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Right: Kathy Hay and Audrey Jones invite you to a festive Tree Lighting Ceremony in Shaftsbury ...details on page 34 Far right: Sienna Brosemer is proud to display a basket that she created for a Basket Party ...story on page 27 Bottom: Chris Sprague and Frank Haines invite you to take an Open House Tour through some of Manchester’s beautiful inns...details on page 11

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READERS’ LETTERS ...clothes from the heart..

Heartworks of Vermont would like to thank everyone who donated clothes, helped sorting, setting up and/or cleaning up. This was the 2nd annual Clothes from the Heart and we serviced over 80 people in the area. We would also like to thank Maple Street School for letting us use their gymnasium for the event. We heard from many people that getting free clothes, shoes and jackets this season was so helpful. Thanks again to all the community members who took part in the event on November 14. Check out www. vtheartworks.blogspot.com for our December opportunity. — Lisa Kelly, Manchester, Vermont

...$14,721 reasons why public health care is needed...

Do we need a public health care “option” or even a national singlepayer health care plan? As a self-employed person facing the task of choosing my health care plan for 2010, let me cut through the abstract theories and offer 14,721 reasons why we do: that’s the number of dollars that I would have to pay in premiums next year to get a BC/BS Vermont Freedom plan for me and my wife. It doesn’t count the $1,500 deductible, and it doesn’t count the various co-pays for office visits, prescription drugs, and the like. To put that in perspective, the premium plus deductible ($16,221) is the equivalent of the annual gross pay for a full time job with wages of $7.80 per hour. That’s gross pay, not net pay. The premium will, of course, go up next year. And the year after that. And the year after that. What reasonable person can dispute that the health care system in this country is now a literal disaster? What reasonable person can dispute that fewer people each year are able to afford this kind of expense? Something must be done. The entire civilized world offers itself as evidence that public health care can help bring down the cost. What do we have to lose by at least trying it, other than the constant drumbeat of scare theories and propaganda from the very people who profit most from our current, broken system? — Lee Russ, Bennington, Vermont

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Pictured above are five generations of the Dean family. Seated, back row, left to right are grandmother, Teresa Felix; great great grandmother Joyce Tarbel; great grandfather Gerald Dean, of Manchester; mother Tiffany Felix and baby Livia Flake-Felix. Vermont News Guide

From my Corner in the Shires

Susan Coons has expanded her “Corner” column appearing weekly (well, most weeks!) in this paper and the TriState Pennysaver News and is now producing “From my Corner in the Shires,” set to appear on CAT-TV in the Southshire and GNAT-TV in the Northshire. She will be highlighting upcoming events and speaking with interesting people who are sharing their time, experience, talents, and love in our communities.

Lisa Kelly

The first episode will highlight Lisa Kelly and her friend Julie Ring sharing information about Heartworks, a local organization that creates opportunities for women to gather on a monthly basis for their own spiritual and emotional growth and to generate acts of kindness in the community and throughout the world. Heartworks is a registered nonprofit, nondenominational organization. The second program in this series will come to you from Hildene, the Lincoln Family home decorated in all its holiday splendor. “From my Corner in the Shires” will air on CAT-TV beginning November 30, at 8:30 p.m., and GNAT-TV on Wednesday and Thursday, December 2 and 3, at 2:30 p.m. and Friday through Monday, 6:30 p.m. See GNATTV listings in this paper. For further information about Heartworks in Manchester, call Lisa Kelly at 802-297-3747. December 2, 2009

Toys for Tots Holiday Party

The Toys for Tots Holiday party will be held in the Louis Crisp room at the Vermont Veteran’s Home in Bennington on Sunday December 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. A drop box is located at the TriState Pennysaver News office at 109 South Street, Bennington. Please stop in and drop off new, unwrapped toys to be handed out to the children at the holiday party. For more information call Bob at 802-442-0459. With the beginning of a new school year, there is again a need for various items for our area children. According to the school nurses, the items most frequently needed are boys and girls underwear, sizes 6-12; socks for shoe sizes 6-10; and sweatpants, in neutral colors, sizes 6-12. The TriState Pennysaver and Vermont News Guide are drop-off locations for this much needed clothing and will be given to the school nurses. For further information, call school nurse Susan Delucia at 802-4424351.

Shires Welcome Center Opens on December 4

The Shires Welcome Center is set to open on December 4 in the Canfield House on Route. 7A in Arlington. The center will be manned by a group of energetic volunteers on Fridays through Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. who will share with visitors to our region all the wonderful attractions, activities, recreation, and hospitality we have to offer. This welcome center replaces the visitor information that resided by Stewart’s. The Shires is a regional marketing effort designed to attract visitors to Bennington County and to share the depth and breath of what our entire region has to offer. The Bennington Chamber of Commerce and The Manchester and the Mountains Regional Chamber welcome anyone interested in volunteering for this new initatiative to contact the Manchester Chamber at 362-6313 or email bmeachem@manchesterchamber.net to find out

Ann Sykes Hoffman

Anne Sykes Hoffman, 62, died on November 20, 2009 at Imperial Point Medical Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She passed away peacefully after a short illness and was surrounded by family. Anne Hoffman was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York to Jean George Sykes and Macrae Sykes. She attended Friends Academy and graduated from Middlebury College in 1969 with a degree in Economics. She attained a master’s degree from Columbia Teacher’s College. In 1972, she married Anthony McLeod Hoffman who passed away in 2004. Over the years, she lived in New York, New York; Bedford, New York; Nantucket, Massachusetts; Hilton Head, South Carolina; and finally settled in Peru, Vermont. Anne was an accomplished sailor, equestrian, and bridge player, achieving Life Master status many times over. She enjoyed working with young adults as a sailing coach and coach of U.S. Junior Bridge teams. She was a teacher, a realtor, earned a contractor’s license, and developed real estate for many years. Survivors include daughter Jean Hoffman Laboy of Stoneham, Massachusetts; son Geoffrey Christopher Hoffman of New York, New York; and brother James William Sykes of New York, New York. Services will be held December 5 at 1p.m. at the Peru Congregational Church on Main St. in Peru, Vermont, 05152 with a reception following at the Peru Town Center. Flowers may be sent to the church and donations can be made to the local chapter of the ASPCA: Second Chance Animal Center, P.O. Box 620, Shaftsbury, Vermony 05262.

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Londonderry Church Holiday Bazaar

The Second Congregational Church of Londonderry will hold their annual holiday bazaar on Saturday, December 5 from 9 – 3. Lunch will be served from 11:30. There will be handmade crafts, holiday gifts, vendors including Glebe Mountain wreaths and Creative Memories scrapbooking, as well as baked goods, cookies and a raffle table. Please come and join us to shop or have lunch and enjoy the fellowship. If you have any questions, please call 824-6453. December 2, 2009

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From my Corner — by Susan J. Coons

...p.j.s... We begin our life wearing undershirts and diapers and one piece jammies for sleepwear, sleeping in a crib and sitting strapped into an invant seat. On cooler evenings and afternoons our parents dress us in snap-together footed togs. I don’t remember how warm and snuggly it felt, but I can imagine. By the time we’re two or three, we graduate to snap-together separate tops and bottoms. For winter evenings we wear one-piece footed pajamas that snap up and down the front with a snap-up drawer-drop in the back. By the time we’re four the way is clear to wear real pajamas. The kind with pull up bottoms and button tops. Keep in mind, however, that we’re never too old for footed pajamas. I always felt so good when I put on a pair of flannel footed pajamas after a nice hot bubble bath. My daughter loves footed pajamas because her feet get so cold in the night. By the time I was 20 and moved away from home, I wanted to be mature, grown-up, and sophisticated, so I bought my first nightgown. It was white satin, sleeveless and calf-length. It gave me a nice feeling all over about myself, and on warm California nights, it was comfortable to wear. One afternoon my mother came to visit me in my apartment in Panorama City (in the San Fernando Valley). Ever suspicious and knowing that I was seeing Mike Coons, a ruggedly handsome man,

worldly, and 20 years my senior, she walked over to my bedroom closet and slid open the doors. She was expecting to find a man’s clothing. There was none but she did find that nightgown. She pulled it out and said, “Humph! What’s this!!?” I told her it was a nightgown. She said, “Humph! You never used to wear nightgowns!” Well, you know, you don’t need a nightgown to do what she was implying I was doing. That’s when you skip the pajamas and nightgowns for crying out loud! Grandma, a woman who loved life and was very funny, and my mother’s mother, always wore long, sleeveless nightgowns. I don’t understand how she stayed warm on those frigid, windy, winter Chicago nights. Now that I’m 67 and live alone in a large and drafty house, the first thing I do when I get home from work is put on my comfortably warm flannel pajamas. What goes around comes around. We start out in undershirts and diapers, go to footed p.j.s., separates, nightgowns, and back to flannel pajamas. I hope I can avoid the final return to the beginning of my sleepwear cycle, wearing diapers, sleeping in a bed with rails and sitting up in a wheelchair strapped in with a posey. ________________________________________________

Vendors Needed for Holiday Fair

The Arlington Lions Club will be hosting a Community Holiday Fair at the Arlington Community House on Saturday, December 12, starting at 10 a.m. There will be community health information available as well as an ice cream social. We are still in need of vendors to fill space and we have tables available for $20 each. Please contact Mary Kerner at 802-366-0240 to reserve your spot.

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Topics & Tangents at Equinox Terrace

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French Toast Breakfast

On December 6, Marble Lodge F and AM, in conjunction with Katherine Chapter OES, will begin holding a monthly French Toast Breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m., at 100 Main Street, in the Masonic Building in Danby, Vermont. The breakfast will consist of French toast, maple syrup, bacon, coffee, and orange juice. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children under 12. These breakfasts will be held the first Sunday of each month. For further information please contact: Shawn G. Brewster at cell phone 802-779-7035; home phone: 802-293-2731 December 2, 2009

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Horse and Wagon Rides Hosted by Orvis

The second annual Holiday Horse and Wagon Rides will be hosted by the Orvis Flagship Store with support from the Casablanca Motel and the Inn at Manchester. On December 5 and 12 take a wagon ride with Dave Lively of Bennington’s Lively Livery, along pretty sideroads enjoying a winter landscape and fun caroling. Warm up frosty toes by the warm fire inside Orvis and warm your bellies with warm cider following the ride. Rides are scheduled for 1:30 and 3:00 p.m., on each Saturday. Adults and children 5 and up are $5 to support the Chamber’s community fund. Space is limited. Please call the Chamber to reserve your spot on what has quickly become a new holiday tradition at 802362-6313.

