertainment..................... 45 Fine Arts/Crafts................... 46 From my Corner.................. 8 GNAT-TV Schedule............. 25 Mind & Body.......................39 Restaurants......................... 46 Service Directory................. 54 Sports................................. 42 Job Connection................... 62 Weekly Almanac................. 46 Worship.............................. 00 November 19, 2008

downtown area up to five times as large as the current zoning regulations permit. Variously, new buildings could be erected along Rt. 11-30/Depot St. up to 30,000 sq. ft, and just south of Malfunction Junction on Rt. 7A of 14,000 sq. ft., up from the present limitation of 6,000 sq. ft. There are numerous reasons to oppose these proposed changes, among them: The incentives written into the proposed changes to ultimately allow for buildings of this magnitude are arbitrary, discretionary and of questionable legal standing. The final wording of these proposed changes was hastily crafted only after the town’s biggest retail developer’s representative guided the board to create new regulations to meet the developer’s needs, not the needs of the town as a whole. New buildings of this proposed magnitude could pose a tremendously unfair competitive burden on existing retail, dining and lodging establishments throughout greater Manchester.

To allow for such dramatically large construction in downtown at the same time the proposed Roundabout is being built would create a disruption of business in Manchester precisely at a time we can least afford it. Numerous citizens attempted to tone down the proposed regulations during the hearing process at the Planning Committee level, to no avail. Only one area

businessman spoke 100 percent in favor; all others had varying degrees of reservations about the proposals. The proposed new regulations are complicated but anyone interested in this issue should take the time to read through them, available at the Town Planning Office. (Continued on page 4)

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Suggested donation of $3.00 per meal For reservation or cancellation Manchester: 362-3714 Wednesday, November 19 Quiche Lorraine, Beets, Brussel Sprouts, Peach Crisp, and Milk Thursday, November 20 THANKSGIVING DINNER Roast Turkey w/Cranberry Sauce, Stuffing, Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans, Pumpkin Cake and Milk. Friday, November 21 Chicken Alfredo w/Noodles, Broccoli, Winter Squash, Applesauce, and Milk. Monday, November 24 Breaded Baked Fish, Oven Fries, Mixed Veggies, Pears, Bread and Milk. Tuesday, November 25 spaghetti w/Meatballs, Italian Veggies, Green Salad, Jello w/ Mandarin Oranges, Garlic Bread and Milk.

Rupert Firemen’s Turkey Rafﬂe

The Rupert Volunteer Fire Company will hold its annual Turkey Raffle on Thursday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m., at the Rupert Firehouse. They will raffle 22 turkeys and one large ham. There will also be door prizes. For further information, call Mike Lourie at 394-2928. ___________________ (Letters, Cont.) Despite the inconvenience of attending the hearing on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, anyone who can attend is urged to put this important hearing on their calendar, Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m. in Town Hall. — Kathe Dillmann Manchester, Vt.

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Northshire Seniors

The annual Christmas dinner for seniors will be held on Thursday, December 11 at Ye Olde Tavern, Manchester. Lunch will be served at noon. Call Audrey at 867-5721 to place your reservation. Cost of the lunch is $8 per person. Please call for a reservation before mailing your check. Your check should be made out to Northshire Seniors for $8 and mailed to Audrey Palmer, 3299 Dorset West Road, Dorset, VT 05251. Include your choice for lunch: turkey, scrod, or pot roast, with your check. Please bring donations for the Manchester and Arlington Food Cupboard. Donations will be divided between the two food cupboards. Roger Hart will present his program on the Amish on Monday, November 24, at the rod and Gun Club in Manchester. The program will be held at 1:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served by Northshire Seniors. All seniors are welcome.

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Bennington County Kids and Families Send Hope to Suffering Children Worldwide

Local volunteers are collecting simple shoe box gifts personally packed by children, families, and individuals here in Bennington County. After the shoe box gifts are collected, gifts will be sorted and sent using whatever means necessary—sea containers, trucks, buses, trains, airplanes, helicopters, boats, camels, even dog sleds—to reach suffering children around the world. “Packing a shoe box is a great opportunity to share love with children in desperate situations around the world,” said Hope Maier, Manchester Center drop-off site coordinator. “When you pack a shoe box, you are investing in the eternal hope of children in other parts of the world.” LOCAL COLLECTION SITE: Northshire Baptist Fellowship, 5769 Main Street, Manchester, VT; 800-590-4639. Collection Times: Nov. 17-22, 1–2 p.m.; Nov. 23 12:30 p.m. to p.m. ; Nov. 24, not collecting. Right now you can join the effort to help the world’s largest Christmas project hand-deliver some 8 million gift-filled shoe boxes to children in more than 90 countries suffering from natural disaster, war, terrorism, disease, famine, and poverty. WHAT YOU CAN DO TO GET INVOLVED: PREPARE—Enlist families, churches, scout troops, community groups and businesses to take part in creating shoe box gifts for needy children worldwide. PACK—Fill shoe boxes with school supplies, toys, necessity items, candy and a letter of encouragement. Step-by-step shoe box packing instructions are available at www.samaritanspurse.org. PROCESS—Sign up to join Operation Christmas Child volunteers at the drop-off site in Manchester County as part of the effort to prepare millions of shoe box gifts for delivery to underprivileged kids on six continents. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child, a project of international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse headed by Franklin Graham, has delivered more than 61 million gift-filled shoe boxes to needy �� children in some 130 countries. �� ___________________ ��

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Jamaica Dinner

Jamaica Community Church announces their annual Harvest Dinner on November 23, at noon sharp. Please bring a donation for local food pantry (optional). Turkey, dressing, potato and squash will be provided. November 19, 2008

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— Susan J. Coons ...delightful evening... The French Club of Arlington Memorial High School hosts dinner at Jonathon’s Table for the public every year to raise funds for their spring trip to France and I had the good fortune to be their guest. I had never eaten at Jonathon’s Table, but always heard very good things about the food and service. From the moment I entered I knew I was in a very friendly environment. The atmosphere was warm and pleasant and everyone was wearing a smile. Students scurried about taking orders and serving dinners. They seemed to be genuinely enjoying themselves. This was an evening for them to shine, and they did! Club advisor, Kathy Corey, was helping out as well. The salad was crisp and crunchy; my prime rib was absolutely perfect Advisor Kathy Corey (medium rare); and the butternut squash was delicious. But, wait! There’s more! Dessert was a kahlua chocolate brownie topped with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, and whipped cream! A dream dessert! The students are going to France in March next year, and every day are more excited than the day before. This is a wonderful opportunity for them. The students are presently selling fruit from Florida including navel oranges, grapefruit and a mixed citrus package. These are great gift ideas for those of us here in the northeast during these winter months.You must order by Friday, November 28. Delivery will be between December 11 and 14. For further information, please call Kathy Corey at 3752589, ext. 116.

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Mettowee Mill’s Project Santa’s Toy Chest

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

The holidays are a joy-filled season of giving, as they should be. But, for the women and children who have fled situations of domestic violence, most of their resources are used trying to rebuild their lives. In an effort to help these victims experience a joyful holiday, Mettowee Mill Nursery is once again working to infuse the spirit of giving in the community. The Dorset Garden Center at Mettowee Mill Nursery is sponsoring “Project Santa’s Toy chest” to collect items for Project Against Violent Encounters, better known as PAVE. These gifts will be distributed to the women and children who have sought help from the Bennington County organization. Project Santa’s Toy Chest is looking for donations of new, unwrapped items, including toys, games, arts and crafts supplies, cosmetics and personal care items. Monetary contributions are also gratefully accepted. PAVE offers a number of services to Bennington County and surrounding areas including information and support to victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. They also provide a 24-hour emergency hotline, a network of safe houses, support groups, violence prevention courses and community education services. All donations will be accepted at Mettowee Mill Nursery seven days a week, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., through December 19. The garden center is located on Route 30 in Dorset, just two miles north of the village. For further information, call 325-3007 or email lindy@mmvt. com

The annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be held on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, November 25, at 7 p.m., at The First Baptist Church, 4895 Main St., Manchester (the red brick church across from Northshire Bookstore). The service will be led by lay and clergy of all the congregations represented in the Interfaith Council of The Northshire. Father Tom Mattison of St. Paul’s will be bringing the message. A choir consisting of some of the members of all our choirs (and anyone else who would like to join us) will be led by Jeff Linebeck, Music Director at First Baptist Church. The Thanksgiving response will include a freewill offering to be used toward the Summer Lunch Program, which provides free lunches to Northshire children who are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches during the school year, and nonperishable food to fill the shopping cart for the Food Cupboard. Members of The Interfaith Council of the Northshire are United Church of Dorset and East Rupert, The Federated Church of East Arlington, and from Manchester, First Baptist Church, First Congregational Church, Israel Congregation, Zion Episcopal Church, and St. Paul’s Catholic Church. Please join us! ________________________________________________

VSAC Launches Online Version of ‘Paying for College’ Presentation

The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) has launched an online version of its popular Paying for College presentation, which is held at high schools throughout the state every fall. The online presentation, available at www.vsaccollegepays.org, is designed for those who are unable to attend a high school presenta�� tion or who want a refresher after �� attending the live presentation. �� The online presentation takes �� about a half-hour, but can easily �� be viewed in smaller segments. �� “VSAC strives to provide �� comprehensive college and �� career planning information to all Vermonters, regardless of where they live or their stage of life,” said Don Vickers, VSAC’s president and CEO. “This online presentation provides another resource for Vermonters who are �� juggling multiple responsibilities �� and increasingly relying on the �� Internet to gather information �� and make decisions.” VSAC is a public nonprofit established in 1965 to help Vermonters plan and pay for education or training beyond high school. For more informa�� tion, visit www.vsac.org. ��

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Burr and Burton Dancers Want Your Old Cell Phones

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Burr and Burton Dance team members are sponsoring a cell phone fund-raising drive from November 10 - 25. Not only will you be helping the Dance Team raise money toward their trip by recycling your used cell phone, you are also taking a stand against environmental degradation by keeping the toxic chemicals in cell phones out of landfills. Old cell phones can be donated in the collection boxes at Stewart’s, the Northshire Bookstore, and Wireless for Less. The Burr and Burton Varsity Dance team has been invited to compete in the National Dance Team Championship in Orlando, Florida, at the end of January where the team will compete in the Hip Hop and Pom divisions and all funds raised will help defray their travel expenses. If you would like more information about this event, or if you are interested in making a donation, contact coach Barb Miceli by phone 549-8190 or e-mail bmiceli@burrburton.org.

