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got me thinking about what I wanted to do and where I wanted to go with my education and what I wanted to do for a career. I don’t think I would be where I am right now if I didn’t take the class.” Now, a junior in college at age 18 years old, looking back, she said she doesn’t have many regrets. “As a freshman people think it’s a little early [to take ICS], but it really opens doors to be able to further your education sooner, and then you can get into doing what you really want to do.”
RUTLAND—The State of Vermont has issued a “Do not drink” order to tenants of the Rutland Airport Business Park after per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were found in the business park’s water system. PFAS were not found in any of the wells tested along Airport Road and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) notified all the well owners of these results. No additional testing on Airport Road is planned at this time and residents should feel safe to continue drinking their well water. The only samples that tested positive for PFAS came from the water system serving the Rutland Airport Business Park. The state sampled the business park’s two wells and detected PFAS in both. Because PFAS were found in the business park wells, the state will test drinking water supplies along Route 7B adjacent to the business park. The state will be reaching out to residents along Route 7B and the testing results will be made public. Immediately after receiving the sampling results, the state worked with the system operator to shut down the well that tested above the 20 parts-per-trillion (ppt) Drinking Water Health Advisory. All business park tenants have been offered bottled water and the state is working with the water system operator and consultants to swiftly design and install a treatment system that will remove the contaminants from the water system. PFAS are a family of chemicals associated with firefighting foam and other manufactur-
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SPRING FIX Spring means it is time to get a start on home improvement projects! Section B
By Josh Larkin
Belle Kidder, a home-schooler prior to her freshman year at Fair Haven U.H.S., took advantage of college study classes available to high schoolers, enabling her to get a head start on her future.
Belle Kidder gets a jump on higher ed She’s a college junior at 18, thanks to dual enrollment By Katie Powers
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Belle Kidder was 14 years old when she took Introduction to College Studies (ICS) at Fair Haven Union High School—she was the only freshman in the class. “When I signed up for the class I had no idea what I was getting myself into,” said Kidder, who had been homeschooled before joining the class at Fair Haven. For that reason, she said, “I didn’t have a lot of knowledge about school systems and how they work,” she said. “But it turned out to be a really great stepping stone and it really
Downtown Rutland welcomes six new businesses in six months RUTLAND—Spring may be missing in action, but businesses continue to sprout in downtown Rutland at a healthy pace. For the sixth month in a row, downtown has seen a new business open its doors each month. They’re all different and each is working to meet the demands of the local community in diverse ways. “We’re seeing a rise in entrepreneurs creating businesses focused
on unique experiences, niche products and specialized services,” said Steve Peters, executive director of the Downtown Rutland Partnership. “These are exactly the qualities experts say will bring people into downtowns, despite the ever-changing landscape of online shopping and the difficulties plaguing national retailers.” Starting back in November, The Bakery knocked down the
back walls of its West Street café to create an offshoot business at 58 Merchants Row called The Bakery Annex. Owned and operated by Donald Billings of Roots and The Bakery, The Annex features a full service, sit down breakfast experience that includes omelets, specialty eggs Benedict, hashes, French toast with house made sourdough bread, craft cocktails and much more. As always, Billings
prominently features fresh ingredients from local Vermont farms. The Annex is helping to meet the growing demand for breakfast and brunch within downtown while supporting the local farm and food economy. Then, in December, Juice Amour opened at 29 Center Street in a portion of the recently remodeled former home of Hawley’s Florist. Juice Amour is an organic New businesses, page 10A
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Woodstock Union High School Middle School opens new Innovation Lab WOODSTOCK—Innovation is in the air at Woodstock Union High School/Middle School (WUHSMS) with the completion of the new 2,000-square foot state-of-the-art Innovation Lab, a modern natural light-filled space, which officially opened this month within a former woodshop/classroom at the school. While the school operated a temporary Innovation Lab all year, the newly completed space is much larger and includes three distinct areas: production space, a media space for recording and remote conferencing, and a teaming/presentation area. The production space includes 3-D printers, a laser-cutter, various hand tools, and electronic components. Last week, some educators from around the region participating in an Innovation in Learning Conference hosted by the Windsor Central Supervisory Union at the Woodstock Inn, got to check out the new lab as an offsite portion of their course. Students have gotten busy in the space ,with some seventh graders creating kinetic creatures and others working on stop-animation films to show possible effects of climate change in Vermont by 2030. Seventh grader Oliver Szott and his partner created a kinetic armadillo using cardboard, a laser cutter, specialized software, and a motor. “We realized cardboard does not really bend but we figured out a way to represent movement,” he said, adding that he enjoyed “the freedom to create a project in a way that worked for us.” Submitted Eighth grade students designed historical markers to commemorate Seventh grade students work on kinetic creatures in the new InnoInnovation lab, page 11A vation Lab.
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The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
Brightly-colored crowds gather for Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge Part of Killington Resort’s Nor’Beaster, its annual spring celebration, the Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge was held this past Saturday, April 7. Participants and spectators wore brightly colored apparel, many in retro or just plain old fun costumes – there was
even a unicorn – to enliven the slopeside parties. Competitors took to the bumps of Outer Limits at Bear Mountain, challenging each other for best trick. Timothy Massucco took first place in men’s overall; with Katherine DiMasco taking first in women’s overall.
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Lesley Classen, Rutland Regional’s manager of employee relations and recruitment (left), accepts the 2018 Workplace of the Year Award from Sarah Rothenberger, managing director, Advisory Board Survey Solutions at The Advisory Board Company’s annual summit on March 29.
Rutland Regional Medical Center receives 2018 Workplace of the Year Award RUTLAND—Rutland Regional Medical Center has been awarded the Advisory Board 2018 Workplace of the Year Award. The annual award recognizes hospitals and health systems nationwide that have outstanding levels of employee engagement, according to the April 4 news release. Lesley Classen, Rutland Regional’s Manager of Employee Relations & Recruitment, accepted the award on behalf of the hospital at The Advisory Board Company’s annual summit held on March 29, in Chicago, Ill. Rutland Regional is one of only 20 hospitals recognized nationwide and the only hospital in Vermont to receive this award. “In today’s changing and often uncertain healthcare industry, engaging the workforce is arguably more important than ever before,” said Sarah Rothenberger, managing director, Advisory Board Survey Solutions at The Advisory Board Compa-
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The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
Samaritans of the slopes have long history at Killington
By Karen D. Lorentz
Ski patrollers are regarded as “the good Samaritans of the slopes” for tending to both the injured and the multitude of behind-the-scene duties that enable them to promote safety on the slopes. From early morning trail checks to taking care of the gear used and repacking toboggans to the evening check to ensure that everyone is down and off the open and designated trail system, their work is praised as both necessary and key to the smooth operations of ski resorts. To be prepared for the rescues of injured or lost guests, training is extensive. “It’s quite thorough and includes key skills of assessing a patient, identifying injuries or illness, caring for them, and getting them down off the mountain. This training is of paramount importance,” noted Killington Ski Patrol Director Tait Germon. At the most difficult times, patrollers can do life-saving work. That’s when the
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training, preparation, and teamwork all come together in rescues that make a difference. Addressing the training, Germon noted that refresher courses for returning patrol members are taken in the fall. New recruits have six weeks of training from November to Christmas. During that time they work on obtaining their OEC (Outdoor Emergency Care) and OET (Outdoor Emergency Transportation) certifications. Plus they learn all the mountain specific procedures and protocols, Germon noted, adding that when they matriculate, they are National Ski Patrol (NSP) and Killington Patrol members. “Both returning patrollers and rookies are all well qualified to provide first aid, participate in sled recues, lift evacuations, and various other, and equally important, aspects of the job, like the pro-active trail checks,” he said. Killington hosts NSP program As part of the NSP, Germon said, “Killington is always pleased to host various NSP events at the mountain, including examiners’ clinics, patroller schools, and student programs.” Most recently, Killington was the scene of the NSP’s Certified Patroller exam, the highest level of certification in all facets of patrol work. It was designed primarily for the professional patroller, and candidates go through a rigorous credentials process to gain entry into the Certified program and exam. The exam itself includes “a series of skills tests that challenge patrollers to be at the top of their field,” Germon said, noting Certified candidates usually have 10-15 years of patrol experience.
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NSP Certified Program patrollers, examiners, candidates and helpers descend lower Ovation after ski and snowboard demonstration. The exam at Killington included: skiing and riding skills, toboggan handling, avalanche search/beacon drills, outdoor risk management, lift evacuations, outdoor emergency care (first aid) skills, low angle rescue (basically an extrication challenge using ropes and pulleys), which were held over three days, concluding with a banquet. NSP Eastern Division Certified Program Chair Bill Jordan conducted the event with assistance from NSP Certified Administrator Sarah Keating in logistics as well as help from Killington’s ski patrol. Five NSP patrollers from the Eastern Division participated but none passed. “That’s not unusual for first tries,” Germon noted. Several successfully completed a number of modules of the exams, he added, noting it is so rigorous that candidates have three years to complete the exam (without going back to year one and redoing the clinics and all modules). “It took me two years to pass it,” he added, noting Killington has four others who have previously attained NSP Certified Patroller status. They include Joe Kulina, Don Mills, and Justin Guth, all of whom were examiners at the event. Further illustrating the challenging nature of the Certified program, Germon said, “There are about 800+ members of the Eastern Division of the NSP that have been certified in the last 50 years out of 30,000 plus registered members in that time.” 50th anniversary ties to Killington Because it was also the 50th anniversary of the inception of the Certified program, dignitaries from all over, in-
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cluding the NSP Chairman Rick Knight, NSP Education Director Shelia Summers, Eastern Division Director John Kane, representatives from Central and Western NSP Divisions, charter Certified program members, and past and present Certified members. “This was one of the best exams with cooperative weather and great conditions for this time of year. Everyone was blown away with the experience here at Killington Resort. The banquet at the Peak Lodge was one of the highlights. I was really proud of Killington, the mountain and its staff,” Germon stated. He also commented that hosting this event was “particularly meaningful because the certified program began at Killington, under the auspices of early patrol leader George Wesson. George was a legend in the NSP and in the Vermont ski industry. He was a member of the 10th Mountain Division, and when he returned to the states, he joined the NSP and helped found several ski patrols in New England, including the Mount Mansfield, Killington, and Sugarbush Ski Patrols. “He wanted to create a program that focused on all aspects of patrolling and which could serve as a benchmark of excellence for the NSP. Since its inception in the Eastern Division of the NSP, the Certified program has spread to all US divisions of the organization and has a Certified program manager who reports directly to the national board. It’s an honor for Killington to have hosted this prestigious program within the NSP and in a small way pay homage to George’s memory,” Germon concluded.
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STATE NEWS
The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
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Time for a second look
By Rep. Jim Harrison, R-Bridgewater, Chittenden, Killington & Mendon
It’s that time of the session, where the Senate committees are busy reviewing and amending House passed bills and the House is doing the same with Senate bills. While sometimes both bodies pass the same version of a bill, often there are differences, which will need to be reconciled through conference committees. All this is done in preparation for finishing the 2018 work by early May. A sample of issues House committees are working on this week include: • simplifying government for small businesses • miscellaneous changes to education law • educational health care benefits • increasing the minimum wage • registration of short-term rentals • wholesale importation of prescription drugs into Vermont • funding the cleanup of state waters In the House Government Operations Committee, in which I sit, we are reviewing several bills, including one on law enforcement and another on systemic racism. On policing issues, the Senate passed over S.273, which was the result of a number of hearings around the state by a Senate Committee last fall. It includes changes to the makeup of the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council and the Law Enforcement Advisory Boards, as well as alternate routes to certification aside from the training provided at the Vermont Police Academy. It also sets a requirement that each State Police barracks shall submit to the Select Board of each town within the barracks’ jurisdiction a report describing the nature of calls to the state police from residents in that town in the
preceding quarter and asks the department of public safety and the Vermont Enhanced 911 Board to consult with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns as an equal partner, in order to propose a plan that would result in a comprehensive, efficient, and equitably funded public safety dispatch system to dispatch law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services statewide. With 105 towns currently getting free or low cost dispatch service from the state police, any recommendations from this group will likely undergo close scrutiny from the 2019 Legislature. The House committee is also looking at the retirement plans for the trainers at the Police Academy. Its director has recommended that because certain instructors are certified law enforcement officers (but not active duty), they should be in the Group C retirement plan (same group that state police are in as active duty law enforcement, with mandatory retirement at 55). State Treasurer Beth Pearce has indicated Group C is significantly more expensive for the state. The systemic racism bill, S.281, passed by the Senate, was spearheaded by the group, Justice for All. It sets up a new independent panel within State Government comprised with a majority of its members being of color. The panel would hire a full time cabinet level Chief Civil Rights Officer that would have broad powers, including the ability to subpoena anyone in state government. There is widespread support of the bill’s stated purpose, which is to work with the agencies and departments to implement a program of continuing coordination and improvement of activities in state government in order to combat systemic racial disparities and measure
progress toward fair and impartial governance. However, the Attorney General’s office raised several constitutional issues with the bill and the administration expressed skepticism that a new civil rights officer would not have to answer to the voters because it would be independent of the Governor or any other elected office. Public hearing on paid Jim Harrison family leave On Tuesday, April 10, from 5-7 p.m. at State House there was a public hearing on paid family leave. H.196, which provides up to six weeks of paid leave for parental leave and serious illness to care for a family member, would be funded by a new payroll tax on employees. The Committee heard from witnesses in person and also by written testimony.
