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Mounta in Times Volume 46, Number 48
What’s Black, White and FREE inside? Me!
Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2017
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Holiday fests in full swing Vermont ushers in December with an abundance of holiday festivals. The Vermont Holiday Festival in Killington happens Dec. 1-2, featuring 100 decorated Christmas trees, horse-drawn sleigh rides, and visits with Santa. The Paramount celebrates with its Festival of Trees fundraiser celebration, with the big prize auction item being an electric car. Over in Granville N.Y., the Slate Valley Museum highlights its Festival of Trees beginning Dec. 1, spanning a few weeks. Elsewhere in the region, holiday sales and bazaars will be selling handmade crafts, artisan creations, and local delicacies.
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Mikaela Shiffrin focuses as she powers through the gates on the course during Sunday’s Slalom race. Shiffrin won by a large margin. See more photos of the weekend’s events on pages 12-15.
Shiffrin closes Sunday with dominating Slalom win By Evan Johnson
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Racers needed to finish within 5.3 seconds of reigning slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin to qualify for a second run on Sunday. It was a task that did not come easily. Shiffrin was the fifth racer down a firm and fast slalom course, pushing through each of the three exchanges with limited visibility, snow and high winds to establish
a dominant .89 second lead over Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener. At the bottom Shiffrin responded to the tough wind conditions. “If you notice it, you know it’s going to be really bad,” she said. “If not, then you’ll do fine.” Fellow American Resi Stiegler said the weather was “a good reminder to keep
focused all the way to the bottom.” Stiegler finished in 18th place to qualify for the finals in the afternoon. Americans Lila Lapanja and Megan McJames finished 37th and 47th, respectively. Paula Moltzan did not finish. Killington Mountain saw temperatures that continued to drop Sunday morning along with snow flurries before the start of Shiffrin Slalom win, page 15
Budgets in development for town departments Hop in the lift line Each week, we’re riding the lift at Killington Resort to hear what’s on the minds of local and visiting skiers and riders. It’s a new column called “Lift Lines” and this winter, reporter Evan Johnson will be in the line hoping for a chat with you. Check out the latest installment on page 27.
Living A.D.E. What’s happening? Find local Arts, Dining & Entertainment. Pages 17-26
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How Mikaela Shiffrin sharpened her mental edge
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By Lisa Lynn, VT Ski + Ride Magazine
Killington’s offices have been busy preparing budgets for the coming fiscal year. At a town Select Board meeting Sept. 21, managers from Green Mountain National Golf Course, Killington Police Department, library, town listers and planning and zoning departments presented their progress on budgets for fiscal year 2019. The operating and capital budgets are not finalized and do not include health insurance premiums. Town manager Deb Schwartz said the town is doing an analysis of the premiums from Blue Cross Blue Shield and will present findings at the Dec. 5 regular meeting. Green Mountain National Golf Course General manager for GMNGC David Soucy said the only increases in the FY2019 budget were cost of living adjustments for the golf course’s superintendent and mechanic. Due to the state of his commitments as a Vermont state Senator he will not take a cost of living adjustment in addition to a $11,000 pay cut next year. “This is a difficult time and with my Senate duties and responsibilites, some of my time will be taken away,” he said. “Given the state of the golf course, I thought it was the right thing to do,” As part of a plan to increase revenues, Soucy said the golf course has hired an events director to attract tournaments. Soucy also said he’s been able to attract more events through his work with the Vermont Senate. The golf course also hopes to collect more email addresses through digital marketing. Replacing the golf carts at GMNGC will have to wait another year. Soucy said he’d like to see more development in technologies before exploring acquiring a fleet powered by solar. Killington Police Department The new budget of $139,963 represents a 14.02 percent increase from the previous year. In addition to the 2 percent COLA increase, the police department’s budget includes a salary boost for the one part-time officer to work up to 20 hours a week, up from eight. Before offering his budget for the next fiscal year, Killington Police Chief Whit Montgomery shared some statistics on the small force’s activities this year. In the past 11 months the department responded to 860 service calls and their phone sys-
For the second year in a row, there’s a dark cloud around me. Mikaela Shiffrin swept the field I know logically all I have to do is to win the Slalom at the World ski. But it feels like I can’t breathe. Cup at Killington. But this year Last year I was puking before there was something different. It races. But this year I haven’t wasn’t that she smoked the field puked. I’m starting to find a way on both runs, amassing a whopto control it.” ping 1.64 second lead over SlovaLast season, Shiffrin began kia’s Petra Vhlova — a margin so working with a sports psycholobig that it was gist. I asked “LAST YEAR I larger than the her what difference behelped, what WAS REELING tween Vhlova has made a AND ALMOST and 14th place difference. “I finisher, picture the INCAPACITATED BY University of cloud and NERVES. THIS YEAR, Vermont juthen I am nior Laurence able to blow THOSE NERVES St. Germain. it away,” she FUELED ME,” It wasn’t a said, adding, course that “My mom SHIFFRIN SAID. was rock helps, my hard, icy and fast and it wasn’t a sports psychologist helps and fan base that swelled to 34,000 I’m trying to find a way to believe either. in myself even if I don’t feel toIt came down to this: “Last tally confident. Of course, skiing year I was reeling and almost inreally well helps too.” capacitated by nerves. This year, “Skiing well” would have those nerves fueled me. And I been an understatement when wasn’t puking before races.” it came to describing Shiffrin’s As hard as it is to believe, runs today. To watch Shiffrin Mikaela Shiffrin, the 22-yearsnake down through the gates old phenom who won her first today was like watching a stream World Cup race when she was run down a mountain. “She nev17 and still training at Burke er goes farther than she has to,” Mountain Academy, still gets resaid Vermont’s Marilyn Cochran ally nervous before races, to the Brown, a judge, gatekeeper and point of anxiety attacks. former World Cup season win“Sometimes I wake up and ner. “She pressures the front of
Killington budget, page 15
Shiffrin mental edge, page 15
LOCAL NEWS
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By Julia Purdy
Tree warden Fred Nicholson wields a paint gun to mark trees for harvest. He said the timber harvest will take place after January 1.
Tree wardens take a walk in Northwood Park
By Julia Purdy
RUTLAND TOWN—Northwood Park in Rutland Town is a 100-acre tract containing wooded river bluffs, playing fields and walking trails, public tennis courts and a swimming pool, the town garage and transfer station, the Glen hydro dam and penstock for Green Mountain Power, and a grass-covered former landfill that becomes a lush wildflower meadow in summer and fall. It’s also the territory of deer, fox, bear, fisher, grouse, waterfowl and songbirds. That’s a lot of uses packed into a small area. So the thought of cutting down trees in such a place might dismay some people. The cathedral-like stands of towering pines may fit the romantic concept of a “forest primeval,” but Fred Nicholson, tree warden for the town of Rutland, says those stands are a sign that it’s high time for a timber harvest. Forest Management 101 A walk in the woods with Nicholson is like taking a crash course in forest management. Nicholson compares forest trees to carrots in a garden. “A tree grows just like a carrot does, it needs sunshine, moisture, nutrients and space to grow,” he explained on a walk among the pines on the bluff behind the transfer station. “It’s just like thinning carrots. Carrots mature in one season. Here we’re talking a full rotation of 80 to 100 years.”
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The last timber harvest was done 40 years ago, and the old skid road from that time now serves as a path for the upper walking trail. The steep slopes on either side are carpeted with pine needles and littered with downed branches, but not much else grows here. That’s a problem, he said. Gesturing at the tall, branchless trunks and the thick crowns of needles high above, he explained. “Here the pine is starting to go downhill. It’s lost a lot of live crown and that’s due to the lack of sunshine. There’s too many stems per acre. If you look there’s very little regeneration of a desirable species on the ground, again due to lack of sunshine.” The decision to harvest is also guided by the economic value of the timber. The time to harvest is when physical maturity and financial maturity coincide. When a stand passes its prime, its economic value also declines. Professional forest management is methodical and aims at the overall health and future productivity of the forest. “We like to have our next crop established before we go in and harvest. For instance, here we’ve waited too long and so we’re going to harvest,” he said. “This is deep, well-drained, sandy loam, gorgeous for growing pine on. Two years from now this whole bank is going to be a carpet of baby white pine trees.” Visitors to the park can see trees marked with blue paint: a blue slash for the tall, thick pine trunks that will make good sawtimber, and two dots for those that will go for pulp wood or biofuel. Unsightly as they may be, rotted trees are left in place, as are the many logs and branches. Northwood Park, page 31
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Pilot, 89, killed in small-plane crash in Pittsford
By Ruth Hare, VTDigger
PITTSFORD— Norman L. Baker, 89, of Windsor, was reported overdue in Middlebury late Wednesday. He was headed there for Thanksgiving from Pittsfield, Mass. Baker was alone aboard the four-person aircraft, according to state police. He was an experienced pilot. The cause of the crash is yet to be determined, and an autopsy is being performed. After a massive but unsuccessful air and land search that continued into Thursday by the state police search and rescue team, local firefighters, a Vermont Army National Guard helicopter and several planes from the Vermont Civil Air Patrol, a landowner came across the wreckage in a wooded area near Route 7 late Thursday morning while walking his property, state police said in a news release. Baker’s body was identified near the aircraft. The search began after a caller contacted 911 about 5 p.m. Wednesday to report seeing a small aircraft flying low over Pittsford and hearing a loud noise as it continued out of sight. Authorities determined there were no unaccounted aircraft in the area or any aircraft broadcasting a distress signal. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending an investigator to help examine the wreckage, police said.
Fair Haven B&B goes solar FAIR HAVEN—Maplewood Inn Bed & Breakfast announced that it recently expanded its green initiative by installing solar panels. The 13 panels, installed on the Garden Room roof, will provide an average of 42
visor and a Green Hotel in the Green Mountain State by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, owners Paul and Roy Allen-Webber have made numerous improvements to the inn since
THE NEW SYSTEM WILL OFFSET MORE THAN 75 TONS OF CARBON IN ITS LIFESPAN. percent of the inn’s electricity needs. “This solar array, positioned discreetly, sees the Maplewood Inn joining the world of clean, renewable energy while sacrificing nothing aesthetically,” said Philip Allen, president of SameSun of Vermont. The new system will offset more than 75 tons of carbon in its lifespan. Designated a Silver GreenLeader by TripAd-
buying the building in 2014. “New hot water heaters, insulation, EnergyStar appliances, programmable thermostats, and LED bulbs were just the start,” said Roy. “Since moving here in 2014, we’ve been able to reduce electricity usage for the property by more than 75 percent,” said Paul, “and we look forward to continuing that trend.”
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Receipts from the third quarter’s option tax showed the town took in a total of $69,456.58 in room and meals tax, 17 percent higher than last year’s third quarter and the highest third quarter results since the local option tax was enacted in 2008. Revenues from the tax have grown steadily from $36,797.92 in 2012 to $59,000 last year. Sales and use tax showed a substantial increase of 50 percent over last year to $96,041.57 this year. Since enacting, the sales and use portion has grown from $29,448.50 in 2009 to $66,643.87 in 2016. “Basically, it’s doubled since 2015 in the third quarter,” said Killington town manger Deborah Schwartz. The third quarter, which runs from July 1 to Sept. 30, sees much of the summertime traffic to Killington. This spring and summer saw investment in recreation assets both at Killington Resort as well as in the town including new mountain biking trails and amenities. “That’s good news on the economic front not only for the town but it also shows that business is growing.” said Killington Select Board Chair Patty McGrath.
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LOCAL NEWS
Runners shake their tailfeathers for Turkey Trot In a Thanksgiving tradition, a group of hardy runners braved the cold for their Thanksgiving feasts with the annual Turkey Trot. The annual race starts at Jax and proceeds up the Killington Road for a 5K out and back race. Awards and a party followed the race. Below is a list of the winners: Female, 12 and under Abby Andrews, 12 from Northampton, Mass. Bib 163. Time: 27:54 Lindsey Kiehl, 11 from Vail, Colo. Bib 142. Time: 30:52 Olivia Grasso, 10 from Pittsfield, Vt. Bib 47. Time: 31:03 Female, 13-18 Nell Kordalski, 15 from Berlin, Conn. Bib 186. Time: 25:21 Bella Caldini, 14 from Basking Ridge, N.J. Bib 178. Time: 27:30 Mae Holmes, 13 from North Easton, Mass. Bib 133. Time: 28:38 Female, 19-65 Lydia Carpenter, 24 from Arlington, Va. Bib 5. Time: 22:17 Ann Carpenter, 24 from Arlington, Va. Bib 6. Time: 22:40 Danielle West-Chuhta, 39 from Portland, Me. Bib 195. Time: 22:55
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Male, 12 and under Cooper Munson, 12 from Old Lyme, Conn. Bib 3. Time: 25:23 Cameron Seiffert, 11 from Dayville, Conn. Bib 82. Time: 25:50 Andrew Sullivan, 12 from South Easton, Mass. Bib 140. Time: 28:03 Male, 13-18 Tyler McGarry, 14 from Concord, Mass. Bib 77. Time: 20:31 Cass Bowers, 16 from Atlanta, Ga. Bib 99. Time: 20:56 Joseph D. Riley, 17 from Plymouth, Vt. Bib 148. Time: 22:16 Male, 19-65 Xavier Salvador, 21 from Loudonville, N.Y. Bib 66. Time: 17:35 Justin Whittaker, 20 from Killington, Vt. Bib 255. Time: 18:56 Jake Eddy, 31 from Medford, Mass. Bib 105. Time: 20:52 Male, 66 and up Stephen Jambor, 68 from Brewster, N.Y. Bib 58. Time: 28:46
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STATE NEWS
Vermont personal income tax receipts fall by $5.7M in October
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger
State officials reported last week that personal income tax revenues were down $5.69 million in October. The total was dramatically lower than anticipated, and the Scott administration says year-to-date personal income taxes are $6.41 million below economic forecasts for fiscal year 2018. Susanne Young, the secretary of the Agency of Administration, says the decline in anticipated personal tax receipts “is clearly concerning, and warrants more in-depth analyses and caution pending the consensus revenue forecast for fiscal year 2018 and beyond.” Overall revenues for the general fund in the first four months of the fiscal year, which began July 1, are down $12.43 million compared with last year’s tax receipts for personal income, corporate, sales and use, meals and rooms, estate and prop-
erty transfer taxes. Most of the difference between actual revenues and the economic forecast released for fiscal year 2018 is attributed to anticipated corporate refunds of $16.3 million. Only about $6 million of the refunds were paid out in October. In January, Jeffrey Carr, the economist for the Scott administration, and Tom Kavet, the economist for the Legislature, issued a consensus downgrade for the fiscal year 2018 budget of $28.8 million. Since the onset of the Great Recession in 2008, the state has been running an ongoing gap between spending and revenue. While lawmakers and the executive branch have balanced the budget each year since then, the structural problem hasn’t changed: State spending has increased 4 percent to 5 percent a year, consistently outstripping state
Police tally statewide enforcement over Thanksgiving holiday During the five-day Operation C.A.R.E. (Crash Awareness and Reduction Effort) period from Nov. 22-26, troopers conducted high visibility enforcement and worked collaboratively with other state, county and local law enforcement agencies to reduce overall crashes on our highways and encourage safe driving behavior. The following Vermont State Police activity statistics were compiled during this period: Property Damage only: 48 Injury: 9 Fatal: 1 Alcohol/drug-related: 7 DUI arrests: 24 Speeding violations: 516 Safety belt violations: 9 Motorist assists: 42 Troopers made contact with 26 percent more operators in 2017 for motor vehicle violations than over the same period in 2016. There was a 48 percent reduction in reported motor vehicle collisions over the same period in 2016, when 108 crashes were reported. Vermont has experienced 65 motor vehicle deaths so far in 2017. Approximately 53 percent of those fatalities were unrestrained.
Professor measures effectiveness of Facebook “fake news” tools By Rob Wolfe, VTDigger
scratched furniture? And most importantly, what about personality? Since senior pets are fully grown, you’ll be immediately aware of important characteristics like how much grooming is required, the personality type of the pet, and if they will get along with other animals. When does a pet become a “senior?” There is no hard and fast rule about defining a pet as a senior. It varies on species and breed. Some say it is when an animal enters the last 25 percent of its life. We generally consider a cat to be a senior around 11 or 12, while small-breed dogs become seniors
With more than half of American adults relying on social media for some of their news in 2017, according to the Pew Research Center, it’s fair, but also a bit troubling, to say that the nation’s democratic health derives, in part, from that Facebook post you just liked. The public got a taste of Facebook’s importance during the 2016 elections, where intentionally false stories about political candidates reached millions of people and, in one notable case, sent an armed man to a Washington pizzeria in search of a nonexistent child sex ring. To help Facebook address this problem, Brendan Nyhan, a professor of government at Dartmouth College, has released a study evaluating the effectiveness of new tools the company is using to combat fake news. “2016 showed that the checks against fake news and misinformation were too weak and we need to make them stronger,” Nyhan, who studies misperceptions and misinformation in politics, said in an interview recently. Reporting after the election revealed that those stories, most famous among them a fake report that Pope Francis had endorsed Donald Trump, came from a variety of sources, including homegrown fraudsters, state-sponsored content farms in Russia, and moneymaking operations run by teenagers in Macedonia. “There’s no solution that will get rid of this problem,” he said. “… The price of free speech is that we will have false information.” In the meantime, Facebook has begun adding “disputed” tags to fake stories that appear in the streams that its users scroll through, otherwise known as feeds, that contain news stories and updates from friends. Nyhan and several student collaborators last spring surveyed just under 3,000 participants on their reactions to anti-fraud efforts like Facebook’s, with somewhat encouraging results. The researchers found that “disputed” warnings decreased participants’ confidence in labeled stories, but also that tags with more direct language such as “rated false” were even more effective. Slightly more than a quarter of respondents rated an unlabeled false headline as somewhat or very accurate in the study, but only 19 percent expressed that level of confidence when the headline was tagged “disputed.” Even fewer people — 16 percent — thought headlines “rated false” were accurate. In addition to its accuracy tags, Facebook has been trying to educate users about fake news by placing articles in their feeds that warn them to “remain skeptical” about the articles they see online. Less optimistically, Nyhan’s team also found that general warnings about fake news tend to decrease confidence in all news, including accurate information. Unlike some other fake news research, the Dartmouth study did not find what’s called an “implied truth” effect, where users express increased confidence in unlabeled stories when they know about the presence of accuracy
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November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month By Drs. Erin Forbes and Andrew Hagner, Vermont Veterinary Medical Association
When you think about adopting a new pet, adorable images of kittens and puppies immediately come to mind. Sometimes we forget that older pets not only need a home, but that we need them too. Sometimes we forget that what we need is a companion that might have experienced something akin to what we’ve experienced. What we need is a partner. We need a senior companion that becomes a lifelong friend. Senior pets have so much love to give and come with some awesome advantages. How about house breaking? chewed shoes?
revenue growth by 2 to 3 percentage points. Carr and Kavet have said Vermont’s declining rural population has contributed to the deterioration of the state’s fiscal health. The Scott administration found savings in the state budget to make up the difference. While unemployment has remained exceptionally low, wages have not kept pace with inflation. High-paying manufacturing jobs have been replaced by service industry employment, the state economists have said. Most of the state’s growth has been in the more populous Burlington area, Carr and Kavet say. Data show that southern Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom have continued to experience a decline in population, fewer jobs, lower home values and overall economic erosion.