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Transition Forum

The Walloomsac Transition Forum will meet on Sunday, December, 6, 4 p.m., at the Meals on Wheels kitchen, 124 Pleasant Street, Bennington. Please join The Walloomsac Transition Forum presentation of the BBC peak oil documentary: “A Farm for the Future,” followed by a snack and discussion. Activities provided for children during and after the movie. This is a free event, but donations to Meals on Wheels are appreciated! _________________________________________________

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Opera Theatre of Weston has been awarded a McCarty Grant from Stratton Foundation in the amount of $1000 in support of its eleventh annual “Opera for Kids Community Youth Programs”. This grant will help to support a student discount ticket for over 600 local youth attending OTW’s January 2010 school outreach performances of “The Little Prince.” These specially narrated school shows will be attended by a total youth audience of 2400 from approximately 50 southern Vermont area schools. For the past ten years the Stratton Foundation has been a supporter of Opera Theatre of Weston through its grant process. More information about the Stratton Foundation can be found online at www.strattonfoundation.org, or by calling 802-297-2096. Opera Theatre of Weston, a professional company member of OPERA America, is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization supported in part by grants from the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; the Vermont Humanities Council, Stratton Foundation, the Vermont Country Store; the Horowitz Foundation; and Ben & Jerry’s of Vermont Community Action. For further information about the School Outreach Program and OTW’s performances of “The Little Prince”, contact OTW at 802-8243821 or by email at otw@sover.net.

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Flood Brook Holiday Bazaar

A much anticipated local event, the annual Flood Brook School Holiday Bazaar, will take place at the school on Friday, December 4 in Londonderry from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. The school is located on Route 11 in Londonderry across from the Mountain Valley Medical Clinic. The bazaar benefits the Flood Brook Student Activities Cooperative (FBSAC) which provides enrichment opportunities such as field trips, artists-in-residence and drama club, to all Flood Brook students. It is a school tradition for the fifth grade students and parents to organize and host the bazaar. The fifth graders will sell crafts that they have made. These include personalized necklaces, fire starters, bulb kits for paper whites and amaryllis, and gift tags. Many talented local craftspeople will have wares for sale such as jewelry, homemade chocolates, handmade bags and purses, fashion accessories, maple products, Kenyan baskets and wooden animals and pottery, ornaments, beeswax candles and locally made cheese. Another favorite part of the bazaar is the silent auction. Area merchants and artisans have generously donated their products, which include gift certificates to local stores and restaurants, original art, gift baskets, savings bonds, sports memberships, theatre tickets, cords of wood and lift tickets to local ski resorts. This presents a great opportunity to get a jump start on holiday shopping. As if this is not enough, the bazaar will also feature fresh Christmas wreaths from The Garden Club, a display and auction of gingerbread houses made by Flood Brook students and families, and a visit from Santa with photo opportunities. A cafe run by the sixth grade students and parents and offering homemade, nourishing and healthy fare will be open throughout the day. Customers have the option to relax in the seating provided or

have their orders packed to go. Bagels, muffins and donuts, along with orange juice, will be offered for breakfast. Lunch choices include soups, chili, jambalaya, and quiches. There is even a make-your-own salad with components such as caramelized onions, goat cheese, dried cranberries and vinaigrette dressing. Dessert choices are artisan cheeses and crackers, pie by the slice, many varieties of fudge, and other baked goods. ________________________________________________

Wells Senior Meals

The Wells Senior Meal Site is located in the Modern Woodman Annex Building on Route 30 in Wells. Meals are served Monday, Wednesday and Friday and reservations can be made by calling either Charlotte at 325-3293 or Dot at 645-0330 one day in advance. Suggested donation is $3.25 per senior. Wednesday, December 2 – baked rigatoni with mozzarella cheese, tossed salad, veggies, Italian bread and fruited jello for dessert. Friday, December 4 – ham and cheese quiche with broccoli florets, dinner roll and peaches for dessert Monday, December 7 – pot roast with mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, wheat bread and chocolate raspberry cake for dessert. ________________________________________________

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Army Pvt. Evan R. Lavin has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics, and experiencing use of various weapons and weapons defenses available to the infantry crewman. He is the brother of Ronald Gordon, and son of Richard Lavin, both of Queen Sreet., Whitehall, New York. Lavin is a 2009 graduate of Whitehall High School. Army Reserve Sgt. Jennifer M. Fitzgerald has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq. Mission objectives focus on force protection, peacekeeping, stabilization, security and counter-insurgency operations as the Iraqi transitional governing bodies assume full sovereign powers to govern the peoples of Iraq. Members from all branches of the U.S. military and multinational forces are also assisting in rebuilding Iraq’s economic and governmental infrastructure, and training and preparing Iraqi military and security forces to assume full authority and responsibility in defending and preserving Iraq’s sovereignty and independence as a democracy. Fitzgerald, a civil affairs sergeant, is assigned to the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, based in Mattydale, New York. She has served in the military for more than six years. She is the daughter of John J. Fitzgerald of Northern Turnpike, Johnsonville, New York. The sergeant graduated in 2004 from Hoosic Valley High School, Schaghticoke, New York.

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Bells of Joy Annual Christmas Concert

The Bells of Joy, directed by Karen James will present their 26th annual Christmas Concert on Friday, December 11, at 7:30 p.m., in the chapel of the United Methodist Church, 71 Williams Street, Rutland, Vermont. Inspired by the Lessons and Carols Service from Kings College, England, this concert will feature original handbell compositions as well as traditional Christmas carols, such as: “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” performed on five octaves of Schulmerich Handbells and three octaves of Malmark Handchimes. Featured will be young singer, Taylor Ampatiellos singing “O Holy Night” Taylor will also join with the Bell Choir to sing Tammy Waldrop’s arrangement of “One Small Child.” Veteran Bells of Joy ringer, Jeannie Cushman, will ring a solo arrangement of “In Dolci Jubilo” accompanied on the piano by director Karen James. Lessons will be read by Alan Betts. The United Methodist Church is now handicapped accessible. A free will offering will be received. This venue is a part of the ArtHop Rutland December Friday night series, and the program will be a holiday feast for the eyes and ears. ____________________

‘Doing Our pART’ Online Auction to beneﬁt Vermont Foodbank

The Vermont Arts Council has organized its second “Doing Our pART” online art auction to benefit the Vermont Foodbank. You have the opportunity to bid on more than 100 arts related items. Bidding will end Friday, December 4. The Web site is www.vermontartscouncil.org. Local Manchester photographer Lee Krohn is participating in this statewide event, and has donated a personal or family portrait session to the cause, with all proceeds going to the Vermont Foodbank. Please visit the auction site online for more information! Lee is a frequent contributor of photos to the Vermont News Guide and our special publications.

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Holiday Open House Tour

Join us for the 2009 10th Annual Holiday Open House Tour in Manchester, Vermont. The tour will be held on Saturday, December 5, and Saturday, December 12, from 1 - 5 p.m. All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the VermontNew Hampshire Komen Race for the Cure (www.vtnhcure. org). Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at any participating property. Participating properties are: Dorset Inn, Equinox Hotel, Inn at Manchester, Inn at Ormsby Hill, Silas Griffith Inn, Silver Service Inn, Three Mountain Inn, and Wiley Inn. Each inn will be decorated for the holidays, serving yummy treats, and holding a special event. For further information contact: Frank Hanes, at 802-3621793 or Chris Sprague, at 802362-1163.

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Come to St. Luke’s Christmas Tea in Chester, Vermont

One of the most festive events in the pre-Christmas tradition in Chester is the St. Luke’s Christmas Tea and Sale. Saturday, December 5, Willard Hall will be filled with the sounds, smells and surprises of Christmas. Beginning at 11 a.m. through 3 p.m., there is something for everyone. Delicious light sandwiches and scrumptious sweets cover �� the tea table where your choices of coffee, tea and hot spiced cider are �� poured by a hostess. You fill your plate (more than once) for $6 and join friends at inviting little tables festively �� decorated to eat and chat. Little �� hostesses come by with trays of goodies. Beforehand or after �� lunch, you can shop at Grandma’s Attic for little collectibles, check �� out and choose handmade orna�� ments and Christmas decorations made throughout the year �� by the ladies crafting group, �� and take home some specially �� baked goodies from the Bake �� Table. There are always pleasant surprises like quilted pieces, �� painted items, candles and other �� crafts and art. You can stay as �� long as you want. The mood is relaxed and comfortable, and the �� event sets the stage for the other �� events of Chester’s Overture to �� Christmas that day in the village. �� Call a dear friend and make a date to attend the Annual Christmas �� Tea at St. Luke’s on Main Street �� in Chester. Visit www.stlukese�� piscopalvt.org for directions and �� information.

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The Arlington Garden Club’s annual meeting and Christmas Luncheon will be held at the Mt. Anthony Country Club in Bennington on Tuesday, December 8 starting at noon. President Dot Closs will preside, and annual reports will be submitted by the chairpersons of the club’s 14 standing committees and of this year’s special events. The Board of Gardeners headed by vice president Barbara Travers will provide desserts. Barbara has been assisted in planning an outstanding series of programs for the club’s 63rd tear bby Nancy Boardman, who also serves as the southern district director of the State organization, Ellen Lipshutz, the club historian, Fran Shepherd, Joanna Taylor and Dot Closs, ex officio. Highlight of the day will be the installation of new officers by Stephanie Hockensmith, newlyelected president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont. The outgoing president, Dot Closs, has served with distinction for two two-year terms, and her tireless, energetic leadership has been an inspiration to all. Members are reminded to bring a tin of purchased (not homemade) cookies or wrapped candies for the community-wide Red Stocking project, headed by Natalie Caler, founder of this annual Christmas program which provides new Winter clothing to area school children. Interested families may apply through the school nurse in the Arlington and Sunderland schools. New members are always welcome to join the Arlington Garden Club. For further information, please call membership chair Marjorie Maas at 3759008. December 2, 2009

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Home for the Holidays at Hildene

On Saturday, December 5 and Sunday, December 6, The Museum Store at Hildene welcomes neighbors and new friends alike to the warmth of the Lincoln family’s one hundred year old restored carriage barn dressed in all its holiday finery. At first glance a turn of the century sleigh sets the tone as the aroma of hot apple cider and fresh cider doughnuts wafts through the air. Add the crisp fragrance of pine boughs, the sounds of the season and Vermont specialty food tastings and the mood is set for a unique holiday shopping experience. Distinctive items from Gilded Age to Gardens line shelves and fill table tops, offering holiday gift choices for young and old alike. If shoppers wish to extend their Hildene experience with a visit to the mansion decorated for the holidays, guest passes are available for purchase at the Welcome Center as well. During regular hours, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., interpreters and staff are on hand to answer questions about the home’s history and famous residents. Admission is $12.50 for adults and $5 for children under 14. There is no charge for members, volunteers and children under 5 are free. The season’s signature event, “Hildene Holiday Evenings” will be held on December 28 and 29 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for children 6 to 14. Members, volunteers and children under 6 are free. For more information about the December 5 and 6 “Home for the Holidays” open house at The Museum Store call Carol at 802-367-7968 or email carol@hildene.org.

