Mountain Times May 22-28, 2019

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Volume 48, Number 21

May 22-28, 2019

Child center forced to close pending police investigation

By Katy Savage

Courtesy CSJ

CONGRATS, GRADS! GMC and CSJ held their final commencements, while CU celebrated its 232nd ceremony, May 18-19.

Page 3 SKI, BIKE, GOLF! Killington Resort is open for skiing, mountain biking, golf – and has opened the adventure center – for Memorial Day weekend.

Okemo is also running its summer operation schedule, with golf, mountain biking, and its adventure zone.

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By Jerry LeBlond

RACE THE LEGEND The 23rd Killington Stage Race takes to the roads of Central Vermont, May 25-27.

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A NEW CHALLENGE Pico Mountain welcomes a new event to town: the Total Archery Challenge, a family friendly, 3D, multi-course spanning the resort.

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By Polly Mikula

The Killington Mall was sold at auction, May 21. It houses four businesses and four apartments.

Moguls owner buys Killington Mall at auction

By Katy Savage The Killington Mall has a new owner.

Robert “Sal” Salmeri, the owner of Moguls Sports Pub and Restaurant, bought the building on Killington Road for $475,00 at an auction on Tuesday, May 21.

“Call it a pet project of mine,” Salmeri said. “I’ve liked that building for years.

It’s part of Killington history.”

Salmeri, who was the only bidder on Tuesday, says he plans to bring three new businesses to the mall.

The 22,500 square foot building with four aces has four residential tenants, and houses four businesses – two

restaurants and two retail spaces, including Outback Pizza, the Killington Diner, and the former Killington Art Garage and Darkside Snowboard Shop.

Salmeri declined to say how the businesses would change until he closes on the sale. “Right now I’m mulling over what I’m going to do,” Salmeri said.

The building was owned

by Rodney Viccari who purchased it in 1981 out of bankruptcy. “I’ve had enough,” Viccari said. “I’ve owned it for such a long period of time. It was a toy for me. It was a place to escape

on the weekends. It got to a point where I was tired of it.”

Viccari said Salmeri has tried to buy the building in the past. “He’s been itching to buy it for a long time,” Viccari said. “He has some good ideas. I think it will be a breath of fresh air up there.”

Salmeri, who has owned Moguls for 25 years, said he’s not afraid to work hard. “It needs someone to care for it,” Salmeri said of the mall building.”I think businesses being open helps the community more.”

Nathan Auction and Real Estaten handled the auction.

The sale will close in 45 days.

Pittsford man pleads not-guilty to killing girlfriend Staff report friend, Marie Rabtoy, 19.

A Pittsford man pleaded not guilty in “I was stunned. I was in absolute shock,” court on Monday to charges of manslaughsaid Rabtoy of what happened. ter, domestic assault, grossly negligent veRabtoy said she got a text hicle operation, driving with message from Rooney the a suspended license, and night before she died where leaving the scene of a fatal Rooney said her boyfriend crash after he ran over his had beat her up. girlfriend, Melanie Rooney Rabtoy said she was on Saturday, May 18. shocked and asked her if she Police said during the was OK. Rooney said she was. evening prior to her death, Rabtoy met Rooney about a dispute occurred between a year ago and they grew the two in Rutland City. close in recent months. On Hours later, Reynolds struck Thursday before she died, Rooney with his truck in the Anthony Reynolds they went to a pub together. roadway at the end of her “I noticed a couple bruises on her,” Rabtoy driveway, located at 13 Market St., Proctor, said. “She acted really weird. She didn’t seem causing her death. like herself. She kept looking around like State police were notified of the death at someone was going to kidnap her.”

4:52 a.m., and troopers from the Field Force Rabtoy said Rooney had three kids. The Division and members of the Major Crime youngest is an infant and the oldest is about Unit and Bureau of Criminal Investigations 10, she said. “This is a traumatizing,” Rabtoy responded to the location.

Rooney, 31, of Pittsford, had been with her said. “This is a small community. This is not something that happens very often.” boyfriend six months, according to Rooney’s

The Rutland Parent Child Center has been ordered to shut down its location on Juneberry Lane after the state found some teachers who weren’t licensed and found children at risk.

DCF Director of Child Care Licensing Christel Michaud said the department received two calls that children had been injured in two separate incidents on May 10. “[The calls] really left us with concerns about the staff’s ability to meet the children’s needs,” Michaud said. “Until that can be addressed, we’ve rescinded that variance.”

The location closed on May 12. Michaud declined to give details about the incidents. She said the incidents are being investigated by state police.

Concerned parents are pulling the children out of the program.

A CHILD THREW A CHAIR AND A BUCKET AT OTHER CHILDREN IN A CLASSROOM WHILE ONE CHILD TOOK HER CLOTHES OFF AND RAN NAKED. Mary Bernier said she called the police last Wednesday, May 8, when she noticed her 4-year-old daughter had a red mark around her neck.

Bernier was told by a staff member that her daughter’s neck was caught in a parachute on the playground. Bernier said she was never called about the incident.

“It’s been a mess – an absolute mess,” she said. “It’s been horrific.”

Bernier said her daughter had attended day care there since she was 6 months old.

“I’ve been with them for four years now,” she said.

“It’s really disturbing – it’s sad.”

A nine-page report from the Department of Children and Family Studies cited five violations at the day care.

The issues became present when a DCF field specialist went to the facility for a compliance visit on April 18 and overheard “concerning interactions between a staff member and the children in care,” a May letter from the state says.

DCF field specialists visited the facility four more times in the weeks that followed.

In one incident, a staff member yelled at a group of 3-5-year-old children to sit on the floor and watch a movie on a laptop computer placed on a chair in front of them.

“Some children of this age have shorter attention spans and need alternatives to a movie,” the letter said. “Making all children of this age sit for this length of time is not a developmentally appropriate expectation.”

Another violation said a child threw a chair and a bucket at other children in a classroom while one child took her clothes off and ran naked. Two other children ran around and bumped into each other, causing them to fall as five staff members watched.

One staff member yelled at children, saying, “You seriously don’t know how to behave. You are getting on Child care, page 4

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

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Green Mountain College graduates final class

Dandelions used to symbolize persistence, tenacity, endurance Staff report

Dandelions “are masters of survival,” POULTNEY — Green Mountain ColTison said. “These hardy plants are persislege celebrated its final commencement tent, tough, tenacious, and can endure.” ceremony, Sunday, May 19. It was the colGMC’s professors, graduates, students lege’s 182nd commencement and 185th and staff, must now find new places to year open. sow their seeds, he said, encouraging the In January, the college, known for its graduates and now former students of environmental programs, announced it GMC to have strong would close at the “GO FORTH, AND roots, like dandeliend of the spring ons, which always semester due to GROW WHERE YOU ARE grow back quickly ongoing financial and just as strong. struggles.

PLANTED,” TISON SAID. “Go forth, and Graduating grow where you are planted,” Tison said. students wore the traditional emerald When GMC President Robert Allen gowns with dandelions embellishments addressed the crowd, his tone was more that stood out in stark contrast – they were reflective at first, but he also called for stutucked behind student’s ears, pinned on dents to look ahead, preserver and make a lapels, and held as bouquets. positive change in the world.

GMC Professor Eleanor Tison ad“I arrived three years ago with an ambidressed their symbolism to the overflowtious goal of turning around a multi-year ing crowd.

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Mentors reflect at CSJ’s 60th and final commencement

Ninety students received degrees at the College of St. Joseph’s 60th and final commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18.

CSJ President Jennifer Scott conferred degrees upon the graduates with Vice President of Academic Affairs David Balfour and Board of Trustees chair A. Jay Kenlan.

Commencement speakers included journalist and author Yvonne Daley, Sister Shirley Campbell and Scott.

In her keynote address, Daley spoke to the importance of education and its affordability for all. “Education is the key to real and lasting freedom. To be informed, to fill your mind with knowledge, not just facts but important concepts and beautiful words, to be able to discern the truth, is a gift that will stay with you throughout life… We must ensure that education becomes affordable for all who are willing and able to do the work…Of all the places on the planet you could have landed, you could be huddled in a refugee camp or living on a spot of land ravaged by any form of mayhem. But you are here, safe, blessed, accomplished, graduated.”

Sister Campbell called upon the graduates to live by the Mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph. “I ask you as you walk out these doors today, take an inventory of what your values are,” said Campbell. “We have a world that is suffering right now...You folks, young people, have the ability to turn things around.”

Scott, in her Farewell Address, spoke to endurance, perseverance, and hope as she CSJ, page 5

Castleton University celebrates 232nd commencement

The graduating class of Castleton University passed across the stage at its 232nd Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18.

Former Vermont Gov. James Douglas addressed the more than 3,500 guests in attendance and thousands more streaming the ceremony online.

“If your experience matches mine, the time has gone quickly: I hope you’ve found it enjoy-

able, as well as enriching,” Douglas said. “I’ll let you in on a secret: time will continue to fly, so make the most of the empowerment of your degree. I’m confident that you’ll all contribute meaningfully in the years ahead.”

Castleton President Karen M. Scolforo shared how the ambition demonstrated by this class will undoubtedly serve them well as they set out to make a difference in the

world, and reflected on their impressive accomplishments during their time at Castleton.

“We are facing unprecedented challenges, and we look to our new leaders for solutions, for diplomacy, and for action. Never has the world needed these graduates more,” she said. “This generation of Spartans refuses to settle for mediocrity. They own the passion and drive to create change in this CU, page 5

By Julia Purdy

Jenn and Chris Curtis take a break from stocking their new grocery-deli in Proctor.

Proctor’s corner market makes a comeback

By Julia Purdy The West Street neighborhood in Proctor will soon have their corner store back— with some differences. Jenn and Chris Curtis are preparing to open The Market On West Street in Proctor, formerly known as the West St. Market, before Memorial Day. The front has been refreshed and painted in cheerful sunshine-gold with green trim, upper windows have been replaced with green shutters, and the interior is filling up with grocery staples, wines, snacks and a deli counter.

The latest glitch has been getting the POS equipment up and running.

The store has a comfortable, inviting atmosphere, with emphasis on Vermont country store rustic. It’s an eclectic collection of old stuff given new life. One window features a stained-glass panel. Lighting has been updated with hanging barn lights and modern fixtures featuring reproduction Edison bulbs. A new cast-iron pellet stove will warm the space.

“I just love industrial style,” Jenn Curtis said. She planned the color scheme of

warm shades and the design herself. “I thought it had good bones.”

Completing the picture is the original, well-worn maple flooring, which has been kept natural and refinished. Chris Curtis gets emotional when he talks about the flooring. He pointed to the discolored and cracked area at the door and mused how many local folks have crossed that threshold, including his own relations.

“When you’re replacing things, the history is gone,” he said.

Chris’ grandparental generations worked in marble. His maternal greatgrandfather, Lucian Lizewski, came over from Poland individually with friends. Then he met and married Chris’ great-grandmother, who had also come from Poland as a young girl. Lucian Lizewski’s job was lowering men into the Hollister quarry and he was known never to have had an accident, according to family lore.

Chris’ paternal grandfather Curtis was in charge of the vast military headstone department.

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Child care: continued from page 1

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

RCPCC shut down

my nerves. I can’t handle this anymore,” the letter said.

The report also said staff member who hadn’t completed an early childhood education course was listed as a teacher assistant.

The Rutland County Parent Child Center has been in a temporary location since the facility on Chaplin Avenue flooded, Nov. 25. The child center received a variance from the state to temporarily relocate pre-school to 15 Juneberry Lane and relocate infants and toddlers to 81 Center St. While the Juneberry location is closed, the Center Street’s variance is up May 31.

Multiple attempts to reach Executive Director Mary Zigman weren’t successful.

Zigman sent a press release on May 20, announcing the child center would merge back to one location through the summer. Zigman didn’t say where the new location would be.

“RCPCC wants to reassure parents that actions needed to resolve rescindment are in progress and the early childhood education program will be proceeding as a whole in an improved location,” the press release stated.

Zigman said that flood repairs to the original Chaplin Street location stalled due to insurance issues, but those issues have been resolved in the facility’s favor and the Chaplin Street location will reopen in September, according to the release.

Before another variance is granted, however the RCPCC needs to make corrective actions, including instructing staff to use positive guidance and positive behavior management that encourages self-control, self-direction and self-esteem, and ensuring all staff are trained. Results from the police investigation will also need to be addressed.

Parent Eric Taur said his daughter has often asked him to change schools. “Now it makes sense why,” he said.

Madeline Denis, who was fired in February after 20 years, said the child care center had occasionally been sited by the state, but never to this severity. “Never in 20 years did we ever have a program close down,” Denis said. “This sounds like it’s out of a horror novel.”

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A sculpture, honoring 20 men who joined the 54th regiment of the Civil War, was unvieled Friday, May 17.

African American Civil War heroes honored Celebrating a largely unknown piece of important local history, a powerful new sculpture honoring 20 men who joined the first African American Civil War regiment in the North has been added to the Rutland Sculpture Trail.

The sculpture, honoring three draftees and 17 volunteers who enlisted in Rutland to join the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, features a scene from the Battle of Olustee, where they earned recognition for their brave fighting in pine barrens and swampland. Three men with local ties were injured in the battle.

“Today we honor men who were largely lost to local memories, but who gave of themselves to preserve this nation,” said Claudio Fort, president and chief executive officer of Rutland Regional Medical Center, which funded the roughly 50-square-foot sculpture. “Their bravery, devotion and leadership should be a point of local pride and respect. In unveiling this wonderful artwork today, we celebrate their service and salute them for the sacrifices they made.

“As a community medical center, an important part of our role is to support the health and wellness of the

entire community, and that includes its socio-economic health,” Fort said.

“We are proud to support the Rutland Sculpture Trail and how it celebrates our community history.”

The relief sculpture by local artist Don Ramey was created at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center (CSSC), in Danby marble donated by Vermont Quarries. Ramey used photos of descendants of 54th Regiment soldiers as models for the detailed and moving depiction of soldiers at war.

“After researching the history of this regiment, of these men, exemplary soldiers under fire as well as steadfast Sculpture, page 17

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continued from page 3 shared the story of The Hill of 100,000 Crosses in Lithuania, a place of pilgrimage which has withstood devastation, destruction and desecration for 800 years, and still stands today.

“The Hill of Crosses, while beautiful, is made even more exquisite by the sacrifice and perseverance of the faithful who refused to be defined by others’ hypocrisy and instead raised their voices “BE A FORCE FOR and spoke their truth,” Scott said.

GOOD IN THE “As you reflect on your time at CSJ, and COMMUNITY, AND as you take in the IN THE WORLD. THIS significance of this bittersweet comIS THE ENDURING mencement, my hope is that you will MISSION OF CSJ,” carry these memoSAID SCOTT. ries forward with pride and gratitude.

That, shaped by this education and your own values, and inspired by all those who have gone before you, that you will continue to be a force for good in the community, and in the world. This is the enduring mission of CSJ, and this is the charge that comes with your degree today “Know that wherever you go, whatever you do, CSJ will always remain in your hearts, and will provide a permanent bond to each other,” Scott continued.

Mixed emotions were palpable in the atmosphere as celebratory exuberance was tempered with loss of a beloved institution.

GMC:

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Dandelions symbolize persistence

continued from page 3 declining trend of undergraduate enrollment. We have not had sufficient time or resources to complete the work, Allen said. “Stay true to your values, spread the lessons from this ‘green place’ around the country and around the globe.”

Other speakers throughout the ceremony echoed GMC’s environmental mission and values learned and tried to focus on the positive aspects of change rather than the school closing – leaving them no place to return for a visit to their alma mater.

“We always knew we would someday depart from this place, but to depart with the understanding that we will never return to the college is a heavy weight to carry,” one graduate said.

To summarize, in the benediction, Professor Shirley Oskamp advised students to cherish places that bring serenity, to savor places that become sacred.

“May we go forth into the new places that await us,” Oskamp said. “May we be dandelion seeds on the winds.”

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Former Gov. Jim Douglas spoke at Castleton graduation.

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continued from page 3 world, and they will not stop until they see the great things they are capable of come to fruition. I believe in the future they are so intent to build, and I have great optimism because of what this class has already accomplished.”

As has become tradition, the Castleton Alumni Association presented two distinguished awards to members of the Castleton University community.

History Program Coordinator and Professor Patricia van der Spuy was awarded the Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty award, which is given annually to a faculty member whose excellence in teaching influences students well beyond graduation. Mathematics graduate James Wolfe was honored with the Leonard C. Goldman Distinguished Senior Award, given to a graduating senior who has excelled in and out of the classroom, contributed to community service, and served as an example to others.

Andrew Wilson, a parttime faculty member in media and communications was awarded the Endowed Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award, which honors one of Castleton’s many dedicated, highly-competent part-time faculty.

Preston Garcia, a fulltime faculty member in Natural Sciences Department was awarded the Endowed Richardson Faculty Award, given once every three years to a deserving full-time faculty member.

Class of 2019 President Kathleen “KC” Ambrose addressed her classmates, asking to give themselves the freedom to fail before making their dreams come true.

“We are all here today because of a dream. And although failure was a possibility, we made that dream into a goal. That goal, broken down into steps, became a plan.

And that plan, backed by action, became a reality. A reality we are living in right here, right now,” she said.

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

GMP offers rebates for Ebikes, heat pumps Green Mountain Power is launching two new rebate programs for customers looking to green up their heating and cooling and their commutes. GMP customers can get a $400 rebate when they buy a cold climate heat pump. Customers can also get a $200 rebate when they buy an electric bicycle at participating Vermont bike shops.

“Our energy supply is 90 percent clean carbon free and 60 percent renewable energy, so heating and cooling with a hyper-efficient heat pump is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint, and these new rebates offer great savings to help customers make the switch,” said Josh Castonguay, a GMP vice president who leads innovation and power supply. “Together with customers we are creating a cleaner, more cost-effective and resilient energy future. GMP has committed to being 100 percent clean carbon free energy by 2025 and 100 percent renewable by 2030. These incentives create value for all of our customers by using the energy grid more effectively, reducing carbon and cost for everyone we serve.”

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pump is simple. GMP customers fill out a form on GMP’s website, and email that along with proof of purchase to rebates@greenmountainpower.com.

Customers can receive a $400 rebate for each ductless cold climate heat pump condenser they buy and eligible heat pumps are on Efficiency Vermont’s qualified products list.

Ebikes are growing in popularity and a great way to green up your commute. They’re like regular bikes, but the electric-charged battery packs can help your pedal power go up hills, farther or faster when you choose. A recent study by Efficiency Vermont found electric bikes help to offset hundreds of miles of driving that would have been done in fossil fueled vehicles.

GMP customers who shop at participating Vermont bike shops can get the $200 rebate as a discount right away when they buy an ebike or have the shop convert their bike to electric. Customers must show their GMP energy statement. Customers can also get free consultations to help decide what type of electric bike or electric cargo bike is best for their commute based on road conditions, safety features, and a rider’s

experience.

“This new rebate is going to help more Vermonters enjoy riding an ebike day-to-day to clean up their commutes,” said Dave Cohen of VBike, which has a contract with Vermont’s Go Vermont program to provide the free ebike consultations. “Ebikes help you experience the natural environment around you in a way that cars just can’t, and we can help you love riding an ebike.”

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MTB trails hit expansion curve with Act 250

The Rochester-Area Trail Alliance and five other mountain bike chapters with a vision to create a trail that would expand the length of the state, connecting mountain bike trails in the north to mountain bike trails in the south with single track.

The trail, called the Velomont Trail, is a long term vision, being built in stages.

But, as mountain biking rapidly expands, some are wondering how Act 250 – the state’s land use law – could hinder growth.

“That’s definitely something everybody’s keeping a close eye on,” said Rochester Area Trail Network President Angus McCusker. “There’s some concern about it.”

Act 250 requires trails to be 10 feet wide. It applies to construction involving more than 10 acres of land within

a radius of 5 miles or the construction for commercial purposes on more than one acre of land in a town that doesn’t have zoning bylaws.

A number of trail organizations, including The Trails and Greenways Council, Vermont Greenways Council, Vermont Association of Snow Travelers, are working with legislators to change the language about Act 250.

Warren Colemnan, a lawyer and lobbyist said some of the Act 250 language is outdated and not in line with the state’s goals. “Back in the 1990s, the state recognized that trails that were recognized as part of the public trail system was deemed a public good and we should be promoting this,” said Coleman. “How do we reinvigorate and build upon that thought from 20 years ago?”

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Building a new trail requires a multitude of permits. Sometimes Act 250 is triggered, sometimes it’s not.Vermont Mountain Bike Association Executive Director Tom said Act 250 requirements vary by district.

now,” said Locke. “We’re not coming out and saying Act 250 is bad. We’re not stomping our feet and saying we need to be exempt. We’re all conservationists ourselves.”

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“WE’RE NOT COMING OUT AND SAYING ACT 250 IS BAD. WE’RE NOT STOMPING OUR FEET AND SAYING WE NEED TO BE EXEMPT. WE’RE ALL CONSERVATIONISTS OURSELVES,” SAID LOCKE. “We want to create a system that works that’s tailored to the needs of the trails specifically,” said Stuessy. “I think there’s a way to do it that’s positive.”