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OP-ED
Waste not, want less: the gift of “trash” By Carl Diethelm, a.k.a. “Compost Carl”
Are you stressed thinking about how much stuff there is to buy before the holidays? It can take a lot of your time, money, and resources to meet expectations of friends and family in gifts. Not to mention all the decorations that still need to be put up! The good news is that these are opportunities for family and friends to get together with a purpose (the best way to spend the holidays). Following are suggestions for how to save money, waste less resources, and still have the best holiday season yet! Easier gift ideas: DIY and intangibles Everyone has received an unwanted gift. Re-gifting is a practice getting more popularity, as another person could really enjoy that gift. Keeping that in mind, try to save those unwanted items for Yankee Swaps and the like! Instead of giving someone else an unwanted present that was bought online (and shipped with too much packaging) making Do-It-Yourself presents can be a very thoughtful and free way to show that you care. Some examples include: • Scrap-books made from paper that would be recycled and old photos • Jewelry made from bottle caps and old wires • Collage cards from old magazines The list goes on! Just search “DIY gift ideas” online for abundant inspiration. The other kinds of presents that take little time and resources are intangibles, meaning anything that can’t be touched. This includes going out to sports games, taking a hike, and ice skating! These kinds of gifts are the best ways to spend time together and have fun with family and friends. Tickets and homemade “coupons” can still be passed to the person for the full effect of a gift. If a storebought gift is too exciting to pass up, just remember to bring reusable bags to carry. Again, before throwing out an unwanted present there may be something else that can be done with it, even if you don’t want to save it for next year! Waste not, page 7
Vermonters share their voices on energy By Karen Glitman
Energy eats up a large portion of Vermonters’ monthly expenses. That’s one thing we heard from Vermonters we met during Efficiency Vermont’s statewide tour this fall. In addition to these in-person conversations and live polling, Efficiency Vermont gathered input online to help identify the most pressing energy issues facing Vermonters. Of the people who attended our forums, 32 percent of live-poll respondents reported spending over $500 per month on heating, driving, and electricity; and an additional 45 percent spend between $250 and $500. For those living at or below the poverty line, these costs can consume 10 percent or more of their income. Efficiency Vermont held these forums in Bennington, Brattleboro, Newport, Randolph, and Milton to inform our next three-year performance period. For Vermonters not able to take part in person, an online survey
was available. From these exchanges we learned that Vermonters are focused on a few key areas. First, the people we heard from value Efficiency Vermont’s role in making efficiency services and efficient products more affordable and accessible in all regions of the state. This has been a staple of our work for 17 years: training contractors, bringing the best technology to Vermont, and buying down the cost for consumers. It’s enabled Vermont to meet 15 percent of its power supply through efficiency – and is something Efficiency Vermont will continue to do. Second, people are interested in innovations in the energy sector. Smart appliances, electric vehicles, and zero energy homes (among other solutions) were discussed frequently. The energy system of tomorrow may look very different than the system of today. We want to make sure we continue to provide Voices on energy, page 7
Balancing out the lobbyists By Lee H. Hamilton
One of the quirks of life in Washington, D.C., is that pretty much the only people who don’t refer to lobbyists by that name are, well, lobbyists. They’re “policy advisors,” or “strategic counsel,” or “public relations advisors,” or lawyers, or even just “consultants.” Whatever they’re called, though, they play a huge role in making policy. For the most part, they are able, well-informed, and skillful at what they do. And policymakers rely on them: for information, for research and writing, for persuasive arguments, and, of course, for political support. Though there are members of the influence industry who aren’t especially well-resourced, there are plenty who are. They write checks to politicians for speeches, dole out campaign contributions, pay for travel. They work hard to get their favored politicians elected and to rally their members at important moments. They are extremely sophisticated
Lobbyists, page 6
LETTERS
Charges violation of open meeting rules Dear Editor, In my opinion, the Supervisory Union kicked the Rochester voters in the teeth by aiding the school board, with their supervisory union lawyer, in the Feb. 16 unlawful executive session, to reject a petition of article for the 2017 annual town/school meeting. This
Finneron seeks to fill open seat Dear Editor, On Dec. 5, the residents of Killington will elect a Selectman for the remainder of Ken Lee’s term. Although still involved in many things, Ken no longer lives in Town. Ken, thanks for your service to the Town. I have put myself forward for that position. In the past I had the honor of representing the town on the school board for 18 years. During that time we dealt with the Act 60 tax change and a major addition to the school, most notably the gym and curriculum and staffing changes. Recently I served on the Search Committee which sought out a new location for a Public Services Building. This building will house a single location for fire, rescue, police, EMT and KSAR. In both of these situations we worked with both the different agencies and the interested people of the town to arrive at the best solutions. I used the term interested because this town has a lot of people who pay attention to what’s happening and bring their suggestions and concerns forward. Please continue to do the same. I do not have an agenda. My hope is to work with the people of the town to continue to move forward. Every organization has issues to be dealt with. As good as it is now, as a community we can make this an even better place to live and raise our families. Last weekend we showed what this town and resort can do when we work together. Congratulations to all of you who made it happen. Respectfully submitted, Stephen Finneron
was very simply a petition to have an article placed on the agenda in order to be discussed by voters at their annual town/school meeting. The school board prevented it from even going to the voters, to be discussed, modified and voted upon according to Roberts’ Rules of Order. Charges violation, page 10
Holiday appeal: sponsor a gift or meal Dear Editor, Sponsor a meal for a family and a gift for a child this holiday. A Black River Good Neighbor holiday sponsorship is more than a donation; it’s a personal expression of how much you, your family, or organization care about our neighbors in need. You can sponsor a nutritious holiday meal, a gift for a child, or both. BRGNS will attach a card with good wishes from you in honor of your family, or in memory of a loved one or a member of your organization. Sponsorships are available at just $20 towards a complete holiday dinner with all the trimmings, or to purchase each child a
gift. Please help ensure that nobody in our area goes without a nutritious holiday meal or a present this season. Become a Black River Good Neighbor Holiday Sponsor. You can bring or send your donation to BRGNS, 37B Main St., Ludlow, VT 05149, or go to www.BRGN.org to donate online. Be sure to include your name, and the name or names that you want to appear on the card. Black River Good Neighbor Services is a 501(c)(3) organization. For more information please call Krey at 802228-3663. Peter LaBelle, Ludlow
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CAPITOL QUOTES “Police chiefs, sheriffs and local leaders should decide what state and local policies are necessary to keep their communities safe -not a President and an Attorney General who are attempting to extort immigration reform by cutting off vital public safety resources to those communities.” Said Sen. Patrick Leahy, responding to a federal judge’s nationwide injunction that blocked President Trump’s executive order that would have restricted federal funding based on claims that their policing policies violated federal law with respect to immigration enforcement.
“This proposal is a wholesale abandonment of the FCC’s core responsibility to protect the interests of consumers and an early Christmas present to big telecom companies, who will be able to pick and choose who gets access to the internet and at what speed.” Said Rep. Peter Welch, reacting to the FCC’s plans to end net neutrality.
“The error in the Kelley case was not an isolated incident and similar reporting lapses occurred at other locations.Although policies and procedures requiring reporting were in place, training and compliance measures were lacking.” Said the United States Air Force in a statement following a review that found several dozen cases in which the military failed to report service members charged with or convicted of serious crimes to the federal backgroundcheck database. Devin Kelley, who was discharged from the Air Force, opened fire at a church in Texas earlier this month, killing 26.
“The fear is that this administration will go back on all of the promises that it made on the campaign trail to look out for the little guy and will roll back all of the protections that were put in place after the 2008 economic collapse,” “What’s happening at the consumer bureau is a perfect example of that. They’re trying to put in charge a guy who doesn’t even believe that the [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau] should exist.” Said Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, a consumer group, responding to Republican calls for deregulation of the banking industry.
Waste not:
Recycling tests gift-giving ingenuity
continued from page 6 Donate secondhand items Don’t forget that about 10 percent of Vermont households are food insecure (meaning they regularly don’t know where the next meal will come from). If our neighbors can’t afford food, they probably won’t see the smile on a child’s face who just received a new toy. Luckily, there are a few programs that help get gifts to families in need, such as the Angel Tree program at the Salvation Army. There are ways to get presents to families that don’t celebrate Christmas as well. Here are some ways to get secondhand stuff out there: • Check out our Reduce, Reuse page at www.rcswd.com for our catalog of stores accepting donated items. • Visit freecycle.org to find the local branch where you can post your free items offered. • Frontporchforum.com also has a way to post about free items for your own town. Thinking of people that are lacking what some of us have during the holidays can be a motivating force, so try not to trash something if another person could benefit from it! Decorate with discarded resources Wrapping paper isn’t accepted at the
Voices on energy: continued from page 6 customers with objective advice to make sense of the options and find the solutions that are right for them. Finally, we heard that Efficiency Vermont’s partnership with Vermont tradespeople is important and should remain a priority. Echoing much of the broader
recycling facility due to poor quality, inconsistent materials. Instead, consider using magazines or newspaper that would get recycled! That way, the person could get a nice comic to read before opening the gift. For decorating the tree, yard, or house, there are tons of great ideas that don’t require a purchase. Here are a few I found just from looking up recycled decoration ideas: • Permanent snowmen or reindeer from old logs and sticks • Tinsel could be made from used aluminum foil • Hanging colored glass bottles with lights for new colors Can’t find enough discarded decorations? Ask your neighbor (Front Porch Forum comes in handy again)! Cleanup time Here’s the final reminder that most transfer stations will take the items that need to be disposed after the holidays. The items that can be discarded include holiday trees (free until February at Rutland City transfer station), food scraps (but who doesn’t want leftovers?), and regular trash. For more information, visit rcswd.com or give us a call at 802-775-7209. Happy Holidays!
Vermonters supprt energy efficiency
public dialogue around contractor availability, the Vermonters we talked to also see a need for more energy efficiency contractors in a number of regions across the state. In the coming weeks and months, expect to hear more about our plans for the future,
Adopt a senior pet:
which will incorporate this essential customer feedback. We’re proud of our work serving Vermont and Vermonters and invite you to share your thoughts on how we can help you save energy and save money. Karen Glitman is director of Efficiency Vermont.
Many senior animals need homes
continued from page 5 around 10 and large-breed dogs are seniors around 7. But “senior” really means an animal that has had experiences, an animal that has substance. It is important to note that age is not a disease. Although senior pets can develop age-related problems, good care allows them to live happy, healthy and active lives in their senior years. In addition, proactive preventative veterinary care like senior blood work can catch diseases such as kidney disease early when these diseases are much more manageable. With the rise of multi-modal pain relief, older pets can live comfortably even with arthritis and age-related conditions.
Lobbyists:
In many cases, older pets are often passed over for adoption at humane societies and animal shelters, when in fact they are often the easiest pets to make part of your family. Unlike puppies and kittens, when you meet a senior pet at a shelter, you can choose a pet whose fully formed personality fits you and your family’s lifestyle best. So, on your next visit to one of Vermont’s many wonderful rescues and shelters – take the time to meet the seniors and get to know them. They could be the furry family member you’ve been looking for! Drs. Erin Forbes and Andrew Hagner are members of the Vermont Veterinary Medical Association.
Congress should do own research
continued from page 6 in the use of media, including social media. They pursue public education campaigns, grassroots organizing, and other means of getting members of the public to back them. There’s a reason for all of this: the stakes are high. If they can get a few words added to or eliminated from regulations or legislation, their companies can benefit by millions and sometimes billions of dollars. It’s that simple. I should say that I’ve known a lot of lobbyists over the years, and respected them as hard-working, well-informed participants in the process. I’ve been helped by many of them, and misled by only a few. But I worry about the growth of the industry and its outsized weight compared to that of the ordinary American. As the impact of well-resourced interests grows, I think the voice of ordinary citizens has been diminished. So what do we do about this? Part of the answer lies with robust disclosure and transparency laws and enforcement. But as important, I believe that Congress ought to increase its capacity to do its own research, analysis, oversight, and fact-finding. Lacking the independently provided information they need to make informed decisions, members of Congress have no choice but to rely on interest groups and lobbyists. The problem is, members of Congress don’t seem especially concerned about this; nor do they seem especially interested in building their own independent capacity to analyze issues and legislation. But if you care about representative democracy, you ought to be. Lee Hamilton is a senior advisor for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a Distinguished Scholar, IU School of Global and International Studies; and a professor of practice, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.
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WHAT TO DO IN CENTRAL VERMONT 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, and one skein of medium weight yarn in light or medium color. RSVP to bewanamaker@ gmail.com, 802-396-0130. 35 School Drive, Plymouth.
Jewish Theological Seminary Lecture
TEDDY ARBO’S TOYS FOR TOTS PARTY AT THE FOUNDRY SATURDAY, DEC. 2, 4 P.M.
WEDNESDAY Bikram Yoga **
NOV. 29
6 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Wednesdays: 6 a.m. Inferno hot pilates; 12 p.m. 1 hour Bikram; 4 p.m. power flow; 5:30 p.m. Bikram hot. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, 802-747-6300.
Story Time
10 a.m. Maclure Library offers two preschool story hours, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. Parents and care givers are encouraged to bring children from birth to 5 years old. This is a great chance for children to socialize and parents/care givers to make new friends, share concerns, joys, ideas, and experiences and to learn from other parents. Small, intimate group. Info, 802-483-2792. 840 Arch St., Pittsford.
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. Info, 802-422-2921. 2910 Killington Road, Killington.
RRPC Informational Session
1 p.m. Rutland Regional Planning Commission hosts informational session about parcel data updates 1-3 p.m. at RRPC classroom, 3rd floor of Opera House, 67 Merchants Row, Rutland. RSVP to steve@rutlandrpc.org.
Rutland Wellness
5 p.m. Education and support for people who are struggling emotionally. Focus on tools and methods for improving our lives mentally and physically. Wednesdays, 5-7 p.m., Grace Congregational Church, 8 Court St., Rutland. 802-353-4365.
Level 2 Yoga
5:30 p.m. Gentle Restorative Yoga at Killington Yoga with Louise Harrison. 3744 River Rd, Killington. Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Level 1 Hatha Yoga
5:30 p.m. Level 1 Hatha Yoga at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Bingo
5:30 p.m. Bridgewater Grange Bingo, Wednesdays 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.
Rotary Meeting
6 p.m. The Killington-Pico Rotary club cordially invites visiting Rotarians, friends and guests to attend its weekly meeting. The club meets Wednesdays at the Summit Lodge 6-8 p.m. for a full dinner and fellowship. Call 802-7730600 to make a reservation. Dinner fee $19. KillingtonPicoRotary.org
LEPC2 Meeting
6 p.m. Next LEPC meeting in RRMC Community Room K, 435 West St., Rutland. RSVP to 802-775-0871 ext 206.
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7:15 p.m. Livestream of the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Gerson D. Cohen Memorial Lecture: “Can the Tribes of Modern Israel Dwell Together?” at Rutland Jewish Center. Hear from two innovative Israeli leaders: Rabbi Tamar Elad-Applebaum and Racheli Ibenboim as well as JTS Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen. Q&A discussion follows. Light refreshments served. Info, jtsa. edu/cohen-lecture-2017. 96 Grove St., Rutland.
THURSDAY NOV. 30
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. Call for more times & info, 802-773-7187.
Tobacco Cessation Group
9 a.m. Want to quit smoking but nothing works? Join the free tobacco cessation group. Free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges. Every Thursday, 9-10 a.m. Behavioral Health Clinic, 1 Commons St., Rutland. 802-747-3768 for more info.
Bikram Yoga **
9 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Thursdays: 9 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. 1.5 hour Bikram hot; 6:15 p.m. 1 hour Bikram hot. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, 802-747-6300.
Story Hour
10 a.m. Promoting early literacy and socialization skills in a fun setting. Stories, songs, movement, craft. No registration. Ages 2+. Fox Room, Rutland Free Library, 10-10:45 a.m. 773-1860.
Story Time
10 a.m. Maclure Library offers two preschool story hours, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. Parents and care givers are encouraged to bring children from birth to 5 years old. This is a great chance for children to socialize and parents / care givers to make new friends, share concerns, joys, ideas, and experiences and to learn from other parents. Today, Rutland Parent Child Center hosts. Snacks, crafts, stories, open playtime, dance, songs. Info, 802-483-2792. 840 Arch St., Pittsford.
Story Time
10 a.m. Story time at the West Rutland Public Library. Thursdays at 10 a.m. Bring your young children to enjoy stories, crafts, and playtime. Info, 802-4382964.
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. For info, 802-422-3368.
Bone Builders
10 a.m. Bone builders meets Thursdays at Roadside Chapel, 1680 Townline Rd, Rutland Town. Info, 802-773-4854.
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International Folk Dancing
7 p.m. International Folk Dancing with Judy at Rutland Jewish Center, 96 Grove St., Rutland. Learn Israeli and European dances. Dress comfortably and wear sturdy shoes with non-skid soles. All welcome, free.
FRIDAY 6 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Fridays: 6 a.m. & 12 p.m. 1 hour Bikram hot; 4 p.m. Inferno hot pilates. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, 802-747-6300.
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. Call for more times & info, 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. Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Blood Drive
9 a.m. American Red Cross blood drive 19 a.m.-2 p.m. at Rutland High School, 22 Stratton Rd., Rutland. Use rapid pass at redcrossblood.org/rapidpass. Bring donor cards or photo ID. Walk-ins welcome or make an appointment at 800-733-2767.
Farmers’ Market Christmas Fair
10 a.m. Rutland County Farmers’ Market Christmas Fair 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at College of St. Joseph, Clements Rd., Rutland. Holiday gifts from 70+ crafters with sewn, floral, jams & jellies, crocheted and knitted, and more. Lunch available.
Story Time
10:30 a.m. Sherburne Memorial Library holds story time Fridays, 10:30-11 a.m. Join for stories, songs, activities. Babies and toddlers welcome! Info, 802-422-9765.
Magic: the Gathering
3:15 p.m. Sherburne Memorial Library holds Magic: the Gathering Fridays, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Ages 8+, all levels welcome. 2998 River Rd., Killington. 422-9765.
Sherburne Library First Friday
3:15 p.m. First Friday program at Sherburne Memorial Library, 2998 River Rd., Killington. Book discussion on “It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel” by Firoozeh Dumas for grades 4 and up.
SVM Festival of Trees
4 p.m. Slate Valley Museum’s 6th annual Festival of Trees opens during its First Friday event, 4-9 p.m. Decorated theme trees for viewing, plus fundraising silent auction. Santa and Mrs. Clause on hand, with free hats and mittens tree for kids, plus cocoa, cookies and a craft. 17 Water St., Granville, N.Y. Info, slatevalleymuseum.org; 518-642-1417,
Vermont Holiday Festival
4 p.m. Vermont Holiday Festival at Killington Grand Hotel, 4-8 p.m. featuring Festival of Trees with tree raffles, Santa’s Workshop (extra $10 per child), horse-drawn sleigh rides, silent auction, Jack Frost Marketplace, live entertainment, and more. Admission $10 for ages 12+, free age 11 and under. Tonight, free admission with donation of non-perishable food items. 228 East Mountain Rd., Killington.
Branch Out Teen Night
6 p.m. Branch out teen night and opening of Small Works exhibit at ArtisTree. Mini gift workshops, poetry/story slam 6-9:45 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit 5:30-7:30 p.m. 2095 Pomfret Rd., South Pomfret. artistreevt.org.
Miro Sprague Quartet
7:30 p.m. Miro Sprague Quartet, dynamic jazz ensemble performing original music and arrangements at Brandon Music. Tickets $20, $25 for pre-dinner. Reservations at 802-247-4295. 62 Country Club Rd., Brandon. brandonmusic.net.
SATURDAY
Level 2 Yoga
KPAA Sponsor Party & Mixer
6 p.m. Killington-Pico Area Association Vt. Holiday Festival sponsor party and mixer at Killington Grand Hotel, 6-8 p.m. Catered by Preston’s, live music by Chad Hollister Band. Info, killingtonpico.org.
Bridge Club
6:30 p.m. Marble Valley Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Godnick Center Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Sanctioned duplicate bridge games. Info, 802-228-6276. 1 Deer St., Rutland. Please join.
Open Mic
7 p.m. Open mic with Jim Yeager at ArtisTree Community Arts Center, Pomfret. Free. All levels, all abilities, relaxed environment. Info, artistreevt.org. 2095 S. Pomfret Rd., Pomfret.
DEC. 1
Bikram Yoga **
1:30 p.m. Operation Dolls and More reception and display of thousands of items to be gifted and distributed by area non-profits. Public invited to viewing at Trinity Church, West St., Rutland, 1:30-5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Level 2 Flow Yoga at Killington Yoga Karen Dalury, E-RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
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Bikram Yoga **
DEC. 2
7:30 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Saturdays: 7:30 a.m. 1 hr. Bikram hot; 9 a.m. 1.5 hr. Bikram hot. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, 802-747-6300.
Mixed Level Yoga
8:30 a.m. All Level Flow yoga at Killington Yoga with Judith Schneider. 3744 River Rd, Killington. Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Holiday Bazaar
9 a.m. West Pawlet Fire Dept Ladies’ Auxiliary annual holiday bazaar at the fire house, 2806 Vt Rt 153, West Pawlet. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Locals selling crafts, holiday gifts, seasonal arts and decorations. Santa arrives at 1 p.m. to delight children. Lunch available, plus raffles. Info, 802-362-2682.
Christmas Bazaar
9 a.m. Parish of St. Bridget in West Rutland hosts Christmas bazaar 9 a.m.-2 p.m. with homemade crafts, photography, maple products and jams, Avon, bake sale, White Elephant, and basket raffle. Info, 802-438-5771. 28 Church St, West Rutland.
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9 a.m. Furnace Brook Wesleyan Church hosts holiday craft workshop: Advent Wreath Making, 9-11 a.m. Free, fun-filled family holiday festivities. Children’s activities. 1895 Forest Dale Rd., Brandon. 9 a.m. Rutland County Farmers’ Market Christmas Fair 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at College of St. Joseph, Clements Rd., Rutland. Holiday gifts from 70+ crafters with sewn, floral, jams & jellies, crocheted and knitted, and more. Lunch available.
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9 a.m. Giant yard sale where everything is free - 9 a.m.-12 noon at Middletown Springs Community Church. Toys, household items, gifts, clothing for all ages, and more. Info, 802-235-2386. 40 Park Ave, Middletown Springs.
Brownsville Holiday Happenings
9 a.m. Brownville Community Church and West Windsor Town hall host Christmas Bazaar and Luncheon, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. followed by holiday tree lighting, caroling, fire pit and refreshments at the town hall at 4 p.m. Christmas concert at the church at 5:30 p.m. Brownsville-Hartland Rd., Brownsville. All free!
Open Gym
10 a.m. Saturday morning open gym at Head Over Heels, 152 North Main St., Rutland. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. All ages welcome. First time is free! Practice current skills, create gymnastic routines, learn new tricks, social opportunity to be with friends! $10/ hour for members; $14/ hour for non-members. Info, 802-773-1404.
Christmas Weekend at Billings
10 a.m. Christmas at the Farm weekends in December at Billings Farm & Museum. A family Christmas story, trivia, animal programs, holiday food programs and activities, plus horse-drawn wagon rides. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. billingsfarm. org. 802-457-2355. 69 Old River Rd., Woodstock.
Meet Pete the Cat
10 a.m. Meet Pete the Cat at the Sherburne Memorial Library, all ages welcome for storytime and activities. Bring a camera. 2998 River Rd., Killington.
F.H. Shopping Fair
10 a.m. Fair Haven Grade School shopping fair 10 a.m.-3 p.m. featuring products: 31 Bags, Jamberry Nails, Scentsy, plus jams, jellies, maple products, bath products, jewelry, and more. fhgs.org. 115 N Main St, Fair Haven.
Coolidge Holiday Open House
10 a.m. President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site hosts “Coolidge Holiday Open House” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Voted at Top 10 Winter Event for 2017-18 by the Vt Chamber of Commerce. Tours, horse-drawn wagon or sleigh rides, cheese and gifts, homemade chocolate demonstrations and tastings, furniture instructional on making a Coolidge rocker, holiday crafts, history, wreathmaking, caroling and much more. 3780 VT-100A, Plymouth.
