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Pot expected to be legal in Vermont this summer
Recreational use of marijuana passes Vermont Senate, expected to become legal July 1 By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger By Evan Johnson
Cortina Inn’s main entrance.
Courtesy of Okemo Mountain Resort
Know the code January is National Safety Awareness Month at Killington and Okemo resorts. Killington will be promoting Know Your Responsibility Code and Smart Style, plus offering a free lift ticket with the purchase of a helmet. Okemo will be holding its Helmet Head contest this weekend, too.
By Sabin Gratz Photography
Love, all seasons In conjunction with the Winter Bridal Show happening in Rutland on Jan. 21, a local Killington establishment — the Trailside Inn — has won Best of Weddings as a venue for 2018 from The Knot. Read about why the area is a top Vermont wedding destination, then head to the bridal show to seek out the area’s best vendors to create the perfect day. Page 38
Residential care coming to Cortina By Evan Johnson
The owners of the Cortina Inn in Killington have a plan to breathe new life into the space. This spring, the Cortina will close operations in early April as it begins work to become residential care facility with specialized units for memory care that would house 75. “We did a market study and we realized this would do well here,” said Cortina general manager Patrick Kitchin. “Vermont is an aging demographic. It’s going to lend that to us very well.” Kitchin said the inn had struggled to fill its rooms during the ski season. “There are just too many beds in Killington,” he said. “It’s fine when it’s busy, but when it’s dead,
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Gov. Phil Scott reiterated Thursday, Jan. 11, he plans to sign the bill legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in Vermont, but said he’s still undecided about whether to have a public signing for H.511 and did not say when the signing (public or private) would happen. The bill, H.511, cleared the Senate on Wednesday, Jan. 10, and the House the week prior. The pot bill allows the possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana and two mature and four immature marijuana plants by people 21 or older. During the last legislative session Scott vetoed a measure that also would have legalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana and permitted the cultivation of a few plants. H.511 represents a compromise reached by the heads of the Senate and House Judiciary panels and Scott’s administration. Added provisions
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GOV. PHIL SCOTT
“I STILL FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR OWN HOME SHOULD BE YOUR OWN BUSINESS AS LONG AS IT DOESN’T AFFECT SOMEONE ELSE,” SAID SCOTT. include creating enhanced criminal penalties for using pot in a vehicle with children and increasing penalties for providing marijuana to anyone underage.
“This is a libertarian approach. I’ve said I’m not philosophically opposed to it,” the governor said Thursday. “I know there’s diverse opinion right here in this room as to whether we should move forward, but I still firmly believe that what you do in your own home should be your own business as long as it doesn’t affect someone else.” Once the bill gains the governor’s signature, Vermont will become the first state to legalize recreational marijuana through legislation, rather than by voter initiative. The legislation would go into effect July 1. Vermont will join eight states — Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Nevada, Washington — and the District of Columbia where possession of small amounts of marijuana are legal for recreational use. The vote in Vermont came a week after the Trump administration announced it would Marijuana bill, page 5
By Richard Lambert
Members of the 70+ Ski Club stand during a recent gathering at Okemo Mountain Resort. The group regularly skis and races in the area.
Group keeps seniors active and engaged on-piste
By Karen D. Lorentz
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“Wow, that is inspiring but I don’t think my knees will last that long!” So said a 30ish male at Okemo, reacting to members of the 70+ Club racing, including some in their eighties and one in his nineties. Another man quietly confided he was 75 and shared his ailments but like the other skier expressed appreciation for the young-at-heart seniors who were racing — most just for fun but several in racing suits. Babara Favale was there
cheering her husband Tony on at the finish. She’d had several surgeries, including a “serious rotator cuff,” and isn’t skiing this year but plans to next year, she said. She’s also going on the 70+ Breckenridge trip. “We go all over,” she added, citing travel, social life, and staying active as important to her and reasons for being part of the 3,500-member 70+ Ski Club. A skier who made a difference Lloyd Lambert (1901-1997) founded the 70+ Ski Club in 1977.
The club for seniors continues to thrive today and is “really a culmination of a life spent promoting a sport he loved,” said grandson Richard Lambert Jr.. who currently leads the club. Richard said, “My grandfather bought his first pair of skis in 1915 at a local hardware store for $1.98 but really fell in love with skiing in the 1930s when he was among the first to ride the ski trains from Schenectady to North Creek, N.Y. His enthusiasm for the sport led him to become president of a local ski
club and join the National Ski Patrol.” But while he might have relished recognition by his peers, “getting his audience out on the slopes was what really motivated him,” Lambert noted. Dismayed that fellow seniors were giving up skiing because they could no longer afford it on fixed incomes or had no one to ski with anymore, Lloyd contacted many of the ski resort owners he had built relationships with and persuaded them to offer free ski group, page 21 skiing for 70+70+ skiers.
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Coaches vs. Cancer game set in Fair Haven
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Nancy Mark, seated fourth from right, enjoys a meal with some of her students.
Adult Learning volunteer reflects on service
By Evan Johnson
When Nancy Mark retired from a career in education, she wasn’t ready to walk away from the classroom. After retiring from her role as principal at the Mettawee Community School in Pawlet, she took an online English as a Second Language (ESL) course and signed up with Vermont Adult Learning to begin working with groups of adults in its English Language Learner program. Her work began with shadowing other teachers before taking on groups of students on her own. As an English teacher, much of the material she works on is in the realm of nonfiction and topics have included Aretha Franklin and the architecture of New York City. “I tell my students on a regular basis that I learn along with them,” she said. “We learn about the language and the determinants that make it so unique to each group of people.” Mark has since gone from working with larger groups to one-on-one with students in areas of their interest. One of the areas
she’s enjoyed working with students is on their resumes, helping them start or move forward in their careers. “That was really rewarding because I got to see what their backgrounds were and everyone of them had something to offer. They could become more confident,” she said. “They have a wide variety of skills, with backgrounds in everything from music to academia. They are everything from teachers, to working in a store to an adjunct professor.” In the weeks ahead, Mark said she’s planning to focus on reading, listening, vocabulary, public speaking, and especially writing with her students. “Writing is an area that I plan to push a little more,” she said. “It’s not always people’s first choice.” Mark said she hopes to help students who want to take the citizenship test administered to candidates by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. More volunteers are needed at Vermont Adult learning and Mark said she hopes others will join her.
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FAIR HAVEN— Fair Haven Union High School will once again join in the fight against cancer by sponsoring Coaches vs. Cancer games. This year they will compete on the court with Otter Valley. The public is invited to attend the Coaches vs. Cancer night to cheer on the Slaters. The games, which take place at Fair Haven Union High School gymnasium, will be held on Feb. 1 for the girls’ team and Friday, Feb. 2 for the boys’ team, with games beginning at 5:30 for junior varsity and 7 p.m. for varsity. Fans are encouraged to wear navy, the color representing both teams, to show support for the Coaches vs. Cancer initiative. All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society, the official spon-
sor of the More Birthdays campaign. In 2015, the Fair Haven Union High School girls’ basketball teams supported a Coaches vs. Cancer game with Poultney High, raising $1,500. In 2016, the team raised $5,000 and $6,031 in 2017. “We at Fair Haven Union lost a much-loved music teacher, Fran LaPlaca, to the disease,” said Coach Leo Hutchins. “It’s a cause we all connect with, and a fight we can win. Team members and the Fair Haven community are going the extra mile to raise funds and awareness, and we’ll be showing off our success during the Slaters vs. Otters game.” Activities coordinator Ali Jones said, “Coaches vs. Cancer is one of the most important games because
it allows our students to play for a higher cause rather just winning or losing. It also showcases what our students do extremely well, which is striving to help others and use their talents to make the world around them a better place. It also allows two competitive schools to join together for a positive cause.” “The Fair Haven game will help create cancer awareness and raise funds to find cancer’s causes and cures and provide programs that ease the burden of the disease for people in need,” said Brian Casalinova, American Cancer Society community manager of special events. “Our hope is that one day, students will never have to worry about the threat of cancer. This is an opponent we can–and will–beat.”
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Owen Tarleton models one of the prototypes for a helmet to simulate concussions.
Woodstock students design for empathy
Woodstock Union High School Innovation, Design, Engineering and Action (IDEA) students have learned to be empathetic by designing for it. Creating devices that simulate the challenges that arise from concussions, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), ALS, and dyslexia, students hope that experiencing the frustration that comes with these disabilities will bring about understanding, and maybe some coping tools. The four teams of students will present their design process, prototypes, and final products from 8-9:15 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18 in the Rhoda Teagle Library at the school and the public is invited to attend. “The focus is on the design process, to design a physical product that allows people to experience some form of disability,” IDEA teacher Andy Smith said about the project for the semester. They began by researching various disabilities and their challenges and then each team of two-three students, chose a disability to focus on, going through several prototypes to come up with a device that simulated the symptoms or challenges associated with that disability. Students used the school’s new NuVu Innovation Lab. The current lab is a temporary one as the new 2000-foot lab should be completed later this winter. Some students found inspiration for these empathy projects from their own challenges. “We’re trying to simulate a concussion. All three of us have had concussions,” student Owen Tarleton said of the concussion helmet he designed along with Kyle Weirether and Ethan Earle. It took three prototypes before the team came up with their final design. They went from a cardboard box model with glasses to a helmet with adjustable straps and glasses. The final model is the most precise. “We 3-D printed all the parts...it tightens a lot better,” Weirether said, noting the first model only fit their heads and they knew it had to be flexible so anyone could try it. “It gives you all of the symptoms of a concussion at once,” Tarleton says about the dizziness, nausea, and sound delay that is simulated. “It’s about helping other people learn and making it easy to self-diagnose for the future,” Earle said of their product. Justin Kopf and Andy Seiple created an OCD Box for their project. Their final product is a wooden box with shapes that have to be lined up with images on the box within 15 seconds. “We want to simulate the stress and anxiety in the brain,” Kopf said about the challenge to do this task when the box is designed, with a motor, pegs, and friction, to fight against the operator trying to make it perfect. Will Crompton and Angus Farrand created a Dyslexic Keyboard. “You plug it into your computer and it will randomly put in a letter or number while you are typing. It makes you feel the frustration of dyslexia,” Farrand says. “They really had agency in their projects,” NuVu Design and Technology Fellow Dustin Brugmann, who runs the new WUHSMS Innovation Lab, said. “It was Design, page 5
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The Cobra Gymnastics Team is looking to improve over their performance in December.
Cobras enter 2018 with eyes on improvement
RUTLAND—The Cobra Gymnastics Team is rolling into 2018 with success and excitement for the rest of their competitive season. In a time when USA Gymnastics is undergoing a hard evaluation, the Cobra girls continue to show their prowess of strength, focus and dedication, all under the healthy coaching models of Shelby Collett and her staff. Collett’s focus includes a balance of joy and passion for gymnastics with an equal understanding of commitment, goal development and personal growth. In December, the team showed growth and elegance in two competitions. Jayla Eugair and Caitlin Giffin, both of the Level 3 team, competed in the first compulsory Sectional in Vermont. They tied for the first place honor in all-around with a 37.15 with Giffin also went home with a gold medal in bars with a 9.4. At the highly competitive World Class Invitational in Latham, N.Y., Cobra upheld their Vermont reputation by placing second in the team event for the Xcel Silvers and third for Level 6. Individual Gold medalists include Harper Wilson, 9.7 Xcel Silver Vault; Jada
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Residential care:
Cortina to be repurposed
continued from page 1 it’s too much. We can continue to run it at a loss, sell it, foreclose on it or convert it because it’s not doing well as it is.” Kitchin said the owners have put $4.5 million in renovations to the inn since opening in 2011 and will spend another $2 million on converting the space. Major renovations are ahead for the roof and common areas. “Because we’ll have
full-time residents, there’s a lot more we have to do to the building,” said Kitchin The facility will be staffed by 35-40 full-time, yearround employees. The inn currently is staffed by 12-15 part-time seasonal employees, with Kitchin being the only full-time, year-round employee. The facility will have to be compliant with the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging & Inde-
pendent Living. It will be required to meet residents’ health and medical needs and provide daily activities. The conversion process is estimated to take nine months, with a tentative opening in early next year. A name for the new facility has yet to be chosen. “We’re trying something that goes with the area and Pico, because we look right at it,” said Kitchin.
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Sen. Leahy, Gov. Scott endorse police chief to Marshals Service U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy and Governor Phil Scott have recommended Essex Police Chief Brad LaRose to President Trump to become Vermont’s next U.S. Marshal. If nominated and confirmed, LaRose would oversee all U.S. Marshals Service operations in Vermont. With offices in Burlington, Rutland, and Brattleboro, the Marshals Service is responsible for apprehending fugitives and sex offenders as well as managing federal prisoners and protecting federal courthouses. In their letter to the president, Scott and Leahy emphasized the importance to Vermont of the federal partnership role in combating the addiction to heroin and other opioids, and Chief LaRose’s valuable experience in that effort. They wrote: “Brad understands the challenges of this epidemic and the value of interagency coordination between federal, state, and local law enforcement partners. As a police chief, Brad has contributed personnel to the joint drug task force and helped his officers transition into, and out of, undercover work. … Brad has the experience, leadership credentials, and character to serve in this
important role.” Leahy and Scott noted that Chief LaRose is well regarded in his community, where he has served Essex as a police officer for more than 36 years, including more than five years as chief of police. They cited the fact that he is a graduate of the FBI National Academy. As a Republican and a Democrat, respectively, Scott and Leahy worked together in a bipartisan process to identify and interview a range of highly qualified and well-respected candidates to serve as U.S. Marshal for Vermont. As the most senior Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee that considers nominations related to law enforcement, Leahy has the privilege of suggesting candidates for U.S. Attorney, U.S. Marshal, and other positions in Vermont to the President. The Marshals Service, created in 1789, is the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency. The Marshals Service takes the lead in security of the courts and the entire judicial system and is involved in virtually every federal law enforcement initiative, working with federal prosecutors and federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
Volunteers assist offenders reentering communities
Trail running series to return to Killington
By Evan Johnson
Performance apparel company Under Armour announced the race dates and locations for the second annual Under Armour Mountain Running Series. In partnership with Powdr Corp, the trail running series is designed for running professionals and enthusiasts alike who want to experience trail in challenging mountain environments across North America. Powdr’s mountain resorts provide diverse climates, changing elevations and varying terrain. The 2018 UA Mountain Running Series kicks off on July 14 in the heart of the Rocky Mountains at Copper Mountain, the largest ski resort in Summit County, Colorado. Next, runners will head to Vermont on Aug. 25 to take on Killington Resort. Located along the Appalachian Mountains, Killington provides diverse terrain and a challenging vertical climb across several courses. The series finishes at Mt. Bachelor near Bend, Ore., on Sept. 15. The Pacific Northwest offers a lot of single track terrain, coupled with beautiful views of the Cascade volcano surroundings. The 2018 series features
RUTLAND—After serving a lengthy jail worked in the Vermont Department of sentence, reentering a community and Corrections as one of the first woman adjusting to an unstructured life can be a correctional officers at the Marble Valdaunting task. Thanks to a group of volunley Regional Correctional Facility where teers in Rutland, that obstacle becomes she co-facilitated the pretreatment sex easier for offenders to overcome. offender program. She found she enjoyed Circles of Support and Accountability working in contact with the inmates under (CoSA), is a relatively new program at her supervision and chose to stay a casethe Rutland County Community Justice worker for the duration of her career. Center at BROC Community Action that “I stayed a caseworker, I did not rise assists high-risk offenders returning to the within the system,” she said. “Every time I Rutland area. looked at rising within the system I would Lisa Ryan, program manager for the lose contact with the inmates and I would Rutland County have to compromise “YOU’RE WALKING A FINE Community Justice my own principles.” Center, said the role After retiring from LINE BETWEEN SUPPORT requires a special corrections, she AND ACCOUNTABILITY kind of volunteer. wanted to continue “It’s extremely with inmates who AND I ENJOY WALKING hard because of the were about to be THAT LINE,” ECKLEY SAID. population you’re released. “I didn’t working with and the feel like my work was “IT’S A CHALLENGE OF time commitment,” finished,” she said. ALL OF ME – MIND, BODY Ryan said. “It’s not After working something I would in the program for AND SOUL.” ever send a signup about seven years, sheet around for,” she said. “To work with she looks forward to the weekly meetthis population, you have to be invested. ings, which are held in a group-meeting You have to care.” setting to help offenders navigate social The model originated in Canada in the life outside, develop relationships and be 1990s and has been implemented in the held accountable to their victims and the United Kingdom and in a few U.S. states, community. including Vermont and Minnesota. The “We start with ‘How are you?’ and it goes program at the Rutland County Commufrom there.” she said. nity Justice Center at BROC Community Joining the circle Action is under a year old and more volunIn Vermont, members in the CoSA teers are needed. program are on a conditional release status “It’s very important for us to get the such as furlough or probation. right people at the table who are invested Three or four volunteers commit to and care and want to help make Rutland weekly meetings for a period of 12 months county a better place for everybody,” said with one individual, called a core member. Ryan. Core members bring their concerns and West Haven resident Joan Eckley is one share what they’ve been experiencing in of these volunteers. For 27 years, Eckley recent days.
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Marijuana bill:
Scott takes a page from the libertarian handbook
continued from page 1 scrap the policy during the Obama administration that provided legal shelter for state-sanctioned marijuana sales. Legislators and law enforcement officials opposed to the legalization effort have advocated that the process slow down. They called for a delay to allow time for a commission formed by the governor that is looking into marijuana
Design:
Inventions foster empathy
continued from page 3 great to push the students to make things even better.” Weirether noted that their team may have stopped at the second prototype if they had not been pushed to fine-tune it further but admits about the final product, “It’s a lot better.” “At first, I was just learning how to use all the equipment,” Kopf said of the IDEA class in the Innovation Lab. “Then I started to get really involved in learning more about OCD. It’s not
just the cool element of making things, but also diving deeper into learning about disabilities.” This winter, the students will get to dive even deeper when they partner with Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sport to create products to help people with disabilities. “They will work with a potential client,” Brugmann said. They may create a new product or fine-tune one of the devices used to allow people with various disabilities to ski or participate in other sports.
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legalization to issue its first progress report, due in mid-January. Scott said during his news conference Thursday that he’s been briefed on the report and doesn’t see anything in it that would change his mind on whether to sign the bill. The governor’s comments closely followed remarks he made late last year in an interview on Ver-
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opinion
OP-ED
The clock is ticking and the people are watching By Sen. Patrick Leahy
Once again, Congress finds itself lurching toward another manufactured, made-in-Washington crisis. We are four months into a new fiscal year, and our government is still operating under last year’s fixed funding levels with little flexibility to adapt to today’s world. We have not reauthorized the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), putting the health care of nine million children, including more than 4,700 Vermont children, at risk. And 800,000 Dreamers live under a cloud of uncertainty and fear of deportation. It was President Trump’s cruel, cynical and senseless decision, a crisis of his own making, to end the DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] program that put America’s Dreamers in an untenable situation. Their lives as productive contributors to our communities have been thrown into chaos. Meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking quickly down to the artificial deadline that the president imposed on their lives. Dreamers are American in every way but on paper, having been brought here as children through no fault of their own. But instead of working with Congress to find a permanent solution, President Trump terminated DACA under false pretenses, yielding to xenophobic voices in his administration. Now President Trump is using the Dreamers as negotiable commodities for his unreasonable demands, like $18 billion in American tax dollars – not money from the Mexican government, as he repeatedly promised – to build his
CONGRESS NEEDS TO PICK UP THE PIECES LEFT IN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WAKE AND FIX THIS. WE NEED TO PASS A BILL PROTECTING DREAMERS NOW. “big, beautiful wall” on the southern border. Mr. President, Dreamers are not commodities, and it is unconscionable to take and hold them hostage. Congress needs to pick up the pieces left in President Trump’s wake and fix this. We need to pass a bill protecting Dreamers now. And amid all of this, we are lurching toward yet another artificial crisis to fund the government by midnight next Friday. Since June I have been calling and pressing for a bipartisan budget agreement to avoid this latest fiscal cliff. But the Republican leadership instead spent Congress’s time rolling back sensible regulations designed to protect American consumers, families, children and our environment, and passing a massive tax cut stacked to the rafters with bonuses for big corporations and the wealthiest Americans. Republicans and Democrats agree that our military readiness has suffered under the 2011 Budget Control Act’s mandatory spending cuts known as “sequestration” and that we must reach a new budget deal. But our nation’s economy, our education system, our infrastructure, and care for our veterans have suffered as well. And our military leaders agree. This week, I released two letters, signed by a combined 560 retired admirals, generals, and other former military members, that you can find on my website. They make the case that we must increase our investments in domestic home-based priorities, including education, childcare, and diplomacy, if we are to keep our country safe and to support our military. But President Trump and the Republicans have claimed that investing equally in defense and non-defense programs would add too much to our deficit and burden our children. In the wake of a Trump tax bill that will add $1.5 trillion to our nation’s debt and benefit primarily large corporations and the wealthiest Americans, this argument is simply not credible. Months ago, President Trump flippantly threatened that we need a “good government shutdown.” There is no such thing, and I hope President Trump is not trying to orchestrate one. Republicans control the House, the Senate and the White House. This is their government. We have until Friday to reach a bipartisan agreement to resolve all of these issues. And I believe that we can if we get serious, if we get to work, and if we put the American people, and our true Dreamers, page 7
By Nate Beeler
LETTERS
Book-burning and boondoggles Dear Editor, All libraries that receive public funds should be required to post a list of all the books they have banned in the last 12 months. No library has every book that is published, but censorship is obvious and clear when a library threatens to burn/shred donated books about certain political events, etc. The American Library Association has a policy against book banning; however, the ALA takes no action against a member library that engages in that practice. Banning is usually beneath the radar. Citizens have no way of knowing how many books have been banned by their local library. If the library receives public funding, censoring is a First Amendment violation. Every hospital that receives public funds should be required to post infection rates and also all salaries in excess of $100,000. The posting should be easily accessible to all. It should be in the entrance lobby and also on the hospital website. All non-profits, agencies, and educational institutions that receive public funding and/or tax breaks should publish a complete list of salaries and travel expenses.