Steussy said the language is still being examined, but the group is looking at parts of Act 250 that could apply or other permit requirements that could be established in place of Act 250.

“We want to ensure trail builders can do small trail work and repair,” he said.

“We don’t want to have those processes encumbered. If a trail needs to be refurbished, we should be able to do that.”

Act 250 was established in 1970 and is scheduled to be updated in 2020. It was established long after the Long Trail was completed in 1930, after the Appalachian Trail was completed in 1937 and after most ski areas were created.

“We probably wouldn’t have downhill skiing in the state of Vermont now,” said Vermont Association of Snow Travelers Executive Director Cindy Locke, if the law had been in place back then.

VAST’s 5,000 miles of trails were also established prior to Act 250. Locke said VAST frequently reroutes trails, but Locke said it’s rare VAST needs an Act 250 permit.

“We’re trying to find a solution to a 50-year-old law that suits our times

ing what the difference is between the old trail systems and the new.

Sometimes just the thought of going through the extensive Act 250 permitting process hinders growth.

“Landowners hear the word ‘Act 250’ and that’s the end of the conversation,” said Catamount Trail Association Executive Director Mike Williams.

“There’s been a lack of clarity about how it applies to trails and when it should’ve applied and when it shouldn’t.”

RASTA, a nonprofit trail network with backcountry skiing and mountain biking, was granted approval to build 15-miles of single track from the U.S. Forest Service in December 2018. The trail would connect to the Velomont Trail, if building can continue.

“If the entire Velomont Trail had to go through Act 250, I’m not sure it could be built,” McCusker said. “The amount of money it takes to get through the permitting process, and time alone.”

Conversations in the Statehouse stalled three weeks ago with the end of the session, but trail builders hope to continue the conversation through the summer.

“It’s a controversial thing,” McCusker said. “Everybody is wide eyes open right now.”

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STATE NEWS

The end game

By Alison Clarkson With any hope, this will be the last week of Vermont’s 2019 Legislative session. This is the end game as some like to refer to it—and the stakes are high. Many of our most important bills are still in play – still being negotiated. The appropriations and revenue bills (and the priorities they represent), increasing the minimum wage, paid family and medical leave insurance, clean water funding, and a few health care issues— all are still either in a committee or are being negotiated in successive amendments. There seems to be an awful lot to get through the hose before we are able to adjourn. We do know that the House has decided to sit on the Senate’s tax and regulate marijuana bill until next session—one less major issue to settle

protest in the House last week—shouting their frustration, throwing confetti onto the lawmakers from the balcony.

Passions are high in the final days as people see what’s going to make it and what is not.

The Legislature has spent the last four months working in committees to address the pressing needs and concerns of Vermonters. Each bill we take up explores some aspect of a need—all of them addressed with the hope that our action in the bill will improve life for Vermonters in some capacity. Sometimes the issue requires money (staff, resources, incentives, or other resources to accomplish) and sometimes not. Each committee is able to weigh in on the budgetary process with whatever their

MANY OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT BILLS ARE STILL IN PLAY – STILL BEING NEGOTIATED. before we depart from the Statehouse.

At this time of year, the Statehouse is full of people who represent a wide variety of issues, who are following every nuanced change to bills as they work their way through Conference Committees.

Sometimes they are paid and sometimes not – but you come to recognize their passion. All the lobbyists and citizen advocates in the Statehouse are there because someone cares about how people, businesses, or the environment, are affected by the choices the legislature makes.

We had a group of them

priorities are for that year. Every appropriated line in the budget and revenue bills tells a story about some aspect of Vermont and impacts us in different and important ways. How we raise and spend our taxpayer money articulates what the Legislature values and has prioritized for the people of Vermont.

All is not waiting for the last week. We’ve finished our work on many bills – from Indigenous People’s Day to Reproductive Freedom. Just this last week the governor signed a number of bills into law—S.86, which increases the legal

Alison Clarkson age for buying and using cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18-21 years of age; S.94, which regulates polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking and surface waters; H.275—investing further in our successful Farm to Place Program; H.523, which makes miscellaneous changes to the State’s retirement systems; H. 26, which restricts the retail and internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont; H. 278—a bill which addresses acknowledgement or denial of parentage; and H. 528, which involves setting up a Rural Health Services Task Force.

I appreciate hearing from you. I can be reached by email: aclarkson@leg.state. vt.us or by phone at the Statehouse (Tues-Fri) 828-2228 or at home (Sat-Mon) 457-4627. To get more information on the Vermont Legislature, and the bills which have been proposed and passed, visit the legislative website: legislature. vermont.gov.

Alison Clarkson is a state senator for Windsor County.

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Three students arrested in climate change protest

By Jim Harrison The Vermont Legislature will need a few more days to finish its work for the 2019 session. Hope for adjournment this past weekend were dashed when a number of controversial issues occupied extended debate time on the House floor and differences between the House and Senate on several key issues were still not resolved.

Complicating matters was a lack of clarity between legislative leaders and the governor as to what bills he was likely to veto and what changes could be made to avoid that outcome. The result (perhaps intentional on Gov. Phil Scott’s part) was negotiations between House and Senate leaders as to what might pass muster.

House floor debate was dominated by the $15 minimum wage, a medical monitoring bill championed by environmental groups and opposed by the state’s manufacturers and

a new waiting period for firearm purchases.

The Senate is headed toward passing a scaled back paid family leave plan, which is a priority for House leadership. The House, in return, passed the $15 minimum wage bill with a longer phase-in than the Senate proposed, which coincidentally is a priority of Senate leaders.

The minimum wage, paid family leave and medical monitoring bills were vetoed by Scott last year.

And the governor indicated at the start of the 2019 session he didn’t believe new firearm restrictions were necessary this year after the measures signed into law in 2018.

Another controversy erupted Friday May 17, when the House Government Operations Committee voted along party lines to concur with a late Senate amendment to institute binding arbitration for contract negotiations with state

Jim Harrison employees and municipal public safety employees.

The state employees union advocated for the amendment when the Labor Board chose the Administration’s final contract offer last year over the one from the Union. The municipal provision of the amendment was backed by the union representing professional firefighters. Municipalities can already add binding arbitration to their contract negotiations as several Harrison, page 41

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Opinion

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

OP-ED

We must fight for women’s rights

By Madeleine Kunin The decision to have a safe and legal abortion is under threat. Recently, the state of Alabama ruled to outlaw almost all abortions—including in case of rape or incest. It is one of the chilling indicators of Roe V. Wade’s fragility.

The intent of the new law is to bring it all the way up to the Supreme Court in the hope that the newly conservative court will strike Roe v. Wade down.

This ominous action makes it vital that Vermont protect the right of our citizens to uphold access to a safe and legal abortion. The alternative would force women to go back to the old days—of botched abortions, sickness and possibly, death.

Fortunately, the Vermont General Assembly is on the way to inoculating itself against such a dangerous federal retreat. Enshrining abortion rights into Vermont law is the first step. A constitutional amendment (which takes four years to amend) is equally important to protect Vermont women and families.

These two measures have now been approved by the Legislature and are on their way to the governor’s desk. We can be proud of Vermont lawmakers, but we cannot ignore the women of Alabama and other antiabortion states. We must continue to fight to protect women ‘s rights nationwide, by protecting Roe v.

Wade and by electing and appointing pro-choice lawmakers and judges. We must protect this Supreme Court decision step by step. Women’s and children’s health and safety is at stake.

Madeleine Kunin is a former Vermont governor.

When it comes to birth rate, everyone has Vermont beat

By Art Woolf

Last week the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a report titled, in typical boring governmentspeak, “Births: Provisional Data for 2018.” The national media coverage played up the significance of that data, with everyone from the New York Times to NPR to CNN to The Wall Street Journal noting that the number of births in 2018 was the lowest in 32 years. Perhaps an appropriate title for this story is “United States: You Haven’t Seen Anything Like Vermont.”

If the national media thought the new numbers were interesting, they should have looked at the number of “provisional births” in Vermont. The number of VERMONT’S births in the nation may 5,431 BIRTHS be at a 32-year low, but Vermont’s 5,431 births WAS AT A 161was at a 161-year low.

The Wall Street YEAR LOW. Journal noted that the 2 percent decline in 2018 was the fourth year in a row of declining births and births have fallen for 10 of the last 11 years. Vermont can top that. Births here fell 4 percent – twice as much as the nation – and have only risen in seven of the past 27 years.

The number of births nationally peaked in 2007, when there were more babies born than at the peak of the Baby Boom. That wasn’t the case in Vermont. We did not see any peak in the early 2000s. Our recent peak year of births was in 1989, and even that was less than in 1959, when more Vermont Baby Boomers were born than in any other year.

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LETTERS

Meeting the challenge of change in agriculture Dear Editor, Farmers are always facing change. Change is challenging. From wild weather swings to global market forces, farmers are always riding stormy seas.

Change was the primary theme recently at a Dairy Summit in Jay. The two-day summit brought together more than 240 people from Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and New England.

All those attending the summit, including more than 100 dairy farmers, were intentional in their desire to make positive changes to the industry.

Through collaboration and creative change, farmers are developing strategies and ideas for future work at the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. Farmers want help showing their farms to the public and policy makers.

They believe we all need to do a better job telling what’s happening on their farms through authentic relationships. The Agency will embark on getting more people, including

lawmakers and regulators, to see their businesses this summer and fall.

Developing new dairy products for consumers was also a major theme at the summit. Farmers are committed to connecting with their customers but need help with product development. It’s a crowded field, a crowded shelf at the supermarket, with endless consumer choices.

We heard quite plainly that the Agency needs to lead with innovation. The Agency, along with federal and private partners, will expand its work developing marketing, education and product development resources for farmers and dairy processors.

Dairy farmers also told us they believe they can help Vermont’s environment by building on cutting-edge approaches to managing their soil. The Agency and its partners will look at “gold standard” environmental efforts on farmland. This approach could lead to farmers receiving payments for Agriculture, page 17

Improving mental health for older Vermonters saves lives and money Dear Editor, May 20 marks National Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day, creating an opportunity to raise recognition in our communities around the importance of supporting older Vermonters in maintaining good mental health.

Twenty years ago, a one-year experiment concluded, and it was deemed a success. The year prior, $15,000 of state funds were allocated to purchase mental health expertise from Northeast Kingdom Human Service. This fortuitous collaboration was intended to fill a gap in services to some of the area’s most vulnerable citizens – homebound older Vermonters with mental health needs.

Interested parties followed the experiment, and at the conclusion of the trial year, the Vermont State Legislature set aside a small sum of money to fund a continuation of the project throughout the state. The Eldercare program – as it is known,

was born, and although underfunded, remains active in most counties in Vermont today.

These services make a real difference in people’s lives. Take the story of Frida, for example, based on a real-life case study of a client. Frida was referred to an eldercare clinician after overdosing on pain medication to escape her physical and emotional pain. She had a history of trauma and long-term physical abuse, and had tried drinking to relieve her suffering. Frida was depressed, anxious, ashamed and angry with herself as her doctor would no longer prescribe pain medication due to the overdose. Frida lived in a rural setting, was estranged from her family and had no peer supports. With the support of the clinician who met with her, Frida worked on mindfulness techniques to assist her in coping with chronic pain. The clinician taught Frida to offer herself support and selfMental health, page 9

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

CAPITOL QUOTES On increasing the minimum wage to $15 in 2024...

“A strong Vermont economy starts with decent wages for workers. When Vermonters have more money in their pockets, working families have more to invest back into our local economy.

This grows jobs and economic opportunity across Vermont. Improving the incomes of working families and the middle-class is a top priority in the House,” Said House General, Housing, & Military Affairs Committee chair Rep. Tom Stevens (D-Waterbury).

“This puts more money in Vermonters’ pockets and more money back into the Vermont economy. The annual wage growth in this bill will occur unless there is a major economic downturn, giving Vermonters a much-needed raise, and giving Vermont businesses a backstop in times of economic uncertainty,” Said Rep. Matthew Trieber (D-Rockingham)

“Increasing Vermonters wages is an economic imperative and an issue of gender equity. More women than men are working in minimum wage jobs.

We know that nationally, women make up two-thirds of all minimum wage and tipped wage workers, and many are single parents. Vermont workers need a raise and this bill accomplishes that goal in a modest way that makes considerations for shifts in the economy that disproportionately impact Vermont small businesses,” Said House Speaker Mitzi Johnson (D-South Hero).

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Birth rate: State’s rate is lower than nation as a whole continued from page 8 Another record was set last year for the nation. The general fertility rate – the number of births per 1,000 women age 15 to 44 – fell to a record low of 59.0. Vermont again has the nation beat. Our general fertility rate was well below that at 47.7 births.

Some of the reasons given for this continued decline in U.S. births apply to Vermont, but others don’t.

Some analysts thought the decline in births during the Great Recession was a reflection of those bad economic times and are puzzled that the decline hasn’t reversed. Others claim the falling number of births is an indicator of people’s despair at an economy that isn’t performing well for young people and a reflection of political uncertainty and gloom about the future. That’s very hard to prove.

Other reasons are easier to see. High birth rates among the 17 percent of the U.S. population that is Hispanic helped boost the number of births in the past.

But birth rates for Hispanic mothers have plummeted in the past 20 years, removing that source of growth. That helps to explain falling births and birth rates in the U.S., but not for Vermont. Only 2 percent of Vermont’s population is Hispanic, so that can’t be a factor in Vermont’s birth decline.

More highly educated women have fewer babies over their lifetimes. Babies are expensive, and not just because of the cost of diapers. Someone has to stay home to take care of young children, and it’s usually the mom. That means an interrupted career path for college-educated women and lower lifetime earnings, two

major opportunity costs of having children. Even if both parents work, daycare is expensive and college costs loom high as a future expense. Vermont has one of the highest percentages of adult females with college degrees, so all of these reasons help to explain the low number of births in Vermont and the U.S. Another factor is the decline in teen births, which have fallen by more than half in the past decade and by more than 70 percent since the early 1990s.

That may also be the case in Vermont, although the CDC report doesn’t tell us about Vermont teen births. But any fall in Vermont teen births over the last two decades is likely due to the big decline in the number of teenagers here rather than any significant fall in teen birth rates.

Whatever the reasons, the nation as a whole is looking a lot like other rich nations in Europe, Japan, and elsewhere, with a declining number of births and the average woman having fewer than two babies over her lifetime.

Vermont has been there for a while and is leading the nation down that path.

If national observers are interested in seeing how a big decline in births and low levels of fertility affect an economy, they should come to Vermont. Who knows, visits by journalists and demographers could be a new growth industry for the state.

Art Woolf is an associate professor of economics at the University of Vermont.

He served for three years as state economist for Gov. Madeleine Kunin beginning in 1988. This commentary was published in VTDigger May 19.

Mental health: Investment, attention from state lacking continued from page 8

considerable levels of anxiety, especially compassion, and to focus on her strengths upon exertion. Studies also show that and capabilities. Frida adopted a dog who physical disability and illness can trigger became her constant companion, bought mental health disorders and mental health herself a computer, and subscribed to the disorders can lead to worsening physical Boston Globe. She also joined a church where she did public speaking. She became health. Loss of mobility, chronic pain, the onset of Parkininterested in the PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND world rather than son’s disease, focusing on her dementias, ILLNESS CAN TRIGGER pain level. She complications of became a part of diabetes, strokes, MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS. her family again. and vision and At the conclusion of her treatment she told hearing loss can demand big adjustments the clinician who worked with her, “I have that older folks may need help making. learned not to focus on the pain and bad Currently, the specialized knowledge memories. Now I focus on all that is in my needed to begin to adequately address the life and I feel grateful.” intertwined mental and physical health With a growing population of older needs of our older neighbors is limited, yet Vermonters comes a greater demand for growing. Programs and funding to expand these critical mental health services. There mental health care for this population are various reasons for this: some older are sorely needed, including the need to citizens experience a loss of roles, a sense support family caregivers in Vermont who of purpose, or increased isolation – or a shoulder most of the load for older Vercombination of all these factors. Others lose monters who have experienced disabling supports through moves or death which conditions. Ultimately, proper treatment causes grief to mount. of mental health concerns for our older Some older Vermonters experience sigcitizens will not only improve the overall health of this state, but will also bring down nificant changes in functioning and health health care costs. which can lead to anxiety, depression, Cinda Donton, Eldercare Clinician with mood dysregulation and grief. Individuals Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging. with breathing disorders often experience

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

LAKES REGION

Students run for money

Castleton University’s Athletic Training Club hosted its first annual 5k race April 28 to raise funds for its trip to the NATA Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dubbed the GreAT 5K to reflect its athletic training focus, the race is intended to send athletic training students to regional and national conferences, reported the Castleton Spartan.

Neighbors challenge sidewalk encroachment At its regular meeting on April 22, the Castleton Select Board heard from Robert Steele, owner of Tom’s Bait Shop. A sidewalk is being put in, but the project is not the same as presented three years ago, Steele charged, and he has gotten no prior notice of any changes. He said the state is taking 46 feet of his store parking area and planting grass there, as well as requiring him to take down his roadside sign. In addition to other problems, he feels the loss of on-site parking will create a traffic hazard. And, the neighboring Iron Lantern eatery will lose one of its entrances, and an apartment house will lose 76 percent of its driveway, which is zoned residential/ commercial. No corresponding changes are planned for the opposite side of the highway.

The public right-ofway issue dates back to early Vermont. The board unanimously voted to authorize Town Manager Michael Jones to contact the state.

By Julia Purdy

“We’d like to send 12 athletic trainers to the National Athletic Trainers Association convention this June,” race director Christian McMillan told the Spartan.

The course looped around the campus core and through the woods.

Junior Jared Wheeler of Coventry, Rhode Island, who made the Dean’s List, won first place, followed by Junior Max Tempel of Averill Park, New York, a member of the wrestling team.

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77 Gallery on Grove Street faces closure

The Rutland H.S. campus, located at the Howe Center south of downtown, will soon relocate to 77 Grove St., sharing the building with the Rutland Herald, but pushing out the 77 Gallery, a space and resource for working artists that has been gaining traction with continuous, cutting-edge exhibits. Artist and retired Castleton professor Bill Ramage, who started the 77 Gallery, is not happy. No other space can compare, he told the Rutland Herald – especially rent-free, as at present. Mark Foley Jr. owns 77 Grove St., which formerly housed CVPS offices.

The Howe Center space is on the 2nd floor and not ADA compliant, said Amons.

Used by the high school for the last 25 years, “That space aged out,” Amons commented.

Residents contest tactical shooting range The Pawlet Development Review Board met May 2 to hold an executive session but also took comments from the public in attendance, all of whom had probing questions on the future of Slate Ridge, a shooting range/tactical training center that has encountered permitting and zoning obstacles since January 2018. The owner, Daniel Banyai, has been seeking a zoning permit for a school and a right-of-way variance into his landlocked, 30-acre property at 541 Briar Hill Road, West Pawlet. A site visit last year by the Eric Mach, the zoning administrator, revealed there was an unpermitted building and a shooting range, requiring a change of use permit. It was then in operation but not open to the public. The DRB’s April 25, 2018 meeting was attended by 56 observers from the public. The main complaints then were the noise of weapons fire, including a military-style light machine gun, and concern for neighborhood safety. It was also expressed that Banyai had misled about the exact nature of his school. Some were alarmed by what they read on the Slate Ridge Facebook page, which has a strong survivalist and Second Amendment message.

Similar opinions were strongly expressed in public comments at the May 29, 2018 meeting of the Pawlet Planning Commission.

When Banyai applied for a variance, rather than considering it in detail, the DRB grandfathered the nonconforming right-of-way. Neighbors quickly appealed that decision to the state Environmental Court. Commenting that “tensions are running unusually high in this matter,” the Court vacated the DRB’s decision and sent it back for proper consideration.

At the May 2 meeting, a former Marine with extensive range safety experience stated that appropriate safety measures were lacking for the type of weaponry used at the range.

DRB member Jonathan Weiss noted that a public hearing would be held before considering Banyai’s request for a variance.

RUTLAND REGION By Julia Purdy

Hospital zone continues to grow Earthmovers and trucks have once again been busy at the corner of Allen Street and Stratton Road in Rutland. Along with Rutland Regional Medical Center’s construction of its new building for outpatient services, the Keene Medical Products offices and showroom has moved around the corner from 153 Allen St. to an all-new building at 251 Stratton Road. Associate and fitter Taryn Vermette said the store

Rutland man arrested for drug dealing Police arrested a Rutland man for selling and possessing heroin and cocaine.

Tyler R. Bushey, 25, was arrested by the Vermont State Police on May 15.

Bushey was approached by officers in the parking lot of the Price Chopper in West Rutland. A brief investigation revealed that Bushey was in possession approximately 4.5 grams of crack cocaine and 37 bags of suspected fentanyl and heroin, police said.

Bushey was arrested following a twomonth drug investigation conducted by the Vermont Drug Task Force. The investigation involved the use of confidential informants who purchased heroin and fentanyl from Bushey starting in April 2019. During the investigation, Bushey was out on furlough for multiple counts of grand larceny, multiple counts of Petit Larceny, False Information to a police officer, and Unlawful Mischief.