Winter Story Hour
10 a.m. Story time with books and songs, craft, free play, and snack at Chittenden Public Library, 223 Chittenden Rd., Chittenden. Geared towards children under 5, but all welcome. Free, open to the public.
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1 p.m. Killington Section Green Mountain Club outing: Merck Forest, Rupert. Hike to newly renovated Clark’s Clearing Cabin, then decide where to go. Moderate, 4 miles. All welcome! Meet at 10 a.m. at Rutland’s Main Street Park, near firehouse, to carpool; or call for details at 802-773-2185.
Vermont Holiday Festival
1 p.m. Vermont Holiday Festival at Killington Grand Hotel, 1-7 p.m. featuring Festival of Trees with tree raffles, Santa’s Workshop (extra $10 per child), horse-drawn sleigh rides, silent auction, Jack Frost Marketplace, live entertainment, and more. Admission $10 for ages 12+, free age 11 and under. 228 East Mountain Rd., Killington. Non-perishable food item donations encouraged.
Woodstock Vermont Film Series
3 p.m. 8th annual Woodstock Vermont Film Series at Billings Farm & Museum features award-winning documentary “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Reservations strongly recommended at 802-457-2355, billingsfarm.org/filmfest. Tickets $9-$11. Vt. Route 12, Woodstock, 1/2 mile north of Village Green.
Teddy Arbo Holiday Party
4 p.m. Teddy Arbo’s 31st annual Holiday Toy Party at the Foundry, Summit Rd., Killington. Bring an unwrapped gift as a donation, and participate in the live auction and raffle. Music by Joey Leone.
Open Swim
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. Call for more times & info, 802-773-7187.
Festival of Trees
5:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre’s Festival of Trees with live/silent auctions of prizes of all kinds including vacations, gift certificates, furnishings and more. Doors and cash bar open 5:30 p.m. Live auction begins 6:45 p.m. Hundreds of items, with featured item, a 2017 Chevy Bolt EV, fully electric car. 30 Center St., Rutland. paramountvt.org.
Learn to Curl Clinic
5:45 p.m. Upper Valley Curling Club holds Learn to Curl clinic at Barwood Arena, Highland Ave., White River Junction. $25, open to those age 12+. Equipment provided, wear warm clothes and non-skid shoes. Registration required at uppervalleycurling.org.
Open Gym
6 p.m. Friday night open gym at Head Over Heels, 152 North Main St., Rutland. 6-7:30 p.m. Ages 6+. First time is free! Practice current skills, create gymnastic routines, learn new tricks, social opportunity to be with friends! $10/ hour for members; $14/ hour for non-members. Info, 802-773-1404.
Freelance Family Holiday Concert
7 p.m. Freelance Family Singers holiday concert at First Congregational Church, 36 Elm St., Woodstock. Seasonal sacred and secular pieces in choral, small group, and instrumental formats. Refreshments follow. Free with donation of non-perishable food items.
Festive Holiday Concert
7 p.m. Green Mountain College choirs, chamber ensemble, and the GMC Festival Brass Ensemble present annual spirited holiday concert in Ackley Hall. Lively music for the season and opportunities for the audience to join in singing favorite carols. Festive reception follows. Free and open to the public. One Brennan Circle, Poultney.
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7:30 p.m. Folk singer/songwriter Rupert Wates performs at Brandon Music. Tickets $20, $25 for pre-dinner. Reservations at 802-2474295. 62 Country Club Rd., Brandon. brandon-music. net.
SUNDAY DEC. 3
Mixed Level Yoga
8:30 a.m. All Level Flow yoga at Killington Yoga with Cristy Murphy. 3744 River Rd, Killington. Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Bikram Yoga **
9 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Sundays: 9 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. 1.5 hr. Bikram hot; 11 a.m. inferno hot pilates. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, 802-747-6300.
Christmas Weekend at Billings
10 a.m. Christmas at the Farm weekends in December at Billings Farm & Museum. A family Christmas story, trivia, animal programs, holiday food programs and activities, plus horse-drawn wagon rides. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. billingsfarm. org. 802-457-2355. 69 Old River Rd., Woodstock.
Sundays with Maurie
10 a.m. Sundays with Maurie: Join local watercolor artist, Maurie Harrington, for weekly painting sessions Sundays at Killington Art Garage. $37pp includes all instruction, materials, fees. Complimentary tea, coffee, and sweets will be served! Drop in, but seats are limited. artgaragevt.com to reserve a spot. 2841 Killington Rd., Killington.
Morning Yoga
10:30 a.m. Morning Yoga with Dawn Sunday mornings at Plymouth Community Center, 35 School Drive, Plymouth. $12 or 10 classes for $90. All levels welcome, bring your own mat. 10:30-11:30 a.m.
ARC Christmas Dance
12 p.m. ARC Christmas Dinner Dance & Annual Meeting at Elk’s Club, Pleasant St., Rutland. 12-4 p.m. RSVP time expired. Food, family, friends, music, dancing, gifts, awards, and Santa.
Holiday Craft Fair
12 p.m. RRMC Holiday Craft Fair, 12-5 p.m. CVPS/Leahy Center at RRMC, 160 Allen St., Rutland. Vendors and crafters from around the region. Basket raffle to benefit Cancer Center.
Santa!
1 p.m. Santa is coming to the Pittsford Fire Station! 1-3 p.m. Events include Christmas for Kids raffle, free drawing to win fresh Christmas tree, free drawing for girls or boys gift bag, plus cookies and milk. Free!
Holiday Auction
2:30 p.m. Friends of the Brandon Free Public Library annual holiday auction, 2:305:30 p.m. Preview at 2 p.m. Wreaths, ornaments, seasonal decor, works of art, wooden crafts, dinners for two, birdhouses, fairy house, gift certs, and more. Music, refreshments, door prizes. $1 suggested donation entry. Info, 802-247-8230. 4 Franklin St, Brandon.
Freelance Family Holiday Concert
3 p.m. Freelance Family Singers holiday concert at First Congregational Church, 36 Elm St., Woodstock. Seasonal sacred and secular pieces in choral, small group, and instrumental formats. Refreshments follow. Free with donation of non-perishable food items.
Handel’s “Messiah” **
3:30 p.m. Grace Congregational Church presents annual performances of Handel’s “Messiah” at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Free will offering received, reception follows 7 p.m. performance. Brought to life through music and dance. 8 Court St., Rutland.
Chittenden Restorative Yoga
4 p.m. All levels with Louise Harrison. Louise@LouiseHarrison.com. 8 Mountain Top Rd., Chittenden. 802-747-8444.
Christmas Movie Screenings
4 p.m. The Sparkle Barn shows Christmas movies in the loft Sundays at 4 p.m. This week, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” Free. 1509 US 7S., Wallingford.
Science Pub
4 p.m. Science Pub returns for season 6! Tonight,Stereotypes About Aging: Myths, Facts and Consequences with Lenore T. Szuchman, Professor of Psychology, Barry University. Lake Bomoseen Lodge & Taproom, 2551 VT-30, Bomoseen. Free discussion, food and drinks extra.
MONDAY
Johnny Cash Tribute Show
7:30 p.m. Johnny Cash Tribute Show Band performs the music and look of the “Man in Black” to Chandler Center for the Arts, 71-73 Main St., Randolph. Tickets and info at 802-728-6464 or chandler-arts.org.
Wednesday | December 27 | 2 & 7 PM
GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE!
12 p.m. Marble Valley Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Godnick Center Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. Sanctioned duplicate bridge games. Info, 802-228-6276. 1 Deer St., Rutland. Please join.
NORTHERN WORKSAT SEASON VT. HOLIDAYSKI FESTIVAL KILLINGTON OPENING PARTY AT WOBBLY BARN GRAND HOTEL
CHRISTMAS
dance students
Bikram Yoga **
DEC. 4
6 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Mondays: 6 a.m. 1 hour Bikram hot yoga; 4 p.m. power flow; 5:30 p.m. Bikram hot yoga. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, 802-747-6300.
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All Level Yoga
8:30 a.m. All Level Flow Yoga at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744
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. For info, 802-422-3368.
Better Breathers Club
Bone Builders
10 a.m. Bone builders meets Thursdays at Roadside Chapel, 1680 Townline Rd, Rutland Town. Info, 802-773-4854.
Preschool Story Time
10:30 a.m. Norman Williams Public Library holds 45-minute story time for kids ages 3-6 featuring three, thematically related books along with craft or activity reinforcing theme. 802-457-2295. 10 the Green, Woodstock.
11 a.m. Do you have a difficult time breathing? Free American Lung Association support group for people living with breathing issues and their loved ones. Better Breathers Club meets first Monday of every month 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at Godnick Center 1 Deer St, Rutland. 802-776-5508 for more information.
Tobacco Cessation Group
Open Swim
Okemo Job Fair
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. Call for more times & info, 802-773-7187.
11 a.m. Want to quit smoking but nothing works? Join the 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 for more info. 4 p.m. Okemo Mountain Resort job fair/hiring event, 4-7 p.m. in Coleman Brook Tavern. Check out current openings and complete application at okemo. com. 77 Okemo Ridge Rd., Ludlow.
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.
Seniors Holiday Party
12 p.m. Killington Active Seniors holiday party at Sherburne Library, in the Community Room, 12-3:30 p.m. Potluck lunch, bring a dish to share for 8 and a wrapped gift for the Yankee Swap, plus paper goods for the Killington Cupboard. For info, call Nan Salamon, 802-422-9244. 2998 River Rd., Killington.
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AT COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD SATURDAY, DEC. 2, 10 A.M.
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
4:30 p.m. Want to quit smoking but nothing works? Join the free tobacco cessation group. Free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges. Every Monday, 4:305:30 p.m. at RRMC Foley Cancer Center, conference room, 160 Allen St., Rutland. 802-747-3768 for more info.
Yin Yoga
Select Board Candidates Forum
6:30 p.m. Greater Killington Women’s Club hosts candidates forum at Sherburne Memorial Library, prior to vote Dec. 5. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Forum begins 7 p.m. Candidates: Steve Finneron and Jay Hickory. Q&A. 2998 River Rd., Killington.
Holiday Film Showing
7 p.m. Free film showing at Paramount Theatre, on the big screen, “A Christmas Story” (1983). 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.
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Hist oric Sites
TOPS Meeting
4:45 p.m. TOPS meets every Tuesday night at the Trinity church in Rutland Vermont at the corners of West street and Church Street. Side entrance. Weight in starts at 4:45 until 5:30 and meeting starts at 6 until 6:30. Everyone is welcome come and join a stress free environment and take off pounds sensibly. For more information call Ann Marie at 802-293-5279.
Tobacco Cessation Group
5 p.m. Want to quit smoking but nothing works? Join the free tobacco cessation group. Free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges. Every Tuesday, 5-6 p.m. at Castleton Community Center, 2108 Main St., Castleton. 802-747-3768 for more info.
Quit Smoking Group
TUESDAY Open Swim **
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5 p.m. Yin Yoga, all levels at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
5 p.m. Is your goal to be tobacco free in 2017? Free quit smoking group in Castleton, Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m. Work on the skills to stay tobacco free and receive free nicotine replacement products. Castleton Community Center, 2108 Main St., Castleton. Info, 802-747-3768.
DEC. 5
Recite! Poetry
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. Call for more times & info, 802-773-7187.
5:30 p.m. Professional poets, amateurs, and first-timers welcome to join, or those who want to come listen. Celebrate the spoken word. Recite! meets first Tuesday of each month at Norman Williams Public Library, 10 the Green, Woodstock. info@recitewoodstockvt.com.
Bikram Yoga **
Tree of Remembrance
9 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Tuesdays: 9 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. Bikram yoga; 6:15 p.m. inferno hot pilates. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, 802-747-6300.
Chittenden Gentle Flow Yoga
9:30 a.m. All levels with Louise Harrison. Louise@LouiseHarrison.com. 8 Mountain Top Rd., Chittenden. 802-747-8444.
Art Workshop
10 a.m. Annie’s Art Workshop, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Tuesdays at Sherburne Memorial Library, Killington. Open art workshop - collaborative artist group welcomes all levels, interests, mediums. Free. In memory of Ann Wallen. Info, 2991777.
Family Playgroup
10 a.m. Rutland Co. Parent Child Center holds playgroup, at Mount Holly Town Library, Belmont. Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. Informal gatherings for families who share a common thread of wanting a supportive experience for their child. For info, rcpcc.org.
Charges violation:
6 p.m. The Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Southwest Region (VNAHSR) will host its 29th annual Tree of Remembrance ceremony at the Franklin Conference Center, Howe Square, Rutland. Free and open to the public. Snow date: Wednesday, Dec. 6.
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!
Chess Club
7 p.m. Rutland Rec Dept. holds a chess club at Godnick Adult Center, providing a mind-enhancing skill not only to the youth but adults as well. The club will teach anyone who is willing to learn. All ages are welcome; open to the public. Tuesday evenings, 7 – 9 p.m. 1 Deer St., Rutland.
Questions adequate meeting warnings
continued from page 6 On Oct. 13, a special school board meeting was held to deal with a complaint of a violation of the open meeting law, which I filed at the suggestion of the Attorney General’s Office. The special school board meeting was called with only 24 hours notice to the public, which I did not see. I was not given a personal response to my letter, or a phone call or event a knock on my door to inform me that this special meeting was being held in order to respond to my complaint. This result of the Oct. 13 special school board meeting was a case of the fox watching the henhouse, even after their admission in the approved minutes of their June 12 meeting that, “it may not have been properly warned.” After the chair consulted with the Secretary of State’s office, maybe it is time for the voters to petition our elected
Justices of the Peace – Becky Klein, Mike Harvey, Java Hubbard, Kevin Dougherty and Annette West – to settle the dispute and present an opinion as was their historical function. See “Rochester, Vermont – Its History, 17801975,” page 8. In my opinion, an independent academy of world-class quality is an option to the supervisory union merger direction. Yes, it may cost us more to get started, but we win the long, with new growth and retention of a healthy local democracy. From all these “Schoolusion Schanigans,” I am convinced that all public meetings need to be webcamed, broadcasted on the internet and recorded in town records for an agreed-upon amount of time, as soon as possible. Mason Wade, Rochester
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Music scene by dj dave hoffenberg
WEDNESDAY
NOV. 29 KILLINGTON
[MUSIC Scene] BRANDON 7:30 p.m. Brandon Music Miro Sprague Quartet
Happy Hour w/ Tony Lee Thomas
7 p.m. O’Dwyer’s Public House
RUTLAND 7 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern Sunnyland Blues Outfit
Daniel Brown
9:30 p.m. The Venue
6 p.m. Liquid Art
7 p.m. O’Dwyer’s Public House
7:30 p.m. McGrath’s Irish Pub
STOCKBRIDGE
RUTLAND
7 p.m. Outback Pizza
8 p.m. Pickle Barrel Nightclub
Open Mic
9:30 p.m. The Venue Jenny Porter
KILLINGTON
6 p.m. Wobbly Barn
Daniel Brown Josh Jakab
7 p.m. The Foundry Joey Leone Duo
THURSDAY
7:30 p.m. McGrath’s Irish Pub Tom O’Carroll
Tom O’Carroll
8:30 p.m. Outback Pizza
6 p.m. Red Clover Inn
7:30 p.m. Hop ‘n’ Moose
9 p.m. Taps Tavern
PITTSFIELD
9 p.m. Center Street Alley
Jazz Trio
7 p.m. Clear River Tavern Open Mic Jam w/ Supply & Demand
POULTNEY 7 p.m. Taps Tavern Strangled Darlings
RUTLAND
5:30 p.m. Rutland Country Club United Way Jingle & Mingle
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern College Night w/ DJ Mega
SOUTH POMFRET 7 p.m. Artistree
Open Mic w/ Jim Yeager
DEC. 1 BOMOSEEN
6 p.m. Iron Lantern Plumb Bobs
Off The List
LUDLOW
9:30 p.m. The Killarney Open Mic
Open Mic Night hosted by Jon-Carl Smith
RUTLAND
DJ Dirty D
RUTLAND
9:30 p.m. The Venue
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern
5:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre
Krishna Guthrie
WOODSTOCK
STOCKBRIDGE
7 p.m. The Draught Room
Nightshift w/ Avoiding August
7 p.m. Wild Fern
Jake Wildwood & Forrest Newton
SATURDAY DEC. 2
BOMOSEEN
6 p.m. Iron Lantern Carlo Romeo
FRIDAY
DEC. 4
Fiddlewitch
POULTNEY
Ryan Fuller
MONDAY
Joey Leone Trio
RUTLAND
NOV. 30
Cigar Box Brunch w/ Rick Redington
7 p.m. The Foundry
9 p.m. Moguls Sports Pub
MENDON
11 a.m. Wild Fern
Mullett
9 p.m. Moguls Sports Pub DJ Dave’s All Request Dance Party
Open Mic w/ Chris Pallutto
BRANDON 7:30 p.m. Brandon Music Rupert Wates
KILLINGTON 4 p.m. The Foundry
Ted Arbo’s 31st Annual Holiday Toy Party
5 p.m. Outback Pizza
Festival of Trees Duane Carleton
8 p.m. Bentley’s Restaurant Open Mic w/ Brian Warren
7:30 p.m. Hop ‘n’ Moose Josh Jakab
TUESDAY
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern
DEC. 5
Karaoke 101 w/ Tenacious T
SUNDAY
DEC. 3 KILLINGTON
5 p.m. Outback Pizza Ryan Fuller
5 p.m. The Foundry
Jazz Night w/ Summit Pond Quartet
9 p.m. JAX Food & Games
POULTNEY
8 p.m. Taps Tavern Bluegrass Jam
RUTLAND 7 p.m. The Venue
Working Mans Karaoke w/ Bob Hudson
8 p.m. Center Street Alley Trivia
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern Open Mic w/ Krishna Guthrie
Local’s Night w/ Duane Carleton
Apres Ski Dance Party w/ DJ Dave
“Fake news“ tools:
Professor weighs efficacy of social media tools
continued from page 5 labels. Another recent study, by Gordon Pennycook and David Rand of Yale, had more respondents who rated more articles than Nyhan’s, which allowed them to find a “very small” but still statistically significant implied truth effect, Nyhan said. Nyhan is not the only faculty member at Dartmouth who has drawn attention for efforts to sniff out fake material on the internet. Hany Farid, a computer scientist and expert detector of manipulated images, helped to refine a program that detects, verifies and flags child pornography online. He also recently developed a digital tool that finds and reports violent extremist posts on social media outlets such as Twitter, an unwilling haven for Islamic State members, among other militant groups. Nyhan said he and Farid had talked about combining their efforts, perhaps to research fake digital images circulating online in politics, though that idea hasn’t yet come to fruition. The next logical step — writing a computer program that can read news stories and determine whether they’re fake — may be a long way off, if not completely unattainable, according to Nyhan, who called the idea “virtually inconceivable.” “I don’t think we can program a computer to tell us what (the truth) is,” he said. Farid expanded on that thought last week, writing in an email Wednesday that the “the accurate and automatic detection of fake news faces significant challenges.” Those challenges include the volume and speed at which information is posted online, the difficulty of determining what is objectively false versus partly false or merely misleading, and the possibility that automatic
algorithms could be gamed by ill-meaning adversaries, Farid said. “I imagine that any effective solution will require a combination human and computer-based interventions in which possibly imperfect computer algorithms flag stories for human review before they are removed or flagged as untrustworthy,” Farid said. “This will in turn require a significant rethinking of editorial policies at platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter.” Nyhan also warned against social media giants’ going beyond flagging outright false and fraudulent information — such as giving readers tips about which more conventional news sources are more reliable or provide better information. “That’s a really tricky issue,” he said. “I think we should be wary about delegating that kind of informational authority to a private company.” Facebook, he added, is being asked “to do the impossible — to sort through thousands or millions of pieces of information and warn people what’s true or false in a way that no one knows how to do.” Given the difficulty there, it pays to be “very circumspect” about the scope of Facebook’s fact-checking mission, he said. Nyhan expressed mixed feelings about the effect of public pressure on Facebook’s efforts to police its information streams. The company was showing some signs of improvement, he said, but still lacked transparency about internal workings that have a direct effect on the public. Facebook has reported, for instance, that its anti-fraud efforts are reducing the number of times fake stories are loaded onto screens — a figure called page impressions that can roughly estimate how often people read fake stories.
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2017 fis ski World cup, in photos
By Evan Johnson
By Evan Johnson Courtesy of Killington Resort
By Evan Johnson By Paul Holmes
By Evan Johnson
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xfinity killington cup, Nov. 24-26 By Paul Holmes
Courtesy of Killington Resort
By Paul Holmes
By Jerry LeBlond
By Jerry LeBlond
By Paul Holmes
WORLD CUP
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By Evan Johnson
Pete Davis and KMS athletes lead the parade in a practice of a war chant to be performed in the stadium, saturday morning.
Parade kicks off Saturday morning By Evan Johnson
While many of the spectators for the day’s Giant Slalom races were busy finding parking, or enjoying their second cup of coffee, a group of approximately 900 racers from the Vermont Alpine Racing Association gathered in a staging area behind the vendor village in preparation for a parade that celebrated Vermont’s alpine racing culture. The teams and clubs came from every corner of Vermont, from Stratton and Mount Snow, to Pico, Killington, Mount Mansfield and Burke Mountain. Racers and parents gathered in monogramed jackets and specially designed
VARA green hats to be worn for the occasion. Teams carried the flags of the 21 countries participating in the weekend. Volunteer parade marshal Pete Davis led the group in a war chant to be performed in the stadium. “Everyone be very careful!” he shouted through a megaphone to the crowd. “It’s amazing to have these racers here,” said 11-year-old Kyle Gordon, a KMS racer from Saratoga Springs. “You usually have to fly to Europe to see the World Cup, but now they’re skiing down the trail that I ski the most.”
