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www.vermontnews-guide.com • March 17, 2010

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Vol 48 No 98

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Top left: Enjoy Teen Night at the Avalanche with DJ Tracy Salmon...story on page 13 Center: Beckett Wier is ready for the spring baseball season ...story on page 14 Above: Avery invites you to Middletown Springs Maple Festival...details on page 17 Far left: Steve Winburne will hold a book-signing at Northshire Bookstore...details on page 17

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OUR READERS’ LETTERS ...thank you...

Thank you, Dorset! Once again you have voted your support for the activities, programs and work being done by the Dorset Historical Society preserving the past. If you were not one of the 2000 plus visitors last year to Bley House, we invite you to do so soon. Last year’s tribute exhibit to Jessica Bond has been taken down from the Main Gallery and the new exhibits are to open May 21. The gallery will showcase the photographs of Huntington P. Gilbert, whose many pictures in and around Dorset in the early 1900s were made into postcards. Other highlights will be photographs, paintings and history surrounding Prentiss Pond and materials about the Manly Family, some the earliest settlers in Dorset. And, did you know that Dorset had its own cookie company – Aunt Maria’s Cookies? You can find out more about this business at the Bley House Museum. “The Apple Industry in Dorset – Past and Present” is our topic for the Vermont History Expo, June 26 and 27. We are seeking historic tools, equipment, advertising materials, photographs and stories related to Dorset’s apple industry. Please call DHS at 802867-0331 if you have something to add to this exhibit. We are especially interested in borrowing an antique cider press. Upcoming events include a display of archival material about J.K. Adams, Genealogy Workshops in April and May, a program about the Slate Valley Museum in April and walks to the area marble quarries in June, July and August. Please check the Society’s Web site www.dorsetvthistory.org for events, open hours and collection information. Thank you, Dorset!

—Ruth Stewart on behalf of the Dorset Historical Society’s Board of Directors

...time for daffodils...

It’s that time of year again, when volunteers for the American Cancer Society will be selling flowers in the Arlington area for Daffodil Days. In these difficult economic times, it is important to know that .81 cents of every dollar raised by this effort goes directly to client services. This includes free summer camp for pediatric cancer patients (and their siblings); free lodging for cancer patients (and their care givers) traveling out of state for treatment at Hope Lodge; and free transportation for medical appointments. All of these services are provided by caring and well-trained volunteers. In addition, the money raised by the daffodil sales also helps to fund research to find new cures, as well as to provide other cancer screening services and clinics. It is estimated that this year in Vermont alone there will be 3,550 people diagnosed with cancer. Nearly half of those will be served with American Cancer Society patient-related services. Please consider helping this cause by purchasing daffodils during Daffodil Days, March 24 and 25. Help us continue the fight to save lives. You may purchase flowers on these two days at the Arlington branches of both the Bank of Bennington and the Berkshire Bank. You may also pre-order daffodils by calling 375-6396 or 3756411. On behalf of the American Cancer Society and the Vermonters we serve, Thank you. — Carol Stroffoleno Judy Bryan

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At its April 5 meeting, at 5 p.m., in the town office, the Mt. Tabor School Board will consider a recommendation from the Superintendent of the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union that would reduce our local board’s meetings to five from eleven a year. The board, which tuitions high school students and does not operate a school, invites responses from Mt. Tabor residents, opening a discussion of the implications of this early step on the road to school reform in Vermont. Town residents are encouraged to write the board at P.O. Box 175, Mt. Tabor, VT 05739, or e-mail the board chair at craiga@vermontel.net. Minutes of meetings of this school board (and others in the district) are posted on the BenningtonRutland Supervisory Union web page, at brsu.org. There are nine school boards in the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union. Five operate schools and four (Danby, Mt. Tabor, Pawlet, Rupert) do not. Marcia Ahlborg and Herbert Ogden are the other members of the Mt. Tabor School Board. We all welcome your comments. —Crag Gilborn, Chair Mt. Tabor School Board

IN THIS ISSUE:

Antiques & Auctions...........27 Arts & Entertainment.........27 Automotive.........................44 Business/Service Dir............34 Classifieds...........................37 Creatures/Environment.......26 From my Corner................... 6 GNAT-TV Schedule............. 8 Mind & Body.......................22 Restaurants.........................28 Service Directory.................34 Job Connection...................42 Weekly Almanac.................28 Worship..............................34 March 17, 2010

READERS’ LETTERS ...High Ridge Plaza...

The families of the Nillvale and Mountain View areas of Manchester thank the many people of Manchester who voted against the spot zoning change in the High Ridge Plaza. Sadly, for now, we lost by only four votes. Out of the 808 people who voted, 42 did not vote on the zoning change. The question as it appeared on the ballot was vague and poorly worded, and should have read, “This is to rezone two acres in the High Ridge Plaza from Residential/General Use to Commercial-1,” not the vague, “a change to the Commercial1 zoning boundary on the west side of Main Street/Route 7A.” Because of the very close vote and the vaguely worded question on the ballot, the hillvale Neighborhood Committee is petitioning for a reconsideration of the vote on the zoning question. This spot zoning change accommodates and benefits one commericial enterprise to the detriment of the many families in the Hillvale and Mountain View neighborhoods. In their February 14 letter to the Journal, the Manchester Planning Commission wrote of a “Holistic” approach in their planning for our town. We feel that most of us in Manchester would rather see an old-fashioned “common sense” approach to planning, an approach that places people and neighborhoods first before a commercial enterprise that would place a one acre size building directly next to residential properties. Remember, we live in “Beautiful Manchester and the Mountains.” Let’s strive to keep it that way. To all of you who tried to help us with your vote, our sincere and heartfelt thanks. It was very reassuring to learn that we are not alone in this battle. To sign a petition for reconMarch 17, 2010

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sideration sheet please call Al Drasheff at 366-8234. Sincerely, — Al Drasheff on behalf of the Hillvale Neighborhood Committee

...in defense...