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Thanksgiving Feast at Dorset School

Over 350 students, faculty and community members shared in the 9th annual Thanksgiving Feast at The Dorset School on Wednesday, November 18. Turkey, stuffing, pies, and mashed potatoes with gravy were prepared by kitchen manager Jill Mosby and a crew of volunteer bakers and servers. Music was provided by the school chorus, led by Kenny Cifone, music teacher. Third grader Julia Dapron (above) enjoyed the Thanksgiving Feast with her grandparents. ________________________________________________

Wine, Cheese and Skis — SVAC Touts Austrian Ski Trip

Chips Lindenmeyr, President of New York’s Lindenmeyr Travel, Ltd. will be on hand at the Southern Vermont Arts Center at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, December 12, to discuss SVAC’s March 2010 culture/skiing excursion to Zurich, Switzerland and Lech, Austria. The presentation will be held in Gallery I of Yester House Gallery, and complimentary wine and cheese will be served. A familiar name to many local skiing enthusiasts, Chips Lindenmeyr has been creating “once-in-a-lifetime” European skiing vacations for 23 years. A life-long skier herself, Lindenmeyr will share with potential and confirmed tour members her extensive first-hand knowledge - she visits the region four to five times a year and has so far sampled 35 Austrian, French, Italian, and Swiss resorts - of the various villages, cities, hotels, resorts and ski areas that are on SVAC’s itinerary. The ten-day excursion takes place March 5 through March 15, 2010. The skiing portion of the trip, March 7 through March 12, concentrates on the world-renowned Arlberg ski area. For those not familiar with the region, the Arlberg’s total skiable terrain is greater than that of Vail, Aspen, Whistler, Park City, Snowbird, Alta, and Bromley combined - about 30,000 acres. Visit svac.org for detailed itinerary and complete pricing. The Southern Vermont Arts Center is an educational non-profit institution supported by membership and tax-deductible donations. For more information call 362-1405 or drop by the campus, which is just off West Road in Manchester, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 12 to 5 p.m. Visit any time at svac.org.

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Local master bakers along with Santa will be on hand to help children decorate cookies at United Way’s Cookie Bakeshop Celebration on Thursday, December 3 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. GNAT-TV studio, equipped with a custom-made kitchen, will be the bakeshop’s setting at 116 Lincoln Avenue in Manchester. A suggested donation of $10 per family will help support programs and impact initiatives throughout Bennington County that provide various educational opportunities for our youth. Children attending the cookie bakeshop are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item for our food shelves. Each child will leave the bakeshop with a box of their own decorated cookies to share with family and friends. Children and adults will have the opportunity to speak about their ideas on what they think it means to live united though spontaneous interviews that will be aired locally in the Northshire on channel 15 and simulcast in the Bennington area through CAT-TV. Space is limited for the workshop. Please call 367-1155 to reserve your space or email United Way of Bennington County at uwbenncounty@yahoo.com. United Way promotes the basics needed to live a good life: quality education leading to a stable job, income stability supporting a family through retirement, and good health. United Way also encourages people to give, advocate, and volunteer. The public is invited to join. ________________________________________________

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Word of Mouth Film Series Highlights Music and Mental Illness

The Untarian Universalist Fellowship’s Word of Mouth Series, a collaboration with the Peace Resource Center will feature a moving film on mental illness at 7 p.m., Friday, December 4 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Because of the Fellowship’s license to present movies doesn’t allow it to give the film’s name, it is a Hollywood release that tells the story of a classically-trained violinist who, because of mental illness, becomes homeless and reduced to playing his violin on the streets of Los Angeles. Group discussion will follow the film. The film will be shown at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse, 108 School Street, in downtown Bennington. December 2, 2009

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Dorset Artist Patti Zeigler in SVAC’s December Exhibitions

Evidence of the Southern Vermont Arts Center’s intention to exhibit and market the works of member artists and to present the finest quality exhibitions possible are prominently displayed in the December Exhibitions, featuring longtime SVAC Artist Member, Patti Zeigler. The exhibition debuts on December 5 from 2-4 p.m. in the galleries with a free opening party with exhibiting artists, live piano music by Marina Carter, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.

A graduate of the Parson’s School of Design, Patti Zeigler is an accomplished intimist painter who utilizes everyday objects to create colorful realistic still life paintings. “I strive to paint the essential beauty inherent in every object as honestly as possible while enjoying the challenge of making a three dimensional object look realistic with a two dimensional medium,” Zeigler explains. “Brushstrokes, shadow, space and design are the critical elements used to capture the form of an object and express it in terms of paint.” In addition to Zeigler, the December Exhibitions feature paintings by Brian Sweetland, Leslie Peck, Kathleen Domenicucci, Sandra Noble and Steven Forrest, mixed media from Jessie Pollock, drawings by Mark Heitzman, pastels from Phoebe Stone and the sculpture of Robert O. Murphy. All artwork is for sale. The December Exhibitions’ opening is graciously hosted by SVAC’s Hospitality Committee; the exhibition closes January 3. After the free opening, admission will be free to members and children under 13, $5 for non-members, $3 for students. The Southern Vermont Arts Center is an educational non-profit institution supported by membership and tax-deductible donations. For more information call 362-1405 or drop by the campus, which is just off West Road in Manchester, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Visit any time at svac.org. _________________________________________________

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It is with great pleasure that Maple Street School welcomes Henry L. Ross, III to the Board of Trustees. Maple Street School’s Board of Trustees consists of eleven members who collectively share the responsibility for the overall governance of the school. Larry Ross and his wife, Andrea, are longtime supporters of Maple Street and independent schools. In addition, Larry and Andrea are proud parents of Robin, current seventh grader at Maple Street, and two other former Maple Street Students, Lily and Ben, who both attend Westminster Quality, Service and Selection Since 1840 School in Connecticut. The Ross Family reside in Manchester, and *HATS* Quality, Service and Selection Since 1840 Larry’s experiences on not-for*GLOVES* *SOCKS* profit boards, as well as his work *WOOL APPAREL* in business and finance, will help *FLANNEL SHIRTS & PANTS* Maple Street School meet their *WOOL APPAREL* *FLANNEL SHIRTS ambitious goals set as part of the strategic plan. Keeping your feet warm & Dry Maple Street School is an independent day school serving children in grades Kindergarten Christmas Trees and Wreaths through eighth grade. For more information about the school, please call Jeff Barclay at 802362-7137 or visit on the web at 6 Miles North on RT 30 from Manchester Ctr. In Dorset www.maplestreetschool.com. 802-867-5353 M-F 7:30-6 Sat 7:30-5 Sun 9-4

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Tea Party Patriots Honor Ronald Reagan

In honoring Ronald Reagan’s role in the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, the Manchester Tea Party will host a viewing of the film “Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny” on Sunday, December 6 at 1 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge on Spruce Street in Manchester Center. Prior to viewing the film, a short tribute will be given our 40th president by guest speaker John McClaughry, past president and founder of the Ethan Allen Institute. Mr. McClaughry began writing speeches and radio scripts for Reagan in 1974. He continued to serve first as speech writer, then as Senior Policy Advisor during the first 14 months of the Reagan Administration. “Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny” documents the remarkable life of one of America’s most beloved presidents. Called “The Great Communicator,” he was an optimist and champion of freedom who took us from a crisis in confidence and the worst recession since the 1929 stock market crash, to a renewed spirit with a vision of America as a “shining city on a hill” and unprecedented economic growth. He held a world view of freedom for all peoples, and used his voice to help bring down the Berlin Wall. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Donations of canned goods will be collected for our local Food Shelf. For further information, email manchesterteaparty@gmail. com or call Barbara Marchetti, 362-3675 or Betty Goff, 362-0756. _____________________

A Green Mountain College Christmas

The Green Mountain College Choir, Festival Brass Ensemble and guest musicians will present their annual holiday concert on Saturday, December 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Clara Hitchcock Fitzpatrick Jones Concert Hall in Ackley. Under the direction of Prof. James Cassarino, this year’s festive concert will include seasonal music by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and other holiday favorites. There will be plenty of audience participation, including an old-fashioned sing-a-long. A festive reception will follow. Admission is $5 for adults and free for seniors and students.

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SCAC Open House

Second Chance Animal Center is hosting their fifth annual “Angel Tree” Open House on Saturday, December 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For a small donation you can create a personalized ornament honoring a current pet or memorializing a beloved former pet. Shelter tours will be offered throughout the day. Refreshments will be served. Even Santa promises to be in attendance! SCAC is located on Route 7A, Shaftsbury, Vermont. For further information, please call Tina Wheeldon at 375-2898. ��

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Santa Visits Gardenworks

Santa and Mrs. Claus will greet children of all ages at Gardenworks on Saturday, December 5 from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. and Sunday, December 6 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Santa will share tales from the North Pole with time out to listen to each child’s Christmas wishes. Volunteers from the Salem PTA will take photographs of children with Santa. Proceeds from the photographs will benefit PTA projects.

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While the kids are getting their photos taken, parents can sip on warm cider while meandering through Gardenworks’ holiday barn, decorated with natural garlands and wreaths, many made right at Gardenworks, as well as beautiful ribbons, tree trimmings and glass ornaments. Local balsam and fir trees will be decked

out in their holiday finest, each with its own theme, including an annual mitten tree for the Washington County Head Start. Donations of canned food will be accepted for the Salem Food Pantry. Gardenworks is a familyowned flower and specialty crop farm that has been part of the

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Tree Lighting Ceremony in Wells

The community of Wells will be hosting our annual “Lights of Wells” Tree Lighting Ceremony on December 11, at 6 p.m., on the Town Green. All are welcome to come and enjoy the wonderful Christmas music, as well as Christmas caroling by the Wells Village school children. The Wing Clydesdales will be bringing Santa to light the tree and offer complimentary wagon rides for children of all ages. To help keep you warm delicious hot cocoa, mulled cider, and homemade cookies will be provided. Also, feel free to take a walking tour of our special landmarks including the United Methodist Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and the Wells Village Library. A donation of nonperishable food will be accepted at the churches for our local food bank. ________________________________________________

Hospice Hosts Memorial Service

The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice (RAVNAH) will host their annual Tree of Remembrance Tree Lighting Ceremony and Memorial Service on Tuesday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Franklin Conference Center in Rutland. The Tree of Remembrance is a time for community members to gather with others to remember and honor someone who has died. The service includes music by Rip Jackson, Trillium, and harpist Florence Boutwell; reflections by RAVNAH staff, clergy and caregivers; and the reading of names of this year’s hospice patients and other community members. If you plan to attend and would like to have a name read at the service, please call 802-770-1514. RAVNAH’s Hospice program advocates quality end-of-life care for terminally ill patients and their families. ________________________________________________

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Haystack Hustler Seniors will meet at the Pawlet Church, December 8, at noon, for our Holiday Potluck Dinner and program. No reservations are necessary. Just bring a potluck food item. We will have our usual 50/50 raffle and our items for the Food Shelf. If you would like to share a table decoration, it would be appreciated. The program will be presented by Tim Conwel, a.k.a. C. W. Wolf from Killington, C. W. Wolf being his music and writing name. He will be presenting music with Native American style glutes, of which most are handmade and have a story behind them. He also is a storyteller and plays many other instruments, such as dulcimer, guitar, and harmonica. Join us to hear the stories and listen to the music! We will host our annual Christmas Dinner at The Barn Restaurant, December 16, 5 p.m. We appreciate Mark and Margaret’s support of the area Seniors. The cost of the meal will be $5. A 50/50 raffle will be held as well as musical entertainment. Reservations must be to Phyllis Mason by December 8. The Seniors who have signed up for the bus trip to Williamstown on December 10 will meet the bus at the Catholic Church in Manchester at 8:45 a.m. All area Seniors are invited and encouraged to participate in all activities of the Haystack Hustlers. For further information contact Phyllis Mason at 325-3196.