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VFW POST 6471 of Manchester is proud to announce that 91 seventh and eighth graders from Dorset, Arlington and Manchester Elementary school entered the contest through our Post. The students were asked to write an essay on the Theme of "Why America’s Veterans Should be Honored” The essays were exceptional in content and the top three were recognized at the 11/11 Veterans Day ceremony. Post 6471 awarded $300 in US Bonds to first place winner Baily Ring, $200 in bonds to second place winner Lauren Keyes and $100 in bonds to third place winner Simon Aborn. Every student that entered is to be commended and will receive a VFW certificate of achievement. Baily Ring of Manchester Elementary has advanced to District VFW level and we wish her the best as she competes for the chance to advance to the State of Vermont VFW competition which will take place in December. The State VFW winner then advances to National VFW level to compete for scholarships ranging from $1000 to a top prize of $10,000. Let us all give our best wishes to Baily and a thank you to all the students who entered this annual scholarship contest. Their communities, schools, our state and our nation can be very proud of all these 91 young American citizens. Steve Leach, VFW Post 6471, Patriots Pen Essay Contest Chairman. ________________________________________________

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Serving begins at 5 p.m., doors open at 4:30 p.m. Cost is $10 per plate. Takeout available. Mettawee Community School 6th graders will act as waiters and waitresses to earn tips for the Spring Trip to Boston, as well as run a 50/50 raffle during the supper. There will also be surprise entertainment! For more information call Kelli Lewis at 392-2491, by e-mail vtkjlouie@aol.com; or on the day of the supper call 394-7844. _________________________________________________

14th Annual Christmas in the Country Craft Fair

Brian Horner, Zeke Crandall, Justin Cleveland and Ronnie Taylor are just four of the members of the Mettawee Community School 6th Grade who will waiter at the Game Supper. Tips, and proceeds from a 50/50 rafﬂe, will go towards the 6th Grade Class’ spring Ttrip to Boston.

Rupert Game Supper to feature Elk Chili and More!

Kelli Lewis will be your hostess for the annual Rupert Volunteer Fire Department’s Game Supper to be held on Saturday, November 22nd. Kelli says she is making batches of elk chili this year. Lewis and other contributing volunteers will be preparing other menu items: Sweet and Sour Moose Meatballs, Teriyaki Moose, Venison Roast, Venison Sausage Meatballs, Venison Stroganoff, Game Bird Jambalaya, Bear Sauerbraten, Bear Meatloaf and any other game that comes along. Meal will be rounded out with a choice of beverage, Rupert Rising Bread, sides and a homemade dessert. ��

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Work off that Thanksgiving meal and get a jump on your holiday gift list at the 14th Annual Christmas in the Country Craft Fair. A favorite of locals and visitors alike, the fair boasts more than 25 area artists, artisans and purveyors of Vermont specialty foods, a wicked-good Christmas Café featuring local food vendors, a raffle and a great silent auction. Christmas in the Country takes place Friday and Saturday, November 28 and November 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Mountain School at Winhall - a portion of the proceeds will benefit the school - Route 30, 8/10 of a mile north of the Stratton Access Road, Bondville, Vermont. For more information, please call 824-3537. ________________________________________________

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Long Trail School Welcomes Andrea Ross to its Board of Trustees

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Weston Christmas Bazaar

The 28th annual Christmas Bazaar, will be held the two days after Thanksgiving, November 28 and 29, at the Weston Playhouse from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Sixty vendors will be selling items for daily living and gifts for holiday giving that are handmade or locally grown. For sale will be fresh Christmas greens for decorating, foods, Vermont maple syrup, honey, hand-knit clothing, toys, folk art, jewelry, handmade soaps, and many other terrific items. The Snack Bar will be selling food both days, to benefit the Lakes Region Youth Orchestra. Booth rentals benefit the Weston Community Association Fund for the preservation of Weston’s historic buildings. For further information, call 824-6521 or 375-4190.

The Missions Committee Of The Dorset Church Helps The Northshire Shop Responsibly

The community is invited to shop for fair trade gifts, housewares, jewelry and more handmade items from artisans and farmers living in developing regions by attending A GREATER GIFT SALE on Saturday, November 29 from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Dorset Church, 143 Church St. (off Route 30). This is the eighth year that the missions committee has been selling products from A Greater Gift (aka SERRV International, Inc.). As one of the missions projects, we enjoy selling products where we know the artisan/farmer is paid a full fair price for their labor and materials. Also, SERRV provides much needed training to artisans and farmers in product development, technical skills, quality control, and shipping and exporting. It gives us such pleasure to help enable this program. The sale is hosted in partnership with A Greater Gift, which works in 35 countries to enable artisans and farmers to gain access to markets and maintain a sustainable income. Anyone shopping at the sale can know that the proceeds from their purchases improve working conditions and provide access to education and health care for the artisans and their families. In addition the Women’s �� Fellowship will be selling their �� handmade crafts. And, new this �� year, we have invited non prof�� its such as Heifer International, �� Habitat for Humanity, and Interfaith Council from whom �� you can purchase an honorary gift �� that helps support a project that �� improves our world. Questions? �� Call Muriel Roeth, 362-2067. �� _____________________ ��

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Tree-Lighting

Shaftsbury’s annual Holiday Tree-lighting will be held Sunday, December 7 at 4 p.m., around the tree at Cole Hall. The Shaftsbury Garden Club plans a short program of music by a brass choir, and some songs with refreshments to follow. Girl Scouts, Brownies and Cub Scouts will help with this town-wide Celebration of the Seasons. November 19, 2008

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Hildene Receives Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund Grant

Hildene was recently named the recipient of a Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund Grant. The award will be used to install solar energy panels on the roof of the newly dedicated Rowland Agricultural Center located on the 10 acre meadow of the Lincoln family’s Manchester estate. The new barn was constructed and designed to utilize renewable energy resources from solar and wood fuel and was placed on the site specifically to meet this objective. David O’Brien, Commissioner of the Department of Public Service notes that, “The development of clean energy projects remains key to Vermont’s energy future and the Clean Energy Development Fund continues to prompt creative and actionable ideas in new generation.” Driven by its mission, “to advance the Lincoln legacy through education, commitment to community, and active stewardship of the family’s home and land,” Hildene believes their clean energy initiative will demonstrate its commitment to stewardship and community. Executive Director, Seth Bongartz stated, “It is our intent that the installation of a cost effective and environmentally sustainable solar electric power resource will serve as a prototype for others to replicate while benefiting Vermont in the long term.” With educational programming a top priority for Hildene, the renewable energy project provides yet another opportunity to focus the attention of students on the importance of clean and renewable energy. To this end, educational components such as programming and interpretive displays at the barn will lend support to this belief. As a major attraction, Hildene is also positioned to illustrate to its more than

40,000 annual visitors that solar power is a viable and reliable alternative to traditional methods. They expect, when completed, this facility will be able to demonstrate the systems, technology and philosophy that form a sustainable and carefully conceived strategy that approaches net zero use of non-renewable energy. There is great excitement at The Lincoln Family Home about the solar project and the new agricultural complex. Consistent with their 25 year forest management plan, the Rowland Agricultural Center is constructed with timber harvested and milled from the woodlands of the Lincoln family’s 412 acre estate, part of a closed loop system. The 40 by 100 foot barn is designed specifically to house a goat herd and for viewing cheese making from the milking of the goats to the processing of a signature Hildene Farm cheese. It is anticipated that given its location in The Shires of Vermont, and Hildene’s commitment to promoting the state’s cheese makers, the Center will become a resource for visitors to discover the wide variety of artisan cheeses available statewide on the Vermont Cheese Trail. Upon completion, planned for summer 2009, it will become another part of the Hildene experience for guests and serve as an example of small scale sustainable farming in the Green Mountain State. Additionally, as a result of the Clean Energy Development Grant the entire agricultural center project will become a valuable teaching tool for generations to come on the importance of renewable clean energy generation. To learn more about Hildene visit www.hildene.org. To learn more about the work of the Vermont Department of Public Service visit http://publicservice.vermont.gov.