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School board considers cutting foreign language

By Curt Peterson

WOODSTOCK—One important issue among many topics discussed by board members of the Windsor Central Modified Unified Union School District at the Woodstock Middle School Library on May 13 was elimination of language learning for Kindergarten through third grade.

Jamie Ziobro, father of a second-grader, read from a letter signed by him, Lydia Locke, Stacy Bebo, Patrick Crowl, and Lorissa and Sam Segal, protesting against the language studies changes: “I and other parents met with Superintendent Banios on April 26 to discuss the importance of foreign language instruction beginning at the kindergarten level. Superintendent Banios agreed to look into the possibility of adding foreign language back to the elementary academic calendar,” Ziobro wrote.

Recommendations by the language committee were cited at both the meeting and in a subsequent email from Banios.

“It would be helpful if, in the interest of transparency and full disclosure, the recommendations of this team be shared with the public,” Ziobro’s letter continued.

Superintendent Mary Beth Banios provided a copy of the language committee’s “World Language at the Elementary Level: Action Plan” document to which Ziobro referred.

When the plan was created the District was providing two classes of 30 or 45 minutes each per week in grades K-6.

“Students receive language instruction one time per week, starting either in kindergarten or first grade, depending on the school, varying in length of time from 25 minutes of instruction in kindergarten,

to 45 minutes of instruction in sixth grade,” the Plan tion to the Board in June included the changes. reads.

Haff told the Mountain Times taht he remembers The Plan goal is to “Expand the instructional time Superintendent Banios saying the number of teachfor world language” so that, “By the end of the sixth ing positions was being reduced, but hadn’t translated grade …, students will at least attain a novice midthat to mean elimination of the Kindergarten through proficiency level.” third grade language classes.

“The current model of language instruction (1 les“I asked to see the notes from the meeting when that decision was made,” Haff said. son per week) will not accomplish the goal of achievElaine Leibly, primary language educator in the eleing a score of novice mid,” the document continues.

Specifically, the committee recommended three mentary schools, said she recommends no fewer than classes per week of 30 minutes each for Kindergarten, three language classes per week, starting as young as first and second grades, possible. One weekly class four 30-minute classes may be enough to intro“THE CURRENT MODEL OF for grades 3 and 4, and duce students to a different four 45-minute classes for culture, but not enough to LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION grades 5 and 6. produce language profi(1 LESSON PER WEEK) WILL It became obvious this ciency, she said. was the first several board Banios emailed The NOT ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL members had become Mountain Times: “We have aware of the changes. moved resources to cover a OF ACHIEVING A SCORE OF Killington represenSpanish program in grades NOVICE MID,” THE DOCUMENT 4-6 that provides Spanish tative Jim Haff said his three times a week for 45 daughter Meaghan’s CONTINUES. minutes. Our language experience validates committee stressed the imlanguage instruction in the early grades – inspired by French class in Killington’s portance of multiple exposures to language per week kindergarten, she is entering graduate school to study in order for a program to be impactful.” language, including Arabic.

Board chair Paige Hiller said she will distribute the Haff said he first learned about the language studlanguage committee’s recommendations and paries change from Mr. Ziobro’s objection, not from ent’s meeting remarks to the board and to elementary board discussions. Other board members expressed school parents. the same lack of awareness.

The next Windsor Central Modified Unified Union Jennifer Iannantuoni, board vice-chair and repreSchool District Board meeting is scheduled for June 10 at the WUHSMS Teagle Library. senting Killington, said a 2019-2020 budget presenta-

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

Governor Phil Scott signs on two new tobacco laws

By Ellie French/VTDigger

The American Heart Association is pleased that Vermont is now the 14th state where the Governor has signed into law legislation raising the legal sales age for tobacco products to 21. That is one of two tobacco bills that Gov. Phil Scott signed Thursday, May 16 – the other banning the Internet sale of e-cigarettes.

Gov. Phil Scott signed into law S.86, which raises the legal sales age for tobacco products to 21, and H. 26, the ban on Internet sale of e-cigarettes.

“Vermont is a leader in curbing tobacco use by passing Tobacco 21,” Government Relations Director Tina Zuk said.

“Only 14 states have this law to date, but Vermont leaders recognized the impact of tobacco and the e-cigarette crisis and acted quickly to help youth. We are especially grateful to our champions in the Legislature, Sen. Ginny Lyons and Rep. George Till for sponsoring the legislation in their respective chambers, Senate Health

Phil Scott and Welfare and House Human Services Committee chairs, Sen. Lyons and Rep. Ann Pugh, and their committee members who spent many hours researching these issues and listening to testimony. We’re grateful to Gov. Scott for signing this important prevention legislation.”

Zuk added, “We know that if someone doesn’t pick up a cigarette by the time they are 21, their chances of doing so falls to just 2 percent. Smoking is the leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke, the nation’s

No. 1 and No. 5 killers.

The state of Vermont just saved a number of lives with this legislation, and millions of dollars that would otherwise have been spent treating tobacco-caused illnesses.”

Vermont currently spends $348 million annually on health care costs directly related to smoking, $87.2 million of which are Medicaid costs.

The National Academies of Medicine found that raising the age to 21 would reduce the smoking rate over time by 12 percent and reduce smoking-related deaths by 10 percent.

The Tobacco 21 law takes effect on Sept. 1.

The American Heart Association also praised the passage of the ban on Internet sale of e-cigarettes which would take effect on July 1.

The American Heart Association is optimistic that Gov. Scott will soon sign H.47, which imposes a tax on e-cigarettes, making a tobacco triple play in the Green Mountain State.

By John Hall

Fawns are being born now and should be left alone. Their mothers are almost always nearby, according to Vt. Fish & Wildlife.

Fawns are arriving; leave them alone, urges F&W The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says deer fawns are being born this time of year and asks that people avoid disturbing or picking them up.

Most deer fawns are born in late May and the first and second weeks of June, according to Vermont deer biologist Nick Fortin.

Fortin says it is best to keep your distance because the fawn’s mother is almost always nearby. When people see a small fawn alone, they often mistakenly assume it is helpless, lost or needing to be rescued.

Fawns do not attempt to evade predators during their first few weeks, instead relying on camouflage and stillness to remain undetected. During these times, fawns learn critical survival skills from their mothers. Bringing a fawn into a human environment results in separation from its mother, and it usually results in a sad ending for the animal.

Fortin encourages people to resist the urge to assist wildlife in ways that may be harmful, and he offered these tips: -Deer nurse their young at different times during the day and often leave their young alone for long periods of time. These animals are not lost. Their mother knows where they are and will return.

-Deer normally will not feed or care for their young when people are close by.

-Deer fawns will imprint on humans and lose their natural fear of people, which can be essential to their survival.

-Keep domestic pets under control at all times. Dogs often will kill fawns and other baby animals.

For the safety of all wildlife, taking a wild animal into captivity is illegal in Vermont.

“It’s in the best interest of Vermonters and the wildlife that live here, for all of us to maintain a respectful distance and help keep wildlife wild,” added Fortin.

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

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Vermont’s Trophy Trout stocking for 2019 Vermont’s “Trophy Trout” stocking program for 2019 includes eight river sections and 25 lakes and ponds receiving the two-year old trout, some over 18 inches long.

“The trophy rainbow and brown trout stocked in the Black, Winoos ki, Lamoille, Missisquoi, Walloomsac, and Passumpsic Rivers as well as East and Otter Creeks provide exciting fishing for many anglers of all ages and skill levels,” said Vermont’s Director of Fisheries Eric Palmer. “Large two-year old brookies and rainbows will also be stocked in many lakes and ponds to provide excellent fishing opportunities.”

Trout fishing opened April 13 and will continue through Oct. 31 this year in the river sections listed below. There is no length limit and the daily creel limit for these stream sections is two trout.

Stocking of the river sections is occurring throughout May. Anglers can check Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s website (www.vtfishandwildlife. com) to see the stocking

that has occurred and see the lakes and ponds that are being stocked with trophy trout. Click on “Fish” and then “Fish Stocking Schedule.”

Black River: along Rt. 131 in Weathersfield and Cavendish, from Downers covered bridge upstream, approximately four miles, to the next bridge across the river, the Howard Hill Bridge.

Lamoille River: from the downstream edge of the bridge on Route 104 in the Village of Fairfax upstream, approximately 1.6 miles, to the top of the Fairfax Falls Dam in Fairfax.

Otter Creek: in Danby and Mt. Tabor - From the Vermont Railway Bridge north of the fishing access upstream, approximately 2 miles, to the Danby-Mt. Tabor Forest Rd. Bridge (Forest Road # 10).

East Creek: in Rutland City – from the confluence with Otter Creek upstream, approximately 2.7 miles, to the to p of the Patch Dam in Rutland City.

Missisquoi River: In Enosburg and Sheldon, from the downstream Trophy trout, page 32

By John Hall, courtesy VTF&W

Trophy trout like these are being stocked this spring in eight Vermont river sections and 25 lakes and ponds.

Courtesy JAG Productions

Jarvis Green

Jarvis Green to be honored for leadership Vital Communities will honor Jarvis Green and other individuals and organizations that have contributed to the vitality of the Upper Valley at its eighth annual Heroes & Leaders dinner on May 30. This year’s event, part of Vital Communities’ yearlong 25th anniversary celebration, will be held at the Top of the Hop and Alumni Hall in Hanover.

Green is the founder of JAG Productions, formerly in Barnard, and has served as its producing artistic director since 2015. JAG was formed with the mission to produce classic and contemporary African-American theatre; to serve as an incubator of new work that excites broad intellectual engagement; and thereby, to catalyze compassion, empathy, love and community through shared understandings of humankind through the lens of the African-American experience. With a home base in White River Junction – at the confluence of the White and Connecticut Rivers, which separate Abenaki land into the majority white states of Vermont and New Hampshire – JAG Productions nurtures and sustains a multi-generational and multi-racial theatre company with Black artists and community organizers at its center.

“I am deeply honored by this recognition by Vital Communities and humbled that the work I am doing is valued and supported by this community,” said Green. “In this contemporary moment where we are constantly being made aware of the deep divisions that keep us segregated from people who do act, think,

talk or look like us – it is crucial now more than ever that we build, encourage and support artists and cultural workers that reflect the diversity of our nation and our world.”

The theatre company recently closed its third season with JAGfest 3.0, an annual festival of new works celebrating the talents of AfricanAmerican playwrights. The weeklong festival of workshops and events hosted 30 artists, four playwrights, and saw 800 attendees during the

Directors led by Co-chairs Brian Cook and Jacqueline Fischer. In October, the company launched its inaugural benefit dinner party JAG Juke Joint, which included live performances from nationally recognized black theater artists and southern home cooking. The event was sold-out with 200 attendees and raised more than $20,000. In January 2019, JAG’s production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill was selected by Capital Jazz to be featured during its 12th An-

“IT IS A GREAT JOY ... TO HONOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE VIBRANCY OF THE UPPER VALLEY IN SIGNIFICANT AND SUSTAINED WAYS,” SAID ROB SCHULTZ. four sold out readings.

During JAGfest 2.0 in 2018, the company cultivated Nathan Yungerberg’s play Esai’s Table; a dream was then born to produce the world premiere of this play in the Upper Valley for the community that nurtured and supported its development.

October 2019 will see the fruition of that dream as JAG presents the world premiere of Esai’s Table at the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction.

The play will subsequently transfer Off-Broadway to the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City. Esai’s Table marks a pivotal moment for JAG as it’s first world premiere, first Off-Broadway transfer, and first co-production.

JAG’s 2018-19 season saw other notable firsts including selecting and introducing its founding Board of

nual SuperCruise, a full-ship AfricanAmerican Jazz music festival at sea.

JAG’s was the only theatrical production selected to perform during the 8-day festival that featured noted Jazz performers such as Sheila E., Take 6, and Babyface Nelson. The festival was host to 4,000 attendees and departed in January 2019 from Florida, visiting Haiti, Honduras, Belize and Mexico.

Beyond theatrical productions and events, JAG works to bring its mission and values to the public through outreach programs such as a free student matinee program, educational support materials and guest speaking engagements. Jarvis Green recently was the keynote speaker at Lebanon High School’s first Martin Luther King Day celebration. JAG provides classroom packets for teachers JAG, page 14

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

RRMC hosts Stop the Bleed training RUTLAND—In honor of national Stop the Bleed Day (May 23) Rutland Regional Medical Center will be offering free, one hour Stop the Bleed trainings on Thursday, May 23 at 8 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. in the CVPS/Leahy Community Health Education Center in Conference Rooms A and B. These trainings will be conducted by Sheena Daniel, RN, BSN, and CEN Emergency Room Manager at RRMC; and Ryn Gluckman, BSN, RN, and CEN. Sign up at rrmcstopthebleed523. eventbrite.com. The

Summer operations to begin Memorial Day weekend at Killington, Okemo

trainings are first come, first served.

Stop the Bleed is one of the nation’s largest public health campaigns designed to encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. Its goal is to save lives by training people across the country how to stop traumatic bleeding.

For more information visit NationalStoptheBleedDay.org. or email rrmcstopthebleed@gmail.com.

Saturday through Monday.

This Memorial Day weekend, Killington Resort will “Killington is proud to offer ‘The Longest Season in open the Bike Park, Adventure Center and golf course for the East’ with 204 days of skiing and the summer while still riding already under our belts for continuing the longest “OUR WINTER SEASON WILL the 2018-19 season as we head into season in the East with Memorial Day Weekend. And once skiing and riding on COLLIDE WITH SUMMER again, our winter season will collide Superstar Trail.

AS WE OPEN MOUNTAIN with summer as we open mounGuests can get a taste of the Beast 365 tain biking, golf and our Adventure BIKING, GOLF AND OUR All-Seasons Pass this Center while still skiing and riding weekend. For $102, Superstar Trail,” says Mike Solimano, ADVENTURE CENTER adventure seekers will president and general manager of WHILE STILL SKIING AND have unlimited access to Killington Resort. skiing, golf, Adventure Current conditions on Superstar RIDING...,” SAID SOLIMANO. Center and mountain Trail have Killington optimistic that biking from Friday to skiing and riding will continue into Monday. Guests who take advantage of this promotion June. For up-to-date conditions, visit killington.com. can apply the $102 towards the year-long pass throughout Okemo Resort is also operating on its summer schedule, the weekend. Superstar Express Quad will be open for with lift-served mountain biking in the Evolution Bike Park, skiing and riding Friday through Monday, the Killington the Adventure Zone, golf, and scenic chairlift rides.

Golf Course, Bike Park and Adventure Center will open Skiing and riding at Okemo ended mid-April.

Wallingford receives $2,500 grant

JAG: Founder of production company, Jarvis Green, awarded

continued from page 13 Wallingford was awarded a $2,500 ing community front and center. The to engage students in conversations about race in their communities. JAG also partgrant from the Vermont Community foundation aims to support the work ners with Dartmouth College, White River Indie Festival and other area organizations Foundation’s Spark! Connecting Comhappening throughout Vermont’s 251 to bring artists for workshops and public panel discussions with topics as varied as the towns that builds social capital. These limitations and possibilities of curating Black experiences in white institutions in spite munity grant program. The grant will be grants are intended to light the spark that of the white supremacist power structures with which Black artists have to contend, utilized by the Communication/Event keeps Vermonters healthy and happy. reflecting on the afterlives and the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade through the Committee to bring back Wallingford lens of Black theatre artists and Black queer and feminist artists, and Aretha Franklin’s Day on Saturday, July 20. legacy and her pursuit and love of opera.

This time honored tradition THERE WILL BE MUSICAL “It is a great joy for us at Vital Communities to take a moment each year to honor was once the biggest annual people who have contributed to the vibrancy of the Upper Valley in significant and event in town and will be ACTS, LOCAL VENDORS, GAMES sustained ways,” said Rob Schultz, director of development and manager of Leaderreturning this summer. ... A FIREWORKS DISPLAY. ship Upper Valley at Vital Communities. “As we celebrate 25 years of working together Wallingford Day is a Mountain to Times: Eighth Page: 4.82 3.87 cultivate the region’s civic,xenvironmental, and economic vitality, we’re especially community celebration with activities and entertainment for the The Vermont Community Foundation pleased to recognize this inspiring group of leaders who have been at the forefront of significant movements for positive change in the Upper Valley. We joyfully include community members and our neighinspires giving and brings people and the founders of Vital Communities in this group and will honor them as part of the resources together to make a difference bors. There will be musical acts, local evening.” in Vermont. A family of hundreds of vendors, games, demonstrations from This year’s honorees include: Liza Bernard and Penny McConnell, Len Cadwallader, funds and foundations, VCF provides the local organizations, tags sales throughDelia Clark, Ivy Condon, Edgewater Farm, Jarvis Green, Curt and Sharon Jacques, advice, investment vehicles, and backout the village and more, ending with a Prudence Pease, Monique Priestley, Stan Williams, Doug Wise, and Chuck Wooster office expertise that make it easy for fireworks display. and Sue Kirincich. people who care about Vermont to find The Spark! Connecting Community For more information visit jagproductionsvt.com. and fund the causes they love. grant program puts building and nurtur-

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MOUNTAIN BIKE CAMPS An unforgettable summer experience, kids will progress their mountain bike skills while enjoying all the Green Mountains and Killington Resort have to offer. New this year, camps are available as single, three and five day options from July 8-August 2. Camps are available as day or overnight.

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

2019 River Road Concert Series Thursdays, 6-7:30 pm Rain or Shine July 11: Twangtown Paramours (Sophisticated Americana) July 18: Panhandlers (Steel Drum Band) July 25: John Lackard Blues Band (Authentic Blues) Aug 1: Steve Hartman (Folk Rock)

Aug 8: The Shananagans (Irish & American Folk) Aug 15: Moose Crossing (Contemporary Jazz) Aug 22: Ball in the House (R&B/ Soul/Pop A Capella) Aug 29: My Son the Hurricane

Bring a lawn chair & a picnic! Enjoy the show. All concerts are free and all are welcome!

Sherburne Memorial Library, 2998 River Road, Killington, VT

June 24-August 23 Ages 4-13 Pricing options range from $50 to $1881 with options to come play for all 9 weeks, weekly, or daily.

Little Explorers Ages 4-6 Jr Explorers Ages 7-9 Come explore with us through hikes, arts & crafts, swimming, games, and more

Rek & Trek Ages 10-13 Come explore the Killington Valley with trips to local parks, hikes, mountain biking, & kayaking To register or for more information go to killingtonrec.com

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Agriculture: Meeting the challenge continued from page 8

managing their ecosystems and stewarding their land in the face of climate change.

More agriculture education, whole milk in schools and a campaign that focuses on how important dairy is to Vermont’s economy is another priority for farmers. The Agency will be working with a host of partners on these issues.

Submitted

Pictured (l-r) Claudio Fort from Rutland Regional Medical Center, artist Don Ramey, Rutland City Alderman Lisa Ryan, and Steve Costello from Green Mountain Power celebrate the unveiling of the new 54th Regiment sculpture in downtown Rutland.

Sculpture:

Fifth sculpture unveiled

continued from page 4 equal rights campaigners, I became more at ease with depicting them in battle,” Ramey said. “These were men fighting and dying not for some abstract political concept, but for their own real freedom, and the actual physical freedom of their fellow men and women still held in bondage. It’s a privilege to be able to honor the extraordinary valor of ordinary local citizens. Rutland’s current residents can be rightly proud of their legacy.”

The regiment was credited with demonstrating incredible bravery, changing military views of African Americans common at the time, and exhibiting tremendous leadership in rejecting military pay until their demands for equal pay were met. Lisa Ryan, a charter member of the Rutland NAACP and member of the Rutland City Board of Aldermen, said as an African American woman, she is proud of the sculpture.

“This sculpture is not only a representation of a significant moment in history for African Americans, but it is an opportunity to welcome and celebrate diversity in our community,” Ryan said. “I feel proud that the Rutland community is making a meaningful connection to education and inclusion.”

The Rev. Arnold Thomas, a former board member of Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity and supporter of the Vermont African American Heritage Trail, said the artwork would be added to the trail later this year, and would inspire students and visitors alike. “While Vermont is one of the whitest states in the Union, it has a rich African American history of national significance, with Rutland playing a key role,” Thomas said.

GMP Vice President Steve Costello said the 20 men averaged 27 years of age. One, George Hart, was born into slavery in Louisiana, but came to Vermont with Captain Edmund Morse of the 7th Vermont Regiment. The men included a barber, a mason, laborers, and farmers. They included two sets of brothers, a father and son, and two brothers in law.

Several are buried in Rutland, including William Scott, who enlisted at the age of 42.

“He was wounded in the head during the Battle of Olustee in February 1864,” Costello said. “He was discharged for disability in May 1865, and returned to Rutland, where he died in March 1873. His grave in West Street Cemetery includes one of the most poignant epitaphs in the cemetery: ‘I have fought my last battle, I have gone to rest.’”

Mayor Dave Allaire and MKF Properties President Mark Foley Jr. unveiled the artwork near the corner of Center Street and Merchants Row, as CSSC Executive Director Carol Driscoll unveiled an accompanying bronze plaque. “It’s a tremendous piece of art honoring bravery and service,” Driscoll said. Added Foley, who owns the building: “I am honored to be able to celebrate this important piece of Rutland history, and share it with locals and visitors alike.”

