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www.vermontnews-guide.com • December 23, 2009

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OUR READERS’ LETTERS ...windmill...

The five year old in the back seat of the station wagon in Shaw’s parking lot rolled down his window and yelled, “Why do you have a windmill on top of your car?” I explained that I was concerned about the environment and that I was making electricity to heat my room. Although he is the youngest person to inquire, my windmill has captured the imagination of a LOT of people. The “GELGEN” is connected to a battery on the back floorboard to store the electricity which I can plug my heater into. The “GELGEN” is a 400 Watt windmill bolted on the top of the car with 12 bolts that run through metal plates from above and below the roof of the car. There is also a support at the back end of the windmill through which two bolts connect to the top the car. This is the first of my cars on which I am collecting data. We at “Whittair” think that similar

windmills mounted on semi trucks could save between two and three thousand dollars a year for every truck in the USA. There are well over 100,000,000 cars in the U.S. If 25 percent — 25,000,000 — used the GELGEN for two hours a day 20 billion Watts of electricity would be created. Enough to light a billion of the new energy-saving light bulbs for an hour every day with no cost to the end user. — Glen Witten, Manchester, Vermont

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Last month my Newfoundland “Moose” was hit by a car and as a result of that needs surgery. I’m sure many of you in town know Moose, the big Newfoundland dog who loves attending sports games, going for walks through town, loving everyone he meets, and can usually be seen with his head hanging out the car window with our other dog, Silo. Due to

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veterinary expense and the care and rehabilitation he is going to need after surgery, and although

I already work two other jobs, I have turned a hobby of mine into a fundraiser. Located at Wood and Signs in East Dorset are my ceramic vases that I create. They are beautiful and truly each one of a kind. The hours for Wood and Signs is Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and if you would like to come any other time, please call 802-363-2840. Thank for your support. I truly appreciate. — Sarah Parker, Dorset, Vermont ____________________

Thank You!

Hersam Acorn Newspapers, which include the TriState Pennysaver News and Vermont News Guide, would like to thank our advertisers and readers for helping us enjoy a prosperous year. We also want to thank Redd Rascals in Bennington for their gracious generosity in hosting our Holiday party. Happy Holidays to all! — Renee Tassone and the staff at the TriState Pennysaver News and Vermont News Guide.

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OUR READERS’ LETTERS ...pennies for peace... Boys and girls, teachers and friends, thank you for the care and effort you put into the 2009 Pennies for Peace campaign in the SVSU schools. Delta Kappa Gamma, ETA Chapter, Bennington, sponsored the Pennies for Peace project in our schools. Delta Kappa Gamma is a society of women educators, both working and retired, in the area. Pennies for Peace is a service learning project of the Central Asia Institute (CAI). The CAI was founded in 1993 by Greg Mortenson whose work is chronicled in the book “Three Cups of Tea: Ones Man’s Mission to Promote Peace” and “Build Nations…One School at a Time” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. The primary goal of the institute is to build schools and educate children, especially girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is said that if you educate a boy, you educate an individual. If you educate a girl, you educate a community.

Becoming involved in Pennies for Peace enables us, and our children, to become aware of a people who struggle with poverty and illiteracy in a warring land. We become aware that one penny will buy a pencil to set a child on the road to literacy. Our society has little value for the penny. It is often a throw-away coin. All students can realize their capacity as philanthropists when pennies come together and grow into a startling contribution. That is exactly what happened in Bennington. For six weeks, the students in the SVSU, from kindergarten to grade twelve, contributed pennies. They were collected each Friday and counted each Monday by ETA Chapter retired teachers at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Each Monday the pennies went to the Bank of Bennington and we were given a check payable to Pennies for Peace. The final week of the campaign ended on Friday, December 11. The penny count is complete and the grand total is ready to be announced. We are overjoyed

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to tell you that 120,820 pennies have built $1,208.20 to be contributed to Pennies for Peace. It is Greg Mortenson’s hope and our hope “that Pennies for Peace will awaken a budding capacity in all children to see that they have the ability to understand differences and commonalities in the world, and to instill in them the belief that when problems arise, they have the power to create solutions.” Thank you! —Carolee Gulley, Ann White Co-Presidents, ETA Chapter

Antiques & Auctions........... 42 Automotive......................... 59 Classifieds........................... 54 Creatures/Environment....... 41 Entertainment..................... 45 Fine Arts/Crafts................... 44 From my Corner...................14 GNAT-TV Schedule............. 8 Mind & Body....................... 39 Restaurants......................... 46 Service Directory................. 52 Sports................................. 38 Job Connection................... 63 Weekly Almanac................. 46

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Vacation Week Activities at the Dorset Library

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The Dorset Library invites children to visit the library during the holidays for fun and games. On Monday, December 28, children from 7-12 are invited to a craft workshop from 1-3 p.m. We will try a variety of crafts and check out suggestions in several books at the library. We will do a little sand painting, try using fabric crayons, create pop-up cards, and a surprise craft. This is limited to 8 children so please call and reserve a space as soon as possible. On Tuesday, December 29, children from 3-6 are invited to play games, do puzzles and a simple craft from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Everyone will work on putting puzzles together, make something to take home, and play a few games. On Wednesday, December 30, there will be board and card games for children from 6-10 between 1:30 and 3 p.m. Different games will be introduced. The group may try Suduko and other thought provoking games. Card games which have just been received at the library will be introduced. Simple snacks will be provided. On December 31, from 12:30-2 p.m., the library will host oldfashioned party games for children from 5-8 years of age. Games will include old favorites from 50 years ago. Do you remember Musical Chairs and Pin the Nose on the Snowman? For more information, please call the library at 802-867-5774 between noon and 5 p.m.

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Christmas Eve Service in Peru

The Peru Congregational Church warmly invites you to join us at our Christmas Eve service which will begin at 6 pm. Kermit Reilly and Pastor Margaret Dawedeit will preside and Dr. Roger Fox will direct our community choir accompanied by organist Judy Cyr and trumpeter Daniel Timmermans. Please arrive early in order to ensure seating. For more information, call Pastor Margaret at 379-1438. _____________________

GNAT Showcases Local Real Estate Market

Kathryn Vaughan is hosting a special show for GNAT-TV, Channel 15, called “Real Estate - Now.” “Real estate is a hot topic in our community. With all the For Sale signs this past summer and fall popping up around town, I wondered if the Manchester, Dorset, and Stratton communities were reflecting the national trend of a ‘buyer’s market’ and what homeowners and homesellers should know about successfully buying and selling in our area,” Vaughan said. Laura Beckwith, owner and broker of Josiah Allen, Deke August, owner and broker of Dorset Village Properties, Cheryl Nutter, managing broker of Prudential - Stratton Properties, Nancy Perry, managing broker of Vermont Country Properties - Sotheby’s, and Eric Nathan, Nathan Auction and Real Estate, all weigh in on the market in this 30 minute special to be aired daily, Friday-Monday at 9 p.m. and Tuesday-Thursday at 8 a.m. For more information and for show times contact: GNAT-TV at 362-7070. December 23, 2009

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Service Notes

Air Force Airman Karl A. Goodwin graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. He is the son of Ralena Goodwin of S. Main St., Fair Haven, Vermont. Goodwin is a 2009 graduate of Fair Haven Union High School.

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Come to the Mark Skinner Library: Manchester’s Public Library, for Family Holiday Storytimes on Tuesday, December 22, and Tuesday, December 29, at 3 p.m. Enjoy holiday stories, music and crafts. This program is free and open to the public. Children must be �� accompanied and supervised by �� adult caregivers. �� For more information, call the �� library at 362-2607.