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The Sun Rises on Progressive Asset Management’s New Vermont Ofﬁce

The Vermont office of Progressive Asset Management (PAM), the nation’s leading socially responsible financial services network, has moved to greener quarters. Its new building in Wells is powered by the sun. It boasts PV and passive solar energy generation, with 14 Evergreen PV panels generating 2600 watts of electric power, plus a large solarium for passive heat collection. “It’s a dream realized,” says Todd Walker, branch director. One of the neat features of the PV system is that it reports how much CO2 production it saves every day, by not using conventional utility power. So far in a month of operation it has saved 391 pounds of CO2 not released into the atmosphere. Progressive Asset Management (PAM) is the nation’s oldest (1987) and largest provider of socially responsible financial services, offering the widest selection of socially-screened investment choices. PAM recently passed $1 billion in client assets under management, with 60 reps in 20 states representing over 7,000 clients nationwide. The Wells office serves clients in VT, MA, NH and eastern NY. PAM clients are socially conscious, progressive individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations who want their investments to reflect their values. They desire to make a difference through the investments they own and the ones they choose to avoid. The new building was designed and built by Robin Chesnut Tangerman of Talisman Woodwork, Middletown Springs, VT with the PV system designed and installed by Dave Bonta of USA Solar Store, Perkinsville, VT. For more details about the building’s design/operation or PAM Vermont’s socially responsible investment services, visit www. PAMVermont.com. November 19, 2008

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Serge Roche, owner/chef of Three Clock Inn, and his daughter Sophie will join Toney on Girls Night Out on December 1st at GNATTV Studio in Manchester, Vermont for Christmas baking – French style! So, if you have a youngster who loves to cook, bring them along! Oui, oui! Serge, who grew up in a small village outside Marseille in the South of France, developed an early interest in the culinary arts watching his mother prepare the meals for their very large family. Much as his daughter Sophie has done. In 1979 he began his formal training at Restaurant Le Chardet in Evian, France. From there he went to the Michelin rated Restaurant La Chaumiere and Restaurant La Renaissance in Geneva, Switzerland. And then to Restaurant Associates, Inc. (a New York City based food service Management Company) lured him to the position of Chef at the famous Brasserie in 1984. Fast forward to 1996 - Serge & his wife, Marcie, whom he met during the production of a dinner in honor of the Emperor of Japan at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, moved to Vermont to raise a family after purchasing the beautiful 200 year old Three Clock Inn in South Londonderry - a perfect backdrop for Serge’s French culinary expertise! Then along came Sophie Lafontaine Roche! And where young Sophie is concerned the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! Only 10 years old and in the 4th grade at Flood Brook Union School in Londonderry, she has already studied in France, loves to read, travel, ski, excels in school, and plays soccer in her spare time. Oh, and

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did I mention, she loves to cook with her papa? One of her favorite activities is to go with Papa Serge for a walk in the woods to pick chanterelles & then back to the restaurant to learn how to prepare, and of course, enjoy a meal of her prized mushrooms for dinner. And…a little bird told me, she loves to bake! Girls Night Out is taped before a live audience at the GNAT-TV studios in Manchester, Vermont. If you would like to be part of the audience the cost is $20.00 per person or $10 for children under the age of 15. This must be paid in advance (due to the overwhelming response) - space is limited to 25 people and reservations are a must! You’ll get to “sample” the fabulous food, take the recipes home and have a great time too! Please book well in advance. Reservations must be made no later than the Wednesday prior to the show you wish to attend by calling GNATTV in Manchester, VT at 802362-7070 and leave a message or email us at gnat-tv@comcast. net. Please plan on arriving at the station at 6 p.m. on the day of the show. See you there! Girls Night Out is seen on GNAT-TVs’ CH. 15 at 8 a.m./p.m. & 4 a.m./p.m. daily and on other cable public access television stations throughout the state of Vermont, New Hampshire, Cape Cod, Pittsfield & Williamstown, MA, Schenectady, NY & on MidCoast TV in Half Moon Bay, California! Please check your television schedule for times in your locale. Girls Night Out can also now be “seen” on the internet - visit us at our web page at web site www.gnat-tv.org

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Tee-Shirts Available to BeneďŹ t Grace Sherwood Family

Karla Molina and Nick, owner of Podium and Rhonda from Real Sports as well as tee-shirt designer, Liz Vandelinder, put their minds together and created a tee-shirt to help benefit long time friend Grace Sherwood who is very ill. All funds from the sale of these tee-shirts will go to benefit Grace and the Sherwood family in this time of need. Tee-shirts are $10 each and are sold at the Podium and Real Sports in Manchester. Tee-shirts are in youth and adult sizes. For further information, please call Karla or Nick at the Podium, 367-7669.

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Manchester Rotary Club Offers an Opportunity to Pre-Order Your Christmas Tree!

Check out the ECHO Pass at Mark Skinner Library

Manchester Rotary Club is offering Christmas trees again this year. Proceeds of the tree sales will benefit the college recipients scholarship program. Trees will be sold in front of Chittenden Bank and Rite Aid, Manchester, on a first come, first served basis during the weekends of December 6 and 7, 13 and 14, and if not sold out, December 20 and 21. The cost of a premium Fraser fir is $55; #1 Fraser fir, $49; premium balsam, $42; and table tops, $29. If you would like to pre-order a tree, please call Dave Quesnel at 3621879 or Lisa Souls at 362-0514.

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Stop by the Mark Skinner Library: Manchester’s Public Library to borrow the ECHO Pass. With it, up to two adults and three youths will be admitted to ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain for just $2 each — a savings of $5-$7.50 per admission. The center is in Burlington at the bottom of College Street on the waterfront. Discover the ecology, culture, history, and opportunities the Lake Champlain Basin has to offer! Guests of all ages will enjoy the center’s 100 hands-on interactive exhibits and over 60 species of live fish, amphibians, and reptiles. Join the Beluga Whale Dig using goggles, scraper, and brush to unearth re-created whale bones in the center’s dig site. Experience a spectacular multimedia object theatre or star as a guest meteorologist on WPTZ News Channel 5 with real weather maps. Check out “DinoTracks” a special exhibit open now through April 27. These opportunities and more await you! To borrow the pass, library members can visit the Mark Skinner Library: Manchester’s Public Library on Tuesday or Thursday, 10-6; Wednesday, 10-8; or Friday or Saturday, 10-4. The library is located at the intersection of Rt. 7A and West Road in Manchester Village, VT. For more information, contact the library at 362-2607.

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The annual West Pawlet Fire Department Turkey Raffle will be held on Friday, November 21 at 7 p.m. at the firehouse. There will be 25 turkeys and two turkey meals with all the fixin’s to be raffled off. In addition, there will be free door prizes. Three other raffles will be held for: first prize, Remington 7600.243cal. rifle or $400 cash; second prize, mini binoculars; and third prize, another turkey meal with all the fixin’s. Tickets are available from any Fire Dept. member any time. Tickets are $1 each or eight for $5.

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French Comedy at Pawlet Public Library

The Closet will be aired at the Pawlet Public Library on the 25th, the fourth Tuesday of November. In the Library’s last film Daniel Auteuil was a steely Captain of the Guards willing to die for his principles. In this film he works the opposite end of the life style spectrum as a humdrum office worker who knows he is about to be laid off. A gay neighbor suggests that if Auteuil also were gay he would be protected. Together the two plot a job and life changing character transformation. This French comedy was released in 2000 with an R rating for some nudity and sexual references. Run time is 85 minutes and the film will be shown with English subtitles. The Closet won a Golden Goblet at the Shanghai International Film Festival for Best Actor in 2001. As always, free coffee, punch and popcorn will be available. Bring a cushion for the folding chairs. For more information call 325-3123.

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News from Bank of Bennington

The Bank of Bennington is pleased to announce that David Bardin has joined the bank as Vice President of their Northshire Commercial Lending Department. Bardin’s responsibilities include commercial account relationships and Commercial Lending in the Northshire region. Jim Brown, President and CEO of The Bank of Bennington said, “We are excited to have David join our team and to expand our portfolio of Commercial Business. Dave’s track record as a community banker fits perfectly with the core values of The Bank of Bennington.” Bardin comes to The Bank of Bennington with 24 years of experience at the former Factory Point National Bank in Manchester. For Dave and the team of Commercial Professionals located in our Manchester office-Jim Comar and Rhonda Pearce - the importance of becoming a partner with business throughout southern Vermont is a challenging and fascinating job. With years of experience, this team offers guidance to every size and type of business in our communities. The Bank of Bennington is a local community bank with branch offices in Bennington, Manchester and Arlington, VT November 19, 2008

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Bromley Donates to Ronald McDonald House Charities

This past summer, some 700 visitors to Bromley’s Sun Mountain Adventure Park arrived bearing money-saving admission coupons they picked up at McDonald’s restaurants in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York. In addition to the visitors’ discounts, Bromley pledged to donate 50¢ for each coupon redeemed, $350 in total, to the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC).

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Harvest Crafts for Kids

South Londonderry Free Library is celebrating Thanksgiving with a special workshop for children on Saturday November 22 at 10:30 a.m. Children (and their grown ups as well) are invited to join artist Casey Junker Bailey for stories and harvest crafts. Working with a variety of natural materials, participants will make handsome decorations for Thanksgiving tables. The workshop is free of charge and appropriate for children of all ages. For more information, contact the Library at 824-3371. ________________________________________________

Holiday Hours for Pawlet Town Clerk

The Pawlet Town offices will be closed on the following dates: Tuesday, November 25 through Friday, November 28, for the Thanksgiving holiday; Tuesday, December 23 through Friday, December 26 for the Christmas holiday; Tuesday, December 30 through Friday, January 2, for the Christmas/New Year holiday. The offices will remain open on the Monday of each of the three weeks (11/24, 12/22 and 12/29). The offices will resume it’s regular hours as of Monday, January 5, 2009. Thank you very much to the voters of the town of Pawlet for a fantastic turnout on General Election Day!! Election results have been posted in several spots throughout town but please do not hesitate to call the office at 325-3309 if you have any questions.