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Thompson offers donation of Vermont Verde Route 103 road resurfacing to stone to border wall project Vermont Marble, Granite, Slate & Soapstone Co., a Vermont- and New begin April 16 York-based custom stone manufacturer, has proposed to donate medallions of the world famous Vermont Verde Antique stone, quarried in Rochester, Vt., to “The Border Wall Project.” Owner, Paul Thompson said, “It would be an honor to donate something so very beautiful and God-given to enhance the wall’s look with something so natural and spectacular.” He also said that the medallions would definitely “add a touch of class” to the wall. His proposal is to supply over 2,000 square feet of 4”x4” polished Vermont Verde Antique medallions, to be attached on every 10th segment of the wall. “The medallions will represent a small window, a window of opportunity for those that truly do want to come to the great land of America, and hopefully some day become legal citizens,” Thompson said. Thompson sent his proposal to President Trump, and the designers of the wall.
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Thompson offers to donate 2,000 square feet of 4”x4” polished Vermont Verde Antique medallions, to be attached on every 10th segment of the USA boarder wall with Mexico.
Area high school students win SkillsUSA medals About 89 Stafford Technical Center participated in the SkillsUSA Leadership Conference at various locations in and around South Burlington April 4-5. Students competed to demonstrate personal, workplace and technical skills. Stafford Technical Center garnered 33 medals total in individual and group competitions, including eight gold medals, 18 silver medals, and seven bronze medals, according to an April 9 news release. Medal winners attend Stafford Technical Center from the following schools: Fair Haven Union High School, Rutland High School, Otter Valley Union High School, Mill River Union High School, Poultney High School, Proctor High School, Mount St. Joseph Academy, West Rutland High School and homeschooling. Gold medal winners: Anthony Petrossi (MRUHS) in Firefighting, Caden Curtis (RHS) and Levi Tarbell (MRUHS) in Team Works, James Mars (Poultney HS) in Plumbing, Matthew Rock (RHS) in Medical Math, Noah Logan (RHS) and Johnathan Urbani (RHS) in Additive Manufacturing, and Matthew Rock (RHS) in Job Interview. Silver medal winners: Dylan Beebe (MRUHS) and Samuel Norton (MRUHS) in Interactive Game Design, K. “Jasper” Lynch (RHS) in Pin Design,
Carter Colwell (RHS), Zariannah Guyette (RHS) and Hunter Lanfear (MRUHS) in Crime Scene Investigation, Dylan Beebe (MRUHS) in Extemporaneous Speaking, Brittany Stewart (OVUHS) in Cosmetology, Jacob White (OVUHS) in Action Skills, Gregg Godda (Proctor HS) and Marcus Rockwell (MRUHS) in Teamworks, Logan Kenyon (RHS) and Gavin Owens (homeschooled) in TV Video Production, Hunter Lanfear (MRUHS) in Job Skills Demo, Darin Alt (FHUHS) in Plumbing, William Li (MSJ) in Medical Math, Brooke Galvin (FHUHS) in Technical Drafting, Kegan Stellato (RHS) in Photography. Bronze medal winners: Julie Cressy (WRHS) in Pin Design, Ryan Ward (MRUHS) in Extemporaneous Speaking, Jared Disorda (OVUHS) in Plumbing, Dan Denton (RHS) and Nick Fish (RHS) in Digital Cineman Production, Victoria Dubois (FHUHS) in Job Interview, and Lauren Lape (OVUHS) in Job Skills Demo A. SkillsUSA is a national non-profit partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce; serving middle, high school and college/postsecondary students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation notifies the traveling public that Route 103 from Rockingham to Clarendon will be resurfaced this spring and summer. This project will proceed through Rockingham, portions of Chester, Cavendish, portions of Ludlow, Mount Holly, Wallingford, Shrewsbury and Clarendon. The contractor, Pike Industries, will begin preliminary construction activities the week of April 16, including construction signage, message boards, and placing of equipment. Work will begin in Rockingham just south of the I-91 northbound entrance and proceed northerly as the summer progresses. Work includes milling (grinding) of the exist-
WORK WILL BEGIN IN ROCKINGHAM JUST SOUTH OF THE I-91 NORTHBOUND ENTRANCE. ing road surface, pothole repair, crack sealing where necessary, hot-in-place asphalt recycling, paving and other highway related items. This is a maintenance project designed to extend the life of the roadway and prevent further deterioration, thus eliminating the need for extensive roadway repair in the future.
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Margolis: Scott likely to win big in November By Jon Margolis, VTDigger
OK, enough for a while of all this chit-chat over minimum wages, family leave, getting the goop out of the lake, and guns (especially, mercifully, guns). Let’s turn to one of the eternal verities: politics. Not that they aren’t all connected. The wages, the lake goop, the guns (especially, heaven help us, the guns) are all political, as they should be. But while the chit-chat continues, time, which (as has been noted) waits for no one, has marched on, as is its wont. It is now April, which is not that far from November, the sixth of which is Election Day. On that day, it has been widely assumed, Republican Gov. Phil Scott will be re-elected. Or at least it was widely assumed until he came out in support of doing something about the aforementioned guns, enraging some voters. Most of those voters supported him in 2016, meaning he alienated part of his political “base” (and haven’t you heard that term far too often of late?) perhaps risking his re-election. Except that a re-election can’t be at too much risk absent a viable opposing candidate, and to understand the opposition’s viability or lack thereof, just consider that the optimistic view among Vermont Democrats is that their candidate might get 40 percent of the vote. This is optimism? Losing to Scott by a wide margin in 2016, Democrat Sue Minter got 44 percent. But there are Democrats who think that even a 40 percent showing by either of their two candidates – environmental activist James Ehlers and former utility executive Christine Hallquist – would avoid disaster. Disaster would mean losing a whole lot of seats in the Legislature and/or encouraging the pesky Progressive Party to become even peskier, which would include challenging Democrats in more legislative races. Right now, the Democrats have dominant majorities in both houses, 21 of the 30 senators (and two Margolis, page 10A
EPA issues Vermont report card; agency gets all A’s
By David Fitzsimmons
LETTERS
Attention required to prevent child abuse
Green Mountain National deserves fair hearing
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Boston regional office announced that the Vermont Agency of Agriculture has made significant progress toward meeting the state’s water quality goals. In a letter to the agency dated April 2, EPA regional administrator Alexandra Dapolito Dunn noted, “Your staff have clearly been working hard to get new programs off the ground, rapidly award large amounts of new funding to priority phosphorus reduction projects, ramp up inspection programs and establish the new comprehensive tracking and accounting system. The many milestones that have been completed reflect this excellent progress.” This independent review means Vermont’s farmers, partners and the agency are on the right track. In fact, the Agency of Agriculture met all of its milestones with a perfect score: 14 out of 14. Benchmarks cited by the EPA as part of the agency’s multi-year plan include a full revision of statewide rules for agricultural land management, training and certification for those who apply manure to the land, an increase in targeted conservation practices, and visiting every farm in the Missisquoi Bay watershed to better understand the land practices with a focus on education, outreach and inspections. Dunn added, “We commend the state for all the good work completed to date… thank you for your commitment to restoring Lake Champlain.” This encouraging report is part of a larger accountability agreement put in place by the EPA to monitor Vermont’s water quality progress. In 2016, after Vermont passed Act 64 of 2015 (the state’s Clean Water Act), the EPA established phosphorus pollution limits for Lake Champlain. These limits, termed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements, include a set of milestones the state must reach. To ensure the requirements are being met, the state must report to EPA each year. In response, the EPA delivers an annual report card that evaluates the state’s progress. Agricultural water quality is a program that the Agency will continue to build upon. With leadership, Vermont’s
Dear Editor, Governor Phil Scott signed a proclamation for Child Abuse Prevention Month on April 3. I appreciate the ceremony at the Statehouse and the attention that it draws to the need that every child has, to be loved and safely nurtured. Every child, every day requires at least one adult who provides that love and is committed to her healthy development and well-being. All our children will reach their potential and contribute to their community’s economic viability and stability, if they have safe, stable and nurturing homes. In all this, there is a role each of us can play. We can be a good family member or a good neighbor to a single parent or parents of young children who would benefit from some time to themselves. Babysitting, or simply taking time to listen to a parent, can make a great difference in the lives of both a parent and his child. Mentoring an elementary age or middle school child can make a world of difference in that child’s present and future. Knowing that someone as nice and as good as you, finds value in spending
Dear Editor, As many have heard recently, the town of Killington via the Select Board is entertaining bringing in an out-of-state management company to take over operations at Green Mountain National Golf Club. It’s no secret the town owned golf course has had financial challenges due to long-standing debt arrangements and the short Vermont golf season often tested by our weather. As a long-time member at Green Mountain, our family enjoys this jewel of Killington and the work which goes into the amazing conditions and hospitality extended by the staff. The club attracts thousands of out-of staters annually who have come to enjoy playing golf in our pristine land while spending substantial vacation dollars locally. Many Killington taxpayers and club stakeholders are gravely concerned about the newly elected Select Board member Jim Haff’s long history of publicly disparaging the golf course. Mr. Haff has gone to great lengths to harm the reputation of the club, even taking out a half-dozen
Report card, page 7A
Child abuse, page 7A
GMNGC, page 7A
By Anson Tebbetts
To recuse or not to recuse Dear Editor, It has come to my attention that a certain self proclaimed “political junkie” is castigating our newly elected Selectman Jim Haff for involvement in reorganizing the operational management of the Green Mountain National Golf Course (GMNGC). He states that Mr. Haff has an agenda regarding GMNGC and, thus, should recuse himself from any Selectboard decisions regarding same. I agree that Mr. Haff has an agenda; it is to straighten out the management of GMNGC so that the Killington taxpayers’ burden in subsidizing its operations doesn’t continue to grow. In addition to the outstanding $2.5 million or so debt from its construction which the taxpayers are still on the hook for, there is also almost $400,000 in operating subsidies still owed to the town from GMNGC’s operations. Haff’s agenda, whatever the “political junkie’s” mistaken notion of it is, is to make GMNGC
as self-sustaining as possible. Aside from the debt, GMNGC is faced with rather large upcoming capital expenses. Their golf carts need replacing, the irrigation system is coming due for maintenance if not replacement, the clubhouse needs a new roof, and so on. These are expenses, which at the moment, GMNGC cannot meet given its currently projected cash flow. I don’t know why anyone would want Haff to recuse himself. After all he is the person who called attention to the debt crisis with GMNGC back when the town was paying off the GMNGC construction bond with short term borrowing, which ended up costing the town almost a million dollars in additional debt costs. He was instrumental in getting the 1 percent options tax receipts to be used to address the debt as well as getting the short term debt refinanced. This critic also points out that Haff published cartoons criticizing GMNGC. Well, Recusal demand, page 7A
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CAPITOL QOUTES
The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
CAPITOL QUOTES “Tariffs may sound like a good way to change the pattern of trade, but they tend to raise prices rather than modify the trade fundamentals.” Said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors in Pennsylvania, according to the BBC News, Reuters. The U.S. trade deficit rose to $57.6 billion in February, the highest monthly gap in more than nine years, according to figures released Thursday, April 5, by the Commerce Department. The news came at a time of high trade tensions, with the U.S. and China hitting each other with tariffs as President Trump seeks to punish China and other countries that sell far more than they buy in trade with America. Economists, however, warn that tariffs won’t reverse trade deficits.
“It’s a complete asset freeze, which means he wouldn’t be able to pay his mortgage, his groceries, his electric bills.” Said Melissa Visconti, attorney for Jay Peak developer Ariel Quiros, who earlier in the hearing said that her client was “beyond broke.” On Wednesday, April 4, a Vermont judge agreed to a state bid to freeze the remaining assets of Quiros who recently settled a fraud case with federal regulators. The ruling capped the first courtroom hearing in a lawsuit brought by the state nearly two years ago. The federal court froze Quiros’ assets in April 2016. Once Quiros turns over assets needed to fulfill his recent $81 million settlement with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, the freeze will be lifted. Quiros is turning over both Jay Peak and Burke Mountain ski resorts and a number of other properties as part of the agreement. The state has argued that Quiros will have roughly $8 million in assets left after the SEC settlement, mainly in property such as houses and condos, as well as bank accounts. The Vermont attorney general’s office, in its lawsuit, is pushing to recoup that money for the state.
“Over and over again, President Trump and his administration falsely claimed that their $1.5 trillion tax cut bill would pay for itself. Today’s Congressional Budget Office report puts that myth to rest. According to CBO, President Trump’s massive tax break for the wealthy and large corporations is the primary reason that the federal deficit and national debt will explode over the next decade. Republicans are already using the huge increase in the debt that they caused as an excuse to make major cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. That is unacceptable. At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, we have got to repeal all of President Trump’s tax breaks for the wealthy and big corporations and rebuild the disappearing middle class.” Said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), April 9, in a statement following after the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the cumulative deficit over the next decade will be $1.6 trillion larger than previously projected largely as a result of the tax cuts for the wealthy and large corporations passed by Republicans last year.