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Looking for a better way to dispose of your Christmas tree once the holidays are over? The seventh grade students at Long Trail School want to recycle your tree in a useful and environmentally friendly way. For a suggested donation of $10, they will come to your home on Saturday, January 9 between 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., and haul away your undecorated tree. Todd at Stratton Tree Service is donating his time and equipment to mulch the collected trees. Proceeds from this event will go to two student-selected charities: the Dogs for the Deaf Organization, www.dogsforthedeaf.org and the Books for Africa Organization, www. booksforafrica.org. ________________________________________________

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New Term of Yoga Classes Offered in the New Year at Hubbard Hall

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Does your organization or non-profit have an upcoming event that you would like to promote? Stop in at the Vermont News Guide and let us take your picture and put your story in the paper. We’re located at 99 Bonnet Street, Manchester Center, Vermont. For information, please call 802-362-3535. December 23, 2009

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From my Corner

— Susan J. Coons ...Christmases past... I grew up in a household with German traditions, German food, German expressions, and the strictness of German parentage. But, my grandma broke the mold. She was the most jolly, happy, wonderful person in my young life! I always wanted to be with her, and very often was. �� She was more of a mother to me than my own mother, her daughter. Grandma made Christmas happen year after year. When I was young, she worked at Carson, Piere & Scott Department Store in downtown Chicago. Grandma always dressed formally for work summer and winter, and always wore a Christmas corsage for the weeks before the holiday. She was beautiful! Folks always dressed up to go shopping which lent an air of formal� ity to the experience. I loved to wear my good “Sunday best” and go out with Grandma anytime of the year, but especially before Christmas. Store windows were magnificently decorated for Christmas and exciting to watch. The figurines moved, wheels went round and round; lights �� were colorful and blinking! So much excitement for a child with an �� infinite imagination! �� Decorations that we used in our windows at home and on the �� tree belonged to grandma. They were from her first Christmas with �� grandpa, dating them from the early 1920s. She also had a beautiful �� Christmas village. I was so delighted to be able to help set it up when I �� was nine. We put it on top of our upright piano. We rolled out the cotton, and after all the houses were in place, we surrounded the little village with a tiny white fence. So delightful! Grandpa contributed a string of bubble lights, which were a new �� invention, for our first Christmas �� in LaGrange, Illinois. A few of our �� ornaments for the tree were man�� ufactured during WWII and were �� made of foil. Over the years they became tarnished, but we always used them. They held a special place in our memories. Grandma always cooked the Christmas dinner. Our house held in the marvelous aroma of turkey �� roasting, and sweet goodies bak�� ing as the warmth of the oven �� spilled over into the dining room. Homemade eggnog and grand�� ma’ s loving cheer, joy and hap�� piness of the season will always �� remain with me. �� My husband and I made new �� memories with our children but �� still kept many of my grandma’s �� traditions. Eggnog is just one of �� them! Cheers, grandma! �� Merry Christmas!

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Secoy is a Future Leader

Arlington Memorial High School (AMHS) Senior Dylan Secoy successfully completed Norwich University’s Future Leader program. Held each year at the nation’s first senior military college, the program is designed to develop the leadership skills of high school students by providing a challenging and meaningful adventure experience. Included in the program are physical fitness work, survival skills training and leadership classes as well as team and individual competitions. Memorial High School Senior To qualify for the Future Arlington Dylan Secoy who successfully Leader program, students must completed Norwich University’s be actively involved in leaderFuture Leader program. ship-driven organizations and maintain a minimum grade-point average. Secoy has been a member of the Boy Scouts for the past six years and is one rank shy of Eagle Scout. He is an honor roll student-athlete playing for the AMHS varsity soccer, basketball and track and field teams. Secoy has served on the Student Council all four years and was recently elected treasurer of the organization. He is also the advertising manager of the “Eagles’ Nest” student newspaper. (Continued on page 16)

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At this caring time of year, please consider your doination to the Hoosier Hoperfuls Cans For Cancer account at the Nickelback Redemption Center, on lower Carey Ave., Hoosick Falls, New York. Just donate a bag of your returns, or call Terri Burdick, 518-686-7851, for pick-up! Every bottle and can helps this great cause! ________________________________________________

(Dylan Secoy, cont.) Secoy is grateful to have been chosen for the Future Leader program. “It was tough work, but it was a great honor. Once after a big rainstorm, we had to hike seven miles to the top of Mount Ascutney — in all that mud. The worst part, though, was having to eat the MRE’s (meals ready to eat) every day!” Secoy has already enlisted with the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and will begin basic training when he graduates in June 2010. In January 2011, he will enter college and continue his military service as a member of the USMC Reserves. Secoy plans to study Criminal Justice at Norwich University or Hesser College. He is the son of Taryn Secoy of East Arlington and Derek Secoy of Arlington. To learn more about Arlington Memorial High School, visit www. arlingtonmemorialhs.org. To learn more about the Future Leader program at Norwich, visit their Web site at www.norwich.edu. The Arlington School District mission is to create a safe, caring and respectful environment of academic excellence where students are uniquely challenged to reach their potential at the K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 levels.

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Terrace residents, staff, and volunteers gathered for a holiday feast in the newly redecorated dining room with a special dinner, music and singing, gifts for all, and a visit from Santa himself (rumored to be a.k.a. Bill Hoyt— but shhhh…don’t tell anyone!). _____________________

PAVE Announces Rafﬂe Winner

Project Against Violent Encounters (PAVE) is pleased to announce the winner of its Scratch Ticket Raffle fundraiser. Pat Kelly won 200 tickets, each with the potential of earning her $1000. We wish her luck. The proceeds from the raffle will go to the supervised visitation program, Family Time. As always, anyone needing PAVE’s emergency services may call the 24hour hotline at 802-442-2111. December 23, 2009

Fisher Elementary School students receive awards for their creative writing efforts in a Southern Vermont College contest. Shown here are Fisher students (from left to right): Soﬁe Pedemonti, Helena Hemendinger and Evan Rogers with Fisher Literacy teacher Susan Bauers, SVC English Professor Lynda Sinkiewich and SVC students Max Zaenglein and Emily Simonds.

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Fisher Students Receive SVC Creative Writing Awards

Southern Vermont College (SVC) honored three Fisher Elementary School students with writing awards as part of the college’s Annual Creative Writing Contest. Over seventy third, fourth and fifth grade �� students in the Arlington School District and Bennington School �� District as well as homeschooled students in the area participated in �� the contest. �� In the fifth-grade category, first-place writing honors were awarded to Evan Rogers for his piece, ”Into a Bottle “ and second-place honors were given to Helena Hemendinger for her work, “The Blue Whale .” In the fourth-grade category, first-place honors were awarded to Sofie Pedemonti for her entry, “Are You Talkin’ to Me?” SVC Professor of English Lynda Sinkiewich hosts the contest each year with help from students in her Introductory Creative Writing Course. “Southern Vermont College has a strong commitment to experiential learning. Taking activities outside of the classroom and really exploring the opportunities and world that surround our students every day enriches their experience and the depth of their learning. The college students get as much — if not more — from this contest as do the elementary school participants. It’s just a great �� program for everyone involved.”