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Knitting Helmet Liners for Soldiers

Throughout the month of December, Yarns for Your Soul will be knitting wool helmet liners for troops overseas. All donated helmet liners will be distributed by the volunteers of Citizen SAM, an organization of Citizen Support for America’s Military. Continuing with the year-long charity knitting campaign, “Knit For Your Soul and Theirs,” Yarns for Your Soul will be collecting helmet liners also known as “wool pulleys.” The pattern has been designed and revised through feedback from the soldiers and will be provided at the shop, free of charge. The helmet liners will be a contribution to the goal of Citizen SAM to provide over 200,000 soldiers with warmth and comfort during their service. Yarn used to knit helmet liners must be 100% wool in the colors allowed by the military which are black, charcoal, brown, tan, or olive drab. It is important to match the size and gauge given by the pattern for a proper fit. Volunteers who donate a knitted helmet liner will receive a coupon for 10 percent off a future purchase. For more information, please visit the shop located at 605 Depot Street in Manchester Center. Store hours are 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Sundays. _________________________________________________

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Dorset Farmers’ Market

This Sunday starting at 11 a.m. shop with Chef Jeff Scott, from the West Mountain Inn! Also known around the market as “The Skinny Chef ”, Jeff is old-hat at developing outstanding dishes from seasonal Vermont foods. After a bit of shopping around the market for ingredients, Jeff will then show us a few of his tricks, thanks to generous use of the J.K. Adams portable kitchen! And don’t forget to pick up your own “ingredients” after the demo from Teleion Holon, Mighty Food, Smokey House, Singing Cedars, Consider Bardwell, West River Creamery, Lewis Waite Farm, Summerfield Farm, and Saratoga Apple. Join us, as we “Shop Local, Shop Fresh” every Sunday from 10 a.m.�� 2 p.m. indoors at the J.K. Adams �� Kitchen Store. Located just 2 miles �� east of the Dorset Green off of �� Route 30. For additional information or �� directions, please contact: marke tmanager@dorsetfarmersmarket. �� com.

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pets were not allowed. Puppy Axle was originally surrendered to SCAC after being an outdoor-only dog for the first months of his life. Now Axle is a couch potato! He is an extremely friendly boy who would love to give everyone he meets a face-washing of kisses! Axle can either be super goofy and rambunctious, or sweet, mellow and cuddly. We strongly recommend basic obedience work and the teaching of leash manners, since Axle is a very strong boy who doesn’t always know his size and strength. Axle was crate trained as a puppy and it may be beneficial to have the crate reintroduced. We recommend an active home with children ages six years and older. Cats are fine and other dogs are possible upon introduction. If you are looking for a companion to rough-house, laugh and cuddle with, then come and meet our comical Axle! These pets and others are available at Second Chance Animal Center, Route 7A, Shaftsbury, Vermont. For further information, call 802-375-2898.

Last Call for Scottish Winter Ball Tickets

Anyone wishing to attend what will certainly be the social event of the season — the Southern Vermont Arts Center’s gala Scottish Winter Ball, at the Equinox, December 5, 6:30 p.m. — is advised to visit svac.org to purchase their tickets without further delay. The Ball opens with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the Rockwell Room followed by dinner and dancing. This year’s event features a sealed-bid, no minimum, no reserve auction for three stunning vacations (see svac.org for details); raffle prizes include a Gold Membership to the Spa at Equinox, a gold and pearl necklace, and a dinner at the Arts Center for fourteen guests. Winners of the auction and the raffle need not be present to win. Tickets to the ball are $160 per person for SVAC Members, $185 per person non-members. All tickets are available online at svac.org and by phone at 362-1405; raffle tickets and auction bids are also available online and at the ball prior to the 9:30 p.m. raffle drawing. The Southern Vermont Arts Center is an educational non-profit institution supported by membership and tax-deductible donations. For more information call 362-1405 or drop by the campus, which is just off West Road in Manchester, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 to 5 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Visit any time at svac.org.

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It was Sunday last and the Lovejoy Building was filled with people browsing through the various stalls of merchandise while carols competed with carousel music. It was time, time for the bodaciously bountiful Batten Kill Bovine to take her place with her equine family. Gerry Holzman, the master craftsman who received a LARAC (Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council) grant to enable him to carve this cow, gently handed her over to Sarah Ashton, the president of the Community Partnership which brought the Batten Kill Carousel to Cambridge. From the chunks of wood that were a mere hint of a cow in May has emerged the quirky cow which will soon be painted in fanciful fashion by Ann Casselman. So far, over half of the horses on the carousel have been ‘adopted’ by good people with passion and artistic flair. An exciting array of themes has been selected to chronicle life in the Battenkill Valley, including the Farmers’ Market, pie a la mode, the balloon festival, trout fishing, and local historical headlines to name a few. We would be delighted to talk with anyone who is interested and/or has an idea for the carousel. We also are looking for financial sponsors to help defray the cost of the mechanical restoration of the carousel. For more information, please call Naomi Marsh, 518-677-5665, or email her at nmarsh@nycap. rr.com Also, we welcome you to come see the cow and one of her horsey relatives at the Lovejoy Saturday, December 5. We will have carousel ornaments for you and yours to decorate for your Christmas tree or Hannukah Bush. This will be the closing activity for the Carousel until Spring - don’t miss it! The Lovejoy Building is located in Freightyard Park, Cambridge, New York.

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Symphonic Winds and Opus Zero Band to Perform at MASS MoCA

The Williams Symphonic Winds and Opus Zero Band, directed by Steven Dennis Bodner, will perform a concert entitled Passages on Friday, December 4, at 8 p.m. at MASS MoCA in the Tall Gallery. This free event is open to the public, but does require tickets. Please call MASS MoCA at 413-662-2111. In Passages, the Williams Symphonic Winds and Opus Zero Band explore a quintessential Romantic music concept — transfiguration and transformation — through music and video by leading composers and artists of today. Composer Steven Bryant will be in residence as the Symphonic Winds performs his immense and already-hugely popular Ecstatic Waters for ensemble, pre-recorded sounds and live electronics, a work Bryant describes as “W.B. Yeats meets Ray Kurzweil in the Matrix.” For this concert, Bryant has also composed a series of electro-acoustic chamber pieces — Ecstatic Moments — which will be premiered by members of the Symphonic Winds before the other works on the program. The Symphonic Winds also performs a wind transcription of Claude Debussy’s evocative, potent piano prelude The Engulfed Cathedral. The Opus Zero Band — the flexible chamber ensemble extension of the Symphonic Winds — will perform works by well-known Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, his protege Michel van der Aa, Pulitzer Prize-winner John Adams, and Bang on a Can favorite David Lang. Two of the works — Andriessen’s Passeggiata and Lang’s How to Pray — feature films by Marijke van Warmerdam and Bill Morrison, respectively, (Continued on page 27)

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Sunderland Students’ Class Trip to Schoodic Education Center, Acadia National Park ors. In-depth studies of rock cycles and the changing earth were the focus of lessons with the National Park Rangers in Maine. Other highlights included scientific inquiry, data gathering and drawing conclusions based on habitat researches, tide pooling and observations of ecosystems. Students especially enjoyed GPS mapping activities! The class will be sponsoring a “Souper Game Night” on Friday, December 4 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Families, friends and community members are invited to attend this fund raiser which will support the Schoodic Adventure. There will be a variety of Join the 6th graders at Sunderland on Friday December 4 for Soup and Games to sponsor their recent trip to Schoodic homemade soups, crackers and Educational Center at Acadia National Park in Maine. breads to enjoy as well as dessert. Please join the students, enjoy The sixth grade students at Sunderland Elementary School were a meal (donations accepted), play some games and perhaps find that engaged in educational and environmental activities on their class trip to perfect gift you are searching for! Information about various games Schoodic Education Center at Acadia National Park in early November. that will be available to play and buy can be found at www.gamewright. This adventure was funded by grants and student fundraising endeavcom.

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Community Sharing at Hand Motors

All of us at Hand Motors remind everyone that the Community Sharing Project’s annual time of giving is fast approaching. Hand Motors will again be a drop off point for toys and other gifts. Hand Motors has supported this campaign and been a drop off point for the Community Sharing Project for more than 20 years. We look forward to everyone’s generous contributions that help provide a happy holiday season for many of our neighbors who are in need. The Community Sharing Project provides help for up to 125 families and 250 children in the Dorset, Rupert, Pawlet and Danby areas. Please visit the Hand Motors showroom and look for the 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan waiting to be filled with gifts. Please drop off your new, unwrapped gifts for children ages 12 and under no later than December 16. The hard working volunteers need a little time to sort and package everything for distribution to the children on December 18. Also, monetary contributions will be greatly appreciated. Please send your contributions to: Community Sharing/Dorset Church, P.O. Box 263, Dorset, VT 05251 Your past generosity has been overwhelming and we look forward to another great year with a lot of happy smiles during this holiday season! If you have any questions, please contact Troy Hermansky at Hand Motors, 802-362-6706. _________________________________________________

First Baptist Basket Party

The First Baptist Church in Manchester Center will host a Basket Party on Saturday, December 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Just $6 will buy ten tickets and includes a light lunch. The drawings will begin at 1 p.m. There will also be a bake sale. For further information, please call Lorraine Wilkins at 645-9525 or Judy Koch at 375-8378. ________________________________________________ (Symphonic Winds, cont.) which will be screened during the performance. Michel van der Aa is considered one of the leading composers of cutting-edge music in Europe today, and so the Opus Zero Band is excited to be presenting the American and collegiate premiere of his ﬁendishly uncompromising Attach for ensemble and soundtrack. Finally, Alex Taylor ‘10 will be the clarinet soloist in a performance of the ﬁrst movement — “The Perilous Shore” — from New England native John Adams’s Gnarly Buttons. For both the connoisseur of contemporary art and the music lover who has never had the chance to hear of what a wind ensemble is capable, the Symphonic Winds/Opus Zero Band in MASS MoCA is a unique opportunity. The Williams Symphonic Winds is a 60-member ensemble dedicated to performing the most significant music written for large wind ensemble; the Opus Zero Band was formed four years ago (originally as Chamber Winds) to perform mostly new music for variable instrumentations, ranging from trios to chamber orchestra and everything in between. Now in his tenth year as Music Director, Steven Dennis Bodner has developed the ensemble’s identity as a leading proponent of the performance of new music at Williams College.