Belle Kidder:
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Early college courses boost scholar confidence
continued from page 1A Kidder is studying social work at Roberts-Wesleyan College in upstate New York. She took advantage of ICS (now ICC), dual enrollment, and Early College at Community College of Vermont (CCV)-Rutland, and had enough credits to graduate with an associate degree in 2017. She’s now in the second semester of her junior year, and she wants to continue on for her master’s. “After I finish my bachelor’s in two years I can go straight into a one year master’s program here and then I will be done,” she said. The ICS program evolved into Introduction to College and Careers (ICC) in 2016, with the goal of expanding its focus to include career readiness and financial literacy. This fall, the course will include a new component to emphasize STEM careers and the importance of strong math skills. The program serves as the on-ramp to CCV’s continuum of postsecondary opportunities, launching students to dual enrollment and Early College. Like Kidder, those students will see considerable savings in both time and money. And many of them may have thought they would never go to college. Kidder says taking advantage of
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these programs made financial sense for her family. “Dual enrollment gave me two free classes, and then Early College gave me an entire year of free classes, so in all reality [my family] didn’t really pay for many of the classes I took.” Kidder’s father is on active duty in the Vermont Air National Guard. He’s been in the military for most of her life, and she’s now going to school with the help of the VA’s Yellow Ribbon Program, which has meant her aspirations don’t have to mean a financial burden on her family. Kidder has a wise perspective on the decisions she’s made so far. “I think education is so important. Not necessarily just because you nowadays need a degree to get a job, but because learning is fun. And if my education hadn’t gone the way it has, I don’t know how or who I would be as a person.” She said perhaps the greatest value of the ICS class was the confidence she gained. “I was really scared that I wasn’t going to be able to do it, and that would deter me from going to college later on,” she said. “The biggest thing I learned is that I am capable, and that a lot of people, given the right tools, are capable.”
Vermont gets gold star for water quality effort
continued from page 6A farmers, watershed groups, and federal and state partners are all pulling together in the right direction. The work is not easy but with commitment, focus and collaboration our water quality efforts are expanding, and
GMNGC:
these programs and accomplishments are catching the eyes of stakeholders nationwide. Anson Tebbetts is the secretary for the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Asks Haff to refrain from decision making
continued from page 6A advertisements with amateurish cartoons and commentary depicting the course employees and Killington in a negative light. With major management changes being proposed immediately
preceding the start of this season, I call on Mr. Haff to recuse himself from the process as he brings an overtly negative bias to the proceedings. We all desire a path of stability and prosperity for
Recusal demand:
Refuse to recuse?
continued from page 6A ironically that cartoon is the same editorially as the critic’s letter in advocating a certain point of view. He is criticizing Haff for the same thing he is doing. Given this critic apparently doesn’t pay taxes in Killington, maybe he should recuse himself from commenting on our town’s issues. Frankly, given Haff’s “agenda” as described above he should be the last person to recuse himself from the process of getting GMNGC under financial control.
Child abuse:
the club and Killington taxpayers. The decisions going forward should be handled by those who don’t have a public axe to grind. Bradford Broyles, Mendon
How did it become this “out of town” critic’s business to meddle in our town’s interests? Maybe he should answer that. It seems to me some serious problems addressed by “kicking the can down the road,” are finally being tackled under this current Selectboard of which Haff is an integral part. To suggest he recuse himself is to ask all taxpayers in Killington to recuse themselves as they all have an agenda regarding GMNGC. Vito Rasenas, Killington
It takes a village
continued from page 6A time with them can help a young person imagine being a successful student and adult. We learn to take chances in life, in good ways, based on how others see us. Children need our time and interest much more than they need material things. There are many opportunities in Vermont to volunteer to help children and families. Our local Parent Child Centers and Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, are some of the many organi-
zations in need of caring volunteers. Speak up if you fear a child may be at risk of being abused. Call Prevent Child Abuse Vermont’s Help Line at 1-800-CHILDREN (800-244-5373) to discuss concerns about a child and call the Vermont Department for Children and Families to report a suspicion of child abuse or neglect. Their central number is 1-800-649-5285 and is available 24 hours a day. As you read this, please
remember to think about how you can make a true difference in the life of a child with your time, your talents and your treasure. Vermont will only continue to be as beautiful as it is, to the extent that our children are nurtured and protected today. Child Abuse Prevention Month is a reminder of this important commitment that we share. Learn more by visiting pcavt.org. Linda E. Johnson, executive director, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
Calendar
The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
** denotes multiple times and/or locations.
THURSDAY
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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. 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.; 5-7 p.m. 802-773-7187.
Story Time
10 a.m. Story time at West Rutland Public Library. Thursdays,10 a.m. Bring young children to enjoy stories, crafts, and playtime. 802438-2964.
Killington Bone Builders
10 a.m. Bone builders meets at Sherburne Memorial Library, 2998 River Rd., Killington, 10-11 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Free, weights supplied. 802-422-3368.
NICK DI PAOLO TOUR AT PARAMOUNT THEATRE
Mendon Bone Builders
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 8 P.M.
10 a.m. Mendon bone builders meets Thursdays at Roadside Chapel, 1680 Townline Rd, Rutland Town. 802-773-2694.
CCV Job Hunt Helper
WEDNESDAY Bikram Yoga **
APRIL 11
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. bikramyogamendon.com.
Yin Yoga
8:30 a.m. Yin Yoga, all levels at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Story Time
10 a.m. Maclure Library offers preschool story hour, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. Birth to 5 years old. Socialize, make new friends, share concerns, joys, ideas in small, intimate group. 802-483-2792. 840 Arch St., Pittsford.
Kripalu Yoga
10 a.m. Kripalu yoga with Louise Harrison at Just Dance, Center St., Rutland. First class free. louiseharrison.com, 802-747-8444.
CCV Job Hunt Helper
10 a.m. CCV Job Hunt Helper Joe Alford will be available at Rutland Free Library, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. to help job seekers find employment: writing resume and cover letter, apply for jobs online, assess skills and interests, use internet to explore career options, and learn about education and training programs. 10 Court St., Rutland. 802-773-1860.
Poetry Group
2 p.m. Chaffee Art Center holds weekly Poetry Group, 2-4 p.m. at 16 South Main St., Rutland. Limited to 10. Interested? Email info@chaffeeartcenter.org.
Rutland Wellness
5 p.m. Education and support for people who are struggling emotionally. Focus on tools and methods for improving our lives mentally and physically. Wednesdays, 5-7 p.m., Grace Congregational Church, 8 Court St., Rutland. 802-353-4365.
3 p.m. CCV Job Hunt Helper Joe Alford will be available at Rutland Free Library, 3-5 p.m. to help job seekers find employment: writing resume and cover letter, apply for jobs online, assess skills and interests, use internet to explore career options, and learn about education and training programs. 10 Court St., Rutland. 802-773-1860.
Balance Program
4 p.m. RRMC holds workshop on walking, balance, and stability: “Gaining Traction” held Thursdays March 29-April 26, 4-5:30 p.m. in CVPS Leahy Community Health Ed Ctr at RRMC, 160 Allen St., Rutland. $15. Registration required at rrmc.org; 802-772-2400.
Free Knitting Class
6:30 p.m. Free knitting classes at Plymouth Community Center, by Barbara Wanamaker. Bring yarn and needles, U.S. size 7 or 8 bamboo needles recommended, one skein of medium weight yarn in light or medium color. RSVP to bewanamaker@gmail.com, 802-396-0130. 35 School Drive, Plymouth.
Holocaust Memorial Day Gathering
7 p.m. Yom Hashoah. Hear Our Voices: Teachings, poetry, and music from the Camps at Rutland Jewish Center, 96 Grove St., Rutland. 802-773-3455. Everyone is welcome, dress is casual.
Children’s Play Group
10 a.m. Pawlet Public Library hosts play group for parents and children birth through kindergarten. Activities focus around play, reading, and socialization. 141 School St., Pawlet. 802-325-3123.
Story Time
10:30 a.m. Sherburne Memorial Library holds story time Fridays, 10:30-11 a.m. Stories, songs, activities. Babies and toddlers welcome! 802-422-9765.
Breastfeeding Support Group
10:30 a.m. International Board Certified Lactation Consultant leads breastfeeding support group at Norman Williams Public Library, in the children’s section, second Friday of month. Share/swap stories. Free, older siblings welcome. 281-731-7313. 10 the Green, Woodstock.
Kripalu Yoga
11 a.m. Kripalu yoga, gentle flow at Just Dance, Center St., Rutland. First class free. louiseharrison.com, 802-747-8444.
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. 802-422-9765.
Poems in Performance
6 p.m. Poems in Performance: A Cure for Poemphobia at Norman Williams Public Library, 10 the Green, Woodstock. Vermont’s reigning poetry slam champion discusses the pleasures of reading aloud and hearing poems. Bring a poem or receive one to rehearse and perform. 802-457-2295.
The Texas Troubadours
7:30 p.m. Texas Troubadours’ tour celebrates great songwriting tradition of the Lone Star State. Ruthie Foster, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Carrie Rodriguez, at Chandler Music Hall. $35-$55 tickets. 802-728-6464. 71 Main St., Randolph. chandler-arts.org.
Old Firehouse Concerts
7:30 p.m. Swing Noire kicks off Tinmouth’s Old Firehouse concert series. Doors open 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Desserts, coffee and tea available by donation. Mountain View Road, Tinmouth.
Nick Di Paolo Tour
8 p.m. Nick Di Paolo’s “Nick is Right” tour, stand up comedy - adult humor, rated R - at the Paramount Theatre. $25 advance tickets. $30 day of show. Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St., Rutland. paramountvt.org.
Paint Your Pet
SATURDAY
5 p.m. Killington Art Garage holds Paint Your Pet workshop, 5-7 p.m. Acrylics, 16x20 canvas. $40 includes all materials and instruction. BYOB. Registration required: artgaragevt.com. 2841 Killington Road, Killington.
All Levels Yoga
5:30 p.m. All levels flow yoga at Killington Yoga Karen Dalury, E-RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Bridge Club
6:30 p.m. Marble Valley Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Godnick Center Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Sanctioned duplicate bridge games. 1 Deer St., Rutland. 802228-6276.
Adult Soccer
7 p.m. Adult Soccer at Killington Elementary School, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays. $2. Nonmarking gym sneakers please. Info, killingtontown.com.
Open Mic
7 p.m. Open mic with Jim Yeager at ArtisTree Community Arts Center, Pomfret. Free. All levels, all abilities, relaxed environment. Info, artistreevt.org. 2095 S. Pomfret Rd., Pomfret.
Special Select Board Meeting
7:30 p.m. Killington special Select Board meeting at Town Offices, in Community Conference Room, River Road, Killington. Select Board member concerns, citizen input, town manager search discussion, GMNGC-Brown Golf Management discussion.
FRIDAY
Rotary Meeting
6 p.m. The Killington-Pico Rotary club cordially invites visiting Rotarians, friends and guests to attend weekly meeting. Meets Wednesdays at Summit Lodge 6-8 p.m. for full dinner and fellowship. 802-773-0600 to make a reservation. Dinner fee $19. KillingtonPicoRotary.org
WHAT TO DO IN CENTRAL VERMONT
Bikram Yoga **
APRIL 13
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. bikramyogamendon.com.
GMC Conference
How to create a career with positive planetary and personal impact: “Making a Difference and Making a Living” conference at Green Mountain College, One Brennan Circle, Poultney. Guest speakers, TED-style talks, career panels, and more. Free, open to public. Register by emailing serena.eddy@ greenmtn.edu.
Open Swim **
8 a.m. Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 8-9 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 802-7737187.
Level 1 Yoga
8:30 a.m. Level 1 Hatha Yoga at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
APRIL 14
Youth Turkey Calling Contest
Vt. Fish & Wildlife Dept. sponsors youth turkey calling contest at Kehoe Conservation Camp, 636 Point of Pines Rd., Castleton. Three age groups, prizes in each division. Plus shotgun patterning, air rifle sports shooting, .22 rifle shoot. Pro tracker Tim Nichols conducts canine demos. 802-394-2445.
Vt. Trout Season Opens
Vermont trout season opens April 14. Officials recommend fishing low and slow. Don’t forget to get a license. vtfishandwildlife.com.
Bikram Yoga **
7:30 a.m. Bikram Yoga holds classes Saturdays: 7:30 a.m. 60-min. Bikram; 9 a.m. 90min. Bikram; 4:30 p.m. inferno hot pilates. 1360 US-4, Mendon. bikramyogamendon.com.
Pancake Breakfast
8 a.m. Pancake breakfast buffet at Masonic Lodge, 63 Franklin St., West Rutland. 8-11 a.m. $9 adults, $3 for ages 4-12, free age 3 and under. Pancakes, fr. toast, eggs, meats, home fries, beverages, and more.
Nor’Beaster: Pond Skimming
9 a.m. Registration opens 9 a.m. for Bud Light Pond Skim on Highline Trail at Killington Resort. $10, cash or check. Limited to first 100. Try to make it across - or at least make the best splash if not - or win best costume. Or just come watch! killington.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. Practice current skills, create gymnastic routines, learn new tricks, social opportunity to be with friends. $10/ hour members; $14/ hour non-members. 802-773-1404.
Musical Shabbat
10 a.m. Morning prayers, lively Torah service, discussion and group aliyot. All welcome, dress casual. Rutland Jewish Center, 96 Grove St., Rutland.
Classics Book Discussion
10:30 a.m. Classics book discussion at Norman Williams Public Library, 10 the Green, Woodstock. This month, discussion on “The Warden” by Anthony Trollope. Books available, or buy at Yankee Bookshop. 802-457-2295.
Bridge Club
12 p.m. Marble Valley Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Godnick Center Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. Sanctioned duplicate bridge games. 1 Deer St., Rutland. 802228-6276.
Civil War Meeting
12 p.m. Green Mountain Civil War Round Table meeting at Bugbee Senior Center, 262 North Main St., White River Junction. Doors open at noon, optional catered lunch at 12:15 p.m. followed by short business meeting at 12:45 p.m. Discussion with guest speaker Dr. Robert “Mick” Bedard follows. RSVP to 802-296-2919.
CALENDAR
The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
SUNDAY
Live from the Met
12:55:00 PM The Paramount Theatre screens Live in HD from The Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. This week, Verdi’s “Luisa Miller.” $23/ adults; $10/ students. paramountvt.org. 30 Center St., Rutland. Run time 3 hours, 40 minutes, includes two 35-minute intermissions.