Courtesy of Killington Resort
VIKTORIA REBENSBURG
Germany’s Rebensburg stays strong for Giant Slalom win By Evan Johnson
By Evan Johnson
Gabriella Kolev beams over the awards bouquet given to her by Mikaela Shiffrin.
Shiffrin honors youth racer By Evan Johnson
For the youngest ski racers, watching the World Cup was an opportunity to see their heroes perform. Speaking at a press conference after winning Sunday’s slalom race, Mikaela Shiffrin said she saw a bit of herself in these young faces that lined up for autographs and lined the sidelines, rattling cow bells, waving signs and cheering especially the shy ones. “I try to look for those kids because I feel like they’re always the ones who are not going to ask for something but may be the ones who deserve it the most,” she said. It was this recognition that drove the reigning world champion to summon 9-year-old Gabriella Kolev from Stamford, Conn. from the back of the room to hand her the bouquet of flowers that had been presented at the awards ceremony just 20 minutes earlier. “On days like today
when I’m feeling on top of the world, it’s people like you who bring me down to earth, so thank you,” Shiffrin said to Kolev. The presentation was not without significance. Last year, Kolev, a U-10 racer at Hunter Mountain, was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, a condition which affects more than 300,000 children in the U.S. The news came following Gabriella’s diagnoses with both Celiac disease, an immune reaction to eating gluten; and Hashimotos disease, a reaction where the body’s immune system attacks the thyroid gland. “It’s hard when you’re a super sport and have adultsized pain as a kid and don’t know what’s going on,” said her mother, Michelle Kolev. A racer since the age of 3, Gabriella’s favorite racer is the 22-year-old Shiffrin and she watched her interviews and races on TV. This year, Gabriella was named an
honoree of the National Arthritis Foundation and extended an invitation to her idol to run in the Foundation’s annual Jingle Bell Run in December. Mikaela’s agent and management responded immediately to Kolev’s letter and arranged a meeting at the World Cup race over the weekend. In addition to the flowers, Shiffrin also signed her helmet and gave her the bib she wore during Sunday’s slalom race, which she won with a dominating finish. Arthritis can cause severe pain in the joints and difficulty moving. Celiac and Hashimoto’s can cause upset stomach and low energy levels. But Kolev said she refused to hang up her skis. “I thought that I was not going to do as well as I could because of the disease I had,” she said. “But the disease sort of helped me get stronger because I believed in myself.”
Saturday saw temperatures reachfinisher, Manuela Moelgg of Italy was ing a high in the mid-40s by 2 p.m., a second slower as well. meaning soft, bright conditions on From the top of the course, Rebensthe upper portions of Superstar before burg said she couldn’t hear the crowd dropping into the bottom third on below her, but she could hear the wind Preston’s Pitch, which lay in flat light. and the rain on the tent. Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg was “We are used to racing in rain, snow third out of the starting gate and raced and fog, it’s important to be prepared,” to claim first place in her first run of she said. “I was surprised because it the day, timing in at 58.39. The United was so dark.” States’ Mikaela Shiffrin sought to Rebensburg, who won at the World challenge her, placing just .26 seconds Cup’s last stop in Soelden, Austira behind her. Italy’s Manuela Moelgg said she made a mistake early in hear finished her first run of the day in third second run, which she knew cost her at 58.96 while Stephanie Brunner of speed. Austria held onto a fourth place posi“At that point I knew I needed to tion. push harder,” she said. Tessa Worley, As soon as she’d who won the Gicrossed the finish line, “AT THAT POINT I ant Slalom last she said the news that KNEW I NEEDED year, settled into a she’d beaten Mikaela fifth place posiShiffrin by .67 seconds TO PUSH HARDER,” tion with a time was a surprise. REBENSBURG of 59.04, followed “I was thrilled to see closely by Italy’s the green light,” she SAID. Federica Brigsaid. none. While this is KillingUSA’s Megan McJames was the secton’s second time hosting the World ond fastest American in the first run, Cup, Rebensburg said the stop has placing 29th. Nina O’Brien showed a already established a reputation. strong start in the first exchange, but “It’s highly ranked among [racers] dropped to nearly 4 seconds behind for the crowd and the conditions,” the leader to finish in 34, qualifying she said at a press conference followher for the second run. Patricia Maning the race. “Even when we came up gan did not finish her first run after for practice, we were amazed at how one of the largest wipe-outs of the day. many people there were so early in the Mangan was able to ski off the course. day. The conditions were perfect. They Resi Stiegler finished 52, and for her did everything they could to make a first ever World Cup start, A.J. Hurt good race.” finished 45. After taking fifth in Soelden, World Finals champion Mikaela Shiffrin said her Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg performance at Killington was a “step maintained her spot ahead of the in the right direction.” pack, Saturday afternoon, fending “I felt a lot more confident in my off close effort from American chamskiing today so I’m excited to keep that pion Mikeala Shiffrin to win the Giant momentum going.” Slalom race. Part of that momentum is buildSaturday afternoon saw a change ing for the coming Olympic Games in in weather as heavy clouds brought Pyeongchang, South Korea. Shiffrin flat light for the length of the course. said she’s trying to have a consistent Racers’ times were on average slower performance every weekend as she than their first run in full or nearly full prepares. sunshine. Rebensburg finished .85 “It’s less of trying to get one massive seconds slower on her second run. Mi- peak for the Olympics and trying to kaela Shiffrin was a full second slower peak at every race. The Olympics are on her second run while third-place part of that.”
WORLD CUP
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Bib drawing amps up crowd By Evan Johnson
As an annual tradition in ski racing, the top 15 racers in the Audi FIS Ski World Cup picked their bibs before a screaming local crowd numbering into the hundreds. For several moments, the scene was more similar to a raucous music concert than an elite-level ski racing event. Racers dipped their hand into a bucket, held aloft by emcee Warner Nickerson, and produced one of 13 miniature bottles of Vermont-made maple syrup, each labeled with a bib number. Reigning champion Mikaela Shiffrin made her debut to an explosion of cheering. The overhead lights on the stage flashed as the winner of 25 Slalom races threw hats to the crowd. Afterward, fireworks capped the night’s opening ceremonies.
Courtesy of Killington Resort
Resi Stiegler answers questions from reporters during a media event Friday evening.
Killington budget:
Photos by Evan Johnson
Shiffrin (top) and Rebensburg stand with KMS athletes during the bib presentation.
Shiffrin Slalom win:
Reigning champ stays focused
continued from page 1 racing. The only racer to come close to challenging Shiffrin was the Swiss skier Wendy Holdener, who edged Shiffrin by just .02 seconds in the second interchange. Austria’s Bernadette Schild placed third for the finals, followed by Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter. Third overall racer, Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova, positioned herself in fifth. Finals Shiffrin was able to hold on to her lead Saturday afternoon with a dominating finish 1.64 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Petra Vlhova of Slovakia. Austrian Bernadette Schild took third while Wendy Holdener, who chased Shiffrin by .86 seconds in the first heat, took a surprising fall early in the finals, catching an edge after passing through only the first two gates. The win was Shiffrin’s 26 consecu-
Shiffrin’s mental edge:
tive Slalom win. Speaking to reporters afterwards, Shiffrin said she doesn’t feel the pressure from other racers looking to dethrone the champion. “I still feel like I’m chasing, which is a place I like to be,” she said, as she approaches the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. “When I’m skiing really well it feels like I’m flying and that’s how it felt on both runs today.” The women’s World Cup now travels to Lake Louise in Canada for downhill training before heading to Lienz, Austria. Racers from around the world said weekend that they were impressed by the enthusiasm of the local skiing fans and the regional buzz created. It was a sentiment that Shiffrin echoed as well. “I think you guys outdid yourself this year,” she said.
continued from page 1 tem answered 933 calls. Montgomery said traffic enforcement has been increasing as the department wrote 394 tickets this year and issued 159 warnings. The increase in tickets has given a boost to department revenues. “It’s not something we try to do,” Montgomery said, “But it does offset some of our additional expenses of having officers on the road.” Montgomery said the department has pursued grants for DUI enforcement and equipment. For continuing education this year, officer James Riehl completed a course in death investigation while chief Montgomery completed a three-week course in leadership organized by the International Association of the Chiefs of Police.
Slight increases on tap
In revenue sources, the department has started to charge insurance companies and attorneys who request written reports or videos. Montgomery said the department is also exploring charging a fee to provide special traffic detail for private events that use public roadways. Sherburne Memorial Library Librarians Jane Ramos presented a proposed budget of $214,121 that reflected a 3.01 increase over last year. Ramos said the largest item in was a $800 increase in the library’s telephone and telecom budget to increase the internet speed. Due to increased fees in the inter-library loan program, the library’s budget for print materials has gone up $1,000, as has the
budget for audiobooks and DVDs. Ramos also added that more library patrons are downloading audiobooks and the number of downloads has increased from seven to 1,500 downloads a year. Planning and zoning The budget for the Killington planning and zoning department remains relatively unchanged. In addition to the cost of living adjustment, the revenues line item has been raised by $1,000 in anticipation of fees from the development at Bear Mountain. Listers The proposed listing budget of $25,769 for fiscal year 2019 represents a 2.2 percent drop from 2018. The budget shows a drop in the salaries and wages line item from $22,000 to $21,419.
Patience and training helped lead to mental stamina
continued from page 1 her skis and then carves every turn, picking up speed.” Barbara Ann Cochran, Marilyn’s sister and the 1972 Olympic slalom gold medalist who was gatekeeping farther down the course, added, “She’s completely still with her upper body, her shoulders always square and quiet.” The Cochran sisters, along with brother Bobby Cochran and a half dozen other former World Cup racers were gatekeepers. Running last, with all the teams and fans gathered at the base, it was as if Shiffrin was demonstrating what skiing should be. “She’s the best slalom racer – of women – I’ve ever seen,” said Pam Fletcher, who raced World Cup in the 1980s and has been a race commentator. What made her so good? “She spent hours and hours watching videos of Ted Ligety and focusing on
how he carved. She’s put the time in in the gym, and she has a solid team around her that really works as a team. Her mom, Eileen really is her coach and helps her stay focused, she has a good agent, she has a great tech team. People often don’t realize how much of the behind the scenes go into making a great racer,” said Fletcher. “Mikaela has it all.” Mike Day, the former Green Mountain Valley School coach from Waitsfield, has been coaching Shiffrin since last year. Day, who had been recovering from surgery, made it to Killington in time for the races. “Our team is so tight that when one person had to leave or fly home for a while we have a reentry process,” Shiffrin joked, adding “It’s great to have him back and to have the whole team together and the whole team healthy.”
Part of Shiffrin’s training this season involved skiing gates with one of her closest competitors, Petra Vhlova. The two trained together in Levi, Finland, prior to the first World Cup Slalom event, one where Vhlova won and Shiffrin finished second. “It’s going to be a really cool rivalry,” Shiffrin said. “After the training she came up to me and put a hand on my shoulder and said ‘Thank you so much for the training with me.’ I was fuming because I hate training with any one so close to me. And that totally changed things – it was like, that’s how I should be. It was like competing against Roger Federer: you really want to hate him but you can’t. This girl is working hard and skiing with discipline. And it shows.” Shiffrin added, “Since then I found this really balanced stance and put that out there.”
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• SUDOKU
• MOVIE TIMES
• CROSSWORD
• MOVIE DIARY
just for fun the MOVIE diary
SUDOKU
By Dom Cioffi
Each block is divided by its own matrix of nine cells. The rule for solving Sudoku puzzles are very simple. Each row, column and block, must contain one of the numbers from “1” to “9”. No number may appear more than once in any row, column, or block. When you’ve filled the entire grid the puzzle is solved.
This week’s solution is on page 33
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
CLUES ACROSS 1. Emaciation 6. Exchequer 10. Sacs where fungi develop 14. First letter of the Hebrew alphabet 15. Unexplored waters 17. Berkeley athletes 19. Norse giantess 20. Crater on the moon 21. Resembles velvet 22. Pearl Jam’s debut album 23. Hair-like structure 24. Turfs 26. Put in advance 29. First son of Lot 31. Native American language 32. Furry family member 34. Vedic God of fire 35. Genie 37. German city 38. Acquire 39. Cambodia currency 40. A person from a Balkan republic 41. More simple 43. Bleats 45. “The other white meat” 46. __ student: learns healing 47. 04492, town in Maine 49. Paddle 50. Airline once owned by Howard Hughes 53. Big 10 athlete 57. Inflammation of the intestine 58. Key’s comedic partner 59. Chamomile and black are two 60. Distress signal 61. Assn. for translators
CLUES DOWN 1. Measures engine speed 2. Wings 3. Founded a phone company 4. Upon 5. Superhigh frequency 6. Colorless liquid 7. Hostelries 8. __ fi (slang) 9. One who accompanies 10. Where rockers play 11. “__ the Man” Musial 12. Waxy cover on some birds’ beaks 13. Software that monitors for malicious activity (abbr.) 16. Becomes less intense 18. Lyric poems 22. Touchdown 23. From end to end 24. __ Claus 25. Jedi Master Kenobi 27. Fencing swords 28. Famed child psychiatrist 29. Gossip 30. S-shaped lining 31. ‘__ death do us part 33. Bar bill 35. Placed over a vowel to indicate sound 36. Steve Martin was one 37. Low paid educator (abbr.) 39. One who rampages 42. Backbones 43. “Friday Night Lights” director 44. Anno Domini 46. One-time Yankees sensation Kevin 47. Fermented grape juice 48. Peruvian province 49. Former Braves outfielder Nixon 50. Entertainment award 51. Feeling good 52. Greek god of war 53. Famed NYC museum 54. Of the ears 55. Select 56. Friend to the carrot Solutions on page, 33
Giving thanks
I spent this past holiday week visiting family out of state. It was a traditional setting, complete with a classic Thanksgiving dinner, all the desserts you can imagine, football on the television, and a nice nap in front of the wood stove. We also squeezed in a couple nights out with family and friends and a bit of frenzied shopping to round out the visit. All in all, it was a wonderful trip and a soothing respite from everyday life. The only downside was the drive to and from, which clocked in somewhere around 15 hours. On the way there, we broke it into two days, traveling six hours on the first leg and nine on the second. On the way home, however, I clicked off 15 straight hours, which for me, is about all I can physically handle in one stretch. I grind out this 15-hour drive for two reasons. First of all, I never want to drive home on the Sunday after Thanksgiving because the traffic is horrific. And secondly, I love having one full day at home before heading back into work Monday. So, while it’s a major pain to pull off, I’m always thankful that I pushed through the long drive when I have that Sunday at home to relax. I do my best to make sure my wife and son are comfortable during the drive. We always load up on drinks and snacks prior to leaving. And I always encourage them to download plenty of movies and games to pass the time. And before we leave, I always throw in a couple pillows and blankets because napping is inevitable. I do all of the driving except for a two-hour period in the middle where I let my wife take over so I can get in a power nap. Without this mental break, those final hours would be unbearable. The only times we stop are the two times we fill up with gas and the one time we pull over to eat dinner. We traditionally eat at Crackle Barrel because it’s one of the few places off the interstate where you can get a quick, solid meal that isn’t ridiculously unhealthy. When it comes time to stop for gas, I usually prefer one of those giant truck stops that offer dozens of pumps and a wide variety of travel items. We had an interesting experience during this past trip when gassing up at one of those truck stops. After I filled up our vehicle, I headed in to use the bathroom. While entering the convenience section, I noticed a small, agitated group of people in front of me. What stuck out was that one of the people – a teenage boy – was being led around with a body harness, not unlike something you would strap onto an unruly pet. I quickly assessed that this young man was in some way disabled; a virtual toddler trapped inside a teenage body. A moment later, his loud, uncontrolled bellowing confirmed my suspicions.
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Since they were blocking the door to get in, I had no choice but to wait, which I did patently while also taking careful note of the situation. I watched with utter compassion as the father (I’m guessing) and brother (also guessing) tried to calmly persuade the young man to enter the store, which he didn’t want to do. He screamed and flailed about incoherently, but the father and brother gently forced him in. With ever step the young man took, he thrashed at anything within sight. His two companions took every scream and every fit in stride, with one reining him in while the other maintained damage control in the surrounding areas. I could tell that this family had been dealing with this for years and knew exactly how to handle the situation. But even with their familiarity, the two looked weary and exhausted. I wondered about the mom. Was she in the car crying? Had she given up? Did she crack under the constant pressure? I followed them into the bathroom and listened while the dad worked passionately to help the young man use the facilities without making a mess. I wanted to say something, smile, or in some way acknowledge that, in the smallest possible way, I understood the magnitude of their family’s sacrifice. I didn’t get the chance; they were too focused on the boy to pay attention to anything else. I spent the next few hours of driving thinking about that family and how difficult their life must be. At one point I looked at my son in the rearview mirror while he slept. A wave of thankfulness passed over me as I realized how small any problems he gave me really were. The main character in this week’s feature, “Wonder,” is fighting his own problem, namely a physical deformity that makes him stand out among his initially judgmental peers. This is one of those films that will tug at your heartstrings and have you contemplating how you might handle the same situation if you were dealt such an unconventional hand. Check this one out if you feel like shedding a tear or two while also being uplifted by a youthful story about the triumph of the human spirit. An inspiring “B-” for “Wonder.” Got a question or comment for Dom? You can email him at moviediary@att.net.
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Festival of Trees is here; bid well and often
Killington Grand lights up for Vermont Holiday Festival Friday & Saturday, Dec. 1-2—KILLINGTON—The KillingtonPico Area Association will be hosting its 13th annual Vermont Holiday Festival Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1-2 at the Killington Grand Hotel. Guests can enjoy the Festival of Trees, the Jack Frost Marketplace, Santa’s Workshop, sleigh rides, and live music, plus hot cocoa and snacks. The centerpiece of the Vermont Holiday Festival is the Festival of Trees, featuring a unique collection of almost 100 one-of-a kind Christmas trees decorated by local businesses and raffled off at the conclusion of the festival. Festival attendees may purchase raffle tickets throughout the weekend for a chance to win their favorite tree. Winners are drawn at the end of the festival, Saturday evening. Children are invited to attend Santa’s Workshop, which will be hosted at multiple times each day.
Each workshop is onehour long and includes a handcrafted toy, a Christmas story reading and a visit from Santa and his elves. Admission to Santa’s Workshop is an additional cost of $10 per child. A magical part of the event is the horse-drawn wagon rides around the grounds. See the resort lit up with snow guns creating a glistening storm aboard a hay bale-lined wagon. Sleigh rides leave every 15 minutes during most of the festival. Admission to the Vermont Holiday Festival is $10 for adults, $5 for students, and free for children ages 11 and under. Festival hours are Friday, 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, 1-7 p.m. Several local elementary schools will perform Friday night, singing holiday songs. For more information, a detailed schedule of events, or to buy advanced tickets, visit killingtonpico.org or call 802-773-4181.
Saturday, Dec. 2, 5:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Paramount Theatre is putting final touches on its 15th annual Festival of Trees Auction Benefit set to go off Saturday, Dec. 2. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for patrons to participate in the extensive silent auction, preview the live items and enjoy food and drink by Roots the Restaurant/A Dozen Eggs. The live auction starts at 7 p.m. As in prior years the auction will be conducted by veteran area auctioneer Bob Prozzo. Bruce Bouchard, Executive Director, commented, “This year we have a very special ‘showcase item’ which allows us to realize a Festival of Trees Bucket List, namely, a car on stage. The car to be auctioned is a $40,000 Alderman’s Chevy Bolt
EV, the car maker’s version of the fully-electric ‘Eco Car.’ This $40,000, 238-mile-per-charge automobile was donated to the Paramount in a partnership between Mark Alderman of Alderman’s Chevrolet and Philip and Marlene Allen of Same Sun of Vermont. The 2017 Bolt EV is a five-seat sedan with a comforts and convenience package including satellite XM radio and OnStar. The car will include title, bumper-tobumper 48,000 miles, powertrain and battery for 100,000 miles and two free maintenance visits. In addition, not only will the winner receive this $40,000 package but with no gas, oil or maintenance, a person who travels 15,000 miles per year will save another approximately $1,500 per year over what the costs
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Silas Harrington expresses his Christmas wishes to Santa at Santa’s Workshop during the2016 Festival of Trees.
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Brownsville kicks off holidays with bazaar
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Hundreds of dolls and toys have been amassed throughout the year for area children.
Operation Dolls and More gathers all year for kids in need Thursday, Nov. 30, 1:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—RSVP Operation Dolls and More project will hold its annual event on Thursday, Nov. 30 at Trinity Church, 1:30-5 p.m. This project provides families and children holiday support. The program is vol-
unteer driven and serves over 55 non-profit organizations. Items provided — such as dolls, toys, bikes, warm items, crafts, games, and wooden creations — will find appropriate homes for children all around Rutland County. The heart of the
program is the volunteer work throughout the year. Come and visit the display that will dazzle and inspire. The public is invited to attend the preview on Thursday, Nov. 30 at the Trinity Church on West Street in Rutland.
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Saturday, Dec. 2, 9 a.m.—BROWNSVILLE—Kick off the holiday season in Brownsville at the happenings taking place on Dec. 2. From 9 a.m.-2 p.m., join the Brownsville Christmas Bazaar and luncheon at the town hall. The ladies of the United Methodist Women’s group have pulled together a fine gathering of artisans and crafters who will be selling their wares at the Christmas Bazaar. Shoppers will enjoy Christmas music by West Windsor fiddler, Adam Boyce. Lunch will be available starting at 11 a.m., when the ladies will be offering an array of delicacies including homemade soups and sandwiches as well as freshly baked deserts. Come back at 4 p.m. for the holiday tree lighting, caroling, a fire pit and refreshments. At 5:30 p.m., the community will be treated to a concert of Christmas music at the Brownsville Community Church. Rev. Christian Huebner has arranged this concert which will feature a trio of young talented musicians on cello, piano and violin. In addition, there will be a collection of instrumental offerings including Seven Bowen on the piano, Emilee Jones on flute, Diane Fleck on French horn, Sten Bowen on the piano and Christian Huebner on the organ. This concert is the last of a series of free concerts the Brownsville Community Church has offered to the public this year. The Brownsville Community Church is located on the Brownsville-Hartland Road, next to the Brownsville Town Hall. For information, call 802-484-5944. All events are free.