The Rutland Sculpture Trail is a collaboration of the CSSC, Green Mountain Power, MKF Properties, and Vermont Quarries. Other sculptures in the series include: • “Stone Legacy,” a tribute to the region’s stone industry funded by GMP and MKF, in Marketplace Park.

• A tribute to Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle Book,” which stands outside Phoenix Books, which underwrote it.

• A piece honoring Olympic skier Andrea Mead Lawrence, funded by John and Sue Casella.

• A sculpture of Revolutionary War hero Ann Story and her son Solomon, funded by the extended Costello family, which stands at the corner of West and Cottage streets.

• A tribute to Rutland native Martin Henry Freeman, the country’s first African American college president, funded by Dr. Fred and Jennifer Bagley, the Wakefield family, Donald Billings and Sara Pratt. It is expected to be completed late this summer.

• A piece honoring “Bill W.,” a Dorset native raised in Rutland who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous, also expected to be created this summer. It is funded by three anonymous donors.

Organizers continue work on plans and fundraising for other sculptures. The series is intended to honor important local people and history, create community pride, beautify downtown Rutland, and draw locals and tourists into the city center.

To lead the effort, dairy farmers asked us to create a dairy advisory panel to facilitate the conversation on their suggestions and challenges. We will do so.

Farmers also told us to keep working with Washington on dairy policy and prices. The Vermont Milk Commission has proposed a growth management plan. We heard from farm-

ers they want the Agency to pursue this important, nationwide discussion with Congress.

These are just a few outcomes of the Dairy Summit. Like Vermont’s farmers, we are open to new ideas, change and a commitment to improve the backbone of Vermont: Agriculture.

Anson Tebbetts

Proctor market: New owners for Market on West Street continued from page 3

in cooler behind the kitchen area. It Chris’s parents, John and Helena is lined with varnished matchstick (Pietryka) Curtis, were born and raised paneling, the doors have the original in Proctor and Florence, respectively; heavy hardware, and it still operates off after high school John took a highway a compressor in the basement. engineering job with the state of ConThe Market On West Street will carry necticut, where Chris was born and cigarettes, displayed on an antique metgrew up.

When Chris told Jenn his dream was al cigarette display, CBD products and to open a general store in Vermont, she lottery tickets, but no vape products. was equally enthusiastic. Long before There will be a refrigerated grab-andthe auction Jenn and Chris had visited go for take-home meals, an ice cream Proctor and stopped at the empty store chest and a candy counter – and an ATM to look around. machine for those last-minute cash The Proctor store had been vacant needs. almost a year and the tax sale was held Jenn calls Chris a “soup guy” who May 18, 2018. makes soups from scratch using Aunt Gail and Uncle Albert Curtis recipes from Grandmother Curtis. Jenn live in town. When the store was put on prepares daily specials from scratch, the auction block, Aunt Gail called the including pastries and sub rolls. couple “twice in They plan to sell AUNT GAIL CALLED one week before mostly fresh, localthe auction,” ly-sourced goods, THE COUPLE “TWICE IN Jenn said, to urge organic when they them to view the can but “you pay ONE WEEK BEFORE THE store and bid a lot more. We will AUCTION,” JENN SAID, TO on it. be going to the Jenn said she farmers’ market URGE THEM TO VIEW THE had one bid left sometimes but at the auction I do want to try STORE AND BID ON IT. and wasn’t going to utilize local above a certain figure. She bid against farmers,” Jenn said. The produce will be the only other bidder, and he stopped. unsprayed but not necessarily certified “It seemed meant to be. If it wasn’t organic. for her urging, we would not be here.

The Market On West Street will be But it feels right and we’re going to give open six days a week, and the Curtises it everything we have,” Jenn told the will man the store themselves.

Mountain Times.

The Curtises have done most of the Jenn was born and raised in Windsor, work themselves, along with Chris’s Connecticut and worked as a nurse. The brother Jeff, hiring local tradesmen for couple bought a run-down farm in Con- plumbing and electrical work. Jenn’s nephew is a certified mechanic who necticut. Chris, a landscaper of 34 years’ set up the surveillance cameras and experience, turned the farm around. the POS register, which will also keep They sold it to come to Vermont. inventory.

The Curtises closed on the building Jenn also feels she has roots in Procin May and drove back and forth, gutted the store and worked on it, sold the tor. A new enterprise energizes the farm, and moved above the store, where whole town, she said. “I want the town they now live, Dec. 22. to be happier and more active. This is The only original object is the butcher the turnaround.” block from Frank LaPenna, Chris Curtis’ The Curtises are appreciative of the second cousin, who ran the store from warm welcome they have received in the late ‘80s-early ‘90s. town. Town Manager Stan Wilbur stops “Everybody loved him,” Jenn said. in every day and orders for a sandwich, “We loved this, my husband planed it which is yet to be made. out, we stained it and put it on this sew“We don’t want the town to want a market, we want the town to have a maring machine base.”

Another original feature is the walkket,” Chris added.

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Calendar

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

Rutland Garden Series

5:30 p.m.

Gardening workshop at Southeast Community Garden, 101 Allen St., Rutland. “Making Your Bed: Starting Your Garden” is first in the series. Demonstration garden developed

by SAGE, to inspire Rutland residents to utilize city’s community garden spaces and homes for gardening. Scott Courcelle of Alchemy Gardens instructs. Free, $5 suggested donation. rutlandrec.com/gardens.

Rotary Meeting

6 p.m.

The Killington-Pico Rotary club cordially invites visiting Rotarians, friends and guests to attend weekly meeting. Meets Wednesdays at Clear River Tavern in Pittsfield, 6-8 p.m. for full dinner and fellowship. 802-773-0600 to make a reservation. Dinner fee $21. KillingtonPicoRotary. org

Meditation Circle

6:15 p.m.

Maclure Library offers meditation circle Wednesdays, 6:157:15 p.m. 802-483-2792. 840 Arch St., Pittsford.

TOTAL ARCHERY CHALLENGE AT PICO MOUNTAIN RESORT

Free Knitting Class

6:30 p.m.

Free knitting classes at Plymouth Community Center, by Barbara Wanamaker. Bring yarn and needles, U.S. size 7 or 8 bamboo needles recommended, one skein of medium weight yarn in light or medium color. RSVP to bewanamaker@gmail. com, 802-396-0130. 35 School Drive, Plymouth.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 24-26 Co ur tes yT AC

WEDNESDAY MAY 22

Savvy Spending Solutions Workshop

10 a.m.

BROC Community Action offers a free workshop on spending wisely, saving big, and planning ahead for large purchases. Register at 802665-1742 or sfaris@broc.org. Held at BROC, 45 Union St., Rutland. broc.org.

Active Seniors Lunch

12 p.m.

Killington Active Seniors meet for a meal Wednesdays at the Lookout Bar & Grille. Town sponsored. Come have lunch with this well-traveled group of men and women. $5/ person. 908-783-1050. 2910 Killington Road, Killington.

Palliative Talk

12:45 p.m.

Palliative Care and Hospice: The Difference Between Them and How to Be Prepared with members of the Gifford Palliative Care team, at Randolph Senior Center, 6 Hale St, Randolph.

Lego Club

3 p.m.

Lego club at Sherburne Memorial Library, River Road, Killington, Wednesdays 3-4 p.m. during the school year. Ages 6+.

Vermont Farmers’ Market (Rutland)

3 p.m.

The outdoor summer market is held every Wednesday, 3-6 p.m. in Depot Park (in front of WalMart), Rutland. 75+ vendors selling farm fresh veggies and fruits, flowers, specialty foods, hot foods, eggs, artisan cheeses, handcrafted breads, maple syrup, Vermont crafts, jars of every type, and more; plus hard goods and services. vtfarmersmarket.org.

Brandon Book Sale

4 p.m.

Brandon Free Public Library holds used book sale, through October.

Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Amazing selection for all ages, fiction and non-fiction. For May, BOGO. 4 Franklin St., Brandon.

Tobacco Cessation Group

5 p.m.

Castleton Community Center, 2108 Main St., Castleton. Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m. Free nicotine replacement therapy and other resources and supports. 802-747-3768.

THURSDAY MAY 23

Audubon Marsh Walk

7 a.m.

West Rutland Marsh Walk with Rutland County Audubon. 3.7 miles at important bird area - or go half-way. Kids, new birders and non-members welcome. Learn from the experts! Meet at marsh boardwalk on Marble St., West Rutland. Info, birding@rutlandcountyaudubon.org.

Open Swim **

8 a.m.

Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 8-9 a.m.; 5-7 p.m. 802-773-7187.

Stop the Bleed Training

8 a.m.

RRMC offers free, one-hour Stop the Bleed trainings at 8 a.m., 12 noon and 4 p.m. in CVPS/Leahy Community Health Ed Room at RRMC, 160 Allen St., Rutland. First come, first served. Sign up at rrmcstopthebleed523.eventbrite.com.

Playgroup

10 a.m.

Maclure Library offers playgroup, Thursdays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Birth to 5 years old. Stories, crafts, snacks, singing, dancing. 802-483-2792. 840 Arch St., Pittsford.

Story Time

10 a.m.

Story time at West Rutland Public Library. Thursdays,10 a.m. Bring young children to enjoy stories, crafts, and playtime. 802-438-2964.

Killington Bone Builders

10 a.m.

Bone builders meets at Sherburne Memorial Library, 2998 River Rd., Killington, 10-11 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Free, weights supplied.

802-422-3368.

Tobacco Cessation Group

4:30 p.m.

Old Brandon Town Hall, Brandon. Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free nicotine replacement therapy and other resources and supports. 802747-3768.

Ukulele Lessons

5 p.m.

Chaffee Art Center offers ukulele lessons weekly on Thursdays, 5-6 p.m. $20. RSVP requested: info@chaffeeartcenter.org. 16 South Main St., Rutland. Bring your own ukulele!

All Levels Yoga

5:30 p.m.

All levels flow at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-770-4101.

Bridge Club

6 p.m.

Marble Valley Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Godnick Center Thursdays, 6 p.m. Sanctioned duplicate bridge games. 1 Deer St., Rutland.

802-228-6276.

Rochester Valley Trails Summit

6 p.m.

RASTA hosts Rochester Valley Trails Summit at Pierce Hall, 38 S. Main St., Rochester. 6-8 p.m. Info on Velomont, local trail updates, two BIG announcements, membership/workday signup,

RYP Mixer

6 p.m.

Rutland Young Professionals May mixer at The Draught Room Bar & Grill in Diamond Run Mall, Rutland. 6-8 p.m. Free. GE hosts - hear from plant manager about opportunities. Food, cash bar, door prizes.

International Folk Dancing

6:30 p.m.

Simple Israeli and European dances taught by Judy. Free. All welcome.

Bring friends and BYOB. Dress comfortable, wear solid shoes with non-skid soles. at Rutland Jewish Center. Rutland Jewish Center, 96 Grove St., Rutland. 802-773-3455, rutlandjewishcenter.org.

Woodstock Book Author Event

7 p.m.

“Pilgrims of Woodstock,” the music festival in 1969, shows photos never before seen, and interviews with people who attended. See the images, hear the stories at Rochester Public Library, 22 S. Main St., Rochester.

FRIDAY MAY 24

Total Archery Challenge

7:15 a.m.

Total Archery Challenge at Pico Mountain Resort, May 24-26. The greatest outdoor 3D archery experience in the nation. Family friendly, with kids’ activities. 7:15 a.m. check-in. 8 a.m. Nock Time courses open. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Lodges open for food. 4 p.m. course shuttle, chair lift closes. Register and get info at totalarcherychallenge.com. 73 Alpine Drive, Mendon.

Open Swim **

8 a.m.

Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 8-9 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

802-773-7187.

Level 1 Yoga

8:30 a.m.

Level 1 Hatha Yoga at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-770-4101.

Story Time

10:30 a.m.

Sherburne Memorial Library holds story time Fridays, 10:30-11 a.m.

Stories, songs, activities. All ages welcome! 802-422-9765.

Brandon Book Sale

10 a.m.

Mendon bone builders meets Thursdays at Roadside Chapel, 1680 Townline Rd, Rutland Town. 802-773-2694.

11 a.m.

Brandon Free Public Library holds used book sale, through October.

Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Amazing selection for all ages, fiction and non-fiction. For May, BOGO. 4 Franklin St., Brandon.

Balance Workshop

Knitting Group

Mendon Bone Builders

4 p.m.

Rutland Regional Medical Center hosts Gaining Traction: Improve your Walking, Balance, and Stability workshop on Thursdays, May 23-June 20, 4-5:30 p.m. in CVPS/Leahy Community Health Ed Center. 160 Allen St., Rutland. Registration required at rrmc.org; 802-772-2400. $15.

12 p.m.

Maclure Library offers knitting group, Fridays, 12-2 p.m. 802-483-2792.

840 Arch St., Pittsford.

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4 p.m.

Every Friday, Memorial Day to Columbus Day, 4-7 p.m. on the front lawn of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main St., Ludlow. 30+ local vendors. Rain or shine.

“One Town at a Time”

5:30 p.m.

A film exploring all of Vermont’s 251 towns. Vermont premiere at Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 31 the Green, Woodstock. Reception 5:30 p.m. Screening 6:30 p.m. Preview trailer : onetownatatime251.com.

SATURDAY MAY 25

Total Archery Challenge

Open Gym

11 a.m.

Saturday morning open gym at Head Over Heels, 152 North Main St., Rutland. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. All ages welcome. Practice current skills, create gymnastic routines, learn new tricks, socialize with friends. $5/ hour members; $8/ hour non-members. Discount punch cards available.

802-773-1404.

Kids’ Saturday Classes

11 a.m.

Chaffee Art Center offers different activity for kids each week - painting, cooking, craft making and more. $10. Pre-register at 802-775-0036. chaffeeartcenter.org.

Open Studio: Chaffee

11 a.m.

Chaffee Art Center hosts 10 artists for Open Studio, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Quilling, jewelry making, quilting, painting, carving, framed dried flowers, more. Items for sale. 16 S. Main St., Rutland.

7:15 a.m.

Total Archery Challenge at Pico Mountain Resort, May 24-26. The greatest outdoor 3D archery experience in the nation. Family friendly, with kids’ activities. 7:15 a.m. check-in. 8 a.m. Nock Time courses open. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Lodges open for food. 4 p.m. course shuttle, chair lift closes. 5:30 p.m. afterparty. Register and get info at totalarcherychallenge.com. 73 Alpine Drive, Mendon.

Bridge Club

Killington Stage Race

12 p.m.

Opening reception of Slate Valley Pop Up art gallery, 12-2 p.m. Featuring student artwork, art activities, live music, light refreshments, support of the local schools and the arts! 73 Main St., Fair Haven. Exhibit 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and May 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.q

Race the legend! Or spectate. May 25-27. Today, Lookout & First Stop Circuit Race: 18-mile circuit with big ring climb and fast finish. Timed, with prizes. Get the details at killingtonstagerace.com. Register online at bikereg.com.

Bird Monitoring

8 a.m.

A Working Woodlands Workshop at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock: Learn about NPS Northeast Temperate Network volunteer bird monitoring program. Binocs available - or BYO. Meet at Carriage Barn Visitor Center at MBRNH. Park at Billings Farm, Old River Road. Free, but please RSVP to 802-457-3368 ext. 222.

Vermont Farmers’ Market (Rutland)

9 a.m.

The outdoor summer market is held every Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in Depot Park (in front of WalMart), Rutland. 75+ vendors selling farm fresh veggies and fruits, flowers, specialty foods, hot foods, eggs, artisan cheeses, handcrafted breads, maple syrup, Vermont crafts, jars of every type, and more; plus hard goods and services. vtfarmersmarket.org.

Brandon Book Sale

12 p.m.

Marble Valley Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Godnick Center Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. Sanctioned duplicate bridge games. 1 Deer St., Rutland. 802-228-6276.

Opening Reception

10 a.m.

Studios across Vermont open their doors to the public with demonstrations, exhibits, talks, and sales of their artwork. Look for yellow signs for participating studios, or visit vermontcrafts.com for a map.

Open Studio: Springfield

10 a.m.

Gallery at the VAULT, 68 Main St., exhibits 160 artists. Meet potter Andrew Berends 12-4 p.m.

Open Studio: Brandon

10 a.m.

Open Studio Weekend in Brandon: Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St., hosts 40 members’ artwork; Judith Reilly Gallery, 24 Conant Square; Vermont Folk Art Gallery, 24 Park St. with works by Warren Kimble, Robin Kent, and Medana Gabbard. And more!

Karen Deets Open Studio

10 a.m.

Karen Deets Stained Glass holds open studio, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free refreshments served! karendeets.com. 728 Moscow Road, Fair Haven.

Sheep Shearing & Herding

10 a.m.

Billings Farm & Museum hosts Sheep Shearing & Herding, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Showcases Border Collies herding sheep at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Southdown ewes sheared at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Spinning and carding demos, hands-on wool activities for all ages. Admission. 69 Old River Road, Woodstock. billingsfarm.org.

7:15 a.m.

Total Archery Challenge at Pico Mountain Resort, May 24-26. The greatest outdoor 3D archery experience in the nation. Family friendly, with kids’ activities. 7:15 a.m. check-in. 8 a.m. Nock Time courses open. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Lodges open for food. 4 p.m. course shuttle, chair lift closes. Register and get info at totalarcherychallenge.com. 73 Alpine Drive, Mendon.

1 p.m.

Wish Upon A Star - Annual dance performances by students of Miss Lorraine’s School of Dance, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St., Rutland. Tickets $17-$18 for kids; $20-$22 for adults. paramountvt.org.

Author Event

1 p.m.

Book Nook hosts author discussion and signing.

Christie K. Kelly chats about “The Six Gifts Part I: Secrets” and signs copies. 1-3 p.m. 136 Main St., Ludlow.

Saturday Gravel Rides

Open Swim

Open Studio Weekend

Total Archery Challenge

Miss Lorraine’s School of Dance Performance **

CHS Plant Sale

9:30 a.m.

White River Junction VA Medical Center hosts Blessing of the Bikes in parking lot, Veterans Drive, WRJ. All welcome, motorcyclists and spectators. 802-295-9363.

Race the legend! Or spectate. May 25-27. Today, Killington Road Race: 61/76-mile, point-to-point race with rolling hills and 2-3 significant climbs, including Bethel’s West Hill Road and Killington’s East Mountain Road. Timed, with prizes. Get the details at killingtonstagerace.com.

Register online at bikereg.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 25

4:30 p.m.

Analog Cycles leads weekly 20-35-mile gravel rides from Baptist Church Parking lot on East Poultney Green. Mix of road/dirt road/ double track and easy single track. Gravel bike approved. Hard terrain, slacker pace. No drop rides. Rain or shine, unless lighting. Bring legit bright light lights, a tube, and water. 301-456-5471.

Bike Blessing

Killington Stage Race

VT STATE PARKS OPEN!

9 a.m.

Brandon Free Public Library holds used book sale, through October.

Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Amazing selection for all ages, fiction and non-fiction. For May, BOGO. 4 Franklin St., Brandon.

9 a.m.

Cavendish Historical Society’s annual plant sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on museum grounds, 1955 Main St., Cavendish. Hosta, perennials, salad in a bucket, herbs, some annuals.

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5 p.m.

Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: Tues., Thurs., Saturday 5-7 p.m.

802-773-7187.

Bingo

5:30 p.m.

Bridgewater Grange Bingo, Saturday nights, doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Games start 6:30 p.m. Route 100A, Bridgewater Corners. Just across bridge from Junction Country Store. All welcome. Refreshments available.

Open Gym

6 p.m.

Friday night open gym at Head Over Heels, 152 North Main St., Rutland. 6-8 p.m. Ages 6+. Practice current skills, create gymnastic routines, learn new tricks, socialize with friends! $5/ hour members; $8/ hour non-members. Discount punch cards available. 802-773-1404.

Healing Concert/Spring Fling

6:30 p.m.

Free Kirtan, jazz, drum circle healing concert at Community Hall, 2724 Stage Road, Benson. Hosted by Old King Farm as part of Spring Fling Memorial Day weekend retreat. Celebration of healing ourselves, others and the planet during annual concert. Line-up: Dalien/13 Hands; Dr. Greg. Lagana; Xela Karub; Space Jams Drum Circle. Tickets at oldkingfarm.com. Free! BYO instruments. Raffle prizes.

FOLA Film

7 p.m.

FOLA film showing of western “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” at Ludlow Town Hall’s Heald Auditorium, 37 S. Depot St., Ludlow. Free, donations welcome. Popcorn and water provided. fola.us.

Cradle Switch

7:30 p.m.

Five-piece acoustic Americana group Cradle Switch performs at Brandon Music. $20 tickets, brandon-music.net. BYOB. 62 Country Club Road, Brandon.

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Heartfulness

Meditation

7:45 a.m.

Free group meditation Sundays, Rochester Town Office, School St. Dane, 802-767-6010. heartfulness.org.

All Levels Yoga

9 a.m.

All levels flow at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-770-4101.

Great Elfin Lake 5k

9 a.m.