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World Famous Budweiser Clydesdales to Appear in Killington

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The world famous Budweiser Clydesdales, the symbol of quality and tradition for AnheuserBusch since 1933, are scheduled to appear December 9 through 13 in Killington as part of the town’s holiday festivities. The eight-horse hitch and its famous red beer wagon will parade through Killington on

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Saturday beginning at noon, weather permitting. The parade route begins at the Pickle Barrel Nightclub, where the horses will be stabled. Weather will determine how far the hitch will proceed along the Killington Road. In addition to the parade on Saturday, several one-horse shows may be scheduled at establishments throughout Killington during the weekend. The Clydesdales’ appearance in Killington is one of 300 made annually by the five traveling hitches, and is part of the Anheuser-Busch and Farrell Distributing Company’s commitment to the Killington area. The Clydesdales’ last appearance in the region was in 2006, and according to event promoter Chris Karr the experience left a positive impression. “The hitch crew had such a good time that

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they wanted to come back.” Canadians of Scottish descent brought the first Clydesdales to America in the mid-1800s. Today, the giant draft horses are used primarily for breeding and show. Horses chosen for the Budweiser Clydesdale Hitch must be at least three years of age, stand approximately 18 hands or six feet - at the shoulder, weigh an average of 2000 pounds, must be bay in color, have four white stockings, and a blaze of white on the face and black mane and tail. A gentle temperament is very important, as hitch horses often meet millions of people each year. A single Clydesdale hitch horse will consume as much as 20-25 quarts of feed, 40-50 pounds of hay and 30 gallons of water per day. Each hitch travels with a Dalmatian dog. In the early days of brewing, Dalmatians were bred and trained to protect the horses and guard the wagon when the driver went inside to make deliveries. The public is invited to visit the Budweiser Clydesdales in their tent on Wednesday afternoon when they arrive, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Thursday through Sunday. The tent will be located behind the Pickle Barrel Nightclub, midway up the Killington Road. Hot chocolate will be available for the viewing public. For more information, call the Killington Chamber of Commerce at 802-773-4181, or the Pickle Barrel at 802-4223035.

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Santa Lucia Weekend at West Mountain Inn West Mountain Inn Celebrates its 28th Saint Lucia Festival of Light. Many years ago David Rohs, a pastor from Schenectady, New York, was looking for a place for his family to spend a little pre-holiday time and do a little cross-country skiing. On his way home from a day-trip to Vermont he came across the West Mountain Inn and from there a major holiday tradition for the town of Arlington was born! The Saint Lucia Festival of Lights is celebrated throughout Sweden and the other Scandiavian countries and honors the legend of a woman who dedicated her life to the poor as well as celebrating the coming of the new light of the Winter Solstice. Now, since David landed in Arlington, this quiet town lights up each year with a weekend long festival of song, story and Swedish lore. When the tradition first began, it was just David and the Carlson family, owners of the West Mountain Inn, gathering their guests to recount the legend of St. Lucia and celebrating the holidays with Swedish fare. “I remember wearing those lit candles on my head in the living room, and hoping that I wouldn’t set anything on fire!” recounts Amie Carlson Emmons, second-generation innkeeper and West Mountain Inn’s first “St. Lucia.” Over the years the festival became so popular that it could no longer fit in the Inn’s living room. Now the Saint Lucia Festival of Lights is celebrated in the local Episcopal church and involves the whole community. At the Inn the festival is still celebrated with a great deal of joy. This year the weekend starts on Thursday, December 10 when guests at the Inn gather for Troll Night. Trolls are a favorite creature of the Scandinavians and at the Inn they are honored with Tall Troll Tales, a Troll Treasure Hunt and a Trollish Feast. Friday night sees the decorating of the Christmas Tree with popcorn and cranberries and homemade ornaments brought by the guests. On Saturday, December 12, the day starts with Holiday Open Houses at Arlington Inns and B&Bs from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m,. followed by the Santa Lucia Pageant at 5:00 p.m. at the St. James Church in the Village of Arlington with local children portraying Saint Lucia, the Baker Boy, who accompanies her on her mission to give food to the poor, and the Star Girls who watch over them. Admission to the pageant is a donation of a can of food or a free-will offering for the Arlington Food Shelf – a fitting tribute to the legend of Saint Lucia, who gave all she had to help the poor. After the pageant, Inn guests return for a five-course Swedishtinged dinner, glogg and holiday goodies. On Sunday morning, as is the case all over Sweden, guests are awakened in the morning by “Lucia” bringing them special Lucia buns December 2, 2009

and coffee. The weekend ends with a Swedish Smorgasbord Buffet Brunch and perhaps a quick cross-country ski. The Festival always takes place the second weekend of December. Call Amie Emmons at 802-375-6516 or email info@westmountaininn.com.

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Wardsboro Holiday Bazaar Planned

The Friends of the Wardsboro Library will sponsor the ninth Annual Holiday Bazaar on Sunday, December 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Wardsboro Town Hall on Main Street. Admission and parking are free. At noon Santa Claus will arrive at Town Hall and visit with the younger set until 2:00 p.m. Santa’s visitors will all receive a free souvenir photo and a special gift. For the first time this year, Santa will be greeted not only by Wardsboro children but by some of the Siberian Husky sled dogs from the West Wardsboro sled dog operation, Husky Works Mushing Company. Owner Laura Bedortha will be on hand so bazaar visitors can meet her Huskies and hear all about the excitement of taking a dog sled ride through the snowy woods. Another new addition to the bazaar this year will be a sing-a-long featuring holiday music. Local musicians will play favorites and lead the singing from 2 to 3 p.m. The Café on the first floor of Town Hall will be selling a selection of soups for lunch beginning at 11 a.m. Desserts will be available at the Specialty Food Shop next to the Café where unlimited sweets are sure to tempt everyone. Shoppers can purchase homemade baked goods including holiday cookies and candies, individually or by the dozen, jellies, relishes and more holiday treats. A large selection of handcrafted holiday ornaments, fresh balsam wreaths, door decorations and centerpieces will again be a highlight of the bazaar. New, reasonably priced gifts will round out the merchandise available in Santa’s Gift Shop. Popular gift items from the Friends will also be for sale including the Gilfeather® Turnip Cookbook, Vol. 2; (Continued on page 35)

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Shaftsbury Holiday Tree Lighting

The Shaftsbury Annual Holiday Tree Lighting will take place at Town Hall on Buck Hill Road on Sunday, December 6 at 4 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Shaftsbury Garden Club and the town of Shaftsbury. There will be music and light refreshments courtesy of the Shaftsbury Garden Club. Last year Santa gave Santa hats to children of all ages. Santa will be on hand again this year and is looking forward to seeing you there. For more information, contact Audrey Jones at 375-9403 or Kathy Hay at 375-1233. ________________________________________________

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The Rupert Christmas Fair will be held on Saturday, December 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rupert Firehouse, Route 153, Rupert, Vermont. We have a wonderful array of products being offered by a variety of entrepreneurs, organizations and vendors. We feel sure you will find something for that hard-to-buy-for person in your life. This event is coordinated by Mt. Anthony Grange of Rupert as a community service. Now in its fifth year, Rupert offers a respite from the crowded malls, long lines at the cashier, gas traveling from store to store in search of you know not what. In Rupert we offer a festive, social atmosphere bound to put you in the holiday mood of giving. Check out what Rupert Food Pantry Committee (see pg 3), joining us this year, is offering in the kitchen and at a table. Tables are filling up fast. Call Rose at 802-394-7801 Absolutely no requests accepted after 7 p.m. Thursday, December 3. _________________________________________________

Norman Rockwell Museum Celebrates the Holiday Season with December Programs and Events

Norman Rockwell Museum will host a festive series of programs during the month of December to celebrate the holiday season. Highlights include an afternoon of holiday art, music, and stories to compliment Stockbridge’s “Main Street at Christmas Festival” on Saturday, December 5; a talk by photographer Michael Lavin Flower on the use of photography in the field of illustration; special drop-in family holiday art workshops; and a week-long reading of classic holiday stories from “The Saturday Evening Post.” A Holiday Celebration for Familes December 5, 2 to 5 p.m. Usher in the holiday season with an afternoon of art-making, tales of holiday celebrations past, and festive treats. At 3 p.m., Berkshirebased a cappella ensemble Quintessential performs a holiday concert featuring songs of the season and their original family-friendly opera “What Owls Do.” Free for children. Adults free with museum admission. Special tours of the historic Linwood House will also be offered for an additional fee. Holiday Stories from the “Saturday Evening Post” Daily, Saturday, December 26 to Thursday, December 31, 1:30 p.m. Gather round for readings of classic “Saturday Evening Post” stories that bring to life some of the many holiday covers Rockwell created for the magazine. Free for children. Adults free with museum admission.

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“Stockbridge Mainstreet at Christmas (Home for Christmas),” Norman Rockwell. 1967.Oil on canvas, 26 1/2 x 95 1/2” Story illustration for “Home for Christmas” “McCall’s,” December 1967 Licensed by Norman Rockwell Licensing Company, Niles, Illinois. From the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum.

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General public admission to Norman Rockwell Museum is $15 for adults, $13.50 for seniors, $10 for college students, and free for visitors 18 and under (five per adult). Kids Free Every Day is a gift to families from Country Curtains, Blantyre, and The Red Lion Inn. From November through April, the museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, the public is invited to visit www.nrm.org or call toll free 1-877-861-2299. _________________________________________________

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The Cambridge Historical Society and Museum will hold a Christmas Open House on Friday, December 4, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. There will be light refreshments and musical entertainment. Also, orders will be taken for the Great Cambridge Fair DVD. Please come and see the House fully decorated for Christmas. ________________________________________________ (Wardsboro, cont.) the DVD,“Rooted in Wardsboro – the Gilfeather Turnip” by Theresa Maggio; Wardsboro photo note cards; and “Wardsboro, VT- Exposing the Past,” the photo history book of Wardsboro by Dan Hescock and Bob LeBlond. All proceeds from the bazaar will benefit the Friends of the Wardsboro Library to support the Gloria Danforth Memorial Building, the home of the Wardsboro Public Library. For more information call 896-3416

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SPORTS ‘12. Not in photo: Faryn Borella ‘10, Sabrina DeWeerdt ‘12, Luke Drabyn ‘11, Claire Madden ‘12, Dylan Wilkins ‘12, and Leah Wulfman ‘10. The Headmaster’s List is the highest level of the Honor Roll. In order to qualify students must have an overall grade average of A with no grade below A-. _____________________

South American Animals at Pember

Burr and Burton Students Earn Bromley Mountain Ski Pass Every year Bromley Mountain rewards Burr and Burton Academy students who have been on the Headmaster’s List for two consecutive semesters with a season’s ski pass.