This is in defense of Rep. Scott Murphy, New York 20th District. I live in Granville, New York, and vote in all elections. I did not vote for Mr. Murphy but I’ll defend him against Ms. Coons’ comments. I believe the 20th District is well represented by Rep. Murphy. Obama and the health care package are not for the people. It’s driven by power-hungry, egodriven elitists who would like to control another 16 percent of the nation’s economy. If it passes they’ll pay for the damage come November. — H. Sam Waite, Granville, New York _____________________

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Suggested donation of $3.25 per meal For reservation or cancellation Manchester: 362-3714 Wednesday, March 17 Veal Parmesan on Noodles, Italian Veggies, Tossed Salad, Fruit Pastry and Milk. Thursday, March 18 Herb Turkey Breasts, Sweet Potato Crisp, Maple Glazed Brussels Sprouts, Tropical Fruit, Bread and Milk. Friday, March 19 Tuscan Pasta with Chicken, Green Beans and Onions, Fruit Cocktail, French Bread and Milk. Monday, March 22 Pollock Crowns with Stuffing with White Sauce, Red Potatoes, Diced Beets, Pineapple and Milk. Tuesday, March 23 Pork Tenderloin, Baked Potatoes, Zucchini, Cream Cheese Brownie and Milk.

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Cead Mile Failte

Delia O’Dowd is celebrating her 100th birthday on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Delia, born in Ireland, became a nurse in Brooklyn, New York. She later opened a nursing home in Queens, New York. Delia moved to Manchester, Vermont 40 years ago, and now resides at Equinox Terrace. Pictured is Delia with her younger (by one year and also lives at Equinox Terrace) sister looking over her shoulder. __________________________________________

Lost Cat

A cat answering to the name Izzie (Isabelle) jumped from a parked car on Searles Road, off Route 149 in Granville, New York. A reward is offered for accurate information. Please call Sharon Young at 802-681-5634.

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Service Notes

Air Force Airman Daniel J. Woods 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 Randie and Susan Woods of Third Avenue, Ticonderoga, New York. Woods is a 2007 graduate of Ticonderoga High School. Air Force Airman John P. Swanson 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 John Swanson of Miner Street, Groton, Connecticut, and Joyce Swanson of South River Road, Valley Falls, New York. Swanson is a 2009 graduate of Robert E. Fitch High School, Groton. _________________________________________________

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Weatherization Works was honored with a “Best of the Best” Grand Prize at Efficiency Vermont’s 2010 Better Buildings by Design Conference held on February 10. The conference brings over 1,000 building design and construction professionals together for a comprehensive, interactive learning experience about building durability, efficiency, and value. Efficiency Vermont’s “Best of the Best” awards honor the best in energy-efficient commercial and residential design and construction in Vermont. Weatherization Works is located in Dorset, Vermont.

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— by Susan J. Coons ...goodness... I had an emergency a couple of weeks ago on a Thursday night. My basement flooded and the sewer backed up at the same time! I called Roto Rooter in Manchester and Donnie Dorr (I didn’t know he had the Roto Rooter franchise) said he’d try to get his men down to Hoosick Falls, but wasn’t sure of the condition of the roads where they were working. A little later they called very apologetically and said the roads were ice and that they couldn’t get to my house until the next morning, which they did. By now the water was about a foot and a half deep at the far end of the basement. They were able to pump it out. In the meantime, I called Carlton Coon, my plumber. Carlton talked to the men from Roto Rooter and told them he was going to get ahold of Jerry McAuliffe to get an idea about where to dig and what could be done to replace a sewer line. Jerry came out to the house (he had been frying fish at St. Mary’s for their Friday Fish Fry!) to look over the situation. They both decided to come out on Monday morning and make the necessary repairs. I didn’t want to use the water, so I went to my daughter’s apartment in Albany on Sunday to take a shower and do my laundry. My outside cellar doors collapsed under the weight of the snow just a few days prior to the basement flooding. Carton surprised me on Saturday by building and installing two beautiful cellar doors. This is a guy who responds to every emergency and is always fair in pricing. And then he does this for me. As far as all of the digging that had to be done by Jerry, I know that he, too, will be fair. I’m very, very fortunate to have them looking out for

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my interests. The sewer line had to be cleared of tree roots on Monday, and Jerry recommended someone from Bennington. He had been out to my house about five years ago and, based on my experience at that time, I was hesitant, but reluctantly agreed. Hoosick Falls is a small town. So are Bennington, Manchester, Arlington, and Cambridge. Everyone knows everyone. Just as it doesn’t take long for good work to be appreciated, it doesn’t take long for sleazy business practices to get attention as well. Susanism: Never leave your denture where the dog can find it! ________________________________________________

No Strings Marionette Co. Performs at the Mack Performing Arts Center

Happy Days Playschool invites the community to join them at the Mack Performing Art Center in Arlington on Sunday, March 21 at 2:00 p.m. for a performance of “The Snowmaiden” with No Strings Marionette Company. Nineteen exquisitely hand-crafted marionettes are featured in one of Russia’s most beloved folk tales. As Father Frost spreads Winter throughout the land, he comes across a most amazing sight. A perfect little maiden sculpted entirely of snow! Mother Spring breathes life into the figure, making dreams come true for a childless couple who embrace the Snowmaiden with a love as deep and wide as Old Mother Russia herself. Can love sustain this child of winter as the seasons change? This kind and gentle hour-long performance is appropriate for audiences of all ages. The performance is open to the public with donations accepted. The Snowmaiden performance is being sponsored through the Arts Enrichment Program at Happy Days Playschool, with a grant from Southern Vermont Arts Center Jonathan Levin Outreach Program. For more information, please call 375-6039.