Slate Valley Museum opens Festival of Trees during First Friday Friday, Dec. 1, 4 p.m.—GRANVILLE, N.Y.—The sixth annual Festival of Trees at the Slate Valley Museum opens on Dec. 1 as part of the First Friday celebrations. From 4-9 p.m., visitors will be able to enjoy the museum as one of the components of the Village of Granville winter celebration in Veterans Park. The museum will be filled with exquisitely decorated theme trees. Some trees are displayed at the museum and then returned to their owners after having made a “display-only” donation to the museum. Others trees are donated to the museum and become part of a fundraising silent auction. Bidding on the trees takes place during the First Friday event
and continues until Dec. 9 at 3:30 p.m., when the bids will be collected and the winners announced. Opening night of the Festival of Trees celebration will also feature a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus in the early evening, a free hats and mittens tree for the children, delicious hot cocoa with cookies, and a fun kid’s craft. After the Friday celebration, the museum is open for our visitors during our regular hours: Tuesday through Friday, 1-5 p.m. and both Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, contact the museum at 518-642-1417 or director@ slatevalleymuseum.org.
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MIRO SPRAGUE
The Miro Sprague Quartet to perform dynamic jazz in Brandon
Freelance Family Singers present pair of holiday concerts Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 2-3— WOODSTOCK—Woodstock’s community chorus, Freelance Family Singers, will present a holiday concert at the First Congregational Church of Woodstock on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. Directed by Ellen Satterthwaite, the chorus will offer seasonal sacred and secular pieces in choral, small group, solo and instrumental formats. Choral pieces will include “Gloria in Excelsis,” “While By My Sheep,” “Silver Bells,” “On the Roof,” and a Hanukkah piece. Refreshments will follow the family friendly concerts. The concerts are free with a donation of non-perishable food items for the Community Food Shelf suggested. The church is located at 36 Elm St., Woodstock.
based in New York City, Sprague has toured nationally and internationally, working with many jazz masters including Matt Wilson, Greg Tardy, Jerry Bergonzi, Reggie Workman, among others. Sprague is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA where he was mentored by jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. He leads his own trio, quartet and quintet and is a skilled vocal accompanist, performing frequently with Karrin Allyson, Samirah Evans, and Evelyn Harris. This event is a part of Vermont Arts 2017, celebrating arts in Vermont. Concert tickets are $20.
Santa is coming to West Pawlet Saturday, Dec. 2, 9 a.m.—WEST PAWLET— On Saturday, Dec. 2, the West Pawlet Fire Department Ladies’ Auxiliary will hold its annual Holiday Bazaar at the West Pawlet Fire House, 2806 VT Rte. 153 (Main Street). Enjoy a leisurely shopping spree from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Coffee and donuts are available all day, while lunch will be served from 10 a.m.-closing. Enjoy a cup of the famous Auxiliary Corn Chowder along with a hot dog, hamburger, cheeseburger or salad at family friendly prices. Santa will arrive at 1 p.m. to delight children of all ages. Arrive early for Ellie Park’s famous rolls and desserts. Vendors will offer unique crafts, gifts and greens. Holiday raffles include a 50/50 drawing, a complete ham dinner and a table filled with gifts. Raffle drawings begin at 2:30 p.m. There are still a few vendor spaces available for crafts and holiday themed articles. Call 802-645-0174 to reserve a space; or for general information, call 802-645-0244.
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Friday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON—Brandon Music presents the Miro Sprague Quartet on Friday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. The quartet is a dynamic jazz ensemble performing original music and arrangements with an emphasis on melodic clarity, deep grooves, and creative improvisation. Each musician contributes music to the band’s repertoire, bringing a wealth of musical experience, soulful creativity and instrumental virtuosity. Sprague, at the piano, is joined by Michael Zsoldos on saxophone, Eric Miller on trombone, and Marty Jaffe on bass. The pianist and composer Andy Jaffe describes Sprague as “One of the hippest and most mature of the newest
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President Coolidge Site Holiday Open House set for Dec. 2 Saturday, Dec. 2, 10 a.m.—PLYMOUTH NOTCH—Visitors can step back in time and celebrate the traditions of the season when the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site hosts the “Coolidge Holiday Open House” on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The open house has been selected as a 2017-2018 “Top 10 Winter Event” by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Select museum buildings, including the homestead where President Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as president of
the United States, will be open. The Coolidge Birthplace will be decorated as it would have been in 1872, the year the future president was born. The event is free and features activities for the entire family. An open house highlight will be Steve Morse of Montpelier, who will perform holiday organ and piano music throughout the day and lead caroling in the village church at 1:30 p.m. Attendees are invited to make a “Great Winter Hat” and prizes will be awarded at 3 p.m. Other activities include tours of the Coolidge Homestead at 1 p.m. and 2
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p.m.; horse-drawn sleigh (or wagon) rides; traditional gifts, treats, and samples of award-winning cheeses at the Plymouth Cheese Factory; homemade chocolate demonstrations and tastings with The Chocolatorium; Clear Lake Furniture with instructions on how to make a Coolidge Rocker; creation of holiday cards and tags, tiny books, and a paper lantern made from an early Plymouth photo; handson history activities for all ages in the museum and Education Center’s classroom; wreath-making; traditional craft demonstrations; a special holiday postal cancellation at the historic Plymouth post office–the newest design in the John Lutz series from 12-4
p.m.; and more. Lunch will be served at the Wilder House Restaurant by Tyson Ladies Aid. The Coolidge Holiday Open House is also the last chance to see the 2017 temporary exhibit, “Homespun Treasures: The Textiles of Plymouth Notch,” which features stunning quilts, Mrs.Coolidge’s wedding dress, and a collection of nationally awardwinning folk art dolls. Because of the fragile nature of the textiles, it will be many years before these items are back on display. For further information, call 802-672-3773, or visit historicsites.vermont.gov. The site is located at 3780 VT-100A, Plymouth.
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Saturday, Dec. 2, 10 a.m.—WHITEHALL, N.Y.— Whitehall, N.Y., is about to increase its population by one — one 11foot, 8 inch tall Big Foot, that is. The gargantuan steel sculpture will find its permanent home at the entrance to Vermont Marble, Granite, Slate & Soapstone Co. at 10014 US State Rte. 4, Whitehall. The unveiling is Saturday, Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. The Sasquatch sculpture was handcrafted by artist Steven Mestyan Sr., of Hampton, N.Y., and owner of Skelabar Studios. Mestyan has an amazing track record and portfolio of other giant works of art using his very unique style of constructing his sculptures with steel. His works of art can be seen locally at the Rock Climbing Gym on Woodstock Avenue in Rutland, and King Neptune’s in Lake George. Mestyan draws most of his inspiration from the memory and living spirit of his late son, Steven Mestyan Jr., who recently
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succumbed to epilepsy. Mestyan, and his son shared the same vision and desire to produce their unique and beautiful style of sculpting with steel. After the loss of his son, Mestyan, decided to carry the burning desire of his and his son’s outlooks on life. He recalls entering a “junk art” competition in Rutland with his lion statue, and won the category. During the event, he overheard his son say, “Boy, my dad has talent.” His inspiration from his son’s words has never stopped since.
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Johnny Cash tribute show pays homage to “The Man in Black” Saturday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.—RANDOLPH—The Chandler Center for the Arts will host a heartfelt musical and theatrical tribute to legendary country and rockabilly artist Johnny Cash on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. Vermont-based George Richard and the Johnny Cash Tribute Show Band bring the iconic music and classic look of “The Man in Black,” his wife June Carter, and the swinging Tennessee Three to sparkling life on the Chandler Main Stage. Band founder and lead singer George “Johnny” Richard’s rich, baritone voice lovingly recalls the golden-throated Cash, while fellow singer Marie “June Carter” Ragan joins in signature sweet duets with Richard. Each of the all-star tribute band members takes on a different, Cash-affiliated musical persona for the evening, including Shawn “Luther Perkins” Emery, Marty “Marshall Grant” Morrissey, Wayne “W.S. Holland” Wanser, and Donny Ray “Hank Williams” Quenneville.
Together the country sextet serves up that familiar, authentic Johnny Cash sound — and Donny Ray belts out a few classic Hank Williams songs as well. True to the Cash legacy, George Richard & the Johnny Cash Tribute Show Band have performed to rousing receptions in five Vermont state prisons over the past two years, vividly recalling the “Man in Black’s” historic concerts at Folsom and San Quentin prisons in the late 1960s. Their stirring musical tribute to Cash and his music has also been applauded by audiences at the Franklin County Field Days, the Enosburg Opera House, the Bayside Pavilion in St. Albans, and at the Wounded Warrior Project’s Oktoberfest gathering in Shelburne. For tickets and more information, visit chandler-arts. org, call the Chandler Box Office at 802-728-6464, or stop by Chandler any weekday between 12-4 p.m. Chandler Center for the Arts is located at 71-73 Main St., Randolph.
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FOOD 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
506 506 Back Country Café
The 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. Check our Facebook for daily specials. (802) 422-4411
506 BirchBistro Ridge and Bar
Serving locals and visitors alike since VT 1998,highlights dinner at the Birch Ridge Inn is a delicious way to complete Serving a seasonal menu featuring your day in Killington. Featuring Vermont inspired New American cuisine in the inns dining room and 506 Bistro and Bar Great Room Lounge, you will also find a nicely stocked bar, hand crafted cocktails, fine wines, seafood
and vegetarian options,VT and wonderful house made desserts. www.birchridge.com. 802-422-4293. Serving a seasonal menu featuring highlights 802.475.5000 | ontheriverwoodstock.com
and Rotisserie LocatedChoices in On The Restaurant River Inn, Woodstock VT Chef-owned, Choices Restaurant and Rotisserie was named 2012 ski magazines favorite restaurant. A short scenic drive from Killington
Choices may be the name of the restaurant but it is also what you get. Soup of the day, shrimp cockatil, 802.475.5000 | ontheriverwoodstock.com
pan seared Located in On The steak, Riverhamburgers, Inn, Woodstock VTchicken, a variety of salads and pastas, scallops, sole, lamb and more await you. An extensive wine list and in house made desserts are also available. www.choices-restaurant. A short sceniccom drive from Killington (802) 422-4030
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Great burgers, pizza, salads and steaks await you at this hidden gem on 10 acres off Route 100 in Pittsfield. Summer is here, so it’s time to enjoy our outdoor seating and activities like horseshoes, disc golf, volleyball and cornhole. We’re open daily at 3 PM and our friendly staff serves food until 10 PM and drinks even later, making you feel right at home. Our live music schedule will keep you entertained and we’re sure you’ll agree...”When You’re Here, You’re in The Clear”. www.clearrivertavern.com 802-746-8999
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Looking for something a little different? Hit up McGrath’s Irish Pub for a perfectly poured pint of Guinness, live music on the weekends and delicious food. Guinness not your favorite? They also have Vermont’s largest Irish Whiskey selection. Reservations are appreciated. innatlongtrail.com/Home.html (802) -775-7181
Foundry
Enjoy an intimate dining menu or tavern specials at Killington’s only waterside dining that also has live entertainment every Friday and Saturday. Appetizers include crab cakes, buffalo drumsticks and a cheese slate while the entrees include chicken Marsala, meat loaf, steamed lobster and more. The tavern menu features nachos, fried fish sandwich, teriyaki steak sandwich and others. www.foundrykillington.com (802) 422-5335
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At Killington’s hometown bar, you’re bound to have a good time with good food. Starters, burgers, sandwiches, wraps and salads are all available. With live entertainment seven days a week, they’re always serving food until last call. www.supportinglocalmusic.com (802) 422-533
Jones’ Donuts
Offering donuts and a bakery, with a community reputation as being the best! Closed Monday and Tuesday. 23 West Street, Rutland. See what’s on special at Facebook.com/JonesDonuts/ Call (802) 773-7810
Killington Market
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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Forget about the polar vortex for a while and relax in the warm atmosphere at Liquid Art. Look for artfully served lattes from their La Marzocco espresso machine, or if you want something stronger, try their signature cocktails. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, they focus on healthy fare and provide you with a delicious meal different than anything else on the mountain. LiquidartVT.com (802) 422-2787.
Lookout Tavern
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 and happy hour is from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Open daily at noon and serving until 10 p.m. on Friday. www.lookoutvt.com (802) 422-5665
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2017 Birch Ridge Inn Christmas Tree Lighting Saturday, December 2nd 6:30 PM
“The locally favored spot for consistently good, unpretentious fare.” -N.Y. Times, 2008
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MATTERS Voted the best ribs and burger in Killington, Moguls is a great place for the whole family. Soups, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers, buckets of chicken wings, salads, subs and pasta are just some of the food that’s on the menu. Free shuttle and take away and delivery options are available. (802) 4224777
Mountain Top Inn & Resort
Whether staying overnight or visiting for the day, Mountain Top’s Dining Room & Tavern serve delicious cuisine amidst one of Vermont’s best views. A mix of locally inspired and International cuisine – including salads, seafood, poultry and a new steakhouse menu - your taste buds are sure to be satisfied. Choose from 12 Vermont craft brews on tap.Warm up by the terrace fire pit after dinner.! Just ashort drive from Killington. www.mountaintopinn.com 802.483.2311
Peppinos
Chef-owned since 1992, Peppino’s offers Neapolitan cuisine at its finest: pasta, veal, chicken, seafood, steak, and flatbreads. If you want it, Peppino’s has it! Aprés-hour daily features half price appetizers and flatbreads. For reservations, call 802-422-3293. www.peppinosvt.com.
Phat Italian
You want a sandwich? The Phat Italian can make you a sandwich. Choose from their signature hot sandwiches, paninis, and their signature cold sandwiches. Check out their refreshing smoothie and juice bar to perfectly accent one of the delicious sandwiches. www.thephatitalian.com (802) 422-7428
Pickle Barrel
Being Killington’s largest and most exciting venue, you’re bound to have a good time in here. Party the night away and feed yourself on delicious food such as chicken wings, onion rings, French fries or even a bowl of bacon. If that doesn’t interest you, you’re able to make your own pizza, by the slice or the whole pie. www.picklebarrelnightclub.com (802) 422-3035
Red Clover
Farm to Table Vermont Food and Drinks. Thursday night Live Jazz. Monday night Chef Specials. Open Thursday to Monday, 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. 7 Woodward Road, Mendon, VT. 802-755-2290, redcloverinn.com
Rosemary’s
Rosemary’s was built around an indoor boulder,features an illuminated garden view, and photographs capturing the Inn’s history. Chef Daniel Molina, who comes to us from from Salubre Trattoria and the Canoe Club¬†¬†in Hanover, blends the flavors of Ireland with those of countryside New England created with a host of fresh local Vermont and New England seafood products. We take pride in serving you only the best quality, and supporting the local farmers. innatlongtrail.com 802-775-7181
Seward’s Dairy
If you’re looking for something truly unique and Vermont, check out Seward Dairy Bar. Serving classic homemade food including hamburgers, steaks, chicken, sandwiches and seafood. Craving something a little sweeter? Check out their own homemade 39 flavors of ice cream. Vermont products also sold. (802) 773-2738.
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
O’Dwyers Public House
O’Dwyers Public House at the Summit Lodge welcomes you to enjoy traditional Irish fare including Guinness Stew, Seafood Pie and Bangers and Mash, in a warm and inviting atmosphere. Irish and local brews are on tap, and we have live music every weekend! (802) 422-3535.
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
506 506 Bistro and Bar
Serving a seasonal menu featuring VT highlights 802.475.5000 | ontheriverwoodstock.com Located in On The River Inn, Woodstock VT A short scenic drive from Killington
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SAVE THE DATE 15th Annual
FESTIVAL OF TREES Live Benefit Auction
Auctioneer Bob Prozzo will present a huge selection of assorted auction items including vacation getaways, sport ticket packages, gift certificates, one-of-a-kind experiences, home furnishings and more. You don’t want to miss this great Rutland tradition! Catered by Roots the Restaurant. Cash bar available featuring a delicious assortment of wines, beer and soft drinks.
Saturday | December 2, 2017 | Doors open at 5:30 PM | Auction at 7:00 PM
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If you have a problem with domestic violence, sexual violence or child abuse you can get help! These organizations offer FREE and CONFIDENTIAL assistance 24 hours a day, EVERY day. You don’t need to suffer alone. Ask for help!
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Rupert Wates performs at the “the best little venue in Vermont” Saturday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.— BRANDON—Folk singer-songwriter Rupert Wates prefers performing in smaller listening rooms where the audience is up close and the emphasis is on the music. This makes Brandon Music one of his favorite stops on tour. Wates is very happy to return to Brandon Music on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m., the place he calls “the best little venue in Vermont.” He’ll be debuting material from his brand
new CD, “The Lights Of Paris,” an album which showcases his brand of original, acoustic, melodic art/ folk with flavors of jazz and vaudeville. Given his preference for more intimate settings, Wates regularly performs house concerts. He was voted an Artist of the Year in both 2013 and 2016 by the international house concert network Concerts In Your Home. He is the only artist on the entire CIYH database to
have been honored with this title twice. Wates has released nine albums. Each has received outstandingly good reviews, and has been played regularly by radio stations in the USA, Canada, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Israel and Australia. Concert tickets are $20. Call 802247-4295 for reservations. Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road, Brandon.
Grace Church hosts Messiah performances Sunday, Dec. 3, 3:30 p.m.—RUTLAND— On Sunday, Dec. 3, Grace Congregational Church will present the annual performances of Handel’s “Messiah.” The Rutland Area Chorus, soloists and orchestra will perform the concerts at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. under the direction of Alastair Stout, minister of music at Grace Church.
The “Messiah” soloists are Allison Devery of Montpelier, soprano; Amy Frostman of South Burlington, alto; Cameron Steinmetz of Montpelier, tenor; and Zebulun McLellan of Tinmouth, bass. Handel’s “Messiah,” one of the great Baroque choral masterpieces, depicts the prophecy and birth of Jesus Christ as told by Isaiah, the prophet and
the writers of the Gospels. This year, Handel’s vivid and dramatic score depicting purifying fire, earthquakes, mysterious darkness and brilliant angels will be brought to life through music and dance. A free will offering will be received and a reception will follow the 7 p.m. performance. For more information, call 802-775-4301.
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Ever wanted to learn to curl? Upper Valley Curling Club is hosting another learn-to clinic, Saturday at Barwood Arena in White River Junction.
Curling club to hold Learn to Curl clinic
Saturday, Dec. 2 ,5:45 p.m.—WHITE RIVER JUNCTION—The Upper Valley Curling Club will hold a Learn to Curl clinic on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 5:45 p.m. at the Barwood Arena in White River Junction. The clinic costs $25 per person and is open to any individual age 12 and older. The club provides all equipment needed to curl. Wear warm
clothing and shoes with non-skid soles. Participants will start with an off-ice introduction to the concepts and rules of the game and then move onto the ice for hands-on instruction and lots of fun. If time allows, participants may play a short game. Space is limited; register at uppervalleycurling.org.
LOCAL HELP The Rutland County Women’s Network and Shelter is dedicated to assisting survivors of domestic and sexual violence. www.rcws.org 24-hour hotline : 802-775-3232 Free & Confidential STATEWIDE HELP The Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence is committed to eradicating domestic and sexual violence through advocacy, empowerment and social change. www.vtnetwork.com 24-hour Hotlines Domestic Violence: 1-800-228-7395 Sexual Violence: 1-800-489-7273 NATIONAL HELP Stop It Now!® prevents the sexual abuse of children by mobilizing adults, families and communities to take actions that protect children before they are harmed. www.stopitnow.com 24 hour hotline: 1-888-PREVENT
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Brandon library holds holiday auction
Great Breakfast Menu Mimosas ~ Bellinis ~ Bloody Marys
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Felt ornaments from local vendors at the farmers’ market will be available for purchase at Compass Center’s holiday event.
JONES DONUTS “Jones Donuts and Bakery is a must stop if you reside or simply come to visit Rutland. They have been an institution in the community and are simply the best.” OPEN WED. - SUN. 5 TO CLOSED MON. + TUES.
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Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2 p.m.—BRANDON—The Compass Center’s holiday event is set for Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2-8 p.m., part of Brandon’s Moonlight Madness event. Browse the many gift shops with books, classical music, collectibles, and artwork by regional artists; take advantage of special discounts; and visit the farmers’ market and consignment shop. Doubling as a reception for its holiday show, visitors can chat with Stephanie Stouffer about her whimsical and charming illustrations
in the Center’s main exhibit, “Holiday Legacy.” Food will be available, too. Get a light dinner and festive snack provided by SoundBite’s chef Vicky Regia. The menu includes Moroccan chili with couscous, winter squash and wild mushroom curry over rice, loaded potato soup, cupcakes, and lavender milk tea. The Compass Music and Arts Center is located in Park Village at 333 Jones Dr., Brandon. For more information, visit cmacvt.org.
Teddy Arbo’s holiday party set for 31st year of giving back Saturday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. — KILLINGTON — Ted Arbo’s 31st annual “Toys for Tots (Not Tears)” holiday party will be held Saturday, Dec. 2, from 4-8 p.m. at the Foundry at Summit Pond in Killington. Guests are asked to bring an unwrapped toy as a donation. The event will also feature a raffle and live auction with all proceeds going to local charities. Entertainment will be provided by Joey Leone. Ted Arbo’s Toys for Tots Holiday Party has been a Killington tradition since the first event at the Grist Mill in 1986. Over $150,000 in toys and donations have been raised, supporting many local agencies and causes, including the Open Door Mission, the Upper Valley Haven, the Rutland Women’s Network & Shelter, the Rutland County Parent-Child Center and Dodge House. Last year’s event raised $30,000 in donations and a truckload of toys — a total that nearly tripled the record for the event. For info, visit foundrykillington.com or call 802-422-5335.