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A Spaghetti Dinner to benefit 3 1/2 year old Peyton Stratton, who is battling cancer, will be held at the American Legion Post #69 in Arlington, Vt., on Saturday, November 22. There will be raffles with tickets available at the door. There will be two seatings: first from 4:30 to 6 p.m.; again from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The menu will include spaghetti and meatballs, salad, garlic bread and brownies for dessert. Take outs are available, but please call the Post ahead of time. Cost is $10 donation. Please call the Post at 375-6157 to reserve your seating. _________________________________________________

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The day after Thanksgiving is well-known as the start of the holiday shopping frenzy. Take the road (trail) less-traveled this year! The staff of the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS-Manchester) will lead you up the Blue Summit Trail to the top of Mt. Equinox where you will enjoy an awesome view of the Green Mountains and the Valley of Vermont, weather permitting. Learn about the various forest zones we will hike through as well as the geology of the region. Pre-registration is required for this hike. Contact VINS at 362-4374 to register. The hike is scheduled for Friday, November 28th, starting at 9 a.m. and returning by 2 p.m.. Program fee: $10/participant (VINS members) and $15 (non-members). Special rates for families! Your support of VINS programming helps us provide engaging environmental education programs for the community and supports the hands-on, inquiry-based summer camp programs here in Manchester. Come out and join us for an adventure! ________________________________________________

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Training to be Offered on Monitoring New Forest Pest

On Tuesday December 2, the Bennington County Conservation District (BCCD) and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation will offer free training to volunteers interested in monitoring hemlock woolly adelgid in Bennington County. The training will be held at the Hildene Pavilion, from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.. Hemlock woolly adelgid (pronounced uh-DEL-jid) has been spreading throughout the eastern U.S. since it was discovered in Virginia about sixty years ago. The tiny aphid-like organism sucks plant juices from the trees’ needles, and where infestations are large, can quickly cause twig and branch die-back, and eventually tree death. The adelgid (or HWA) is barely discernible without magnification, but the protective covering on the egg sacs – a white waxy woolly stuff – is easily seen. Forestry specialist James Esden will teach volunteers how to identify hemlock and HWA, how to distinguish HWA from look-alikes, sampling protocols, and more. Hemlock is an important component of Vermont’s forests. Ecologists are concerned that HWA could prove to be as devastating to our forest ecosystems as was chestnut blight. Successful monitoring and control of HWA incursions will slow its movement northward. Meanwhile, researchers around the country, including several in Vermont, are at work on promising biological controls. The free training is open to anyone who cares about our trees and our forests. Pre-registration (by Friday, November 28) is required. Please contact BCCD at 442-2275 or bccd@sover.net for more information. See our new web site at www.bccdvt.org.

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Battenkill Aerie #2551

The FOE Battenkill Aerie #2551 is hosting a Holiday Craft Show December 6 and 7, at the Eagles Club House on Rte 11/30, Manchester Center, Vt. The show will open at 9 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. both days. There will be a variety of crafts from which to choose for all your holiday shopping needs. Santa will visit on Saturday at 1 p.m. Door prizes will be given away. The Eagles Ladies Auxiliary will have a food concession on the premises for the convenience of our vendors and shoppers. Admission and Parking are free of charge. If you would like to display your crafts, vendor fees are $25 per table per day. Please call 379-1058 for more information. _______________________________________________

Women’s Fellowship of the Dorset Church to Hold Bake Sale

Are you needing a dessert for dinner, a pie for a party, bread for brunch, soup for supper? Do you have company coming for Thanksgiving and no time to bake the treats? We have the answer! Women’s Fellowship Bake Sale. The Women’s Fellowship will hold their Semi-Annual Bake Sale on Saturday, November 22, at the Dorset Post Office on Route 30 from 8 a.m. to noon

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Channel 15/Community Programming* All Times a.m./p.m. 1:00 F-M Roman Catholic Mass -Weekly from Burlington 2:30 T-TH Words of Peace-Weekly 3:00 T-TH Jerry Tyler Country Music-Weekly, from N. Adams, Ma. 3:00 F-M Specials 4:00 T-TH Girls Night Out!-Monthly, Toney Lee 5:00 All Pets of the Week-Weekly from SCAC 5:30 All Local Green by Annie Schlesinger 6:00 All Kaleidoscope-Bi-Weekly 6:30 All On Trend/To Your Health-Monthly, Kathryn Vaughan 7:00 All Bob Stannard’s Q & A-Monthly 8:00 All Girls’ Night Out-Monthly, Toney Lee 9:00 T-TH TBA/Special programming 9:00 F-M The Bible & You-Weekly, Lawrence Zupan 10:00 All Celebrate Ourselves!-Bi-weekly, Salley Gibney 10:30 All Instant Coffee House-Monthly, from Burlington 11:00 All Vermont Forests-Weekly, Claude Dern, Bruin de Bear 12:00 All Kaleidoscope-Bi-Weekly Channel 16/Educational & Arts Programming* All Times a.m./p.m. 1:00 All First Baptist Church Service-Weekly 3:00 All Vermont School Board-Monthly 6:00 All Manchester School Board Meeting-Monthly, MEMS 8:00 All The Collaborative presents “Prevention Works!” Channel 17/Government Programming* All Times a.m./p.m. 5:00 F-M Senator Bernie Sanders 6:00, 12 F-M Gov. Douglas Press Conference 7:00, 12 T-TH Manchester Select Board-2X month 7:00 F-M Legislative Update-from CAT-TV 8:00, 2 F-M In Your Statehouse with Gaye Symington 9:00 F-M Point/Counterpoint 10:00, 3 T-TH Dorset Select Board Community Bulletin Board shown 24/7 between programming Contact GNAT-TV at 802-362-7070; gnat-tv@comcast.net or visit the web site at www.gnat-tv.org November 19, 2008

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Hubbard Hall Offers Family Wreath Making Workshop

Save money and have quality family fun time constructing your oneof-a-kind holiday family wreath at the Hubbard Hall Family Wreath Making one day workshop. Join us on Saturday, November 29 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Beacon Feed Building, behind Hubbard Hall. We will supply grape vine to make a base, and wire for the construction and some greens. Please bring garden gloves, clippers or heavy scissors, and any evergreens and attractive dried plant matter. Create or find supplies by pruning your yard trees or shrubs, and gathering dried weeds, cones or berries, etc. from your yard. Bring other special decorations, mementos or trimmings unique to your family! We’ll form the vine base and bind on the pretty stuff to make a beautiful wreath for

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your door or table. Please call 518-677-2495 to register for the course. Pre-registration is required so that we will have enough supplies for you! Cost for the workshop is per family and is only $15 for member families and $20 for non-member families. 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, NY. For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, please visit our web site at www.hubbardhall.org.

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Bingo in Mt. Holly

The Mt. Holly Volunteer Rescue Squad will be holding Bingo on Sunday, November 23 at the Mt. Holly Elementary School, School Street, Mt. Holly, Vt. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. with the first game beginning at 1 p.m. Each game contains nine bingo cards at the cost of $20 for 20 games. Cash prizes will be awarded. Mt. Holly Volunteer Rescue Squad will be selling Break Open Tickets, and refreshments will be available. For further information, please call Vicki Seward at 259-2810 or Glen Woods at 259-2179.

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Black Belt Honorees

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Sensei Jon Bottomms, owner of Triad Health and Fitness Center of Manchester, Vt., is pleased to announce that he is honoring some of his students who will be inducted into the Eastern U.S.A. International Martial Arts Association Black Belt Hall of Fame. Sensei Bottomms, a five-time inductee, this year received the “Master’s Award” on November 14, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Joining Sensei Bottomms in recognition were the following, chosen for recognition at the 2008 Eastern U.S.A. International Martial Arts Association Annual convention: Bob Stannard, Black Belt Special Recognition Award; Carrie Bowen, Black Belt, Female Black Belt of the Year; Joanie Imperato, Black Belt, Female Black Belt of the Year; Ross Birns, Black Belt Special Recognition Award; Alan McGraw, Two time inductee, Martial Arts Dedication Award; Christine Uchida, Black Belt, Outstanding Achievement Award; Mike Corvino, Black Belt Special Recognition Award; Miyako Uchida-Molinelli, Black Belt Special Recognition Award. The following people hold the rank of Kyu or Brown Belt and are being recognized this year: Ray Chen, Brown Belt, Dedication to the Martial Arts Award. In the youth rank of Kyu or Brown Belt are the following: Jack Hosley, Brown Belt, Male Competitor of the Year; Gisele Cazavdumec, Brown Belt, Female Competitor of the Year. For more information on this event or learning more about the Martial Arts, contact Sensei Jon Bottomms at Triad Health and Fitness Center, 366-1000 or e-mail: triadfitness@verizon. net.

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Work Off Your Thanksgiving Celebration at the Hubbard Hall Orienteering Course!