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Black and Blue Bash

This is an event you won’t want to miss! Be sure to buy your tickets to the Stratton Foundation’s Black and Blue Bash, being held on March 27, at the Stratton Mountain Base Lodge, where the featured entertainment will be Doc Scanlon’s Rhythm Boys. For over twenty years, Doc Scanlon has rocked the capitals of the world from Albany, New York to St. Petersburg, Russia with an exciting blend of Big Band Swing and Rockin’ Rhythm & Blues. Style and showmanship have made the band a popular concert and club attraction, both on their own and in appearances with such performers as B.B. King and The Count Basie Orchestra. Audiences can’t resist tunes by Ray Charles, Glenn Miller, Louis Prima, The Temptations, Nat King Cole and Chuck Berry – put a dance floor in front of this band, and flying feet fill it! Another reason you’ll want to join the fun up at Stratton Mountain, will be the excitement surrounding our great auction prizes. You will have a chance to bid on a beautiful pair of pink tourmaline and diamond earrings by Mark Patterson, donated by Von Bargen’s Jewelry, a stunning necklace of garnets and gold beads and a vacation week at a house in France, nestled in the picturesque village of Roquebrun, in Haut Languedoc Natural Park on the Orb River, a great location for fishing, swimming and canoeing. Event and raffle tickets are available online at www.strattonfoundation.org or call 802-2972096. Raffle tickets are $5 each or $20 for 5 tickets. You can also stop by at the new Stratton Foundation office in the Stratton Mountain Village. March 17, 2010

Green Mountain Conservation Camp

The Manchester Rod & Gun Club is now accepting applications for this summer’s conservation camp program offered by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, to youngsters aged 12 -14, at their Kehoe Camp on Lake Bomoseen. The camp fee is $200 per camper, but the Rod & Gun Club will sponsor any interested youth who lives within a 30 mile radius of Manchester. Parents must submit a completed application, with a $25 deposit to the “Manchester Rod & Gun Club”, as a sign of intent, to Manchester Rod & Gun Club, P.O. Box 289, Manchester Ctr., VT 05255. Mail in your applications promptly to get the week preferred and to secure one of these limited numbers of scholarships. You may download and print an application at F&W’s web site www. vtfishandwildlife.com/edu_camps.cfm, or pick one up at any local elementary school’s guidance office, or at Mrs. Murphy’s Coffee Shop in Manchester on Depot Street Be sure to include a copy of the “Green Mtn Conservation Camper” letter, signed by the applicant and a club officer or director, with your application. Club officers and directors are: Charles Hewes 362-3627; Robert Twitchell 824-5295; Howard Carkin 645-0427; Eric Severance 3622666; Linda Bove 384-3623; Larry Collingwood 362-1767; Dave Farnum 824-5295; Stan Peterson 379-1101; Lloyd Georgeson 3942408.

GMC Seeks Participants for Wellness Fair

Green Mountain College is seeking participants for its annual Spring Wellness Fair, April 15, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Each spring the College’s Wellness Center invites businesses and non-profits involved in healing and therapeutic care to set up displays or do demonstrations and presentations in GMC’s Withey Hall lobby. The College can provide an eight-foot table, a tablecloth, chairs, and a sign identifying the organization. There is no charge for participants and pre-registration is required. For more information or to reserve space, please contact Jane Allen, 287-8376 or allenj@greenmtn.edu before April 5.

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Basket Weaving Workshop

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning will be offering another Basket Weaving Workshop with Joy Stewart on Saturday, March 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. The workshop will be held at the Madeira Education Center at SVAC in Manchester, Vermont and is part of the Arts for Living Series created in partnership with the Southern Vermont Arts Center. In this workshop we will learn to make a medium market basket. The cost for this session is $30 plus $14 for materials. Joy Stewart has been weaving baskets for 15 years. She enjoys sharing the craft with others and maintains that basket weaving can be appreciated by people of all ages. She currently teaches upper school math at Maple Street School in Manchester, Vermont. For more information and to register, please call Renee Bornstein at 802-362-1199 or visit www.greenmtnacademy.org. ________________________________________________

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Area Lions Attend Bennington Lions Charter Night Anniversary

The Bennington Lions held a Charter Night Anniversary meeting with visiting Lions from the Cambridge, New York Lions Club, and the Norshaft and Arlington Lions Clubs. In 1939, the Cambridge Lions Club sponsored the Bennington Club installing Walker F. Miles as the first President. The initial club membership was 27. The Bennington Lions were the sponsoring Club for both the Arlington and Norshaft Clubs. During the meeting, Gerry Albert gave a presentation on the Rotary Clubs rebuilding of the old Grade School fountain refurbishing project. The fountain will be placed in Memorial Park this spring. MC for the evening, Henry A. P. Simpatico gave a brief historical talk on the Bennington Club’s Charter Night meeting and the 1939 era. There was a display of Club memorabilia on hand covering the Bennington Lions from the late 1940s to the present. 52 people attended the meeting which was held at the Moose Lodge.

On Wednesday March 17 the Pember Museum will offer an afterschool investigative program from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Endangered Species. There will be slides of endangered animals with species status and causes of endangerment. Learn where and how to look up animal status on the Internet. Discuss ways in which one could help our threatened animals. Study the several extinct species in Pember’s collection. This is a free hands-on program with real animal artifacts and textiles from our Cargo for Conservation loan kit. It is open to school-age children. Registration is not required. For more information, contact museum educator Bernadette Hoffman at 518-642-1515.

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Stretching and Strengthening at Equinox Terrace

From chair calisthenics to yoga, tai chi, creative movement, and outdoor walks in good weather, some form of exercise is available for Terrace residents every day.

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Ukranian Egg Decorating

We are excited to let you know that Mother Myrick’s now has the decorating kits & dyes for Ukranian Egg Decorating! Please let your friends know, too. Help the Second Chance Animal Shelter and have a chance to win Annabelle — Mother Myrick’s huge, candy-filled chocolate Easter Bunny! Just enter our Easter Egg Decorating Contest and bring a donation with your entry. We hope to be able to donate much needed blankets, towels, etc. just before Easter. Stop in at Mother Myrick’s for more details, and to see Annabelle on display. Everyone who enters will receive a free chocolate bunny — even moms and dads! Decorate a hollowed egg using any materials and all your imagination and whimsy! Anyone can enter. Here are the age categories: • Ages 6 and under • Ages 7 to 11 • Ages 12 to 16 • Over 16 • Seniors • Professionals The five age categories each have a solid chocolate Prince as a first prize. Second and third prizes will also be awarded, so hop to it! The deadline for entering is March 28 at Mother Myrick’s Confectionery, 4367 Main Street in Manchester. Call Nolan for details at 362-1560.