5k run/walk for all levels and abilities, around the country roads and footpaths to Elfin Lake, Wallingford. Begins/ends at Wallingford Rec Area, Meadow St., Wallingford. Registration $30 adults; $15 age 12 and under. Registration closes 8:45 a.m. First 100 receive race day t-shirt. Prizes awarded. kelly5krace@gmail.com.; runsignup.com.

Plymouth Tag Sale

9 a.m.

6th annual town-wide tag sale, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. at Plymouth Community Center, 35 School Drive, Plymouth. One-stop shopping!

Open Studio: Springfield

10 a.m.

Gallery at the VAULT, 68 Main St., exhibits 160 artists.

Sheep Shearing & Herding

10 a.m.

Billings Farm & Museum hosts Sheep Shearing & Herding, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Showcases Border Collies herding sheep at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Southdown ewes sheared at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Spinning and carding demos, hands-on wool activities for all ages. Admission. 69 Old River Road, Woodstock. billingsfarm.org.

Yoga Class

10:30 a.m.

Yoga with Dawn resumes at Plymouth Community Center, 35 School Drive, Plymouth. All levels welcome, bring your own mat. $10/ class.

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Agricultural Blessing

10:45 a.m.

Church of Our Saviour hosts agricultural blessing. All farmers and gardeners welcome for special blessing of your plants for the summer garden. Bring seeds, plants, and anything related to agriculture to be blessed with prayer for plentiful crop. Mission Farm Road, Killington.

Klezmer Group

4 p.m.

Bring your instrument - music provided. Interested? office@rutlandjewishcenter.org. 6-8 p.m. 96 Grove St., Rutland.

MONDAY MAY 27

Memorial Day

Killington Stage Race

Race the legend! Or spectate. May 25-27. Today, Individual Time Trial: 11 miles and nearly flat for Vermont. All TT equipment allowed. Timed, with prizes. Get the details at killingtonstagerace.com. Register online at bikereg.com.

Killington Yoga Pittsfield/Stockbridge Memorial Day Parades

9 a.m.

Starts in Pittsfield, 9 a.m. Heads to Stockbridge after, around 10 a.m. at the Commons. For details, contact Suzanne Butterfield - 234-5294.

Killington Bone Builders

10 a.m.

Bone builders meets at Sherburne Memorial Library, 2998 River Rd., Killington, 10-11 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Free, weights supplied.

802-422-3368.

West Rutland Memorial Day Parade

10 a.m.

Memorial Day Celebration, annual town tradition that honors our heroes and celebrates community. Parade begins at 10 a.m. through town.

Awards ceremony and bbq at American Legion. Begins Noonan Lane, West Rutland.

Brandon Memorial Day Parade

10 a.m.

Central Park, Brandon. A very quaint event- a small parade, a few speeches and a 100 year old tradition of first grade girls placing flowers at the base of the Civil War Monument.

Memorial Day Ceremony

10:45 a.m.

Ceremony at Civil War Soldier Monument at the intersection of Holden Road and Mountain Top Road, Chittenden, starting 10:45 a.m.

Playgroup

11 a.m.

Maclure Library offers playgroup, Mondays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Birth to 5 years old. Stories, crafts, snacks, singing, dancing. 802-483-2792. 840 Arch St., Pittsford.

Rochester Memorial Day Parade

11 a.m.

Remembering those who have fallen. Marches from Town Office, around the park, to the cemetery at the north end of town, next to Mac’s Market. Taps will be played.

Open Swim

11:30 a.m.

Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Monday Meals

12 p.m.

Every Monday meals at Chittenden Town Hall at 12 noon. Open to public, RSVP call by Friday prior, 483-6244. Gene Sargent. Bring your own place settings. Seniors $3.50 for 60+. Under 60, $5. No holidays.

337 Holden Rd., Chittenden.

Rutland Rotary

12:15 p.m.

Rotary Club of Rutland meets Mondays for lunch at The Palms Restaurant. Learn more or become a member, journal@sover.net.

Tobacco Cessation Group

5 p.m.

Free tobacco cessation group. Mondays, 5-6 p.m. at CVPS/Leahy Community Health Ed Center at RRMC, 160 Allen St., Rutland. Free nicotine replacement therapy and other resources and supports. 802747-3768.

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Stanley Cup Finals

7:15 p.m.

Paramount Theatre screens Sports Live in HD: Stanley Cup Finals, game one: Boston Bruins and winner of San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues. At Boston Garden. Free! 30 Center St., Rutland. paramountvt. org.

Citizenship Classes

Vermont Adult Learning will offers free citizenship classes. Call Marcy Green, 802-775-0617, and learn if you may qualify for citizenship at no cost. 16 Evelyn St., Rutland. Also, free classes in reading, writing, and speaking for English speakers of other languages. Ongoing.

SUMMER PREVIEW

Quechee Balloon Festival June 14-16

Killington IDF Skate & Luge World Cup June 14-16 Vermont Bike & Brew June 21-23

TUESDAY MAY 28

Open Swim **

8 a.m.

Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 8-9 a.m.; 12-1 p.m.; 5-7 p.m.

802-773-7187.

Mendon Bone Builders

10 a.m.

Mendon bone builders meets Tuesdays at Roadside Chapel, 1680 Townline Rd, Rutland Town. 802-773-2694.

Tobacco Cessation Group

11 a.m.

Free tobacco cessation group. Free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges.

Every Tuesday, 11-12 p.m. at Heart Center, 12 Commons St., Rutland.

802-747-3768.

End Game Screening

2 p.m.

“End Game,” screening and discussion of Netflix documentary with Dr. Cristine Maloney, at Strode Independent Living, Morgan Orchards, in Randolph Center. This 2018 film by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman is about terminally ill patients in a San Francisco hospital who meet medical practitioners seeking to change the perception around life and death. Light refreshments. 89 Tom Wicker Lane, Randolph Center.

Harry Potter Club

Vermont Adaptive Charity Ride June 22-23 KMF Classical Concert Series June 29-July 27 AJGA Killington Junior Golf Championship July 1-4 Cooler in the Mountains Concert Series July 6-Aug. 31 Okemo’s All Come Home Music Festival July 13-14 RAVE Car Show July 13-14 Killington Wine Festival July 19-21 Bookstock Literary Festival July 26-28

3:15 p.m.

Sherburne Memorial Library holds five-week Harry Potter Club 3:15-4 p.m., April 23-May 21. 2998 River Road, Killington. 802-422-9765.

Okemo’s Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Festival Aug. 2-4

TOPS Meeting

Taste of Woodstock Aug. 10

4:45 p.m.

TOPS meets Tuesday nights at Trinity Church in Rutland (corner of West and Church streets). Side entrance. Weight in 4:45-5:30 p.m.

Meeting 6-6:30 p.m. All welcome, stress free environment, take off pounds sensibly. 802-293-5279.

Heartfulness Meditation

5:45 p.m.

Free group meditation Tuesdays, Mountain Yoga, 135 N Main St #8, Rutland. Margery, 802-775-1795. heartfulness.org.

Vermont State Fair Aug. 13-17 Spartan Race Sept. 14-15

Bereavement Group

6 p.m.

VNAHSR’s weekly bereavement group, Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at Grace Congregational Church, 8 Court St., Rutland. Rev. Andrew Carlson facilitates. Free, open to the public.

802-770-1613.

Tick Talk

6 p.m.

Dr. J. Gavin Cotter, Infectious Disease Specialist at RRMC, gives informative talk on prevalent illnesses transmitted by ticks in Vermont: Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Lyme Disease. Q&A - learn the facts and the myths. Registration required: rrmc.org, 802-772-2400. 160 Allen St., Rutland.

Legion Bingo

6:15 p.m.

Brandon American Legion, Tuesdays.

Warm ups 6:15 p.m., regular games 7 p.m. Open to the public. Bring a friend!

Franklin St., Brandon.

Chess Club

7 p.m.

Rutland Rec Dept. holds chess club at Godnick Adult Center, providing a mindenhancing skill for youth and adults. All ages are welcome; open to the public. Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. 1 Deer St., Rutland.

STANLEY CUP FINALS FREE SCREENING, PARAMOUNT THEATRE MONDAY, MAY 27, 7:15 P.M.

All Levels Yoga

6:30 p.m.

Chaffee Art Center offers all level yoga class with Stefanie DeSimone, 50 minute practice. $5/ class, drop-ins welcome. 16 South Main St., Rutland. Bring a mat.

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

WED.

MAY 22

KILLINGTON

8 p.m. Sushi Yoshi

Michelob Ultra Softball League Party

PAWLET 7 p.m. The Barn Restaurant and Tavern

[MUSIC Scene]

9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern Full Backline Open Mic with Robby Smolinski

9:30 p.m. The Venue Krishna Guthrie

FRI.

“Pickin’ in Pawlet”

POULTNEY 6:30 p.m. Taps Tavern

Jazz Night with Zak Hampton’s Moose Crossing

RANDOLPH 6:30 p.m. One Main Tap and Grill Open Mic with Silas McPrior

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MAY 24

BOMOSEEN

6 p.m. Iron Lantern Heart to Heart

6 p.m. Lake House Ryan Fuller

RUTLAND

DORSET

9:30 p.m. The Venue

7:30 p.m. Dorset Playhouse

Chris P and Josh

THURS.

MAY 23

PITTSFIELD

8 p.m. Clear River Tavern

Open Mic Jam with Silas McPrior

POULTNEY 7 p.m. Taps Tavern Joe DeFelice

RUTLAND

Dorset Players present “Oklahoma”

KILLINGTON 7 p.m. The Foundry Jenny Porter

7:30 p.m. McGrath’s Irish Pub Doug Hazzard

9 p.m. JAX Food & Games The Idiots

LUDLOW 7 p.m. Du Jour VT King Arthur Junior

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg

PAWLET

7 p.m. The Barn Restaurant and Tavern Live Music

PITTSFIELD 8 p.m. Clear River Tavern

6 p.m. Iron Lantern King Arthur Junior

DORSET 7:30 p.m. Dorset Playhouse

Karaoke with Caitlin

Dorset Players present “Oklahoma”

POULTNEY

KILLINGTON

7 p.m. Taps Tavern

7 p.m. The Foundry

RUTLAND

7:30 p.m. McGrath’s Irish Pub

Christine Malcolm and Chris Ryan

7 p.m. Draught Room in Diamond Run Mall Duane Carleton

9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern River Frog

10 p.m. Center Street Alley

Ryan Fuller

Doug Hazzard

9 p.m. JAX Food & Games Josh Jakab

LUDLOW 7 p.m. Du Jour VT No Mercy

DJ Dirty D

RUTLAND

TINMOUTH

7 p.m. A Sound Space

7:30 p.m. Old Firehouse The Revenants

SAT.

MAY 25

BRANDON

SUN.

BOMOSEEN

Discavus

9 p.m. Center Street Alley DJ Mega

9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern

Karaoke 101 with Tenacious T

MAY 26

DORSET

2 p.m. Dorset Playhouse Dorset Players present “Oklahoma”

KILLINGTON 12 p.m. Summit Lodge Duane Carleton

5 p.m. The Foundry

Jazz Night with Summit Pond Quartet

LUDLOW 5:30 p.m. Main and Mountain Bar and Motel Sammy Blanchette and Michael Summers

POULTNEY 7 p.m. Otto’s Cones Point General Store Drew Polsun as Elvis

RUTLAND 6 p.m. A Sound Space

STOCKBRIDGE 12 p.m. Wild Fern

Cigar Box Brunch w/ Rick Redington

1 p.m. Wild Fern The People’s Jam

MON.

MAY 27

LUDLOW

9:30 p.m. The Killarney

Open Mic with King Arthur Junior

TUES.

MAY 28

CASTLETON

6 p.m. Third Place Pizzeria Josh Jakab

PITTSFIELD 7 p.m. Clear River Tavern Trivia Night

POULTNEY 7 p.m. Taps Tavern

Open Bluegrass Jam Hosted by Fiddlewitch

Ukebox

RUTLAND

7 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern Tom Irish

9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern

9:30 p.m. The Venue

9:30 p.m. The Venue

Open Mic with Chris Pallutto

Open Mic with Krishna Guthrie Karaoke with Jess

7 p.m. Brandon Music Cradleswitch

Rockin’ The Region with A Sound Space

open to the public, and are There is a really cool new an opportunity to meet the place in town for both musibands, observe a live rehearsal cians and the audience, alike. and tour the new space. SatIt’s Rutland’s new rehearsal urday, May 25, Discavus will and DIY recording studio, A Rockin’ the be in the studio from 7-9 p.m.

Sound Space, located at 77 Region performing and answering Grove St., which used to be

By DJ Dave questions from the live audithe CVPS building and now is Hoffenberg ence. Sunday, May 26, Ukebox home to the Rutland Herald, will be running through songs an art gallery and now, this. I and answering questions, from 6-8 p.m. had the pleasure of speaking with local Discavus is a three piece instrumental musician, George Nostrand, who is the band that plays a combo of jazz, funk and owner of the music space, to find out fusion. Ukebox is a five piece, all female more about it. band, playing ukulele, accordion, piano Memorial Day weekend will feature and drums. Ukebox played its first official two local bands there, Discavus and gig at the last winter farmers market. NosUkebox. The events are free and and

trand said it’s a cool eclectic band.

The idea for the studio originally came two years ago from Mark Foley, who owns the building. He approached Nostrand with the idea and asked him if he thought it would work. Nostrand said, “I think it’s a good idea, I’m just not sure if it will work or not.” For whatever reason, the idea was shelved for a few years. When the Herald moved in, Nostrand, who works for them, was looking for a rehearsal space with a band he plays with. He went with the old, “better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission” approach, and it worked. He ended up working out a deal with Foley and took a business class to learn a few things. Nostrand said, “I almost didn’t

go through with it. It’s kind of a leap of faith. I’m a musician not a business man.

I figured I would give it a try, and so far, it’s been going pretty well.” The space is the old “war room” for CVPS. If anything went wrong, this is where they went.

Nostrand said, “This was their emergency headquarters so it’s kind of built like a bomb shelter.”

A Sound Space opened in March and has hosted a handful of events, including a live performance from Krishna Guthrie and Bobby Maguire that I attended April 3. I like it because it’s not just a rehearsal space. You get to see a rehearsal in a live atmosphere. It was a cool, intimate performance. Nostrand has a full P.A. system Rockin’ the Region, page 46

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

This weeks living Arts, Dining and Entertainment!

White River Junction VA to host Blessing of the Bikes Saturday, May 25, 9:30 a.m.—WHITE RIVER JUNCTION—With the warmer weather arriving, White River Junction VA Medical Center will host a Blessing of the Bikes event on Saturday, May 25. The event will start at 9:30 a.m. in the front parking lot on Veterans Drive, where Chaplain Fr. Anthony Madu will make a blessing for all the motorcycles and their riders. This event is to bring the riders as well as their families and friends together and raise awareness for automobile drivers during the warmer seasons, promoting motorcycle safety.

Everyone is welcome to attend this event as a motorcyclist or as a spectator.

For information, call 802-295-9363 ext. 5880, email vhawrjpao@va.gov.

Memorial Day Planters Beautiful Hanging Baskets Patio Planters Fresh Arrangements

Courtesy TAC Team

The Total Archery Challenge is a 3D archery experience, three days of challenges and courses at Pico Mountain.

Total Archery Challenge comes to Pico

775-2626

72 Park St., Rutland (next to V.A.C) Monday - Friday 8am -5:30pm Sat. 8 am-4 pm Sun. 9 am-3 pm

May 24-26—KILLINGTON—The Yeti Total Archery Challenge fueled by MTN OPS is coming to Pico Mountain Resort for three days – May 24-26 – and is bringing the greatest outdoor 3D archery experience in the nation. The organization work hard to provide a fun, family friendly environment where everyone can enjoy the great sport of archery. It’s like organizers say, “Life... Its Better with a Bow!” The schedule of events is the same each day, except Saturday, May 25, when an afterparty takes place at 5:30 p.m.: 7:15 a.m. Check-in opens, receive activity pass 8 a.m. Nock Time courses open

9 a.m.-5 p.m. Lunch and snacks available in main lodge 4 p.m. Course shuttle/chair lift closes Participants can expect over 100 3D archery targets, with multiples courses for different skill levels. The locals course has 15-40-yard minimal angles. The prime course – the toughest, but fun course – is Rocky Mountain Western Shoot, 40-100yards with steep angles and tougher shots.

The Mountain Ops Course is 25-75 yards with steep angles and good shots to test skills. The Sitka Course is long shots, 60-100 yards, on sheep, mountain goats and other awesome species. This course is designed to live

Rochester Library takes a trip back to Woodstock

WWW.ARTISTREEVT.ORG 2095 Pomfret Road South Pomfret, VT 802-457-3500

Thursday, May 23, 7 p.m.—ROCHESTER— The summer of 1969 is best remembered in one word: Woodstock.

Fifty years ago, dozens of musicians played, but it was the 400,000 people that came from across the country who created the lore and legacy that is Woodstock.

“Pilgrims of Woodstock” presents the never before published pictures of photographer Richard Bellak and John Kane’s interviews with the people who attended the event. See the images and hear the stories on Thursday, May 23 at 7

p.m. at the Rochester Public Library, 22 S. Main St. n Rochester.

Author John Kane, is a professor teaching media, communications and visual arts courses.

Photographer Richard F. Bellak, aimed his lens at the Woodstock audience for much of the event.

The result is a beautifully atmospheric collection of never before published images capturing the essence of what it was like to attend this life-changing event.

The program is free and open to the public.

Don’t miss the event on Thursday!

up to the demands of the Sitka gear.

For the kids, there will be a stationary kids range 10-target shoot at dinosaurs and zombies; plus a kids’ course, 12 target from 5-20 yards, also great for beginners.

Novelty shots will be available, with the chance to win multiple prizes, including a truck.

Vendors will round out the experience, which will include food.

All adult participants that preregister online will get an event t-shirt, a raffle ticket, and an extra entry to win a Prime or Quest bow. Visit totalarcherychallenge.com to sign up.

Pico Mountain is located at 73 Alpine Dr., Mendon.

West Rutland continues tradition with Memorial Day Parade, Monday Monday, May 27, 10 a.m.—WEST RUTLAND—The tradition of an annual Memorial Day Celebration in West Rutland continues this year on Monday, May 27 at 10 a.m.

The event is an annual town tradition that honors local heroes and celebrates the community.

The day begins with a parade through town, followed by an awards ceremony and barbecue at the American Legion.

Parade route The parade begins at

Noonan Lane, goes north on Clarendon Avenue, then west on Main Street to Marble Street.

“Taps” and a gun salute will be performed at the WWII Memorial at the Town Hall.

The parade continues west on Marble Street to Barnes Street to the cemeteries where a gun salute and “Taps” will sound again, continue east on Main Street to the West Rutland School, which is south on Clarendon Avenue. The parade ends at Noonan Lane.

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

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By Carrie Pill

“Michelle and Her Flock” is an oil painting by Carrie Pill, an artist from Rutland that is taking part in Open Studio Weekend.

Spring Open Studio celebrates 27 years May 25-26—VERMONT—Bright yellow signs compete with a multitude of greens along Vermont’s roads enticing visitors to the studios of craftspeople and other artists across Vermont during the 2019 Spring Open Studio Weekend taking place over Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-26.

Open Studio Weekend is a statewide celebration of the visual arts and creative process, offering a unique opportunity for visitors to meet a wide variety of local artists and craftspeople in their studios, and purchase high quality, hand-made artwork.

The self-guided Open Studio tour features the work of glassblowers, jewelers, printmakers, potters, furniture makers, weavers, ironworkers, painters, sculptors, quilt makers and wood carvers. Many participating galleries will host gallery talks and feature special exhibits in conjunction with this event.

Rutland and Brandon alone have a huge representation in the annual event, so it

makes for a great driving tour. In Rutland, visit Chaffee Art Center, which will be hosting 10 artists; or take to downtown Rutland for the many galleries within walking distance of each other, like 77Art, The Alley Gallery, B&G Gallery, and the Opera House Gallery. In Brandon, the Judith Reilly Gallery, Brandon Artists’ Guild, and Vermont Folk Art Gallery – with the art of Warren Kimble, Robin Kent, and Medana Gabbard – are among the open studios in town. Heading out to Middletown Springs, visit Rising Meadow Pottery, Sissy’s Kitchen, David Munyak, and well-known Peter Huntoon.

The Vermont Crafts Council publishes a free map booklet with directions to participating sites. These are just a few in the Rutland County region – visit vermontcrafts. com for a full list of galleries throughout the state. The Vermont Open Studio Guide is also available throughout the state at Tourist Information Centers.

By Jerry LeBlond

The legendary Killington Stage Race will return to Killington on May 25-27.

Killington Stage Race hits the road in 23rd year May 25-27—KILLINGTON—The legendary Killington Stage Race returns to the Killington region May 25-27, in its 23rd Memorial Day weekend event.

For 2019, there will be eight stage race categories and three thrilling days of racing. Stage 1 is contested on a historic, fun and fast circuit race that takes racers though the President Calvin Coolidge birth place and Vermont Whitehouse.