All court ordered involuntary guardianship proceedings should be published. This can be done while still protecting individual privacy. Often the most vulnerable and disenfranchised are hidden victims. Most of the rules and regulations that affect our daily lives are written by boards, commissions, and bureaucrats. Often they meet in private. They are anonymous. They are faceless. They cannot be held responsible. Most should be eliminated. Legislators should take up their functions. Every government form or document should have identifying information so that citizens know who designed and originated it. This would provide transparency. The most important lack of transparency is in the Pentagon. In the good ol’ days we worried about $300 toilet seats. Now every taxpayer should know that the helmet for an F-35 pilot costs $400,000 – that is the cost of just one helmet. The Black Budget is a violation of Article 1, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution. It should be deauthorized. That one single act might save the entire planet. Rosemarie Jackowski, Bennington
Neither snow nor rain kept postal workers from job Dear Editor: After our recent visit from Winter Storm Grayson, I want to thank postal employees for making every reasonable effort throughout this storm to transport, collect, and deliver the mail where it was safe to do so. Businesses and schools were closed throughout the area. Streets were blocked, sidewalks were blanketed, and mailboxes were buried. We had comprehensive emergency plans in place, carefully monitored weather conditions as the storm barreled up the East Coast, and provided guidance to local postal managers. Frankly, many roads were impassable and we adjusted operations accordingly. Even after the storm, carriers braved some record-breaking low temperatures and higher than average wind gusts. In neighborhoods throughout our community, postal employees demonstrated their commitment to customer service, exemplifying the results
of a Gallup poll issued last week that again shows the Postal Service being viewed with the best job performance of any government agency in the nation. As conditions permitted, we were able to provide safe delivery of mail and packages. Over the past few days, that has not been possible in all neighborhoods. When the snow piles up, we can only provide mail delivery with the support of municipalities and customers who open a safe path to the mailbox. Melting and refreezing on driveways and walkways causes additional hazards. It remains a slow-go with challenging road and sidewalk conditions. We need our communities and residents to clear roadways and a path to mailboxes, free of snow and ice. Safety and service remain our top priorities. Thank you for providing us with the safest opportunity to serve you today. Stephen Doherty, USPS, Boston, Mass.
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CAPITOL QUOTES “Why are we having all these people from sh!thole countries come here?” Said President Donald Trump during a negotiation with lawmakers on immigration policy.
“We understand that members of our community are angry about Saturday’s false alarm, and we are looking at these messages as individuals blowing off steam. While we take any threat against our personnel seriously, we are doing our best not to escalate the situation.” Said Hawaii emergency management spokesperson Richard Rapoza after a false-alarm emergency text notification was sent to residents on Saturday, saying a ballistic missile strike was imminent.
“My view is whatever we can do to reduce demand we should be doing. “We’re not going to arrest our way out of this problem.” Said Senate Judiciary Chair Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, on Friday, speaking on reducing demand for illegal drugs. A senate bill that would allow for safe injection sites for people to use opioids has stalled as the committee Sears chairs prepares a letter to send to the Governor’s Opioid Coordination Council.
“By your own clear description, this wasn’t a rape, nor was it a sexual assault. Your sexual encounter was ‘unpleasant’ at best. It did not send you to the police. It did not affect your workplace, or your ability to get a job. So what exactly is your beef? That you had a bad date with Aziz Ansari?” Said HLN TV host Ashleigh Banfield, responding in an open letter to the anonymous account of a woman published on the website Babe.net who claimed to have been assaulted by actor and comedian Aziz Ansari.
Volunteers:
Hands-on volunteers help ex-cons adjust
continued from page 5 “Whatever a person brings up sets the stage for what we talk about,” Eckley said. Members talk about their living situations, experiences with groups and what they’re doing in the community. Those emerging from an extended prison sentence can find themselves in a world completely different from the one they knew at the time of their imprisonment. Even a simple trip to the grocery store can provide a rush of overwhelming sensations. Members may struggle with banking, transportation without a car, using a smartphone, a laundromat or more. Eckley recalls one individual who after his release suffered from carsickness and became ill when he stepped on grass for the first time in years. “That’s how profound it can be,” she said. At a CoSA meeting, core members can talk candidly about experiences while volunteers act as a sounding board for these concerns and offer feedback. “You’re walking a fine line between support and accountability and I enjoy walking that line,” Eckley said. “It’s a challenge of all of me – mind, body and soul.” One often-discussed issue is housing. Until recently, sex offenders living in Rutland were prohibited from living in much of Rutland City. The ordinance, which was adopted in 2008, prohibited any offender convicted of a sex crime against a child from living in the city within 1,000 feet of a school, day care or recreation area. A Rutland judge struck down that
ordinance in December, 2017. After years isolated from family and friends, relationships are often strained. It’s another area that core members want to discuss in meetings. “When a man or woman has been away for a decade or more, relationships are a driving thing for them,” said Eckley. “These people are lonely.” Changing a system According to Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, in 2016 there were approximately 1,750 men and women incarcerated in the state system, in seven facilities in the state and one out-of-state prison. About 150 of those were women. In the summer of 2017, Vermont signed a contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, which committed Vermont to pay for 250 to 400 beds for three years at a rate of $72 per inmate per day. Under this agreement, the state signs over custody and control of Vermont prisoners, making them prisoners of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. There are currently about 262 Vermonters in the state prisons SCI-Camp Hill and Graterford in Pennsylvania. Prior to the 2017 move to Camp Hill, Vermont’s outof-state prisoners were sent to North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Mich., owned and operated by GEO Group, a private, forprofit prison corporation. “It may save money on the short run but in the long run it’s destroying our people,” she said. “Vermont prisoners should be housed in the state of Vermont.”
Trail running:
Distance races return to Killington
continued from page 5 an energizing, single-day running festival format offering a basecamp experience. Race distances at each location will include a distance for every runner to test him or herself: 5K, 10K, 25K, and 50K. A $5,000 prize purse will be distributed across the men’s and women’s podium for the top three 50K finishers at each race in the series. “The inaugural series last year provided an inspired experience for all our mountain and trail runners across the country who participated,” said Topher Gaylord, general manager of outdoor at Under Armour. “We were energized to amplify the experience for runners in 2018, with
Dreamers:
CoSA programs started in Vermont in 2005. Since then, there have been a total of 379 CoSAs started, and members of the Community Justice Center insist the program is working. “A big part of this is about is what kind of redemptive opportunities can be found for people simply by investing a little time and effort in them,” said CoSA volunteer Andrew Carlson. “Even if you’re not involved in a moral or ethical perspective, ... the expense to society of warehousing these people is alone a good enough reason for trying alternate ways of managing their difficulties.” In a 2013 executive summary completed for the Vermont Department of Corrections, University of Vermont sociology professor Kathryn Fox wrote: “[C]ore members expressed more positive sense of self as contributing members to society, a commitment to pro-social relationships, a sense of mutual obligation toward and trust of circle members, and somewhat greater optimism for the future.” Joan Eckley is in the unique position where she has worked with several individuals during their incarcerations and seen them complete the CoSA program when released. “I’ve known them at the beginning and at the end,” she said. “That’s very rare.” She accompanied one man to his parole board hearing where he was granted parole. The man has since been able to maintain a job and has bought a house. They are still trying to arrange a date when they can get lunch again.
distances for first time trail runners to the world’s elite mountain runners. We encourage mountain runners from all over the country to add these races to your calendar.” 2018 Under Armour Mountain Running Series Schedule July 14: Copper Mountain Resort, Colorado Aug. 25: Killington Resort, Vermont Sept. 15: Mt. Bachelor Resort, Oregon Under Armour Outdoor athletes, including YiOu Wang, Kelly Wolf, Kyle Dietz, Bryan Tolbert, Cameron Hanes and 2017 UA MRS 50K defending champion, Cody Reed, are expected to compete in 2018.
Compassion, action needed
continued from page 6 national interests, above bumper sticker politics. It’s time to get to work and find bipartisan solutions. We can get this done on behalf of the American people. Sen. Patrick Leahy is the Democratic senator from Vermont in Washington. Editor’s note: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is a provision that postpones the deportation of minor children who arrived in the U.S. with parents who entered illegally. Deportation of these children was deferred in two-year increments and they were allowed to get work permits and attend school. Many have become successful, productive contributors to U.S. society. These children are collectively called “Dreamers” for the American Dream. DACA is an Obama-era policy that has been rescinded by the the Trump administration. Sen. Leahy’s website is: leahy.senate.gov.
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WHAT TO DO IN CENTRAL VERMONT THURSDAY FRIDAY JAN. 18
Bikram Yoga **
6 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Thursdays: 6 a.m. & 6:15 p.m. inferno hot pilates; 9 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. 90-min. Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, bikramyogamendon.com.
Thirsty Thursday Races
Pico Mountain’s Thirsty Thursday Fun Race Series, Thursdays through March 15, 1-3 p.m. on Lower Pike or Exhibition. Details at picomountain.com.
Vermont Legal Aid
Senior Citizens Law Project of Vt Legal Aid will be conducting free legal advice clinic for Vermonters age 60+ at Castleton Community Center. Make an appointment for a free 20-minute consultation at 802-468-3093. 2108 Main St, Castleton.
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Open Swim **
Story Time
HIKE AT HALF MOON STATE PARK
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, 802-438-2964.
SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 10 A.M.
WEDNESDAY Bikram Yoga **
JAN. 17
6 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Wednesdays: 6 a.m. 60-min. Bikram; 11 a.m. inferno hot pilates; 4:30 p.m. 60-min. hot power flow; 6:15 p.m. 90-min Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, bikramyogamendon.com.
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.
Ski Bum Race Series
10 a.m. Ski Bum Race Series at Killington Resort, on Highline Trail at K1 happens on Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Local teams of skiers and snowboarders and telemark skiers race down Highline in pursuit of Ski Bum Glory. Registered competitors only, and after party follows. Info, killington.com.
Kripalu Yoga
10 a.m. Kripalu yoga with Louise Harrison at Just Dance, Center St., Rutland. First class free. louiseharrison.com, 802-747-8444.
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.
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.
Gentle/Restorative Yoga
5:30 p.m. Gentle Restorative Yoga at Killington Yoga with Louise Harrison. 3744 River Rd, Killington. Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
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
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.
Song Circle
7:15 p.m. Song circle and jam session at Godnick Adult Center, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Welcomes singers, players of acoustic instruments, and listeners. Donations welcome. Info, 802-775-1182.
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.
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, 802-773-2694.
Mendon Seniors Lunch
11:30 a.m. Mendon Senior Citizens have lunch gathering at Sugar and Spice, Route 4 Mendon, second Thursday of each month. For info, 802-773-4187.
Public Meeting
5 p.m. Public meeting: Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) is now accepting public comments on the proposed state rule amendment to the Acceptable Management Practices (AMPs) for Maintaining Water Quality on Logging Jobs in Vermont. Public invited to gathering to learn more about AMPs and to add their voice to the conversation. Howe Center, Rail Room, 1 Scale Ave., Rutland. 5-7:30 p.m.
Level 2 Yoga
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.
Village Farm Community Forum
6 p.m. Join the Village Farm Community Forum for a gathering to share ideas for unique property in Pittsford. Light refreshments, childcare. Topics: housing, economic development/businesses/agriculture, recreational/educational/ social. Find them on Facebook for ideas/info: Pittsford Village Farm. Forum held at Lothrop Elem. School Gym, Route 7, Pittsford.
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.
Author Appearance
6:30 p.m. Author Katherine Arden talks on her new novel, “The Girl in the Tower,” follow up to bestselling “The Bear and the Nightingale” at Phoenix Books Rutland, 2 Center St., Rutland. Free, open to the public. Books available for purchase. phoenixbooks.biz.
6 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Fridays: 6 a.m. 60-min. hot power flow; 11 a.m. 60-min. Bikram; 4:30 p.m. inferno hot pilates. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, bikramyogamendon.com.
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.
Feel Good Friday
9 a.m. Feel Good Friday - Pre-purchase tickets for this day before midnight Jan. 18 and Killington will donate $10 from every ticket to High Fives Foundation and Vt Adaptive. After party at K1 Mahogany Ridge Bar, 4-6 p.m. Details at killington.com.
BMW Winter XDRIVE
9 a.m. BMW Winter XDrive Experience at Killington Resort. Test drive full lineup of BMW models at Killington Resort, K-1 Lodge. Register at killington.com.
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, 802-4229765.
Kripalu Yoga
11 a.m. Kripalu yoga, gentle flow at Just Dance, Center St., Rutland. First class free. louiseharrison.com, 802-747-8444.
Osher Series
1:30 p.m. Osher Lifelong Learning series at Godnick Adult Center, Fridays, 1:30-3 p.m. This week, Deb Brown and Kimberly Dyer from Rutland Center for Sleep share secrets to successfully enjoying a good night’s sleep. $5 per lecture; $40 for membership. Info, learn.uvm.edu/osher or 802-422-2921.
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.
Opening Reception
5 p.m. Green Mountain College’s Feick Arts Center holds opening reception for exhibit “The Wildcrafted World of Nick Neddo: Merging Craft and Art” 5-7 p.m. Reception includes live music, refreshments, and meet the artist. Exhibit through Feb. 13. One Brennan Circle, Poultney.
Opening Reception
5:30 p.m. Daily Artists 3rd Exhibit Opening Reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Exhibit runs through Feb. 10. A culminating exhibit of works by The ArtisTree Daily Artists, a group of local artists who have made a year-long commitment to making art each day for the entire year. artistreevt.org/gallery. 2095 Pomfret Rd., South Pomfret.
Family Shabbat
6 p.m. Family Shabbat in three movements at Rutland Jewish Center, 96 Grove St., Rutland. 6 p.m. Young children’s service; 6:30 p.m. dairy/veggie community potluck supper; 7:30 p.m. musical shabbat service followed by dessert oneg. Special musical guests: Lisa Jane Lipkin & Jay Hitt.
Vt ART Short Plays
7 p.m. Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre presents two short plays by Steve Martin: “Zig-Zag Woman” and “The Wasp” at the Brick Box at Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St., Rutland. $20 tickets at paramountvt.org.
Free Documentary Screening
7:30 p.m. “8 Borders, 8 Days” documentary screening at Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 31 the Green, Woodstock. Free, donations gratefully accepted. Discussion to follow, with refugees and members of WUHS’s Social Justice Initiative.
SATURDAY
Adult Soccer
7 p.m. Adult Soccer at Killington Elementary School, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays. $2. Nonmarking gym sneakers please. Info, killingtontown.com.
Vt ART Short Plays
Bikram Yoga **
Open Mic
Birding Program
7 p.m. Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre presents two short plays by Steve Martin: “Zig-Zag Woman” and “The Wasp” at the Brick Box at Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St., Rutland. $20 tickets at paramountvt.org. 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.
JAN. 19
Bikram Yoga **
JAN. 20
7:30 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Saturdays: 7:30 a.m. 60-min. Bikram; 9 a.m. 90-min. Bikram; 4:30 p.m. inferno hot pilates. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, bikramyogamendon.com. 8 a.m. Rutland County Audubon Society’s annual trek to seek out winter residents and visitors in the Champlain Valley (birds!). Make several stops. Dress for the weather. Bring a lunch. Meet at Otter Valley Union High School parking lot at 8 a.m. Info, birding@rutlandcountyaudubon.org.
BMW Winter XDRIVE
9 a.m. BMW Winter XDrive Experience at Killington Resort. Test drive full lineup of BMW models at Killington Resort, K-1 Lodge. Register at killington.com.
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Friday | January 19 | 8:00 PM
Mom’s Day Out Fundraiser
9 a.m. Bromley Mountain holds 16th annual Mom’s Day Out fundraiser: moms ski or ride for $25 when the show a pic of their kids(s). Benefits Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center in Bennington - all $25 per ticket! 3984 Vt Rt 11, Peru. bromley.com.
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.
Friday | February 2 | 8:00 PM
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, 802-7731404.
2 p.m. Live in HD from the National Theatre, Paramount Theatre screens “Saint Joan” encore broadcast at 2 p.m. $20 tickets. Starring Gemma Atherton as Joan, in a modern-day Joan of Arc story. 30 Center St., Rutland. Info, paramountvt.org.
Happy Hour Yoga
4:30 p.m. Happy Hour Yoga at Killington Yoga , 3744 River Rd, Killington. $10 drop in. Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
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.
Opening Reception
5 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit “A Closer Look” at Chandler Gallery, 71-73 Main St., Randolph. Featuring artists Jo Levasseur, Judy Laliberte and Valerie Daniel. 5-7 p.m.
Bingo
5:30 p.m. Bridgewater Grange Bingo, Saturday nights, doors open at 5:30 p.m. Games start 6:30 p.m. Route 100A, Bridgewater Corners. Just across bridge from Junction Country Store. All welcome. Refreshments available.
National Theatre Live
Helmet Head Contest
Quilters the Musical
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.
“SAINT JOAN” AT PARAMOUNT THEATRE SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 2 P.M.
Story Hour
Bridge Club
Friday | February 9 | 8:00 PM
Cocktails for Scholarships
10 a.m. Killington Section Green Mountain Club outing: Half Moon State Park, Hubbardton. Hike Half Moon Shore Trail and/or High Pond trail. Easy to moderate, 2-3 miles. Meet at 10 a.m. at Rutland’s Main Street Park, near firehouse, to carpool. Details at 775-3855. 10 a.m. Winnie-the-Pooh Party Story Hour at the Chittenden Public Library. It’s Winnie-the-Pooh’s birthday! Come and celebrate with songs and games; free play and art; and favorite Pooh stories. Geared toward children 5 and under, but all welcome! 223 Chittenden Road, Chittenden. Free, open to public. chittedenpubliclibrary.com
THE ULTIMATE MICHAEL JACKSON EXPERIENCE
Open Gym
6 p.m. Okemo Mountain School Cocktails for Scholarships evening at Epic at Solitude. 6-9 p.m. Tickets $25 available at okemomountainschool. org. Cash bar, free apps, plus drinks by Silo, Harpoon & Shelburne Winery. 77 Okemo Ridge Rd., Ludlow.
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7 p.m. Quilters the Musical, play about pioneer women and her daughters, blended into a musical of blocks. Profits benefit Rutland County Women’s Network & Shelter. Admission by free will offering. Unitarian Universalist Church, 2 Duane Ct, Middlebury.
Vt ART Short Plays
7 p.m. Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre presents two short plays by Steve Martin: “Zig-Zag Woman” and “The Wasp” at the Brick Box at Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St., Rutland. $20 tickets at paramountvt.org.
Grown-Ups Playdate
7 p.m. 2nd annual Grown-Ups Playdate at Stonehedge Indoor Golf, to benefit Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum. 7-11 p.m., for age 21+. $40 includes prizes, demonstration, golf instruction, dessert buffet, contests and more. Plus, raffles, silent auction, drink specials. Sign up at wonderfeetkidsmuseum. org. 172 S Main St, Rutland.
Swing Noire
7:30 p.m. Hot club style quartet Swing Noire will perform Gypsy Jazz at Brandon Music. $20. $25 dinner available. BYOB. Reservations recommended. 62 Country Club Rd., Brandon. brandon-music.net.
FOLA Film
7 p.m. FOLA features the musical “Les Miserables” in the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium. Free, open to all, donations appreciated. 37 S. Depot St., Ludlow.
SUNDAY
JAN. 21 Pancake Breakfast/Silent Auction 7 a.m.