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Teen Night at the Avalanche Family Fun Center

Elite DJs will be hosting a Teen Night at the Avalanche Family Fun Center on Saturday, March 20 from 8 p.m. until midnight. They will be playing all of your favorite dance music all night long! The Family Fun Center has a 9-hole indoor miniature golf course, arcade games with prizes and a snack bar serving hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken fingers, French fries, soft-serve ice cream, soda, water and more. There is a $5 cover charge and is for ages 13-19 only, no re-entry and security will be enforced. The Avalanche Motel Family Fun Center is located on Routes 11/30, Manchester Center; 802-362-2622. Elite DJs: 802-683-4055. ________________________________________________

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Rental Property Owners Meeting

Vermont Rental Property Owners Association monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday April 7, at 7 p.m. in the main conference room at the Godnick Adult Center, 1 Deer Street, Rutland. Thaddeus R. Lorentz, Esq. of Lorentz, Lorentz & Harnett PC will be the guest speaker. The public is invited. For further information call Ron at The Carmote Paint Store 802-775-4351.

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The firehouse breakfast will be held Sunday, March 21, from 7-11 a.m. As always, all you can eat, service with a smile, and raffle tickets available for the Orvis Helios carbon fiber rod and reel. Please call Lee Krohn at 362-4824 with any questions. Thank you for supporting your local fire department! ________________________________________________ Manchester Youth Baseball is ready for: “Batter Up!” Once again we will be offering organized baseball for boys and girls ages 5 through 12. We will have four divisions — Tee ball of ages 5 and 6, AAA for ages 7 and 8, minors for ages 9 and 10 and the majors for ages 11 and 12. As with last year: AAA, the minors and majors will play a schedule with teams from Norshaft Cal Ripken as well as games with other surrounding leagues. Registration will be held on Wednesday, March 24 in the cafeteria at Manchester Elementary-Middle School from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. The fee is $35 for one player and $60 for two or more players from the same family. Coaches and players will be in attendance to answer questions and talk baseball. Registration forms will be available at all local schools. Checks should be made payable to: Manchester Youth Baseball. Assessment Day for all players will be held on Saturday, March 27. from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the MEMS gym. All returning players from last season’s minor or major teams will not be required to attend the Assessment Day. If you have questions, you may call Brian Sawyer at 362-4712 or email: brian@welfordsawyer.com.

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Young Picassos’ Pizza Party at the Arts Center Young artists and their families are invited to the Young Picassos’ Pizza Party at the Southern Vermont Arts Center (SVAC) on Wednesday, March 24 from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. The free event is held to recognize the exhibitors in the 9th Annual Art from the Schools show in the Yester House Gallery.

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Supporter and longtime SVAC member Barbara Riley and past president and Honorary Trustee Jim Lee will be on hand to meet and congratulate the young artists. Pizza and refreshments courtesy of several local businesses will be served. Student musicians from Long Trail School will entertain the group. The Young Picassos’ Pizza Party is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Jonathan Levin Educational Endowment. Local elementary and high school students from Arlington Area Child Care, Arlington Arts Enrichment Association, Arlington Memorial High School, Burr and Burton Academy, Currier Memorial School, The Dorset School, Fisher Elementary School, Flood Brook Union School, Grace Christian School, Homeschoolers of Southern Vermont, The Long Trail School, Manchester Elementary and Middle School, Maple Street School, Mettawee Community School, The Mountain School, North Bennington Graded School and Sunderland Elementary School are participating in this year’s show. The new student initiative, Vermont Artists, Past and Present originally set for May, 2010 has been rescheduled until the spring of 2011. The planned statewide show, an outgrowth of the Art from the Schools program, planned to award several financial scholarships to outstanding middle school and high school students. As Arthur Klonsky, chairman of the organizing committee said “upon the advice of educators and arts professionals, we were urged to allow young artists additional time to conceive and execute work for the competition.” Additional details may be found at www.svac.org. For more information the exhibition or the Young Picassos’ Pizza Party, please call 802-362-1405. SVAC is located off West Road in Manchester.

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Mud Season Dinner

Steve Swinburne will share his three new books with moms, dads and children on March 20 at the Northshire Bookstore. His new photo concept book is for young children through second grade, called “Whose Shoes?” The book explores various occupations through a simple, lively text and bright colorful photographs. He will read from his new middle grade novel, “Wiff and Dirty George: the Z.E.B.R.A. Incident.” Later Steve will perform poems from his newly released book of Tide Pool Poems called “Ocean Soup.” From a low-down dirty lobster and a rapping barnacle to a crooning sea urchin and a Scottish mussel, Steve will rock the house. You can see some videos of Steve performing live in a New Hampshire tide pool at www.oceansoupbook.com. ______________________________________________

Maple Festival in Middletown Springs

The Middletown Springs Historical society is holding their 22nd annual Maple Festival on the green in Middletown Springs on Sunday, March 21, from 1 to 4 p.m. Enjoy sugar on snow, maple cotton candy, homemade maple desserts, maple products, 2009 maple syrup, raffle, cash prizes, silent auction, antiques and collectibles, merchant donations, and kids’ activities. See a maple syrup boiling demonstration over an open fire. A lecture will be held on the History of Vermont sugarmaking with Wilson Clark with free admission. For further information, call 235-2376.