This year the twenty-seven students who received this award from Bromley are (front row left to right) Nikki Grossfeld ‘12, Claire McLeish ‘12, Rachel Murphy ‘12, Sydney Beck ‘11,

Mariette Aborn ‘12, Benjamin Pierce ‘10, Trevor McDonald 11, Thalia Berard ‘11; (second row left to right) Julietta Cole ‘11, Brandon Ogilvie ‘10, Lauren Yeager ‘12, Kristen Somple ‘12, Jessica Antonez ‘12, Christopher Antonez ‘10, Christopher Sabol ‘10; (back row left to right) Jenna Jordan ‘11, Sawyer DeVries ‘11, Nancy Seem ‘10, John Trugler ‘11, Tristan Poplar ‘11, Evan Sawyer

There will be a free public program on South American animals at the Pember Museum on Wednesday, December 9 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. which will include a slideshow, hands-on animal artifacts and live animals. Museum educator, Bernadette Hoffman will present her chinchilla and degu. The program is open to all ages and registration is not required. For more information, contact the museum at 518-642-1515. _____________________

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Now is the time to sign up for skating lessons! The Northshire Figure Skating Club is taking registrations for it’s second six-week session of skating lessons. Starting date for Tuesday lessons is December 8 and for Saturday lessons is December 12. We teach skating for recreation, for competition for hockey or for fun! We offer: the basic skills of skating, hockey skating, adult lessons, private lessons, freestyle practice time, USFS testing and competition opportunities. If you or your child is headed for hockey, this is the place to start! Don’t forget our wonderful Theater-On-Ice class, which brings the area the beauty of skating set to popular songs and shows. Both kids and adults use what they’ve learned in choreographed routines set to music. Our 2009-10 Show: “Theater On Ice — A Night at the Movies.” Don’t miss it! Be in it! Register by calling 802-362-1270, e-mail: dtegen@comcast. net or download a brochure and forms from our Web site: www. northshirefsc.8k.com. All programs take place at Riley Rink at Hunter Park, Rt. 7A, Manchester, Vermont, and are taught by the qualified instructors of the Northshire Figure Skating Club, sanctioned as one of 800 clubs nationwide to teach the fundamentals of figure skating and hockey through it’s Basic Skills Program. We make skating fun, challenging and rewarding ...come see how!

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Manchester Health Services will hold an H1N1 Clinic at their office on Thursday, December 3 from 3 to 7 p.m. for the high risk population. The high risk groups that qualify are: women who are pregnant; people who live with or care for children under six months of age; healthcare and emergency medical services personnel; people between the ages of six months and 24 years; people between the ages of 25 and 64 years who have chronic health issues or poor immune systems. This clinic is free and open to anyone in the priority group. Minors must be accompanied by a parent. _________________________________________________

Vermont Reiki Association Sponsors Reiki & Tea Share

Participants will Experience a hands-on treatment opportunity to give and / or receive Reiki and share some tea on Sunday, December 13, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Green Mountain Thrive Center, 68 South Street, Wallingford, Vermont Setting time aside for quietude during the holiday season is always a good idea, often assisting to keep things in even greater perspective! This event is open to everyone, not just Vermont Reiki Association [VRA] members. For more details, directions, and to RSVP call The Thrive Center at 802-446-2499. Open to 18 participants.

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Event to Beneﬁt Kerry Allen Family

Kerry Allen is a local member of our Manchester Community and a well known contractor. Kerry has been battling Leukemia for several years. He completed his most recent round of chemotherapy in October. During the end of October, Kerry’s father fell fatally ill. He and Kim (Kerry’s significant other of 10 years) spent ten days traveling back and forth from Florida. Due to Kerry’s weak immune system, he became ill with H1N1. The H1N1 has turned into severe pneumonia and Kerry has been in the ICU at Dartmouth for three weeks. Kerry has needed to breath by ventilator for about 90 percent of his stay at Dartmouth.

A fundraiser will be held at the Manchester Eagles Club on Saturday, December 5, from 7-11 p.m. A donation based raffle will be held. This event will include music, dancing, and a celebration of friends and community members. Everyone is welcome. We are asking you to please make a donation (prize) for our raffle. If you do not want to donate merchandise or services we appreciate any amount you are able to give. We are asking most all of the businesses in the Manchester and surrounding area to help this family. Admission is $10 per person. For information or to make a donation please contact Mandee Elam at 802-558-2961, amanda.elam@castleton. edu, or Kim Metcalfe at 802-688-7170. _______________________________________________

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Holiday Stockings For Seniors

Each year there are many programs involving children during the holiday season. We ask you to think about needy seniors in our community. At Home Senior Care in partnership with the Council on Aging are seeking gifts to brighten a senior’s day during the holiday season. Donations can be dropped off at our collection boxes located at Bank of Bennington locations in Bennington, Arlington, Manchester, Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging on North Street, Bennington and Bennington College. Mary Lou Morrissette, president of At Home Senior Care suggests these items for donations: phone and gas cards, stamps and an assortment of cards, candy, lotion, warm mittens, gloves, warm socks, toothpaste and toothbrushes, pet food and treats; this is just to name a few. AmeriCorps volunteers and staff of At Home Senior Care will collect the gifts to be distributed. Anyone interested in helping with wrapping the donations can join us at the Manchester Town Hall on December

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18 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. A holiday luncheon will be served to volunteers at noon. A suggested donation for the lunch is $3.25 for those 60 and over and $4 for those under 60. The stuffed stockings will be given to the case managers and social workers at the Council on Aging; they will make sure that local seniors in need will get a stocking with gifts to unwrap. Not only does a senior receive a gift but they also have a friendly visit at the holidays. The program runs the month of November and the first week of December so we can make sure the gifts are ready to go in December. Please drop off donations by December 11 so that we can have them ready for wrapping on December 18. Businesses are encouraged to join in our collections. If you have questions or choose to donate, please call us at At Home Senior Care at 802-747-3426. We will gladly arrange to pick up your donated gifts if you can’t get to one of our drop off sites. Thank you for helping a wonderful cause from the many seniors who will benefit from your generous holiday gift, The Council on Aging, and At Home Senior Care.

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Manchester Historical Society Receives Gift for Building Campaign from Manchester Village Association

Marge Wilbur, a Manchester Village Association board member, presented Manchester Historical Society President Peter Campbell-Copp with a check for $3,500 at the society’s November 18 meeting. The amount is the remainder of the financial assets of the now-disbanded Manchester Village Association, which for over fifty years facilitated communication between the Village trustees and the non-voting summer residents of the town. Under the leadership of the late Michael Scelsi, the board decided that the organization had outlived its charter, and subsequently its assets were distributed to charities. The Village Association recently received the permission of Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz to dissolve, and the remaining board members — Marge Wilbur, Marie Hodges, Diana Olcott, Diane Langevin, and Betty Wadsworth — chose to transfer the contents of its investment portfolio as a restricted gift to the Manchester Historical Society to help support its new headquarters. The Village Association gift is the first major monetary contribution toward renovation of the society’s prospective home on Route 7A south. For more information about the building campaign please e-mail manchesterhistoricalsociety@gmail. com or call Judy Harwood at 362-3708. _________________________________________________

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The Shoppe Off Broadway thrift shop located on East Broadway beside the Salem Courthouse Community Center held its 4th annual holiday bazaar on Saturday, November 14. Proceeds from the holiday bazaar will support various youth programs in Salem. Other holiday events at the CCC include the upcoming Arts and Crafts Sale on Saturday, December 5 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. This annual event will be held in the Great Hall and will feature over 20 vendors offering a wide selection of locally crafted items and artisan food products for unique holiday gift giving. On the following Saturday, December 12, from 1 - 5 p.m., the CCC will offer a tour of eight local homes dressed in their holiday finery. The self-guided tour will commence at the Courthouse at 1 p.m. where tour guides with maps will be distributed. Tickets are limited and should be reserved now. For additional information, please visit the Web site at www.salemcourthouse.org.

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James Hathaway Jr., and his mother Terri are pictured at the Bley House Museum in front of the Peltier-Hathaway desk, which Jay’s son recently presented to the Dorset Historical Society. Above the desk is a drawing of Peltier’s created by Jay Hathaway him�� self, who (among his many other �� accomplishments, including being “the major of Dorset”) was an artist �� in more than one medium. Jay and �� Terri Hathaway owned Peltier’s�� Dorset’s longest-running store, �� originally opened in 1816-for the �� better part of three decades (1977�� 2004).

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SALE HELD AT: The Washington Co. Fairgrounds on Route 29 between Greenwich & Schuylerville NY (about 45 min west of Arlington)

Our annual Sale of FINE TOYS, Good Advertising Items, & FINE JEWELRY! Come & Enjoy. Children are NOT allowed. CALL for TERMS. Please visit w w w . c h e r r y t r e e a u c t i o n . c o m to read FULL LISTING & view 200+ Good Photos • • • Join our Email list! A Sampling… FINE JEWELRY: Bracelets incl one with 40 diamonds, bangle w/rubies & diamonds, and antique bracelet w/opals & seed pearls. 12 DIAMOND RINGS incl 1ct solitaire, platinum & diamonds eternity band, & platinum Art Deco w/diamonds. MORE : c.1910 platinum bar pin w/7 diamonds. 18k earrings w/dias. Cool 40’s retro ring w/48ct citrine & rubies. 1940’s aquamarines flower shape ring w/dia. Lg cameo in 14k setting. 50+ LOTS FINE TOYS! Our Best Group in years… (see website) to incl 19thC German Velocipede & Lehmann tin litho wind-up Gent & Lady w/Dog. Fine 4c 19thC German Cat Band w/nodding heads. 19thC wind-up Dancing Black Girls on walnut box. Superb NBCUneeda Biscuit horse drawn delivery van w/ob. Very fine 30’s Gendron pedal car. Strauss “Travelchiks”. Near mint Marx Whoopie Car w/OB. Exc Arcade & Tootsie Toys doll house/child’s furniture. Toys by Sturditoy, Marx, Arcade, Keystone, Many German & MORE! ADVERTISING & STORE items incl fine “Buster Brown Bread” sign. Rare Hires Rootbeer mug. Calso thermometer & auto advertising clocks. Very fine “National Bread” cabinet w/eagle panel, & MORE advertising. WAY COOL STUFF! sweet “The Cub” Bally coin-op gambling machine. 6’5” Suit of Armor. Superb 19thC 11” salesman’s sample chair. 1920’s Art Deco auto stoplight. Pat’d 1920 “Big Bang” starter’s cannon. 5’10” Pat’d 1889 doctor’s “Physiological Manikin”. Mint cast iron Gamewell fire call box & MORE! GOOD ESTATE’S STAMP COLLECTION – see website. ESTATE’S COINS incl 1787 Massachusetts Colonial Cent, 1798 and 1800 US Lg Cents, 1804 and 1809 Half Cents, 50+ US Silver Dollars & MORE (see website). MORE SMALLS incl 3 Shaker boxes, fine Shaker sewing box, E & LP Norton 1 gal jug w/vivid blue floral, spongeware & Rockingham, 3 good Art Deco lamps. 10+ CLOCKS incl rare Pat’d 1876 Schultz Watchman’s Clock by Seth Thomas, Chelsea clock & barometer set, a and mint-in-box Keebler “coo-coo”. Fine ornate B&H brass hanging kero lamp & unusual bracket lamps. Indian arrowhead collection, 19thC “For President” political match safe with image of candidate, fine Angle lamp, & MORE fun & unusual items. FURNITURE incl good c.1880 walnut dining table opens to 10’2”. Pretty 4pc birdseye maple bedroom set. 6’ walnut double door bookcase on drawered base. 3 good c.1900 settees/sofa. 6’ European Armoire in burled walnut. MT parlor stand, oak library table w/bold barley twist legs, mid 19thC grain painted immigrant’s chest, & MORE.