Pancake breakfast and silent auction by Cub Scout Pack 116, 7-11 a.m. at West Rutland American Legion. Breakfast, silent auction with handmade products, baskets, more. $8/ person; $20/ family of four. 871 Pleasant St, West Rutland.
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.
Basket Raffle
11 a.m. Fair Haven American Legion Post 49. 72 S. Main St., Fair Haven, will host a basket raffle with proceeds benefiting the Benson Village School’s 8th grade class trip to Washington, D.C. This annual event is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the annual excursion; most years, more than 100 baskets are in the raffle.
Winter Bridal Show
11:30 a.m. 2018 Rutland Bridal Show at Holiday Inn Rutland/Killington. Doors open 11:30 a.m. General prize drawings at 1 p.m. Grand prize drawings 2:15 p.m. Brides get in free with four paid tickets. 476 Holiday Drive, off Route 7S, Rutland.
Mixed Level Yoga
12 p.m. All Level Flow yoga at Killington Yoga with Cristy Murphy. 3744 River Rd, Killington. Now at noon! Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Sip and Paint
1 p.m. Sip and paint event: MSJ Fundraiser, paint “Blossoms in the Wind,” at Draught Room at Diamond Run Mall, 1-3:30 p.m. by Cricket’s Eye Art. Tickets and info, cricketseye.com. 46 Diamond Run Mall Place #100, Rutland.
Passages at the Paramount
3 p.m. Passages at the Paramount classical concert series continues with French oboist Olivier Stankiewicz. General admission, $22 adults, $12 under age 18. Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St., Rutland. paramountvt.org.
MONDAY JAN. 22
Snowshoe for the Cure
Susan G. Komen New England Snowshoe for the Cure Vermont, a 3K and 5K walk; 3K race; and kids’ snowshoe dash held at Sun Bowl, Stratton Mountain. Individuals and teams can race with the goal of raising money to help reduce breast cancer deaths in the U.S. Register or get info at komennewengland.org.
Bikram Yoga **
9 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Sundays: 9 a.m. 90-min. Bikram; 11 a.m. inferno hot pilates; 4:30 p.m. 60min. Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, bikramyogamendon.com.
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BMW Winter XDRIVE
9 a.m. BMW Winter XDrive Experience at Killington Resort. Test drive full lineup of BMW models at Killington Resort, K-1 Lodge. Register at killington.com.
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GROWN-UPS PLAYDATE AT STONEHEDGE INDOOR GOLF SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 7 P.M.
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.
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9 a.m. Okemo Mountain Resort’s helmet head contest, in celebration of safety week. Find photo teams and show off the matted mess of hair underneath helmet for a chance to win free lift tickets. All day! okemo. com.
Bikram Yoga **
6 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Mondays: 6 a.m. and 11 a.m., 60 min. Bikram; 4:30 p.m. 60-min. hot power flow; 6:15 p.m. 90-min. Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, bikramyogamendon.com.
Spay/Neuter Clinic
8 a.m. Rutland County Humane Society and VT-CAN host low cost spay/neuter clinic for Rutland County cats. Prior registration required: vt-can.org, 802223-0034.
All Level Yoga
8:30 a.m. All Level Flow Yoga at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. Info, killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
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.
We Can Fix It
10 a.m. We Can Fix It: Home Maintenance Education for Women, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at NeighborWorks of Western Vt., 290 Marble St., West Rutland. An educational program aimed at empowering women with skills and tools to solve common household issues. Info, sign up for future classes, mwwvt.org.
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Open Swim
11:30 a.m. Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Call for more times & info, 802-773-7187.
TOPS Meeting
Monday Meals
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.
Rutland Rotary
5 p.m. We Can Fix It: Home Maintenance Education for Women, 5-7:30 p.m. at NeighborWorks of Western Vt., 290 Marble St., West Rutland. An educational program aimed at empowering women with skills and tools to solve common household issues. Info, sign up for future classes, mwwvt.org.
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. 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.
I.T. Help for Seniors
12:45 p.m. Norman Williams Public Library Director of Technology Meg Brazill is offering individual help to people desiring assistance with their laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. Contact the Thompson Senior Center to sign up for a 45-minute slot of time. Bring the device along with you and Meg will work with you to straighten things out and learn about some tools and tricks. Woodstock.
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, 4:30-5:30 p.m. at RRMC Physiatry Conference Room (PM&R) off Outpatient Physical Therapy Waiting Room. 160 Allen Street, Rutland.
Yin Yoga
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.
We Can Fix It
Wellness Mixer
6 p.m. Rutland Young Professionals hold January mixer at Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center. Join owner Eileen Coughlin, sharing offerings of Pyramid. Wear comfy clothes, experience the salt cave, light and sound journey room, sound and meditation sessions, aromatherapy sessions, and more. Appetizers catered. Door prizes. Free! 120 Merchants Row, Rutland.
Weatherization Workshop
6 p.m. Cavendish Energy Committee hosts weatherization workshop in town office meeting room, 37 High St., Cavendish. Residents of any town welcome. Presentation and discussion by Efficiency Vermont energy consultant. Learn to weatherize your home - Q&A, refreshments. Info, 802-226-7820.
WINTER BRIDAL SHOW AT HOLIDAY INN SUNDAY, JAN. 21, 11:30 A.M.
Unit #31 Auxiliary Meeting
5 p.m. Unit #31 Auxiliary Meeting at American Legion, Washington St., Rutland. 5 p.m. executive committee meeting; 6 p.m. light meal and social time; 6:30 p.m. regular member meeting.
Citizenship Classes
Bikram Yoga **
TUESDAY
JAN. 23
6 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Tuesdays: 6 a.m. & 6:15 p.m. Inferno hot pilates; 9 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. 90-min. Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon. Info, bikramyogamendon.com.
Open Swim **
8 a.m. Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 8-9 a.m.; 12-1 p.m.; 5-7 p.m. Call for more times & info, 802-773-7187.
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.
Bone Builders
10 a.m. Bone builders meets Tuesdays at Roadside Chapel, 1680 Townline Rd, Rutland Town. Info, 802-773-2694.
Tobacco Cessation Group
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.
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.
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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!
Vt Woodlands Workshop
6:30 p.m. Historical land use change and the wildlife of Vermont with Kim Royer, held in the Conference Room at USDA Forest Service Office, 231 North Main St., Rutland. Learn about history of land use in current Vermont, from time of Native Americans to present and its effect on state’s native wildlife populations. Register at vermontwoodlands.org or call 802-747-7900.
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.
Adult Floor Hockey
7 p.m. Adult Floor Hockey at Killington Elementary School, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays. $2. Non-marking gym sneakers please. Info, killingtontown.com.
Costa Rican Bird Presentation
7 p.m. Rutland County audubon former president Marv Elliott narrates a photo story of his trip to Costa Rica, a birder’s paradise. Free, public welcome. Held at Grace Congregational Church, 8 Court St., Rutland. Info, birding@ rutlandcountyaudubon.org.
What speech would you give as President to advance civil rights? The Calvin Prize Essay Contest invites Vermont students to write a speech to advance Civil Rights for a particular group or groups. While progress has been realized, Civil Rights for all American citizens continues to be an ongoing process, sometimes with setbacks. These powerful ideas are to be explored in the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation’s 2018 Calvin Essay Contest. This is open to all Vermont students (or students who go to school in Vermont) age 13 through 19 and is due May 11, 2018. A first place prize of $1500 and second place prize of $500. will be awarded.
During his political career, President Calvin Coolidge reached out publically to many different groups that were experiencing prejudice. He gave the commencement speech at historically black Howard University, spoke at the dedication of the Jewish Community Center in Washington D.C., addressed the (Catholic) Holy Name Society, signed the Indian Citizenship Act, and supported a black candidate for political office by confronting those who would deny the candidate that right. Students, let your voice be heard through the 2018 Calvin Writing Prize. For full information and
resources, see: https://coolidgefoundation.org/the-calvin-writing-prize/ The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation is the official foundation dedicated to preserving the legacy and promoting the values of America’s 30th president. The Foundation is headquartered at the president’s birthplace in Plymouth Notch, Vermont and offers a variety of programs including History Exploration Programs at the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Outreach, and Debate Programs. Contact education@calvin-coolidge.org or call 802-672-3389.
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Music scene by dj dave hoffenberg
WEDNESDAY JAN. 17
[MUSIC Scene] FRIDAY JAN. 19
SATURDAY JAN. 20
SUNDAY JAN. 21
KILLINGTON
BOMOSEEN
BOMOSEEN
KILLINGTON
2 p.m. K1 Base Lodge
6 p.m. Iron lantern
6 p.m. Iron lantern
11 a.m. The Foundry
6 p.m. Liquid Art
KILLINGTON
BRANDON
8 p.m. Outback Pizza
1 p.m. Bear Mountain Base Lodge
7:30 p.m. Brandon Music
1 p.m. Pico’s Last Run Lodge
Daniel Brown Open Mic
Snowplow Comedy Competition
9 p.m. JAX Food & Games Jim Devlin
POULTNEY 7 p.m. Taps Tavern
Zak Hampton’s Moose Crossing
RUTLAND 7 p.m. The Draught Room Wayne Canney
9:30 p.m. The Venue Jenny Porter
SOUTH ROYALTON 7:30 p.m. Crossroads Bow Thayer
STOCKBRIDGE 5:30 p.m. Wild Fern Jo Moon: Piano & Vocals
THURSDAY
JAN. 18 KILLINGTON
2 p.m. Pico’s Last Run Lodge Daniel Brown
6 p.m. Outback Pizza Andy Lugo
7 p.m. The Foundry Joey Leone Duo
8 p.m. Pickle Barrel Nightclub The Machine
8 p.m. Wobbly Barn Sonic Malfunktion
MENDON 6 p.m. Red Clover Inn Jazz Trio
PITTSFIELD 7 p.m. Clear River Tavern Open Mic Jam w/ Supply & Demand
POULTNEY
David Soltz
Duane Carleton
4 p.m. The Foundry Just Jamie
6 p.m. Wobbly Barn
Happy Hour w/ Jenny Porter
7 p.m. O’Dwyer’s Public House Daniel Brown
7 p.m. The Foundry
K-town’s Finest R&B Night w/ Jordan Snow, Jeff Poremski & Chris Johnson
7 p.m. Outback Pizza Olivia Perren
7:30 p.m. McGrath’s Irish Pub Green Rovers
8 p.m. Pickle Barrel Nightclub Hot Date
9 p.m. JAX Food & Games Just Jamie
9 p.m. Moguls Sports Pub DJ Dave’s All Request Dance Party
Open Mic
STOCKBRIDGE 7 p.m. Wild Fern Rick Redington
Guy Burlage
4 p.m. Pickle Barrel
5 p.m. The Foundry
4:30 p.m. The Foundry
9 p.m. JAX Food & Games
Jamie’s Junk Show Jordan Snow
5 p.m. Outback Pizza
Apres Ski Dance Party w/ DJ Evan
6 p.m. Preston’s
Jazz Night w/ Summit Pond Quartet
Duane Carleton
RUTLAND
Ryan Fuller
3 p.m. Paramount Theatre
6 p.m. Wobbly Barn
STOCKBRIDGE
Happy Hour w/ Tony Lee Thomas Band
7 p.m. O’Dwyer’s Public House The County Down
7:30 p.m. McGrath’s Irish Pub
Olivier Stankiewicz
12 p.m. Wild Fern
Cigar Box Brunch w/ Rick Redington
1 p.m. Wild Fern The People’s Jam
MONDAY
Green Rovers
8 p.m. Pickle Barrel Nightclub Hot Date
JAN. 22
Duane Carleton
8 p.m. Mangiamo’s Guy Burlage
RUTLAND
Aaron Audet Band
Miss Guided Angels
9 p.m. JAX Food & Games Joey Leone Band
7:30 p.m. Hop ‘n’ Moose
9 p.m. Moguls Sports Pub
7:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre Brick Box
10 p.m. Wobbly Barn
Josh Jakab
Zig Zag Woman & The Wasp
Supply & Demand Kicking Sunrise
2 p.m. K1 Base Lodge 6 p.m. Outback Pizza Karaoke w/ DJ Evan
7 p.m. The Foundry
Blues Night w/ Joey Leone
9 p.m. JAX Food & Games The Idiots
PITTSFIELD
8 p.m. Paramount Theatre
10:30 p.m. Pickle Barrel Crow’s Nest
9 p.m. Center Street Alley
LUDLOW
WOODSTOCK
6 p.m. Okemo Epic at Solitude
Open Mic Night
Comedian Bob Marley DJ Dirty D
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern
Jamie’s Junk Show
Zoo Data
OMS Cocktails for Scholarship w/ Myra Flynn Band
9:30 p.m. The Venue
PLYMOUTH
Supply & Demand
STOCKBRIDGE
Contra Dance w/ Adina Gordon calling & Shindy
7 p.m. Artistree
5 p.m. Outback Pizza
8:30 p.m. Outback Pizza
7:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre Brick Box
SOUTH POMFRET
Duane Carleton
Extra Stout
LUDLOW
RUTLAND
College Night w/ DJ Mega
1 p.m. Bear Mountain Base Lodge
4 p.m. McGrath’s Irish Pub
8 p.m. The Foundry
Kicking Sunrise
TINMOUTH
9:30 p.m. The Hide-A-Way Tavern
KILLINGTON
Duane Carleton
10 p.m. Wobbly Barn
7 p.m. Wild Fern
Zig Zag Woman & The Wasp
Swing Noire
Brunch w/ Jordan Snow
KILLINGTON
7 p.m. Taps Tavern The Kowalskis
Carlo Romeo
The Heavily Bros.
8 p.m. Community Center WOODSTOCK 10 p.m Bentley’s DJ Chris Powers
7 p.m. Clear River Tavern Clay Canfield & Brother John
8 p.m. Bentley’s
TUESDAY JAN. 23
5:30 p.m. Salt Ash Inn JD Tolstoi
POULTNEY 7 p.m. Taps Tavern
Open Mic Night w/ Jon-Carl Smith
RUTLAND
KILLINGTON
2 p.m. K1 Base Lodge Daniel Brown
6 p.m. Outback Pizza Nikki Adams
2 p.m. Paramount Theatre
8:30 p.m. Charity’s Tavern
7 p.m. Draught Room
POULTNEY
Saint Joan: Live in HD Duane Carleton
7:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre Brick Box
Name That Tune Bingo w/ DJ Dave
8 p.m. Taps Tavern Bluegrass Jam
Zig Zag Woman & The Wasp
RUTLAND
8 p.m. Greenfield’s at the Holiday Inn
7 p.m. The Venue
9 p.m. Center Street Alley
8 p.m. Center Street Alley
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern
Wayne Canney DJ Mega
Karaoke 101 w/ Tenacious T
WOODSTOCK 6 p.m Bentley’s
Jamie Ward: Piano & Vocals
10 p.m Bentley’s DJ Andraudy
Working Mans Karaoke w/ Bob Hudson Trivia
Open Mic w/ Krishna Guthrie
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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 29
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
CLUES ACROSS 1. Methaqualone pill (slang) 5. Religious service 9. Woodland gods (Greek myth.) 11. “Where Is My Mind?” rockers 13. Deliberately contrary states of affairs 15. Inflection of the voice 16. “Great Expectations” character 17. Becomes a butterfly 19. Spoke 21. Tennis player Sharapova 22. Midway between northeast and east 23. Afrikaans 25. No instruction set computing 26. Pacific Standard Time 27. Relaxing places 29. Confiscates 31. Gladys Knight’s fellow performers 33. Witnesses 34. Taking place in a series 36. Satisfy 38. Freshwater fish of N. America 39. Laments 41. “Girls” creator Dunham 43. Indian title of respect 44. Cocoa plum 46. Network of nerve cells 48. Link together in a chain 52. Cool 70s crew “The __ Squad” 53. Persons engaging in energetic pursuits 54. Accumulation of glacial debris 56. Fastened 57. A cotton fabric with a satiny finish 58. Whiskey and bread are two 59. Scottish tax
CLUES DOWN 1. Rope used to lasso 2. Idyllic places 3. Field force unit 4. Guitar great Clapton 5. Slang for type of skirt 6. Figure skating jump 7. Innocent 8. Mathematical ratio 9. Slowly drinks 10. Line where edges meet 11. Offices of the pope 12. Dry or withered 14. “__ the Man” Musical 15. Difficult situations 18 Greek goddess of discord 20. Marked by smartness in dress and manners 24. Habitat 26. Annoy constantly 28. Full of life 30. Great energy 32. BBQ and soy are two 34. Virtuous 35. Not fatty 37. Foes 38. Merchandiser 40. Dishonest scheme 42. Repents 43. Protective crust 45. Native American people 47. Any place of bliss or delight 49. Bring up 50. Birds 51. Geological times 55. Consumed
Solutions on page, 29
Win at all costs
My wife and I recently grounded our son for some bad behavior. In our house, that means no cell phone, no TV, and no video games – basically a complete dissolution of all things digital. I hate reprimanding my son, but at times it has to be done. The interesting thing, however, is that, while he detests the repercussions he faces, my wife and I actually enjoy it. Without the added distractions, our son is much more willing to engage with us. During these grounding periods, we’re much more apt to listen to music, do a puzzle, or play a board game together. It’s wonderful family time, it’s just unfortunate that it has to result from things going awry. However, while I’m all about the music and puzzles and various family interactions, I find it difficult to play board games with any sense of joy — even with my own wife and son. I’ve recognized my aversion to board games for many years and wondered why it developed since, as a child, I was captivated by them. After much thought, I’ve determined that my intensely competitive spirit eventually exhausted me from most gaming situations. As a child, I was always driven to win. It didn’t matter if it was checkers or an elementary school basketball game. I needed to win. And if I didn’t win, the world felt dark and incomplete. Like the famous quote states, “Your strength is your weakness” — and in my case, while needing to win meant I excelled in many things, it also meant I was a I, TONYA bit of a sore loser. I have countless memories of crying after sporting events or feeling my sense of self worth slipping away after losing a routine game of MonopI’ve carried that with oly. me throughout my life and it’s always held me acAs a child, losing was the worst possible expericountable. I can be out playing a round of golf comence for me, so I did everything in my power to avoid pletely alone and be on the verge of my all-time best it. When that came to board games, I was relentless. I score, and if I commit even the most minor rules inmade it a point to know fraction, I’ll always adjust all the rules so I could for the penalty strokes. better command my play; Trying to win in such a I learned to smell weakpurist fashion can overUNFORTUNATELY, HER DRIVE ness in my opponents and power the joy of playing, COMBINED WITH THE ACTIONS OF A used that to overpower which is exactly what them in applicable situahappened to me. EvenSKETCHY HUSBAND LED TO ONE OF tions; and, I’m ashamed tually, a simple game of THE MOST INFAMOUS MOMENTS IN to say, I would resort to Scrabble — which should cheating on occasion if be a relaxing mind activity MODERN SPORTS. the opportunity arose. — became too exhausting However, at some to bother with. point, my grandmother caught me cheating and Somewhere along the way, I just stopped playing called me out. I don’t remember her exact words, but board games altogether. Only in the last year or so they must have been powerful enough to completely have I agreed to play again. Admittedly, that “win at all change my mindset. From that moment forward, costs” feeling still arises, but I’m doing a much better cheating became a non-option. Winning in any way job keeping it at bay while trying to simply enjoy playthat was tainted, became just as bad as losing. ing a game. This week’s film, “I, Tonya,” features another competitor who harbored a “win at all costs” attitude, except in her case it was taken to some very dark places, where it ultimately cast a shadow across her entire life. Tonya Harding was the bad girl of the US skating world in the early 1990s. While she exuded a hardscrabble upbringing and trailer park demeanor, she was also a fiercely competitive athlete who was driven to succeed. Unfortunately, her drive combined with the actions of a sketchy husband led to one of the most infamous moments in modern sports. Oddly, “I, Tonya” uses the tonality of a dark comedy to tell its perverse tale. It’s an unorthodox approach, but wildly effective in this instance. Anyone who lived through the insane Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan episode will likely find this film an interesting revisit and it may even sway some preconceived ideas that you’ve carried for years. Check this one out if you’re in the mood for a bizarre story filled with the sketchiest characters you can imagine. It’s not the life any of us would like to lead, but it sure makes for intriguing viewing. A cutting edge “B+” for “I, Tonya.” Got a question or comment for Dom? You can email him at moviediary@att.net.