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Orienteering, a sport especially popular in Scandinavia, consists of a race in which contestants begin at a given point and travel a given compass direction until they find a marker with a new direction. This process is followed with changing directions until they get to the finish line. Courses are frequently set with natural or man-made obstacles that require using geometry and trigonometry to get around them. This one day workshop on Friday, November 28 will begin with a 9 a.m. session in the Beacon Feed Building, in which strategies are explained through working out how to get around obstacles on a map. Then at 10 a.m., participants will compete in a simple race around the Freight Yard followed by a more challenging race in the country side. This will be a great way to work off Thanksgiving dinner! Participants must bring a compass with degree markings, a pencil and a pad of paper that is easy to carry. Competence with sixth grade math is the only prerequisite. To register for the Orienteering course, please call 518-677-2495. The registration fee is a $25 or greater contribution to the Hubbard Hall Building Fund. Rain date for the course is Saturday, November 29. The first participant to successfully complete the “countryside challenge” will take home two tickets to the Hubbard Hall Holiday Breakfast to be held on December 13, 2008! 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, NY. For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, please visit our web site at www.hubbardhall.org. ________________________________________________

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A Brush with Nature On Thursday, November 20, The Gallery at Equinox Village, Manchester’s Premier Independent Living Community, will open an exhibit of the extraordinary work of local artist John Pitcher. An honored member of the Society of Animal Artists, Pitcher has expressed his passion for birds and the natural world in naturalistic paintings over the past 35 years. His field journals, sketchbooks, photographs and location paintings provide the ideas and details used to portray his unique views of nature on canvas. From 5:30-7 p.m., Executive Chef Glenn Blackledge will offer delectable hors d’oeuvres with a cash bar of wine, beer and champagne provided by The Gourmet Deli. All are welcome at the opening, which is also this month’s Manchester and the Mountains Chamber Mixer. Please call Lisa at 362-4061 to RSVP by Monday, November 17. John Pitcher’s exhibit will be open for public viewing daily through January 15th from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., free of charge. Equinox Village is located at 49 Maple Street, behind Shaw’s Supermarket and between Equinox Terrace and the Maple Street School.

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SVC Student Nominated for Citizen Award

Zachary Garafalo, a student at Southern Vermont College, has been chosen as one of five finalists for The Vermont Teddy Bear Company’s 8th annual Vermont Student Citizen Award. Garafalo, a senior, is being recognized for his work with the Student Government Association at Southern Vermont College, where he spearheads a campaign to encourage greater student participation and engagement across the campus and within the community. A strong believer in service to one’s community, Garafalo says that serving his community is basic to the nature of who he is and he has made it his mission to motivate others to serve. The vice president of Southern Vermont College’s Student Government Association, Garafalo promoted a goal of increasing community outreach. “I have been encouraged to remain involved by seeing that other people want to be involved,” he said. “Individuals have more of a responsibility than to just ‘show up.’ If someone is part of something, be it a club, a political party, a class, or a community, the privilege of membership calls for a corresponding requirement to contribute.” Letters of recommendation in support of Garafalo’s Vermont Student Citizen Award application were sent in by representatives from Southern Vermont College, including Karen Gross, J.D., the college’s president. “Zack does SVC proud, but he also does young people proud,” said President Gross. “His involvement in making democracy work through his own election to public office and through revision of a constitution suggests that he understands citizenship and what it means to be a citizen. He is doing precisely what we want and need students to do - engage, participate, and be involved.” Created by The Vermont Teddy Bear Company in cooperation with Vermont Campus Compact, Vermont Higher Education Council, and Vermont Life Magazine, the Vermont Student Citizen Award recognizes the outstanding community service contributions Vermont college students make in the community to nonprofit groups and civic organizations. The award carries a reward of $1,000 to the student, a corporate gift of $1,000 to the nonprofit organization where the student serves, and a gift of $1,000 to the institution the student attends. The winner will be announced later this month.

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Noted Rupert artist, Brian Sweetland created a painting of Merck Forest during the spring and summer of 2008 and it is the view south from the sugar house. The painting is 30” x 36” and is on display at the Rupert Kittay Library now through December 20. You may contact the library for their hours at 394-7864 to view the painting. For information about purchasing the painting, contact Merck Forest at 394-7836. ________________________________________________

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The Tinmouth Game Supper, to be held at the Community Center on Route 140, Tinmouth, Vt., is one of Vermont’s largest and best game suppers. This all you can eat event will be held on Saturday, November 22, with serving beginning at 4:30 p.m. and will continue until all are fed. The menu will include corn bread covered chili, moose roast, venison sauerbraten, bear roast, moose and bear chili, garlic ginger marinated roast, chicken pot pie, maple squash, potatoes, various salads, chicken and biscuits, moose, venison and bear meatballs, and nearly 100 homemade pies, along with coffee, cider and milk. In addition to this awesome menu there will be rifle and shotgun raffles with tickets available at the door. The suggested donation is $15 for adults; $7 children ages 6 to 12; and under six, no charge. All proceeds to benefit the Tinmouth Volunteer Fire Department. For further information, please call the town Office at 446-2498; Bob at 235-2201; Mo at 235-2718; or the firehouse at 4462460. Over 500 people served last year with no waiting at the door! ________________________________________________

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The Pawlet Community Food Shelf, for the month of November and December will be open on the third Friday, November 21, and December 19. In January 2009, the Pawlet Community Food Shelf will again be open on the fourth Friday of the month. For example, in January it will be open on Friday, January 23, 2009. _________________________________________________

Equinox Valley Toastmasters

Dennis McCarthy, one of three new members of Equinox Valley Toastmasters International, gave his “Ice Breaker” speech, “Who is Dennis McCarthy?” on October 23. Dennis is the Town Administrator for the Town of Winhall, Vermont and has joined Toastmasters to improve his communication and leadership skills. Why not join Dennis and the other members of Equinox Valley Toastmasters and see for yourself how this organization can help you improve in communication and leadership skills, and have a fun time doing so. Equinox Valley Toastmasters meets the second and fourth Thursdays of the month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Contact club president Dick Scribner for more information and directions. Vermont News Guide

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Dawn Smith-Pliner Honored as ‘Angel in Adoption’ Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Congressman Peter Welch have nominated Dawn Smith-Pliner as a 2008 Angel in Adoption for her outstanding advocacy of adoption issues. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), which orchestrates the Angels in Adoption™ program, will honor Dawn Smith-Pliner, along with more than 180 Angels, at an awards ceremony and gala event in Washington, DC, September 16. Dawn Smith-Pliner is being honored for her work in the field of Compassionate Adoption for the past quarter century. The Angels in Adoption program is CCAI’s signature public awareness campaign and provides an opportunity for all members of the U.S. Congress to honor the good work of their constituents who have enriched the lives of foster children and orphans in the United States and abroad. This year, CCAI is celebrating their tenth anniversary of honoring ordinary people doing extraordinary things! Over the last 10 years, CCAI has highlighted the work of over 1,300 people making a lasting difference in the life of a child. “The Angels in Adoption program is unlike any other program in the Nation’s Capitol. Because of it, over 1300 “Angels” have come to share with Washington their adoption experience and left with a renewed excitement of all that adoption makes possible,” said Kathleen Strottman. “I learned one simple lesson from my time on the hill, knowledge is power. Angels in Adoption is meant to give Members of Congress the knowledge they need to use the power they have toward making the dream of a family a reality for every child.” In addition to the more than 180 local angels from around the country, several National Angels will also be recognized at the ceremony and gala for their dedication and commitment nationally and internationally to child welfare on a grand scale. Former “National Angels” include First Lady Laura Bush, Patti LaBelle, Jane Seymour, Muhammad Ali, the late Dave Thomas, Steven Curtis Chapman, Bruce Willis, Alonzo Mourning, and Marcus Samuelsson. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) is a 501(c)3 nonpartisan organization dedicated to raising awareness about the tens of thousands of orphans and foster children in the United States and the millions of orphans around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving homes through adoption. CCAI’s goal is the elimination of the barriers that hinder these children from November 19, 2008

realizing their basic right of a family. CCAI was created in 2001 by the active co-chairs of the bicameral, bipartisan Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCA) to more effectively raise Congressional and public awareness about the issue of adoption. The Angels in Adoption program is made possible through the generous support of Diamond and Founding Sponsor, the Freddie Mac Foundation, and Platinum Sponsor, SuperValu, Inc. CCAI does not receive any government funding and they rely on the generous support of foundations, corporations, and individuals to accomplish their mission. For more information visit http://www. ccainstitute. org.

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What i s Emp t y B o w l s ? In 1990 a high school art teacher in Michigan helped his students solve a problem. They were searching for a way to raise funds combat hunger. What evolved was a class project to make ceramic bowls for a fund raising meal. By the following year the originators had developed this concept into Empty Bowls, a project to provide support for food banks, soup kitchens, and other organizations that fight hunger. Two years ago we launched the Empty Bowls project at Long Trail School. The Empty Bowls Project is an international effort to fight hunger and has created a venue that enables individual communities to come together and provide assistance to those in need in their own hometowns. Long Trail School recognized that Empty Bowls would be a great service learning project for their students and a way to generously give back to the Bennington County community. This incredibly inclusive event has grown to involve all of our area schools, many of our community merchants and businesses, and any and everyone who would like to be involved. The basic idea of this brilliant event is simple. Through a number of advertised bowl making events throughout the community, the participation of all local schools, and generous donations from local ceramic artisans we produce approximately 1000 bowls. A wonderful meal is created by the generosity of local restaurants, caterers, and commercial kitchens who donate an incredible variety of delicious soups and bread . At the Empty Bowls dinner, guests choose a bowl to use that evening and keep afterwards as a reminder of all of the empty bowls in our own community. For a donation of ten dollars in exchange for a bowl and a meal we are able to provide funds to three organizations chosen from a number of applications received from agencies and programs in our area that provide for those in need. Our 2007 and 2008 events were both very successful and we were able to raise and distribute thousands of dollars to a selected group of local organizations that addressed immediate and essential needs in Bennington County. As we kick off the third annual Empty Bowls, it is our hope to continue to expand the participation of all of Bennington County in this project.