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in grades three to five, was delighted with her students’ accomplishments. “Out of the four categories in which Fisher students participated, we received three awards. They are thrilled and can’t wait to participate next year.” Students who participated in the contest received a certificate for their effort. Southern Vermont College Creative Writing students Max Zaenglein and Emily Simonds visited Fisher with Sinkiewich to present the awards and certificates of achievement. Fisher students who participated in the contest are: (Fourth Grade) Katie Berger, Geoffrey Gamble, Amelia Gingue, Xandria Hoyt, Jamie Keel, Gracie Smith, Michael Stroffoleno, Kaleigh Ward; and (Fifth Grade) Nathaniel Garrison, Wally Hynds, Riley Lane, Austin Morse, Micaela Secoy, Jacob Smith and Maggie Smith. For more information about the SVC Writing Contest, contact Sinkiewich at lsinkwch@svc.edu. For information about Fisher Elementary, you can visit the Web site at www.arlingtonmemorialhs. org. The Arlington School District mission is to create a safe, caring and respectful environment of academic excellence where students are uniquely challenged to reach their potential at the Pre-K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 levels.

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Christmas Worship at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

Advent and Christmas services at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church welcome visitors and worshipers who seek to renew their Christian faith and to find a deeper meaning to Christmas. Advent is the season of preparation for the birth of Christ. On Sunday, December 20, Advent IV, Rite I at 8 a.m., and Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10 a.m., are celebrated. Then at 4 p.m. a traditional service of Lessons and Carols is performed, followed by a covered dish supper in Willard Hall. On Thursday, December 24, Christmas Eve at 6:30 p.m., there will be Carol Singing immediately followed by The Festival Holy Eucharist Rite II at 7:00 p.m., with child care available. Finally, at 11:00 p.m. The Festival Holy Eucharist Rite I will be celebrated. On Christmas Day, December 25, Holy Eucharist Rite II will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m., and on the following Sunday, December 27, the Holy Eucharist Rite I will be celebrated at 8:00 a.m., and Rite II follows at 10:00 a.m. as usual. On Thursday, December 31, The Eve of The Holy Name Rite II will be celebrated at 6:30 p.m. St. Luke’s Church was established �� in 1868, and the building conse�� crated in 1871. Further information can be found on the church website at www.stlukesepiscopalvt.org. ___________________

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Zion Episcopal Christmas Services

Zion Episcopal Church, Manchester Center, invites the community to Christmas services. Christmas Eve services will be held at Zion at 5:00 p.m. with the Nativity Pageant, at St. John’s Chapel in Manchester Village at 7:00 p.m. and at Zion at 11:00 p.m. for the candlelight service with choir. On Christmas Day at Zion there will be a service at 10:00 a.m. Zion Episcopal Church is located at 5167 Main Street/Historic Route 7A, Manchester Center, between Candeleros and Ye Olde Tavern and St. John’s Chapel is located at 3512 Main St./Historic Route 7A across from the Equinox Resort. For more information contact Zion Episcopal Church, 3621987 or rlewis@zionchurchman chester.org December 23, 2009

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Carolee Gulley and Ann White, co-presidents of Eta Chapter, present Emily Smith with the Delta Kappa Gamma rose. Miss Smith was the guest speaker at the Eta Chapter October meeting.

Emily T. Smith, the youngest author to be published by Shire Press in Manchester, Vermont, was the guest speaker at the October meeting of Eta Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, a society of key women educators in Bennington. Emily is the author of “The Ghost in Nile Village,” a mystery full of suspense and drama about a girl who doesn’t realize the power of a gift she possesses. Emily was twelve years old when the book was published in June of 2009. She is now a thirteenyear-old, eighth grade student at Mount Anthony Middle School. A love of reading and writing set Emily on her way. Her novel began as a story written when she was in fifth grade at Monument School. She worked

bit by bit to elaborate on her story then was able to have it easily at her fingertips with the gift of a laptop computer. Emily thoroughly enjoys working with words and learning about her craft. She is currently working on the sequel to “The Ghost in Nile Village.” Emily is the daughter of Mrs. Melissa Rowe of Bennington, Vermont, and Mr. Tim Smith of Hancock, Massachusetts. The support and encouragement of family and friends has resulted in a talent ready to fly. “The Ghost in Nile Village” is available at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont. Eta Chapter has donated signed copies of the book to each elementary school in the SVSU and to the Mount Anthony Middle School.

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The Danby/Mt. Tabor Seniors will meet on December 30 at noon, at the parsonage on South Main Street, Danby. The menu will include beef stew, coleslaw, biscuits and apple cake. Cost of the luncheon is $3 for seniors and $4 for non-seniors. Bingo and a 50/50 raffle will follow the luncheon. Please call 293-5232 for your reservation by December 26.

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Martha Canﬁeld Library Holiday Closings

The Martha Canfield Library will be closed Thursday, December 24, and Friday, December 25 for Christmas. We will also be closed Friday, January 1, 2010, New Year’s Day. _________________________________________________

Maple Street Students Recognized by Zaner-Bloser

Maple Street School student, Lily Thebault, was named the 2009 Vermont State Champion by Zaner-Bloser for their annual National Handwriting Contest, for her excellence in handwriting. This year third grader Jordan Ihasz has been nominated for her impeccable handwriting, focusing on the keys to legibility – size, shape, slant, and spacing. Each year, Zaner-Bloser holds this National Handwriting Contest of 200,000 students to encourage legible handwriting. Students are nominated by their classroom teacher to the state level competition and then winners at the state level advance to the national level. Maple Street School’s third grade teacher Maureen Chaffee stated, “I am proud of how hard our students work on learning cursive writing. Congratulations to Jordan Ihasz for her efforts.” Maple Street School is an independent day school serving children in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade. For more information about the school, please call Jeff Barclay at 362-7137 or visit on the Web at www.maplestreetschool.com.

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Last Chance to See ‘Steps Off the Beaten Path’ at The Clark

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Take a “walking tour” of Rome while visiting the “Steps Off the Beaten Path: NineteenthCentury Photographs of Rome and its Environs” exhibition at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. This exhibition of 100 photographs taken between 1850 and 1880 includes recognizable sites and out-of-the-way scenes nineteenth-century Romans and

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Europeans encountered in their daily lives. This exhibition closes on Sunday, January 3. Admission is free. During the 1860s and ‘70s, Rome was on its way to becoming a modern city and the capital of a unified Italy at the same time that photography was experiencing its own renaissance. Early techniques such as daguerreotypes, paper negatives, and salted prints were replaced by albumen prints from glass negatives that produced a precise image. Photographers of the Eternal City began to capture everyday scenes alongside ancient ruins, Baroque churches, and backstreets on the verge of being transformed by industrialization. These photos walk a fine line between documentation and art, while providing a fresh and modern look at nineteenth-century Rome. Organized geographically, the exhibition “Steps off the Beaten Path” gathers works by Vincenzo Carlo Domenico Baldassarre Simelli, Gustave Eugène Chauffourier, Robert MacPherson, James Anderson, A. De Bonis, and Edmond Lebel, some of the most accomplished photographers of their day. The exhibition complements the Clark’s paintings of Rome such as Camille Corot’s The Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, which is represented in several photographs. “Steps Off the Beaten Path” was first presented at the American Academy in New York and Rome between 2006 and 2008, and draws works from the Collection of W. Bruce and Delaney H.

Lundberg. The project was curated by Dr. Bruce Lundberg and Princeton architectural historian John Pinto. Jay A. Clarke, the Clark’s Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, worked with Ralph Lieberman, a photographer, art historian, and guest curator for the Clark presentation. Lieberman provides an artist’s perspective on selected images in the exhibition with special wall texts. The Clark’s collection of photographs dates from the invention of photography to the early twentieth century and now comprises nearly 1,000 works. The collection includes important photographs by Gustave Le Gray, Édouard Baldus, Nadar, Eugène Atget, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Francis Frith, Roger Fenton, Carleton Watkins, William Bradford, Winslow Homer, and Alfred Stieglitz. The collection of works on paper may be viewed by appointment in the department’s study room. To arrange a visit, call 413-4582303, extension 360. The Clark is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (open daily in July and August). Admission is free November through May. Adult admission is charged June 1 through October 31; free for children 18 and younger, members, and students with valid ID. For more information, call 413458-2303 or visit clarkart.edu.