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n o i g e R e h T ’ R ock i n Rockin’ the region with Jordan Snow Oorah! After spending the last four years in the Marines, Jordan Snow finds himself back doing what he loves best: playing music in Killington with his band, K-
Snow said, “It’s higher paced because it’s happy hour. Keep people happy, keep people drinking. Make the party.” Sunday’s show is acoustic and could be compared to Ray LaMontagne’s Sirius radio station. Snow, 27, was born in Germany. He lived there for 10 years and then moved to Vermont and grew up in Proctor. From third grade to high school and college, Vermont by dj dave was home base for Snow. Living in hoffenberg Proctor was great for him because he went to school there and met Aaron Audet, who was his music Town’s Finest. There are many opteacher. He then started playing portunities to see him play — and with Audet in the Proctor Connecthey’re all at The Foundry. Friday tion. It was Audet who first got him night, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. he plays playing on the mountain, doing drums with Jeff Poremski on guihappy hours at Outback Pizza in tar and Chris Johnson on 2006-2007. He still plays bass. Then Saturday, Jan. with Audet, occasionally. “WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THESE 20 at 4:30 p.m., he does a Snow first started out GUYS ON THE MOUNTAIN ARE WHO solo acoustic show; and on the drums. He said it’s lastly, Sunday, Jan. 21 at important to note that I WANTED TO BE. KILLINGTON AND 11 a.m., enjoy brunch even though he sings RUTLAND ARE CHOCK FULL OF GUYS while he serenades the and plays guitar, it’s the audience with some jazz drums that is his passion LIKE THIS. IT’S A GREAT PLACE TO and other cool tunes. through it all. He said, “I LEARN.” SAID SNOW. I always enjoy seeing played drums for AuJordan play and I had the det; I went to college for pleasure of speaking with him and as the band decided to keep it drums; and that’s what I did in the catching up on his life. primarily what we used to do with Marine Corps. From as long as I Snow currently resides with his soul and R&B. The second set is can remember, it was the drums. wife in Attleboro, Mass. It’s there more danceable and the third set Practically from birth I always that he gets to perfect his craft, is what we call the ‘Shocker Set.’ wanted to play the drums.” Snow practice his shows and work on his You don’t know what we’re gowould go to his dad’s shows and he upcoming album, which is due to ing to play. We know what we’re would watch the live band. “It was drop in February. Being a full-time supposed to play but we just look just something about the drums musician is demanding especially at the crowd and may decide to that attracted me more than anysince he works in two different states. He used to live in Germany with his dad, Myk Sno. It was there that he wrote a bunch of songs that he and his dad are now remixing for his next album. Snow said, “When I was living in Germany, I wrote a lot of stuff and recorded it already, but then I joined the Marine Corps and forgot I had done it. My dad called me the other day and told me he was working on my album. He said he was looking on the computer and discovered that I had a bunch done and he just had to tweak this and that. He put a couple background vocals on some but he was surprised that I almost had a full album of originals.” Myk Sno used to play in Killington and was an early article subject of mine. He currently plays in Germany, but also has a home studio where he is able to help Jordan. Snow’s last album had Submitted a couple covers on it, one JORDAN SNOW of which is “Hallelujah,” and I absolutely love his version throw ‘The Weight’ by The Band thing. My dad would be singing of it. There was a time when that at them, which is so far from R&B and it didn’t matter, because I just CD never left my car stereo, so to — but we put our own spin on always wanted to watch the drumsay I’m really looking forward to it. We’re supposed to play soul mer and do what he was doing.” his second album would be an music, but let’s play ‘Long Train His parents bought him a little kit understatement. This one will be Running’ by the Doobie Brothers.” when he was five years old and it all originals. Snow said, “I’ve been Saturday’s show is a full range of was on from there. Rockin’ the Region, page 32 keeping that pretty close to the soul, R&B and classic rock tunes.
rockin’ the region
chest. Not a lot of people know that, and until three weeks ago I didn’t even know that. I can’t tell you the exact date in February, but as soon as I know, I’ll post some details and have a CD release party.” Snow has stepped right into his dad’s footsteps here in Killington. K-town’s Finest was his dad’s band at the Santa Fe Restaurant in Killington. Myk was the lead guitar and vocalist, Jordan on drums with Poremski and Johnson. It’s now the same band minus Myk, with a different location. That show is a rockin’ R&B show with all the great standards and is very high energy. Snow spoke of that: “When the opportunity came up to do it again at the Foundry, we
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Connecting
our communities
PEGTV unveils documentary series on Rutland families PEGTV has announced the release the age of 49, leaving behind a wife and of its first documentary series, “Gener- nine children at the beginning of the ations: Stories from Rutland County.” Depression. It’s a must-see documenThis PEGTV-produced show shines tary that will touch your heart, and a spotlight on the Rutland County give you a new outlook on East Washfamilies that helped shaped our comington St. in Rutland City. munity. Their stories, as told by their “Rutland County is a special place living relatives, take for many different “RUTLAND COUNTY IS viewers on a jourreasons, but our ney by exploring biggest asset is the A SPECIAL PLACE FOR their local origins people who live MANY DIFFERENT that created a lasthere,” said Missi ing legacy for future Delehanty, the REASONS, BUT OUR generations. program developBIGGEST ASSET IS The first film of ment coordinator the series follows at the station. “This THE PEOPLE WHO the lineage of the series celebrates LIVE HERE,” SAID Costello family as our residents and told by local celebtheir rich history. MISSI DELEHANTY. rity Steve Costello I’m so excited for and his cousins, viewers to see our BJ Costello, Michelle Kaufman and community through the eyes of these Katrina Clark. Their family story is one incredible families who shared their of heartache and hardship, but also remarkable stories.” one of triumph. The story begins with “Generations: Stories from Rutland a 1928 Rutland Herald editorial read County – The Costello Family” will by Steve Costello describing the sudpremiere on Channel 15, Thursday, den and tragic loss of his grandfather Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. It will also be availBartley Costello, who passed away at able to watch online at pegtv.com.
About Generations PEGTV takes a deep dive into Rutland County’s history with the debut of “Generations: Stories from Rutland County.” The show profiles some of the families that have shaped the area, as told by friends and relatives. The first installation of the series is the Costello family. Courtesy of PEGTV
Steve Costello is shown on-set during the shooting of PEGTV’s first documentary series on Rutland’s first families.
Generations: Stories from Rutland County How well do you know your Community? PEGTV Channel 15 February 15th 8:00pm Learn more at PEGTV.com
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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.
“While he isn’t known as a skier or rider, where would Donald Trump call his home mountain?”
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EVAN JOHNSON
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Bromley’s Mom’s Day Out cancer fundraiser set for Jan. 20 Saturday, Jan. 20—PERU—On Saturday, Jan. 20, Bromley Mountain ski resort will hold its 16th annual Mom’s Day Out fundraiser. Moms ski or ride for just $25 when they show the ticket seller a snapshot of their kid or kids. Once again, this year’s event will benefit the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center in Bennington, part of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC). The cancer center will receive the entire $25 lift ticket cost as a donation. During the day, participants will be able to meet some of the physicians and staff of the cancer center, whether on the slopes or in the lodge. Bromley Mountain is located at 3984 Route 11, Peru, six miles east of Manchester. For more information, visit bromley.com.
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is acoustic music in the spirit of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Swing Noire invokes the energy of a swingin’ jazz club, transporting audiences back to the early days of jazz with their unique take on hot swing. “The Reinhardt acolytes genuinely channel American hot jazz, evoking images of smoky basement speakeasies and slinky cabarets,” said Dan Bolles of Seven Days. Violinist David Gusakov, twins
Rob and Jim McCuen on guitar and double bass, and guitarist Jim Stout make up this tight acoustic quartet. Concert tickets are $20. A preconcert dinner is available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call 802247-4295 for reservations or for more information. Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road, Brandon.
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the children fear anything new. Producing director of ART, Sandra Gartner, said, “January is our company’s time to produce something different from the rest of our season. When director Garrett Robin came to me with the idea of presenting the two one-acts by Steve Martin, it was the perfect pairing for our winter slot.” The cast for the shows feature Maya Reddington, Richard Reed, Paul Burroughs, Lennon Philo, Lily Kelly, Nicole Jane and Nanci Gordon. Director is Garrett Robin; stage manager is Matthew Eckler. Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased at the Paramount Theatre Box Office; by calling 802-7750903; online at paramountvt.org; or at the door.
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Bestselling author Katherine Arden talks on her new novel Thursday, Jan. 18, 6:30 p.m.—RUTLAND— On Thursday, Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m., Phoenix Books Rutland will host Katherine Arden for a talk on her new novel, “The Girl in the Tower.” The magical adventure begun in the bestselling novel“The Bear and the Nightingale” continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced to choose between marriage or life in a convent and instead flees her home — but soon finds herself called upon to help defend the city of Moscow when it comes under siege. Orphaned and cast out as a witch by her village, Vasya’s options are few: resign herself to life in a convent or allow her older sister to make her a match with a Muscovite prince. Both doom her to life in a tower, cut off from the vast magical world she longs to
explore. Instead she chooses adventure, disguising herself as a boy and riding her trusted horse into the woods. A battle with some bandits who have been terrorizing the countryside quickly earns her the admiration of the Grand Prince of Moscow. But Vasya must now balance the growing challenges of the life she has chosen. Katherine Arden was born in Austin, Texas. She holds a BA in French and Russian from Middlebury College. She has studied Russian in Moscow, taught at a school in the French Alps, and worked on a farm in Hawaii. She currently lives in Vermont. This event is free and open to all. Phoenix Books Rutland is located at 2 Center St., Rutland. For more information, visit phoenixbooks.biz.
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Cavendish to host home weatherization workshop Tuesday, Jan. 23, 6 p.m.—CAVENDISH—The Cavendish Energy Committee will host a weatherization workshop on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. in the town office meeting room, 37 High St. in Cavendish. Residents of Cavendish or any other town are invited to attend. The workshop will consist of a presentation and discussion by Steve Spatz, residential energy consultant with Efficiency Vermont, who will talk about how to weatherize homes and how to finance the project. One can greatly reduce heat loss and lower bills by
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Chandler Gallery exhibits “A Closer Look” Saturday, Jan. 20, 5 p.m.—RANDOLPH—Chandler Gallery is delighted to announce that the photography and paintings of three popular local artists will be the first of its 2018 exhibitions. “A Closer Look” is the theme which connects featured artists Valerie Daniel, of Bethel; Judy Laliberte, of Quechee; and Jo Levasseur, of South Royalton. Daniel, a photographer, and Laliberte and Levasseur, painters were recipients of the “People’s Choice” awards during the 2017 Area Artists Show. The exhibition’s opening reception will be Saturday, Jan. 20, 5-7 p.m. The artists will be present at the opening, and will be available to talk about their work. “A Closer Look” runs through March 3, with gallery hours Friday-Sunday, 12-3 p.m., and by appointment. The gallery is located at Chandler Center for the Arts, 71-73 Main St., Randolph.
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Saturday, Jan. 20, 2 p.m.—RUTLAND—The fourth screening of the Live in HD from the National Theatre series will be an encore broadcast of the Donmar Warehouse/National Theatre production of “Saint Joan” on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. on the big screen at Paramount Theatre. Celebrated actress Gemma Atherton takes on the iconic role of Joan of Arc from the late- Victorian titan, playwright and philosopher, George Bernard Shaw, in his classic play, “Saint Joan.” Directed by Josie Rourke, this production unites the production team that brought the National Theatre “Coriolanus”and “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” and uses the text in a modern day boardroom setting that shows Joan as a strong young woman breaking down glass barriers and the glass ceiling. From the torment of the Hundred Year’s War, the charismatic Joan of Arc carved a victory that defined France and defied the law and the church. Described by Shaw as“A chronicle play in six scenes, with an epilogue,” Joan is a peasant girl who claims to experience visions of Saint Margaret, Saint Catherine and the archangel Michael which she attests were sent to her to by God to guide her conduct. She rises, through guile and pluck (having charmed both the Dauphin and a field general) to be a great warrior and a leader of soldiers. In her attempt to drive Britain from France, Joan scores military victory after victory, drawing the suspicions of the state and the church. It was believed
that her “visions” branded her a witch and further, if unchecked, would undermine the law of the church’s universal rule. In one of the most famous scenes in dramatic literature, she is tried by the Inquisition as a heretic. Bernard Shaw’s play depicts a woman with all the instinct, zeal and transformative power of a revolutionary. Joan is depicted by the National Theatre as a daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot, king-whisperer, soldier, leader, victor, icon, radical, witch, heretic, saint, martyr and woman. The play premiered in 1923, three years after her canonization, and has subsequently had numerous international revivals of acclaim. Described as one of the most challenging female roles in history, Joan has been played by many of the greatest actresses of their day, including: Sybil Thorndike, Katherine Cornell, Wendy Hiller, Uta Hagen, Siobhan McKenna, Joan Plowright, Jean Seberg and Lynn Redgrave. The Evening Standard said, “Josie Rourke’s production shows that Shaw’s observations about class, religion and gender are still relevant.” “Gemma Arterton is radiantly persuasive in this richly rewarding revival … Highly recommended,” said the Independent. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students. Visit paramountvt.org for tickets and more information. Paramount Theatre is located at 30 Center St., Rutland.
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Vermont Woodworker Association to hold annual meeting Friday, Jan. 26, 3 p.m.—WEST RUTLAND—The Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association (VWMA) is holding its annual meeting in West Rutland at H. Hirschmann Windows & Doors and Sweet Caroline’s Restaurant on Jan. 26, 3-7 p.m. The meeting and tour are open to all interested in learning more about woodworking in Vermont and what the association does. The group will start at H. Hirschmann Windows and Doors for a tour of the facility and then gather for the meeting, dinner and networking at Sweet Caroline’s Restaurant. Meeting updates will be given by association president Brent Karner; executive director Kathleen Wanner; Paul Frederick of the Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks & Recreation; and others. Discussed will be the 2017 overview and the 2018 year ahead, in
addition to the presentation of the 2017 Woodworker of the Year and Friend of the Industry Awards. There will be time for updates from partners and members, and then social hour, dinner and networking will begin. Governor Scott has been invited. Election of board members and officers will also occur (members must be current in dues to vote). There is a cost to attend so please pre-register. VWMA members are $25; non-members are $35 — which includes dinner. A cash bar will be available. To become a member or for more information, visit vermontwood.com. Reservations are requested by Jan. 25. H. Hirschmann is located at 467 Sheldon Ave., West Rutland. Sweet Caroline’s Restaurant is located just a mile away, at 100 Main St., West Rutland.
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The birds of Costa Rica — such as this one — are rich in color, especially among their lush green backdrop.
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Tuesday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m.—RUTLAND—Join Marv Elliott, a long-time member and past president of Rutland County Audubon, as he narrates the photo story of his trip to Costa Rica this past spring. “Costa Rica — A Birder’s Paradise” will be held Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. at Grace Congregational Church, 8 Court St., Rutland. This presentation on the birds and their beautiful Caribbean habitat will make the audience forget it’s January in Vermont! The public is invited to attend this free event. For more information, contact birding@rutlandcountyaudubon.org.
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—Learn about the history of land use in what is now Vermont from the time of the Native Americans to present and about its effects on the state’s native wildlife populations. This informative presentation will be given by Kim Royar, a biologist with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife on Tuesday, Jan. 23, from 6:30-8 p.m. She will discuss how human changes to Courtesy of Vt Woodlands the landscape influenced the Kim Royar processes a bobcat as part of field biology. wildlife that live in Vermont, particularly beaver, otter, coyote, bobcat, and wolf, etc. The presentation will be held at the USDA Forest Service Office Conference Room located at 231 North Main St., Rutland. This event is free and family friendly. Royar has worked for the department for 36 years in various roles, including as a habitat biologist, furbearer biologist, deputy commissioner, and private lands biologist. She is passionate about maintaining Vermont’s beautiful landscape for both wildlife and future generations of people. Registration is suggested. Register online at vermontwoodlands.org/workshops.asp, email info@vermontwoodlands.org or call 802-747-7900.
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Saturday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m.—LUDLOW—FOLA (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium) will feature the musical, “Les Miserables,” on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium. The show has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and original French-language lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, alongside an English-language libretto with accompanying English-language lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. The London production has run continuously since October 1985, making it the longest-running musical in the West End and the second longest-running musical in the world after
the original Off-Broadway run of “The Fantasticks.” “Les Miserables” features Alfie Boe as Jean Valjean; Norm Lewis as Javert; Lea Salonga as Fantine; Nick Jonas as Marius; Katie Hall as Cosette; Ramin Karimloo as Enjolras; Samantha Barks as Éponine; Mia Jenkins as Young Cosette; Robert Madge as Gavroche; Matt Lucas and Jenny Galloway as the Thénardiers; and Earl Carpenter as the Bishop of Digne. Based on the classic novel by Victor Hugo, “Les Miserables” is set in early 19th-century France. It is the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his quest for redemption
after serving 19 years in jail for having stolen a loaf of bread for his sister’s starving child. Valjean decides to break his parole and start his life anew after a kindly bishop inspires him by a tremendous act of mercy, but he is relentlessly tracked down by a police inspector named Javert. Along the way, Valjean and a slew of characters are swept into a revolutionary period in France, where a group of young idealists make their last stand at a street barricade. The musical is open to everyone and is free; donations are appreciated. Information is available at 802-228-7239 and fola.us.
A real feud is coming to Rutland RUTLAND—The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce is excited to present the Real Rutland Feud, an event that will pit local businesses against each other in an effort to raise funds for the Regional Marketing Initiative. This new annual event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Paramount Theatre with a show time of 7 p.m. It will be a great way to end the week-long Winterfest. The Real Rutland Feud is based on the popular TV game show “Family Feud.” Every great game show needs a host; and the Real Rutland Feud has recruited Tom Heubner of Rutland Regional Medical Center. The Real Rutland Feud will feature eight local businesses that will go head-to-head to see who will take home what will be the coveted Real Rutland Feud trophy, while raising funds for this important regional marketing initiative. Facing off will be: Heritage Family Credit Union vs VSECU Rutland Regional Medical Center vs Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region Proctor Gas vs Marcell Oil Company
TLC Homecare & Nursing vs. VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region The audience will also be able to get involved with the addition of “Minute to Win It” sponsored by Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty. “Minute to Win It” will take place between the rounds of feuds and will be hosted by Andy Paluch of “Come Alive Outside.” Audience members will compete for prizes by doing challenges using everyday items. This promises to be a fun evening of laughs while raising much needed funds for the Real Regional Marketing Initiative. Tickets are on sale now, and will be available during regular Paramount Theatre Box Office hours or online any time at paramountvt.org. The Regional Marketing Initiative is a 10-year plan to help grow the economic vitality of the region. “Real Rutland” is an integral part of marketing messages to grow the population and build a strong workforce for local employers. For more information, contact Mary Cohen at 802-773-2747.
Passages at the Paramount series continues with French oboist Olivier Stankiewicz Sunday, Jan. 21, 3 p.m.— RUTLAND—The 10th annual Passages at the Paramount series continues on Sunday, Jan. 21 with a concert to be given by French oboist Olivier Stankiewicz. Bruce Bouchard, executive director at the Paramount, commented, “In 10 years of Passages concerts we have had precious little representation from the woodwind family. Mr. Stankiewicz and his unique program (accompanied on piano by Jonathan Ware) perfectly fit the bill to include this beguiling instrument in our offerings.” Olivier Stankiewicz has been praised for his “astounding technique, rich sound, and mature artistry,” said ResMusica. His extensive and varied career is characterized by remarkable curiosity and virtuosity. This season, in addition to his performance at the Paramount, he will perform at the Center for the Arts in
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Skiers in the 70+ Ski Club take to the slopes during a recent outing at Okemo. The club regularly meets and even has trips to Switzerland and Japan.