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Serving Breakfast & lunch 7am-2pm daily Breakfast all day, lunch after 11am Come to our sugarhouse for the best breakfast around! After breakfast check out our giftshop for all your souvenier, gift, and maple syrup needs. We look forward to your visit! Sugar & Spice Restaurant & Gift Shop Rt. 4 Mendon, VT 802-773-7832 www.vtsugarandspice.com
Sunday, Dec. 3, 2:30 p.m.—BRANDON—The Friends of the Brandon Free Public Library’s annual holiday auction will take place on Sunday, Dec. 3 from 2:30-5:30 p.m. Over 50 local patrons, artists and Brandon businesses have donated wreaths, ornaments and other seasonal decorations, works of art, hand crafted wooden items, dinners for two, birdhouses, a fairy house, gift certificates and more. Preview the week before and from 2-2:30 p.m. on the day of the auction. There will be music, refreshments and door prizes. Requested donation is $1. Later that week, the Friends of the Library will be holding a special holiday used book sale as part of Brandon’s Moonlight Madness on Wednesday, Dec. 6 from 4-7 p.m. They will have an assortment of fiction and non-fiction for adults, teens, ‘tweens and children, as well as CDs for sale. There will be a special section of holiday books, too. Stop by, browse and shop and enjoy refreshments. Call 802-247-8230 for more information.
VSO musicians continue school performances Monday, Dec. 4 — RUTLAND COUNTY — The Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s Fanfare Brass Trio will present performances at three schools in Rutland County on Dec. 4: Wells Village School at 9 a.m.; Mettawee Community School at 10:15 a.m.; and Benson Village School at 1:30 p.m. Fanfare members Glendon Ingalls, trumpet; Ron Wold, French horn; and Bear Irwin, trombone, play a variety of musical styles and demonstrate how the instruments produce their sounds and how each one has changed since its beginnings. This rave review from a school is typical: “Fanfare’s performance was entertaining, informative, and tuned in to the attention spans and interests of young children. Our students were a rapt audience, even on the day before vacation!” These performances are part of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s statewide SymphonyKids education program, which reached over 22,000 school children last year with 257 presentations serving 139 schools in 111 different towns. The VSO’s traveling ensembles visit all corners of the state as part of an outreach program known as the Lois H. McClure “Musiciansin-the-Schools” Program. These lively concerts are met with overwhelming enthusiasm, as the musical ambassadors spread the word that classical music can be fun! For more information, call 802-864-5741 ext. 14 or email eleanor@vso.org.
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By Evan Johnson
Welcome to Lift Lines, a weekly column where local and visiting skiers and riders share their thoughts on Killington, skiing and riding, and the winter lifestyle.
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“Running into Bode Miller! I was standing next to the VIP entrance when this big SUV pulled up and this guy got out. I was looking at him like I knew him, thinking, ‘This guy looks familiar,’ when my girlfriend yelled out, ‘Bode!’ He just gave a wave and was on his way. He’s such a laidback guy.”
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No grammar nerds allowed The other day I asked my friend whether she had a piece of gum on her that I could have. She said she had just chewed her last piece moments earlier: “Sorry! I usually always have a pack of gum in my bag.” For some reason, she had used up more than her normal quantity of gum that day and had yet to buy a new pack. Of course, my inner grammar nerd perked up when I heard her by brett yates apology. I invariably notice it: the oxymoron of “usually always.” Any English teacher will tell you that what you really mean when you say “usually always” is “usually”—that an adverb meaning “regularly” or “customarily” can’t coexist with one that means “all the time” or “without exception.” As a writer, I value precise language and clean sentences, but I also have a useless pedantic streak that gets hung up on traditional rules of usage that never had much purpose except as tools of classist oppression. In truth, there’s no “right way” to use English, but for a young, aspiring litterateur, a sense of safety comes from memorizing the old-timey dictates of the prescriptivists; it feels like solid ground when your personal command of the written language is still shaky. After I became interested in writing as a teenager, I spent years unable to end a sentence with a preposition, even though I would have bothered no sane 21st-century human by doing so. Over the course of my twenties, I gradually eased up, but even just a few weeks ago, I found myself scolding a friend for confusing the adjectives “disinterested” (meaning “impartial” or “unbiased”) and “uninterested” (meaning “indifferent” or “uncurious”). Specifically, my friend had said that he’d grown “disinterested” in the work of a filmmaker he’d once admired. I couldn’t help correcting him: he meant that he’d grown uninterested. He pulled out his phone and looked up the definition of “disinterested.”
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Nuthatches: The upside down birds
By Joe Rankin
Like many people who watch birds, I have my favorites. The nuthatches, for instance. Quirky little birds. Shaped like stubby cigars, with their short tails and thick necks. And that disconcerting habit of spending time upside down. I wish I could do that. Of course, I wish I could walk up walls and hang from the ceiling like a gecko, too. But why do nuthatches walk down the trunks of trees, anyway? “There’s no definitive an-
easier.” Actually, Ghalambor explained, walking isn’t quite the correct word for what nuthatches do. “They look like they’re walking, but they sort of hang off the bark by the number one toe, also called the hallux, the backward-pointing toe . . . as they make their way down. It happens so quickly. It’s a very natural movement for them, but among birds it’s a very unique way of walking down the side of a tree.” Tripping? Maybe that’s the word.
swer to that,” said Cameron Ghalambor, a professor of biology at Colorado State University who has studied red-breasted nuthatches. The theory is the birds benefit from their different viewpoint. “You can imagine a creeper or a woodpecker facing the bark of a tree and looking up in the crevices of the bark for food items,” he said. “But there is this unexploited niche that you could access if you were working your way down the tree.” Nuthatches store seeds in the bark of trees. Caching seeds so they can be seen going down the tree may keep them safe from other birds going up the tree, he said. “That’s a very important part of their winter diet. Starting in the fall they cache as many seeds as they can. Bird feeders have made their lives a little
The nuthatch clan is established across the Northern Hemisphere’s temperate zones. In North America, the red-breasted nuthatch, which prefers coniferous woods, is the most widespread. The whitebreasted likes hardwoods. The pygmy nuthatch inhabits the pine forests of the Western U.S. and the brown-headed nuthatch resides in the pine forests of the Southeast. Interestingly, red-breasted nuthatches are genetically identical across the continent; no races or subspecies are recognized. The reason may be because northern living birds decamp en masse when the cone crop fails in their boreal forest habitat. Some remain in the South, thus keeping the genetic pot stirred. The real hotbed of nuthatch diversity is in
I THINK I’VE ALWAYS BEEN AWARE OF THE COMMUNICATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF SEEMINGLY SELFCONTRADICTORY LANGUAGE, BUT I’VE ONLY NOW ACCEPTED THEM. The first was “having no stake in the interest or outcome; free of bias, impartial.” The second was “uninterested, lacking interest.” He grinned triumphantly, and I could only point to a usage note at the bottom of the page: “The correctness of the use of this word with the meaning uninterested is disputed. Some reference works consider it acceptable, while others do not.” It was hardly a convincing refutation. Why had I sidetracked our conversation on such a flimsy pretext of grammatical offense? But the distinction between “disinterested” and “uninterested” has always seemed firm and useful to me: here, we have two different words to mean two different things, and it helps none of us to blur them together. On the other hand, if the blurring has already occurred, there’s really no use in fighting it. So did I make the same know-it-all social blunder with my other friend and her “usually always?” I managed to hold back, and I was glad I did. Upon further consideration, the phrase seemed to make sense. With the sentence “I usually have a pack of gum in my bag,” the listener’s understanding would likely be that, perhaps about 80 percent of the time, the speaker has a pack of gum in the bag that she carries as a daily accessory. But this is not the case: in fact, my friend is fanatical about her gum. She never leaves the house without it. If she had not just consumed her last piece, she would have gladly supplied one for me. In other words, she usually always has pack of gum on her; it’s not a casual habit but constant one. The sentence she’d chosen was the right one and would have instantly communicated the nature of her gum habit to any ignorant audience. I wonder if the logiGen Y, page 29
South Asia – Thailand, THE OUTSIDE Burma, southern India. STORY There are upwards of two dozen species there, some as colorful as hummingbirds, and some the rash-inducing hairs with pocket-sized home – and smear them onto ranges, making them very the bark. Ghalambor has vulnerable. Compare that watched them do it. Sciento Western Europe, where tists theorize that both sap there is one species, similar and crushed caterpillars to our white-breasted. In may serve as repellants. North Africa a single speAnd why don’t nuthatchcies, the Algerian nuthatch, es get caught in their own inhabits the rugged Atlas sticky trap? “They fly headMountains. first into the hole. Straight All nuthatches nest in in. How they do that, in cavities, with most species such a small entrance, and without crashing into the back wall of the cavity? Well, it’s a remarkable feat of agility and flying ability,” Ghalambor said. Lest you think that the nuthatch is overdoing it, consider that many don’t make it to adulthood. A lot of things want to eat them and their young: squirrels, chipmunks, hawks. As part of Ghalambor’s research for his doctorate, he observed the birds’ reaction to predators by putting out stuffed squirrels near the nest cavities and playing recordings of squirrel calls. Nuthatches respond to threats not by attacking or trying to distract, but by making themselves scarce, and not drawing attention to the nest location. Ghalambor has watched red-breasted, white-breasted and pygmy nuthatches all do something really weird. “I’ve seen several times when a squirrel would be running up a tree and the female would come out of the hole and almost go into a trance-like state, holding her wings out and swaying from side to side,” he said. Ghalampreferring to appropriate bor thinks it’s possible abandoned woodpecker that, from underneath the nests. The red-breasted bird’s outspread wings and is an exception. It pecks coloration patterns make a its own, which must be a vaguely threatening “face.” laborious process since But no one really knows. it doesn’t have the kind Quirky, absolutely. Interof structural engineering esting, very. that allows woodpeckers Ghalambor still finds his to chisel away without nuthatch research subbanging their brains out. jects fascinating. “There Then there are the rock is something about their nuthatches, which live personalities. People in Southern Europe and find them very endearEurasia and build houses ing. I know they definitely out of mud plastered to inspired me throughout my rock crevices. They often work for my Ph.D.” press decorative items into Joe Rankin writes on the facade. forestry, nature and sustainOur North American ability. The illustration nuthatches do something was drawn by Adelaide similar, but more utilitariTyrol. The Outside Story an. Red-breasted nuthatch- is assigned and edited by es collect the sap of pines, Northern Woodlands firs and spruces and paint magazine, northernwoodthe edges of the entrance lands.org, and sponsored by hole. White-breasted nutthe Wellborn Ecology Fund hatches sometimes collect of N.H. Charitable Foundacaterpillars – the kind with tion: wellborn@nhcf.org.
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Pandora’s Box has opened With the onslaught of accusations and testimonies of victims of sexual abuse, America has begun to awaken to oppressive cultural behaviors we’ve accepted far too long. Pandora’s Box has opened up! As a woman and as an American, I feel continuously re-
Mountain on Meditation By Marguerite te Jill Dye
pulsed by our current leader’s attitude and actions. I think many people don’t realize how utterly humiliating, depressing, and disempowering it is for many of us to have a president whose face we see and whose ugly words we hear every day. We are a nation abused. I feel that we’ve lost our way as a nation and a people. Our values and rights have been turned upside down by a government that no longer defends them. We’ve been taken for a ride by a government scam, and a rich and powerful con man. It’s so disheartening, it’s gotten me down. Recently I’ve found it extremely challenging to maintain a positive outlook and some days, it’s been beyond my capability. I’m still in bed at 10 a.m. trying to figure out what to do, where to go, and what to write. Perhaps writing is just what I need, because getting feelings down on paper can be very therapeutic. But when the whole structure of our nation and the people in power are so reckless and scandalous, it threatens my feelings
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of personal power over my life and destiny. A counselor suggested I recite the Serenity Prayer, and “accept the things I cannot change” to help me get through this period. Yet I grew up believing each one of us has the capability to change the world, and that if we set our minds to it, we can accomplish most anything we can imagine. For most of my life, I’ve wanted to wake up each day and know what I could do to help improve the lives of suffering people and manifest a more loving, caring, compassionate world. But in the current climate in America, I feel powerless and depressed. I believe we’re all connected and that each and every one of us has a divine spark, although at times we may feel separated from that spark, or be unaware or disbelieving in it. It’s that separateness that gets us in trouble, but as we discover our strengths and special gifts, we can strategize and spread transformative energy into our periphery, family, community, country, and world. I firmly believe that each one of us has worth and we are equal under God. So based on what I believe, why have I been feeling so incredibly discouraged? At times I wonder, is there no justice? What has happened to the common sense that we were once known for and the freedom and human rights that we’ve always stood for? This is a difficult time to maintain spirit and optimism. What we’ve always cared for and cared about has been replaced by an antimorality, new form of “religion” that’s a wolf in disguise. There’s nothing holy about it.
The grammar nerd speaks
continued from page 28 cians who would decry it as a contradiction in terms realize that the adverbs “usually” and “always” are not both paradoxically modifying the verb “have” — rather, the first adverb is modifying the second to note that, under usual circumstances, the word “always” would apply, even if it did not under the particular circumstances under which my friend and I spoke. This was an oddly liberating realization for me. I think I’ve always been aware of the communicative possibilities of seemingly self-contradictory language, but I’ve only now accepted them. Following the gum episode, I had a flashback to elementary school, where I had an awful gym teacher whom I once overheard fat-shaming one of my female classmates. The teacher threatened that if the girl didn’t begin to exercise more often, she’d soon have a “big little belly.” I suppose I was actually born a pedant because, even at age eight, I silently questioned this usage: how could the sedentary girl have a belly that was both big and little? Weren’t those opposites? But I managed to figure it out shortly: her belly would be “big” in comparison to that of a fitter classmate, but it would still be “little” in the sense that all children’s body parts are little in comparison to those of adults. This rationale, however, didn’t sway my ultimate verdict, in which I decided that the phrase “big little” was further proof that my gym teacher was a dummy. I still think that’s true, but I’m less inclined than ever now to regard the English language as a clearcut system of codes and functions whose syntactic orderliness must be cautiously maintained. Bigger than logic, it can be mapped only to life itself: it’s a mess, a pool of muck. I strive for no mastery over it. It too has to be treated like a complicated, unknowable friend – a relationship founded on curiosity, not ownership. Sometimes it always has a pack of gum, but usually it rarely has a piece when you ask for it.
Thanksgiving thankfulness
When I spoke with a conservative friend the other day, she had no idea why I felt so discouraged. She knew nothing about the proposed tax cut plan that will cut taxes for the wealthiest corporations and richest 1% while raising taxes for the poor and middle class, the vast majority of Americans. She hadn’t heard that the elimination of the health insurance mandate would cost many lives and result in 13 million uninsured. She thought it didn’t matter because “the uninsured don’t want medical coverage anyway.” She said “hunting elephants is a help to them,” and when she said, “the president has finally returned family values to America,” I couldn’t believe my ears and nearly blurted out, “well, yes, Trump certainly values nepotism.” I took a deep breath, thinking about the Obama family’s eight exemplary years, and realized how distant I must be from conservative, “middleAmerica.” It’s unimaginable, but not surprising, that our president, a sex abuser himself, stood in defense of Roy Moore, a pedophile judge and candidate for the Senate who stalked and sexually abused teenage girls. This child predator could be elected to serve in the Senate, just long enough to vote for the tax cut that will save the Trump family, alone, one billion dollars. But the good news is that Donald Trump and Roy Moore have paved the way for a national discussion, a rethinking of the despicable behavior and lack of accountability that they share with countless other men. Women are finally breaking our silence on how we’ve been treated all Mountain meditation, page 31
Estate strategies: not just for the elderly You’re young, have a little in savings and likely have no one yet relying on you financially. So why do you need to think about estate management?
MONEY MATTERS BY KEVIN THEISSEN Here are four great reasons: 1. You need a will. You may ask why a will is important if there’s not much to pass on. A will is not just about transferring assets. It can be used to accomplish other tasks, such as naming who will care for your children when you pass on, naming who should manage your social media accounts once you’re gone or inherit items you’ve accumulated, like collectibles or your car. 2. Don’t burden others with burial expenses. Funerals can be expensive, and if you don’t have the savings to meet those costs, that burden gets shifted to others.
3. Consider a medical directive. This important document states your wishes for end-of-life care. In the case of an unfortunate accident, a medical directive provides instructions about the level of care you want, e.g., palliative care only. 4. Create a durable power of attorney for health care. In the event that you are unable to make medical decisions for yourself, this gives the individual of your choice the legal power to act as a healthcare proxy for you. Not only do a medical directive and durable power of attorney for health care ensure you are provided the level of care consistent with your wishes, but they can prevent family discord in the event of differing opinions. Though the multiple financial goals of many young adults often require more resources than present earnings can meet, these important planning steps can be accomplished at a small cost. Kevin Theissen is principal of the Skygate Financial Group.
By the time you read this, World Cup fever will have come and gone, but for now, in the writing of it (Thanksgiving Day), Killington is hopping and abuzz. The grandstands are up, the flags are waving, the traffic patterns are set, and the hardcore skiers are braving it all to get their morning turns (Day 16 as of today, a perfect season so far). I will probably do what I did last year for the World Cup, get there very early for my morning turns, watch a little skiing, wish I could meet the athletes, then By br brady head home to avoid the crain traffic scene. For most of my twenties I worked as a technician (mostly carpentry and high steel rigging) for major rock bands. I worked for every major touring act of the 90s, and most of the minor ones. When people ask me, “Who didn’t you work for?” my response is always the same, and lightning quick: “Paul McCartney.” In all that time – a decade – working for amazing acts, I never worked for the one act that I really cared about. In any case, the reason I bring that up is that I am, and have been for decades, over the festival/crowd scene. I’m sure I’d still be there rocking it out if I still drank my face off, but at this point I have trouble bringing myself to brave it. I used to get paid pretty well to hang out backstage and professionally ignore some of the most famous people in the world, from Pope John Paul II right on down to Mikhail Baryshnikov. (Meat Loaf, for instance, when I called him “Mr. Loaf,” said “Call me ‘Meat.’”) After that, paying money to stand in a crowd just feels … meh. So I am happy to give up my seat to those more enthusiastic. But let’s get back to what this is all really about: skiing. We are all here for the same thing, from the smallest to the biggest, from the newest to the baddest World Cuppin’est woman. I say it again: skiing (or snowboarding, if that is your thing). To be clear, even though half of Killington’s snowmaking resources have been diverted elsewhere, the coverage is impressive. There are currently three lifts open (the Triple, the Snowdon Quad, and K-1), with the threat of the Canyon Quad by the weekend. This will of course be old news by the time you read this. There have been a couple of days where the conditions were pretty good, but other than that the skiing has been fantastic. I am so impressed with what the gods of snow have been able to do with a few cold nights and a few warm days. My shoulder and neck are all but normal, and my back is good. I have started a regimen of lifting five
Altit Altitude Sick Sickness
WE ARE ALL HERE FOR THE SAME THING, FROM THE SMALLEST TO THE BIGGEST, FROM THE NEWEST TO THE BADDEST WORLD CUPPIN’EST WOMAN. days on, one day off (chest/tri, legs, back/bicep, shoulder, full body, rest, repeat), with alternating weeks of low weight/high rep, and high weight/low rep. After about a month of that I will switch to a different set of exercises to increase muscle confusion. The great thing about this program (I’ve done it before, and can pack on a lot of weight quickly if I dedicate time to it) is that it hits every major muscle group in a separated fashion so that I can hit them hard weekly while lifting every day. The crappy thing about this program is that it hits every major muscle group in a separated fashion so that I can hit them hard weekly while lifting every day. This means that every muscle group is sore in a cascade of misery, partially because I will never skip a leg day, the bane of all fitness fanatics. Today, I am thankful for skiing, I am thankful for the World Cup and the added prosperity that this brings to my town and the folks who work here, I am thankful for this life, and I am thankful for being athletically capable again, without unmanageable pain.
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The Test Track — new skis for 2017
By Toni Crespi
Every year, ski companies all over the world unveil their latest designs. Today, there’s a ski for every style and type of skier. The sheer number and variety can be overwhelming and to help you Welcome to the test track. All waist widths are in millimeters and lengths are in centimeters. Blizzard Spur The 124-millimeterwaisted Spur is the widest in this series, a flat choice for those seeking a personal binding choice. That 124 millimeter waist is built for powder and off-piste. The turn radius is for big arcs. Waist: 124. One Length: 192 Bodacious The 118-millimeterwaisted Bodacious remains a popular flat offering. Once the widest in the series this is a powder and off-piste model. If I still lived in the West it would be in my quiver.