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Ready to Stock Up on Real Food Again? The holidays are usually a time of indulgence; platters of cookies, pies and sweet breads. At The Dorset Farmers’ Market this Sunday, come and pick up all your staples to put nutritious food back in your home. Teleion Holon, Mighty Food Farm, Singinging Cedars, and Smokey House are all still harvesting fresh cut greens, eggs,

squashes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, and potatoes to bring. West River Creamery and Consider Bardwell Farm have new cheeses; Maple Valley Farm maple syrup and honey. Lewis Waite Farm, Summerfield Farm, and Hidden Pasture Farm are coming with every kind and cut of grass-fed meat.

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The Mark Skinner Library Board of Trustees recently elected new officers. The library board elected Pauline Architas Moore as president, James Dingley, Vice President, Chuck Thompson, Treasurer, and Don Brodie, Secretary. Moore would like to remind the Manchester community that Mark Skinner Library board meetings take place on the first Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. and are open to the public. Mark Skinner Library: Manchester’s Public Library is located at 48 West Road in Manchester. For more information, contact the library at 362-2607. ________________________________________________

RAVNAH Names Employee of the Year

The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice (RAVNAH) recently recognized retiring home health care aide Anne Broderick, LNA as its 2009 Employee of the Year. Broderick, a 19-year employee at RAVNAH, was honored for her uncompromising work ethic and commitment to her patients and their families. “Anne has always been a strong advocate for those in her care,” expressed Ron Cioffi, RN, executive director of RAVNAH. “She has gone above and beyond in supporting her patients and received much praise from both families and her peers.” Also honored were recipients of RAVNAH’s HEALTH Matters awards, an employee recognition program for service excellence. Employees are chosen and recognized by their peers for outstanding service to the organization and the patients served. Home health care aide Patricia Merrill, LNA received the Honesty award; physical therapy assistant Tonia Fifield, Excellence award; home health care aide Jodi Beauchamp, LNA, Attitude award; long-term care program manager Wendy Daley, BSN and marketing and public relations associate Laura Vien shared the Leadership award; home health nurse Peg RyanHeibler, RN, Teamwork award; and clinical services manager Sandy Eddy, BSN, the Helpfulness award. The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is a notfor-profit, Medicare-certified, home health agency providing services ranging from highly-technical skilled care to wellness programs in the community. 26

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First Wednesdays Talk Shares Treasures of the Spoken Word

Jane Beck, founder and former executive director of the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury, will share some gems from the Folklife Center’s archives in a talk at First Congregational Church in Manchester on January 6, 2010. Her talk, “Catching People’s Stories,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and takes place at 7:00 p.m. The Vermont Folklife Center has made preservation of the spoken word the core of its endeavors for over twenty years. Beck will bring some of these words to life through lecture and audio recordings, sharing the historic and contemporary folklife of Vermont’s communities. Beck began her intensive study of Vermont folklore, folkways, and folk art as the Vermont Folklorist for the Vermont Arts Council in 1978. She holds an undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and a doctorate in folklore/folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. First Wednesdays is a monthly humanities lecture series brought to communities throughout the state from October to May. Manchester’s series is hosted by the Mark Skinner Library. For more info: 802-362-2607. ___________________

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For the second year, the Better Bennington Corporation will be sponsoring the “100 For $100 Art Exhibit and Sale” in March 2010. The first year’s event was a great success for the artists, the community and for downtown Bennington. We are looking forward to another successful event this coming year and are hoping for even greater participation from the local artist community. The prospectus for the upcoming event is available as a download from www.benningtonarts.com. Please contact Tony Conner if you have any questions by email at mail@tonyconner.com or phone at 802-375-5548. December 23, 2009

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Stratton Foundation Seeking Sponsors to Put the Icing on This Year’s Men Who Cook

Planning has begun for this winter’s gourmet sampling extravaganza event, Men Who Cook. This year’s event will take place on Martin Luther King weekend, Saturday, January 16, 2010 starting at 7 p.m., at the Stratton Resort main base lodge. The event and affiliated silent auction has been one of the Stratton Foundation’s main fundraising events for over ten years with over 300 attendees in 2009. The attendees are a mix of local residents, resort visitors and home owners. In order to enhance the level of fundraising for the Stratton Foundation, the event committee plans on expanding the event to utilize the full base lodge, thus increasing the number of attendees and showcasing additional chefs. Sponsors are also being solicited in a variety of food and beverage businesses. These will focus on a few different types including dessert, beverages, auction/raffle items and product sampling. This is a great opportunity for your business to gain exposure to an affluent visitor clientele and community minded year round residents all of whom love food and cooking. For desserts, platters of small items such as cookies or chocolates are being sought. The focus for beverage sponsors will be on Vermont beers, wines, spirits and non-alcoholic drinks. We’re also looking for items for the silent auction which is a huge asset to the event and offers businesses a great venue to promote their wares. Product sampling opportunities for Vermont products are also available fitting perfectly with the grazing format of the evening. All sponsors will be featured on the Stratton Foundation’s Web site with links, listed at the entrance to the event along with the opportunity to distribute your marketing material. If you are interested in being a sponsor, Pat Meulemans would love to work with you to develop a strategy that will promote your business while helping the Stratton Foundation. You can contact her via email at patmeulemans@myfairpoint.net. For more information on the Stratton Foundation go to www.StrattonFoundation.org or call 802-297-2096. ________________________________________________

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The Sandgate United Methodist Church, located on Sandgate Road off Route 313 in West Arlington, will hold its annual Christmas Eve Carol and Candlelight Service at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 24. This year’s theme will be “See Heaven’s Light: A Human Born” and will again feature special music and choir singing under the direction of Joan W. Bort. The Sandgate Choir will offer “The Little Shepherd’s Carol” arranged by Roy Ringwald with Valerie DePeyster as soloist, and “I Wonder as I Wander” by John Jacob Niles with Sonja Rose O’Brien as soloist. “C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S” by Jenny Lou Carson and Eddy Arnold will be sung by a trio of young people. The Rev. David J. Bort will bring a Christmas Eve meditation. The service in the historic Sandgate Church will conclude with the singing of “Silent Night” in a darkened sanctuary while the individual candles of the congregation are lit. Weather permitting, everyone who is able will follow the pastor in a procession from the sanctuary singing “Joy to the World” as they gather in the silent night in front of the church. Refreshments will be served in the church’s Briggs Room following the service.

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‘One Child Left Behind’

All are welcome to join in worship on The First Sunday after Christmas on December 30, at 10 a.m. when The Reverend Joel Tibbetts will conduct the worship service and preach the sermon at the Federated Church of East Arlington on Ice Pond Road. “One Child Left Behind” is the subject of Dr. Tibbetts’ sermon. At the age of twelve – close to the appropriate time for him to receive his Jewish Bar Mitzvah – Jesus walks away from his family as they celebrate Passover in Jerusalem and enters the Temple, where he sits down and talks with the learned scholars of his day. They are amazed at his wisdom. This is the one bit of information in the entire New Testament about Jesus’ thirty years between his infancy and his mature ministry. What are we to make of the story? Does it help us understand Jesus better? Can we derive from it some impressions of Jesus’ relationship with his parents? Scripture selections are I Samuel 2:18-20, 26, Psalm 148, Colossians 3:12-17, and Luke 2:41-52. The choir will be conducted and accompanied by Music Director Paul Opel. Following worship all are invited to Bailey Hall for refreshments and fellowship. During coffee hour there is a basket for contributions to support Holy Joe’s Cafe that supplies coffee to military chaplains to use in their work ministering to the U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Please note: The children’s program will not meet again until Sunday, January 10. Bible Study will continue meeting on Tuesday morning at 9 in Bailey Hall. Senior Meals will remain on the regular Tuesday/ Thursday schedule during the holidays. If you need a ride to church, or can offer one, please become part of the Federated Church Ride Share Program. For more information, call the church office, 802-375-2548.