Welsh Descendants Program
1 p.m. Slate Valley Museum hosts Edward Brydon, photographic artist, with “The Singing Hills” documentary project about Welsh descendants from the N.Y. and Vt. areas, with the people from North Wales. 17 Water St., Granville, N.Y.
Weeden Basket Party
1 p.m. Basket party fundraiser for Chuck Weeden, Sr., recovering from major heart surgery, at Mettawee Community School, 5788 Vt-153, West Pawlet. Basket party, silent auction, bake sale, raffle. 802-236-8760.
Author/Book Talk
4 p.m. Author Arnie Kozak, Ph.D., talks on his book “Timeless Truths for Modern Mindfulness” at Phoenix Books Rutland. 2 Center St., Rutland. Free, open to all. phoenixbooks.biz.
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. 802-7737187.
Bingo
5:30 p.m. Bridgewater Grange Bingo, Saturday nights, doors open at 5:30 p.m. Games start 6:30 p.m. Route 100A, Bridgewater Corners. Just across bridge from Junction Country Store. All welcome. Refreshments available.
Open Gym
6 p.m. Friday night open gym at Head Over Heels, 152 North Main St., Rutland. 6-7:30 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 members; $14/ hour non-members. 802-773-1404.
FOLA Films
7 p.m. FOLA continues off Classics of 1960s Film Festival with double feature: “A Fistrul of Dillars” starring Clint Eastwood and “Yojimvo” starring Toshiro Mifune, at Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium. Free. Donations appreciated. Popcorn and water provided. fola.us. 37 S. Depot St., Ludlow.
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. 60-min. Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon. bikramyogamendon.com. 9 a.m. Killington Section Green Mountain Club outing: Spier Falls, Gansvoort, N.Y. Climb to rocky overlook for views of the Hudson River. Moderate, 5 miles. Meet at 9 a.m. at Rutland’s Main Street Park, near firehouse, to carpool. 802-775-1627.
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.
Mixed Level Yoga
12 p.m. All Level Flow yoga at Killington Yoga with Cristy Murphy. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Behind the Scenes Tour
1 p.m. VINS offers exclusive behind the scenes tour, discover steps to rehabilitate and release birds. Meet patients, rehabbers, and hear a story. 6565 Woodstock Rd., Quechee. $12.50 adults, $10.50 youth. vinsweb.org.
Our Town
3 p.m. Theater in the Woods Vermont presents workshop presentation of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” at the Old Tinmouth Firehouse, Mountain View Road, Tinmouth. Tickets $20 adults, $10 children. Cash/checks at the door. theaterinthewoodsvt.org.
Rutland LGBTQ+ Gathering
4 p.m. An opportunity for LGBTQ+ folks and their families in Rutland area to come together to meet. Coffee and baked goods available for purchase. Speakeasy Cafe, 67 Center St., Rutland. Closed to the public, open for this event. RSVP on Facebook.
MONDAY
7 p.m. St. Mary’s Bingo, Washington St., Fair Haven. Every Saturday starting at 7 p.m. Pickle Jar, Weezil, Derby, Double Dab. Minimum $1,000 jackpot. Wellbehaving children welcome. 802-537-2099.
Sarah Blacker & New England Groove Association
APRIL 16
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. bikramyogamendon.com.
All Level Yoga
8:30 a.m. All Level Flow Yoga at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802422-4500.
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SARAH BLACKER AT BRANDON MUSIC SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 7:30 P.M.
Killington Section GMC
St. Mary’s Bingo
7:30 p.m. Folk, rock, jam-band and funk - this group fuses vibrant musical worlds to create original soulful sound. Performing at Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd., Brandon. $20 tickets. Pre-dinner available. BYOB venue. Info, brandon-music.net.
APRIL 15
Art Camp
9 a.m. Killington Art Garage holds April Stay-Cation Art Camp for ages 8-11, April 16-20, 9 a.m.12 p.m. each day. $160. New art each day. Registration required: artgaragevt.com. 2841 Killington Road, Killington.
Rutland Rotary
12:15 p.m. Rotary Club of Rutland meets Mondays for lunch at The Palms Restaurant. Learn more or become a member, journal@sover.net.
Tobacco Cessation Group
4:30 p.m. 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 St., Rutland.
RNRCD Annual Meeting
5:45 p.m. Annual meeting of Rutland Natural Resources Conservation District at West Rutland Town Hall, 35 Marble St., West Rutland. Open to the public. “Benefits to Wildlife of a Timber Harvest, and the Community Connections When You Improve Wildlife Habitat by Harvesting Timber.” Pre-register by April 12 at 802-775-8034 ext. 117.
Master Gardener Program
7 p.m. Rutland Master Gardener Daryle Thomas presents “It’s All About the Soil” at Godnick Center, 1 Deer St., Rutland. Share gardening experiences and get answers about soil testing, enrichment and more.
Science and Democracy
7 p.m. Rutland Free Library’s Fox Room is open again, and hosting rescheduled First Wednesday Vt Humanities program, “Science and Democracy” with Middlebury professor Heidi Grasswick. Free, open to the public. 10 Court St., Rutland.
Citizenship Classes
Vermont Adult Learning will offers free citizenship classes. Call Marcy Green, 802-775-0617, and learn if you may qualify for citizenship at no cost. 16 Evelyn St., Rutland. Also, free classes in reading, writing, and speaking for English speakers of other languages. Ongoing.
Killington Bone Builders
10 a.m. Bone builders meets at Sherburne Memorial Library, 2998 River Rd., Killington, 10-11 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Free, weights supplied. 802-422-3368.
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. 802-773-7187.
Monday Meals
KILLINGTON POND SKIMMING
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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.
TUESDAY Bikram Yoga **
APRIL 17
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. 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. 802-773-7187.
Art Workshop
10 a.m. Hand-in-Hand open art workshop, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Tuesdays at Sherburne Memorial Library, Killington. Open art workshop - all levels, interests, mediums. Free. Ann Wallen Community Room. 802-299-1777.
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 9 A.M. Continued, page 10
10A • CALENDAR
Scott a shoo-in for re-election
continued from page 6A Progressives who usually vote with them), 83 of 150 House members (plus seven Progressives). Might their majorities decline if their candidate for governor loses badly? The operating rule of thumb for predicting election results is analogous to the rule about the three things that matter in real estate: location, location, and location. In off-year elections, the three things that matter are turnout, turnout, and turnout. If polls show that the Democratic candidate for governor doesn’t have a chance, will thousands of Democratic-leaning voters stay home? Maybe. They’re not going to worry about their federal office-holders. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch are in no danger of losing. So not schlepping to the polls might make sense for these voters. Unless they are so driven to express their antagonism toward President Donald Trump by running up the Sanders and Welch totals that the schlepping seems worth it. And then what about the disgruntled Republicans? Remember, those voters who are enraged about the gun bills and even more enraged at Scott’s support for them (because not that long ago he was on their side) are Republicans. If they decide they aren’t going to vote for Scott they may stay home. So, yes, the key is turnout, turnout, and turnout. But it’s impossible to predict who will and who will not turn out. That’s why politics is fun. Now let’s complicate matters a bit more. Some Statehouse political types were wondering the other day about the possibility that the pro-Trump Republicans – who roughly correlate with the pro-gun Republicans – don’t simply stay home, but actually vote against Scott. Not just for Springfield business-
IN OFF-YEAR ELECTIONS, THE THREE THINGS THAT MATTER ARE TURNOUT, TURNOUT, AND TURNOUT. man Keith Stern in the Republican primary, but for a pro-Trump, anti-gun control independent in the general election. So far, no one has suggested who this anti-Scott challenger might be. But there is political space to the governor’s right. Even before the gun issue reemerged, a small but vocal faction of Vermont Republicans were unhappy about Scott. These are the Republicans who are pro-Trump and resent Scott’s regular disagreement with the president’s policies. They include the vice chair of the Republican state committee, Brady Toensing. So the governor’s own party is not united behind him. If a lot of those Republicans vote for a pro-gun independent, might the governor be beaten, even by Ehlers or Hallquist? Anything is possible. Fervent opponents of gun laws are vocal, and they have some political clout because so many of them care about no other issue; they pick the candidate who agrees with them on guns. But they are a minority, and not a very large minority. Something like 75 percent of Vermont voters favor these gun safety bills passed by the Legislature. At least that many also care about other issues, and even more than issues they care about the quality of their candidates. A pro-gun, anti-Scott independent candidate will claim that the governor, who not that long ago repeated that no new gun laws were needed in this very safe state, broke faith with some of his supporters. Well, he did change his mind. By all the evidence at hand, he did it by himself. He didn’t study the polls or order up a focus group. He didn’t get the idea from his political advisers, who appeared to be as surprised as anyone. Scott changed his mind because he was “jolted,” as he put it, after reading the police affidavit about Jack Sawyer, the young man charged with planning to kill students at Fair Haven Union High School. “I’ve evolved on this,” Scott said. “Where I was a week or two ago has changed completely.” Whether this evolution was wise can be debated. That it was genuine seems obvious. The governor looked at what had happened, understood that protecting Vermont’s children was his job, and doing it was worth defying not only some of his supporters but his own previous position. It was, in short, authentic. Voters like authentic. Political prediction is never safe, but don’t be surprised if Phil Scott wins big Nov. 6, not despite “evolving” on guns, but because of it.
Family Playgroup
Chess Club
Mendon Bone Builders
1960s Music Program
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. rcpcc.org. 10 a.m. Mendon bone builders meets Tuesdays at Roadside Chapel, 1680 Townline Rd, Rutland Town. 802-773-2694.
7 p.m. Rutland Rec Dept. holds chess club at Godnick Adult Center, providing a mind-enhancing skill for youth and adults. All ages are welcome; open to the public. Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. 1 Deer St., Rutland. 7 p.m. Look at the music of 1968, 50 years later, with Dave Tibbs, in Fox Room at Rutland Free Library, 10 Court St., Rutland. Free.
Tobacco Cessation Group
11 a.m. Free tobacco cessation group. Free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges. Every Tuesday, 11-12 p.m. at Heart Center, 12 Commons St., Rutland. 802-747-3768.
CCV Job Hunt Helper
11:45 a.m. CCV Job Hunt Helper Joe Alford will be available at Rutland Free Library, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. to help job seekers find employment: writing resume and cover letter, apply for jobs online, assess skills and interests, use internet to explore career options, and learn about education and training programs. 10 Court St., Rutland. 802-773-1860.
Active Seniors Lunch
OUR TOWN AT OLD TINMOUTH FIREHOUSE SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 3 P.M.
12 p.m. Killington Active Seniors meet for a meal Tuesdays at the Lookout Bar & Grille. Town sponsored. Come have lunch with this well-traveled group of men and women. $5/ person. 802-422-2921. 2910 Killington Road, Killington.
TOPS Meeting
4:45 p.m. TOPS meets Tuesday nights at Trinity Church in Rutland (corner of West and Church streets). Side entrance. Weight in 4:45-5:30 p.m. Meeting 6-6:30 p.m. All welcome, stress free environment, take off pounds sensibly. 802-293-5279.
Poetry Launch
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6 p.m. Launch of “Sighs and Murmurs” by poet Geza Tatrallyay, at Norman Williams Public Library, 10 the Green, Woodstock. Reading from his collections, and talking about next collection, “Extinction.” Free, open to public.
Legion Bingo
6:15 p.m. Brandon American Legion, Tuesdays. Warm ups 6:15 p.m., regular games 7 p.m. Open to the public. Bring a friend! Franklin St., Brandon.
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Airport businesses warned
continued from page 1A ing processes. PFOS and PFOA are two chemicals that belong to this family The sampling in Clarendon was part of Vermont’s statewide sampling strategy, following PFOA contamination of drinking water wells in Bennington. A team of state scientists traveled to the Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport in Clarendon to test for PFAS contamination associated with firefighting foam. This foam, a potential source of PFAS, has been used at or around the airport for training and emergency response purposes. The team collected and tested 10 drinking water well
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samples from the airport and surrounding properties on March 13. The majority of the samples – six out of 10 – were collected along Airport Road due to the road’s proximity to a suspected source area. Concentrations above the 20 ppt Drinking Water Health Advisory were found for PFOA and PFOS in one of the wells. The state sampled the combined well again to determine if it had PFAS above the health advisory and will have sampling results in mid-April. For more information on the test results and for additional guidance, please visit dec.vermont.gov/ commissioners-office/pfoa/communities.