Stage 2 is a challenging hilly road race with a 5.5-mile, 1,550 foot climb to the finish which will test riders’ early season climbing condition. Stage 3 provides a rare long ITT over 11-miles which has made for some thrillingly close final GC battles. Registration closes on Tuesday, May 21, at 11 p.m. at bikereg.org.

Enjoy the race as a racer or a spectator.

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

Brandon Free Public Library used book sale season begins May 22, 24, 25—BRANDON—The Friends of the Brandon Free Public Library used book sale has begun for the season. It is open Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m.; Fridays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; until midOctober. Organizers say this is the best organized and longest running used book sale in Vermont. In the basement, find an huge selection of fiction and non-fiction books for all ages at very low prices. For the month of May: buy one book, get another book of the same value or less for free.

There are new books that came in over the winter that are now part of the collections. As a result, a good spring cleaning has taken place, some older materials have been culled and there are many newer and different books on the shelves.

Books are arranged by type and subject. There is both hard-cover and paperback fiction, non-fiction of every description, and books for children, toddlers, and young adults. There are special sections devoted to gardening, cooking, how-to and do-it-yourself projects.

All of the income from this sale is used for the purchase of books and other materials and to help underwrite special projects for the library, like the Summer Children’s Program in July.

The book sale and the holiday auction are the primary sources for funding for these programs.

The library is located at 4 Franklin St., Brandon. It sits on the corner of Franklin and Park streets. For more information, visit the website, brandonpubliclibrary.org.

Rutland Regional to host balance workshop Thursday, May 23, 4 p.m.—RUTLAND—Being klutzy is no longer a laughing matter. In fact, one of the most serious medical problems facing older people is falling. After age 30, the muscles that used to stand tall begin to weaken. The length of a stride shortens, and the pace of a step slows. Even vision becomes fuzzier.

However, aging isn’t the only reason people lose their sense of stability. It’s the classic “use it or lose it” formula. Balance can be maintained by staying active.

The staff in rehabilitation services at Rutland Regional Medical Center has developed a workshop specifi-

cally addressing walking, balance, and stability.

The workshop, Gaining Traction: Improve Your Walking, Balance, Mobility, and Stability, will be held every Thursday, May 23-June 20, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the CVPS/ Leahy Community Health Education Center at the Rutland Regional Medical Center.

In this program participants will learn the mechanics of walking and how various conditions such as arthritis, foot and joint issues, and neurological problems impact gait, and what strategies can be used to compensate for these conditions.

There will be discussions on setting realistic

walking goals, how to track progress using a pedometer and other technology, utilizing exercises that will enhance mobility, and how to select appropriate footwear.

At the conclusion of the program there will be a panel discussion with the folks from rehabilitative services followed by a walk around the Rutland Regional loop, if the weather allows for that to happen.

The cost is $15, and registration is required for the workshop. For more information or to register visit rmc.org or call 802-772-2400. Rutland Regional Medical Center is located at 160 Allen St. in Rutland.

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Documentary explores Vermont’s 251 towns Friday, May 24, 5:30 p.m.—WOODSTOCK—“One Town at a Time” is a documentary that explores Vermont through the lens of the 251 Club of Vermont. The film will have its official premiere on Friday, May 24 at the Woodstock Town Hall Theater. A reception will precede the film at 5:30 p.m., with the film beginning at 6:30 p.m.

In the summer of 2006, between semesters at college, director Mike

Leonard took on the challenge of visiting every town in the state of Vermont by joining the 251 Club – a unique organization dedicated to exploring the Green Mountain State. With his two best friends in tow, he interviewed locals and visited some of Vermont’s most celebrated places. After living outside Vermont for over a decade, Leonard moved back home and decided to revisit the 251 Club – returning to some of the same places and re-

Scenic 5k benefits Wallingford rec department Sunday, May 26, 9 a.m.—WALLINGFORD—Kick off summer with a run to the lake. The Great Elfin Lake 5k will take place Sunday, May 26 at 9 a.m. Join in a scenic 5k run/ walk along country roads, along Otter Creek and on foot paths through Stone Meadow to Elfin Lake. The race will begin and end at the recreational fields on Meadow Street in Wallingford.

This run/walk is designed for all levels. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Wallingford recreation department.

Registration is $25 for adults and $15 for kids age 12 and under. Register online through May 22 at runsignup.com.

Day-of registration will also be available, for an additional $5. Race-day registration closes at 8:45 a.m. The first 100 entrants receive a t-shirt.

For the serious participants there will be chip-timed race results to measure personal bests. Prizes will be awarded in several categories including overall male and female finishers plus age-based categories.

interviewing some of the same people he met 12 years ago. He witnessed how Vermont has changed, how it has stayed the same, and, ultimately, how a humble wayfarer’s club shaped his identity forever.

One Town at a Time is a comingof-age story that combines retro footage from 2006 with contemporary footage.

The Town Hall Theater is located at 31 the Green, Woodstock.

Doctor gives tick talk at RRMC Tuesday, May 28, 6 p.m.—RUTLAND—Anyone that spends time outdoors or has pets that go outdoors needs to be aware of ticks.

On May 28, from 6-8 p.m., Dr. J. Gavin Cotter, infectious disease specialist at Rutland Regional Medical Center, will present an informational talk on the prevalent illnesses transmitted by ticks in Vermont.

Dr. Cotter will discuss what happens when one is exposed to a tick carrying Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, and Lyme Disease, and how to treat, diagnose, and prevent these diseases. He will also explore the myths about these diseases that

circulate in the media.

There will be a question and answer period after the talk. Refreshments will be provided. Registration is required in advance. For more information and to register visit rrmc.org.

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Local author signing to be held at Book Nook that we meet Olivia and her broodSaturday, May 25, 1 p.m.—The Book ingly handsome husband, Marco. To Nook will host an in-store event with recover from their ordeal, they escape local author Christie K. Kelly on Saturto a secluded home on a mountain in day, May 25 from 1-3 p.m. Kelly will be Vermont. But this seclusion doesn’t available to chat about her new book bring Olivia the peace and healing for – “The Six Gifts Part I: Secrets” – and which she strives. sign copies. In Recurring dreams addition, Grace – or are they more Pratt of Sol Luna than that? – and Farm will offer a shocking news flower essence from an old friend and sound healgalvanize Olivia ing demonstrainto action and a tion. cross-country trip At some point, that brings more we all quesquestions than tion why we’re answers. here on this “This fictional planet, in this series is woven life. The searchfrom true life ing protagonist events,” explains of Kelly’s “The Kelly. “Though Six Gifts Part I: it expands into a Secrets,” Olivia universe we can Alfieri has more only imagine, reason than most who’s to say what to ask these, as can happen and she racks up near what can’t?” death experiThe Book Nook ences and clearly is located at 136 clairvoyant visions. It is in the Courtesy The Book Nook Main St., Ludlow.

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Food Matters Lookout Tavern

506 Bistro The 506 Bistro serves a simple, seasonal menu featuring Vermont highlights. Set in the open bar and lounge, the atmosphere is casual and warm. Your are likely to be served a yankee pot roast, a great organic burger from a nearby farm or fresh strawberry shortcake with Vermont berries. Local, simple, home cooked is what we are all about. (802) 457-5000

With a free shuttle, take away and call ahead seating, Lookout Tavern is a solid choice. Nachos, quesadillas, sweet potato fries, salads, soups, sandwiches and dinner options are always a good selection. www.lookoutvt.com (802) 422-5665

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Back Country Café is a hot spot for delicious breakfast foods. Choose from farm fresh eggs, multiple kinds of pancakes and waffles, omelet’s or daily specials to make your breakfast one of a kind. Just the right heat Bloody Marys, Mimosas, Bellini, VT Craft Brews, Coffee and hot chocolate drinks. Maple Syrup and VT products for sale Check our Facebook for daily specials. Open Friday through Sunday at 7 a.m. (802) 422-4411

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Mountain Top Inn & Resort Whether staying

Choices Restaurant or visiting for the day, Mountain Top’s Dining Room & Tavern 506 Bistro and Barovernight serve delicious cuisine amidst one of Vermont’s best views. A mix of locally &Rotisserie Chef-owned, inspired and International cuisine – including salads, seafood, poultry and Choices Restaurant and featuring Rotisserie Serving a seasonal menu VT highlights 506 Bistro and a new steakhouse menu - your taste buds are sure to be satisfied. Choose was named 2012Bar ski magazines

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dinner! A short drive from Killington. mountaintopinn.com, 802-483-2311. be the name of the restaurant but it is also what you get. Soup of the day, shrimp cockatil, steak, hamburgers, pan seared chicken, a variety of salads Live Jazz Pianist Every Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

802.457.5000 | ontheriverwoodstock.com Red Clover Farm to Table and pastas, scallops, sole, lamb and moreinawait extensive wine list Located Onyou.

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Vermont Food and Drinks. Thurs802.457.5000 | ontheriverwoodstock.com A short scenic drive from Killington com (802) 422-4030 day night Live Jazz. Monday night Located in On The River Inn, Woodstock VT Chef Specials. Open Thursday A short scenic drive from Killington to Monday, 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. 7 Clear River Tavern Woodward Road, Mendon, VT. 802-775-2290, redcloverinn.com Headed north from Killington on Route 100? Stop in to the Clear Seward’s Dairy If you’re River Tavern to sample chef Tim Galvin’s handcrafted tavern menu looking for something truly unique featuring burgers, pizza, salads, and Vermont, check out Seward steak and more. We’re nestled on 10 wooded acres in Pittsfield, 8 miles Dairy Bar. Serving classic homemade food including hamburgers, from the Killington Road. Our live music schedule featuring regional acts steaks, chicken, sandwiches and seafood. Craving something a little will keep you entertained, and our friendly service will leave you with a smile. We’re sure you’ll agree that “When You’re Here, You’re in the Clear.” sweeter? Check out their own homemade 39 flavors of ice cream. Vermont products also sold. (802) 773-2738. www.clearrivertavern.com (802) 746-8999

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Killington Market

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Take breakfast, lunch or dinner on the go at Killington Market, Killington’s on-mountain grocery store for the last 30 years. Choose from breakfast sandwiches, hand carved dinners, pizza, daily fresh hot panini, roast chicken, salad and specialty sandwiches. Vermont products, maple syrup, fresh meat and produce along with wine and beer are also for sale. www. killingtonmarket.com (802) 422-7736 or (802) 422-7594.

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Sugar and Spice Stop on by to Sugar and Spice for a home style breakfast or lunch served up right.

Try six different kinds of pancakes and/or waffles or order up some eggs and home fries. For lunch they offer a Filmore salad, grilled roast beef, burgers and sandwiches. Take away and deck dining available. www.vtsugarandspice.com (802) 773-7832.

The Taproom at Lake Bomoseen Lodge, Vermont’s newest lakeside resort & restaurant. Delicious Chef prepared, family friendly, pub fare; appetizers, salads, burgers, pizzas, entrees, kid’s menu, a great craft brew selection & more. Newly renovated restaurant, lodge & condos. lakebomoseenlodge.com, 802-468-5251.

Sushi Yoshi

Sushi Yoshi is Killington’s true culinary adventure. With Hibachi, Sushi, Chinese and Japanese, we have something for every age and palate. Private Tatame rooms and large party seating available. We boast a full bar with 20 craft beers on draft. Lunch and dinner available seven days a week. We are chef-owned and operated. Delivery or take away option available. Now open year round. www. vermontsushi.com (802) 422-4241

Vermont Butcher Shop

Vermont Butcher ShopAs Vermont’s only sustainable whole animal butcher, we are passionate about our craft and delivering the highest quality meats. Each cut of meat you select comes from a partner that shares our commitment of respect for the environment, the animals and our customers. We are here to ensure that you know where your food comes from and guarantee that you’ll see and taste the difference.

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A Border Collie demonstrates the art of sheep herding around the field at Billings Farm & Museum.

Billings Farm & Museum features Sheep Shearing & Herding Saturday & Sunday, May 25-26—WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum will host Sheep Shearing & Herding on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-26 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This event showcases herdsman Jim McRae’s team of Border Collies herding sheep in the farm fields during narrated programs at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. both days. Each day, the farm’s Southdown ewes will be sheared for spring at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., and spinning and carding demonstrations will highlight the skills needed to turn fleece into yarn. Hands-on wool craft activities will be available for all ages.

The operating dairy farm, farm life exhibits, and the restored and furnished 1890 Farm Manager’s House are included in the entrance fee.

Billings Farm is an operating Jersey dairy farm that continues 148-year tradition of agricultural excellence and offers farm programs and historical exhibits that explore Vermont’s rural heritage and values. The farm is open daily through Oct. 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: adults, $16; 62 and over, $14; children 5-15, $8; age 3-4, $4; 2 and under are free. The Farm & Museum is located one-half mile north of the Woodstock village green.

Vermont Adaptive Charity Ride aims to raise $300,000 for adaptive sports KILLINGTON—The Ninth Annual Vermont Adaptive Charity Ride presented by Long Trail Brewing (formerly known as the Long Trail Century Locally sourced Order ahead to pick Ride to benefit Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports), returns to the Killington up en route to Killington! region Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23. Starline Rhythm Boys and Duppy Prepared by Professionals Conquerors are scheduled to play for the after-ride party. The goal is to raise more than $300,000 for adaptive sports and recreation at this annual fundraising event. The event raised nearly $300,000 last year, which supports the organization’s annual operating budget, participant scholarships, lessons, expensive adaptive equipment and more.

In addition to event classic road routes that include the Cabot 100-, 60-, 40-, and 20-mile rides, mountain bikers now can join the cause at Sunday’s downhill timed session at the Killington Bike Park at Killington Resort.

All ride routes including a family-friendly 5K bike ride, start and end at Long Trail Brewery in Bridgewater Corners (except the mountain bike session, which is at Killington Resort). An after-ride festival with live music is open to the public beginning at noon for all to enjoy—riders and spectators alike—featuring live music, face painting, kids activities, a vendor village, silent auction, adaptive equipment demos, and more. For those not riding, party-only tickets may be purchased at the door. The event is held Pork - Lamb - USDA Prime Beef rain or shine.

Wagyu Beef - Poultry - Game Those who register by June 1 will receive a Killington ticket voucher, Charcuterie - Cheese valid for one day of skiing during the 2019-2020 season or mountain biking during Summer 2019. Registration fees increase June 1.

180 S Main St., Rutland, VT Registration, pricing, information, and more can be found at charity(802) 776-4005 ride.vermontadaptive.org.

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National park holds bird monitoring workshop

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These salad buckets are healthy plant starts of lettuce varieties available to purchase at the Cavendish plant sale, May 25.

Stock up on veggies, perennials in time for ‘growing weekend’ Saturday, May 25, 9 a.m.—CAVENDISH—The Cavendish Historical Society’s (CHS) annual plant sale will take place Saturday, May 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on the museum grounds, 1955 Main St., Cavendish. The sale is just in time for the official “growing weekend” across the Northeast. The saying goes, don’t put in a garden until Memorial Day weekend.

Expect to find hosta and many other favorite perennials along with container gardens for tomato plants (sun golds, early girl and cherry), herbs and new this year: “salad in a bucket.” By popular request, organizers will have mock orange along with a variety of annuals.

For more information, call 802-226-7807 or email margocaulfield@icloud.com.

Saturday, May 25, 8 a.m.—WOODSTOCK— Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park will host another Working Woodlands Workshop – Bird Monitoring – on Saturday, May 25, 8-11 a.m.

The NPS Northeast Temperate Network has been monitoring bird populations in the park since 2006. Come learn about how this volunteer program is done, as well as some of the findings revealed by the monitoring. Participants will also learn how to identify the songs of some of the common birds of the park’s forest and then head out for a walk around the park to look and listen for birds. Bring binoculars and questions.

A limited number of binoculars will be available for loan. Please dress appropriately for extended outdoor activity.

Meet at the Carriage Barn Visitor Center, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP, Woodstock.

Parking is available in the Billings Farm & Museum overflow lot, located on Old River Road.

The program is free, but pre-registration is encouraged as space is limited. To register, call 802-457-3368 ext. 222, or email them at ana_mejia@partner.nps.gov.

Women’s Club holds 55th annual meeting Thursday, May 30, 6:30 p.m.—KILLINGTON— The Greater Killington Women’s Clubis hosting its 55th annual meeting and social on Thursday, May 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the

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club members vote on annual disbursements to various local non-profit organizations, such as charities and schools.

Club disbursements also include two annual $1,000 awards which are given to graduating high school seniors from the towns of Killington or Pittsfield. The first award is the Pat Zack Community Service Award for exceptional volunteerism within our local community. The second award is the Sherburne Academic Scholarship which is presented to the

Woodstock Union High School senior who has demonstrated the highest weighted grade point average (GPA). If members of the community wish to support these award programs, please forward donations to the GKWC/ SWC, P.O. Box #68, Killington VT 05751.

Potential new club members are also welcome to attend the annual meeting and social, meet current club members and officers, and learn more about the GKWC. To learn more, visit swcvt.com.

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Summit Lodge in Killington. At the meeting, members will vote on award disbursements, elect club officers and consider expanding the scholarship/awards program. Immediately following the meeting, members and guests are welcome to stay for an informal social. Refreshments will be provided and a cash bar is available. For more info and to RSVP, visit evite. me/NGmFdQfCwX or the club’s Facebook event page.

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Cradle Switch

Americana group Cradle Switch returns to Brandon Music

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Share the surprising, funny and profound ways that animals have brought love or insight into your life at Eckanar-hosted event.

Explore humans’ connection with animals at Rutland library Wednesday, May 29, 5:30 p.m.—RUTLAND— The Rutland Free Library holds a free public event, Animals are Soul, Too, on Wednesday, May 29, 5:30-6:30 p.m. The event is hosted by Eckankar, a spiritual teaching that offers simple exercises for people of all faiths, traditions, and walks of life to develop and deepen a conscious and practical relationship with spirit.

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mals can open our hearts and our lives. Our experiences with animals may help us with our deepest questions about life, love and the divine purpose of soul. Come share the surprising, funny and profound ways animals have brought love or insight into your life.

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Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON—Brandon Music welcomes back fanfavorites Cradle Switch to Brandon Music on Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. A five-piece acoustic Americana group, based in Cambridge, New York, Cradle Switch’s repertoire promises something for everyone.

With ballads as well as up-tempo rhythms, the group’s lyrics cover the emotional spectrum

moving easily from spirited and gritty to some mellow love songs, too.

With each performance Cradle Switch balances contemporary songs and classic tunes drawing from bluegrass, country, folk, and a little blues with their own authentic compositions.-Singersongwriters Ferrilyn Sourdiffe and Dave Lawlor swap out guitars for banjo and mandolin, while group member Kate Ritter brings it on

the fiddle, along with some angelic vocal harmonies to add to Sourdiffe’s and Lawlor’s robust vocals. Bruce Weatherby adds some bounce on the upright bass and David Norman keeps the beat on percussion.

Concert tickets are $20. Venue is BYOB. Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road, Brandon. For more information visit the website or call 802247-4295.

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

FOLA’s next film is epic western about Jesse James

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Pop-up gallery showcases local student artwork Saturday, May 25, 10 a.m.—FAIR HAVEN—Fair Haven Union High School art students are creating a temporary pop-up art gallery in downtown Fair Haven featuring the work of students across the district. The show will primarily feature work from the art club and advanced art class. This is a great opportunity for students to experience planning, installing, and hosting their own art exhibit.

The Slate Valley Pop Up Art Gallery will be located at 73 Main St., Fair Haven. An opening reception will be held Saturday, May 25, 12-2 p.m., featuring student artwork, art activities, live music, light refreshments, and a chance to support local schools and the arts.

The gallery will also be open that same day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; and May 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Additional hours may be added. A closing reception will be held Friday, June 7, 5-7 p.m.

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Saturday, May 25, 7 p.m.—LUDLOW—FOLA brings the 2007 western film, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” to the big screen in the Heald Auditorium at the Ludlow Town Hall on Saturday, May 25 at 7 p.m.

The names ricochet through western lore. Jesse James, played by Brad Pitt, was the most notorious outlaw of his time, wanted by the law in 10 states, yet celebrated as a Robin Hood in newspapers and dime novels. His “Wanted” posters offered substantial rewards for his capture.

“They’re all lies,” Jesse said of the stories surrounding him. Teenaged Robert Ford, played by Casey Affleck, idolized Jesse, sought his friendship and rode with him. That wasn’t enough. The up-andcomer wanted his shot at fame. When he got it, he took it – in a manner that earned him his “coward”

title.

Pitt gives a volcanic, charismatic performance as Jesse in this saga of celebrity and obsession that was adapted from Ron Hansen’s 1983 historical novel. The screen play

was written and directed

by Andrew Dominik. The filming took place in the western provinces of Canada.

“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” is free and

open to open to everyone, but donations are appreciated. The movie is rated “R.” Run time is two hours, 40 minutes. Popcorn and water will be supplied. Call 802-228-3238 or visit fola. us.

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Brad Pitt plays Jesse James, and Casey Affleck plays Robert Ford, in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.”

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32 • HOROSCOPES

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

Copyright - Cal Garrison: 2019: ©

Aries

By Jason Mikula

A rainbow trout caught May 16 in the East Creek, Rutland.