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Hannukah Celebrated at Israel Congregation

gogue that provides weekly Sabbath and holiday services, a religious school, adult education programs and social and cultural programs. An integral part of Jewish life in the Northshire for more than 70 years, Israel Congregation welcomes visitors to religious services and cultural and educational programs. Israel Congregation: Route 7A (Main Street), 1.2 miles north of Routes 11/30; telephone: 802-3624578. _________________________________________________

Auditions at Hubbard Hall

“Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay....” This traditional Chanukah song was recently heard at Israel Congregation as the students of the Hebrew School celebrated the annual holiday. Songs were sung, the dreidel (4-sided top) game was played, the menorah (candlabrum) was lit and the time-

honored dishes of latkes (potato pancakes) and jelly donuts were served. Chanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, is an eight day festival that commemorates the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC . Israel Congregation of Manchester is an unaffiliated syna-

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The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall is holding open auditions for its upcoming productions of Peter Luke’s Hadrian VII directed by John Hadden, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons directed by Allen McCullough, and Michael Hollinger’s Incorruptible directed by Stephanie MoffettHynds, on Saturday, January 9 at 1:00 p.m. at Hubbard Hall. Everyone interested in working with the award-winning TCHH, from novices to seasoned professionals, is invited to bring a 1-3 minute monologue to the audition. Head-shots and resumes are helpful if available. Beginning at 1:00 p.m., the directors will conduct group exercises and monologues. Beginning at 2:15 p.m., each director will ask individuals to read for their respective productions. Actors who participated in the September 19, 2009 auditions are not required to this audition to be considered, but may be contacted to attend as a call back. Those interested in auditioning are asked to call 518-677-2495 by 5 p.m. on January 8 to confirm your participation. Hubbard Hall, an 1878 rural opera house, is a community arts center dedicated to bringing the best of the arts to the region with year-round theatre, and music and dance performances and classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels. Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge, New York. For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, please visit our Web site at www.hubbardhall. org.

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Hubert Schriebl Honored The Vermont Ski Museum Board of Directors has selected Hubert Schriebl for the Paul Robbins Ski Journalist of the Year Award for 2009. The Paul Robbins Award recognizes a Vermonter who performs his/her skill in written, broadcast, or photojournalism with ethics, humor, good taste and always with the promotion of Vermont skiing and the larger skiing community in mind. The nominee is recognized for a lifetime of service to the ski community. Congratulations, Hubert!

SVAC’s Holiday Hours and Reduced Admission Fee

The Southern Vermont Arts Center will be closed on December 24, 25 and 26, and on January 1, New Year’s Day, so its staff might spend the holidays with family and friends. In addition, through the remainder of the winter season, the Arts Center’s Yester House Gallery admission fee will be reduced to $5 per adult non-member (members and children under 13 enter for free, students for $3). For more information, please call 362-1405. The Southern Vermont Arts Center is just off West Road in Manchester. Visit any time at svac. org. _________________________________________________

Winter is Kicking Into Full Throttle!

Now that winter has decided to stick around, the trail count continues to expand at a record pace. Stratton went from 13 trails on opening day to 47 and 218 acres of terrain in just eight days. The power of New England’s most powerful snowmaking system at work! And with a string of cold temps ahead, the guns continue to cover the mountain with an eye on opening the Sun Bowl for the weekend. Turn on the lights - With the holidays right around the corner, Stratton Mountain Resort hosts its annual ‘Holiday Kickoff ’ this Saturday, with a fun filled day of skiing and snowboarding, an appearance from Santa Claus himself and the lighting of one very big, Vermont grown, holiday spruce in the Village. The festivities begin at 3 p.m., with the Blue Moon Carolers singing the season’s best tunes around the fire pit in the courtyard. The big guy, with his lovely wife Mrs. Claus and a handy, dandy elf will take last minute requests and photographs with all of the little boys and girls hoping to land on the ‘nice’ list this year. And then at 5 p.m.,., the beautiful, freshly cut and decorated tree will be lit, beaconing over the Village with a radiant glow. Health and Safety Initiatives – With the hopes of building a better mountain experience for all of its employees, Stratton’s Health and Safety Committee has started to build a foundation towards its long term goals of a sustainable, active workforce. Recent improvements include the introduction of a health awareness week, healthy dining options in the cafeteria and an Employee Open House at the Stratton Sports Center.

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Vermont Public Television Program Highlights for December 27-January 2

December 27: Sunday at 6 p.m., the British drama “Lark Rise to Candleford” returns to the Vermont Public Television schedule. The arrival of a new teacher causes divisions. At 10 p.m., “Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture” looks at the life of the man considered America’s premiere sculptor of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site is in Cornish, N.H. December 28: Monday at 7:30 p.m. on “Profile,” Fran Stoddard talks with Lyman Orton, proprietor of the Vermont Country Store and cofounder of the Orton Family Foundation. At 9 p.m., Louisa May Alcott is the subject of “American Masters.” The celebrated author of “Little Women” was a free thinker who was also the pseudonymous writer of potboilers. December 29: Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on “Outdoor Journal,” snowshoeing and cross-country skiing — and hunting snowshoe hare — are the wintry stories. At 8 p.m., “Nova: What Darwin Never Knew” reveals answers to some scientific riddles Darwin could not explain. The focus is on new science nicknamed “evo devo.” December 30: Wednesday at 8 p.m., in “A Girl’s Life,” author Rachel Simmons explores the lives of four remarkable teenagers. At 9 p.m., “P.O.V.” presents Steven Sebring’s documentary on the legendary rocker, poet and artist Patti Smith. It’s narrated by Smith herself. December 31: Thursday at 8 p.m., VPT celebrates New Year’s Eve with “Live From Lincoln Center.” The New York Philharmonic gala

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Creative Movement Class For Kids Ages 2 to 5 Offered At Hubbard Hall

The Hubbard Hall Dance and Movement Program begins a new term of Creative Movement for ages 2 to 5 in January! The six week course is offered on Wednesday mornings from 9:30-10:15 a.m. beginning on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. Pre-registration is required and class size is limited to 8 children. Registration may be completed by calling 518-677-2495. Children will have the opportunity to explore movement through imagination, songs, circle games and props. They will develop body awareness and group skills, and are introduced to dance concepts such as fast/slow, start/stop, high/low and moving through space. Activities celebrate creativity, self-expression and the joy of movement. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and bare feet. Adult caregivers are encouraged to participate along with your child to share moving and having fun together. Infant siblings in carriers are welcome. Registration fees are required. Please call 518-677-2495 for the required pre-registration. For more information on this specific course, please email gina@hubbardhall.org. Hubbard Hall, an 1878 rural opera house, is a community arts center dedicated to bringing the best of the arts to the region with year-round theatre, and music and dance performances and classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels. Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge, NY. For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, please visit our Web site at www.hubbardhall.org.