A Mud Season Dinner will be served at the Tinmouth Community Center on Saturday, March 27. Serving begins at 5 p.m. The menu will feature homemade chili, cornbread, salad, and a variety of decadent chocolate desserts! Adults, $8; children 5 to 12: $5; under 5 no charge. Proceeds to benefit the Tinmouth Community Church.

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Irish Springfest Returns to St. Mary’s!

Hair of the Dog brings their Irish sound back for what is sure to be another fantastic show at St. Mary’s Academy! Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and show begins at 8:00 p.m. There will be a cash bar and food. Tickets are only $15! Our Emcee for the evening will be Ben Patten, co-host of the Jay and Ben Morning show on the new Magic 590AM. Tickets are sure to go fast! For tickets or more information, please call Pat at school at 518-686-4314. This is a 21+ event. ________________________________________________

Dorset Senior Connection

The Dorset Seniors will meet at noon on March 25 at the Wilson House for a delicious lunch. The program, with guest Betty Gilbert, speaking about birds, will follow the lunch. Betty is very knowledgeable about birds in our area and many other parts of the world. She will be glad to answer your questions. Reservations are required. Please call Helen Tyler at 867-0261 no later than March 21. A suggested luncheon donation of $3.50 is asked. A 50/50 raffle will follow the luncheon. All seniors are welcome. ________________________________________________

Pancake Breakfast

The Battenkill Grange #487 is offering a pancake breakfast on Sunday, March 21 from 8 to 10 a.m. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, real Vermont maple syrup, biscuits and sausage gravy, homefries, coffee, juice and milk. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children under 12. The grange is located on Route 313 West at the covered bridge in Arlington.

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Healing Service at the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert

Reverend Dr. James H. Gray invites everyone in the community in need of healing to attend a special hands-on healing service at the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert, on Sunday, March 21 at 10 a.m. This is the tenth year that the United Church of Dorset has offered this special service and the response has been tremendous. Reverend Gray will invite those in need of healing, whether spiritual, physical, mental or emotional to come forward for the laying on of hands. Reverend Gray will invite the presence of God through the Holy Spirit to heal those who are present and even those in remote locations. In the past, remarkable results have been reported as many have claimed healings at this service. You are invited to stay for Coffee Hour following the service. At 11:30 a.m., the Southern Vermont Savvy Seniors Performance Troupe will present a witty performance on a serious issue: Healthcare error, fraud and abuse. Questions and discussion will follow. The congregation of the Dorset Church hopes you will join them at this special service. Questions, call the office at 867-2260. The Church is located at 143 Church Street (off Route 30) in Dorset, Vermont. ________________________________________________

Zion Church Music and Meditations

Zion Episcopal Church, Manchester invites the community to the Lenten Music and Meditations on Wednesdays from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. through March 31. Zion’s organist and music director Christopher Lewis will play a selection of classical music pieces, followed by meditations given by David Lewis, Licensed Lay Preacher in the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. All are welcome. For more information, contact Zion Church at 802-362-1987 or rlewis@zionchurchmanchester or check the Web site at www.zionchurchmanchester.org. ________________________________________________

First Annual Grace Cottage Hospital Golf Beneﬁt

The first annual Grace Cottage Hospital “Tee Up for Health” Golf Benefit will take place at Tater Hill Golf Club in Windham, Vermont, on Sunday, June 13, with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. The registration fee per golfer is $100, which includes greens fees, golf cart, and a complete steak dinner (cash bar) at the evening awards ceremony at Tater Hill (non-golfers are welcome to join us at the dinner for just $25). Prizes will be given for longest drive, closest to the pin, and other notable events. Early sponsors for this event include The Richards Group (Platinum) and Primmer, Piper, Eggleston & Cramer, P.C., and Howard Printing (Hole Sponsors). Brown Motors of Greenfield, Massachusetts, is a holein-one sponsor — the lucky (or talented!) winner takes home a brand new 2010 Jeep. If you or your company would like to help sponsor this event, please call Director of Pharmacy, Jim Heal, at Grace Cottage Hospital, 802-365-3624 or e-mail jheal@gracecottage.org. If you would like to register to golf at this event, go to www.gracecottage.org and click on Events and Golf. All proceeds benefit patient care at Grace Cottage Hospital and a great time is guaranteed! March 17, 2010

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner

The Bennington Unit 13 of the American Legion Auxiliary will host a St. Patrick’s Day dinner on Saturday, March 20 in the Post rooms on Northside Drive. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. with dinner serving beginning at 7. The menu will include corned beef and cabbage and appropriate side dishes. Tickets are on sale at the club. No tickets will be sold at the door. This event is open to members and qualified guests. ____________________

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Local Students Sending Caring Coins to Bangladesh

Over 1300 students from Long Trail School, MEMS, the Dorset School, Fay Honey Kopp, the Bennington School, Green Mountain �� College and the BBA Leos Club have signed cards in Bengali that are attached to the Caring Coins that will go to students in Bangladesh this week. The students have also put together questions for the students in Bangladesh. Along with their questions, the students have included �� their own answers to those questions. Thus a dialog begins. �� The You Are Never Alone Foundation has been asked to bring Caring �� Coins to Bangladesh as a reminder to the children and people there that �� they have not been forgotten by the world. The wooden Caring Coins, which are crafted in Vermont with the message “You are never alone,” are reminders of caring. To date over 40,000 Caring Coins have gone around the world as gifts of hope. Together with Design Bangladesh, a non-profit organization working for a better Bangladesh, the You Are Never Alone Foundation designed the You Are Never Alone Bangladesh Program in the hopes of opening the door to a dialog between the students here with the students in Bangladesh. Salley Gibney, founder of the You Are Never Alone Foundation, Betsy Butler, a Board Member of the Foundation and Chris Gaskin, a student at Green Mountain College left for Bangladesh on Saturday, March 13. Their itinerary includes sharing the Caring Coins with groups of children including orphans, disabled children as well as with acid survivors, old A service of Luxbrush Painting Company people and army families. They will also meet with high school and college students who are �� already participating in a CoinKnowledge Sharing Program in Rangpur, Bangladesh. You can follow their daily experiences on their blog: www. thecaringcoins.blogsite.com You Are Never Alone Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) non profit grassroots organization about caring and hope. Visit their Web site: www.YouAreNeverAlo �� neFoundation.org. ��

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Parent Workshop: ‘Getting through the Tricky Years’

On Monday, March 29, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Maple Street School, Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning and The Collaborative are sponsoring a workshop that will address challenges shared by both girls and boys. Carol Weston believes that the goal is to raise kind, smart, confident young adults who will be able to navigate our ever-changing and sometimes toxic world. She will speak about body image, crushes, cliques, eating habits, talking about sex, parent/child relationships, homework, the Internet, and how to help kids stay away from alcohol and drugs. She will read real letters from girls and boys seeking advice and offer upto-date statistics — both worrisome and reassuring. Newsweek calls her a “Teen Dear Abby” and you will find her both entertaining and informative. Come with questions! Carol Weston is the author of twelve books and is the “Dear Carol” advice columnist at Girls’ Life Magazine. A Phi Beta Kappa Yale graduate with an M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College, Carol has been a guest on “The View,” “Today,” and “Oprah” and is an expert on all things teen and tween. Her books include “The Diary of Melanie Martin” (a Knopf kids’ novel), “For Teens Only,” and “Girl talk: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You” (Harper Collins, now in its fourth edition), which was translated into ten languages. Carol’s web site is carolweston. com and she and her husband are the parents of two daughters, age 18 and 22. The focus will be on kids age ten and up, but all parents are welcome. For more information and to register, please call Gloria Palmer at 802-366-1820. March 17, 2010

Bedtime Stories at the Pawlet Public Library

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The Pawlet Public Library invites all young children and their families to join Heidi Hammell for bedtime stories on Tuesday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m. This special evening story time is designed to give more families a chance to enjoy our beautiful library with their young children. So, come in your pajamas, bring your Teddy and snuggle in while we listen to some soothing, peaceful and sometimes silly bed time stories and songs followed by a night time themed craft. Our regular story time is Tuesday morning 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., all are welcome. Stop in, grab a schedule and explore the library! Story time is free and open to the public. Any questions call the library at 325-3123.

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Maple Fest Dinner at St. Luke’s

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Main Street in Chester, Vermont, is tapping on a good thing, Vermont’s Maple Festival. The dinner will be served family style at 6 p.m. in Willard Hall on Saturday, March 20. The menu is set – all things maple! Turkey breast with cranberry and maple glaze, carrots, crucifer salad, breads, and fancy cheesecakes, pies and cakes all featuring the best from Vermont’s trees and St. Luke’s cooks. Advance reservations will be taken by calling the Harrisons at 802-875-2784. The cost for adults is $10 and for children, $1 per year of age. There will be a raffle as well, featuring prizes donated by members of St. Luke’s. Bidding is accomplished by purchasing raffle tickets at $1 each or 6 for $5. The prizes include a framed Rockingham Meeting House print by Lew Watters, maple syrup, Morgan, a Bonnie’s Bundles buddy, a Teddy bear, 2 Trax, a wall hanging quilt by Adelaide Johnson, a Ruth Harrison painting, two cases of bottled water, three crocheted scarves and assorted sherenschnitte Easter cards by Marcia Clinton. The proceeds for this event will go to PINS, Partners in Service, a St. Luke’s outreach project. For more details visit www.stlukesepiscopalvt.org. March 17, 2010

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RRMC Celebrates Certiﬁed Nurses Day

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Learn Belly Dancing

Full of fun, laughter, mystery and joy, belly dancing is a great form of exercise for people of all shapes, sizes, and ages. Grace Cottage Hospital will host another session of its popular beginner belly dancing class on six Tuesdays, March 30 to May 4, 6:30-7:30 p.m., in the Grace Cottage Community Wellness Center, 133 Grafton Road, Townshend. Belly dancing can help with posture, flexibility and coordination. Participants learn about the physical and mental health benefits and practice basic belly dance movements in a fun, supportive environment. Each class begins with a warm-up. Wear comfortable clothing and bring yoga pads and hip scarves if you have them. Instructor Robin Rieske has been dancing for over six years and is currently a member of Troupe Sahibat. Visit www.shimmies.net for more information. This class is open to participants of all ages. Class size limited to the first 20 participants who register. The cost for the class is $60 for 6 weeks or $13 per week. Call 802-365-3649 to register.

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Sixteenth Annual Women’s Health Day

The Salem Area Woman’s Club, in conjunction with the Glens Falls Hospital, has organized the sixteenth annual women’s health day, “By Women, For Women,” to be held on Saturday, April 24 at Salem Washington Academy. This full day includes a continental breakfast, catered luncheon and several health-related workshops. Joanne Steele, health professional, is the keynote speaker. Participants may select three workshops from a total of six. Following is one of the workshop choices: “In Our Own Voice.” Donna Wynbrandt has lived with mental illness for thirty-five years. Two years ago she joined the National Alliance on Mental Illness - North Country (NAMI) and has attended the yearly conferences which has brought more scope to her life. She has taken the Family to Family educational course and then trained to lead it. This is her third presentation with her co-presenter, Kim Andrews. Registration mailings have been sent out. If you did not receive one and would like more information, call Irene Baldwin at 518-686-3198 or Lois Sheaff at 518-677-5562, co-chairs of the event.

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ANTIQUES

& AUCTIONS

Coin, Postcard and Sports Card Special Events

The Tri Town Coin, Postcard and Sports Card Collector’s Club announce two upcoming events. This month the club holds two special events at promoting its hobbies and fighting cabin fever. The club will hold its special scholarship fund-raising committee meeting during its show and sale on Sunday, March 21 at the Hampton Inn at the Bennington, Vermont Hannaford Plaza. This collector’s expo is followed by the fundraising Scholarship Auction on Saturday, April 3, at Brattleboro High School. This new committee has been formed in the memory of Mark Bennett who passed away one week after our March 2009 show. “Mark was one of the founders of our club and a great friend of all dealers and collectors,” says Show Chairman Joe Fuller of Rawsonville, Vermont. “He was always helping us with the details of running fun and educational events in the tri state area.”