Trophy trout: State is out stocking continued from page 13

approximately 5.7 miles, to the top of the Enosburg Falls Dam in Enosburg Falls.

Passumpsic River: In St. Johnsbury, from the top of the Gage Dam upstream to the top of the Arnold Falls Dam. This section includes the Moose River from its confluence with the Passumpsic River upstream to the Concord Avenue bridge.

Walloomsac River: From the Vermont/New York border in Bennington upstream to the top of the former Vermont Tissue Plant Dam (downstream of Murphy Road) in Bennington.

Winooski River: In Duxbury and Waterbury, from the top of Bolton Dam upstream to the Route 2 Bridge east of Waterbury Village. This section includes the Little River: from its confluence with the Winooski River upstream to the Route 2 bridge.

For fishing regulation details, see the “Vermont 2019 Fishing Guide & Regulations” available where licenses are sold, or use the online fishing regulations tool at vtfishandwildlife.com/node/486. Vermont fishing licenses are available on Fish and Wildlife’s website (vtfishandwildlife.com) and from license agents.

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ou are about to get a break. After a pile of stress, putting up with people and things that have been driving you nuts, an opening has occurred that could be your ticket to ride. Everything depends on your ability to go out on a limb, at a time when any risk might scare you to death. No one can tell you what to do. Some of you will go for it, and what happens next will be a game changer that takes you into parts unknown. If you decide to play it safe, things will continue in the same groove. Either way, it comes down to trusting you instincts beyond a shadow of a doubt.

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ou’re borrowing trouble where there is none. Stop pushing the river. It would help for you to relax and figure out how to be totally OK with the way things are. Anytime we start thinking too far ahead, we not only miss out on what’s right there in front of us, we start worrying about how it’s all going to turn out. You need to connect with the fact that all things happen in their own good time. What you want and are currently aiming for is already written in the stars.

The present moment is contributing more to it than you know. Keep your attention where it counts.

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oo many things have piled up. Your mind is having a field day overanalyzing a situation that would work better if you just stopped all the noise and gave yourself a break. Part of the problem lies in your tendency to try too hard to be a perfect version of whoever you think you are. Too critical of your flaws, in these efforts to morph into something other than yourself, you miss the point. It is our imperfections that make us who we are. Stop apologizing for the truth.

Others will love you to pieces and respond more to you once you let go and start being OK with the real you.

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ou are in a situation where there is a lot of “playing both ends to the middle.”

In some case it’s about biding your time, knowing that things will explode if you’re too quick on the trigger. For others this is about doing what’s expedient; sometimes self-preservation requires us to suck it up and go along with the program. As you try to figure out how you ended up here, go easy on yourself. All things are subject to change. In the end, all this compromise will yield great things. What’s going on right now is what’s needed in order to bridge the gap between the past and the future.

August 21 - September 20

ou have been through more than your share of tests. How those experiences are shaping up inside you is a long story; God knows how you’re making sense of things. The need to devote your energy to something you love can’t be overemphasized. People and their stuff have blocked too many possibilities for far too long for more patience to be the appropriate MO. In your shoes I would be inclined to, “Just say screw it.” Ask yourself if any of this belongs to you, and cut loose long enough to look at what it might mean to pour your heart into things that matter to you.

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hatever this is about, something good will come of it. You have so much to give, the things that have made it difficult for you to stay balanced are no longer an issue. If it’s hard to know which way to go it’s because this is the first time in your life you’ve been free to choose. If your faith has been restored, thank God, and make the most of it. External pressure and the weight of expectation is on the increase.

You learned a long time ago that whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. What lies up on the road ahead will prove that point. You are more than ready for it.

Capricorn

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ou can keep asking the same old questions but you’re not going to get the answers you seek from those whose intentions are cloaked, or those who have no way to address the truth without coming unglued. In many ways, you would be better off leaving well enough alone. This is one of those times when what’s eating away at you has too much to do with what others can’t face, for you to be pressing their buttons. In situations like this, it’s wise to let time cool things off and postpone the conversation to occasions when you are willing to enter them with no axe to grind.

December 21 - January 20

ou knew what you were getting into when you signed up for this. It’s kind of funny that you’re acting like you didn’t call it in. Whether you’re OK with things or not, you have got to admit, life is interesting. Don’t worry too much about how these entanglements are going to unravel.

It’s not your job and the best you can do in any situation is stay grounded and take care of your own little piece of the cosmos.

Keep it up. Holding steady for others who are too wound up, messed up, or stressed out to stay on course will continue to take up most of your time.

Aquarius

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January 21 - February 20

ou are going through the motions.

The sense of being missing in action when it comes to your own life could ring a bell for a lot of you. When things lose their meaning it helps to review our reasons for attaching so much importance to whatever has outlived its purpose. You don’t need to know what’s going on as much as you need to relax and take a good long look at where you’d like to see yourself. It could be anywhere but here. Keep in mind that you are not tied to this spot - but if you decide to stick around you need to pump some life into your routine or you’ll go nuts.

Scorpio

October 21 - November 20

November 21 - December 20

f there have been limitations they are about to be lifted. As you begin to feel more confident about things, the path will open to a whole new way of being. You have more support than you realize, much of which stems from all the good Karma you’ve sewn. Others have changed their tune and are ready to be there for you 100 percent. If the next few months are a little more intense than usual, this is what always happens when we turn our life around.

Keep smiling. The next phase of your journey will turn out to be more gratifying than rewarding than anything you can imagine.

Libra

Cancer

June 21 - July 20

Sagittarius

Virgo

Gemini

May 21 - June 20

July 21 - August 20

could scold you for going off halfcocked, but you would have a fleet of excuses for everything that you’ve said and/or done, and I am pretty sure you feel totally justified about all of it. One of your strong suits is your willingness to be there when it’s time to stand up for what’s right. Recent alterations in the way you’ve decided to handle things have shown you how much better life goes when you lose the need to get righteous. As the next few weeks unfold your ability to remain detached about things that rub you the wrong way will enable you to turn this situation around.

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t’s time to snap out of it. I don’t know what you’re obsessed with, but your rose colored glasses are making it real hard to call a spade a spade. If this is about a person, the idea that ‘They are the only one who gets where you’re coming from” could easily translate as, “They are playing you like a fiddle.” If it’s more about a situation, keep an eye on people who appear to be just what the doctor ordered. You are a really high minded spirit, surrounded by wolves in sheep’s clothing. Turn on your radar detector, and don’t assume that others are capable of the same brand of idealism.

Mother of the Skye Mother of the Skye has 40 years of experience as an astrologer and tarot consultant. She may be reached by email to cal.garrison@gmail.com

Columns

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

The JupiterSaturn factor

By Cal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye

This week’s horoscopes are coming out in the wake of a Scorpio full moon, otherwise known as “The WESAC moon.” Entering Sagittarius only four hours after its full phase on Saturday evening, the moon will remain in that sign until it crosses the Capricorn cusp, and the sun enters Gemini, early on Tuesday, May 21.

All of this got me thinking less about Gemini, and more about Jupiter and Saturn—why? Because Jupiter rules Sagittarius and Saturn rules Capricorn. These two planetary frequencies are like night and day. When the moon shifts from the sign of the Archer to the sign of the goat, the energy around us flips from one extreme to another.

The following words are excerpted from an essay that I wrote quite a while ago, called “The evolutionary impact of Jupiter and Saturn.”

“Out beyond Mars, and inside Chiron’s orbit, Jupiter and Saturn circle around the sun, midway between the inner and outer planets. Together, they anchor a unique polarity that has everything to say about our spiritual evolution. Because all of the celestial bodies function in relation to each other, the nature of that polarity and how it manifests through us individually and collectively can’t be understood by studying Jupiter and Saturn alone.

Before we can fully appreciate their significance, we need to know more about how the planets that surround them operate.

“The inner, or personal planets and the moon move quickly. When they enter into any aspect the contact is fleeting, lasting for a few hours and up to a day or two.

These minor transits give birth to the daily shifts, circumstantial experiences, and subtle changes in attitude that move us from one day to the next and hopefully prompt us to question what it’s all for.

“While much of what we undergo at the mundane level

THESE MINOR TRANSITS GIVE BIRTH TO THE DAILY SHIFTS, CIRCUMSTANTIAL EXPERIENCES, AND SUBTLE CHANGES IN ATTITUDE THAT MOVE US FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT... seems haphazard and unrelated to anything larger, in this reality, it is only through experience that we learn our lessons. If we are paying attention it soon becomes apparent that the inner planet transits function to provide us with experiences that teach us what we need to know, one day at a time. Thus, what appears to be random and inconsequential is really there to help us dissect who we are inwardly and what we are creating outwardly well enough to see that for better or worse, we are sourcing all of it.

“At the opposite end of the planetary spectrum Chiron, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto have much longer cycles.

When the outer planets form aspects those contacts last for years – and the same aspects will not recur for centuries, in some cases. If the inner planet transits inscribe the details of our daily script, the outer planets etch trends or thought forms that have an evolutionary impact on the culture as a whole. Like four giant interconnected gears, Chiron, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto move mankind from one level of consciousness to another. Over time their sociological impact can be analyzed, but unless they form an aspect to a personal planet in a birth chart, their effects are collective and not experienced in a personal way.

“Somewhere in between the personal, daily changes, and the massive cultural shifts there just so happens to Mother, page 35

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The elusive ‘thunder-pumper’

By Laurie D. Morrissey

fashioned washing machine on its last Often, when I spot an interestlegs. It’s often described phonetically as ing bird, I don’t have my binoculars “Onk-ka-chonk!” or “Pump-er-lunk!” handy. I’m holding a paddle or a pair – although it utters a hoarse of bicycle handlebars, “kok-kok-kok” in flight. Its which aren’t very helpful unusual call has led to a raft of when it comes to birdcommon names, including watching. That was the thunder-pumper, watercase during an early-mornbelcher, mire-drum, booming bike ride last summer, ing bittern, Indian hen, bog when I noticed a brownish bull, meadow hen, and stake bird about the size of a driver. chicken standing at the The Outside As nearly invisible as bitedge of a farm pond.

Story terns are, it’s rare to witness I would have liked a their breeding behavior. Paul better look, but it was A. Johnsgard observed courtclearly an American ship twice: in the 1970s in Wyoming, bittern, scanning for prey against a and in 2015 in North Dakota. He is a backdrop of reeds and cattails. renowned ornithologist in his late 80s, It was a rare sighting for me, the author of more than 50 books on one I was lucky to have. It’s typibirds, so you wouldn’t think much could cally harder to see this member of surprise him. However, he said when the heron family, since it is much I reached him in his University of Nemore secretive than its kin. Living braska office, “I almost literally gasped. deep in the marshes, the American Looking like something out of ‘The bittern blends in perfectly with the Wizard of Oz,’ the male slowly raised surrounding vegetation and maneutwo snowy white, fan-shaped clusters vers through the reeds by means of of feathers from the scapular feathers its laterally compressed body. When in front of its wings. It was like an extra alarmed, it freezes in an upright posipair of small white wings that you’d tion, its neck and yellow bill pointed never see on the bird at any other time. skyward. Its marsh grass mimicry is so It was almost hypnotic. He did this for good it even sways with the breeze. about 15 minutes, trying to advance on Having returned from their winterthe female about 20 yards away.” ing grounds in the south, American One of the most avid local birders bitterns have taken up residence in I know has looked for bitterns many freshwater marshes. Cattail marshes times without success. Another has are their preferred habitat, but they seen them in Texas and Florida, but also turn up in reedy lakes, beaver not the Northeast. However, landscape ponds, and soggy fields. About ten and bird painter Cindy House has seen inches shorter than a great blue many in the Sunapee Region of New heron, American bitterns have Hampshire while scouting for subjects – streaky brown and white plumand once witnessed the exact behavior age with black slashes on each described by Johnsgard. side of their white throats. They North America has just one other feed while wading, snatching kind of bittern: the least bittern, which is dragonflies, water striders, crayfish, frogs, and small fish a species of high conservation concern and snakes. in the Northeast. This is the smallest Even if you don’t spot North American heron, about the size this retiring, solitary bird, of a mourning dove. Its colors are more you might hear it. The striking than those of its larger cousin, male’s low-frequency and it inhabits deeper marshes. It’s not a breeding call carries far boomer; its call is a soft “coo-coo-coo.” across the marsh. Most The least bittern weighs a mere three often heard at dawn or ounces, and often hunts while graspdusk, it starts out like ing reed stalks with its toes and leaning the sound of someone down to the water surface. It’s hard to whacking a stake picture the nine-day-old chick of a bird into the mud. The so small, but that is the age at which bird then inflates least bittern chicks leave the nest. its esophagus I have yet to see a least bittern, but I’ll and, raising and be on the lookout. Next time I go scoutlowering its head, ing, though, I might try a kayak instead releases a hollow of a bike. pumping sound Laurie D. Morrissey is a writer in Hopthat has been kinton, New Hampshire. The illustration compared with for this column was drawn by Adelaide the sound of Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and a bellowing edited by Northern Woodlands magabull, the loud zine ( northernwoodlands.org) and gulps of a sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund giant, and of the New Hampshire Charitable Founan olddation (wellborn@nhcf.org).

34 • COLUMNS

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

Should I sacrifice my retirement to support my children?

Most parents will say that they want to help their children as much as they can and give them every advantage.

But what if “every advantage” comes at the expense of the parents’ retirement savings and investments?

According to a survey by NerdWallet, 80 percent of parents are covering or have covered an adult child’s expenses after the child turned 18. That generosity can cost parents up to $227,000 of their retirement savings.

Can you afford to press pause?

Money Some parents who are still supporting adult children Matters rationalize the expense by telling themselves they’re “just

By Kevin Theissen pausing” their retirement plan. This is especially common of parents who want to help with a major life transition, like college tuition, a first home, a first car, or a wedding.

However, while your adult child can apply for scholarships, sign a lease, or take out a mortgage, there are no “scholarships” for retirement. If supporting an adult child causes you to slip below your baseline budgetary needs or savings goals, it can be difficult to catch up.

Even smaller expenses add up in the long run. You may think you’re “only” giving your young adult $30 per month as they continue to piggyback on a family cell phone plan. But if that $30 would have gone into an IRA, 401(K), or investment account, you’re not just losing $30 every month – you’re losing out on potential capital gains and compounding interest that can add up to YOU’RE NOT JUST LOSING thousands of precious retire$30 EVERY MONTH – YOU’RE ment dollars.

Check their budget LOSING OUT ON POTENTIAL If you do decide to help an CAPITAL GAINS AND adult child, it’s a good idea to take steps to ensure your COMPOUNDING INTEREST helping doesn’t turn into a lifestyle subsidy.

THAT CAN ADD UP. Depending on the nature of your financial support, it might make sense to get a good understanding of your child’s spending patterns. Chances are they don’t have a budget you could look at but ask them what their typical expenses are each month. You have every right to make sure that your child’s financial need isn’t the result of unnecessary creature comforts, lavish vacations, etc.

By getting a sense for their spending, you might be able to help your child find Money Matters, page 38

Downtown hotels

When I read in the Rutland Herald that a hotel in downtown Rutland is under consideration it made me think of the success of two other downtown hotels from my era.

When you are a senior citizen you tend to think that things you remember firsthand are already old. Often you get a surprise to learn that they were in existence long before your time.

In this case, I learned that the Looking Back Bardwell House on the corner of

By Mary Ellen Merchants Row Shaw and Washington Street was built in 1851 by Otis Bardwell. Some sources mention that E Foster Cook, his son-in-law, was also involved in the building and operation of the hotel.

The Berwick Hotel on the corner of Center and Wales Street was built in 1868

by Clark Richardson.

Both hotels had famous guests. In the summer of 1864 Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and her two sons and their maid spent a few days of summer vacation at the Bardwell House. The most frequent guests at this hotel came from the cities of Montreal, NYC and Boston.

An unusual trend from that era is apparent in the hotel register. It lists dinner guests who often booked a room that was either used for a party or to conduct business.

In 1917 the Bardwell House was renovated but its grandeur was shortlived when a fire erupted on Dec. 30 of that year. It was 26 degrees below zero that night making it hard to fight the fire.

Both the exterior and interior were soon

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coated in ice. The roof fell in but the walls didn’t collapse. The wing sections on both the Merchants Row and Washington Street sides had little damage. The Bardwell was restored to its former glory after the fire.

I remember many happy Saturday nights in the ’70s sitting at a table in the Pheasant Lounge of the Bardwell with my husband, Peter. We loved listening to local musician Johnny Peterson play his guitar. The hotel was also a popular spot for a nice dinner, special occasion parties and wedding receptions.

Today the exterior of the Bardwell House looks very much like the magnificent structure of yesteryear. However it is not a hotel. It is currently a 75-unit HUD apartment building.

The Berwick Hotel which was located on the corner of Center and Wales Street had 110 guest rooms, ballrooms, two restaurants and several shops. Perhaps the best remembered is Cinderella Sweets.

The candy store had a large window on the Wales Street side of the building. Back in the ’50s when I was a kid I spent quite a few hours watching the candy makers, dressed in white, prepare “sweet treats”.

Rock candy was one of my favorites and I have a few fillings in my teeth that probably were caused by that!

In the ’50s the Berwick was a popular spot for meetings, banquets and other events. Many famous people stayed there including U.S. presidents, Coolidge, Roosevelt and Cleveland. The hotel was renamed “The Town House” shortly before a devastating fire broke out on January 7, 1973.

Lowell Thomas, when he skied at Pico, would sometimes air his evening newscast from the Berwick Hotel. The late Erling Omland of Rutland, a well known skier, made reference to this in a publication but no time frame was mentioned.

Looking back, page 38

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The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

Good things in little packages

By Dom Cioffi

A couple years ago, as I was recovering from cancer, my wife began taking me out for afternoon walks. I was just starting to get some strength back, which allowed me to get out of bed for short periods to move around.

Initially, I could make it to the end of the driveway and back, but as the weeks progressed, I made it further and further around the neighborhood.

These walks were therapeutic not only physically, but also mentally. Knowing that I could push myself a little further up the road The Movie showed me that I was Diary indeed improving even

By Dom Cioffi though I still felt lousy.

On one particular afternoon, we were walking past a neighbor’s house – an elderly woman who we’d waved to on occasion, but had never spoken with. She was in a small flower garden near the front of the house poking around with a trawl, oblivious to our presence.

The house was neat, but looked like it had seen better days. I’d always figured that the woman’s husband had died and now she was having trouble with the upkeep of the property.

Next to the sidewalk near her mailbox sat a mid-sized cardboard box with a paper sign that said “Free.” I looked down as we walked by and noticed a pile of books. Being someone who loves to read, I couldn’t help JOHN WICK 3 but stop to see the selection.

My wife was talking on the phone, so she publishing house in Brazil. It sold relatively well in its just stood beside me as I sifted through the box.

There were books on gardening and flower arranging, first year, but the publisher decided to give Coelho back the rights. as well as several titles on home décor. Most of the Discouraged by this outcome, Coelho wandered books were dated, looking like they were published in into the desert in an attempt to heal from the setthe mid-1980s or earlier. back. A few weeks later, he decided to give his entire I was just about to walk away when I saw one small life over to seeing the book through to worldwide book tucked into the corner of the box. I reached in, publication. That eventually happened as the book grabbed it, and turned it around so the cover faced went on to find a global me. In big letters, it read, audience and critical ac“The Alchemist.”

HE DECIDED TO GIVE HIS ENTIRE claim as an international I was taken aback that bestseller. this book was included LIFE OVER TO SEEING THE BOOK I found the book with the others, given THROUGH TO WORLDWIDE and its inspiring tale of that it was a novel living personal triumph to be amongst a pile of nonPUBLICATION. the exact story I needed fiction titles. It seemed to read at that moment in wholly out of place by my life. It’s funny how the universe conspires to put topic, but also because it was a fairly recent copy. certain things in your path at just the right time.

I had always heard of “The Alchemist” and its literThis week, I saw the “John Wick: Chapter 3 - Paraary significance, but I had never had the urge to read bellum” starring Keanu Reeves. I’m not sure I was it. However, at that moment, in my condition, on the supposed to see this film at this time, but I’m glad side of the road, I made the decision that this was the I did as it was another great addition to the wildly exact right time for me to read this book. popular film series.

I tucked it under my arm and glanced toward the In this film, John Wick finds himself on the streets woman to express thanks. She was still tending to her of New York with a huge bounty on his head and a garden, so we just wandered away. bevy of bad guys looking to cash in.

Over the course of the next few weeks, I read the This is a superbly violent film that is delivered in book slowly. I was still in a lot of pain so it was difficult such a way that it nearly resembles a piece of artwork. to sit still enough to read, but I was resilient.

I’m normally not a fan of this genre of film, but I have “The Alchemist” is an interesting little story. to admit, the appeal of Keanu and the fast-action Written in only two weeks by Brazilian author Paulo sequences had me glued to this story throughout.

Coelho, the plot revolves around a young shepherd A blistering “B+” for “John Wick 3.” who is driven to visit the pyramids of Egypt after havGot a question or comment for Dom? You can email ing reoccurring dreams about finding treasure there. him at moviediary@att.net.