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Legislative Breakfast

Please join us in welcoming our legislators to the first legislative breakfast of the New Year, on Monday, January 4, 9 a.m., at the Wilburton Inn, Manchester. Breakfast is included. On November 19, business leaders met with Representative Wilson, Senator Hartwell, and Senator Sears about the property taxation issue and other business issues. All are invited to a follow up meeting on the eve of the session commencing January 5. Please join us for the first legislative breakfast of the year. Hear follow up to the November 19 meeting. Discuss the issues and hear what your legislators think are the main points of emphasis going into the 2010 session. Come learn more about what will be the most challenging legislative session in recent history. Please RSVP to bmeachem@manchestercham ber.net or call 362-6313 to reserve your spot. _________________________________________________

Burr and Burton Academy Announces Tuition for the 2010-2011 School Year

Burr and Burton Academy’s Board of Trustees voted on December 14, 2009, to approve the per-student tuition for the 2010-2011 school year at $14,100. With the expected 9 percent decline in enrollment from the eleven sending towns, this tuition charge will result in a reduction in overall secondary education costs to the sending towns and will leave Burr and Burton in a deficit position. “The Board of Trustees recognizes and accepts a one-time budget deficit in the interest of demonstrating its partnership with the sending towns,” said Headmaster Mark Tashjian. In reaching this tuition figure, the board considered the need to maintain Burr and Burton’s academic excellence, low dropout rate, and commitment to a well-rounded educational experience. The importance of a strong faculty was also a key factor. “Burr and Burton must continue to attract and retain the best teachers and support them with superb facilities, supplies, and professional development opportunities,” said Tashjian. Burr and Burton will provide over $1 million from private sources to insure the quality and breadth of its programs: $313,000 will come from the endowment and $450,000 will be raised through the Annual Giving Campaign. “We are also very grateful to have received an additional $300,000 from a major donor specifically to help fund the school through this difficult economic climate,” Tashjian announced. “Our fundraising efforts insure that our sending towns get more than they pay for.”

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Derry Sled Dogs

The 2009 – 2010 Vermont snowmobile season officially opened on Wednesday, December 16. Here at the Derry Sled Dogs headquarters in Weston, we are gearing up for another great snowmobile season. VAST trail passes are available at Brown Enterprises in South Londonderry and at Brandmeyer’s Mountainside Lodge in Weston. The Derry Sled Dogs had a fantastic year last year. Our Tucker Snowcat is back from summer maintenance and ready to get out and groom our trails. We still need volunteers though for trail work and even drivers for this season. Please call 824-5851 if you are interested. Here are a few updates from the club: • We have built a bridge in the Orton’s field along Route 100 in Weston. This creek has been a problem for a long time and we are all excited to see the bridge completed. • We have completed a trail to Brandmeyer’s Mountainside Lodge on Route 100 in Weston. It is accessible from the trails in the Orton’s field. The Lodge’s Moose Lounge Restaurant will be open to snowmobilers and the public Thursday and Friday 4-9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 1-9 p.m. •We’ve launched our club Web site: www.derrysleddogs.com. You’ll find up-to-date trail reports for our area, club news, upcoming events and rides, scheduled meetings, etc. • The club will be selling hats and sweatshirts with our club logo. Check the Web site for locations of these items for sale.

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SPORTS Alysha Bowen sets LTS Record in Career Soccer Goals

During the 2009 soccer season Alysha Bowen, a senior at Long Trail School, set the school record for career goals scored. A four-year starter on the Girls’ Varsity Soccer team, Bowen scored a combined 31 goals for the Lynx in the Marble Valley League. During an October game at Black River High School, she surpassed the previous record of 26 goals held by Stephanie Spencer ‘05. Bowen was the team captain for the past two seasons and played a mix of center midfield and left striker, often directing the offense. Reflecting on her years as a soccer player, she appreciates the encouragement of the many coaches she has worked with and has tried to be as supportive of her peers in her years of leadership on the LTS team. In speaking of the fall soccer season, she commented, “It’s my favorite time of year!” Long Trail coach Sean Sonderman referred to Bowen as “the perfect mix of

skill, drive, leadership and character.” A special award for her lifetime achievement on the field was presented to Bowen by Long Trail School. She also received recognition as an All-Marble Valley League and Vermont All-State player. ________________________________________________

Southern Vermont Midget Hockey Team Seeking Players

The Southern Vermont Catamounts A/B Midget Hockey Team is seeking hockey players ages 15-18 for a spring tournament team. The season will run January 17 through March 21, 2010. Home practices and games will be on Saturdays and Sundays at the Riley Rink in Manchester Vermont. Cost per player will be $70. “All players are welcome and we expect the hockey to be competitive, but fun” said Pete Keelan, president of the Northshire Hockey Association, which is hosting the team. “This is a great opportunity for hockey players in the Southern Vermont area who do not have access to high school hockey to continue competitive play. If we have enough interest, we plan to create a full season Midget A/B team for the 2010 and 2011 season.” An evaluation session and practice will be held at Riley Rink on January 17, 2010 from 10:45 a.m. and noon. To register, contact Pete Keelan at petekeelan@comcast.net or by calling 779-2310. _______________________

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The Northshire Hockey Association (NHA) is now offering a second session of hockey for children 5 to 8 years of age. Mite and Atom registration for the second session is due by December 30 and can be done by contacting Karen Grabher at grabherhockey@comcast.net or by calling 366-8218. The second session will begin Monday, January 4, at the Riley Rink in Manchester. Children of all skill levels are invited to participate.

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Project Against Violent Encounters (PAVE) will sponsor a Women’s Support Group every Thursday, beginning in January. Women will have the opportunity to be heard in a caring environment. Refreshments will be provided. Childcare will be available upon request. For details, please call Mary at 442-2633. ________________________________________________

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Don’t be left out in the cold! Join a group of like-minded women who are setting their sights high this winter season. “Training for More” is a group of women training to walk or run the 13.1 mile Great Bay Half-Marathon on April 11, 2010 in Newmarket, New Hampshire. Lynn Grieger, local certified personal trainer, nutritionist, health coach, and avid runner is leading this group for the third year. Lynn will provide a detailed training plan to either walk or run across the half-marathon finish line with confidence, and the training group will provide camaraderie, training partners, all the guidance and information you need to train and complete the half-marathon, and of course, fun! No prior running or distance walking experience is required to participate in this group. Find out more by attending the kick-off meeting on January 6, 2010 at the Mark Skinner Library at 6:30 p.m. Training starts January 8 with days and times to meet just about every schedule. Contact Lynn at 802362-2810 or lynn@lynngrieger.com for questions.

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Senior Services Across the Country

When aging parents and loved ones live at a distance and need some assistance, help is available in finding programs and services across the country. To find a particular agency, use the Administration on Aging’s Eldercare Locator at www.eldercare.gov; search by zip code, town or state. Or call 1-800-677-1116 weekdays. For local assistance, call the Senior HelpLine at 802-786-5991 or 1-800-642-5119. The Senior HelpLine is a service of the Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging, serving Rutland and Bennington counties since 1974. www.svcoa.org. ________________________________________________

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The Reverend David Bort is Retiring

The Reverend David Bort, who has given 32 years of service as pastor of the Sandgate Methodist Church and his wife Joan Bort who has served as organist and choir director for the same length of time, will retire at the end of the Christmas Eve Service at the Sandgate Church on Thursday, December 24. The candlelight service will start at 7 p.m. and the presentation by Dona McAdams of a portrait of the Borts will be made following the service in the Marie Briggs room. All are invited to partake of refreshments at that time. A formal retirement party will take place in April 2010.