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continued from page 1 Membership skyrocketed. “Free skiing was essentially the tool my grandfather used to accomplish his real goal, which was to keep seniors active. He hated to see folks wasting away in rocking chairs.” said Lambert. At Okemo 41 members raced, including a member from Canada. The race is done by gender and fiveyear age categories (70-74, 75-79, 80-84, etc.) and by ski and snowboard. “Only one of our three snow boarders raced. The oldest racer was 90 and won his category. He also earned a silver NASTAR pin,” Lam-
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bert said. This season the club has three day events and six week-long trips, including trips to Big Sky, Quebec City and Japan. Camaraderie and fun Harry Wrede, 82, joined the 70+ Ski Club because “when you get old you don’t have people left to ski with – they’re gone or can’t ski,” he said. A regular with other club members at Mt. Peter, N.Y., he has been on Okemo trips for many years. But this was the first time two grandsons, who are in college now and on their break, could make the trip, making for a threegeneration trip as son Jeff
and his wife Lisa were also skiing. “It’s wonderful to ski with my grandsons,” Harry enthused, adding, “skiing really keeps you young and there were a lot of us out there.” (He noted his wife doesn’t ski but like the other male and female spouses who don’t, she “lodges well.”) He also enjoys staying at Jackson Gore, noting, “It’s well designed,” and “how nice they are to us.” He also appreciates the convenience of “booting up in my room and picking up skis at the ski valet storage.” Wrede met Herman Thompson over a trip
dinner and the two have been ski buddies ever since on the Okemo trips. They also have a friendly rivalry in the 80+ division where each comes in first or second. Until this trip that is, when Thompson came in second and Wrede third as a “new fella” (Wolfgang Bauer, 80) took first. Watching the men and women race, I could see the camaraderie aspect and recalled having been to a Hunter Mountain 70+ day with the late Ted Bridges of the Cortina Inn who was then promoting a 70+ trip to Vermont. At the race awards ceremony, an 82 year-old lady who
placed first in her age division jumped up and down, exclaiming “I won, I won!” Herman Thompson told me he joined the club “for staying active,” adding, “Skiing is in my blood.” He is fond of saying, “I will ski as long as I’m upright” and tells people who ask if he’s been skiing all his life, “Not yet.” And that’s been a long life as he began skiing on fields around Newport, NH, in the 1940s and at age 10 was the first person to ride the Mt. Sunapee single chair at its Dec. 27, 1948 debut. In 1957 he missed being the one-millionth rider when he let a girl go
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Our fantastic American tavern menu featuring burgers, pizza, salads, steak and more is now being handcrafted by our new Executive Chef Tim Galvin. . Nestled on 10 acres directly on the VAST snowmobile trails and only 8 miles from the Killington Road. Our live music schedule will keep you entertained, and we never charge a cover. We’re sure you’ll agree that “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
Highline Lodge HIGHLINE LODGE KILLINGTON VERMONT
Visit the Highline lodge. Join us in our newly renovated fireplace lounge featuring craft cocktails, local brews, small plates and lively conversation. Our in-house restaurant offers fresh, seasonal local fare with a menu changing monthly. The intimate dining room and outside patio are the perfect spots for private events, conferences and weddings. Contact Kristen Anderson at kristen@highlinelodge.com.
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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 Classic Italian Cuisine Old World Tradition
fresh. simple. delicious! 1/2 price appetizers & flaTbreads DAILY from 4-5 p.m. OPEN DAILY AT 4 P.M.
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
Lake Bomoseen Lodge and Taproom
The Taproom at Lake Bomoseen Lodge, Vermont’s newest lakeside resort & restaurant. Delicious Chef prepared, family friendly, pub fare; appetizers, salads, burgers, pizzas, entrees, kid’s menu, a great craft brew selection & more. Newly renovated restaurant, lodge & condos. www.lakebomoseenlodge.com802.468.5251
Liquid Art
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) 422-566
Vermont Inspired New-American Cuisine
SUNDAY DINNER specials Choose any Entree from sunday dinner menu plus soup or salad and includes 2 meatballs per person
Serving from 6:00 PM Tuesday thru Saturday in the Dining Room and at the bar in the Great Room
4-6 p.m. sunday only $20 each adult; $10 each child
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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) 422-4777
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 a short drive from Killington. www.mountaintopinn.com 802.483.2311
Burgrs On The Rocs
Kick back at On the Rocs open daily at 3 p.m. Enjoy a full range of specialty cocktails as well as a full menu featuring items such as our signature crispy brussels sprouts, Caribbean style ceviche served with plantain chips, New England lobster roll and roasted rack of lamb just to name a few. Don’t forget to buy one tapa, get the second one free between the hours of 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
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.
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
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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.
Pasta Pot
Chef owned, the Pasta Pot has 40 years of authentic Italian cuisine under its belt. Whether you’re in the mood for ante pasta, pasta, pizza or homemade entrees, you’ll be satisfied. All menu entrees and pasta are available in half orders and don’t forget to ask about seasonal dishes. (802) 422-3004
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
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“You are about to have the best food you’ve eaten, no ifs, ands, or buts.” -The Rutland Herald
• A Farm to Table Restaurant • Handcut Steaks, Filets & Fish • All Baking Done on Premises
• Over 20 wines by the glass • Great Bar Dining • Freshly made pasta
All entrées include two sides and soup or salad
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“The locally favored spot for consistently good, unpretentious fare.” -N.Y. Times, 2008
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By Lani Duke
Used vehicle sales lot permit requested in Pawlet PAWLET— Claude Tarbell of Mettowee Valley Auto Repair asked the Pawlet Development Review Board to approve an existing non-conforming use Jan. 3. He wants to seek state licensing
Slate Valley plans modifications, budget The Slate Valley Modified Unified Union School District reached agreement Dec. 18 on relocating the central office to the Fair Haven Union High School building, 33 Mechanic St. in Fair Haven. The construction will include making the building Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant within the budget rather than funding a bond for the construction costs, not only saving interest expense but also saving because the district will not rent space for the office at a cost of about $50,000 a year. As the district prepares for the upcoming fiscal year, it is projecting a surplus of $550,000. The board has contemplated dedicating some of that money into a contingency fund, but the board agreed that doing so may be premature. Principals have not had much input into building the year’s budget.
to sell used cars from his repair shop. The auto repair shop has been a non-conforming use since 1981. The town bylaws permit the board to change an existing non-conforming use, but give no standards
for evaluating the proposal. The bylaws do permit the board to restrict the new use to a percentage of the existing structure’s size. The board agreed to grant the use
Around local schools The Quarry Valley Unified Union school board discussed setting tuition between $15,000 and $16,000 to attract students. One proposal was for $18,000. The district is interested in attracting students from Pawlet and Rupert, as those students may have school choice under their merger to form the Mettawee School District. Poultney High draws students from from Wells and Middletown Springs. The board set the high school tuition at $16,500 and the elementary at $13,500. Rupert voters are gathering Feb 15 to discuss whether to reconsider their vote to form the Mettawee School District.
change as long as the total footprint of the commercial activities, including outdoor vehicle storage for vehicles being repaired or sold on te lot, does not exceed a 50 percent increase.
East Poultney farmstead hosts special events POULTNEY—Dennis Brown began creating a new outlook for his family’s former dairy operation and one-time thoroughbred farm when he planted 3 ½ acres of cold-hardy St. Croix grapevines 20 years ago. Since then, he’s quadrupled the size of his vineyard, with plans for adding another 28 acres. Rehabilitation of the barn on Route 30 to convert it to a winery began in 2009, he told the Rutland Herald. The renovations included 5,000 feet of new pine flooring, new windows, new staircases, and universal-access restrooms. Whaleback Vineyard hosted its first two weddings in the summer of 2017. It will host Poultney High school’s 2018 senior prom and also has another wedding booked for this coming September.
Enjoy an easy houseplant: Peperomia
By Dr. Leonard Perry
Few species of foliage plants offer the diversity of leaf size, shape, color, and texture of peperomias. These members of the pepper family (the name means “resembling pepper”), native to tropical America, are highly decorative houseplants that are easy to grow. They are non-toxic to pets. Most peperomias are dwarf and compact, rarely exceeding 12 inches in height. Some species have thread-like trailing stems, while others have thick, succulent, upright stems. Some species are particularly well suited for hanging baskets or dish gardens. They’re grown for the decorative leaves, the flowers (if seen at all) being elongated, upright spikes resembling a tail. Leaf shapes may vary from heart-shaped to lance-shaped, although the most common peperomias have rounded leaves. Colors may range from solid green to striped or marbled. Leaves may be outlined in pale green, yellow, creamy white, red, or gray. The leaf stems of some types are red or pinkish. Leaf surfaces may be smooth, shiny, or rippled. Peperomias may be grown in pots, shallow pans (dish gardens), or in hanging baskets. A soil composed of peat moss, loam, or sand, or any potting mixture with good water drainage can be used. Peperomias, as a rule, should be kept slightly pot-bound. Peperomia, page 26
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By Lani Duke
Disposing of city-owned houses
A city-owned house at 60 Cleveland Ave. in Rutland’s Northwest Neighborhood is being auctioned. Anyone who is interested in the two-story, single-family home may submit a bid by noon Jan. 22; the city asks for a minimum $22,000 bid for the 2,000-square-foot house on its one-quarter acre lot. Rutland Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Brennan Duffy told the Rutland Herald that his organization is recommending the house’s sale in particular, as it can for properties if their sale serves a compelling city interest. RRA feels that proximity to the 42 Cleveland Ave. house redeveloped by Habitat for Humanity is part of the reason this property may be treated a little differently than others. It has attracted the interest of Green Mountain Power, which intends file a proposal on the property as part of its city revitalization campaign, GMP Vice President Steve Costello has indicated. More information about the Cleveland Avenue property and an online bid form are available at rutlandvtbusiness.com. The RRA has also recommended the sale of 31 East St., 114 Gibson Ave., 120 Crescent St., and 117 State St. The city put a property at 46 Kingsley Ave. and one at 118 Gibson Ave. up for sale last year. The aldermen approved an interested buyer for each, but those sales have not closed yet.
Historic grave marked
The state has approved a state historic marker for the burial site of Israel Smith in West Street Cemetery, Rutland Alderman Ed Larson posted on Facebook. He learned of the approval by a message from Mayor David Allaire. Born in Suffield, Hartford County, Conn., Smith
represented Vermont’s 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1791 to 1797 and 1801 to 1803. He became a senator, serving from 1805 to 1807, when he became the state’s fourth governor, serving from 1807 to 1808. He died in 1810 in Rutland.
School notes WALLINGFORD—The Mill River Unified Union School District is looking for a volunteer to represent Wallingford on the school board. The board meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month; committees meet once a month. The deadline for being considered is Jan. 29.
Family suing over care home death
Marilyn F. Kelly died of pneumonia in Rutland Regional Medical Center Feb. 1, 2016. Her seven children filed suit Jan. 4, 2018, against the owners of the residential care home where she had been living, saying their mother’s medication, the sedative Haldol, contributed to her death and that they had demanded the medication be discontinued. Another factor in her death, according to the suit, was a physical assault by staff member Marissa Flagg, an incident recorded on videotape. Flagg pled guilty to the charge of abuse of a vulnerable adult Aug. 19, and Nov. 3, 2016. Kelly was living at the residential care facility Our House Too, 69 ½ Allen St., one of four assisted living homes owned by Inn-One Home, LLC of Rutland. The suit claims that the company was uninsured when Flagg assaulted Kelly. It names not only Paula Patorti, co-owner and president of the company, and Lisa Patorti, the personnel director, but also Patty Thornton, a physician’s assistant with Convenient
Medical Care, and Dr. Timothy G. Cook, Thornton’s supervising physician. Marilyn Kelly’s daughter and guardian, June Kelly, was the family member who had demanded the 78-year-old be taken off the drug. She told the Rutland Herald that she and her six siblings filed the suit to draw attention to the need for protection of elderly and vulnerable people living in residential care homes. The state found numerous violations at Our House during an unannounced relicensure survey, June Kelly said. Caregivers received insufficient training, medications administration and recordkeeping were faulty, and the facility lacked sufficient activity for its residents, Kelly said. She also said that her mother was one of two residents who had been abused there. The lawsuit requires a jury trial and unspecified punitive damages, saying the family was billed $85,500 in medical costs for Marilyn Kelly’s final illness and $10,000 in funeral and burial expenses.
Moving company franchise Two Men and a Truck, based in Michigan, recently announced it is interested in finding a franchisee in Rutland. The local office would be the company’s only outlet in Vermont, covering the region from Rutland to Burlington. The company currently has 370 offices in the United States, Canada, Ireland and London A Rutland franchise could begin with two or three trucks and hire 12 to 15 people, Franchise Compliance Director Pam Batten told the Rutland Herald. She anticipates it could Carving Studio gains winter warmth WEST RUTLAND—The Vermont Arts Council has announced it is awarding $15,600 in grow to a fleet of five to seven trucks, employpartial funding for a new, insulated roof on the former Vermont Marble Company’s coping as many as 50 fulling shop at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center in West Rutland. Matching funds and time individuals. in-kind donations enabled the project’s completion. Once a potential Thomas Doran Roofing replaced the corrugated steel roof and decaying wood deck franchise owner is with standing-seam metal over modern insulation materials, according to a Carving identified, a Rutland Studio press release. Credit for the project must be given to late Trustee Gordon Marshall customer service office who led the drive for the Winter Studio’s capital campaign in 2005, to buy and renovate could be open and the aging building for year-round use. ready for customers Under the new name, the Gordon Marshall Coping Shop, the building offers classin about six months, room, studio, and gallery space. It also houses the Carving Studio’s 50-horsepower air Curtis Ad:Curtis ad1 04/1/11 4:31with PM training. Page 1 complete compressor.
Zamias Fund dwindles RUTLAND TOWN—The city’s original agreement with the Diamond Run Mall was for a payment of $100,000 in annual impact fees to protect city businesses. The impact fee would be reduced with the closing of an anchor store, based on square footage lost. Since both Sears and Penney’s closed, the city has received only $44,828 in annual impact fee payments, as reported by VTDigger. Lyle Jepson, Rutland Economic Development Corporation executive director, said the out-of-state owners of the mall have not sought support from REDC nor shared plans for a growth strategy. The mall itself has 10 full-time employees, generating $757,317 in annual revenue.
“Real Rutland” marketing campaign gets boost from town, businesses The Rutland City Community and Economic Development Committee voted unanimously Jan.8 to support Rutland Economic Development Corp.’s request of $16,000 for the “Real Rutland” regional marketing campaign. The committee has planned to ask each Rutland County municipality for $1 per resident, Rutland Area Chamber of Commerce President Mary
Cohen told the Rutland Herald. She and Rutland Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Lyle Jepson have taken that request to 24 of the 27 municipalities in Rutland County as of Jan 9, 2018, anticipating raising about $60,000. The city chipped in $100,000 over two years, drawing on Zamias Fund money, and ten local business each donated $10,000 in 2017. Other
municipalities have been planning to add the marketing contribution to their annual budgets, asking for voter approval on the Town Meeting Day ballot alongside requests to fund non-profits. Cohen and Jepson are also asking each town to appoint a representative to the marketing committee, a person who could disclose each town’s unique assets, Jepson said.
A video is already online in the effort to attract visitors who will then relocate to the area. The next round of support solicitation will take the form of “tiered requests” from businesses, Cohen said. Other support may be asked of the Vermont Community Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding programs.
Committee rejects State Street liquor license Trevor Smith opened the pizza restaurant Techno Club, 97 State St., in November, with promises to stay open to 4 a.m. for people who want to dance. The Board of Aldermen’s special liquor committee Jan. 9 seemingly blocked his plans for the club’s growth when they voted 5-0 to reject his request for a beer and wine license, according to the Rutland Herald. Although the full Board of Aldermen has yet to vote on Smith’s application, it seems unlikely they will approve the application following such a complete rejection.
Moving company moves to Rutland
Committee members said they had based their objections on several concerns. Alderman and committee member William Notte said he felt Smith was “casually disrespectful” toward Police Chief Brian Kilcullen, who attended the meeting to share reservations stemming from Smith’s interactions with police in previous years. Notte commented that Smith had advertised for professional dancers who would be ready to party, that they must have a nice body and attitude, and that the club would be open until 4 a.m. Alderman and committee
member Scott Tommola questioned whether Smith has the responsibility level necessary for someone who is serving alcohol. He cited the applicant’s referring to a DUI charge against him as “no big deal” – the .09 test result was dismissed on a technicality. Tommola felt that attitude was a disqualification. Committee members suggested that Smith continue operating a pizza restaurant on the site, and that the committee might look on his reapplication more positively if the business were not a problem, Notte said.
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GOT A NOSE FOR NEWS? The Mountain Times is looking for a full-time copy editor/reporter to join our team. The ideal candidate will be filled with passion, hustle, and a drive to help improve the quality and coverage of local news for our communities in Rutland and Windsor Counties. Weekly job to include: • Format and copy edit stories according to AP style, research details and augment with brief interviews when necessary. Identify relative importance of submitted local content for weekly publication. • Attend one select board meetings or similar/week, Tweet highlights real-time, write web blurbs for next day upload. Write 2-5 news stories per week based on Killington or Rutland meetings. • Flexibility to report on timely news leads, or lend a hand to help the team accomplish the job. Required: Journalism education or experience as reporter/ editor. Dedication to accuracy, ability to work quickly and accurately under deadline, enthusiasm, professionalism, people skills, a sense of humor, and ability to work independently. A flexible schedule is offered as some night and weekend hours will be required to cover meetings/ events. Will train candidates with strong potential. Deadline for applications: Rolling until we find the perfect fit. Full-time salary: $30,000/year Email resume and cover letter to: polly@mountaintimes.info
Participants wanted for 15th annual Woodchuck Festival WEST PAWLET—Craft vendors are sought for the 15th annual Woodchuck Festival which will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Mettawee Community School in West Pawlet. Woodchuck Market Place spots are available for vendors to rent; call to reserve at 802-770-2302. The Woodchuck Festival brings exciting activities for young and old including games of chance and the famous WPVFD against the World tug of war. The main event, the Woodchuck Rescue Challenge, is open to four-man departmental teams of volunteer firefighters for a $20 fee. To register a team, call Chief Dave Hosley at 802-645-0158 or Leon Corey at 802-342-6436. The Woodchuck Festival is a fundraiser, sponsored jointly by the West Pawlet Volunteer Fire Department and its Ladies Auxiliary.
JANUARY IS NATIONAL SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH Along with the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), Killington Resort and Pico Mountain are dedicating the month of January to educate skiers and snowboarders about slope safety.
FREE LIFT TICKET WITH HELMET PURBuy a helmet at any Killington Sports or Pico Sports Shop from January 12-21, 2018 and receive a voucher for a 1-day lift ticket valid any day of the 2017 -18 winter season starting January 22, 2017.
Learn more at picomountain.com/safety
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Responsible logging, clean water: Public invited to comment on proposed rule amendments The Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) is now accepting public comments on the proposed state rule amendment to the Acceptable Management Practices (AMPs) for Maintaining Water Quality on Logging Jobs in Vermont. FPR invites the public to attend one of three public gatherings held this January to learn more about AMPs and to add their voice to the conversation. One is being held locally, Jan. 18, 5-7:30 p.m. in Howe Center’s Rail Room, 1 Scale Ave., Rutland. AMPs are designed to prevent sediment, petroleum products, and woody debris that may be associated with logging operations from entering Vermont’s waters. Adopted as rules for Vermont’s water quality statutes in 1987, these rules have been critically
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important in protecting Vermont’s water quality during harvesting for over 30 years through collaboration among the landowners, foresters and loggers who have implemented them. They were last amended in October 2016. However, it was discovered during training sessions on implementing these new rules that there were additional changes that could improve the understanding and implementation of AMP practices. These changes will be explained at the upcoming public gatherings, where the public is invited to participate and add their comments. The proposed amendment to the AMPs can be found at fpr.vermont.gov/ forest/vermonts_forests/amps and posted with the Secretary of State at sec. state.vt.us/.
An old favorite makes a comeback
continued from page 24 The soil should not be overly fertile. glossy, thick, rounded leaves with a waxy Too much fertility can injure roots, or surface. These are held close to stems that cause excessive growth. Use a houseplant can get to one foot tall on upright plants. fertilizer, according to label rates, about This is a common species with several culonce a month in summer or when plants tivars (cultivated varieties) with variously are growing, and about every three to four colored leaves—”Variegata” with irregumonths otherwise. Or, you can use half lar creamy areas, “Green and Gold” with strength fertilizer, twice as often. golden areas on leaves, “Golden Gate” with Don’t let the soil for peperomias get too creamy-white edges, “Tricolor” with cream wet, as these plants are highly susceptible variegation and pink leaf edges, “Sensato stem and root rot and to “oedema,” tion” with purple stems and gold areas on a non-parasitic disease that appears as leaves, “Alba” with creamy leaves and red corky, raised swellings on the undersides streaks on stems, “Gold Tip” marbled with of leaves. Water plants only when the soil is gold toward leaf tips, the common “Alboquite dry, and in winter make sure water is marginata” with creamy margins on pale room temperature and not cold. Often, green leaves, and the short watering once a week is sufficient. “Minima” with small, dark Drench the soil thoroughly green leaves. and make sure the pot “Emerald Ripple” (P. capedrains excess water, rata) is another commonly and that saucers are found peperomia. The heartemptied. If in doubt, shaped, green leaves are so don’t water. Plants dark that they appear alare much happier most purple. Leaves are when the soil is too quite wrinkled, hence dry, than too wet. the name, held on pink to On the other hand, reddish stalks. This species coming from humid rain only grows about six inches forests originally, they prehigh, with a mounded habit. fer higher humidity than is You may find variations of this found in most homes, parspecies such as the reddishticularly during winter. Place purple “Red Ripple,” the dark red them near a humidifier, or on a Submitted “Theresa,” or the silvery “Suzanne.” tray of pebbles which is kept moist, “Watermelon” peperomia (P. arin order to keep humidity levels higher gyreia) has rounded leaves, striped silvery around them in dry rooms. white and green, resembling a watermelon These plants thrive in bright light, rind. It has a similar height and mounded although they will tolerate poor light even habit to “Emerald Ripple.” Appearing at high temperatures. Variegated leaves, much the same is the “parallel” peperomia however, lose their coloration in poor light. (P. puteolata), its elongated dark green They grow well under plant grow lights or leaves featuring parallel silvery-white on lighted plant stands. Avoid direct sun in stripes. summer. Peperomias do well in average to Red-edged peperomia “Variegata” (P. warm temperatures during the day (65-75 clusiifolia) has dark green leaves with red F. is a good range), and no lower than about edges. It’s in the same species is the cultivar 50 degrees. “Rainbow,” with light green leaves flushed If you trim back plants, or want to pink and with creamy yellow edges. Anothpropagate them, this can be done with leaf er cultivar of this species is “Jelly,” withlarge cuttings, similar to African violet propagagreen leaves edged in cream and pink. tion. Remove a large leaf with piece of the Good for terrariums, with its small stalk, and stick this end into a seedling dark-green teardrop-shaped leaves is the starting mix or combination of vermiculite “teardrop” peperomia (P. orba). For hangand perlite. Using a rooting hormone on ing baskets look for the trailing or “Cupid” the cut end may help. Place cuttings in a peperomia (P. scandens) with small, heartwarm spot and bright, but not direct, light. shaped leaves, or prostrate peperomia (P. “Tent” them in a plastic bag to maintain rotundifolia) with tiny, dark green leaves high humidity. on slender, trailing stems. The only pest that you usually may find The next time you’re looking for an easy on these are the white, cottony mealybugs. houseplant for yourself or to give someone, Simply wipe these off with a damp cloth, particularly a beginning gardener or even or with a cotton swap dipped in rubbing a non-gardener that likes houseplants, alcohol. consider one of these peperomias or their Of the over 1,500 different peperomias, many other varieties with names such as several are commonly found at garden out- “Beetle,” “Belly Button,” or “Bibi.” lets. The baby rubber plant or blunt-leaved Dr. Leonard Perry is horticulture profespeperomia (Peperomia obtusifolia) has sor emeritus, University of Vermont.