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On Saturday, November 22, merchants in historic Downtown Rutland will host their semi-annual Pajama Party. What’s a Pajama Party? Some merchants open their doors early to offer great sales, so the earlier you arrive the better the deal. Check out the Web site of the Downtown Rutland Partnership, www. rutlanddowntown.com to view a list of participating merchants and a map showing their location. The tradition of Santa making his way into Rutland to help kick off the holiday season continues with Santa’s Arrival and Tree Lighting on Friday, November 28. The excitement will begin at 6 p.m. where Santa Claus will arrive in style in Depot Park. Rutland City Mayor Christopher Louras will join in Santa’s arrival in a sleigh. Santa and Mayor Louras will light the holiday tree. Wagon rides, caroling by Linda MacFarlane and Friends and the Rutland Youth Theatre Christmas Pageant Angels will add to the festive evening. Thank you to our sponsors of Downtown Rutland’s HollyDays events: Citizens Bank, Noble Environmental Power, FairPoint Communications, the Rutland Herald, Price Chopper, Wal-Mart, Vermont Country Store, OMYS, VELCO, Casella Waste Management, Gus’ Tobacco Shop and Best Western. With Additional support from Catamount Radio, Desjardins Jewelers, Cold River Frameworks, Ladabouche Furniture, Limoges Antiques, Marble Valley Transit System and Hawley’s Florist. For a detailed schedule of HollyDays events and other information, please call 773-9380 or visit www.rutlanddowntown.com.

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SPORTS (JISP, Cont.) Over 650 students enroll per year. Never taught before? It doesn’t matter. You can help facilitate a group until you have the skills to fly solo. Think you’re not good enough? Not so! Required, preseason ‘how to teach’ clinics for skiers and snowboarders are scheduled for Friday, December 12, and Saturday, December 13, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Additional free clinics are scheduled with the Bromley Mountain Pro Staff throughout the season. There is always a high need for snowboard instructors. If you have the time and interest to help with JISP, please call the Bromley Outing Club for more information at 824-6498 or e-mail: boc@bromleyoutingclub.

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Riley Rink at Hunter Park will host Boston Bruins Alumni v. Green Mountain Stars on Feb. 7, 2009. This is a rare opportunity to play against the Boston Bruins and support Riley Rink at Hunter Park. Hockey players (men and women 18 years and older) are invited to an informational meeting and on-ice clinic Sunday November 23, at 5:45 p.m. — bring your gear. For more information call 362-0150 or e-mail Susan Marmer at smarmer@rileyrink.com

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Presentation on ‘Person Centered Care’ for Those with Alzheimer’s Disease

Susan Wehry, M.D. is a nationally recognized advocate for seniors and those who care for them. A popular speaker with both lay and professional audiences, she has taught physicians, nurses, judges and direct care workers from Alaska to Florida. Dr. Wehry will present on “Person Centered Care” at the Vermont Veterans’ Home on November 18th at 6:00 p.m. This presentation will be held at the Vermont Veterans’ Home in the Luke Crispe Multipurpose Room. To make reservations, contact Christina Cosgrove at 802-447-6524. Space is limited so reservations are requested. Parking is available at the rear of the facility, Park Street entrance. There is no admission charge; this event is funded through a grant from the Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging.

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If you knew that taking one simple step could help protect you and your family from something that kills 30,000 people a year, you’d do it, right? Of course you would. Well, making sure you and your family get a flu vaccine every year does just that. Basically, anyone who wants to reduce their chances of spending a week in bed with the flu can get vaccinated. The flu virus changes every year, so the vaccine is updated every year. Getting vaccinated is C ORNERSTONE your best chance of going through __________________________________ flu season without getting the flu. Fitness Clinic Southwestern Vermont Medical Laying a foundation for good health Center, along with the Vermont Department of Health and the Not finding any alone Medical Reserve Corps, are offering several community flu clinics time on your schedule this throughout southern Vermont. In holiday season. Send your Bennington, vaccinations will be guests over to get a great given by appointment only at the workout for only $10. Vermont Department of Health at 324 Main St. on the following dates: Day Passes, Weekly Punch Thursday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to Cards and Monthly, Seasonal & noon; and Wednesday, Dec. 3, from Annual Memberships Available. 9 a.m. to noon. Call 447-3531 now Gift Certificates too! to make your appointment. � If you live in the Manchester Mon., Wed., Fri. 7am - 7pm area and wish to be vaccinated, call Tues. & Thurs. 6am - 7pm 362-4440 for more information. In Saturday 8am - 3pm the Deerfield Valley, call 464-5311. If you have any questions about whether you need a vaccine, ask your health care provider.

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The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice (RAVNAH) and Dorset Nursing Association, with support from Omya and the Coalition for Adult Immunization in the Rutland Region, is holding an additional flu and pneumonia vaccination clinic on Thursday, November 20 at RAVNAH’s office at 7 Albert Cree Drive. The clinic is open to all adults age 18 years and over. Individuals who have Medicare Part B need only bring their card to receive the flu and/or pneumonia vaccine. For all others, the cost for the flu immunization is $33 and the cost for the pneumonia vaccine is $53. Mastercard and Visa are accepted. For more information, please call the Flu Hotline at the Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice at 770-1574 or visit www. ravnah.org. ________________________________________________

Manchester Diabetes Support Group

The Manchester Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, November 25, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the Manchester Elementary School cafeteria. Pat Carpenter, RN, CDE, from the diabetes Education Program at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, will be talking about all types of neuropathy and how it affects people who have diabetes. All people with diabetes and their families are welcome to attend. Please come and learn how you can prevent diabetic neuropathy. The next meeting will be in January as there is no meeting in December. If weather conditions are questionable, please call the hospital switchboard at 442-6361 to learn if the meeting has been canceled. ________________________________________________

New Thought Vermont

New Thought Vermont, a spiritual group offering a practical path for health, prosperity and serenity, will offer a service with special Christmas music on Saturday, December 6 at 10:30 a.m., in the Springfield Unitarian Universalist Church. New Thought Vermont is an open and affirming group including individuals from various religious backgrounds, focusing on the Divinity inherent in each person and all of creation. Teachings from Divine Science, Unity and Religious Science, as well as the Infinite Way and other sources are explored. For further information, e-mail newthoughtvt@yahoo.com or call 384-3845.

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CREATURES Nature Notes

Red-bellied Woodpecker is back sharing sunflower seeds and suet with his relatives the Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers. Finches have been well represented with House, Purple and Goldfinches in abundance. White-throated, White crowned, Fox and Song Sparrows are still arriving and bulking up before they move on. My American Mountain Ash was decorated with American Robins, Cedar Waxwings and Eastern Bluebirds one morning. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen bluebirds here so that was a special sighting. The large Cooper’s Hawk is still making his daily rounds through the neighborhood causing all action to come to a complete stop until it moves on. I recently saw a small flock of Guinea Hens on Austin Hill Road in Bennington. Cindy Race tells me her family has seen the flock several times. There are

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—Bonnie Dundas The weather cleared one night and I finally got to observe the night sky. Jupiter and Venus both were shining brightly in the west at nightfall followed by a sky full of constellations as daylight faded. That was when the moon was in its first quarter, now it is nearly full and the stars are more difficult to make out. November’s full moon is known as the Full Frosty, Full Hunter’s and Full Beaver Moon. The latter name comes from our Native Americans and refers to trapping beavers in the late fall before the waters froze over. Beaver coats are at their thickest at this time of year. The weather warmed up considerably for several days but now that the cold has seeped back into our lives, bird activity is up again at the feeders. The

& ENVIRONMENT two or three females, a couple of males and several half-grown chicks. Anyone seeing them for the first time will stop for a second look as the ‘helmet’ on their heads and their coloring give them a distinctive appearance. Also, the fact that they choose to linger in the middle of the road makes it necessary to stop! The folks at Clearbrook Farm are seeing large numbers of pipits flying over their fields. The Kosches observed seventeen Black Scoters at the end of October as well as a Roughlegged Hawk, a Harrier and a Peregrine Falcon. They are hosting a Carolina Wren, a Red-bellied Woodpecker and a Redbreasted Nuthatch at their feeders. Keep your eyes open for Pine Siskins, Common Redpolls, Redbreasted Nuthatches and Tree Sparrows. They should be arriving soon.

I hope you have been out and shuffled through some leaves on a path through the woods. The sights and sounds of fall (almost) make up for the weather that will soon be upon us. You can contact me with your experiences and sightings at 800-477-7433 or at cockatielvt@yahoo.com. ____________________

Local Green on GNAT-TV

The holidays are upon us and GNAT’s Local Green will be visiting two of our local farms who are creating this new word: LOCALVORE. Tune in on November 24 at 5:30 to visit Someday Farm in Dorset and Clearbrook Farm in Shaftsbury. This episode will run for two weeks airing at 5:30 a.m. and p.m. daily.