The turn radius is 30.5 meters in the 186 centimeter length. Waist: 118. Lengths: 186, 196. Cochise The 108-millimeterwaisted Cochise uses a 27 meter radius in the 185 centimeter length. The radius varies with length. This is a versatile ski offering a wide platform for off-piste performance. Waist 108. Lengths: 171,178, 185, 192. Bonafide The popular – continuing - Bonafide has a 98 millimeter waist and a 18 meter radius in the 180 centimter length. It arcs. It holds. This is perfect for the West and ideal for those who venture off piste. Waist: 98. Lengths: 166, 173, 180, 187. Brahma This ski stuns. With an 88 millimeter waist in the 180 it demonstrates surprising edge grip. For those seeking a wide all mountain ski the Brah-
ma is appealing. Waist: 88. Lengths: 166, 173, 180, 187 Dynastar Speed Zone 14 Pro The 14 Pro offers an appealing 72 millimeter waist and 15-meter radius. I felt the power! It offers a nice feel for fast turns. With graphics and highlights these look sharp and ski sharper. Waist: 72. Lengths: 158, 166, 174, 182 Speed Zone 12 TI The 12 TI looks like its bigger brother, While still a powerful ski, it’s more forgiving for those who may still be developing. This one should be tested if interested in on-trail power. Waist: 72. Lengths: 158, 166, 174, 182 Speed Zone 10 TI The 10TI is a forgiving intermediate and emerging expert package with an appealing waist and 15-meter-turn radius. This pair seems ideal for emerging intermediates: pleasant and fun. Waist: 72. Lengths 153, 160, 167, 175
Head Supershape i. Magnum The Magnum is a favorite, delivering nice easy turn initiation and great edge purchase. With a 72-millimeter waist and 13.1-meter radius in the 170 length it easily sliced the hardpack on the test track and deftly held speed in a range of turns. Waist: 72. Lengths: 149, 156, 163, 170, 177 Supershape i. Speed The i. Speed has a racing feel using a 68-millimeter waist, and 14-meter radius in the 170. It slices the hardpack and personifies the Head line. It skis like a rocket. Waist: 68. Lengths: 156, 163, 170, 177, 184 Supershape Rally The Rally seems a versatile package with a racy feel. The 76-millimeter waist is narrow enough to hold hard snow but the 13-meter radius in the 170 made for a playful package. Waist: 76. Lengths: 156, 163, 170, 177 Test track, page 31
Festival of trees:
Grand prize auction item is $40,000 Chevy Bolt EV
continued from page 17 would be to drive a gasoline vehicle. The Chevy Bolt EV package ... also includes free installation of a charging station for your home, also donated by Same Sun of Vermont.” The live auction (significantly shorter this year), will contain all manner of delights and surprises, including: eight vacation get away packages, including Tuscany and Umbria; a week via one of the high-end Caribbean brokers; a house in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia; a Newport, R.I. condo; a lake house on the Eastern shore of Grand Isle; two beach houses in Florida; and more. In addition the Paramount will be offering the following (partial list): corporate or private use of the barn at the Mountain Top Inn with dinner for 75; high-end jewelry; studded snow tires; numerous unlimited season ski packages; a large selection of private dinners and area restaurant packages (literally dozens); driveway paving; heat pumps and Powerwall batteries ; theatre tickets; rugs; Red Sox tickets; golf; and sports memorabilia. These samples
represent only a fraction of the nearly 200 items available in the live and silent auctions. Bouchard concluded, “This is truly a miraculous event on many levels … not only does it represent 28 percent of our annual contributed income for the year, but as well, it unifies the community on both sides of the auction equation; not only do high bidders walk with great value on the hundreds of items auctioned at our party, over 200 individuals and businesses generously donate goods and services in support of our sole fundraising benefit activity year after year. Donors feel a significant part of the community via their participation and buyers (high bidders) leave with valuable vacations, experiences, furniture and accessories, goods and services and the thrill of knowing that each and every dollar spent at the auction goes to benefit our beloved National Landmark Paramount Theatre.” All this and admission is only $10. The Paramount Theatre is located at 30 Center St., Rutland. For more information, visit paramountvt.org.
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Test track:
Crespi reviews new skis for 2017
continued from page 30 Rossignol Pursuit 800 Ti Cam Intended for front-side skiing, the Pursuit Series is designed for hard snow carving. The Pursuit 800 is the top of the line. The 800 uses tip rocker, oversize sidecut, and a wood core balanced with Titanium—its rock stable. With an appealing 71-millimeter waist and 15-meter radius in the 177 this is the narrowest of the series. The 15-meter radius it offers a nice flexibility for fast or longer turns. Waist: 71. Lengths: 163, 170, 177, 184. Pursuit 700 The Pursuit 700 is the second ski in the line. With a 14-meter radius in the 170 and a 73-millimeter waist it likes short fast turns and rolls onto edge easily. Waist: 73.
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Lengths: 163, 170, 177, 184. Pursuit 600 Also boasting a 14-meter radius in the 170 length it is versatile. It seems ideal for “old school” skiers while offering new technology. It’s built like its brethren, but without the titanium is nicely versatile for occasional intermediates seeking forgiveness. Waist: 73. Lengths: 163, 170, 177, 184. Pursuit 200 The Pursuit 200 offers a 74-millimeter waist and tighter 13-meter radius turn in the 163 length for narrower turns. Without titanium but with carbon this is an easy, forgiving ski, with surprising performance. It would make a great daily driver. Waist: 74. Lengths: 149, 156, 163, 170, 177.
Crash course in forest management
continued from page 2 “We need vertical habitat for cavity-nesting birds and what not,” Nicholson said. “We also need horizontal habitat. Not to get too philosophical, but I like to think that all the critters out here, the insects, whether they bite and are nasty or
not, they’re here for a purpose. I might not understand it, but they’re here and they have a place in the ecosystem. We try not to upset the applecart but concentrate on the growth and the value of the stems that we want to harvest ultimately.
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As for the wildlife, he said the disturbance is only temporary. “During the operation, any soft maple that’s put on the ground, the deer will be in there that night as soon as the skidder leaves, feeding on next spring’s buds.”
A nation abused
continued from page 29 of our lives. With the “Me Too” movement, women who’ve felt too powerless and fearful to speak up, who’ve suffered in silence far too long, are speaking up and supporting one another. This movement has dredged up lifetime memories of events we’d prefer not to remember. Victimization has been condoned and encouraged by a puritanical, hypocritical society that has always put men in charge and excused their actions with a wink, a shrug, and “boys will be boys.” We must forge a better way to relate to one another and not “lord it over.” These are remnants of a servile society, feudalism, and slavery, when the powerful land owner had his way with his slaves, indentured servants, and the women and children owned in perpetuity. Many women who’ve worked for men (which most working women have always done!) can attest that, at times, they’ve had to put up with abuse to keep their jobs, to be promoted, to support their children, and literally to survive. Many men have gotten away with their leers, touching, and forcing their will on women and girls. Enough is enough! It seems their actions may catch up with them now, provided the duration and efficacy of this momentum will last. “Men who aren’t sensitized early in life are natural predators and women their prey,” my anthropologist friend insightfully said. “Then we’ve an evolutionary step to take, teaching sensitivity and learning to treat one another with respect. Education begins at home where children first learn how to behave. By age seven the foundation is set for our subconscious belief system. So setting examples of love and respect, and early child-
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hood education to reinforce these lessons, are needed to turn our society around. ‘The hand that rocks the cradle should rule the world,’ if mothers raise their sons to be enlightened” the anthropologist concluded. When we tell our children and grandchildren that we love them and will protect them, we must say “Don’t do as we say or do,” unless we follow a higher road. Just when we were beginning to make progress in teaching against bullying, we elected a bully into the White House. Now that our society is becoming more aware of the abuse and harassment women have (always) endured, perhaps we’ll vote abusers and predators out of office. These scandals have given me hope because America is finally waking up to forms of injustice it’s high time to correct. The time has come to raise the bar on how we treat one another, women and children, boys and men, people who differ in origin, culture, and color, the poor, disenfranchised, and homeless. We all need to learn to treat one another and ourselves with decency and respect and set a good example for the next generations. Our president has unwittingly led us to the realization that we have secrets that need to be addressed and cultural mores and behaviors that must be challenged and changed as we work together to make America great. Once opened up, Pandora’s Box cannot be forced shut. Marguerite Jill Dye is an artist and writer who divides her time between the Green Mountains of Vermont and Florida’s Gulf Coast.
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STRONG R E N TA L I N V E S T M E N T O P P O R T U N I T Y ! K I L L I N G TO N G AT E WAY CONDOS! Penthouse newly renovated two level, 2 bed/2 bath. Hardwood flooring throughout, wood burning fireplace in dining/living area, updated kitchen, two separate balconies w/views, sold furnished! $114,500. Also available, 1 Bedroom w/ Den + full bath newly updated. $79K priced to sell! Gateway Owners enjoy a great owner’s lounge/game room, private ski lockers, tennis courts, and a beautiful in-ground pool in the summer months! 2 miles to Pico Ski Resort, minutes to downtown Rutland & super close to the World Class Killington year round Resort. For more info or to schedule a showing call Tucker Lange, Sales Associate & Realtor, Peak Property Real Estate. Mobile 303-818-8068 or Killington Office 802-7751700. KILLINGTON—2 BDRM 1.5 bath condo, Mountain Green bldg. 2. FP, ski lockers, health club membership. $92K. Owner, 800-576-5696. MENDON LAND: 267 acres of secluded yet close to Killington and Rutland with outstanding mountain views of Pico and Blue Ridge Mountains. This land is bordered on the uphill side by the Rutland City watershed. There are thousands of sugar maples and a variety of hard and softwoods. There are two ways to access the land, one by truck from Rt 4 and by car through a gated right of way. Info, LouiseHarrison.com or call 802-747-8444. PITTSFIELD LAND: River View Trail Road: 4AC for $49,900 with State septic permit for a 4BR, 6 person home. Nice level building lot (B #1). Ski Country Real Estate, 335 Killington Rd, 802-7755111. PITTSFIELD LAND: River View Trail Road: 8AC for $69,900 with State septic permit for a 4BR home. Lot 5. Private Location. Ski Country Real Estate, 335 Killington Rd, 802-775-5111. ERA MOUNTAIN Real Estate, 1913 US Rt. 4, Killington— killingtonvermontrealestate. com or call one of our real estate experts for all of your real estate needs including Short Term & Long Term Rentals & Sales. 802-7750340. KILLINGTON VALLEY Real Estate PO Box 236, 2281 Killington Rd., Killington. 802422-3610 or 1-800-833-KVRE. Email: kvre@vermontel.net
KILLINGTON PICO REALTY Our Realtors have special training in buyer representation to ensure a positive buying experience. Looking to sell? Our unique marketing plan features your very own website. 802-4223600, KillingtonPicoRealty. com 2814 Killington Rd., Killington. (next to Choices Restaurant). LOUISE HARRISON REAL ESTATE: An independent broker offering professional guidance and representation to buyers and sellers in the greater Killington, Mendon, Rutland area. 30 years experience. Available by appointment 7 days a week at the location of your choice. 8 Mountain Top Rd, Chittenden. LouiseHarrison.com, 802747-8444. PEAK PROPERTY Real Estate, 1995 US Route 4, Killington. VTproperties. net. 802-775-1700, 802353-1604. Marni@ peakpropertyrealestate.com. Specializing in homes/condos/ land/commercial/investments/ winter rentals. Representing sellers & buyers all over Central Vt. THE PERFORMANCE GROUP real estate 1810 Killington Rd., Killington. 802422-3244 or 800-338-3735, vthomes.com, email info@ vthomes.com. As the name implies “WE PERFORM FOR YOU!” PRESTIGE REAL Estate of Killington, 2922 Killington Rd., Killington. Specializing in the listing & sales of Killington Condos, Homes, & Land. Call toll free 800398-3680 or locally 802-4223923. prestigekillington.com. SKI COUNTRY Real Estate, 335 Killington Rd., Killington. 8 0 2 - 7 7 5 - 5 111 , 8 0 0 - 8 7 7 5111. SkiCountryRealEstate. com - 8 agents to service: K i l l i n g t o n , B r i d g e w a t e r, Mendon, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Rochester, Stockbridge & Woodstock areas. Sales & Winter Seasonal Rentals. Open 7 days/wk, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES STORE FOR RENT next to Outback Pizza, approx. 2,500+ sq. ft. Call owner Ron Viccari, 914-217-4390 (cell); 800-694-2250 (office). Let’s make a deal. C O M M E R C I A L S PA C E AVAILABLE with another well established business. Small or large square footage. Close to ski shop, restaurant and lodging. Great location for any business. Call 802-345-5867.
K I L L I N G TO N M A L L f o r sale, 4-apartments, 2-stores, 1-nightclub/restaurant, 1-50s diner restaurant. 4 acres plus building. Call office 800-6942250 or cell 914-217-4390. Ron Viccari.
RENTALS B R E C K E N R I D G E COLORADO Marriott timeshare, ski in/ski out. Spacious 1 king BR, 2 bath villa. Sleeps 6. March weeks available. $1,400. 802-4224278. KILLINGTON SEASONAL rental on mountain, 3 BR, 2 BATH, completely furnished w/ FP, low utilities, excellent location. Just became available. 781-749-5873, 339214-6683, toughfl@aol.com. KILLINGTON SKI SHARES AVAILABLE - We’re looking for a few skiers & boarders to fill our house. Check us out at www.rustedmoose.com or email iamskibum@gmail.com. KILLINGTON SEASONAL rental 1 BR, good location, completely furnished, $5,000/ season. 781-749-5873, 339214-6683, toughfl@aol.com. SKI SHARES/Full rooms available. Prime location in the heart of Killington. Brand new house. 2B per room/ singles. No bunk beds, lots of amenities. 917-796-4289, outdoordiva7@yahoo.com. KILLINGTON SKI SHARES for singles or couples. Nice, quiet house and close to mountain. Nonsmokers. peandpls@gmail. com. RUTLAND 2 BR furnished, utilities included. Dec-April. $6,500 or $1,500 /month. 802345-3913. ROOMMATE WANTED to share two bedroom apartment at Gateway Condominiums in Mendon with one roommate (Killington Ski Lift Operator). Ten minute bus ride to Killington. Nov. 1, 2017 – April 15, 2018. $3550 for term plus $500 security deposit. Would consider rental payments made monthly. Call Ruth at 917882-9515 or Stephen at 917882-7549. BRIDGEWATER SHARES h a v e i t y o u r w a y. F U L L AVAILABILITY FOR WORLD CUP! First chair. Ledges ski shares - pick a plan: 1/4 share, 13 nights, $575. 1/2 share, 26 nights, $1,000. Full share, 52 nights, $1,400; or $50 nightly B&B. 6 bdrm contemporary mountain setting, 12 minutes to Killington. Hot tub, full kitchen privileges. Contact Scott, 860-930-0098.
A M A Z I N G M O U N TA I N VIEWS & CLOSE TO K I L L I N G TO N S K Y S H I P ! Mewly renovated 2 bedroom/1 bath lower unit! Winter seasonal rental! Available now! $6,900 from Dec 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018. Sleeps 4. No pets or smoking. Call Marni Rieger 802-353-1604. PITTSFIELD SEASONAL rental: 5 BR, fully furnished, new renovation, on VAST trails, minutes to skiing. $17,000 for season. Call Roger 802-345-5622.
All Positions: Chef Prep Cook Bartenders Servers Please call to inquire or apply in person: 2384 Killington Road - 802-422-3636
B R E A K FA S T C O O K , Wednesday - Sunday, 6:30 a.m.-12 noon. Butternut Inn, Killington. Call Jim to apply: 802-422-5660.
APARTMENTS FOR RENT: 5 bdrm, above Outback Pizza. Other apt. is 3 bdrm, above Outback Pizza. Call owner Ron Viccari, 914-217-4390 (cell); 800-694-2250 (office).
PEPPINO’S is looking for level-headed, laid-back professional staff members for the fall season. Positions i n c l u d e : w a i t s t a f f , b a r, kitchen, and dish room. FT & PT available, we pay well for hardworking people! Join the team, email Lou at peppinosvt@comcast.net to set up an appointment.
CHITTENDEN (Burr Pond, East Pittsford) 1 BR/ 1BA Seasonal $5,500 or 3 BR/ 1 BA $8,900, both fully furnished with shared laundry. Utilities included. Quiet, trails, 15 min. to Pico. LouiseHarrison. com 802-747-8444.
PASTA POT is looking for energetic staff to join our team. Positions include wait staff, pizza/prep cook & dishwasher. Apply in person at Pasta Pot on Route 4, Killington (Thurs.Sun., 5-10 p.m.) or call 802422-3004.
FOR SALE PAIR OF COOPER SNOW TIRES 195/65 R15, used 1+ years. $60. 802-422-4133. 2004 CHRYSLER PT Cruiser — Runs well. Winter & Summer tires. Some rust. 80K miles $1,400 or best offer. Call 802-236-9593. SET OF 4 Winterforce studded snow tires, 195/60R15. No faults, bought Oct. 13 for my 2014 Fiesta, drove 200 miles on them, then traded in the car. An excellent tire, had Winterforce previously. Cost $500 new, asking $400 o.b.o. Need to sell! Please call Julia at 802-483-2020, Rutland Town.
INN AT LONG TRAIL seeking experienced cook/prep cook. Pay commensurate with experience. Email (ilt@ innatlongtrail.com) resume or brief work history, or call 802-775-7181 to set up interview appointment. Will train competent and motivated individual. Weekends and holidays a must. CHOICES RESTAURANT is accepting applications for parttime host and experienced line cook. Call 802-4224030 or email resume to claudeschoices@yahoo.com.
FIREWOOD for sale, we stack. Rudi, 802-672-3719.
CASEY’S CABOOSE is looking for some great people to help us continue to rebuild Killington’s most loved restaurant. Immediate help, and fall and ski seasons. All positions considered. Part time positions available, too. Email resume and cover letter to john@caseyscaboose. com, or stop by and introduce yourself.
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MOGULS SEEKING: Line cooks, wait staff; full time and part time work available. 802422-4777. Apply daily, open 7 days.
SNOW PLOWING, sanding. Seasonal or per time. Call Ryan 802-291-2271. BEAUREGARD PAINTING, 25 years experience. 802436-1337. BOOKKEEPING SERVICES of Vermont. QuickBooks software. Accurate and efficient. $28/hour. 802-3456881. PRIOR FOR HIRE - Handyman services, carpentry and yard. Call Jeremy Prior, 802-3531806.
EMPLOYMENT All Positions,All Shifts: Cook Deli Cashier Please call to inquire or apply in person: 2384 Killington Road - 802-422-3636
ON THE ROCS - All positions. Chef-prep cookbartenders-servers. Please call to inquire or apply in person: 2384 Killington Road, Killington; 802-422-3636.
POTTER BROTHERS DEMO CENTER, Snowshed Lodge. FT and PT positions for experienced ski/snowboard tech and sales. Daytime shifts. Email: john@potterbrothers. com or apply in person; Snowshed Lodge, Killington Resort. PHAT ITALIAN - All positionsall Shifts. Cook, deli, cashier. Please call to inquire or apply in person: 2384 Killington Road, Killington; 802-4223636.
LINE COOK Needed at P r e s t o n ’s R e s t a u r a n t a t Killington/Pico Ski Resort. Prepare and produce a wide variety of menu items, perform a variety of complex cooking tasks, meal service and proper plating of all meals. Full timeseasonal. Apply online at www.killington.com/jobs or in person at Killington Human Resources. 4763 Killington Rd. Killington, VT 05751. 800300-9095. EOE. PASSIONATE about fresh food: FT DELI POSITION: 40 hours/wk. Excellent pay. Nights 12-8 p.m. Food service experience preferred. SEASONAL PT DELI: 32 +hours/wk. Weekends. Bridgewater Corners Country Store, 5680 US ROUTE 4. Call or text resume to attention Wendy 802-299-1717.
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Mercury enters retrograde in time for holidays
By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye
This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Pisces Moon, in the wake of Thanksgiving and the annual, Black Friday greed-athon. There is so much going on it’s hard to know what to focus on, and just as hard to figure out how to talk about it without sounding like a fanatic. On the surface of things we are looking at a Mercury retrograde phase that will begin on Dec. 3 and last until Dec 23. This gives us three weeks where Murphy’s Law will be the order of the day. The standard take on Mercury retrograde is that everything goes awry. This is not a hard and fast rule. These phases that place Mercury in what only appears to be a backward motion are, in fact, opportunities to sharpen our intuitive faculties and rearrange our thinking about things that are supposedly written in stone. As much as our holiday activities are bound to be crazier than usual, there is nothing to say that everything needs to go haywire. The trick with retrograde Mercury lies in remembering that anything that gets rearranged will turn out better than whatever we had in mind. Going with the flow is the main thing. If we can figure out how to do that, our holiday plans will inevitably unfold in ways that are a vast improvement on whatever we imagined. It’s time to bear witness and come clean. What we are witnessing on the world stage is only a macrocosmic image of a transformation that needs to occur inside each one of us. We are the world – and what’s going on “out there” is a projection of who we are. To help us stay in touch with what needs to be kept in mind as we move deeper into this transition phase let me invite all of you to take what you can from this weeks’ ‘scopes.
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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
PETPersonals
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CARTER - 1-year-old neutered male. Pit Bull. I’m a high energy dog and I’ll need lots of exercise and play time with my new family to keep me happy and out of trouble. I know how to “sit” and I like treats so it should be easy to teach me more commands and maybe even some tricks. ALI - 5.5-year-old spayed female. Domestic Short Hair. Torbie. Hi, my name is Ali and I am one big friendly gal. I am what you consider a lap cat, I love to lounge and get attention. Did I mention I am as beautiful as they come! I will need to continue being on a diet because I would like to stay healthy! CALLIE - 6-year-old spayed female. Treeing Walker Hound. I’m an adorable lady with unique markings who loves getting lots of love and attention. I’m smart and I already know how to “sit” so I’m looking forward to learning more commands and maybe even some tricks. TONKA - 3-year-old spayed female. Domestic Short Hair. Brown tabby. I am a beautiful brown 3-year-old tabby. I came to the shelter after living outside for two years. I have enjoyed returning to life as an indoor cat. I am a bit of a talker, so if you are looking for a cat who will give you a hello meow, I am for you. ALEXA - 1-year-old spayed female. Pit Bull. I’m a super friendly, outgoing lady who enjoys being with people. I’m smart and I already know “sit” and “shake” (with both paws!) and I hope to learn more commands and maybe even some tricks. I’m a high energy gal and I’ll need a lot of exercise. STACEY - 1.5-year-old spayed female. Domestic Short Hair. Brown tabby with white. Hi, my name is Stacey and as you can see from my sweet disposition I am quite the loveable cat. I am a little anxious in hectic households. I do well with other cats and older children but I am not sure I like dogs.