The book was first published in 1988 by a small

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Mother:

Jupiter-Saturn factor is big

continued from page 33 be an astrological middle ground - that middle ground is occupied by Jupiter and Saturn. Neither body moves fast enough to be considered a fleeting influence and their orbits aren’t slow enough to put either one in the generational category – so where do they fit, relative to each of us as individuals and to our experience of ourselves?

“With nothing but the toils of reality to justify being human, life becomes a tiresome march from the cradle to the grave.

WITH NOTHING BUT THE TOILS OF REALITY TO JUSTIFY BEING HUMAN, LIFE BECOMES A TIRESOME MARCH FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. “Taken by itself what we experience every day has no real value. And the leap that has to be made betweenthat level of experience and the idea that there is actually some larger purpose to it all can’t be addressed by either the inner or the outer planets – because they govern entirely different processes and there is a gap between the two that has to be bridged before any of us can access the meaning in our lives.

“It is Jupiter and Saturn who determine whether or not we are capable of translating the mundaneness of existence into something that fortifies our faith in the idea that all of what we face on a daily basis has some purpose to it. They are there to help us integrate our outer and inner experience in ways that prompt us to either expand and become part of the universal plan, or stay within the limits that the personal planets define for us. It could be said that our personal growth, what we decide to do about it, and whether or not we have the power to do anything about it, is largely controlled by the Jupiter-Saturn factor.”

The Jupiter-Saturn factor is a big deal. By December 2020, the two planets will be whirling through Capricorn, in the same neighborhood with Pluto, who also happens to be in that sign. What does this mean for us? From my perspective it has a lot to do with getting real enough about who we are to actually walk our talk and own the right to say, we truly are spiritual beings having a human experience. Let me leave you with that and invite you to take what you can from this week’s ‘scopes.

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CLYDE Handsome Clyde is one of eleven dogs coming from Virginia on Saturday May 18th. Clyde is a 4 yr old beagle and loves people, food and female dogs. Clyde and the other dogs can be seen on Thursday May 23rd as we are not open on Wednesday May 22nd. Keep an eye on our Facebook page, Springfield Humane,VT as we will soon be posting all eleven dogs!

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

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LUCY - 2-year-old. Spayed female. Boxer mix. I’m pretty chill and I enjoy going for walks and I have nice leash manners.

BAO - 1.5-year-old. Male.

American Guinea Pig. Black and White. My brother Burt and I can appear to be a little shy when you first meet us but we’re really quite silly.

TINK - 2-year-old. Spayed Female. Short hair. Orange Tabby. It may take a little time for me to adjust to a new home, but once I do you’ll see I am very sweet and affectionate.

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EMERIS - 2-year-old. Neutered male. Hound/Labrador Retriever mix. I’ll sit next to you while you pet me, rub my ears, then I’ll go bounding away to chase a toy or a ball and have some fun!

ROLO - 8-month-old. Neutered Male. Heeler mix. I’m a silly wiggly dog and when I wag my tail my whole body goes back and forth.

All of these pets are available for adoption at

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BURT - 1.5-year-old. Male.

American Guinea Pig. TriColored. Bao and I love to play with toys and make silly noises.

SHEEBA - 11-year-old.

Spayed female. Domestic short hair. Black. Hi, my name is Sheeba. And I arrive at RCHS with my friend, Vashti.

GOLD - 2-month-old. Male.

American Rabbit. Brown.

My brother and I are a handsome pair of fellas, don’t you think?!

CHEWY - 6-year-old. Neutered male. Chow Chow mix. I’m social and I like being in the middle of the action.

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

JUMPS • 37

Saturday, May 25th Lookout & First Stop Bike Shop Circuit

May 25, 26, 27, 2019

Best viewing: Coolidge Historical site (just off Rt. 100A Plymouth Notch), Salt Ash Inn Corner (Rt. 100A & Rt. 100) & Sunrise Base Area Rt. 100 south of Rt. 4 intersection for high speed sprints each lap and the finish.

Sunday, May 26th Killington Road Race

Best viewing: The start @ Skyeship Base Area, North Road in Bethel, Barnard Town Center, East Mt. Road climb Killington, The Finish will be on the Vale Road.

38 • SERVICE DIRECTORY

The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019

Matters: Looking back: Downtown hotels Money continued from page 34

Say no to kids

continued from page 34

Logic tells me it may have been in the 50s or 60s as Thomas died in 1981 at age 89.

Renovations were going on at the time of the Berwick fire but there were

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still 28 people who were occupants of the building. Five of them died in the fire. As was the case in the Bardwell House fire, it was a freezing cold night with a temperature of 20 below. The next day people looking at the hotel found icicles on what remained of the building as well as a thick coating of ice in the street. The cause of the fire was never learned.

The remains of the Berwick were torn down and the empty lot has been referred to by locals as “The Pit.” It served as a public parking area at one time.

It was exciting to read that a developer based

would apply here. It would be wonderful to see a hotel in that location once again.

I think patrons of The Paramount Theater, who don’t live in the area, would enjoy an overnight stay at the hotel. My husband, Peter, and I have done just that in Burlington when we attended performances at The Flynn Theater. We stayed at a downtown hotel, walked to the nearby shops and ate at downtown restaurants. Rutland could offer the same experience to people like us!

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For starters, are you giving your child a gift or a loan?

If it’s a gift, exactly how will the money be used?

Are you helping your child solve a problem for good, or will this gift only lead to more problems, and more pressure on your retirement savings? Again, asking for specifics isn’t mean, it’s responsible giving.

If it’s a loan, what are the terms? Are you charging interest? When will your child pay you back? Maybe establishing a monthly payment plan as part of the child’s budget is a good idea.

Don’t be afraid to say no Saying no to your children never feels good, not even when they’re grown. But sometimes that’s the best thing you can do as a parent.

If you look at your child’s budget and the intended use of your money and decide a loan or gift is not in your child’s best interest, or could potentially damage your retirement plan, then saying no is an option.

There are more ways to help a child than writing a check. Maybe you have a connection who could help your child find a better job. Offer to go with your child to the bank and help with loan applications. Do some online research into scholarship and government grant opportunities that your child can take advantage of.

Many of our clients introduce their adult children to our life-centered planning team. Our advisors can be an excellent resource to help your child move towards financial independence and start planning for their own future.

Remember: your child has his or her entire working life to figure out how to balance their checkbook.

But your retirement will be here much sooner than you think. Think long and hard about providing your child with a short-term fix if it’s going to set yourself up for long-term financial stress.

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HRSA releases $200,000 funding to Vermont for opioid epidemic The Health Resources and Services Administration within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its second installment of Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)planning grants. Central Vermont Medical Center, Inc., in Berlin received $200,000 for one year to support the Trump administration’s commitment to end the opioid crisis.

The grant awards go towards developing local stakeholder partnerships, conducting needs assessments, and developing plans to implement and sustain substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), prevention, treatment, and recovery interventions.

“RCORP-Planning is part of a multi-year initiative

by HRSA to support treatment for and prevention of SUD/OUD,” said HRSA Administrator George Sigounas, MS, Ph.D. “The goal is to reduce the morbidity and mortality of the diseases in high-risk rural communities.”

The purpose of the funding is to address disparities that plague rural communities attempting to eradicate substance use disorder.

“Rural communities continue to face several challenges in accessing SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery services,” said Associate Administrator for the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Tom Morris. “Over half of rural counties nationwide lack a provider who is waivered to prescribe buprenorphine” (a medication used in combination with therapy to help people reduce or quit their use of opiates).

Rural communities also face workforce shortages, geographic barriers, limited treatment infrastructure, and stigma associated with SUD/OUD. For more information or to review a complete list of all grant recipients visit hrsa.gov/rural-health/ rcorp/planning/awards. For more information about the RCORP initiative or to learn more about how HRSA is addressing the opioid epidemic, visit hrsa. gov/opioids.

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Middlebury Hannaford celebrates expansion The Hannaford Supermarket & Pharmacy in Middlebury will host a month-long grand reopening event May 24-June 16 to celebrate new product offerings and the expansion of services after a recent renovation.

Aimed at increasing the fresh, convenient options for customers, the renovated supermarket offerings include an in-store sushi chef, hand-battered fried chicken, in-store prepared sandwiches and salads, and a hot bar with entrée options. The seafood department has a wider variety of freshly cut grab and go seafood.

Fresh food is highlighted in the new design, and the expanded produce department. A new kombucha tap has been installed, and throughout the store more than 230 new Nature’s Place products have been added to the shelves. Hannaford to Go became available earlier this month, allowing customers to order their groceries online and pick up in store, as is currently available in Rutland.

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KILLINGTON—2 BDRM 1.5 bath condo, Mountain Green bldg. 2. FP, ski lockers, health club membership. $92K. Owner, 800-5765696.

TAKE OCCUPANCY NOW! 3 BR, 2 BA chalet on East Mountain Rd, open living room/kitchen/dining, Master Suite with loft and vaulted ceiling, den with built in Queen bed, 520 sq ft DECK, workshop, wood stove, storage, laundry. $325,000 Louise Harrison Real Estate,802-747-8444.

LAND: Killington: ANTHONY WAY, 1.4 acres with access to sewer line, $59,900. Ski Country Real Estate, 335 Killington Rd, 802-775-5111.

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K I L L I N G T O N R E S TA U R A N T F u l l y equipped restaurant for rent (old Killington Diner) on yearly basis. On Access road, in Outback shopping plaza. Call Ron Viccari, 800694-2250, 914-217-4390.

K I L L I N G T O N RESTAURANT for sale.

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TRAIL CREEK 2 BR, 2 BA condo. No pets. Now through Nov. 15 or long term, $800/ month + utilities. 201-7466144.

MOUNTAIN GREEN main building, very large studio. Best views in Vermont. Most utilities included. Available immediately til November, $795; or lease year round $1,195/month. thomasgessler@verizon.net or 610-633-0889.

KILLINGTON 2BR, 2 BA. Rec room. Negotiable, April-Nov. $1,000/ month. 413-388-3422.

KILLINGTON SEASONAL rental 2 BR, 1 BA, woodstove, excellent location. $8,000 seasonal + utilities. 781-7495873, toughfl@aol.com.

PICO 1 BRs: One furnished available now for year round or now through fall. Heat, cable included. $1,175/ mo. Another available for winter season starting mid October, $8,200 everything included. Call Louise Harrison Rentals 802747-8444.

KILLINGTON SEASONAL rental 3 BR, 2 BA, fireplace, dishwasher. $9,000, Nov. 1-April 30, + utilities. 781-7495873, toughfl@aol.com.

KILLINGTON ROYAL FLUSH Rentals/Property management.

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate and rentals advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, family status, national origin, sexual orientation, or persons receiving public assistance, or an intention to make such preferences, limitation or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. If you feel you’ve been discrimination against, call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

FOR SALE $3.00 PERENNIALS – 541 Hale Hollow Road, Bridgewater Corners, 1 mile off 100A. 802-672-3335.

MASTER BEDROOM furniture: Dresser, bureau, 2 night tables. Frank, 802353-8177. $100.

FIREWOOD for sale, we stack. Rudi, 802-672-3719.

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Harrison: As the session end, bills get passed or put off

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towns have done. The legislative action on Friday takes that choice away from local government.

A bit of theater was also injected into the State House last Thursday, when student activists interrupted House proceedings with chanting’s from the balcony “This is a Climate Emergency…” along with hanging banners that fossil fuels kill people and throwing hundreds of index cards into the chamber and onto lawmakers. When the protesters attempted to shout over the Speaker, she announced the House would adjourn and ordered all legislators and visitors out so the chamber could be secured by the Capitol police. The protestors and some Progressive legislators refused to leave. Three students were ultimately arrested.

Going into last weekend, there were 21 committees of conference appointed to work out differences between the House and Senate on various pieces of legislation.

Only a couple had been resolved as of Friday afternoon. The committees, which are comprised of three members from each Chamber, are expected to meet Monday and Tuesday in an attempt to bridge gaps between the House and Senate versions.

One of the conference committees appears to have reached agreement on a

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Another committee resolved differences in lead testing in water for schools and child care centers.

Among the issues that will carry over to next year include a tax and regulate plan for recreational marijuana and allowing non-citizen legal residents to vote on local Montpelier issues. Unclear at this point is a housing bill, S.163, which includes a provision to require registration of home contractors. The bill remains in the House Ways & Means Committee.

The full Senate returns Tuesday, May 21, with the House coming back on Wednesday, May 22. Expectations are for the Legislature to complete its work by Thursday or Friday, although one has to wonder if 2-3 days will solve some of the thorny issues that the last few months have not. There will likely be a date tentatively scheduled in June to deal with any potential gubernatorial vetoes.

Jim Harrison is a state representative for Bridgewater, Chittenden, Killington and Mendon. You may reach him at JHarrison@ leg.state.vt.us or by cell, 802-236-3001. Messages may also be left at the State House during the legislative session at 802-828-2228.

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Short Term Rental Summit draws hosts – and hostility

By Kevin O’Connor, VTDigger Organizers of the first-ever Vermont Short Term Rental Summit promised everyone from apartment dwellers to secondhome owners a variety of ways to welcome more paying guests through online spacesharing programs such as Airbnb.

But as for how to address the protesters outside with pamphlets? That wasn’t on the agenda.

Some 200 people seeking to learn tips of the trades and local and state health, safety and tax policy found themselves in good company – as well as challenged – at the two-day event in downtown Brattleboro.

“There’s no collective voice for short-term rental operators in the state, so that’s why we’re having a summit to connect those of us who are in this growing industry,” event co-organizer Lisa Ford said.

Currently, an estimated 6,000 participating households earn the state about $10 million annually through its 9 percent rooms tax.

“Your role is that of a Vermont ambassador,” event co-organizer Stephanie Bonin told people who rent bedrooms, apartments and homes. “We hope you feel a sense of camaraderie and support.”

But those arriving Sunday, May 19, found the grassroots group Brattleboro Solidarity passing out pamphlets charging Airbnb

with reducing affordable housing options and, as a result, raising rents, evictions and homelessness.

“Airbnb doesn’t care about the community but about the profit that can be extracted,” protester Becca Polk said.

For their part, some neighboring business owners questioned why the summit

CURRENTLY, AN ESTIMATED 6,000 PARTICIPATING HOUSEHOLDS EARN THE STATE ABOUT $10 MILLION ANNUALLY THROUGH ITS 9 PERCENT ROOMS TAX. was meeting at the Latchis Hotel, a downtown anchor run by a nonprofit organization that’s aiming to lure the same guests.

“Licensed lodging properties see shortterm rental hosts as competitors on an unfair playing field,” acknowledged Wendy Knight, commissioner of the state Department of Tourism and Marketing.

Although state officials can cite many statistics – Vermont’s $2.8 billion tourism sector, second only to manufacturing, annually welcomes some 13 million visitors who generate nearly $400 million in tax revenue – they don’t have firm figures about Rental summit, page 46

Senate scraps clean water ‘cloud tax,’ looks to increase rooms and meals tax

By Elizabeth Gribkoff, VTDigger shifted revenue from the In the 11th hour of the legislative session, senators property transfer tax, which currently goes into the have come up with a new general fund. plan to fund clean water: Sen. Randy Brock, a 1 percent increase to the R-Franklin, who had rooms and meals tax startremained silent for most of ing in January 2020. the debate, said exasperatBoth bodies have comedly toward the end that the mitted to devoting $50.5 committee was weighing “a million toward clean water bunch of bad choices.” in 2020, but have yet to The committee settled settle on a plan to fill an $8 on increasing the rooms million funding gap.

During a Senate Finance and meals tax from 9 to Committee meeting Thurs- 10 percent, with 1 percent dedicated to the clean day, May 16, Sen. Chris water fund, as they felt it Pearson, D/P-Chittenden, would be simple to adminechoed by Sen. Becca ister.

Balint, D-Windsor, said In an interview after the they wanted to consider meeting, Cummings said alternatives to the “cloud the cloud tax was not off the tax” on online software table for future years, but proposed by the House. said the committee needed The committee then debated options ranging from more time to figure out how it would work. She also a tax on luxury clothes, an said the Senate still has to increase to the fee on trash disposal, and an increase to negotiate with the House on a final proposal. the property transfer tax on After taking weeks of teshomes over $500,000. timony on the issue, House The Scott administramembers settled on a tion’s water funding plan contemplated devoting $12 “cloud” tax on software stored and accessed on the million from the estate tax internet. in 2021. It would have also

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Vermont’s tech community quickly came out in opposition to the plan, arguing that it would stifle efforts to expand the industry in the state. Senate leader Tim Ashe also opposed the proposal, saying it was too difficult to even define what was being taxed.

Democrats backed off efforts to raise new revenue for lake clean up efforts last year amid internal disagreement and veto threats from Gov. Phil Scott.

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continued from page 42 short-term rentals. That’s why Gov. Phil Scott’s administration is commissioning a study.

“We need this data for a lot of reasons,” Windham County state Sen. Becca Balint said.

“This is a new industry and we have a responsibility to fully understand the moving parts.”

The state recently began requiring hosts to comply with basic health and safety standards and register with the Department of Taxes.

“We’re not opposed to regulation as long as it’s sensible,” said Joseph Montano of the Expedia Group, which includes such websites as HomeAway and Vrbo. “Vermont has gone with a pretty light touch, which is great. I think it understands the value of the tourism dollars that come through.”

Many speakers said the debate surrounding short-term rentals, affordable housing and traditional lodging wasn’t so clear-cut, in part because many Vermont Airbnb offerings are in rural areas without as much population or access to hotels or motels.

“We have estimates upon estimates, but we don’t know a lot about this topic – it’s been primarily an anecdotal conversation,” said Douglas Farnham of the state Department of Taxes. “I think it makes sense to learn more. It’s common sense that better data makes for better decisions.”

That said, state officials don’t believe Vermont’s 6,000 short-term rental properties are wreaking havoc on its 300,000-unit housing market.

“We have a lot of challenges,” Farnham said, “but from a statewide perspective, I don’t believe 2 percent of the property is big enough to account for the housing struggles we’re feeling.”

Likewise, short-term rental operators said their aim wasn’t to undercut the hospitality industry but instead to expand it.

“There’s a never-ending supply of tourists for all of us and unlimited opportunity to increase the economic benefits for our state,” Ford said. “We understand there are concerns, but we should all be working together. Our goal is to continue this conversation.”

By Amy Braun, illustrated by Donovan Piccicuto

By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger

Some 200 people attended the first Vermont Short Term Rental Summit in Brattleboro.

Kinder Quotes is written by Rochester kindergarten teacher Amy Braun, a compilation of the funny things that kids in her class say.

Rockin’ the Region: A Sound Space gives budding musicians a place to practice, with a live audience continued from page 21 and full backline there for anyone to use, which includes drums, mics, and amps.

Basically, everything is there, and bands just have to bring their instruments. It’s a big room that bands can do a lot with. Nostrand said, “The acoustics are pretty amazing. They can rehearse and play as loud as they want. They get a block of time where they can focus on new songs or honing their chops on songs they’ve been playing.” Nostrand has told me about some of the bands that play there and I’m excited to check out new talent. One punk band, Middle Son, plays there every Sunday. Nostrand said, “They crank. I’m hugely impressed with how hard they work.”

Nostrand said it’s an opportunity for bands to practice in a space that’s set up

as if you were on stage. “A lot of times bands are in a basement or someone’s living room and you’re cramped in a tight space.”

I always hear about bands practicing in their parent’s garage, so this can really help them escape that and get to the near reality of playing in a club.

Nostrand added, “It’s as close to a live stage as you can get.”

Two weeks ago, the Plumb Bobs were the first band to play in the live rehearsal set up. It’s kind of setup like “VH1 Storytellers,” but Nostrand explained it best: “It’s a live practice. They worked on songs as if they were in a rehearsal. I introduced and interviewed them and the cool thing is, the audience got to participate and ask questions as they went along; questions like, ‘Why did you choose that

song?’ and ‘How do you decide what songs to play?’ It was really fun and relaxed. It also reflects what’s going on here. It’s not really a performance venue, but a rehearsal space. Not many people know what bands do in rehearsal. I’ve always been a big fan of process and behind-thescenes stuff. I think it’s interesting to see how things work out.

Most of the time people just see the band on stage. This is a cool format.”

I highly recommend checking it out because you’re going to see new music in a cool new way.

This is great for the aspiring or established musician, solo or full band. Nostrand will be on hand to answer any questions and give an intricate tour of the space. Find A Sound Space on Facebook.

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A Sound Space is a new studio space that allows musicians and bands to rehearse in a setting, while an audience can watch.

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Beast 365 ALL-SEASONS PASS Skiing/Riding + Mountain Biking + Adventure Center + Golfing + Scenic Lift Rides

Try before you buy this Memorial Day weekend.

You can buy a trial ticket that will be valid Friday, May 24 - Monday, May 27, giving you unlimited access to skiing, mountain biking, and golf (covers green fees)— then apply that purchase towards a full Beast365 Season Pass anytime before June 13th.

4-day weekend Ticket: Adult $102, Senior $82, 29-Below $82, Youth $72

Trial tickets are available for purchase on-site only at the ticket window, bike shop or golf clubhouse over Memorial Day weekend.

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