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Londonderry Invasive Species Control Project

The Londonderry Conservation Commission would like to thank Long View Forest Contracting and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation for their assistance to the Town of Londonderry and the Londonderry Conservation Commission in our efforts to eradicate invasive plant species on the Town’s Prouty property adjacent to Route 100 and the West River. Although a huge task to start, with assistance we were able to complete the eradication in a day with six people. Thanks also to those individuals who volunteered a Saturday to

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help in this effort. Most of the infestation was foreign honeysuckles but there was a fair amount of Japanese Barberry and burning bush mixed in. This was the first step in a process to ensure that Londonderry’s town properties will continue to be ecologically healthy and able to be enjoyed by its residents and visitors. Keep an eye out next spring for a press release announcing a follow-up treatment as we will be recruiting more volunteers. Thanks again to everyone involved. For more information contact: Aaron Hurst, 802-885-8888. ________________________________________________

Winhall Christmas Bird Count

Wanted: Local birders and nature enthusiasts to join the Winhall area annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) on December 20. Participants may count from early morning to dusk covering many miles, or survey an hour or two in a small neighborhood area or just check on their feeder activity from their home. Anyone can help. The Christmas Bird Count began over a century ago when scientist Frank Chapman changed the course of ornithological history. In 1900, Chapman led a small group on an alternative to the sight hunt, when teams competed to see who could shoot the most game. Instead, Chapman proposed they identify, count, and record all the birds they saw, founding what is now considered to be the world’s most significant citizen-based conservation effort. To help with the Winhall count contact Ruth Stewart 802-362-1185 or stewdor7@comcast.net. Details are available at www.audubon.org/ bird/cbc. Become a Citizen Scientist today!

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Holiday Solo Art Exhibit at the South Londonderry Free Library

Original watercolor and gouache, along with some ink and pencil children’s illustrations of Christine Mix, will be on view for her Holiday Solo Exhibit at the South Londonderry Free Library, in South Londonderry, Vermont, December 2 through January 16, 2010. Join us for the artist reception for children of all ages, Wednesday evening, December 9, 7-9 p.m. Refreshments, music by Jake Geppert, prints, holiday greeting cards, hand painted holiday ornaments and illustrator trading cards for kids will be available for sale for your holiday gift shopping. Twenty percent of the proceeds will go to benefit the library. (Call ahead in case of bad weather, for a future ice/snow date.) Chris has been painting illustrations for kids of all ages, as well as painting for theaters, interior decorators, and private commissions. She’s also been showing and selling her original illustrations, prints, and greeting cards through galleries, art shows and designers, in Florida and Vermont, for over 20 plus years. For more information about Christine Mix, her art, and what’s new, visit www.chrismixart.com, or her new mini blog at: http://chrismixkidsillustrator.blogspot.com. For more information about the art show or the library, call the South Londonderry Free Library at 802-824-3371. ________________________________________________

Derosia Exhibit Extended

Arlington artist Patrick Derosia is presenting his work in a solo show at the Dorset Public Library from now through the month of December. Derosia is a native Arlingtonian who learned to draw and appreciate the natural world at an early age. He uses mixed media but prefers to work in watercolors. Basically a self-taught artist, his current art is of local people, places, events, houses, landscapes and still December 2, 2009

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lifes. He enjoys doing both human and animal portraits, and often does preliminary studies with photographs. His work has been shown in various places in and around southern Vermont, including the Equinox Hotel Art Show and the Southern Vermont Art Center. He has been invited to do several Town Report covers, and is proud to have been selected as the Co-Art Designer for the Vermont State quarter. Please view Patrick’s work at the library during the holidays. For information, please visit www.dorsetlibrary.org or call the library at 802-867-5774.

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ENTERTAINMENT Nordic Harmoni joins the Christmas in Weston Celebration

On Saturday, December 5, at 4:00 p.m. the community is invited to Weston’s Old Parish Church to hear a performance of seasonal music by Nordic Harmoni, a talented Scandinavian-American chorus of over twenty voices, whose Sankta Lucia Pageants and other local performances have been extremely popular ever since the group’s formation in 2001. The program will include seasonal Christmas songs, a brief Sankta Lucia Pageant, as well as a community sing-a-long of traditional Christmas carols with a short walk to the town green for the tree light-

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ing. There will be refreshments consisting of Lussekatter (Swedish buns) and Pepparkakor (Swedish gingerbread cookies) and apple cider. Although founded by members of the American Union of Swedish Singers, many of the songs performed by Nordic Harmoni are sung in English. Nordic Harmoni is delighted to have Ken Olsson as our choral director. The Lucia Pageant, a Nordic festival, commemorates the martyrdom of an early Italian Christian, who is represented in the pageant by a young woman dressed in white wearing a chandelier of burning candles as a crown. Saturday’s Lucia will be Stephanie Arndt . An interesting history of the event can be found at www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/ Traditions/Celebrating-the-Swedish-way/Lucia/. In Sweden, the celebration of the Lucia Pageant is considered to be the true beginning of the Christmas season. Why not start your own holiday season by joining Nordic Harmoni on Saturday December 5 at the OPC? There is no specified cost to attend and participate; any free-will offerings will graciously be accepted. _________________________________________________

‘Wine, Woman and Song’

Tickets have now gone on sale for Fort Salem Theater’s Christmas fundraising gala, Wine, Woman, and Song, to be held in the Fort’s cabaret room Saturday evening, December 12, at 5:30 p.m. Wine authority David G. Howell will host an Exploration of Red Wine Varietals, including tastings and hors d’oeuvres, and will be joined by Lynne Kerr, who will sing about wine, women, and men. Howell is the co-author, with his longtime colleague Jonathan Swinchatt, of “The Winemaker’s Dance, Exploring Terroir in the Napa Valley,” published in 2004 by UCB Press and available for purchase at the event. David Howell’s popular wine course at Stanford regularly enjoyed full enrollment. An accomplished artist whose work has enjoyed exhibitions in Germany, France, and on both U.S. coasts, Howell relocated this summer to Walpole, New Hampshire, where he has just opened the Gallery at Howell Farm and is a member of the Walpole Artists’ Coop. Lynne Kerr, whose voice has been compared to a mellow Merlot (favorably), is a favorite in the Salem cabaret, where she is sometimes recognized as the wife of Fort Salem’s artistic director. Her cabaret shows, “Songs My Husband Wrote” and “More Songs My Husband Wrote,” have played to sold-out rooms in Manhattan and Salem. The wine tasting musical event will be held in the Cabaret at Fort Salem Theater where, for this event, seating is limited and admission by reservation only, with a December 7 deadline. Proceeds from the gala, with single tickets at $40 per person, $75 for a couple, will go to the theater’s Youth Education program. In two successful summer seasons, the Youth and Teen Workshops have given local youth the opportunity to work with professionals from Broadway and regional theater. More information about the event is available at www.fortsalemtheater.com, or by calling the reservations number, 518-854-9200.

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ENTERTAINMENT séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira, following the séance. Director Martin Bones is looking for two men and five women to cast in these delicious roles. No special preparation is needed to audition. Audition dates are Sunday, December 13, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 15, 16, and 17. All auditions will be held at 6:30 p.m., at the West Rutland Town Hall. For more information call Martin at 802-353-5932 or email info@marblevalleyplayersvt.org. Cast members, Samantha Citron, Sarah Solari, Abigale Lamberton, Owen Barclay, Zackary Zupan, Frances Yackel and Kya Davis, invite you to join them at a the performances of “The Patchwork Girl of Oz,” opening at the Dorset Playhouse on December 4.

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The Dorset Players continue their 82nd season of community theatre with “The Patchwork Girl of Oz”, a wonderful musical adaptation of the classic children’s story by L. Frank Baum. Sponsored by The Vermont Country Store, Bairlein Landscaping and Haskins Gas, performances will be held on December 4 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. and on December 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 2 p.m. In “The Patchwork Girl of Oz,” Ojo, a young munchkin (Sarah Solari of Bennington), and Scraps, a patchwork doll brought to life (Abigale Lamberton of Middletown Springs), must travel all over the land of Oz in order to gather the ingredients for a magic potion that will undo a spell that has turned Ojo’s uncle into stone. Tickets for general admission seating will be $12 for adults and $8 for those from 6 to18 years of age. Children under 6 will be admitted free when accompanied by an adult. For tickets, call the Dorset Playhouse at 802-867-5777. For more information about the Dorset Players’ 20092010 season, or about becoming a member of the Dorset Players, visit its newly revamped Web site at www.dorsetplayers.org. ________________________________________________

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Marble Valley Players Auditions The Marble Valley Players will hold open auditions for their March 2010 production of Noel Coward’s comedy “Blithe Spirit.” First presented in 1941, the play has enjoyed many revivals in London and Broadway and has been adapted as both a musical and a film. The most recent revival was on Broadway this year starring Angela Langsbury December 2, 2009

as Madame Arcati. The play takes its title from Percy Shelley’s poem “To a Skylark” (“Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! / Bird thou never wert”). Set in Kent, England in the 1930s, the play concerns socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a Vermont News Guide

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WEEKLY ALMANAC AA • AL-ANON • NA • GA

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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 Up the Steps meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Route 30, 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 Bldg., downstairs, 7 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, 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: AA meeting, Breakfast with your Higher Power, Beginners,

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Northshire Baptist Church, Manchester, 7:30 a.m. 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 Rd., Manchester AA 11-Step Meeting meditation, Wilson House, East Dorset, 7 p.m. 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. 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 December 2, 2009

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. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Church, Rte. 7A (across from Manchester Engine) 7:30 a.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. Overeaters Anonymous, 7 p.m., Bennington Free Library AA Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, Big Book Tapes, mens 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 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 (across from Manchester Engine) 7:30 a.m. ACOA, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Fellowship, Route 7A 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.