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Besides working on its new program to assist college students, area collectors and dealers will come together to show and trade their collectables such as coins, paper money, postcards, sports cards and other interesting items. The event begins at 8 a.m. with a club business meeting during the show’s start up session. After a family fun day buying and selling collectables, dealers will join the Tri Town Numismatic Society at 3:30 p.m. for its monthly meeting. There is no admission charge and anyone looking to sell or trade their collectable items may set up a card table by calling show chairman Joe Fuller at 802-297-1274 or e-mail Pepsijoseph@yahoo.com. ________________________________________________

Lincoln, Vermont and the Gettysburg Address with Howard Cofﬁn

The Pawlett Historical Society asks that you mark your calendars for a talk to be presented by Vermont author Howard Coffin on Thursday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m., at the Pawlet Community Church. The event is free and open to the public, as well as accessible to all. This is a Vermont Humanities Council event. A seventh generation Vermonter, with ancestors who served in Vermont Civil War regiments, Coffin is the author of three Civil War books, as well as a book on military sites along the Champlain Corridor. The talk titled “Lincoln, Vermont and the Gettysburg Address” will begin with Coffin’s examination of Vermont’s ties to President Abraham Lincoln, despite being the only northern state Lincoln never visited. The talk’s focus will move on to the Second Vermont Brigade, which is noted for the fact that it smashed the right flank of Pickett’s Charge, perhaps the most important assault of the Civil War, making Union victory at Gettysburg a certainty. Coffin’s talk will conclude with a discussion of Lincoln’s remarks made at the Gettysburg National Cemetery dedication (November19, 1863). These remarks are now referred to as the Gettysburg Address. For additional information call Steve WIlliam of the PHS at 802645-9529.

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Birds Seen in the Northshire

The Manchester Historical Society announces its March 17 program featuring Randy Schmidt, owner of The Vermont Bird Place in Manchester. Schmidt will discuss the changes in bird sightings tracked over the past 40 years in Southern Vermont. Included are such birds as the Boreal Chickadee and the Evening Grosbeak, once seen regularly here (but no longer), along with newer visitors like the Red-bellied Woodpecker and the Northern Cardinal. The audience will also hear about the theories that seek to explain these shifting patterns and the sources of that information. The Vermont Bird Place has a mission of helping people enjoy the wild birds that visit their backyard, providing them with the tools to enjoy wild birds wherever they find them. The shop’s products include bird feeders of myriad varieties and bird feed. The Vermont Bird Place also sponsors regular bird walks and species counts. The MHS meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 17 at the First Congregational Church in Manchester Village at 7 p.m. The meeting is free and open to the public. The site is handicapped-accessible. Refreshments will be served.

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GMC Killington Section

Sunday, March 21, 9 a.m., Fayville, Glastenbury. Walk, ski, or snowshoe to an abandoned logging town in the mysterious Glastenbury Triangle. Moderate, four miles. For further information, call leaders Barb and Barry Griffith at 492-3502. ________________________________________________

Sustainable Living Presentation

Vermicomposting: Not Just a Funny Name

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” Aristotle’s observation surely applies to the lowly earthworm. Those who attend a workshop on vermicomposting on April 2, at 10:00 a.m. in the Beckwith Room at Hildene will learn why this small creature’s status is quite elevated in the minds of “green” gardeners. Participants will learn about a composting system to improve their garbage disposal bottom lines and gardens. Instructor Josh Nelson will present the workshop on worm composting, better known as vermicomposting. Not just a funny name, it is a process using earthworms to transform organic waste into a nutrient rich humus, producing an excellent fertilizer and soil conditioner. Nelson has been �� involved with composting and �� organic waste management for more than twenty years and he �� is quick to praise the ease and �� benefits of this efficient method �� of composting and of the tiny �� annelids that make it possible. �� Attendees will learn how cost effective vermicomposting is and

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Sustainable Design of Vermont continues its free monthly“Sustainable Living” series at the Northshire Bookstore Thursday, March 18 at 7:00 p.m. This month’s presentation focuses on Sustainable Food; featuring talks and tastings of food from local farmers. Oliver Levis of Earth Sky Time Farm in Manchester will be talking about Community Supported Agriculture. Learn how you can enjoy a wide variety of fresh organic vegetables, flowers, herbs, and even fresh organic eggs without having to start seeds, weed a garden, or raise chickens. Members of our local farmers’ market will also be on hand to discuss what other delicious sustainably grown and prepared food you can enjoy with a simple visit to their booth. Don’t miss this opportunity to eat your way toward sustainability. ________________________________________________

Seeing the Forest for the Bears

Vermont bear expert Forrest Hammond will tell you everything you need to know about bears in your backyard and bears in the wilds of Vermont at a talk at Hildene entitled, “Seeing the Forest for the Bears.” The talk, part of The Nature Conservancy’s annual Vermont Natural History Series, will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 25 at the Lincoln family home in Manchester. It is free and open to the public. Hammond, who is a wildlife biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department in Springfield, has worked with bears for many years and has become familiar with their habits and character. “Bears are highly intelligent with long memories,” Hammond says. “Now they are living in increasingly urban environments and �� they need to learn how to get �� along with people and how to avoid them.” �� There are between 5,000 and � � �� 5,500 black bears in Vermont, �� Hammond says.“It’s a robust pop�� ulation, the highest since colonial development.” The numbers are high, he says, because bears have adequate habitat in Vermont, and bear hunting is closely regulated. Efforts by the Conservancy �� to protect a greenbelt of conserved lands across the flank of �� Mount Equinox, all the way from �� Manchester to Merck forest, will �� help ensure that bears continue �� to be a part of Vermont’s charac�� ter in the years to come.