MUFFINS 1-year-old spayed female. Domestic Short Hair. Brown tabby. I am a happy-go-lucky kind of cat and I love attention. I can be independent as well and do my own thing. I love to play with toys and I enjoy when the staff gives me a treat or two. I am not fond of kids so I am looking for a quiet household.
Featuring pets from:
RUTLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY LUCY MACKENZIE HUMANE SOCIETY SPRINGFIELD HUMANE SOCIETY
Springfield Humane Society
THING 2 - 1-year-old spayed female. Shepherd mix. I’m a shy lady who would do best in a quiet home without a lot of people coming and going. I’ll need a patient owner who will give me the time I need to settle in and relax. With time my personality should blossom but I will need lots of time for sure. CHEERIO 2-year-old spayed female. Domestic Short Hair. Brown tabby. Hi, my name is Cheerio and I am an itty bitty thing with a great big personality. I love to cuddle and will never say no to affection. I do well with other cats. I am not sure if I like dogs. I am friendly and can be independent.
CHUNK Hi my name is Chunk and I am 7 years old. I know Sit, Down, Shake and Speak. Since I am so smart, I’d make a great companion. If you are looking for a 90 pound hunk and have no other pets stop by 401 Skitchewaug Trail, Springfield, Vt, Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4:30, and see how smart I am in person! For more information on Chunk or our sale call 802-885-3997.
LEXI - 4-year-old spayed female. Pit Bull Mix. I’m a very playful gal who loves tennis balls! I will need lots of sturdy dog toys to keep me happy and entertained. After I play I will relax and take a snooze. I’m very social, too, and enjoy hanging out with my favorite people.
Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society
JR - Adult neutered male. Rex Rabbit. White. Hello, my name is JR. I am a big fluffball who loves to snack on veggies and lounge around in my pen. I am somewhat comfortable being held. I do like to romp around from time to time as well!
BERTIE - 1-year-old neutered male. Flemish Giant/Silver Fox mix. Black and silver. Hi there, my name is Bertie. I am a big friendly fella who turns heads. The staff here cannot get over how handsome I am! I really do love treats like apple slices, sunflower seeds and oatmeal. I will be your best friend!
All of these pets are available for adoption at
Rutland County Humane Society
765 Stevens Road, Pittsford, VT • (802) 483-6700 Tues. - Sat. 12-5p.m., Closed Sun. & Mon. • www.rchsvt.org
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ROSEMARY Hi! My name’s Roseone little bit. As a matter mary and I’m a 11-year-old of fact, it’s helped me to spayed female. I was found decide that I would like to as a stray and brought live as an only-cat in my safely to Lucy Mackenzie. I new home. If you’ve been really can’t explain why I looking for a senior gal who was a stray, but I’m most is full of personality and certainly not meant to be incredibly deserving, stop one! I like living indoors, in and meet me today! Lucy where it’s safe and warm Mackenzie Humane Sociand where there’s plenty of ety is located at 4832 Route food. Speaking of food, I’m 44, West Windsor, VT. We’re healthiest when I’m eating open to the public Tuesa special hypoallergenic day through Saturday, 12 diet, which the people - 4 p.m. Reach us daily at here can tell you about. To 802-484-LUCY. Visit us make sure that’s the only at www.lucymac.org, like food I consume, I have my us on Facebook, and follow very own condo here at the us on Twitter. We hope to shelter, which I don’t mind see you soon!
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news briefs By Lani Duke
Pawlet and Rupert merge school districts
Castleton chooses preferred solar site CASTLETON—The Castleton Select Board followed the recommendation of the Castleton Planning Commission in designating Green Lantern group’s proposed solar array as a preferred site. That designation would save the town $5,300 a year on its electric bill if the array is erected on the site.
Voters approved the creation of the Mettawee School District Nov. 21, merging the school districts of Pawlet and Rupert, along with Mettawee Community School. Pawlet voters supported the merger 259-201; Rupert, 150-142. Governance for the new district goes to Scott McChesney, Julie Mach, Diane Mach, and Susan Ceglowski from Pawlet, and Michael Krauss and Jane Laurie from Rupert. The vote enables the two towns to take advantage of a four-year reduction in education taxes and caps tax increase during that time, according
Orwell turkey farm celebrates Thanksgiving ORWELL—Stonewood Farms in Orwell reports strong turkey sales this year. Owner Peter Stone told WCAX-TV that the farm raised 18,000 healthy, Class A turkeys for Thanksgiving, normally raising about 30,000 birds a year. Last year, the farm lost half its crop to an outbreak of fowl cholera, and, therefore, half its sales. Stone put in a year of preventive improvements, pouring concrete around the edge of the dirt floors where they meet the sidewalls, so no exterior disease carrier could tunnel in.
Pawlet bank enlarges footprint PAWLET—Citizens Bank approached the town of Pawlet to approve a 12 by 24-foot addition on the east side of its Route 149 business site and modifications for the surrounding driveway and parking area. Changes to the lot would streamline the traffic flow and improve drainage. Design Review Board member Keith Mason suggested creating a swale in the permeable
to the Rutland Herald. They will be considered a side-by-side district with the newly formed Taconic and Green Regional School District, resulting from the merger of the nine Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union towns of Danby, Dorset, Landgrove, Londonderry, Manchester, Mt. Tabor, Peru, Sunderland, and Weston. Students who are in Pawlet and Rupert have the choice of attending high school in either Granville or Salem, N.Y., or attending a high school in Vermont and making up the difference in tuition themselves.
area between the parking lot and the road and paving beside Bullfrog Hollow Road along the frontage to resolve drainage issues and pothole concerns on the east side of the site. The small size of the addition, only 564 square feet of waterimpervious material, lies below the threshold that triggers Act 250 jurisdiction. The DRB approved the variance with some specific paving measures.
Water testing at Castleton Elementary CASTLETON—Castleton Elementary is one of 16 schools where the state Health Department will test for lead in the drinking water. There has been no requirement for schools that get their drinking water from municipal supplies be tested, but that may change, depending on these test results. The 167 schools are voluntarily submitting
to the free tests, which should indicate whether those schools have lead pipes in their systems. The state already mandates that some 150 schools with private wells be tested for lead. Agency of Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore said the state plans to work with any schools in which dangerous levels of lead appear.
Fair Haven has water in mind FAIR HAVEN—The Select Board has been considering the funding for two water projects. One would be a planning/ engineering study to separate storm water from sewer sump pumps near Adams Street, to be funded by a loan. If construction follows the study, the loan becomes part of the project construction costs; if no further construction follows, the town pays the loan. The board’s discussion extended to private sump pumps that
Students attend Vermont Reads program MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS—Twenty-five Middletown Springs students in grades four through six, accompanied by seven adults, rode a Premier bus to hear author Jacqueline Woodson speak in Burlington. The students had read Woodson’s book “Brown Girl Dreaming” as part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s fifth annual Vermont Reads program. Individual community members donated money so that each student received an autographed book by Woodson. The library wrote the grant and hosted an inter-generational discussion. Friends of the Library hosted and promoted Vermont Reads.
empty into the sewer system and using a camera to study the sewer lines. Fair Haven is also evaluating whether to continue with Phase 2 of a sewer plant upgrade study. The plant has reached the end of its life expectancy, at more than 30 years. The site contains enough room for a sludge storage drying bed that would save sludge removal costs on a per-gallon basis. The study would also identify other operating improvements.
What’s happening in local schools The first trimester of school ends December 8. Castleton Village School principal Linda Peltier told the Slate Valley Modified Unified Union School District board that a student group is working with an all-student-designed digital bulletin board in the main lobby. Eighth graders hosted a Veteran’s Day dinner for more than 137 families at the American Legion in Castleton, and Mettawee Community School invited local veterans to join students for breakfast Nov. 9. Students were encouraged to thank the attending veterans for serving their country. Three Castleton seventh-graders were selected to participate in Ver-
mont Kids Against Tobacco (VKAT). In existence since 1995, the program is sponsored by the Vermont Department of Health, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Total enrollment in the AddisonRutland Supervisory Union schools has reached 1,355, including Pre-K. Elementary enrollments total 965, with Benson Village School, 81 students; Castleton-Hubbardton, 385; Fair Haven Village School, 357; and Orwell, 142. Fair Haven Union High School has an enrollment of 390, of which 120 are ninth graders; 78, 10th graders; 96, 11th graders, and 96, 12th graders.
Castleton U students seek food adjustment CASTLETON—Castleton University students recently expressed dissatisfaction with the food they are being offered at Huden Hall and other campus dining facilities. Students say chicken, tacos and pasta are being served too often. Students want more choices for those on gluten-free, lactose-free, and vegan and vegetarian diets. They also want longer hours for Huden and Coffee Cottage, along with meat exchanges at Coffee Cottage
and a variety of foods made available into the evening. Campus Activities Vice President James Wolfe told students and faculty at an open meeting of the Student Government Association Food Committee Nov. 13 that the committee wants to see examples and explanations of what they want changed and why, not mere complaints. He said to document the time, which meal it concerns, and what would improve it, according to
the Castleton Spartan. Wolfe said he wasn’t saying the food wasn’t already good, but asking for input on what would make it better. Huden General Manager Rob MacFarlane said this kind of committee input is exactly what he needs and can work with to figure out a way to provide students with what they want. Having a committee that meets daily is more effective than less personal online surveys or comment cards, he said.
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KILLINGTON—An opportunity has opened for Killington students who are attending or will be enrolling in an accredited two- or fouryear college and who have a minimum 3.0 GPA. California-based A-1 Auto Transport, Inc., announced this week it
is extending its offer for college scholarships to students in various cities nationwide, including Killington. Scholarships are in the amount of $1,000, $500 and $250. The funds will be sent directly to financial aid offices. The scholarship was set up in 2016 and the
company has opened entry in various cities worldwide since its origination. Students can enter for the scholarship by doing the following: Students must write a minimum 1,000word essay on a topic coinciding with the auto shipping industry. Content will be checked
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Rutland town management job description changed RUTLAND TOWN—Applications for the open position of Rutland Town administrative assistant have been numerous, Select Board Chair Joshua Terenzini told the Rutland Herald. The town will continue accepting applications until Nov. 30. The board substantially altered the post formerly occupied by Joseph Zingale. The job description is no longer that of town administrator but instead is administrative assistant. In the meantime, fired town administrator Joseph Zingale’s lawsuit against the town is transferred to federal court because his suit claims the town did not comply with constitutional due process mandates, nor did it meet Zingale’s property interest in his job, protected constitutionally. Attorney James Carroll of Middlebury, hired by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns to defend the town, has not yet filed a detailed response to the allegations in the lawsuit, the Herald reported.
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Clarendon ballfield causes ANR beef CLARENDON—The town of Clarendon and the state Agency of Natural Resources are at odds over whether the town violated state rules in building a ballfield two years ago. ANR’s notice of violation arrived Nov. 15, saying the town had filled in a 0.62acre Class II wetland and cleared and filled another 0.38-acre parcel in making the ballfield. Not so, Select Board Chair Michael Klopchin told the Rutland Herald. The town held an emergency meeting the night it received the notice and decided to contest the complaint. Klopchin said that Clarendon did not fill in a wetland, but instead filled in a drainage ditch, dug during the building of the new Agency of Transportation highway garage. Fill material was the dirt dug up by Markowski Excavating of Florence under its contract work at the Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport. Markowski had delivered the fill dirt to the town, thereby holding down disposal costs on the stateowned airport project. All permits were in place before the ballfield construction began in 2015; the project was completed and growing grass in 2016, Klopchin said. Both the town and Markowski Excavating received the violation notice, giving 10 days in which to respond. The town has two choices: to apply for and comply with an after-thefact permit by July 1, or to restore the wetland to its original condition by Sept. 15, 2018.
Rutland, Pittsford, and Mendon – have added the allocation to their municipal budgets, Jepson said. Others – Wallingford, Shrewsbury, Rutland Town, Mount Holly, Middletown Springs, Killington, and Clarendon – are putting the contribution on their Town Meeting ballots for the voters to vote up or down. Jepson and Cohen plan to visit the select boards of Danby, Fair Haven, and Proctor with the same request in the following weeks. The Rutland City Board of Aldermen was just another stop on the duo’s solicitation tour. The aldermen sent the funding request to the Community and Economic Development Committee, which will give the board its recommendation after a review. The campaign attempts to answer business concerns of declining population, insufficient available workforce, and the resultant lowered property values and tax base. It also address the need for support for retailers and restaurants, she noted.
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Wendy Wilton has handed in her keys to the Rutland City Treasurer’s office as she assumes her new role, Vermont director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency. Three recent Vermont Police Academy graduates plan to join the Rutland City Police Department, according to the Rutland Herald. Jimmy Plakas, Nathan Hickey, and Josiah Curlew completed their training Nov. 17. Officer Nate Harvey and his canine partner, King Cobalt, graduated from canine patrol school that day as well. Already employed at the Rutland Police Department since 2014, Harvey began canine handling a year ago. Cobalt joins King Jagger as the second canine member of the Rutland department. Plakas earned the highest grade-point average in his class. Classmates in the Academy’s 104th Basic Training Class awarded Hickey the Gaiotti Award, given for “honesty, loyalty and enthusiasm for the law enforcement profession.” Both Plakas and Curlew joined the police force in January and have been attending the police academy on a part-time basis and training in the field before entering the police academy course. Hickey, who already has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Castleton U, joined the department in May before starting the part-time training. The three now move on to a few weeks of post-basic training and then finish field training in Rutland. Two more individuals are also in the hiring process, City Police Chief Brian Kilcullen said. One of them, already trained, will join in December; the other is on track to take the next police training class in February.
Aldermen working on city budget
Relevant committees have been reviewing their respective portions of the submitted city budget. Although the aldermen can trim the spending plan, they can not add to it, according to the city charter. The change of a penny on the tax rate results in a change of about $100,000, then Rutland City Treasurer Wendy Wilton told VTDigger. Pruning $1 million from the budget would drop the tax rate 10 cents. The budget for Fiscal Year 2019 that Mayor David Allaire submitted to the board would raise the municipal portion of the tax rate by 23 cents, from $1.59 to $1.82 per $100 of assessed value. For a home with a $150,000 valuation, taxes would increase about $346, or about $30 a month for someone who has escrowed their taxes with their lender. That does not include the education portion of the taxes each property owner must pay. That announcement, however, is only preliminary. The board will have until Dec. 31 to adjust and approve the proposed budget. City residents vote to approve or reject that amount Mar. 6 on Town Meeting Day. Even then, the tax rate is not set. It will depend on changes in the Grand List and city revenue.
Rutland Free Library making budget plans Organizations that rely on voter approval for all or part of their funding are preparing their budgets to present at town meetings across the area. The Rutland Free Library is no exception. Library director Randal Smathers wrote in the Rutland Herald that the library was forced to stop being open in the evening last year because the city aldermen level-funded the budget, and evening is when the library sees the lowest demand. However, being closed in the evening also barred use of the community meeting space, the Nella Grimm Fox Room, a highly unpopular consequence. During 2018-19, the library and Fox Room will be open two nights a week, meeting Mayor David Allaire’s request for a 3 percent request. Funding for the library has three sources, Smathers explained. One is taxes from Rutland City, Rutland Town, Mendon, Tinmouth, and Ira. Residents of those towns receive automatic library membership. The other sources are endowments and fund raising. The library’s largest endowment cannot be used for utilities, maintenance, supplies, or salaries. All of those categories are fairly fixed expenses except for staff paychecks, which is why, Smathers said, lowered taxpayer support cuts into staffing and hours of operation. The library’s trustees have worked to increase fund raising, with an annual appeal that raised more than $25,000 in 2013. The goal rose to $30,000 and was met in 2016. The trustees hope to match it again or do better. In alternate years, the library raises funds with Tables of Content, a three-course meal in the Fox Room featuring 14 Vermont authors, for 100 guests. It is happening in 2018 on April 17. The recently added, off-year fundraiser is Library Mini-Golf. The library’s fund-raising efforts raise nearly $10,000 a year more than they did five years ago. Its requested budget increase for 20182019 is $21,512.
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Suspended Rutland firefighter arrested again By Alan Keays, VTDigger
RUTLAND—A Rutland city firefighter suspended from his job since his arrest this summer for allegedly impersonating a police officer is facing new criminal charges of drunk driving and leaving the scene of a crash, early Thanksgiving morning. In a statement, city police said that officers on foot patrol on Center Street saw Brent Garrow driving a Cadillac limousine erratically early Thursday morning. Officers got in their cruisers to try to track Garrow down and when they found him and talked to him he appeared to be “impaired by an intoxicating substance,” according to the statement. The 1994 Cadillac Fleetwood limousine belongs to the Clifford Funeral Home, where Garrow works part time. A person answering the phone at the funeral home on Friday morning declined to comment but confirmed that it was the funeral home’s limousine and Garrow does work there part time. While taking Garrow back to the police department early Thursday morning for processing, police said the officers saw that the rear of another vehicle nearby had sustained heavy damage. Through investigation, according to the release, officers determined that Garrow Police, page 38
State game wardens conducting roadside checks
Drivers out and about in Vermont this fall may be stopped and checked by state game wardens. Wardens recently conducted such a routine hunting season check of motor vehicles on Sunday, Nov. 19, in Bakersfield. “We conducted this check to enforce hunting-related laws with the assistance of Vermont State Police to help enforce other laws,” said Warden Major George Scribner. Vehicles were stopped at the intersection of Route 108 and East Bakersfield Road in Bakersfield between 4 and 9 p.m. Wardens contacted more than 200
vehicles and inspected many firearms throughout the evening. Four loaded long guns, five drug possession violations, four alcohol-related offenses and six motor vehicle infractions were discovered. A person convicted of having a loaded long gun in a motor vehicle is subject to a $435 fine and a one-year loss of their hunting, fishing and trapping privileges. “We will conduct these checkpoints periodically throughout the fall,” added Scribner. “Our goal is to heighten public awareness about warden presence during deer season in order to decrease violations.”
Police out in force at Thanksgiving By Evan Johnson
KILLINGTON—Law enforcement in Rutland County were busy during the World Cup weekend, managing the flow of traffic up and down Killington Road and completing a number of vehicle stops. According to press releases from the state police, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, between 1 and 3 p.m. troopers completed a saturation patrol on Route 4. Eighteen vehicles were stopped, which resulted in 17 written warnings and eight Vermont civil violation complaints. At 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24, police completed another saturation patrol on Route 4 in Killington, issuing seven Vermont civil violation complaints and 11 written warnings. There was one citation for possession of marijuana. Police completed an additional saturation patrol Friday on Route 4 in Killington and Mendon, yielding, four citations and six written warnings.
Phoenix Books to host children’s literacy book drive RUTLAND—This holiday season, Phoenix Books is partnering with Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) to donate books for children all over Vermont. The book drive will run from Thanksgiving through the end of the year. Customers will receive a 20 percent discount off books purchased for donation (some exclusions apply) and will have the chance to enter a drawing for a Phoenix Books gift certificate. “We are so excited to be working with CLiF on a holiday book drive,” said Phoenix’s general manager, Colleen Shipman. CLiF is a non-profit organization whose mission is to nurture a love of reading and writing among low-income, at-risk, and rural children up to age 12 throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. CLiF brings authors, illustrators and storytellers, literacy programming and resources, including new books, to elementary schools, libraries, after school programs, shelters and affordable housing units, refugee programs, Head Start, nutrition programs, and many others. In Rutland, CLiF’s Summer Readers programs serve the Seventh Day Adventist Little Lambs day care program. CLiF’s Rural Libraries Sponsorship program for 2017-2018 recently held a Veteran’s Day event with new books about veterans supported by the CLiF grant at Roger Clark Memorial Library in Pittsfield and the Killington Elementary School. In the past, CLiF has served the Ludlow afterschool program with stories and new books and a Rural Libraries sponsorship in Proctorsville, as well as a Year of the Book grant at Ludlow Elementary School. “The Children’s Literacy Foundation is proud to partner with Phoenix Books to provide high-quality children’s books to the most vulnerable children in our region,” added Erika Nichols-Frazer, CLiF’s communications manager. “All of our programs conclude with book giveaways during which children choose new books of their very own to keep.”
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had allegedly earlier struck that damaged vehicle when driving before he was stopped by police ,and did not report it. The funeral home’s limousine also sustained damage. After Garrow, 31, of Rutland Town, was processed at the police station, he was released to a sober person, the release stated. He is set to be arraigned on the charge Dec. 11 in Rutland County Superior Criminal Court. It’s the latest brush with the law for Garrow. On Aug. 12, a state police trooper said he stopped Garrow for speeding on Route 7 in Clarendon. Trooper Jonathan Hall wrote in a court affidavit that Garrow showed him a badge and told him he worked for the Pittsford Police Department. However, the trooper later learned that Garrow had been decertified as a police officer more than a year earlier. Garrow pleaded innocent to the impersonation charge and was released on conditions. That case remains pending. Garrow has been on paid administrative leave from his job at the city fire department since his arrest on the impersonation charge. Sabina Smiechowski, Garrow’s attorney in the case involving the impersonating a police officer charge . Neither Rutland City Mayor David Allaire, interim Fire Chief William Lovett, could immediately be reached Friday for comment. Anyone with information about the incident involving Garrow early Thursday morning, Nov. 23, including any information about who may have been in the vehicle with him, is asked call Sgt. Adam Lucia of the Rutland City Police Department at 802-773-1816.
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Festival of Trees | Santa's Workshop | Sleigh Rides Jack Frost Marketplace | Live Entertainment For more information, schedule of events or to buy advanced tickets, visit www.killingtonpico.org or call (802) 773-4181 KILLINGTON PICO AREA ASSOCIATION