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Nature Notes

— by Bonnie Dundas After a surprisingly balmy fall, winter descended abruptly with snow, sleet, wind and plunging temperatures. The numbers of birds visiting our feeders increased and they went through the seed much more quickly than a week ago. Song Sparrows and Purple Finches made an appearance as did a Barred Owl in the woods. Rabbit tracks intermingled with those of deer around the ground feeders. They tell us we have at least one young deer with the herd. Scott put out his feeders and in minutes had both female and male Red-bellied Woodpeckers. The wind has often been high up in the treetops but not at ground level. It’s an odd sensation to walk and hear the wind blustering in the tree branches, but not to feel it. With the holiday season upon us, it can be stressful to try to finish all the tasks we set for ourselves: the baking, shopping, wrapping, attending social events, decorating. I find it is an excellent idea to get outside and take a walk; try to put our lives in perspective and enjoy this time of year. One of my favorite days of the year is December 21 – the Winter Solstice. It may be the beginning of winter but it also marks the shortest day of the year and we know the days will gradually start getting longer now. So, happy holidays to you and your families. Remember to feed your birds, especially when it is icy. You can contact me at 447-7433 or at cockatielvt@yahoo.com with your sightings. ________________________________________________

Green Mountain Club Manchester Section Snowshoe Hikes

For all winter activities you must have a pack with at least extra warm layers, extra mittens, extra socks, food, fluid, space blanket, headlamp, whistle – this is your personal minimal winter safety kit. At least one person in your group should also have fire starting materials, map, compass, guidebook information, first aid, pocket knife. For all trips, please contact the trip leader to let him/her know you are coming and confirm meeting place and that the trip is still going. Tuesday, December 29 – Lye Brook Falls, start time 9 a.m., distance 4.8 miles, snow shoe, moderate, trip leader Alyson Grzyb, alyruby@gmail.com, 362-6108 Saturday, January 2 – Equinox December 23, 2009

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Preservation Trust – Red Gate to Flatlander’s Pass to Pond Loop and back, start time 10 a.m., distance about two miles, snow shoe, easy, trip leader Alyson Grzyb, alyruby@gmail.com, 362-6108

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Pets Available at Second Chance Animal Center

Iris is 3 years old. She was returned to the shelter because they could not deal with her behavior. Iris is a gentle girl who enjoys being groomed and being with people. She is good with other animals and would be good for any home. Please come see our responsive girl.

Miksa is a year and a half, female Jack Russell Terrier who came to Second Chance because she did not get along with the other dominant female dog in her foster home. Miksa’s original owner worked many hours per day and she ended up being crated for twenty-two of those hours! A sweet and sometimes timid girl, Miksa loves human companionship and would do well with lots of activity and exercise. Basic obedience and recall training will be necessary. The Jack Russell Terrier is typically a very hyper, intelligent and bold breed. Miksa is just this type and also very quick-witted. We recommend a home with children thirteen years and older. Cats are fine and other dogs are possible upon introduction, although other dominant females are unlikely. If you are looking for a little whirlwind to love and train, then come and meet our baby-girl, Miksa!

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JD is an 11 year old, male Black Lab-Rotti cross who came to SCAC because he was left with grandma and she could not care for him. He is a sweet and affectionate lad who could use lots of time, care and love. JD has a sad look in his eyes that speaks of a longing for companionship and he will vocalize that longing with whines and moans and then it is playtime in hyper mode! JD came to us thin, in fairly poor condition and infested with fleas. Basic obedience, continued socialization and crate training would be very beneficial for JD since he may have mild separation anxiety and marking behavior. We recommend a home with children aged five years and older. Cats are fine and other dogs are possible upon introduction. These pets and others are available at Second Chance Animal Center, Route 7A, Shaftsbury, Vermont. Call 802-375-2898 for information.

All is Ready for Hildene Holiday Evenings 2009!

A visit to The Lincoln Family Home for Hildene Holiday Evenings on Monday, December 28, and Tuesday, December 29 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., will provide guests with a rare glimpse of what coming home to Hildene might have looked like at the turn of the century. This year, the Lincoln’s home, built in 1905 by Robert Todd Lincoln, President Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s oldest and only child to survive to adulthood is filled with an air of Victorian era “simple elegance.” Community helpers, led by Hildene volunteer Berthe Cowles, have created an ambiance this year that harkens “Welcome home for the holidays,” from the winterberries and greenery that greet guests at the porte cochere to the eye catching flower arrangement in the center hall and floral flourish and silver sconce treatment in the family’s dining room. The decorating group has “decked the historic halls” and beyond with fresh pine garlands on the staircase banisters and interior columns, wreaths aplenty, yards of satin ribbon reminiscent of the Victorian era and the traditional twelve foot Christmas tree, a beautiful sight in the welcoming center hall. The air is filled with the scent of balsam and Orford cedar and the traditional reds of the poinsettias and amaryllis

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add color to the seasonal palette. Hildene Holiday Evenings annually bring guests from near and far to see The Lincoln Family Home illuminated with candlelight and filled with the musical sounds of the season. The Tall Spire Ringers, from Manchester’s First Congregational Church will play on both evenings from 4:30 to 5:00 and 5:30 to 6:00. Alternating with the bells will be guest organists playing the Lincoln’s 1000 pipe Aeolian organ from 5:00 to 5:30 p.m., and 6:00 to 6:30 on both evenings. The organ, a birthday gift from Robert to Mary in 1908, was considered to be a status symbol at the turn of the century. Hildene’s organ is the oldest residential pipe organ in the country still located in the original place for which it was purchased. Following the tour and festivities at the house, guests leave for the Ski Pavilion to enjoy some hot cider and Mrs. Murphy’s donuts where there will also be carolers from 4:30 to 6:30. Weather permitting, a New Year’s bonfire will blaze with good luck pine cones available for a toss and a wish. Whether on foot, by shuttle or on the big red farm wagon, weather permitting, guests will begin and end their holiday evening in the Welcome Center located in the Lincoln’s 100 year old carriage barn. Dressed in all its holiday finery, the spirit of the season abounds in The Museum Store where shoppers can expect distinctive items including all things Lincoln, Gilded Age, gardens, history, nature and Vermont. This year in addition to seeing the home decorated for the holidays, guests will be able to view a timely new Lincoln exhibit entitled “The American Ideal: Abraham Lincoln and the Second Inaugural.” Admission to Holiday Evenings, December 28 and 29 is $15 for adults and $5 for children under 14. Members, volunteers and children under 6 are free. The Lincoln Family Home at Hildene is open daily from 9:30 to 4:30. (Closed December 24 and 25 for the holiday.) Regular admission is $12.50 for adults, $5 for youths 6-14, children under 6, Hildene members and volunteers are free. For more information visit www.hildene. org, call 802-36-7960 or email stephanie@hildene.org.