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NEWS BRIEFS
Local students among Presidential Scholar candidates
Green Mountain Three Power alerts arrested for customers of scam sale of drugs
By Stephen Seitz
Recently, the state Agency of Education Maddie and Uncle Shawn. named 25 students as possible Presidential “It’s just a sideline,” she said. “It’s kind Scholars, holding a banquet in their honor of slow right now because it’s winter. I’ve in Montpelier. done quite a few weddings, and I would “I am so proud to have these students like to have my own storefront someday.” representing Vermont as U.S. Presidential Other local candidates include: MadScholar nominees,” Education Secretary dison McGuinness of West Rutland High Rebecca Holcombe said in a statement. School, Gabriela Poalina and Maxwell Wil“Their exceptional academics and skills, liams of Otter Valley Union High School, as well as their personal leadership and as well as Woodstock Union High School’s service, are what set them apart.” Grace Vollers, who were all nominated as The Presidential Scholarship Program, general candidates. established in 1964, recognizes outstandThe other nominated students for ing graduating career and techni“SHE’S A LEADER IN THE seniors across a cal education broad spectrum include: Taylor CLASSROOM, A VERY WELL of achievements. Florence and Leo ROUNDED STUDENT,” In Vermont, five Schlesinger, Green students were seMountain TechniSAID GREG LYNCH, ONE lected for career and cal and Career OF MADELINE MORSE’S technical education Center; Baylie accomplishments, Ordway, RiverINSTRUCTORS AT STAFFORD and 20 were named bend Career and TECHNICAL CENTER IN as general candiTechnical Center; dates. They may and Joseph Willis, RUTLAND. now apply to the Northwest Techninational Presidential Scholars program. cal Center. The final list will be announced in May. Other general scholarship nomiMadeline Morse is one such student. nees are: Mason Charlebois, Vergennes She is in the culinary program at the StafUnion High School; Kaia Cormier and ford Technical Center in Rutland. Walker Caffry Randall, Harwood Union “My chef nominated me for it,” Morse High School; Gavin Deiss, Union 32 said. “I was really surprised. We went to a High School; Kira Hansen, Mt. Anthony banquet, where we were recognized.” Union High School; Andrew Hegarty, St. Greg Lynch, one of Morse’s instructors, Johnsbury Academy; Tyler Jager, Burr said he was pleased. and Burton Academy; Olivia Leavstrom “She’s a fantastic student,” Lynch said. and Jared Paquette, Richford High “She’s a leader in the classroom, a very well School; Shannon Mahoney, Bellows Free rounded student.” Academy Fairfax; Mary Markley, Elias Morse has already set her sights on a Standard and Caroline Saba, Burlington career in baking. She said she will be atHigh School; Kyla Perry, Enosburg Falls tending the culinary school at the Johnson High School; Julian Schmitt, Middlebury and Wales University in Providence, R.I. Union High School; and Jared Sparr, BelShe also has a side business: Cupcakes by lows Free Academy St. Albans.
Green Mountain Power is warning customers about a bill payment phone scam that threatens customers with disconnection within the hour if they do not pay immediately. Customers received calls claiming to be from GMP and giving the customer a fake toll-free number to call, which is answered by a recording claiming to be GMP. These calls are not from Green Mountain Power, and customers should hang up if they receive a call with such demands. If customers have any questions about their account status, they should call the authorized phone number for GMP, 888-TEL-GMPC (888-8354672). “Customers should be very wary of giving any information out over the phone unless they initiate the call,” said Kristin Carlson, vice president strategic and external affairs. “Customers should know we will never demand immediate payment through credit cards or pre-paid cards.” Customers receiving any call with such demands should follow these steps: • Do not provide payment or any other personal information; • Do not engage with the caller; • Immediately hang up; • Do not call back the number; and • Call GMP Customer Service at 888-835-4672 to report what happened and share any information you are able to provide, including name of the caller, caller’s phone number, and substance of the call. Customers are encouraged to report this scam by contacting the Vermont Attorney General’s Office Consumer Assistance Program at 800-649-2424 (in-state) or 802656-3183 (out of state) or uvm.edu/consumer.
By Evan Johnson
Three Rutland residents were taken into custody last week on charges of selling cocaine, and heroin and violating conditions of release. On Jan. 8, members of the Vermont Drug Task Force arrested 20-yearold Allison Stuhmueller in Rutland for sale of crack cocaine. She was cited to appear in Vermont Superior Court on Feb.12. On Jan. 9, the task force arrested 27-year-old Kevin Scully and 30-yearold Felicia Ackley for sale of heroin, crack cocaine, and violating conditions of release. Scully was on court ordered conditions of release for previously selling cocaine base to a confidential informant in 2016. Ackley was also on court ordered conditions of release for selling cocaine in 2016 to a confidential informant. Both were held at Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility on $5,000.00 bail.
Vt. F&W talks on bird feeding basics With winter weather now taking hold, Vermonters are readying their bird feeders. But before residents put up their avian offerings, Vermont Fish & Wildlife recommends a review of the bird feeding basics. “Birds of all species have very interesting behaviors, shapes, and plumage, and observing them up close is a great source of enjoyment throughout the winter
months,” said John Buck, Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s migratory bird biologist. Buck recommends that people only feed birds during the winter months to avoid attracting bears. Bears are very fond of suet and bird seed, especially black oil sunflower seed. Bringing feeders in at night doesn’t work, because bears will still feed on seed that is spilled on
the ground, and bears can also be active during the daylight hours. Bears that are lured by birdfeeders can become unafraid of people, which can result in the bear needing to be put down. While the Department suggests a general feeding window of December 1-March 31, bears will continue to be present when the ground is snowless and Bird feeding, page 33
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HERMAN - 1-year-old neutered male. Shepherd mix. I’ll need lots of exercise and playtime to keep me happy, so an active family will be good for me. I don’t have a lot of manners right now, so I’ll need to work on being a good canine family member.
MARLEY - 11-month-old spayed female. Border Collie/Australian Shepherd mix. I’m a very high-energy young lady who needs lots of exercise and playtime. A very active owner who can take me on walks, hikes and other outdoor adventures will be best for me. I’m smart and I already know “sit”.
TONKA - 3-year-old spayed female. Domestic Short Hair. Brown tabby. Hi, I am Tonka. I came to the shelter after living outside for two years. My owner had passed away and a couple of neighbors took care of me before bringing me to the shelter.
SHADOW - 4.5-year-old neutered male. Domestic Short Hair. Black. Hello, my name is Shadow and I am a big lovely fella! I can be a little timid and shy when you first meet me. Once I get to know you I blossom into a snuggle bug. I am not sure if I like cats, but I know I do not like dogs!
POLLY - 2-year-old spayed female. Labrador Retriever mix. I’m an on-the-go gal who loves toys. I just can’t get enough of them! They are such fun but I do destroy them quickly, so I’ll need a supply of tough toys for me to play with.
J.R. - Adult neutered male. Rex Rabbit. White. Hello, my name is J.R. 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.
HARRY - 9-year-old neutered male. Domestic Short Hair. Black and white. I was brought in by a caring citizen who had noticed me around the neighborhood for quite some time. They were feeding me for several months and felt I should be off the streets and in a safer environment.
BUBBLES - 2-year-old spayed female. Domestic Short Hair. Black. I am a lovely young black cat. I am just a little shy when getting to know new people but with some tender loving care I relax and come out of my shell. Since I have had outside adventures I would like to be an indoor-only kitty.
HOWI - 5-year-old neutered male. Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull mix. I’m very outgoing and social and I’m fun to be around. I love hanging out with my favorite people and getting lots of love and attention. I’m a happy-go-lucky guy who acts like a puppy sometimes.
AMELIA - Adult spayed female. Rex Rabbit. White. Hello, my name is Amelia. I am a big fluffball who loves to snack on carrots and lounge around in my pen. I am a little skittish around people and like to stay in my comfortable house.
COSMO - 9-year-old spayed female. Domestic Long Hair. Torbie. Hi there, my name is Cosmo and I am one big stunning lady! I get over stimulated rather quickly, meaning when I have had enough attention I like to be left alone.
SEBASTIAN - 7-year-old neutered male. Domestic Short Hair. Black. Hello, my name is Sebastian. I am a stunning gentleman and my large green eyes will steal your heart. I arrived at RCHS on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, as a stray.
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TADASHI Tadashi means “loyal and faithful” and my personality matches my name! I am housebroken and love to be with my family as much as possible. I adore people of all ages, but children have a special place in my heart! I like cats, but prefer mellow dogs. If you have ever had the honor of being owned by a coonhound and understand there is no greater gift, then come and adopt me soon! Stop by 401 Skitchewaug Trail, Springfield, Vt., Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4:30.
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DREAMER Hi! My name’s Dreamer and I’m an 13-year-old spayed female. My former owner brought me to Lucy Mackenzie when they realized I was really unhappy and not being treated well in our home. The other cats in the house had been making my life miserable, and I’m not the type to fight back. The good news is that I’ve made some really good cat friends since arriving here! I live in a more quiet room where there are plenty of places for me to burrow. Even though you can almost always find me curled up in a cozy spot, I’m really affectionate and love belly scratches. If you’ve been looking to adopt a very sweet senior gal who deserves a peaceful, loving life, stop in and meet me today! Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society is located at 4832 Route 44, West Windsor, Vt. We’re open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 12 - 4 p.m. Reach us daily at 802-484-LUCY. Visit us at lucymac.org, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter. We hope to see you soon!
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Rearranging relationship roles
By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye
This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Capricorn Moon. At approximately 9:17 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday evening, the Moon turned New when it conjuncted the Sun, at 26 Degrees Capricorn. Every time I sit down to write this column I am awed by the amount of information that shows up in the chart that I erect to guide my thinking process. It never ceases to amaze me - and the words that follow never fail to remind me that Shakespeare got it right when he had Hamlet say: “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Aspects between Venus, the Sun, and Uranus are giving us a chance to rearrange our understanding of what we get to do, and who we get to be in our relationships. When I say “relationships” I refer not only to the connections we have with our partners, our families, our friends, and our work: within that framework these aspects tell me that our relationship to everything is being altered by forces that will call each and every one of us to rethink who we are in the scheme of things. In addition to this, if Venus represents “what we value,” our relationship to whatever that has been in the past is in the midst of upheaval. If things feel a little shaky it is because the tables are turning and the old systems have worn thin enough to make it necessary to re-evaluate all of it and come up with a new plan. To hold on to anything with the belief that sticking to the norm will get us through the night is not going to work. As much as we may cherish what has served its purpose, it’s time to move on to the next thing. I see that the Sun and Venus are not only squaring Uranus, they are sitting at the midpoint of Mars and Chiron. This is a planetary picture that we could interpret in a lot of different ways. Mars trining Chiron relates to a positive change in the way we define ‘maleness’. It’s as if to say something is about to alter the macho archetype, enough to include a cross between Merlin and a KungFu Master with the muscles, the testosterone, and the raw power that has defined that frequency up until now. It feels to me like we’re in the middle of something that is about to change us forever. At times like this the sense of turmoil can override the idea that there is always a struggle when something is about to be born. There’s a major eclipse coming up on Jan. 31, so use the next two weeks to look at what that might be. There is so much more I could say, but let’s leave it at that. Take whatever you can from what we’ve talked about here, give it some thought, and take what you can from this week’s ‘scopes.
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June 21 - July 20
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ou thought you knew everything. Now all of a sudden your whole paradigm is getting turned upside down by experiences that have come to show you a little bit more about what’s true. Some of you are OK with the idea that it’s time to shed your skin, and all of you would be better off if you could let the old story give way to whatever you have yet to learn, about life, and about yourself. Recent lessons, along with influences that have had a humbling effect, need to sink into the deeper aspects of your being before what’s next can take root and support you from here on out.
our favorite basket case could be acting out in a big way. It could even be your turn to play that role. It doesn’t matter if it’s coming from without or coming from within, someone is going through the ringer. There is confusion that could be mitigated once you lose the need to keep responding to things in the same old way. If you can rise above that urge you will begin to see that it’s time to start turning these patterns to your advantage instead of continuously getting steamrolled by things that drive you into the ground. There is goodness to be found in all of this.
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obody gets to you the way a certain so-and-so gets to you. And this is either feeling bad or good depending on where you stand with each other. In some ways it’s OK to care this much and/or be this involved. On another level it’s gotten to the point where you could use some time and enough distance to return to yourself. Lots of things have shifted in the last few months. What matters now looks a lot different than it did before things got so intense. One way or another, you could use a break and a little time to figure out where you’re really at with yourself.
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ou keep wondering when what has been “over the top” is going to ease up and start looking like “normal.” Instead of wishing for what isn’t there to pop out of the woodwork and match your perfect pictures, it’s better to get behind the idea that this is the way things are. Life is about being able to face the truth, knowing that it will only set you free when you learn to live with it. That being said, you’ve got more than your share of stuff, and coming to terms with it will require you to take one thing at a time. Rome wasn’t built in a day; be patient with yourself.
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April 21 - May 20
July 21 - August 20
October 21 - November 20
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t’s time to regroup. Recent shifts in direction demand that you rearrange your best laid plans. If you thought you would be free of this situation once and for all, guess again. Finding ways to make what’s been going on forever more interesting is always a challenge but it will be less nuts once you realize that you can delegate most of what has been your job to those who have more of a feeling for it. While it’s true that a changing of the guard would do much to improve things it looks like you’ve got to stand watch until the worm turns, and/or until your reinforcements show up.
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eople always seem to require more from you than you’re able to give. It’s hard to know how to handle it. The bigger part of you has a deep desire to be here for this – but another part of you is dying to be here for itself. Finding a way to balance the need for independence with the desire to feel safe and secure has you feeling a little nuts. Doing anything that involves movement will help you neutralize some of this. Exercise can be anything and it’s all well and good, but the greater part of this balancing act is emotional, and it’s that piece that will take longer to resolve.
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ou have so much going for you it would be great if you could find a way to make it pay off. Most of your time gets spent renting your genius, your skill, your good looks, or your sweat to things that don’t reap much, or to things that barely keep you going. For the next few months the more you can focus on the idea that you’re worth way more than you give yourself credit for, the more your experience will begin to show you how true this is. The same thing goes for your relationships; when it comes to love it will do no good to expect anything less than the best.
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iding high on whatever the story is, you’ve got to be feeling pretty good right now. For some of you this is something that you have every right to feel joyful about. For others? Sometimes we wind up in situations that look absolutely blissful, only to find out that it is a huge Karmic test. If you’re sitting pretty, and everything has fallen into your lap without too much effort on your part, you’d do well to haul back and take a minute to figure out if you belong here. Chances are, there’s a hole in the situation. Outer appearances are deceiving. Check to see if you’re being used.
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August 21 - September 20
November 21 - December 20
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t’s more than interesting to be you right now. You’re in the middle of a very intense and perhaps difficult experience that will turn out to be totally rewarding if you can manage your energy with some degree of intelligence. Don’t be naïve about the things that are making everything in your reality so stressful, but be careful not to be overly concerned. This is a test; all you have to do is show up, stay centered in the moment, and take the good with the bad. If you can handle it, the things that are pushing you around will soon mold all of this pressure into something lasting and real.
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hat happens next needs to be decided from the inner sanctum. Why? Because there is no prescription to tell you where to go from here. And you can’t guide your choices by what your peers are doing. This situation is totally unique to you. Within it, the answers lie in your ability to listen to your inner voice and follow your heart. Second guessing yourself is bound to stall what could turn out to be the time of your life. If nothing makes sense, know that certainty is an illusion. At this point your lessons could very well involve doing things that make no sense at all.
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trip to the Moon would be less interesting than the scenario you’re in. How things got this loony is hard to figure but, as long as you’re willing to roll with the punches it’ll work out just fine. For the next few months life is going to be about noticing your behavior in situations that involve invasive people and over the top expectations. The tendency to be a pushover could see you falling prey to those who can’t take care of themselves or who use you as a means to an end. It’s time to consider your own worth and be clear about where you stop and other people begin.
Mother of the Skye
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ou’ve got it made on so many levels it’s hard to see that much of what you’re doing needs to change. Complacency may be comfortable but it doesn’t loan any excitement to your life. Whatever you’ve achieved in terms of stability can be used to further things that could make a difference for you and for others. It’s time to reevaluate your purpose without needing to limit your sense of what’s possible for you at this stage of the game. As you sit back and ponder who you want to be when you grow up keep in mind that it’s never too late to start all over again.
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
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The joys of the cold snap I do love the cold. I don’t have much more to say about it, but I really like cold snaps. I look at it like an endurance contest. How much cold can I stand to wear flip flops? How long can I work outside in my shirtsleeves? Altitude Altit I just love it when 10 Sick Sickness degrees feels like t-shirt By br brady weather, and when zero crain doesn’t require a coat to go out, climb in your car, and drive away, and be fine with it by the time your car heats up. I also really love the January thaws. Statistically, Vermont has two periods a year where the temperature goes above freezing for twelve hours or more. They happen every year, so there’s no use complaining about them, right? Plus, the freeze-thaw cycles build the blue plate ice base that keeps you from shredding your skis in the woods, and keeps the spring skiing season nice and long. We’ve benn over this, at length. My back is still improving, which is funny, because I keep feeling like there is no room for my back to improve. But it does. My lifts are getting stronger, I am now in a low-rep high-weight cycle, and I am gaining strength injury free. I am even doing higher weight leg and back lifts (something I haven’t done much of since my surgery), and they are going well, seemingly reducing pain rather than causing it.
I HAVE TO SAY I AM PROUD OF HOW I AM SKIING. IF YOU ARE OUT SKIING, AND YOU SMELL SMOKE, DON’T WORRY. IT’S JUST ME. I’M ON FIRE. I’VE PUT IN ABOUT 664 DAYS IN THE LAST FOUR WINTERS. Daily time on the cycle trainer virtually eliminates ambient pain to the point where I am having to resist going for a run, which I sincerely believe would be a mistake, since there is only pavement to run on. I will just have to start hitting the uphill sports soon, get out the snowshoes and the skins, and start using my legs for power instead of just control. Though I have a little trouble with my back if I am on my feet for more than four or five hours without sitting down, and eight hours on my feet is downright painful, it’s easier than it used to be to stand on my feet for a half an hour. I feel that I have no right to complain. The skiing this week has been spectacular, with eminently rippable groomers and occasional pockets of powder, until the thaw. I have been going out far longer than I ever have, between two and four hours instead of my usual one to two hours, and then lifting when I get home. It is exciting to have my body fire on all cylinders, and it is exciting that I have lately been skiing with friends instead of skiing solo. One friend I ski with a couple of days a week is a solid intermediate skier, and we mostly take it easy. We occasionally do a few expert runs, so I have short bursts of tearing it up, but it is worthy of note that skiing slowly has an entirely different leg exertion than going fast, and it is a good workout. I enjoy it. It also increases the percentage of ski time that I spend on my feet versus sitting on a chair, which is good for me. The other friend I have been skiing with is, to put it simply, a world better than I am. He is younger, more energetic, stronger, and more skilled with skis than I will ever be. But it is great fun following him around, slashing up the mountain, doing my best to copy his technique. I keep up with him, and I do it on what are currently dull, unwaxed Telly skis (there is something to be said for being slightly overweight, I guess … nice high terminal velocity). I have to say I am proud of how I am skiing. If you are out skiing, and you smell smoke, don’t worry. It’s just me. I’m on fire. I’ve put in about 664 days in the last four winters. I should get a cookie for that!