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FINE ARTS

& ENTERTAINMENT

New Season for Dorset Theatre Festival

The Dorset Theatre Festival is excited to announce plans for its 2010 35th Year Anniversary Season. Fresh, fun and providing a great mix of classic and new plays, the Festival season will open on June 28 and run through September 5/Labor Day Weekend. Four Main-stage plays are planned as well as additional season programming including a New Play Reading Series and Family Programming. “The Pavilion” by Craig Wright will open on June 28 just in time for the Fourth of July weekend and will play through July 11. Written by the award-winning writer of the hit TV series “Lost” and “Six Feet Under” this gem of a play is by turns poetic, comic, romantic and philosophical. For the baby boomers amongst you- the play is pleasantly reminiscent of The Big Chill but at the same time- this award winning play has been hailed by critics nationally as the “Our Town for our time”. It promises to be a great way to start off the summer season! “Fallen Angels” by Noel Coward will follow beginning on July 14 and running through July 26. Charming, gay and frothy fun for the entire family by a master of high comedy, this is Coward at his inimitable best. This play is a champagne cocktail of wit and charm! Bring a date, bring your husband or wife, bring your kids, bring your weekend guests and enjoy classic theatre at its best! “Murder on the Nile” by Agatha Christie opens on July 28 and will run through August 15. DTF once again plays host to Dame Christie in this classic mystery sure to please old and young alike. Join in the fun as you travel down the Nile on a paddle steamer with a cast of characters guaranteed to keep you guessing. One of Christie’s best “who dunnits” simply packed with murder, intrigue and fun for all. Next on the list will be DTF’s exciting New Play Premiere by award winning playwright Theresa Rebeck. Given to the festival in order to support its on-going commitment to New Play Development and also in honor of DTF’s 35th Year Anniversary, this vivid family drama, “The Novelist” will open on August 18 and run through August 28. Fresh from her huge success at the Williamstown Theatre Festival last summer with her play The Understudy- Theresa is also well known to many as the writer and producer of the successful television shows Law and Order and Criminal Minds. The Festival finishes its innovative and classic 35th Year Anniversary Season with the touching comedy “When Something Wonderful Ends” by award winning playwright Sherry Kramer. In this hit play we watch as a woman packs away the belongings from her childhood home after the loss of her mother. With great comic flair- the skilled Kramer invites us to ponder our own dependence on foreign oil as we watch our heroine re-discover her childhood Barbie collection. This special presentation will be part of a weeklong “Going Green Symposium” which will run from September 1 through the September 5, Labor Day Weekend, and will include speakers, demonstrations and discussions, all free and open to the public. Family programming continues this season as DTF presents the entertaining classic play and recent hit movie, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” by Roald Dahl. Beginning on July 10 and running through August 14 the Festival will present six free Saturday Matinee performances which will be followed by a Children’s Book Fair hosted by Northshire Bookstore featuring the work of author Roald Dahl as well as his famous illustrator Quentin Blake. This programming continues DTF’s commitment to March 17, 2010

encouraging the appreciation of great literature by young audiences. A New play reading series is a collaboration between The Lark Play Development Center and DTF which will expand this year to include monthly staged readings free and open to the public. Writers will be in attendance and the audience is invited to discuss and respond to the play directly after each reading. Full schedule and descriptions for these readings will be posted on our web site nearer to the season. For tickets and further information please go to our Web site www. dorsettheatrefestival.org or call 802-867-2223. ________________________________________________

A ‘Mammoth’ Film Beneﬁt, for MEMS

On Saturday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. the Village Picture Shows Cinema in Manchester will present a globe-spanning, modern family drama, “Mammoth.” Proceeds will benefit the students at Manchester Elementary-Middle School (MEMS) through the Friends Foundation for MEMS 2009-2010 Campaign. Gael Garc a Bernal, Oscar(R)-nominee Michelle Williams, and local actress (and MEMS fourth grader) Sophie Nyweide star in a story about the rippling effects of life’s smallest choices, and the epic ironies that bind us all. Benefit tickets are $10 and are on sale at the movie theater and MEMS office. For more information, please call Village Picture Shows Cinema at 802-362-2982 or 802 384-8081. ________________________________________________

Men, Mud & March Madness

Come to Long Trail School 6-8 p.m. on Thursday March 18 for some male bonding. Enjoy wings and beer while watching some NCAA action on the big screen and making bowls for Empty Bowls to be held at Long Trail School on May 1.

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Thursday: AA meeting, Breakfast with Your Higher Power, Northshire Baptist Fellowship, 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 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 Fellowship, 7:30 a.m. Al-Anon meeting, St. Paul’s

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

Al-Anon meeting, Baptist Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. AA discussion meeting, United Church, Dorset, 8 p.m. H.S. Meeting Book Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday: AA meeting, Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, noon. AA Women’s Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, 6:30 p.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Fellowship, 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, 6:30 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.

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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 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., March 17, 2010

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.

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 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. Wallingtond Selectboard, Town Hall, first and third Monday, 6:30 p.m. Poultney-Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District Meeting, district Office, Poultney, second Monday, 8 p.m. Tuesday: Fair Haven Selectmen’s meeting,

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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.

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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

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BRIDGE

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

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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.

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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

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.

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 Services 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.; S.S for Jr. hi thru adult, 9:30 a.m. During 10:30 service, Godly Play for children 4-11, nursery available for infants to 3 yrs. Interim Pastor Rev. Richard D.

Ringenwald, Sr. firstcongregationalmanchester.org, 362-2709. 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. 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.

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Concert to Beneﬁt Food Cupboard Kelly Moore and students will hold a concert to beneﬁt the Manchester Food Cupboard on Friday, March 19 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Al Ducci’s.

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Top left: Joe Fuller invites you to a Coin and Card Show..details on page 24 Above right: Young Picassos enjoy themselves at SVAC...story on page 16 Above: Kelly Moore with an important message! Left: Judy Harwood invites you to the Manchester Historical Society meeting...details on page 25

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