Six in six months
continued from page 1A juice and smoothie bar that serves fresh, unpasteurized fruit and vegetable juices, sprouted nut milks, raw smoothies, gluten and dairy free soups, chia puddings, salads and snacks. They also offer personalized juice cleanse programs, subscription services and the option to order online. Not only is Juice Amour bringing a growing health food trend to Rutland, its doing so in a way that meets the individual needs and preferences of customers. Two floors up, in the same building on Center Street, Rebekah Robichaud launched a yoga studio called Live Love Yoga this past January. The studio offers over 25 asana style yoga classes each week, private yoga sessions, monthly workshops, as well as guided and open meditation. Robichaud wants to help people slow down, be still and let love live. With plenty of natural light, brick walls and a calming color palate, she designed her studio to bring ease and tranquility to her students. While yoga is offered in several area fitness centers, Robichaud wanted to create a space downtown that focused specifically on yoga. “It feels so good to be here,” said Robichaud. “I’m humbled and full of gratitude. We have so much potential here, and it’s exciting.” And the long, snowy winter didn’t
hold Lenny Montouri back from opening his doors with Big Lenny’s Inside Job at 56 Strongs Avenue. Montouri has happily served the community from his hot dog cart for more than two decades and couldn’t wait to expand his popular business with a permanent year round location in downtown. His new, well decorated shop, serves hot dogs, a range of specialty toppings, chili dogs, sausages with peppers and onions, soft pretzels, popcorn, ice cream and more. It’s clear Montouri loves what he does and has no lack of enthusiasm. The downtown location now allows Montouri the opportunity to serve and interact with customers five days a week on a year round basis. Then in March, the Downtown Gentlemen’s Salon opened at 32 Merchants Row. The newly redesigned space has a hip, yet vintage, style that includes plenty of deeply stained natural wood elements, work stations constructed out of repurposed pipes and comfy leather couches. It’s a warm and welcoming environment that owner Lori LaPenna stylized specifically to appeal to men, although she certainly welcomes women and children as well. In addition to specializing in a full spectrum of cuts, there are a number of conveniences that LaPenna hopes will set her apart,
including later hours, the ability to either make an appointment or walk in, pay by credit card, free wifi, punch and referral cards, and senior discounts, to name just a few. “I absolutely wanted to be downtown” said LaPenna. “It’s such a welcoming community and the support has been phenomenal. I’m excited to be here.” In the past week, the latest business to launch in downtown Rutland is Just Threading. Owned by Sunita Dholakia, Just Threading, located at 116 Merchants Row, grew out of a home business and is one of the few locations to offer eyebrow threading services in the area. Threading is a natural hair removal process that is considered less painful and invasive than other methods. Just Threading is open daily and accepts walk-ins or appointments. The positive trajectory of businesses opening within the downtown is set to continue in the coming months. A consignment boutique specializing in children’s and maternity clothing is hard at work preparing to open on West Street, as well as a new café on Center. If the long winter has kept you from wandering about downtown, now’s the time to get back out and explore our many new businesses and support your local community.
MUSIC SCENE • 11A
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Music scene by dj dave hoffenberg
WEDNESDAY
[MUSIC Scene] FRIDAY
APRIL 11 KILLINGTON
APRIL 13 BOMOSEEN
6 p.m. Liquid Art
6 p.m. Iron lantern
Open Mic
Aaron Audet
POULTNEY
KILLINGTON
7 p.m. Taps Tavern
8 p.m. The Foundry
Jazz Night w/ Zak Hampton’s Moose Crossing
RUTLAND 9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern Full Band Open Mic
9:30 p.m. The Venue Jenny Porter
THURSDAY
APRIL 12 KILLINGTON 7 p.m. The Foundry Joey Leone
Jordan Snow
9 p.m. JAX Food & Games Just Jamie
9 p.m. Moguls Sports Pub All Request Night w/ DJ Dave
LUDLOW 6 p.m. Mr. Darcy’s Wayne Canney
POULTNEY 7 p.m. Taps Tavern The Mean Waltons
RUTLAND 7:30 p.m. Hop ‘n’ Moose Josh Jakab
9 p.m. JAX Food & Games
8 p.m. Paramount Theatre
Tony Lee Thomas
Nick Di Paolo’s “NICK IS RIGHT” Tour
MENDON
9 p.m. Center Street Alley
6 p.m. Red Clover Inn Jazz Trio
PITTSFIELD 7 p.m. Clear River Tavern Open Mic Jam w/ Fiddlewitch
POULTNEY 7 p.m. Taps Tavern Mike Schwaner
RUTLAND 9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern
International Night w/ DJ Mega
SOUTH POMFRET
DJ Dirty D
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern Fiddlewitch
STOCKBRIDGE 7 p.m. Wild Fern Jo Moon
TINMOUTH 7:30 p.m. Old Firehouse Swing Noire Plays Gypsy Jazz
SATURDAY APRIL 14
7 p.m. Artistree
BRANDON
STOCKBRIDGE
7:30 p.m. Brandon Music
Open Mic
7 p.m. Wild Fern
KILLINGTON
STOCKBRIDGE
11 a.m. Killington Resort
12 p.m. Wild Fern
Pond Skimming w/ DJ Dave
1 p.m. Killington Resort
Cigar Box Brunch w/ Rick Redington
Umbrella Bar w/ Kind Bud’s Kind Dubs
1 p.m. Wild Fern
3 p.m. Killington Resort
RUTLAND
Umbrella Bar w/ Pete Kilpatrick
7 p.m. Outback Pizza Kind Bud’s Kind Dubs
8 p.m. Pickle Barrel Nightclub
The People’s Jam
6 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern Primo & Johnson
9:30 p.m. The Venue Open Mic
MONDAY
Jamie’s Junk Show
8 p.m. The Foundry Aaron Audet Band
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9 p.m. JAX Food & Games Joey Leone Duo
LUDLOW
9 p.m. Moguls Sports Pub
9 p.m. The Killarney
Open Mic w/ King Arthur, Jr.
RUTLAND
PITTSFIELD
12:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre
8 p.m. Clear River Tavern Clay Canfield & Brother John
Luisa Miller Verdi
RUTLAND
7 p.m. Draught Room at Diamond Run Mall
9:30 p.m. The Venue Krishna Guthrie
9 p.m. Center Street Alley
8 p.m. Bentley’s
Super Stash Bros.
Duane Carleton DJ Mega
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern
WOODSTOCK Open Mic Night
TUESDAY
Karaoke 101 w/ Tenacious T
APRIL 17
WOODSTOCK 7 p.m. Bentley’s Zack Danziger
SUNDAY
APRIL 15 KILLINGTON
POULTNEY
8 p.m. Taps Tavern Bluegrass Jam
RUTLAND 7 p.m. The Venue
Working Mans Karaoke w/ Bob Hudson
8 p.m. Moguls Sports Pub
8 p.m. Center Street Alley
9 p.m. JAX Food & Games
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern
Half Stash Open Jam
Duane Carleton
Trivia
Open Mic w/ Krishna Guthrie
Sarah Blacker & New England Groove Association
Rick Redington
Innovation lab:
New work space and resources spark student inventiveness
continued from page 1A specific events that happened in North America during the 1600s and 1700s using an online design program to incorporate art and words onto the markers, which they then laser-cut for a Vermont History Day exhibit. “I like having the tools that the Innovation Studio provides, as well as the expertise available to me and my students. I think students are inspired by having opportunities to produce ‘real world’ products,” said eighth grade English/social studies teacher Beth Hayslett. Innovation Design Engineering and Action (IDEA) students in the high school, who designed for empathy in the fall by creating devices that simulated some disabilities such as ALS and a concussion, are now using the videoconferencing room in the lab to meet with people regarding their new project, partnering with clients from Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sport. Their goal is to create or improve devices to help their clients enjoy skiing and other outdoor sports. WUHSMS is the first public high school in the country to partner with NuVu, a full-time innovation school for middle and high school students in Cambridge, Mass., that follows the architectural studio model. The partnership included help designing the new lab and NuVu Design and Technology Fellow Dustin Brugmann, who is managing the lab space and co-teaching with WUHSMS instructors for the year. Principal Garon Smail notes that entering the new
Innovation Lab feels completely different from the rest of the school because of the distinct light-filled spaces with high ceilings, unique equipment, and the emphasis on teamwork. “We want kids to feel they can do things and make things happen,” he said. “We are really pleased with how the lab came out and how students are responding. The combination of lots of natural light, flexible furniture/flexible spaces helps to create an uplifting environment that facilitates collaboration and creative thinking,” said Jason Drebitko, a committee member who helped organize the project and raise private funds to bring both the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Lab to Woodstock Elementary and the Innovation Lab to WUHSMS emphasizes. Many students will have the opportunity to create a project in the lab as different teachers partner with Brugmann and students come to the space to work on individual projects as well. “This is my new favorite place,” said Freshman Hailey Berrio of the lab. Her computer science class adapted design code to make snowflakes with the laser cutter and she was recently in the lab working on a personal project – a laser-cut zebra for her grandmother. “The lab isn’t a separate class. The lab is a place where any student who has a strength in any subject area can make solutions come to life,” Curriculum Coordinator Jennifer Stainton emphasized.”
12A • ROCKIN’
THE REGION
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Red Clover Ale Company to open in Brandon By Polly Lynn Mikula
Select Board approves $40K loan from Revolving Loan Fund
BRANDON— Pete Brooks and his two brothers-in-law, Riker Wikoff and Andrew Gates, plan to open a taproom in downtown Brandon, brewing a rotating selection of artisan beers. “Best case scenario, we open early fall,” Brooks said, explaining that the timeline will be determined by the permitting process. The Red Clover Ale Company’s taproom will be located in the Leary building on the Conant Block where the Blue Moon and Pale Horse Tattoo used to be. (Both have since relocated downtown.) On Monday night, April 9, Brooks and
the Red Clover Ale Company got one step closer to making those plans a reality. The company received approval for a $40,000 loan from the Revolving Loan Fund Committee and subsequently the Brandon Select Board at the regularly scheduled Select Board meeting. “It’s a win-win,” said Bill Moore, economic development officer for the town of Brandon. “I’m glad the Select Board and Revolving Loan Committee found it fit to support these young entrepreneurs.” The Revolving Loan Fund is one of two main loans that Red Clover Ale Company will use to start up the operation. The other
is a Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) loan for $95,000. Both loans will be repaid in about seven years, said Brooks. Additionally, the three founders will be investing their own money in the start-up. He estimates they will need about $150,000 to begin. “We’re the three biggest beer nerds I know,” Brooks said of their passion for brewing. The plan to open a brewery started in 2012 when he and his wife’s brother, Riker Wikoff, managed Consider Bardwell, a goat farm in West Pawlet, Brooks explained. “We started brewing beer, then about
two and a half years later we hatched a business plan to open a taproom and started looking at where we should do it,” Brooks said. The threesome also sought business and financial planning assistance from Brian Declue at the Vermont Business Development Council in Rutland. “He helped us with the financial, budgeting, projecting and making sure our business plan was viable,” said Brooks. “We were also looking to buy a house where there were better job opportunities for my wife, who’s a nurse,” he said. When in Brandon after visiting a house on Old Brandon Road, Brooks met Bill Red clover ale, page 27A
n o i g e R e h T ’ n R ock i w it h Bud Joh nso n
Spring is in the air and that means a pond will be in the snow. This Saturday, April 14 marks the annual Killington Resort Pond Skimming event when 100 competitors will try to make their way across the pond or crash and splash. The wetness starts at 11 a.m. After the skimming, the Umbrella Bar deck will be rocking with Kind Bud’s Kind Dubs rockin’ 1 p.m. and Pete Kilpatthe region at rick at 3 p.m. The Bud Light by dj dave Olympics will be going hoffenberg on with DJ Dave, as well. If you miss the show, you have another chance to see Bud’s act later at the Outback Pizza at 7 p.m. Kilpatrick’s band opened up for Blues Traveler one month ago at Okemo. When he’s not with the band, he plays solo, which he’ll be doing in Killington. Mainebased singer/songwriter Kilpatrick grew up with a deep and resounding love of melody. With no formal training in music, he picked up the acoustic guitar at the age of 16 and began teaching himself how to play, crafting his own songs all while falling deeply in love with the process. After graduating high school, Kilpatrick put off college to focus his energy on a full-time career as a musician. He wrote and recorded his first album, “Half Way Home,” back in 2003. Between networking and a near-constant performing schedule throughout New England, he began to develop a loyal following that would continue to grow over the years. The next 10 years in his career saw the successful release of six additional albums (totaling over 40,000 albums sold), a brief record deal with Epic Records and over 1,000 live performances with shows alongside Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready, Ray Lamontagne, Guster and many others. Bud Johnson last played in Killington as part of the Dazed and Defrosted festival in 2015 with his old band, The Kind Buds. Johnson recently embarked on a solo career with an act he has named Kind Dubs. With that he creates acoustic guitar overdubs and after 135 solo shows, his mastery of the looper is a skill to be heard and seen. I had the pleasure of speaking to him to learn of his new act, which I’m really looking forward to. Bud plays his originals and a lot of “familiar groovy tunes,” as he puts it. He said, “I’ve really expanded my repertoire as a soloist. I’m doing nothing but learning new material.” When he was in the Kind Buds, they had a song list of 300, and now he’s drawing from over 1,000. He plays some classic rock and folk tunes. Johnson said, “I play a lot of obscure songs that everyone knows, but not everyone plays. I really dig doing Pink Floyd acoustic. Everyone does ‘Wish You Were Here,’ but I like to do ‘Echoes’ which is on side two of the ‘Meddle’ album. I don’t try and play it note for note, but I certainly take it out there for a good 10 minutes or so. Now that I have this looping pedal, I can create the background rhythm for when I go off on my solos with different effects to really enhance the song in my own style.” Johnson has been a professional guitarist for about 25 years. He said, “I started out playing electric guitar in rock bands, but I always liked the acoustic guitar. I was
in a duo with a piano player for years in a group called Braintree and that’s when I really became an acoustic player. Even today when I sit in with bands I bring my acoustic up there, because now that I have my looping pedal, I can make the sound of an electric guitar through my effects. I can really hone my sound to the situation I’m in.” Johnson grew up a trumpet player in Hanover, N.H. He picked it up in the fourth grade at a school workshop and played it from then on. He joined the high school band and also played in the marching band. He didn’t put down the trumpet until he was 18 and went to Ithaca College. His roommate had a guitar and that’s when he started dabbling in it. His roommate was a Deadhead, so they mostly played Grateful Dead tunes, but he was better playing along to Santana. He said, “I didn’t know any chords or really know how to play guitar, but I could find the melody of Santana tunes pretty easily. I got pretty good playing some Santana.” His roommate, who could play the guitar, encouraged him to learn some chords so that he could play lead, since that’s what Johnson was mostly doing. Johnson said, “I was only playing lead because I didn’t know any guitar chords, but I had a good ear for what I was doing on the fretboard and started to figure that out.” Johnson mostly taught himself and said he’s still working on it. He said that nowadays if he wants to learn a song, he can go on YouTube. His first public gig was at his college’s local pub and he performed “Eyes of the World” by Jerry Garcia for his first song. He said, “It was the first time I had the nerve to play in front of people. For the longest time, if people asked me if I played guitar I would say ‘No.’ I didn’t want them to say,
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‘Oh play me a song.’ If I did it, I wanted to be decent at it, so I didn’t tell people right away until I built some confidence.” That was his junior year in college, so he had a couple years of practice under his belt. When he moved to Vermont, he first played in a rock band called Toast and Jam. In the 90s, he was in the Braintree group and in 2004 he started the Kind Buds which he did for about 12 years. He doesn’t play the trumpet anymore, but his kids are all musical and play the saxophone, trombone and drums. The drummer is now a ukulele player. Johnson will be playing a lot of festivals in the coming months. He just returned from the Rock ‘n’ Roll Resort in Hudson Valley, N.Y., which is dubbed The Grateful Escape. There he performed along with the Jerry Garcia Band, the Golden Gate Wingmen, Kung Fu and many more “greats” in the business. If you go to YouTube and search Kind Bud or Kind Dubs, you can see some of his performance from there – some originals, but also some cool covers like “Burning Down The House.” Johnson started the year off with some spectacular shows in Jamaica, being a part of the Island Gigs Team. He performed daytime as part of the Ramble on the Island with Little Feat, Jackson Browne and the Midnight Ramble Band with Amy Helm (Levon’s daughter); Island Exodus with Warren Haynes, Gov’t Mule with JJ Grey and Mofro; and Jam in the Sand with Dark Star Orchestra and Hot Tuna. All those shows have stages right on the beach. It was a very cool experience for Johnson and he’ll be returning next year alongside moe. and the Hanson Brothers. Yes, those brothers from the 90s who Johnson said sell out everywhere. Some of his upcoming shows include Yasgur’s Farm for a Woodstock reunion and the 13th annual Bears Picnic Family Reunion at Blain Picnic Grounds in Blain, Penn. He hopes to do the Boston Red Sox Grateful Dead Night that he’s played the past three years for the Rex Foundation. He plays at the House of Blues behind the Green Monster from 4-7 p.m. and then everyone goes into the game. He was also part of Dead & Company’s Boston Action Day last June, performing for Positive Legacy while volunteers made a positive impact on a homeless shelter in Boston by creating community gardens. Performing solo allows Johnson the freedom to perform his own loops along with his own guitar playing. He explained. “I can really get into a groove and I can really express myself in my own lead playing when I have a good solid loop underneath me. Doing so much solo now, I’ve really grown as a musician. It’s really been fun despite all the practicing. I think it really wows people.” He has also started doing weddings and learning Frank Sinatra, Elvis and love songs. Bud Johnson really enjoys what he does. He said, “I love music. I love to play music and to create a vibe that creates enjoyment, makes people smile and want to dance. I can be by myself and enjoy what I’m doing in a practice but it doesn’t compare to playing in a room full of people that are all grooving and riding the same vibe.”