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GED • EDUCATION

Thursday: GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. 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

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School, Rutland, 8 p.m. MIND & BODY WELLNESS Thursday: Bennington Free Clinic, 6-9 p.m. Located at First Baptist Church, 601 Main St., Bennington, VT. Call 447-3700 for appointment. Medicare Assistance, Zion Parrish, Manchester, 10 a.m. Disabled American Veterans Meeting, American Legion Hall, Chester, first Thursday) 7:30 p.m. Friday: Blood Pressure Clinic, Robert Milbauer Realty, Newfane, third Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday:

CoDA, 12-step fellowship to maintain healthy relationships, 9:30 a.m. Wilson House, E. Dorset, 362-5524 Monday: Support group for family members of those suffering from mental illness, first Monday at 7 p.m., South Londonderry Library, Clare at 824-3909 Parents in Crisis, SVMC, Bennington, 7 p.m. RSVP Bone Builders: Call RSVP at 447-1545 for info. Free. Arlington, American Legion Hall, Mon and Th, 10:30-11:30; Manchester,

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Masonic Temple, Mon, Wed, 11 a.m; Manchester Town Hall, Tues 10 a.m. & Thur, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday: LaLeche League Support Meeting, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, third Tuesday, 7 p.m. Marriage Support Group, Northshire Baptist Fellowship, every other Tuesday, 5769 Main St., Route 7A, Manchester. Call Warren 362-1988 Nice & Easy Aerobics - Beginner, Bennington Firehouse, River St., 8:15 p.m. 447-5693. All Gain, No Pain Senior Strengthening Class - Bennington Firehouse, River St., 10:30 a.m.; N. Bennington Congregational Ch, 10:30 a.m.; Manchester Town Hall, 12:30 p.m., 447-5693. Blood Pressure Clinic, Second Congregational Church, Londonderry, 2nd Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. Support group for family members of those suffering from mental illness, Third Tuesday at 7 p.m., UCS, 316 Dewey St., Bennington. Clare at 824-3909. Overeaters Anonymous, RRMC, Rutland, 7 p.m. Wednesday: Aerobic Indoor Walking

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

MUNICIPAL MEETINGS

Thursday: Granville Town Board Meeting, Town Hall, Granville, NY second Thursday, 7 p.m. Weston Volunteer Fire Dept. Drill, Weston Firehouse, second and fourth Thursday, 7 p.m. Sunderland Elementary Planning Commitee. 2nd Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Londonderry Planning Committee, Town Office, Londonderry, second and fourth Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Wallingford Planning Committee, Town Hall, First Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Weston Volunteer Fire Dept, Weston Firehouse, first Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Danby Selectman meeting, Town Clerk’s Office, 1st Thursday, 5 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 December 2, 2009

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. 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, December 2, 2009

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 thrid 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

MISCELLANEOUS

Thursday: Equinox Valley Toastmasters, Ai Squared, 130 Taconic Business Park Rd, Manchester Ctr., 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., info: jshukla@aisquared.com Arlington Lions Club American Legion Room, second and fourth Thursday, 7 p.m. Red Clover Chapter, Embroidery Guild of America, Trinity Church, Rutland, second Thursday, 7 p.m. Dorset Historical Society, open 10 a.m. Ladies Fellowship, Missionary Alliance Church, Bennington, 9:30 a.m. Monday Catholic Daughters meeting, St. Margaret Mary’s Church, Arlington, first Monday, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Manchester Rotary meeting, Ye Olde Tavern, Manchester, noon 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, noon. Mt. Equinox Grange meeting, Grange Hall, Manchester, third

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Tuesday, 7 p.m. #45 American Legion meeting, Currier Memorial School, Danby, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Dorset Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, Dorset Firehouse, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday: Manchester VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Harned Fowler Post #6471, second Wednesday, 7 p.m. Wantastiquet Rotary, Swiss Inn, Londonderry, 7 a.m. Red Clover Award Program K-4, Mark Skinner Library, Manchester Village, 3:45 p.m.

Southwestern VT Access Television board meeting, SWVT Office, Manchester, first Wednesday, 7 p.m. Manchester Lions Club meeting, VFW, second and fourth Wednesday, 7 p.m. Knights of Columbus Council 6816 meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, first Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

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Tuesday: Open Pairs Duplicate Bridge, 1 p.m. at Equinox Village. Call Elizabeth Von Riesenfelder, Director, at 362-5304. Open Pairs Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m. MMDBC*; Director John Conova, 325-6384 Thursday: Open Lecture, 12:15 p.m., MMDBC*, Lecturer, Robert H. Smith, 362-4224 Friday: Open Pairs Duplicate Bridge, 12:15, MMDBC*; Director, Robert Smith, 362-4224 *Manchester & the Mountains Duplicate Bridge Center, 1817 Depot Street, Manchester Center, Vermont

BINGO

Thursday: Bingo, MWA Hall, Wells, 7 p.m. Bingo, Pownal American Legion, Post 90, Route 7, Pownal; doors open at 5; bingo starts at 6:30 p.m.; open to public. Friday: Bingo, Masonic Lodge, Route 30, Jamaica, 7 p.m. Bingo, Knights of Columbus Hall, Granville, NY, 7 p.m. Saturday: Bingo, Granville Hook & Ladder, Granville, NY 7 p.m. Sunday: Bingo, MWA Hall, Wells, noon Monday: Bingo, Middletown Springs Fire House, 7 p.m. Tuesday: South Bennington Bingo, Bennington Club, doors open 5:30 p.m., game starts at 7 p.m. $1,000

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, 7p.m. Community Bible Study, non-

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denominational 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. Holy Eucharist & Healing, Zion Episcopal Church, Manchester, 12:15 p.m. Mt. View Baptist Church Services, Danby Four Corners, 6 p.m. Spiritual Renewal for Busy Lives, Embury United Methodist Church, 41 East Main St., Cambridge, NY, 518-677-3602, 1st, 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m. Bible Study, Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby 4-Corners, 7 p.m. Bible Independent Baptist Church, Prayer and Bible Study, Rod & Gun Club, Manchester, 7 p.m. Healing Service, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Chester, second Wed. 7:30 p.m. Prayer & Praise, Northshire Baptist Fellowship, Muddy Lane, Manchester, 7 p.m., 362-1988

WEEKEND WORSHIP

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., 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 Worship, 10:30; Christian Education classes, 9:30 am. for ages 12 to adult; program for children 4-11 during 10:30 Worship Service. Nursery is provided for infant to 3. 362-2709; www.firstcongregationalmanchester.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, Fri, 8 a.m. ARLINGTON

Saturday: St. Margaret Mary’s, Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday: St. James Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:00 a.m. Rite I and 10 a.m. Rite II. Rev. Scott Neal 375-9952, stjamesarlington.org; stjamesparish@myfairpoint.net 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. BENNINGTON Saturday: Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales, Vigil, 4 p.m. Sunday: Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales, Mass, 8 & 10 a.m. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8 & 10 a.m. (SS 9) First Church of Christ Scientist, Services, 10 a.m. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 108 School Street, Services, 10 a.m., (religious education, child

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care, 10 a.m.) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 9:30 a.m. Sacrament Service; 10:40 a.m. SS; 11:40 a.m. Relief Society & Priesthood. 4470139; 442-8126 CHESTER Saturday: St. Joseph’s Church, Saturday Afternoon Mass at 6:30 p.m. Sunday: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Sunday Services 8 and 10 a.m.; SS, 9:15 a.m. 875-6651 First Universalist Church, Services, 9 a.m. Congregational Church, Services, 10:30 a.m. (SS 9:30 a.m.) First Baptist Church, Services, 10:30 a.m. (SS 9:15 a.m.) St. Joseph’s Church, Sunday Morning Mass at 10:30 a.m. 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, 11a.m. & 7 p.m. Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby Four Corners, Young People’s Group, 6 p.m. DORSET Sunday: Congregational Church, East Dorset, Services, 9:30 a.m. (SS 9:30 a.m.) The United Church of Dorset and East Rupert, Services, 10 a.m. (SS 9:45 a.m.) GRAFTON Sunday: Grafton White Ch., Services, 9:00

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JAMAICA Sunday: Jamaica Community Church, Services, 10 a.m. (SS 10 a.m.) LONDONDERRY Saturday: St. Joseph’s Chapel, Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday: Second Congregational Church, Services, 9:30 a.m. (child care) South Londonderry First Baptist Church, Children, adult Sunday School, 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., childcare provided. Communion celebrated 1st Sun. of each month; coffee hour following. 824-6046 MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS Sunday: Community Church, Services, 10 a.m. 9:05 a.m. all ages Sunday School St. Anne Church, Mass, 8:00 a.m. MOUNT HOLLY Sunday: Our Lady of Mercy, Mass, 8:30 a.m. PERU Sunday: Peru Congregational Church, Main St., Sunday Service, 9:30 a.m. Child care provided. Pastor Margaret, 379-1438. POULTNEY Saturday: St. Raphael Church, Mass, 4 p.m. Sunday: St. Raphael Church, Mass, 10 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 9 a.m. United Methodist Church, Services, 10 a.m.; (SS 9:45 a.m.) United Baptist Church, Services, 10 a.m. (SS & Nursery care 9 a.m.)

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Welsh Presbyterian Church, Services, 10 a.m. 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. STRATTON Sunday: Chapel of the Snows, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m. SHAFTSBURY Sunday: Redeemer Lutheran Church (ECLA)m Route 67A, 1.5 miles off Route 7A, Shaftsbury. sunday com-

munion service, 9:30 a.m. Pastor Fredrick McGee. 442-8423. First United Methodist Church, Divine Worship, 10:45 a.m. WELLS Sunday: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:45 a.m. United Methodist Church, Sunday Worship, 8:30 a.m., fellowship following. Rev. David Adams. 2874406. Communion, fist Sundays. WESTON Sunday: Old Parish Church, Service, 10:30 a.m. Sunday School/Child Care. All welcome NEW YORK Saturday: Mass, Salem’s Holy Cross Church, 5:30 p.m.; Greenwich St. Joseph’s Church, 4 p.m., Cambridge St. Patrick’s Church, 4 p.m.

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Left: A benefit will be held for Kerry Allen who is suffering from leukeia, (seen here with significant other, Kim) and is in very serious condition ...details on page 38 Bottom: Chips Lindenmeyr, left, will tell all about SVACâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s March 2010 culture/skiing excursion to Zurich, Switzerland and Lech, Austria...details on page 14

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