Bird smell is nothing to sniff at
By Carolyn Lorié
I have spent about a decade as a backyard birder and have learned quite a bit in that time. I can instantly recognize the call of a red-winged blackbird and the sweet summer song of the wood thrush. I know a scarlet tanager the moment I see one and can distinguish between the various hawks that inhabit this area. I am knowledgeable about migration patterns, nesting habits, mating and fledging. But avian olfaction? Not so much. I always assumed that birds did not have a sense of smell or that it was so minimal as to be insignificant. I am not alone in this assumption. “Conventional wisdom is that most birds don’t use a sense of smell,” explained Todd Katzner, a research and wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. “For years in ornithology classes, we were told that birds did not smell. Except for turkey vultures and some seabirds.” But for many years, even those birds were thought to lack the ability to smell. Or at least that was the belief since the 1820s, after John James Audubon set out to prove that turkey vultures relied solely on sight to scavenge. He did this by placing a canvas with a painting of a cut-open, skinless sheep, out in an open area. The birds descended on the painting and tore it apart as if it were carrion, thereby showing, he claimed, that they weren’t relying on scent at all. This was not his finest moment as a naturalist. For starters, there have been scholarly questions about whether the birds he observed were in fact black vultures. In any event, later, more rigorous studies showed that vultures do indeed have a keen sense of smell and that the birds in Audubon’s experiment most likely were attracted to the painting because of it. Oil-based paints emit sulfides very similar to those emitted by decaying flesh. Those studies, however, did not take place until the 1960s and by then the idea that birds cannot smell had become part of the “conventional wisdom.”
One of the people challenging that wisdom is Gabrielle Nevitt, an olfactory neuroscientist at the University of California, Davis. “I had no idea that birds were not supposed to have a sense of smell,” she said. “My mother loved birds, and we had all sorts of species living with us who routinely demonstrated that they could smell. For example, I can remember my pet rooster making the come-and-get-it call when cookie smells wafted through the house.” Like all vertebrates, birds have an olfactory bulb in their brains, though the relative size of the bulb varies greatly across species. In songbirds the bulb is relatively tiny, while just the opposite is true in seabirds. For example, the snow petrel, an arctic seabird, has an olfactory bulb that occupies more than 35 percent of its cerebral hemisphere. Nevitt has spent years studying procellariiformes, an order of seabirds that includes albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, all of which spend most of their lives at sea, and consume krill, fish and squid. Her research has demonstrated that these birds use their sense of smell to forage areas of open water. They do so not by sniffing out their prey directly, but by detecting a chemical byproduct created when those animals feed on phytoplankton. This byproduct, dimethyl sulfide, is emitted into the air, creating what Nevitt calls an “olfactory landscape.” While the research on seabirds is fascinating, as a landlocked Vermonter, what I want to know is whether any of this is relevant to the birds I see on a daily basis – the juncos and titmice and blue jays? The answer is yes. “This area of study is rapidly growing, and so far, every songbird studied has
demonstrated olfactory capabilities,” explained Danielle Whittaker, an evolutionary biologist at Michigan State University. “I’m aware of studies on zebra finches, song sparrows, white-throated sparrows, starlings, house finches, catbirds, blue tits and house sparrows. In fact,
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I would be very surprised if any bird species didn’t have this ability.” One such study that Whittaker worked on involved dark-eyed juncos. She put material in the nest of juncos that contained the preen oil of other juncos as well as birds from other species. The juncos reacted by spending less time on their nests than is typical. In one instance, a female junco became what Whittaker described as “visibly upset” when she detected the foreign smell and began pulling material out of the nest and disposing of it. (A video of Whittaker describing the experiment can be seen here: pbs.org/ wgbh/nova/blogs/secretlife/sports/ danielle-whittaker/. Not all studies have been as conclusive and it is possible, said Nevitt, that some birds may prove to have reduced sensitivity to smell based on their anatomy. On the other hand, some birds may have far greater capacity than is currently understood. “It is quite likely that many other species of birds use olfaction for foraging and navigation or in social contexts, but the area of research is still under-studied,” she explained. Carolyn Lorié lives in Post Mills N.H., with her partner, Rick, and their three dogs, two of whom are well behaved. The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine, northernwoodlands.org, and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: wellborn@nhcf.org.
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The chaos and fury of a tweeting fox One day last August I was stupefied with. Their when words spilled from my pen without expertise far pause or thought, as fast as I could write surpasses Mountain them down. When I reread what I’d written, yours. They on Meditation I was confused and afraid that such words have such soBy Marguerite te had poured out. I could only imagine they phisticated Jill Dye must have come from having studied Alek- techniques sandr Solzhenitsyn’s “Letter to the Russian and unethiLeaders.” Where did the following shocking cal ways that they’re like negotiating with warning come from? Certainly not from shapeshifters, far beyond what Americans my higher self. Due to its negativity and my understand. It’s a totally different way of own fear, I chose not to share this message thinking. Bannon and Trump did it. with you until now: Some of your leaders are too far gone. Aug. 27, 2017 They’ve lost all sense of connection with These are bizarre and calamitous times the good of the American people and why we are living in. The malevolent ones are they were elected. Some of your leaders taking America down. Their hearts are not are just going along for the ride, getting a in the right place, and their intentions are thrill with the power. They’re holding onto for the wrong reasons. The chaos is intenTrump’s coattails to propel themselves tional. It is being orchestrated with preciahead, cut their own taxes, and gain finansion. The rumors and chaos are intended cial rewards. There are a lot of business to confuse and distract from what is going dealings that the highfalutin people are on behind closed doors. The bill that is benefiting from that you’ll probably never about to be passed in the Senate now to do get to the bottom of. Watergate was like a away with or unravel healthcare will have pail of water compared to this very deep dire consequences. Millions of Americans well. Bannon’s in the back room hiding will be unable to receive the care that they now because the people can’t stand to see need and many of them will die. How him orchestrating much of this. This is a much more dire can consequences be? sad state of affairs. Some of it will never be The state of evildoers knows no limitations. undone. America, as you have known it, is That is why the Mueller investigations are on the way out. And what is replacing it is so crucial. But they’ll do everything in their the shop of horrors. It’s like a carnival mirpower to undermine the investigations ror that offers different views as it disoriso they can continue their reign as long as ents and confuses. Everyone has a different they can while weakening democracy and idea of what’s going on. deconstructing the American state. Even the House and Senate are confused The longer people wait to pull their by the momentum and pressure. It appears heads out of the sand, many are passing bills IN THE OLD WEST the greater and longer with ruthless conselasting, even permanent, quences they haven’t fulTHE SNAKE the effects will be. These ly considered, studied, or OIL SALESMAN warnings have been read. May God help the ignored far too long. United States of America, PULLED THE WOOL Perhaps some people will because that is certainly OVER PEOPLE’S never wake up. So those the help that you need in who are knowledgeable this state of emergency EYES. WELL, NOW and understand what with such corrupt ones at YOU’VE DONE these lawmakers are the helm. It’s like electing doing must act without the devil to lead you.” IT ... ELECTED hesitation. It is difficult to The problem is that THE SNAKE OIL conceive of what could if we’re in the muck, too motivate such action low to pull ourselves out SALESMAN. and the psychological or effectively counteract state that could cause such intention. the daily injustices and shocking news, How could anyone be raised to be so full then by our inaction and unwilling acquiof hatred with the goal to undo the good escence, we are aiding the enemy. How of humanity and their nation? How could long can this war go on, this war against the anyone be raised to be so self-assured American spirit? and selfish at the exclusion of all others? They’ve been duped and I wonder when What kind of person would raise their they’ll realize it’s too late to undo his undochild to have such values and look at the ing. Are so many really unaware of how 45’s world through such evil eyes? This is the behavior and daily abuse have poisoned new American tragedy, my friends. The our nation? Won’t it be fascinating to see downfall of the United States of America is how the Mueller investigation of Russian coming sooner than imagined. collusion in our election plays out? Every What makes Americans so naïve? In the week, more pieces are falling into place. Old West the snake oil salesman pulled the Jan. 20, the anniversary of the Women’s wool over people’s eyes. Well, now you’ve March, the largest march in our nation’s done it ... elected the snake oil salesman, history on the day after Trump’s inaugurafollowed by his family and gang of bandits tion, Americans and people all over the and gamblers. Why in the world would world will gather to march together. We’ll anyone trust such people? They have such march for democracy, human rights, social evil selfish intention. You wonder about justice, health care, truth, and equality for Russian meddling in the election. What of all. From Washington D.C. to San Frantheir meddling with the minds of Americisco, Montpelier (weprotest.org) to Las cans? There have been signs since the very Vegas, Paris, to Hamburg, we will march for beginning of their unethical dealings and the People, to empower women and youth, methods of manipulation like the use of #MeToo, Dreamers, the Constitution, the “gaslighting,” a form of mind control that press, and responsible environmental causes people to doubt their own sanity action. It’s up to each and every one of us to and judgement. Yes, this is being modeled say “Yea” to the candidates of our choice afafter the Russian state: deception, lies, dister carefully studying their positions. Think traction, misinformation, treachery, danfor yourself. It’s the American way! ger, and intrigue. The distractions are very Marguerite Jill Dye is an artist and writer effective for accomplishing what’s been set who divides her time between Vermont and down. 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Indoor gardening, that can be controlled, is a trend that is highlighted for 2018.
Gardening trends highlighted for 2018
By Leonard Perry
Each year, the Garden back to Cyrus the Great of embrace Wabi-Sabi— “the Media Group, a marketPersia over 2,500 years ago. ancient Japanese practice ing firm for the home and What is new is the research that appreciates imperfecgarden industry—identisupporting these, such as tions in life and the ability fies key gardening trends studies showing that being to age gracefully. Wabi-sabi for the coming season. For around water and in nature gardens imitate nature in a 2018 they’ve pegged seven “shifts our brain towards way that allows you to relax of these, based around the hope and compassion and appreciate their humoverall theme of nature’s and away from stress and ble and imperfect forms— prescription for mental anger.” yes, even the weeds.” Now wellness. So what are the specific that is my kind of garden. An interesting and rather trends this report highAlso included in this surprising fact this report lights? The first is Climate trend is repurposing old begins with is from the Controlled, or gardening in or antique objects into the World Health Organization, a changing climate. Ways garden, and using natural which predicts by 2030 to do this they highlight are materials such as ceramic the number one health wind-resistant gardens, over synthetic such as issue will be anxiety, not desert gardens to withstand plastics. Using groundobesity. Already, the “welldrought, rain gardens to covers instead of lawns in ness” industries (wellness withstand flooding events, some spaces, and allowing tourism including spas, for and freeze-proof gardens “natural” lawns to develop instance) have generated with hardy plants. with clover and dandeliover $3.7 trillion in revenue, Social Networks is the ons is another part of this and are predicted to grow next trend, but doesn’t trend. Imperfect gardening over 17 percent during the mean for humans but rath- allows native plants, even next five years. The most er thinking of our gardens some that are considered stressed demographic is as interconnected social “weeds”, to remain for polGen-Y, with 81 percent of networks. Well-known linators and their larvae. 13 to 34 year olds looking to author and landscape arThe Breathing Room balance mental and physical wellTHE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ... ness. A recommendation: take PREDICTS BY 2030 THE NUMBER ONE HEALTH time away from ISSUE WILL BE ANXIETY, NOT OBESITY. phones to stop and smell the roses. chitect Thomas Rainer says trend means privacy, quiet, This wellness trend is not there will be a big shift in “turning off the noise.” It just about a healthy body, horticulture from “thinking also means incorporating but also a healthy mind— about plants as individuals more “clean air” plants one focused on positivity, to communities of interinto interior environments relaxation, and self-care. related species.” This will to promote better wellHaving plants around change our gardening to being, as well as removinside and out, especially “focus on management, ing some indoor volatile those that help purify air not maintenance.” One ex- organic compounds such indoors, finding a quiet ample of this is using green, as benzene, formaldehyde, place to meditate, and living plants to cover bare and xylene. These harmeating a plant-based diet soil rather than mulch. ful compounds can come are becoming priorities for Imperfect Gardening is from such as paints, air many. This is nothing new, the third gardening trend fresheners, and furnishrelaxation gardens dating for 2018. Such gardens ings. Some of the airGardening trends, page 33
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Killington visitors and locals hauled their Christmas trees to Charity’s Tavern and Restaurant on Sunday evening for bonfire and fundraiser. The event was a benefit for the Killington-Pico Rotary club and Vermont Special Olympics, which will hold the 2018 Winter games at Pico Mountain, March 18-20. Special Olympic Vermont Athlete Jack Rasmussen led a lap around the parking lot holding a torch and then set the fire ablaze at 5:30 p.m. to loud cheers. Music was provided by MC Sounds, playing a fun mix of fire
related songs. Kids were treated to a snowball target range where they could practice their skills on targets of varying degrees of difficulty. A total of 100 people brought some 45 trees to create a bonfire with flames that leapt 20 feet high. Aside from the fire, 26 people lined up at eight shot skis to set the bar for next year’s event. The group raised a total of $600 and are planning to continue fundraising to meet their $1,000 goal. A jar will also be available at Boss Office Works in Killington. Online donations can be made at www. killingtonpicorotary.org
Rockin’ the region: continued from page 13 He also plays guitar and bass. When he started gigging with Audet and saw him and Poremski and others playing guitar, he wanted to try it. He said, “I always love the drums, but when you’re around musicians like that ... I mean, you don’t always have a drum set in your back pocket, but I know many guitar players who have more than one guitar. One summer, I went to Germany to visit my dad and he had guitars laying around, so I would noodle around on his. I think like anything else I just started up with it. I was singing, playing guitar and writing my own music. That was from ninth grade through high school. One summer, my mom said I needed to get a job, so I went to the Price Chopper to get an application. This is to say nothing bad about the Price Chopper and I’m sure it’s a great place to work, but I walked in and realized that wasn’t for me. I walked out, bought a sound system and started gigging playing guitar and singing.” Snow’s first solo gig was up at the mall at the American Sport Bar and Grill in the summer of 2009. He taught himself guitar and bass and like everyone else, also learned by watching YouTube. He added, “You don’t play with guys like Jeff Poresmski and Aaron Audet and not learn a thing or two. The songs that Aaron picks are amazing.
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Jordan Snow talks about his life leading up to K-Town’s Finest
I also used to sit in with Duane Carleton, who is a fantastic player. When I was growing up, these guys on the mountain are who I wanted to be. Killington and Rutland are chock full of guys like this. It’s a great place to learn. Whether you’re watching or playing, you always leave musically satisfied. It feels good.” Snow graduated Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2012. After graduation, he moved back to Germany for a year. In 2013, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. He said, “My cousin Justin was a Marine, dad was in the army and grandfather
feelings or situation. One of my favorite things to do growing up is people watch. I would go to the park with my iPod and just watch relations, watch people walking, talking. Watch relationships fight and makeup. I would then write down and try and see what that person is feeling. Sometime it’s as simple as driving down the road, getting an idea for a song, and pen to paper — the song is done. Sometime it’s a little more than that, and you have to think a lot about it, and you have to feel what that person is feeling even though you may have
THERE’S A FINE LINE BETWEEN PLEASING THE CROWD AND PLEASING YOUR BAND MATES. was in the Army. I don’t want to say the military was a major part of my life, but it was always there, always an option. It wasn’t frowned upon. When I told my dad I wanted to join, he said I would get some discipline. My mom was a different story — she was not too fond of it. [But] she saw it was something I wanted to do and she got on board and supported me all the way.” Snow did the full four years and just recently got out in October 2017. The main focus of Snow’s writing is songs about people. He explained. “I try and immerse myself in someone else’s
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never been in that situation.” Snow has some musical influences like Sam Cooke, James Brown and Freddie King. He speaks very highly of Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” album and said it shaped his whole 2016 — and if you buy the album, it will be the best $12.99 you spend. “I love that album.” He also is a big fan of John Mayer and he grew up listening to all his music. “Continuum” is one of his favorite albums of all time. Snow encourages people to support the arts. He said, “No offense to DJs, but live music is live music. [No offense taken, Jordan]. We should always remember to support the arts in schools. Don’t cut programs for music or art. Without the music program I had in high school, I don’t know where my life would’ve gone. Having a strong program built by Audet that was supported by the community and never messed with, it was
always understood that music and the arts in Proctor was always going to be a thing. Budget be damned, because there are a lot of schools in the country that don’t roll with that policy.” Snow loves doing what he does because he loves the interactions with the guys he plays with. He added, “When you play live it is about the crowd and you’re trying to be the entertainment and give those people a good time. Whether they paid to come see you or they’re just there, you want to get them dancing. That’s important, but really for me it’s playing for your guys. Playing for the guys that stand to your left and to your right. Trying to impress them while keeping the party going. Not make a mistake and not forget lyrics. Keep it interesting for your band mates. There’s a fine line between pleasing the crowd and pleasing your band mates. Every band leader has to juggle that line. When I play with Jeff and Chris, I’m always trying to keep them interested in what I’m doing musically on the drum set or even from the songs that I pick. Every once in a while you have to play a song that maybe the crowd won’t like, but you as a collective group love. That’s the nature of the beast. Sometimes you play a wedding where you don’t play a song you like all night, but you try and keep those songs interesting for your guys. That’s what I love — interaction on stage. Jeff Poremski can take a solo that you don’t know where it comes from, but you’re glad that it came.” I asked Snow if he was deserted on an island and could only bring one instrument, would it be the drums? He said, “Ya, without question, it would be the drums.”
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Gardening:
Trends for 2018
continued from page 31 cleansing plants that you might consider are spider plants, Boston fern, golden pothos, aloe vera, snake plants, and peace lilies. The fifth trend, Make a Splash, refers both to incorporating more soothing water features into gardens, as well as the functional use of rainscapes to capture and cleanse stormwater. “Wonders of Water” is the theme in 2018 of the Philadelphia Flower Show—the largest such indoor show in the world. Grow Your Own Protein is the trend of “concerned
citizens, particularly millennials, turning to meat-free eating for better health—both for ourselves and our planet.” Plantbased proteins “require less land, water, fuel, and other resources to grow, making them more eco-friendly than their animal-based counterparts.” “Flexitarian” is the new term for those 23 million Americans who are eating more plants, 38 percent going meatless at least once per week. Top proteinrich foods you can grow include edamame, peas,
quinoa, broccoli, corn, asparagus, spinach, kale, millet, and sunflower seeds. Purple Reign is the last trend, which mirrors the shade of purple—ultra violet—which is the Pantone Color of the Year for 2018. “Purple food promotes mental strength. Purple antioxidants, or anthocyanins, help fight cancer, have anti-aging benefits, reduce obesity, and protect the heart.” Top purple foods you can grow include beets, blueberries, goji berries, eggplant, plums, purple
cabbage, purple carrots, and purple sweet potatoes. Or, look for these and other purple produce at stores and farm stands. Don’t overlook purple foliage in the garden, such as from purple basil, or from the many purple flowers such as annual purple petunias or perennial salvia. Watch for signs and products of these trends this gardening season. Consider which you can incorporate into your own gardens, landscapes, and even interior living and work spaces.
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Vermont leads the nation in residents who participate in bird watching. Feeding birds in winter is a great way to enjoy seeing wildlife from your home.
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continued from page 27 abundant fall foods are available. Buck recommends waiting to put feeders out until 4-6 inches of snow cover occurs to be reasonably assured bears have denned for the winter. According to Buck, birds don’t generally need food from backyard feeders to survive, but the activity is a great way for people to interact with nature and if done properly, won’t harm bird populations. Many local hardware stores sell bird feeders and a variety of seed mixes that will appeal to different types of birds. For an all-purpose food, black oil sunflower seeds will attract many native bird species. Buck also urges people to clean birdfeeders at least once a month
to prevent a buildup of harmful pathogens. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites can be spread through dirty feeders and make birds ill. Particularly vulnerable species are common redpolls, pine siskins, sparrows, finches, and cardinals. Buck recommends using a solution of one-part bleach to nine parts hot water to kill bacteria. Hot water with unscented dish detergent also does an excellent job. Bottle brushes work well in tube feeders. He recommends thorough rinsing and drying before refilling feeders, and cleaning up seeds and droppings below the feeder. Buck also recommends checking feed after rain or wet snow to
look for clumping or rotting seeds. And feeders are best placed away from larger windows that birds can sometimes crash into. With some forethought and precautions, bird feeding can be a really rewarding activity on a dark winter’s day. Vermonters who feed birds will have plenty of company. Nearly half of households in Vermont feed birds each winter, contributing an estimated $65 million to Vermont’s economy. People can help birds and other wildlife by making a taxdeductible donation to the Nongame Wildlife Fund on line 29 of the state tax returns or by purchasing an annual Vermont Habitat Stamp, available at vtfishandwildlife.com
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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 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). KILLINGTON VALLEY Real Estate PO Box 236, 2281 Killington Rd., Killington. 802422-3610 or 1-800-833-KVRE. Email: kvre@vermontel.net 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.