Living
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GMC presents “Making a Difference & Making a Living” conference
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Surrounded by his grandchildren, Chuck Weeden, Sr., of Pawlet, has been recovering from heart surgery in January.
Silent auction, bake sale and raffle to benefit Chuck Weeden, Sr. Saturday, April 14, 1 p.m.—WEST PAWLET—Tammie Sargent and Amanda Weeden are excited to announce a basket party fundraiser on Saturday, April 14 at the Mettawee Community School, 5788 VT-153, West Pawlet. The fundraiser will benefit Chuck Weeden, Sr., of Pawlet, who is recovering from major heart surgery and has been out of work since January. Doors will open at 1 p.m. There will be a basket party, silent auction, and bake sale, and donations for these parts of the afternoon event will be gratefully accepted. Additionally, the basket party will also be the site for the drawing of a three-prize raffle beginning at 3 p.m. First prize is four “Jim Beam Suite” tickets to Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees, at Yankee Stadium, Tuesday, May 8; second prize is a one-eighth share of locally raised Vermont beef from Haystack Farmstead in Pawlet (25 pounds of ground beef, 12.5 pounds of roasts and 12.5 pounds of specialty steaks, a $350 value); and third prize is a $35 gift certificate to Stonehedge Indoor Golf in Rutland. Raffle tickets are $5 per ticket or five tickets for $20. Winners need not be present to win. To donate an item or baked goods, or purchase raffle tickets, call 802-236-8760 or 518-742-7793.
FOLA offers double trouble with Clint Eastwood and Toshiro Mifune films Saturday, April 14, 7 p.m.—LUDLOW—FOLA (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium) continues its showcase of Cinema Classics of the 1960s by presenting a double feature of Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone’s “A Fistful of Dollars” and Toshiro Mifune in Akira Kurosawa’s “Yojimbo” on Saturday, April 14 at 7 p.m. at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium. Although not directly referenced in the film credits, “A Fistful of Dollars” was inspired by and based on “Yojimbo.” Oddly enough, “Yojimbo” is based on the mystery writing of American Dashiell Hammett and the movies his writing inspired, like “The Glass Key” and “Red Harvest.” Feel free to show up for only one of the movies, or stay for both. Given running times, “A Fistful of Dollars” will start at 7 p.m. and “Yojimbo” at 9 p.m. The films are open to everyone and are free; donations are appreciated. Popcorn and water will be provided. For more information, call 802-228-7239 or visit fola.us.
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Friday, April 13— POULTNEY—On April 13, Green Mountain College (GMC) will be hosting its fourth annual Making a Difference & Making a Living conference. At the heart of this gathering is the essential question many people ask: How do you find a career in which you can make a positive difference in the world and make a comfortable living? The college has invited experts in the fields of environmental, social, and economic sustainability to provide insight into the personal journey they have taken toward engaging in satisfying and meaningful work. Guest speakers will present TEDstyle talks and sit on career panels, allowing students and other attendees to gather information about specific areas of interest, ask questions about the job search process, and gain inspiration from leaders in the industry. Speakers include Auden Schendler, vice president of sustainability at Aspen Snowmass; Melinda Moulton, chief executive officer of Main Street Landing in Burlington; Karen Harris, manager of the ocean energy program at the John Merck Fund; and Daryl Young, director of sustainable cities at the Summit Foundation in Washington, D.C. “Our students and alumni are empowered to create careers that are fulfilling on multiple levels – 97 percent of GMC graduates are employed, in graduate school or otherwise gainfully engaged. 95 percent of graduates surveyed are satisfied or very satisfied with their current position,” said Robert Allen, GMC president. “The speakers at this year’s career conference are leading the charge in fields ranging from sustainable communities, to climate change, clean energy, and ecological integrity.” The conference, which is free and open to the public, also features mock interviews with alumni, a LinkedIn headshot photoshoot, and a networking reception. To register, email serena.eddy@greenmtn.edu.
FIND YOUR LOCAL ARTS, DINING & ENTERTAINMENT
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By Jerry LeBlond
Sporting a green M&Ms shirt and golden ski boots, this skimmer just might make it!
Spring party continues with pond skimming
Saturday, April 14, 9 a.m.—KILLINGTON—Killington Resort’s annual Nor’Beaster spring party continues this weekend, Saturday, April 14, with pond skimming. Costume-clad skiers and snowboarders will try to skim the icy waters in the man-made pond on Highline Trail. Registration will open at 9 a.m. (location TBA). The entry fee is $10 (cash or check only). There will be no pre-registration for this event. This event is open to both skiers and snowboarders and is limited to the first 100 registrants. All participants must
be 48 inches or taller to participate. Please, no ski poles or nudity. The event starts at 11 a.m. and competitors run in bib order. Don’t be late! Prizes will be awarded to the top male and female in each category: Best Overall Skim (made it across the pond, ski and snowboard); Best Costume; Biggest Splash (didn’t make it across the pond); Best 14 and Under Overall Skim (ski and snowboard); and The Judges’ Award (one award only). Awards follow the skimming, at 1:30 p.m. For info, visit killington.com.
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Learn to practice mindfulness with author Arnie Kozak Saturday, April 14, 4 p.m.—On Saturday, April 14 at 4 p.m., Phoenix Books Rutland will host Arnie Kozak, Ph.D., for a discussion of his new book, “Timeless Truths for Modern Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to a More Focused and Quiet Mind.” Mindfulness – focusing on the present moment while accepting your feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations – is growing in popularity. One can find apps, online courses, and articles on the subject. Businesses like Google are incorporating the practice at work, resulting in lower stress levels, less frustration, fewer sick days, and less burnout. Health centers at universities are getting in on the act too, helping overly-stressed students find relief. This basic guide to mindfulness is geared toward the curious, the beginner, and the person looking for real help with the burdens of modern life. This handy guide tells everything needed to know to get rid of stress and gain newfound peace: how mindfulness works,
how to practice it, and how to apply it in daily life. Along with explanations of mindfulness, each chapter includes a unique guided meditation and a timeless truth that will guide the reader to deal with obstacles to practicing mindfulness, living with wisdom, and how to create unconditional happiness through mindfulness. Arnie Kozak, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, clinical assistant professor in psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and workshop leader at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. He is the author of “Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants: 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness,” “The Everything Guide to the Introvert Edge,” “The Everything Essential Buddhism Book,” and “Mindfulness A to Z: 108 Insights for Awakening Now.” This event is free and open to all. Phoenix Books Rutland is located at 2 Center St., Rutland. For more information, call 802-855-8078 or visit phoenixbooks.biz.
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RNRCD meeting focuses on wildlife benefits of timber harvest Monday, April 16, 5:45 p.m.—WEST RUTLAND— “Benefits to Wildlife of a Timber Harvest, and the Community Connections When You Improve Wildlife Habitat by Harvesting Timber” will be the topic being discussed at the annual meeting of the Rutland Natural Resources Conservation District (RNRCD). The meeting will be held on Monday, April 16 at the West Rutland Town Hall, 35 Marble St., West Rutland. The meeting is open to the public and will begin at 5:45 p.m. Kathy Beland and Frank Hudson, consult-
ing foresters and Kathleen Wanner, executive director of Vermont Tree Farm Program and Vermont Woodlands Association, will provide a talk on the Woods, Wildlife and Warblers program and Habitat for Heat. This presentation will feature the benefits to wildlife of a timber harvest, and the community connections when improving wildlife habitat by harvesting timber. Pre-registration is requested by April 12. For more information or reservations, contact Nanci McGuire at 802-775-8034 ext. 117 or nanci.mcguire@ vt.nacdnet.net.
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RRMC offers free advance healthcare planning discussion Wednesday, April 18, 6 p.m.—It is hard to imagine ourselves in a situation where we don’t have the ability to make sound decisions regarding our health care. Yet planning for a time when we might not be capable of making important medical decisions is crucial for each of us. It is something people of all ages should be thinking about. Having an advance directive in place can be extremely beneficial, as it allows you to select a significant other, family member, or friend as the decision maker regarding health care issues should you become unable to make medical decisions. In recognition of National Healthcare Decisions Day, Rutland Regional Medical Center and the Community Health Team will be holding a discussion on this very topic, Wednesday, April 18, from 6-8 p.m. in the CVPS/Leahy Community Health Education Center, at Rutland Regional, 160 Allen Street in Rutland. Eva Zivitz of Rutland Regional’s Palliative Care Program will review the forms used in Vermont to document healthcare wishes, and will walk participants through the process of completing them. Volunteer explainers from the Community Health Team will be available to assist those who are interested in making an appointment for assistance in completing an advance directive. Refreshments will be provided. To register for this free event, visit rrmc.org or call 802772-2400.
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Turkey calling contest scheduled in Castleton
Saturday, April 14—CASTLETON—Oxbow Mountain Shooting Sports 4-H Club and the Vermont Dept. of Fish & Wildlife will sponsor a youth turkey calling contest at Kehoe Conservation Camp in Castleton, April 14. Other activities include shooting and canine tracking demonstrations with professional tracker Tim Nichols. Call 802-394-2445 for more info.
Vermont trout season opens April 14 Officials: fish low and slow
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Cast members of “Our Town” are pictured (L-R, front row): Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Marshall Squier, Rainbow Squier, Melissa Chesnut-Tangerman, Ben Green and Bruce Bouchard; (L-R, back row) Wheaton Squier and Glenn Tarbell.
Theater in the Woods to present workshop presentation of “Our Town” April 15, 21, 22—Theater in the Woods Vermont Co. kicks off its third season of activity with a workshop presentation of Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece of small town life, “Our Town,” on Sunday, April 15 at 3 p.m. at the Old Tinmouth Firehouse; and Saturday, April 21 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 22 at 3 p.m., both at the Federated Church of Castleton. The Wilder play first premiered 80 years ago in Princeton, N.J., and then enjoyed a long Broadway run. “Our Town” has endured as a staple of theater companies large and small throughout the nation ever since, for a good reason: its clear-eyed look at the themes of the stability of traditions and family, the steadfastness
of the natural environment, and the transience of human life is just as illuminating today as in 1938. Theater in the Woods Vermont board member Bruce Bouchard commented, “It is fascinating that in the original publication of this beloved script, the dedication reads, ‘Dedicated to Alexander Woollcott, Castleton Township, Rutland Vermont.’ This 80th anniversary workshop is a wonderful full circle to the state of Vermont.” Theater in the Woods staff member Megan Bouchard, who is directing the workshop, commented, “We are approaching ‘Our Town’ with a modern specificity that emphasizes its timelessness. In this workshop, we’re stepping outside of some of
the play’s traditions, which allows us all to make deeper connections to the universality of this masterpiece. It has been an honor to explore this play with these brave, talented actors.” The cast is composed entirely of Rutland County Vermonters, including Bruce and Kate Bouchard; Melissa and Robin Chesnut-Tangerman; Benjamin Green; Wheaton, Rainbow and Marshall Squire; Glenn Tarbell; and Emma Luikart. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children, payable by cash or check at the door. Proceeds from ticket sales support the Theater in the Woods Camp Scholarship Fund. For more information, visit theaterinthewoodsvt.org.