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Christmas Break Art Camp for Kids at SVAC

The Southern Vermont Arts Center is offering a four-day Christmas Break Art Camp for kids aged six to twelve (kids will be divided into two age groups) on Monday, December 28 through Thursday, December 31, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Students can attend as few as one and as many as four sessions, as they choose. Monday’s camp, for ages seven through twelve, “Creating Outdoor Sculpture and Ceramic Objects,” will be held at Turning Wheel Studio at 438 Route 7A, in East Dorset (all other sessions will be for six- to twelve-year-olds and will be held at the Arts Center). Campers will be creating their own pieces based on the works of Andy Gift Certificates Goldsworthy. Monday’s tuition available for the includes a $10 materials fee (no Yarn Lovers on your list! other discounts apply). �� Tuesday’s camp sessions are �� “Styles of Illustrators,” which will include the work of exhibiting �� artist Phoebe Stone and “Drawing Optical Illusions/Perspective,” ��

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based on M.C. Escher. Wednesday’s sessions are “Folk Art Painting,” based on the paintings of Grandma Moses and the classic Americana prints of Currier & Ives, among others, and “Collage Art,” based on the style of Eric Carle. Thursday’s camp will be “Portraits and A Study of the Human Face” and “Fantasy Art – Dragons, Fairies and other Mystical Creatures.” A 10% discount is given for attending two days, and a 20% discount is given for going all three days. There is also a 10% discount for siblings; several partial scholarships are available for those in need of assistance. Campers should bring a snack, a bag lunch, drinks, and wear clothes appropriate for art creation. Space is limited and advance registration is required. To register or for more information, contact SVAC Outreach Coordinator Stacy Gates at 362-1405. Detailed class descriptions and instructor info at www.svac.org. 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 12 to 5 p.m. Visit any time at svac.org. ________________________________________________

Special Works of Art & Crafts Available at Martha Canﬁeld Library

Shop for the holidays at the Martha Canfield Library in Arlington and support local artisans! The 11th annual holiday show of work by local artists and craftspeople is on display in the library and is open during library hours through December 31. Visitors may find many traditional craft items such as Christmas stockings, woodworking, weaving, jewelry, ornaments, scented candles, and other delightful treasures. Each year there are surprise items of a unique nature. If you want to find reasonable stocking stuffers and moderately priced gifts, come and browse the selection in the library’s gallery. The Martha Canfield Library is open Tuesday and Thursday 9–5 and 6:30–8, Wednesday 9–5, Friday 2–5, and Saturday 10–3. For more information, call the library at 802-375-6153 or visit the library Web site at www.marthacanfieldlibrary.org. The library is located at 528 East Arlington Road next to Fisher Elementary School. _________________________________________________

Priority Wildlife Crossings Workshop

National Wildlife Federation, Vermont Natural Resources Council, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, and U.S. Forest Service will cohost a free workshop about priority wildlife crossings and road permeability on the evening of Jan. 21, 2010. The workshop will highlight the findings and recommendations of a report: “Critical Paths: Enhancing Road Permeability for Wildlife in the Green Mountains of Vermont.” To see the location and details of each priority crossings and download the Critical Paths report, go tonline.nwf.org/site/PageNavigator/ Regional%20Office%20Websites/NortheasternNRC_Events and click on the Critical Paths link.

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Mettawee Mania Auditions in February

Auditions for the Mettawee Mania Extravaganza Talent Show 2010 will be held on Wednesday, February 3, beginning at 6 p.m., at the Mettawee Community School, Rte. 153, West Pawlet, Vermont. Interested performers need note that rehearsals for Mettawee Mania 2010 are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, March 11 and 12. The Mettawee Mania Extravaganza Talent Show 2010 will be Saturday, March 13, beginning at 7 p.m. Contact Rod Hawkins at 802-325-3687 to receive a tryout time. Please note that all acts using recordings should be prepared to leave a copy of their music with Rod following their audition. ________________________________________________

Glass ‘Armonica Featured at Two Manchester Music Festival Concerts

A musical instrument that few people have seen or heard will be featured at the two holiday concerts presented by the Manchester Music Festival on December 27. It is called the glass ‘armonica and was invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761 after he heard water-filled wine glasses played in Cambridge, England. They were “played” by rubbing moistened fingers around the glass edge, producing a bell-like tone. Franklin, ever the inventor, produced an improved glass instrument consisting of round bowls, mounted on their sides, so that more tones could be played at the same time. The ‘armonica was quite a hit in Europe and over 200 pieces written for the instrument survive from that era. Franklin brought his back to America but built a second one for Marianne Davies, a well-known musician in London, who premiered it in 1762. Wolfgang Mozart was so enamoured with its sound that he wrote his last piece of chamber music for it. The glass ‘armonica will be played in Manchester by special guest artist Carolinn Skyler, performing Mozart’s “Adagio and Rondo for glass ‘armonica and string quartet K.617” and a solo piece, also by Mozart, both written in 1791. Additional pieces will be interspersed throughout the first half of the concert. She will be joined by violinists Joana Genova and Renee Jolles, violists Ariel Rudiakov and Nardo Poy, and cellist Maxine Neuman. The string players will perform Beethoven’s quintet for strings in C Major, Op. 29 following the intermission. There will be two concerts on December 27: a family concert lasting about 45 minutes beginning at 4 p.m. and a full performance beginning at 7:30 p.m. Both will be held at the First Congregational Church on historic Route 7A in Manchester Village. Tickets for the family concert are $5 for adults and $2.50 for children 6 to 18. Children under 6 will be admitted free. General admission to the 7:30 concert is $20, $10 for students with college ID and free for children under the age of 6. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Manchester Music Festival office, the Northshire Bookstore, the Equinox Antiques & Fine Art (across from Equinox Hotel) or at the door. Please call 802-362-1956 for more information. December 23, 2009

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WEEKLY ALMANAC AA • AL-ANON • NA • GA

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EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT See our events calendar at www.PerfectWife.com/Entertainment.html SAT 12/26 SAT 1/2 FRI 1/8

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Think Soulive, Maceo and Steely Dan

FUNKY JAM FANTASTICALITY

Think - Get Your Babysitters NOW!

Rte 11/30, Manchester, VT - www.PerfectWife.com - (802) 362-2817 Restaurant: 5-10pm - Tavern: 4pm-close. Closed Christmas Day.

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

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your Higher Power, Beginners, 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.

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Laney’s Stratton Mountain Express Call 362-4456 by 3:30 p.m. We deliver by 5 p.m. December 23-January 2, 2010 Then Fridays, Saturdays and Holiday Weeks Pick up at Winhall Town Hall, River Road, Bondville. See www.laneysrestaurant.com for menu and details. Open Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Call for Preferred Seating: 802-362-4456 Routes 11/30, Manchester

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AA meeting, St. Thomas Episcopal, Brandon, 7:30 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, First Congregational Ch, Newfane, 7:30 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, Baptist Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. AA discussion meeting, United Church, Dorset, 8 p.m. H.S. Meeting Book Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday: AA meeting, Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, noon. AA Women’s Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, 6:30 p.m. 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. 8-9 p.m., Turning Point Club of Bennington, 465 Main St., Bennington, VT, 442-9700

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,

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Manchester, 9 a.m., 5:30 & 6 p.m. ESL Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 4:30 p.m. GED Class, Mack Molding, Arlington, 6 p.m. Wednesday: Dept. of Employment & Training, Veterans Memorial Drive, Bennington (first Wednesday), 10 a.m. GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 3 p.m. A Mustard Seed Group St. Peter’s School, Rutland, 8 p.m. MIND & BODY WELLNESS Thursday: 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, 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 - 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.

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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.

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Manchester Village Planning Committee meeting, County Court House, first Monday, 7 p.m. Londonderry Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7:00 p.m. Pawlet Planning Committee meeting, Town Hall, fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Jamaica Selectmen’s meeting, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Rutland Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, West Rutland, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Chester Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Rupert Planning Committee meeting, Town Clerk’s Office, first Monday, 7 p.m. Stratton Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Holly Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, third 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, 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

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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 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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Monday: Open Pairs Duplicate Bridge, 12:15 p.m., MMDBC*; Robert Smith, Director, 362-4224 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 permanent jackpot progressive; kitchen service; 802-447-1619 for info

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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,

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Right: Kaki Fisher announces that the Community Christmas dinner is celebrating its 19th dinner on Christmas Day at the Manchester Congregational Church in Manchester Village. Serving traditional holiday fare at 2:30 p.m. on Friday December 25. No reservations please. No charge; all are welcome. For additional information, please call Kaki at 362-5447.

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