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Due to severe overcrowding and a steep decline in adoptions, the Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) shelter has to suspend accepting both owned and stray cats and kittens into our shelter until further notice. The Rutland County Humane Society building is designed to house a maximum of 90 cats and kittens. We currently are housing an average of 130-140 felines. The decline in adoptions has increased the average length of stay for each animal by 4-6

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Second Chance Animal Center will host its annual holiday open house at the shelter on Route 7A in Shaftsbury on Saturday, December 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The party will feature homemade refreshments, shelter tours, balloons for children to take home with them, and even a visit from Santa. A colorful dog quilt designed by Marjorie Rhyne and made by Jane Wright is the prize for the lucky winner of the Second Chance Quilt Raffle. For a minimum donation of $10, visitors may choose a handdesigned ornament, including a gingerbread dog bone or a catnip mouse, to personalize in honor or in memory of a pet or petlover. They may then hang their ornaments on one of two Angel Trees, one in the shelter lobby and another in the dog socialization room. For those who cannot attend the open house on December 6, donations may be mailed to SCAC, P.O. Box 620, Shaftsbury, VT 05262. Indicate that your gift is for the 2008 Angel Tree, and include the name(s) of your honoree(s) and whether you want the names put on a dog, a cat or a generic holiday ornament. For more information or directions to the shelter, call 375-2898.

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At a recent annual meeting of the Washington County Historical Society Officers and Trustees were chosen to guide the sixty-eight year old Society in 2009. President Keith Truesdale of Salem and Hebron will continue to preside through December, 2009; Debi Craig of Hebron and Greenwich was elected to serve as 1st Vice President during that same time. Officers who will continue their terms through December, 2009 are 2nd Vice President Barbara Rymph of Easton, Secretary Kelly Mead of Hudson Falls, and Treasurer Dale Grinnell of Fort Ann. Newly elected Trustees are Sally Brillon of Hebron to fulfill a 3year vacancy term ending in 2010; and Trustees (each to fill a 3-year term ending in 2011) Charlotte Banzhaf of Cambridge, Sue Brennan of Argyle, Nancy Fitzpatrick of Hebron, and Andrea Mistretta of Kingsbury. Five Trustees continue their unexpired terms: Winston Adler of Salem, Joan Handy of Hebron, John Mead of Hudson Falls, John Patterson of Salem and Peter Swano of Hebron. The Historical Society, located at the Wing-Northup House, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward, NY actively promotes the historic heritage of Washington County. The Heritage Research Library at the Society is open Wednesdays and Fridays from 12 to 4 p.m. and can be reached at 518-747-9108 or by e-mail at wchs@wchs-ny.org.

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Hundreds of kiln ‘remains’ exist throughout Vermont, especially in the southern corner of the state, and they are happened upon in the most unexpected places in varying states of decay. Often appearing mysterious to the unwary hiker or hunter, these once functioning kilns were built by 18th and 19th century Vermonters, of a specific design for a specific purpose - to produce lime and charcoal. So what purpose was there for lime and charcoal? Where and how were kilns constructed? On November 20 at 7 p.m., join Victor Rolando as he addresses the Bennington Historical Society to delve into these and other questions that surround these kilns through a slide presentation. The meeting will take place at the Bennington Museum and is open and free to the public. Born and raised in Albany, New York, Rolando received a BA in American History from Empire State College and a Masters in HistoryPolitical Science from College Saint Rose in Albany. Retired from GE Aerospace, Rolando has collaborated with the Vermont Archaeological Society to publish 200 Years of Soot and Sweat: The History and Archeology of Vermont’s Iron, Charcoal, and Lime Industries. His current research projects include Glass foundries in Vermont, Sherman Carbide works at Whitingham, and archeology and preservation of c. 1810 blast furnace ruin in Salisbury, CT. Rolando received the Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History in 1993 for contributions to the understanding industrial history. He has consulted on industrial archeology stabilization and preservation projects in New England, New York and New Jersey. He is a resident of Bennington. The Bennington Museum is located at 75 Main Street (Route 9), Bennington in The Shires of Vermont. Just a short ride from Manchester, Williamstown, and eastern New York, the museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed on Wednesday. Visit the museum’s web site www.benningtonmuseum.org or call 802-447-1571 for more information.

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ENTERTAINMENT Burr and Burton Presents ‘The Diviners’ November 19-22

The Burr and Burton Academy Performing Arts Department will present “The Diviners” Wednesday through Saturday, November 19-22, at 6:30 p.m. in the school’s Riley Center for the Arts. This powerful play, written by Jim Leonard, Jr., tells the fable-like story of a disturbed yet gifted boy and his unlikely friendship with a disenchanted ex-preacher who has wandered into town. Marvelously theatrical, funny, earthy and touching, the play is set in rural southern Indiana during the Great Depression and affectionately examines the people of the American heartland whose need for a real preacher pushes the community toward inadvertent violence. It is the story of what happens when people’s best intentions tragically collide. Tickets are $6 for Burr and Burton faculty, staff and students and $10 for the community. For 24-hour ticket information call 549-8144. Tickets may be ordered online at http://bba.ticketjunior.com. The box office will be open one hour prior to all shows. _______________________________________________

through the VSO office. Single concert tickets are available in person and online from the Paramount Theatre Box Office at 802-775-0903, or www.Paramountvt.org. For additional information or to order “Sunday Matinee Series” subscription tickets, please call 800-876-9293, ext. 10, or visit the VSO web site at www.vso.org. _______________________________________________

“Snow Angels” Next Books-to-Film

Attend “Snow Angels” the film adaptation of Stewart O’Nan’s first novel on Wednesday, November 19 at 7 p.m., at the Mark Skinner Library: Manchester’s Public Library. A story of love lost and found in a small town, “Snow Angels” tells of an unexpected act of violence that disrupts the lives of three intertwined couples. (amazon.com) Starring Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, and Amy Sedaris, the film is Rated R. Running time is 106 minutes.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra Returns with “Sunday Matinee Series”

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra brings its popular three-concert “Sunday Matinee Series” to southwestern Vermont again this season, with special performances at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland. The Sunday concerts include “Rejoice!” on December 14 at 3 p.m., “Winter Romance” on January 25, 2009, at 4 p.m., and “All-American” on March 22 at 4 p.m. The season begins with the exuberant VSO Holiday Pops concert on December 14, celebrating the season with the VSO Chorus. This popular holiday event features Robert De Cormier and Dawn Willis, conducting, and the VSO debut of soprano Indra Thomas. A heartwarming program, narrated by Vermont composer Peter Hamlin of Middlebury, includes folk favorites and seasonal classics—the African American piece, Glory and Honor, arranged by Robert De Cormier; a movement from Donald Fraser’s Christmas Symphony; Gwyneth Walker’s “Rejoice;” Peter Hamlin’s Christmas with Mr. Grump; the traditional audience sing-along; and concludes with the Rejoice and Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. “Sunday Matinee Series” subscribers will save 15% off the cost of single tickets, choosing reserved best seats of the house for the entire series with the option of renewing �� these same seats for future seasons. �� Series subscribers are also invited �� to a special pre- or post- concert �� subscriber reception to meet some of the concert performers and �� receive a New England Orchestra �� Consortium subscriber saving card �� enabling them to enjoy discounts �� on tickets purchased for concerts �� presented by 17 orchestras across �� New England. �� Series tickets are available only �� November 19, 2008

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Pastels By Degas, Pissarro, Cassatt, and Millet on View at The Clark

Pastel has long been embraced as an exceptionally versatile and effective drawing technique. The Art of the Pastel at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute will feature eleven works by Edgar Degas, Jean-François Millet, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt, and others. The pastels will be on view November 22, through February 16, 2009. The Art of the Pastel highlights the range of styles and subjects explored by nineteenth-century artists using this delicate yet spirited technique. Included are “Méry Laurent Wearing a Small Toque” by Édouard Manet; “Entrance of the Masked Dancers” by Edgar Degas; “Boulevard de Clichy, Effect of Winter Sunlight” by Camille Pissarro; “Portrait of Mrs. Cyrus J. Lawrence with Grandson R. Lawrence Oakley”, “Woman with Baby”, and “Child in a Red Hat” by Mary Cassatt; “Little Girl with a Pear” by Frederick Childe Hassam; “Madame Maugey-Rosengart and a Dog in an Interior” by Edouard Vuillard; “The Sower” by Jean-François Millet; and “Portrait of William W. Gilbert” and “Portrait of Catherine Casine Gilbert” attributed to James Sharples. A favored medium for portraiture since the eighteenth century, the pastel crayon-composed of vibrant pigments and gumbased binders-produces colored lines with fluidity and flexibility, allowing artists to create quickly conceived, luminous designs which can then be manipulated �� through layering, smudging, and �� blending The Clark is located at 225 �� South Street in Williamstown, �� Massachusetts. The galleries are ��

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open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (daily in July and August). Admission is free November through May. For more information, call 413-458-2303 or visit www.clarkart.edu.