Saturday, April 14—Vermont’s traditional trout fishing season is set to open on Saturday, April 14, and despite recent cold weather and lingering snow cover across the state, officials from Vermont Fish & Wildlife say anglers can be successful early in the season by following a few basic tips. “Just like any other time of year, anglers fishing early in the spring should adjust their tactics based on the conditions,” said State Fisheries Biologist Bret Ladago. “Given the cold weather and runoff from recent storms and snow melt, water levels will be high, flows will be faster than normal and water temperatures will be cold. “As a result, anglers may want to target small to medium low-elevation rivers and streams where flows are slow and waters will warm more quickly,” added Ladago. “Finding water that isn’t too muddy can be key, and slowing your lure or bait retrieval will help tempt sluggish trout into biting.” Trout will often hold close to the bottom in the deeper areas of streams during high flow conditions to conserve energy. Choose locations and tactics that allow you to fish your bait or lure right along the bottom. Ladago said that fishing slowly with worms or spinners through deep holes behind current breaks created by big boulders, downed trees or log-jams can be productive for early season trout. Vermont is known for its excellent and diverse fishing opportunities for wild trout. Trout stocking in streams and rivers generally occurs in May, following spring runoff, so most early season fishing is entirely supported by wild trout. “Angling success may be improved by focusing on waters known to hold wild fish,” said Ladago. “Despite unpredictable weather during early spring, each year anglers report catching impressive trout during opening weekend.” For more information, visit vtfishandwildlife.com.
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Take breakfast, lunch or dinner on the go at Killington Market, Killington’s on-mountain grocery store for the last 30 years. Choose from breakfast Located in On The River Inn, Woodstock VTcarved dinners, pizza, daily fresh hot panini, roast sandwiches, hand Birch Ridge chicken, salad and specialty sandwiches. Vermont products, maple syrup, AServing shortlocals scenic drive and visitors alikefrom since Killington fresh meat and produce along with wine and beer are also for sale. www. 1998, dinner at the Birch Ridge Inn killingtonmarket.com (802) 422-7736 or (802) 422-7594 is a River deliciousInn, way toWoodstock complete your VT Located in On The day in Killington. Featuring Vermont A short scenic drive Killington inspired Newfrom American cuisine in the Liquid Art inns dining room and Great Room Forget about the polar vortex for Lounge, you will also find a nicely stocked bar, hand crafted cocktails, a while and relax in the warm fine wines, seafood and vegetarian options, and wonderful house made atmosphere at Liquid Art. Look for desserts. www.birchridge.com. (802) 422-4293 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 Choices Restaurant and healthy fare and provide you with a delicious meal different than anything Rotisserie else on the mountain. LiquidartVT.com (802) 422-2787. Chef-owned, Choices Restaurant and Rotisserie was named 2012 ski magazines favorite restaurant. Choices Lookout Tavern may be the name of the restaurant but it With a free shuttle, take away and call is also what you get. Soup of the day, shrimp cockatil, steak, hamburgers, ahead seating, Lookout Tavern is a solid pan seared chicken, a variety of salads and pastas, scallops, sole, lamb choice. Nachos, quesadillas, sweet potato and more await you. An extensive wine list and in house made desserts are fries, salads, soups, sandwiches and also available. www.choices-restaurant.com (802) 422-4030 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 midnight. on Friday. www.lookoutvt. Inn at Long Trail com (802) 422-5665 Looking for something a little different? Hit up McGrath’s Irish Pub for a perfectly poured pint of Guinness, live music on the Voted the best ribs and burger in weekends and delicious food. Killington, Moguls is a great place for Guinness not your favorite? They the whole family. Soups, onion rings, also have Vermont’s largest Irish Whiskey selection. Reservations are mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers, appreciated. innatlongtrail.com/Home.html (802) 775-7181 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 Foundry Enjoy an intimate dining menu or tavern specials at Killington’s only Mountain Top Inn & waterside dining that also has live Resort entertainment every Friday and Whether staying overnight or Saturday. Appetizers include crab visiting for the day, Mountain Top’s cakes, buffalo drumsticks and a cheese slate while the entrees include chicken Marsala, meat loaf, steamed Dining Room & Tavern serve delicious cuisine amidst one of Vermont’s best views. A mix of locally inspired and International cuisine – including lobster and more. The tavern menu features nachos, fried fish sandwich, salads, seafood, poultry and a new steakhouse menu - your taste buds are teriyaki steak sandwich and others. www.foundrykillington.com (802) 422sure to be satisfied. Choose from 12 Vermont craft brews on tap.Warm up 5335 by the terrace fire pit after dinner! Just a short drive from Killington. www. mountaintopinn.com 802-483-2311 Highline Lodge Visit the Highline lodge. Join us in HIGHLINE LODGE KILLINGTON VERMONT 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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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. 802-775-2290, redcloverinn.com
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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.
Table 24
Discover why people all over the Northeast make Table 24 in downtown Rutland a dining destination. Featuring a seasonal artisan menu with inspired versions of your favorite American comfort foods. Open every day at 11:30 a.m. Give us a call at (802) 775-2424 or check us out at www.table24.net
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Stop on by to Sugar and Spice for a home style breakfast or lunch served up right. Try six different kinds of pancakes and/ or waffles or order up some eggs and home fries. For lunch they offer a Filmore salad, grilled roast beef, burgers and sandwiches. Take away and deck dining available. www.vtsugarandspice. com (802) 773-7832
O’Dwyer’s Public House
O’Dwyer’s 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.
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Tokyo House
Tokyo House offers authentic and delicious tasting Japanese cuisine in Rutland, VT. Tokyo House’s convenient location and affordable prices make our restaurant a natural choice for dine-in, take-out meals in the Rutland community. Our restaurant is known for its variety in taste and high quality fresh ingredients. (802) 7868080 www.tokyohouserutland.com
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BRGNS Thrift Store will open its doors with snacks, coffee, and door prizes during customer appreciation day.
BRGNS holds customer appreciation day Wednesday, April 18, 10 a.m.— LUDLOW—The staff and volunteers at Black River Good Neighbor Services thrift store in Ludlow invite all customers and clients to drop by on Wednesday, April 18 for its annual customer appreciation day. There will be free snacks and coffee, door prizes, and
great deals on merchandise. BRGNS is a not for profit food shelf and financial services operation serving the greater Ludlow area. The thrift store is located at 37B Main St. behind the Ludlow Community Center and provides funding for the many food and service programs
that they operate. The thrift store relies on donations of gently used merchandise from local area residents and re-sells items at great value. Doors open at 10 a.m. and all are welcome. For more information, call 802228-3663.
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By Edward Brydon
A black and white photo of a Welsh descendant is part of “The Singing Hills,” a documentary project by Edward Brydon.
Welsh descendants welcomed to history discussion with Ed Brydon
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Sarah Blacker (center) with her bandmates, Aaron Katz (left) and Phil Selesnick (right) are New England Groove Association.
New England Groove Association to perform live in Brandon Saturday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON—Sarah Blacker brings her full band sound to Brandon Music on Saturday, April 14 with New England Groove Association. With roots in the folk, rock, jam-band and funk scenes, the group fuses its vibrant musical worlds together to create an original, soulful sound. The concerts begins at 7:30 p.m. The collaboration, which often features special guests, is comprised of award-winning, internationally touring singer-songwriters and
multi-instrumentalists Sarah Blacker, Aaron Z. Katz, and Phil Selesnick on keyboards. Sarah Blacker was named Female Performer of the Year in the 2013 New England Music Awards, and has built a devoted following both nationally and internationally via extensive touring, passionate singing and songwriting, and belief in the power of music. Her motto, #SongsSaveLives speaks to her work as a music therapist, and her rise on the jam-band concerts and festival scene. She feels
enthusiastic about reconnecting/moving with this fun-loving group of people, now as an accomplished musician and performer. Tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road, Brandon. Call 802247-4295 or email info@ brandon-music.net for reservations or for more information.
Saturday, April 14, 1 p.m.—GRANVILLE, N.Y.—Attention Vermont and New York Slate Valley Welsh descendants! Please join other descendants and those interested in Welsh history on. Saturday, April 14, 1 p.m. at the Slate Valley Museum to meet artist Edward Brydon, a photographic artist from northwest Wales. Brydon will discuss “The Singing Hills,” his documentary project that is part of the Northern Eye International Photography Festival in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. “The Singing Hills” uses photography to try and draw a visual link between the people, land and life in the New York and Vermont area, and North Wales. Brydon has also been extensively photographing the Welsh in the Remsen, N.Y., region, in search of people driven to leave North Wales due to poverty, lack of work in spite of the booming industrial revolution, and suppression of the Welsh heritage and language.
“The Singing Hills” draws references from Welsh myths and legends, including the tale of Madog and the Mabinogion. It draws a visual line of connection between the people, land, and life of Remsen and North Wales, their similarities and differences and the relationship of these proud people of Welsh heritage to their home in America and the land of their ancestral home in North Wales. Brydon continues photographing the people, land, and village life in Remsen and the surrounding area while doing the same in North Wales, and where possible, photographing confirmed relatives of people he has photographed in Remsen. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be available. A free will offering to benefit the Slate Valley Museum will be greatly appreciated. Slate Valley Museum is located at 17 Water St., Granville, N.Y. For more information, visit slatevalleymuseum.org.
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Pictured (l-r): John (unknown last name), 100 day club member; Don McNeill, 100 day club member, Deb Burke, 100 day club honoree, and Katie McFadden, Killington Resort.
Deb Burke inaugurated into 100 Day Ski Club By Rob Kovalesky, 100 Club Brand Ambassador
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A middle school competitor in the 2017 event puts the finishing touches on her bridge.
Vermont Technical College to host middle school bridge-building competition RANDOLPH—Vermont Technical College in Randolph will be host to a bridge building competition for middle school students on Thursday, April 12, 9:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Approximately 295 middle school students plan to attend, with teams represented from 30 schools across Vermont. Teams of 1-6 students constructed bridges in advance using only popsicle sticks, Elmer’s glue, tooth picks and dental floss. Bridges will be judged on aesthetics, originality of design, presentation, load car-
KILLINGTON—March sure came in like a lion bringing Killington seven feet of snow. And before the month ended, Deb Burke, a Killington loyalist ended March like a lion. Burke started the ski season determined to achieve for the first time ever, a personal best of 100-plus days of skiing at Killington. On March 28, she achieved her goal, joining for the first time ever, officially entering the prestigious 100 Day Club! If you see Deb Burke, join in congratulating her on her awesome and proud accomplishment.
rying capacity, strength to weight ratio and predicted failure point. VTrans is a major sponsor and is sending professional engineers to judge the competition. The full schedule of the day’s events can be found online at vtc.edu and include a welcome from President Moulton, program Chair Mary O’Leary, and Professor John Diebold starting at 9:15 a.m. The real action starts at 10:30 a.m. with the first rounds of bridge “popping and crushing” along with the final judging. Awards are handed out after lunch at 12:25 p.m.
Wastewater overflows into Neshobe
Second time over a million gallons of sewage spill into river within a month
By Polly Lynn Mikula
BRANDON—Old pipes and erosion led to a break in a Brandon sewer pipe, spilling over one million gallons of sewage into the Neshobe River. This is the second time in a month that over a million gallons of wastewater has dumped into the river. The most recent break occurred April 4-5 in two locations. At 500 Union Street over one million gallons of discharged treated and partially disinfected effluent spilled into the Neshobe, and at Mill Street and Conant Square 500,000-1,000,000 gallons of discharged untreated sewage spilled into the river. Less than a month prior, on March 7, another spill of over a million gallons of raw sewage went into the Neshobe. Brandon Town Manager Dave Atherton then said the area around the pipe, down past Mill Lane almost to the post office, had eroded and exposed the 12-inch concrete sewer pipe, which dates back to the 1930s. The pipe was broken open in two places where it runs along the Neshobe between two manholes. That pipe was repaired but the patch broke less than a month later causing the recent spill. According to a report by Stephen Cijka, chief wastewater operator on anrweb.vt.gov: “The 30 feet of polyethylene pipe that was replaced earlier this year at this spot broke away from its couplings due to the river water
overflowing its bank at that spot and floating the pipe up and out of its couplings and into the water downstream.” A new bypass pump, hose and iron pipe has been ordered, which will reduce the chances of the pipe floating out of position in the future, Cijka continued. At the second location “High flow due to broken sewer pipe at bottom land of Mill Street and Conant Square next to the Neshobe River took in a 12 inch pipe of river water that overwhelmed the disinfection system at present flow proportioning setting,” he reported. The pipe was repaired early Thursday evening, April 5, and the flow went down immediately, Cijka added of the corrective actions taken. The river had been running high for days during both breeches due to warmer temperatures and snowmelt from the March 30 storm. At the time of the March overflow, Brandon was not the only town to experience wastewater spills. According to the monthly Watershed Management Report from the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), which covers Feb. 12- March 12, sewer overflows were listed in Manchester into the Battenkill and Shelburne into Lake Champlain. The Manchester spill was only 100-1,000 gallons, and Shelburne was estimated at 100,000-500,000 gallons.