LAND FOR SALE: Improved building lot in Killington neighborhood with ski home benefits. Views. Call 802422-9500.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 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 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. APARTMENTS for rent: 1, 2 BR units available. Nonsmokers only. $750/$850, all included. 15 min. to Downtown. Mendon. 802770-8786. K I L L I N G T O N R E N TA L on mountain. One person private room in 3 BR, 2 BA ski house with fireplace. Excellent location. $600 per month, total people in house 3; 2 people in private room $750 per month with 4 people in house total. toughfl@aol.com; 781-7495873. KILLINGTON SEASONAL rental 1 BR, good location, completely furnished, $5,000/ season. 781-749-5873, 339214-6683, toughfl@aol.com. 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 917-8829515 or Stephen at 917-8827549.
Foreclosure: 3BR Home on 1.17± Acres Tuesday, February 20 @ 11AM 149 Eaton Hill East, Castleton, VT
Open House: Thurs., Feb. 1, 10:30AM-12:30PM
3BR, 1BA fixer upper sits on 1.17± acres and has a detached garage. Close to Lake Bomoseen. Quick commute to Rutland.
Foreclosure: 2BR Home on 1.2± Acres Tuesday, February 20 @ 1PM 11 Bausch Lane, Chittenden, VT
Open House: Thurs., February 1, 2-4PM
Cozy 2BR, 1BA fixer upper home with private water and septic, in a secluded setting.
Thomas Hirchak Co. • THCAuction.com • 800-634-7653
A M A Z I N G M O U N TA I N VIEWS & CLOSE TO KILLINGTON SKYESHIP! Newly 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. CHITTENDEN (Burr Pond, East Pittsford) 1 BR/ 1BA fully furnished with shared laundry and Kitchenette. Utilities included. Quiet, trails, 15 min. to Pico. Seasonal, $5,500. LouiseHarrison.com, 802747-8444. K I L L I N G T O N R O YA L FLUSH Rentals/Property management. Specializing in condos/winter & summer rentals. Andrea Weymouth, Owner. www. killingtonroyalflush.com, 802746-4040. PICO 1 BR available immediately. One bedroom condo is furnished and has vaulted ceilings. Wood burning fireplace; private ski locker. A short walk to the Pico Sports Center and pool (membership additional). Remainder of Winter Season thru April 15: $5200. Utilities included. Year round $1150 per month. LouiseHarrison.com 802-7478444.
EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate and rentals advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, family status, national origin, sexual orientation, or persons receiving public assistance, or an intention to make such preferences, limitation or discrimination.”
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 $350 o.b.o. Need to sell! Please call Julia at 802-483-2020, Rutland Town. FIREWOOD for sale, we stack. Rudi, 802-672-3719.
FREE FREE REMOVAL of scrap metal & car batteries. Matty, 802-353-5617.
SERVICES SNOW REMOVAL: Roofs, walkways, etc. Professional Property Maintenance, 802558-6172. BEAUREGARD PAINTING, 25 years experience. 802436-1337.
WANTED NOW BUYING High quality watches, precious metals, coins & paper money, stamps and historic paper, objects of art and virtue. If it’s rare, fun and beautiful I can help. Member NAWCC, ANA, APS, NEAA and Vermont’s first legally licensed precious m e t a l s d e a l e r. Tr a d i n g worldwide in the very best personal property, since 1972. Legitimate sellers ONLY and by appointment only. Royal Barnard 802-775-0085 or email rbarn64850@aol.com.
EMPLOYMENT SUNUP BAKERY weekend help wanted. Apply in-person. Killington Road.
This newspaper will not knowingly accept any SKI PATROL: Twin Farms advertisement which is in is hiring a part time ski violation of the law. Our patrol. Must have National readers are hereby informed Ski Patrol Certification. Please that all dwellings advertised in call 802-234-9999 or this newspaper are available email careers@twinfarms. on an equal opportunity com. ADVERTISEMENT EMAILED basis. If you feel you’ve been PART-TIME HOUSEKEEPER discrimination against, call for well-respected Killington HUD toll-free at 1-800-669ADVERTISING INSERTION ORDER inn to start immediately. 9777. 1 5 - 2Hirchak 0 h o u r sCompany per week. Thomas Flexible scheduling possible. FROM: Terra Keene Experience preferred, but will train. Reliable transportation Phone: 800-634-7653 necessary. Call 802-422Email: Advertising2@thcauction.c 3407.
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COFFEE, fresh roasted 422-3816 or stop in for an beans, $10/lb. Green beans application. also available. Killington TO: BEAR TRAX Adventures is Motel, next to Killington Post COMPANY: Mountain Times looking for a snowshoe guide Office. 802-773-9535. to work on Saturdays and 2004 CHRYSLER PT Cruiser some Sundays. Pay is $15/ — R u n s w e l l . W i n t e r TODAY’S & 01/11/2018 hour DATE: plus tips. Perfect for a Summer tires. Some rust. high school senior or collage NAME OF FILE: 01182018_MT 80K miles $1,400 or best offer. student. Call 802-236-9593. DATE(S) TO RUN: 01/18/2018 SNOWMOBILE VERMONT HONDA EU6500is Inverter is now taking applications for Generator. Rated 5.5KW. inside and outside positions. SIZE OF AD: 2x4 Used only 35 hours. New Weekend and holidays are a cost $4,000 selling for $2700 must and computer skills are a o.b.o. 802-775-0085. Pick up plus. Call 802-422-2121. in Rutland.
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By Evan Johnson
The Killington Police Department responded to a total of 25 calls between Jan. 6 -12, including serving subpoenas, an intoxicated person laying in the roadway, and a regional highway safety initiative that spanned three states. On Jan. 6, police provided service of two subpoenas for upcoming criminal trials. On Jan. 6, at approximately 8:17 p.m., police located an intoxicated person lying in the roadway on Killington Road. At 11:40, they responded to a report of a group of intoxicated people outside. The report was determined to be unfounded. On Jan. 7 at 1:12 a.m., police responded to a report of a suicidal person in the area of Telefon Trail Road. At 9:13 a.m., police responded to a residential burglary alarm activation on South View Path. At 11:50 a.m., police responded to a vehicle versus building crash with no injuries on Route 4. At 3:22 p.m., police assisted the Windsor Police Department in searching for an individual on Old Coach Road. At 5:25 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop in the area near Killington Road and Dean Hill Road. At 8:32 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop near Killington Road
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and Anthony Way. At 1:33 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of River Road and Route 4. At 5:50 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop at Home Depot. At 9:15 p.m., police responded to a late report of a parking lot crash. On Jan. 10, police helped a vehicle stuck in the soft snow on the shoulder of the road near Rebecca Lane. Police responded to an audible property alarm at 4:27 p.m. on Roaring Brook Road. Officers found the property secure and no signs of a forced entry. On Jan. 11, at 6:24 p.m., police provided standby while a person collected belongings on East Mountain Road. At 9:42 p.m., police responded to a hitand-run on Killington Road. At 11:31 p.m., police were dispatched to a burglar alarm on Stage Road. The property was found to be secure with no signs of forced entry. On Jan. 12, police assisted in the “Border to Border” Highway Safety Initiative on Routaes 22A and 4. Police transported an arrestee to jail for the Fair Haven Police Department at 11 p.m. on Jan. 12.
James Watson
James Pell
Owner/ Broker Realtor jim_watson@cbwatson.net
Associate Broker jim_pell@cbwatson.net
NEW RESTAURANT and lounge on Killington access rd looking for polished professional wait staff & experienced prep and line cooks Saturday& Sunday. Contact highlinelodge@ outlook.com. ON THE ROCS - All positions. Chef-prep cookbartenders-servers. Please call to inquire or apply in person: 2384 Killington Road, Killington; 802-422-3636. 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. 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.
PHAT ITALIAN - All positionsall Shifts. Cook, deli, cashier. Please call to inquire or apply in person: 2384 Killington Road, Killington; 802-4223636. 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. 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.
MOGULS SEEKING: Line cooks, wait staff; full time and part time work available. 802422-4777. Apply daily, open 7 days. 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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www.cbwatsonrealty.com Picture perfect architecturally designed Rutland City home with functional well proportioned rooms. The eat-in kitchen, formal dining room and large living room with fireplace are connected by a butler’s pantry and are ideal for entertaining. The cozy den/office w/ fireplace (back-to-back fireplaces in den/living room) and covered sunset porch offer exceptional relaxation space. Three bedrooms and 2-1/2 baths. Full usable basement. Detached oversize 3 car garage w/full loft for storage. Detached Four Season heated sunroom is a fabulous space to relax. This property must be experienced to be fully appreciated.
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LAKEWOOD DRIVE 4Br, 2 BA Well cared for and upgraded home, less than a mile from the Killington Road. Beautiful hardwood floors and trim, new hot tub and landscaping out back, back-up generator and 2-car attached garage. Walking distance to Killington’s new mtn bike trails and Kent pond. EXCLUSIVE………………….$498,000
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KILLINGTON CONTEMPORARY This immaculate 3-BR 2-BA home is located midway between Bear Mt. and Killington Base. Light & bright living area with cathedral ceilings and long-range views. Full dry basement, fully furnished. EXCLUSIVE ............................... $460,000
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Pittsfield - side x side duplex = single family home or great rental. This 8BR/4BA home includes a large finished basement and two full living rooms. Easy access, located at the beginning of South Hill Road. $359,000
Killington – Beautifully updated 5BR/3BA chalet – tiled, enclosed entryway, large stone fireplace, cathedral ceiling, attached 2 car garage w/excellent rental history. $449,000
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Chittenden - more than meets the eye with this Pittsfield - 3BR/3BA contemporary. Main level: nine-room, two-bedroom home. Updated kitchen, tiled mudroom, spacious kitchen/dining area living room w/woodstove, separate dining room, open to living room w/vaulted ceiling, central mudroom, attached two-car garage w/two ensuite stone fireplace, oversized sliding glass doors to bedrooms above. Located in the prestigious Barstow south-facing deck. Walkout level: family room w/ School District. $139,000 woodstove, bedroom, bathroom, laundry/rec-room. Separate two-car garage w/heated workshop above and separate pole barn. $340,000
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PERFECT ARCHITECTURALLY DESIGNED RUTLAND CITY HOME – $320,000
Nathan Mastroeni MBA - Realtor
The Killington Events Hall, a unique business opportunity, over 5000 square feet, is capable of seating 200, including a 50 x 25 auditorium w/25 x 8 stage and full finished basement. Formerly the Killington Grange Hall, the main structure dates to 1950, completely updated infrastructure, all new: plumbing, electric, underground utilities, cat 5 wiring, well and 8BR septic system. The building is ADA compliant and includes 4 handicap accessible bathrooms. With a full caterer’s kitchen and private office space, this property lends itself to a variety of commercial and business uses. Offered at $229,000
Kyle Kershner Broker/Owner
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Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has arranged for a shipment of 25 surplus computers to five Vermont Schools through the U.S. Senate’s Computers for Schools programs. Overseen by the Senate’s Sergeant At Arms, the program was established to offer surplus computers to classrooms across the country. Leahy worked with Vermont Agency of Education officials to identify
Vermont schools with the highest needs for computers. They jointly identified five schools, which have now received five computers each. Donations have arrived at the five schools below: Clarendon Elementary School, Clarendon Orwell Village School, Orwell Hardwick Elementary School, Hardwick Bellows Falls Union High School, Bellows Falls
Milton High School, Milton Leahy said: “Computers are essential learning and teaching tools in modern classrooms. For years I have enjoyed having online chats with Vermont students, and computers are increasingly used for lessons, assignments, research and homework. I’m proud to have helped find a new life and purpose for these surplus computers in Vermont schools.”
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There is a silent killer in your home You cannot see, taste, or smell radon gas but long-term exposure is the number one cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates radon is responsible for 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year. Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally during the decay of uranium in the soil. Because uranium is especially prevalent in rocky areas and around granite, homes in Vermont and New Hampshire have a greater risk of having elevated radon levels than the national average. Radon gas can enter the home anywhere it is contact with the ground, which means that any home can have radon: new and old homes, wellsealed and drafty homes, and homes with or without a basement.
Although most people are aware of the dangers of radon, they might be hesitant to test for it. Richard Lalancette, President of Criterium-Lalancette Engineers, a local building inspection company and certified radon measurement provider said, “Because you can’t see or smell radon, people tend to downplay the risk and ignore the possibility that there might be a silent killer in their home.” Testing for radon is simple, you can obtain a radon test kit through the Department of Health, the hardware store, or a certified lab. You can even hire a certified radon measurement provider to conduct the test for you. The EPA has designated January as National Radon Action Month and urges homeowners to take action by testing their homes for radon. Protect your family from this silent killer.
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The Ledges is a four bedroom, two bath ski home that sleeps 12-18 and is located in Bridgewater on a beautifully landscaped acre of land. Thoughtfully renovated and fully furnished, features include a large covered porch, hot tub, ski tuning room, 3-car pole barn and a pergola overlooking the private pond. MLS#4656357 $299,000.
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Z Corners Restaurant & Inn! TOTALLY TURN-KEY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY! PRIME SPOT within
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This property features a Regulation 9 hole golf course Par 36 spread over 55+ acres w/amazing views & extensive frontage on the White River, a 40 seat permitted restaurant & bar, spacious commercial kitchen, 3 rental apartments, lower level garage area for equipment & maintenance items, detached barn for golf cart storage & much more! $549,000
STRONG INVESTMENT - “THE WEDGE” PRIME SPOT-2 MILES TO THE KILLINGTON SKYSHIP & 1 MILE TO WOODARD RESERVOIR! First time offered on market, RARE 3 UNIT PROPERTY. WS rental income is $27K. $349,000
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3 bed/ 2.5 bath open concept contemporary gem! Wonderful kitchen w/granite counters & breakfast island, Great Room w/ fireplace & wall of glass to enjoy the sweet VIEWS. Luxurious Master Suite. Great lower rec room w/ski storage area. Wraparound farmer’s porch & more! $359,000
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Sunrise: Direct ski in ski out (3) remodeled 1BR units start at $145K Pico Village: Direct ski in ski out 1BR 1BA remodeled $62.5K 3BR 2BA $199K Pico Townhouse: 2BR/2BA plus lwr lvl REDUCED $119K
Beautiful Craftsman style 4BR 5BA single family home built in 2016 with ski in ski out access in Sunrise Village and 360 degree mountain views. $1,395,000
Trailview Drive: ½ acre lot w/septic design and great views ‐ $299K Truman’s Trek: (2) +/‐ 1 acre lots with great ski trail views $184K & $199K
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“Our guests would not stop telling us how our wedding was the best they had been to in years, and how beautiful the Red Clover was for a destination wedding.” - Kristin & Stephen
By Sabin Gratz
Wedding revelers boogie at an event at the Trailside Inn in Killington, which received an award from wedding planning portal The Knot.
Killington inn earns “Knot” recognition
By Evan Johnson
Killington, Vermont |802.775.2290 | redcloverinn.com
Vermont has become a top destination for couples looking to exchange vows and the barns and scenic vistas are busy from spring through fall with revelers. Recently, Killington’s own Trailside Inn on Coffee House Road off Route 100N received recognition as The Knot’s 2018 Best of Weddings as a wedding venue. The award was determined by the number of and quality of reviews vendors receive. Other categories included catering and photography. Eckler said the inn sees between five and 10 weddings every year. The Ecklers have owned the inn for the past four years. Trailside Inn was one of just four venues around New England to receive the award among 273 other venues. “We were pretty excited because it was our first year of being being on The Knot,” said Ann Eckler, who co-owns the inn and manages wedding events with her husband, Josh. “We were pretty pumped to be among such a small number of venues that received this particular award.” The Trailside Inn provides weekend-long services, allowing couples and their guests to gather and celebrate all in one location. The property has 37 rooms and sleeps up to 100 people. “Often when you go to a wedding, it’s just the wedding and the reception,” said Eckler. “This gets everyone together prior so at the wedding they’re already familiar.”
10 reasons to use a travel agent By Jessica Fuster, Destinations Found Travel – www.destinationsfound.com
The wedding is mostly planned and everything is moving along smoothly! While visiting with a friend they ask how everything is going, followed by “where are going on your honeymoon?” So many couples are focused on the many details that go into planning their big day that they forget to think about continuing the celebration after as a newly married couple! Today’s couples are so busy focusing on their careers, wedding plans and, for so many, buying a house to enjoy for years to come. This is when reaching out to a travel agency and talking with a travel specialist is very beneficial. Here are the top 10 reasons why working with a travel agency will be a huge help to you today and for years to come! 1. Convenient one-stop shoppingTravel Agents can handle every aspect of your trip from lodging, ground transportation, activities, tours and much more! 2. Consumer advocate – If you should have a problem during your trip, travel agents can act on your behalf to see that proper resolutions are made. 3. Expert guidance – Travel agents are experts in helping travelers get where they need to go and in helping to create possibilities most people never would have dreamed were possible. 4. Save Time – Avoid the headaches and let the travel agents call around and do all the time-consuming work of planning a complex itinerary. 5. Choice – Travel agents offer you an array of options and price quotes from
a variety of travel suppliers, giving you the upper hand when making your final travel decisions. 6. Less stress – Planning a trip can be stressful. There are so many options and details to worry about. Travel Agents do the work, resulting in less stress for you. 7. Updated information – Travel agents are constantly communicating with the travel community, thus giving you the most up to date info on airline regulations, hotels, car rentals, cruise ships, travel visas and other travel services to consider when planning your trip. 8. Customer service – Travel agents offer that “personal touch” to your travel planning experience – offering help and advice that a website cannot provide! 9. Travel documentation – Travel agents can help you prepare and organize any necessary documents that you may need in order to travel outside of the country. They can direct you to your local passport office and they know where you need a visa, as well as any other documentation needed. 10.Travel expertise – Many travel agents are considered experts in the area you are traveling to and have probably been to your chosen destination. They attend all sorts of seminars and classes to prepare themselves for your travel requests. If you are looking for assistance or more information about planning your honeymoon or next trip, please contact us for more information as we look forward to working with you.
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Holiday Inn is host to Rutland Winter Bridal Show RUTLAND—The Vermont Wedding Association (VWA) celebrates its 18th year presenting bridal shows. Join them at the Holiday Inn Rutland/Killington for the 32nd annual Rutland Winter Bridal Show, Sunday, Jan. 22. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. General prize drawings begin at 1:30 p.m.; with the grand prizes drawn at 3 p.m. The show will remain true to form this year with trending appetizers and desserts provided by the Holiday Inn, and some traditional smoked barbecue by Bodette’s Barbeque. See the latest in bridal fashions from
A Trace of Lace Bridal Boutique and McNeil & Reedy. The Village Spa & Salon team will be at the show with the latest in makeup and bridal hair design. Have fun in the photo booths and dance to the live music of Dan Walker. Tickets and registration at are available at rutlandbridalshow.com. With four paid tickets, brides receive a free ticket. Also a part of the bridal shows has been a presence by the Marrow Donor Program. The premise is, as couples begin their journey together toward a new
life, they are often happy to give someone else a chance at a new life. The Marrow Donor Program organizers received their first wedding invitation at a bridal show from a bride-to-be who had lost her mom to jeukemia. This was a way to honor her mother and include her in her wedding day. One of the guests at that wedding who registered that day was a match and has gone on to be a donor. VWA organizers are pleased to share that they have found a match at four of their bridal shows and one wedding. The VWA will continue
to reach out to engaged couples and their families and friends at the bridal shows to search for donors. Every day approximately 6,000 patients who need life-saving marrow are searching for a donor match. They invite the community to stop by and join the registry even if they are not able to attend the show. Registration consists of a brief medical form and a cheek swab. Holiday Inn Rutland/ Killington is located at 476 Holiday Drive, off Route 7 South, Rutland. For more information call 802-459-2897.
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JANUARY IS NATIONAL SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH Along with the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), Killington Resort and Pico Mountain are dedicating the month of January to educate skiers and snowboarders about slope safety.