WEEKLY ALMANAC AA • AL-ANON • NA • GA

Thursday: AA meeting, Breakfast with Your Higher Power, Northshire Baptist Church, Manchester. 7:30 a.m. AA meeting, Sherburne United Church, Killington, noon AA Big Book meeting, Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, noon AA meeting, St. Paul’s CC, Manchester, noon AA, Scars, Bars, Big Book meeting, Rutland Correctional Ctr, Rutland, 4 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 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 p.m. AA, meeting, Jamaica Community Ch, 8 p.m. Friday: AA-Breakfast with Your Higher Power, Step Meeting, Northshire Baptist Church, 7:30 a.m. Al-Anon meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, 1 p.m. AA meeting, St. Peter’s School, Rutland, 7 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 p.m. J.S. Open Discussion meeting, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. Saturday:

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AA Straight from the Heart Group, Mecham St., Wallingford, 9:30 a.m. Al-Anon ACOA: 10:30-11:30 a.m., St. John the Baptist Church, North Bennington AA meeting (topic/disc) East Dorset, Wilson House, 2 and 7:30 p.m. AA meeting, Beginners’ Group, Christ the King School, Rutland, 7 p.m. NA Back to Basics Group, Second Congregational Ch, Bennington, 7 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, noon, Room 6. Teen Support Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m., Room 6 Sunday:

AA meeting, “As Bill Sees It,” Wilson House, East Dorset, 8 a.m. Al Anon meeting 8 a.m. Wilson House, East Dorset, Open discussion. Al-Anon meeting, Serenity House, Wallingford, 10 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 11-Step Meeting, Sunday, 7 p.m., Telion Holon Retreat, River Road, Manchester AA Shoulder to Shoulder, HoJo Inn, Rutland, 7 p.m. AA meeting, Federated Church, Castleton, 8 p.m. AA meeting, St. James Episcopal Ch, Arlington, 8 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, Federated Church, Castleton, 8 p.m. Monday: Al-Anon Turning Point Club, Bennington, 7 p.m.

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AA Sweet Serenity Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, noon. 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 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 p.m. H.S. Meeting Book Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday: AA meeting, Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, noon. AA Women’s Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, 6:30 p.m. Rutland County AA Men’s meeting, Grace Congregational Ch, Rutland, 7 p.m. Al-Anon ACOA meeting, Bennington College, North Bennington, 7 p.m. AA Meeting, Serenity House, Wallingford, 7 p.m. AA Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, Big Book Tapes, men’s meeting, 6:30 p.m. AA meeting, Chapel of the Snows, Stratton, 8 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 p.m. SMART Recovery: Brattleboro Retreat Cafeteria, 7 p.m. 254-5568. 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 Fellowship, Route 7A, across from Warren’s Garage Al-Anon Courage to Change, South Londonderry Baptist Ch, 7 p.m. has moved to Main St. in Weston, VT to the meeting room across the parking lot of the Old Parish Church AA Step meeting, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Brandon, 7 p.m. AA meeting, Holy Trinity, Danby, 7:30 p.m. H.S. STEP meeting Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. Bennington Women’s Meeting of AA: 6:30-7:30 p.m., Turning Point Club, 465 Main St., Bennington, VT DA - Debtor’s Anonymous, Wed. 8-9 p.m., Turning Point Club of Bennington, 465 Main St., Bennington, VT , 442-9700

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GED Class, Mack Molding, Arlington, 6 p.m. Tuesday: GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 9 a.m., 5:30 & 6 p.m. ESL Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 4:30 p.m. GED Class, Mack Molding, Arlington, 6 p.m. Wednesday: Dept. of Employment & Training, Veterans Memorial Drive, Bennington (first Wednesday), 10 a.m. GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 3 p.m. A Mustard Seed Group St. Peter’s School, Rutland, 8 p.m. MIND & BODY WELLNESS Thursday: Medicare Assistance, Zion Parrish, Manchester, 10 a.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 a.m. Blood Pressure Clinic, Robert Milbauer Realty, Newfane, third Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday: CoDA, 12-step fellowship to

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Clerk’s Office, 1st Thursday, 7 p.m. Monday: Poultney Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, 2nd & 4th Monday, 6:30 p.m. Castleton Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7 p.m. Grafton Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Weston Conservation Committee meeting, Town Office, third Monday, 7 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 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 p.m. Stratton Selectmen’s meeting, Town 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 p.m. Tuesday: Fair Haven Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7 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 Dr., Bennington, 1st Wednesday, 10 a.m. Winhall Regular Monthly Board meeting, 1st, 3rd Wednesday, 6 p.m. Mountain School Parent Council & Mountain School of Winhall Parent Council Meeting at the Mountain School, (2nd Wed.) 7:00 p.m. 297-2122 Stratton Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, 7 p.m. Sandgate Planning Committee meeting, 7 p.m. Fair Haven Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, second and fourth Wednesday, 7 p.m. Castleton Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, first and third Wednesday, 7 p.m. Winhall Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, first and third Wednesday, 7 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.

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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 p.m. Northshire Teen Center Planning Meeting, Mulligans, Manchester Village, first and third Thursday, 7 p.m. Red Clover Chapter, Embroidery Guild of America, Trinity Church, Rutland, second Thursday, 7 p.m. Friday Success by Six Play Group, Mettowee School, West Pawlet, 9:30 a.m. Dorset Historical Society, open 10 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 p.m. Manchester Community Foundation meeting, Chittenden Bank, Manchester, First Tuesday, 4 p.m. Unit 69 American Legion Auxiliary, Legion Room, Arlington, second Tuesday, 7 p.m. Catholic Daughters meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, second Tuesday, 7 p.m. Mt. Equinox Grange meeting, Grange Hall, Manchester, third Tuesday, 7 p.m. #45 American Legion meeting, Currier Memorial School, Danby,

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Monday: Duplicate Bridge, United Church of Dorset, 1p.m., Robert Smith, Director, 362-4224 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

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FOOD • SENIOR MEALS

Thursday: Townshend Senior Meals, Townshend Church, first and third Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. Manchester Senior Meals Manchester Town Hall, noon Wells Senior Meals, MWA Hall, Wells, noon Senior Meals, East Arlington, Bailey Hall, noon. 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, noon Wells Senior Meals, MWA Hall, Wells, noon Senior Meals, East Arlington, Bailey Hall, noon 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 a.m. Prayer & Praise Service, Chapel of the Snows, Stratton Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Prayer & Bible Study, Truthville Baptist Church, Granville, NY, 7 p.m. Community Bible Study, nondenominational for women, children, 10 a.m. September -May. Bennington. 447-4745. Friday: Shabbat Services, Israel Congregation, Manchester, 6:30 p.m. Saturday: Torah Shabbat, Israel Congregation, Manchester, 9:30 a.m. Monday: Prayer meeting, Baha’i Faith at 7 p.m. For info., call 802-447-3866 Tuesday: Bible Study, Congregational Church, Chester, 6 a.m. Wednesday: Holy Eucharist , St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 7:30 a.m.

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MANCHESTER Friday: Israel Congregation of Manchester, Shabbat Services, 6:30 p.m., Israel Congregation of Manchester, Rte 7A Saturday: Israel Congregation of Manchester: Shabbat 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 p.m. Sunday: Zion Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8 & 10 a.m. (childcare at 10 a.m.) Eucharist w/healing Wed. 12:15 p.m. St. Paul’s, Mass, 8 & 10 a.m. First Congregational Church, Sunday Services Chapel, 8:30; Grade 6-Adult Christian Education Classes 9:30 a.m.; Godly Play Program of Sacred Storytelling for children ages 4-11 during 10:30 service; Nursery available for infant-3 years beginning at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Dr. Steven E. Berry, Pastor,

362-2709; www.firstcongregational manchester.org Equinox Terrace, Services for Seniors, 10 a.m. St. Paul, Danby Holy Trinity Church, 11:30 a.m. First Baptist Ch., ABC, Manchester Center, Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Tuesday Prayer Ministry, 9:30 a.m. 802-362-1555. Rev. Dr. Robert Carpenter Northshire Baptist Fellowship, 5769 Main St., 10 a.m. adult & children’s Bible classes, 11 a.m. Worship service and Children’s Church; 6 p.m. Bible study, 3621988. 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 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 375-9952, stjamesarlington.org; stjamesparish @verizon.net St. Margaret Mary’s Church, Mass, 8 and 10 a.m. Federated Church, East Arlington,

United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church, Ice Pond Road, worship service, 10 a.m.; www. earlingtonfedchurch.org; 375-2548, Rev. Kathleen S. Clark, Pastor Chapel on the Green, West Arlington, Services, 7 p.m., last Sunday of the month, 6 p.m. covered dish supper. DANBY Sunday: Danby Congregational Church, Morning Services, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby Four Corners, Services, 11 a.m. & 7 p.m. Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby Four Corners, Young People’s Group, 6 p.m. DORSET Saturday: St. Jerome’s, East Dorset, Mass, 7 p.m. Sunday: Congregational Church, East Dorset, Services, 9:30 a.m. (SS 9:30 a.m.)

East Rupert, Services, 10 a.m. (SS 9:45 a.m.) PERU Sunday: Peru Congregational Church, Main St., Sunday Service, 9:30 a.m. Child care provided. Pastor Margaret, 379-1438. RUPERT Sunday: United Methodist, Services, 9 a.m. Congregational Church, Services, 10:30 a.m. Disciples of Christ, West Rupert, Services, 11 a.m. (SS 9:45 a.m.) SANDGATE Sunday: Sandgate United Methodist Church, Services, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. SHAFTSBURY Sunday: 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, Divine Worship, 10:45 a.m.

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