In April, the ANR report from March 10-April 10, showed Brandon reporting the only significant spill. The town of Pawlet reported 1,000-10,000 gallons of discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent into the Indian River and the city of Montpelier reported 1,000-10,000 gallons of of sewage and stormwater into the Winooski River (which was authorized in order to protect the sewer system, prevent overflows from other parts of the sewer system, and to prevent backups into homes and other buildings, according to Christopher Cox, chief operator). Many Vermont towns struggle to keep up with their aging municipal infrastructure and Brandon is no exception. Brandon’s wastewater plant was built in 1960, and there are 22 miles of sewer pipe running through town, much of which dates from the 1930s to the 1960s. Atherton said the fact that the pipes often run along the river makes potential breaks even more dangerous. “Why they would run a sewer pipe along the river, I have no idea,” he said, after the March breech. “It’s ridiculous. This is a problem statewide. We all have aging infrastructure. We just fixed a half mile of pipe out of 22 miles, so we have a ways to go. There has been years of not-so-good maintenance and we’re playing catch up.”
By Robin Alberti
Killington Elementary School students, Jacob Roth, front, and Zev Wysocki, back, don togas.
KES sixth graders give new spin to Greek tragedy By Robin Alberti
KILLINGTON—Every year the sixth graders at Killington Elementary School perform a Greek play in the spring. This year’s play was exceptionally entertaining. Teacher Mrs. Simmonds worked hard on writing a screen play for the class, giving the same old story a brand new twist, which really fit well with the personality of this year’s graduating class. The students in this class have a flair for the dramatic, and are not at all shy on stage. They used REO Speedwagon’s song, with the famous lines, “I heard from a friend who, heard it from a friend who, heard it from another you were messin’ around ...” The audience was familiar with the tune, and sang along with the class during the chorus, with Jacob Roth leading the way with his solo singing of many of the lyrics. The song was very appropriate for the story line. The kids seem to really enjoy themselves, and the audience was very impressed with the effort they put in.
20A • NEWS
BRIEFS
The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
By Lani Duke
CVS students win first prize for architectural history 3-D model CASTLETON—The 3Dprinted miniature recreations of the Old Cobbler Shop and Hope House created by Castleton Village School sixth and seventh graders won first place in the fourth annual Middle School and High School Olympiad of Architectural History in Vermont at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center. Team members were from the school’s Jump program, a personalized learning block that concentrates on a specific subject.
Along with faculty co-advisor Trevor Kelson, the team had been working on the project since October. Scoring was based on student historical knowledge and research (40 percent), student presentation and task distribution among team members (30 percent), and model architectural detail (30 percent). Students researched their buildings’ architecture and construction, histories, historical colors, and settings, including black walnut trees that furnished leather dye. The team presented its research on Hope House in the form of “An Interview with James Hope,” a Hudson River School painter who started building Hope
House in 1851. The team created virtual reality tours of both buildings’ interiors and drone video footage of their exteriors. The 3-D models were created by an Afinia 3D printer following student-made designs in the Sketch-Up program. The students built each model in three segments, each requiring approximately 115 hours of work. The Hope House model is 4 ½ inches tall, 1/80 scale; the Cobbler Shop, 2 inches high, a 1:100 scale. Their research and finished work is being included in student portfolios, “electronic portfolios,” Principal Linda Peltier told the Rutland Herald. Lakes Region, page 12B
Amphibians begin perilous migration, drivers asked to slow down Driving home at night on a rainy spring night, have you ever come upon a mass migration of little frogs on the pavement in front of you? Does the popping sound under your tires make you cringe? One of the great wildlife migrations is happening right now in Vermont, and it’s taking place right at our feet. Amphibians are on the move, but their spring breeding migration can too often become deadly. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department asks drivers to report highway “hotspots” where frogs and salamanders are killed in large numbers. Amphibians migrate by the thousands each spring in search of breeding pools. This migration frequently takes them across roads and highways where they are killed by vehicles, which contributes to species’ decline in Vermont, according to biologist Jens Hilke with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. “Frogs and salamanders become active on rainy spring nights,” said Hilke. “On these nights, drivers should slow down on roads near ponds and wetlands or try to use an alternate route. These amphibian ‘hotspots’ can lead to the death of thousands of
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Motorists are asked to help stem frog carnage on springtime roadways. animals on a single night.” Hilke is asking drivers to report these hotspots, or areas with large numbers of frogs and salamanders that cross the road all at once. They can contact the Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas by emailing Jim Andrews at jandrews@vtherpatlas.org. “We work hard to identify these hotspots and to
mitigate the problem whenever possible to help give these animals a better chance of survival,” said Hilke. The Fish & Wildlife Department is working with the Vermont Agency of Transportation to include culverts and wildlife barriers in road construction plans to allow wildlife, from frogs to moose, to more safely cross the road. The town of Monkton has completed a highway project that is aimed at providing amphibians with a safe way to cross under the road. Conservation officials and volunteers also work together on rainy spring nights to slow traffic and manually move amphibians across the road. The North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier is looking for additional volunteers to adopt and monitor sites throughout central Vermont this spring. If you are interested in becoming an amphibian crossing guard or would like more information about the program, call 802-229-6206 or send them an email at info@northbranchnaturecenter.org. Vermonters who want to contribute to the Fish & Wildlife Department’s work to help frogs and amphibians can donate to the Nongame Wildlife Fund on line 29 of their state income tax form.
Ludlow Rotary speaker discusses pure water project
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LUDLOW—The Ludlow Rotary Club (LRC) recently enjoyed a discussion on the pure water project of Rotary International. Featured speakers were Doug Rupert, representing Rotary District 7870, and Carolyn Crowley Meub of the Rutland South Rotary Club who is the executive director of the Pure Water for the World project. They described the recent work done by Rotary in both Haiti and Honduras to provide clean water to areas almost totally lacking in clean water. The central point of their discussion centered around a water filtering device being installed in both countries to provide drinkable water. The device uses sand and biomatter to gradually filter the water. The project in Haiti is centered around an area within the capitol city of Port-au-Prince where most Haitians lack access to clean water. LRC meets for lunch on most Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. at DJ’s Restaurant. The LRC is small and is always looking to welcome new members.
High school senior-National Guardsman earns Girl Scout Gold Award, advances two ranks FOREST DALE—Girl Scouts of the assignments. The basis of the menhave created a lasting change in her Green and White Mountains (GStoring program is to bring together community through her Arms Open GWM) announced April 6 that high kids of all ages within the community Gold Award project. Encouraging school senior and National Guard to create a bond and eliminate the others to continue her footsteps, soldier Christina Wiles of Forest bullying activities that Wiles witChristina is an incredible example Dale, recently earned her Girl of what it means to be a young Scout Gold Award, the highest woman of courage, confidence, CHRISTINA IS AN INCREDIBLE honor a Girl Scout can earn, and character, who is making EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO for her Arms Open project, a the world a better place.” mentoring program between According to the Girl Scout BE A YOUNG WOMAN OF COURAGE, Middlebury Union High Research Institute’s report, The CONFIDENCE, AND CHARACTER,” School students and Mary Power of the Girl Scout Gold Hogan Elementary schoolAward: Excellence in LeaderSAID MELLOR. children. ship and Life, Girl Scout Gold Wiles will advance two ranks in the nessed occurring outside of school. Award recipients receive greater Vermont National Guard in recogniA mentoring manual will provide lifetime benefits than their peers with tion for her achievement. guidance and policies for Wiles’ proregard to positive sense of self, life For her Arms Open project, Wiles gram and will serve as a handbook satisfaction, leadership, life success, worked for nearly a year developfor future mentors long after she has community service, and civic ening a student mentorship program graduated. gagement, thanks to their experience that pairs juniors and seniors in high “Christina Wiles is a part of the in Girl Scouting, including earning school with students in grades three next generation of female go-getters, their Gold Award. through six, to provide one-on-one innovators, risk-takers, and leaders. Joining Girl Scouts in kindergarten support through reading, writing, As a Girl Scout Gold Award recipient, as a Daisy, Wiles began working on playing sports, assisting with school she brings distinction to GSGWM her Girl Scout Gold Award in the fall projects and even following teacher and her community,” said Patricia of 2017. guidance to help younger kids who Mellor, CEO of the Girl Scouts chapWiles is planning to attend George may be having difficulty with specific ter. “Her leadership and dedication Mason University in the fall.
NEWS BRIEFS • 21A
The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
By Lani Duke
New city fire chief receives warm welcome Rutland City’s Board of Aldermen and many of its firefighters welcomed James L. Larsen, the new nominee for fire chief April 2 at the aldermen’s semimonthly meeting. He had been named the nominee at the previous meeting, with a two-week wait before official acceptance, in accordance with the city’s normal hiring practice. Larsen led the Farmington Fire Department in Minnesota for two and a half years and was deputy fire chief for Glenside, Ill., for five years before that. Larsen had been the fire chief search committee’s unanimous choice, Mayor David Allaire told the Rutland Herald, describing Larsen as the “right fit.” Previous full-time fire chief Michael Jones departed the department in June, four months before his contract would have expired. Deputy Fire Chief Bill Lovett became interim chief soon afterwards. The fire chief search committee chose Mark T. Munroe of New Hampshire as fire chief nominee in February but Munroe decided not to accept the position. Larsen said he is not worried by Munroe’s rejection of the job. He said he is pleased by the large number of firefighters who came to the aldermen’s meeting, believing that is a good start to his new job, indicating their involvement with the selection process. Rutland Region, page 13B
Local writer Jackson Ellis releases first book LUDLOW—Vermont writer and Okemo Valley native Jackson Ellis has released his first novel, “Lords of St. Thomas.” Ellis won the 2017 Howard Frank Mosher First Book Prize for this story, which is set in Nevada during the Depression. It is published by Vermont independent publishers, Green Writers Press. In the 1930s, during construction of the Hoover Dam, the U.S. government began buying out the residents of St. Thomas, Nevada. Yet the hardheaded Henry Lord, believing the waters of the newly created Lake Mead would never reach his home, refused to sell or vacate his property. It was a mistake that would cost him dearly. “Lords of St. Thomas” details the tragedies and conflicts endured by a family fighting a futile battle, and their hectic and terrifying escape from the flood waters that finally surge across the threshold of their front door. Surprisingly, it also shows that, sometimes, you can go home again. Acclaimed Vermont author, the late Howard Frank Mosher, described the book this way: “A dramatic story of the beleaguered Lord family, forced off their land by the creation of Lake Mead. At the heart of the book are the patriarch, Henry Lord, who refuses to leave his doomed home and town, and his young grandson
and namesake. The novel is both a terrific coming-of-age story and an exact and haunting evocation of a bygone time and place. What’s more, it’s a great read. I loved every page.” Ludlow’s indie bookstore The Book Nook has signed copies for sale. Watch for a book reading with Jackson Ellis at The Book Nook, Friday, July 6 at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium.
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Miss Vermonts serve at farmer’s market RUTLAND—Saturday, April 7, two Miss Vermonts observed Miss America Serves Day by preparing boxed meals for Vermonters in need from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rutland Farmer’s Food Market on West Street. Miss Vermont 2017, Erin Connor, and Miss Vermont’s Outstanding Teen 2017, Jenna Lawrence, were joined by the 2018 Miss Vermont and Miss Vermont’s Outstanding Teen contestants. Rutland-area vendors and their products were featured in the meals prepared on Saturday. Children’s activities designed to promote community service and healthy meal choices were offered. “Food insecurity is a pressing problem across Vermont,” said Miss Vermont Erin Connor. “Too many Vermonters struggle to feed their families and make ends meet. The Rutland Farmer’s Food Market and BROC Community Action of Southwestern Vermont do excellent work in the Rutland community addressing hunger and food insecurity. I’m excited to bring the Miss Vermont contestants and volunteers to the Rutland community to partner with them for Miss America Serves Day. Giving back is what Miss America Serves is all about.” Miss America Serves is the official national day of service for the Miss America Organization.
Police investigate death at Texas Falls
HANCOCK—On April 9, at approximately 4:18 p.m. the Vermont State Police were contacted by a concerned citizen who reported a human body in the water at Texas Falls in Hancock. This area is part of the Green Mountain National Forest. Members of the Vermont State Police, United States Forest Service-Police, Hancock Volunteer Fire Department, Colchester Technical Rescue, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner-(Assistant Medical Examiner) responded to investigate. At approximately 9 p.m., members of the Colchester Technical Rescue Team were able to recover a female body from the water located at the bottom of the falls just below the foot bridge that crosses the falls. The female has been identified as 35-year-old Kate Nicholson of Middlebury. Next of kin has been notified. Nicholson’s body was sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington for autopsy. The Addison County State’s Attorney’s Office was notified and assisted in the investigation. At this time the investigation into the cause and manner of death is ongoing and pending autopsy results. Anyone with any information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation-Troop B-East at 802-722-4600.
Castleton announces new enrollment, scholarship partnership with Landmark College CASTLETON—Castleton University and Landmark College, a private institution located in Putney, Vt., have formed a collaborative agreement creating a pathway for degree completion. The agreement makes the transition for graduates of Landmark College to Castleton seamless and affordable. “As we seek to be innovative and collaborative in our growth, agreements like these are essential,” said Castleton President, Dr. Karen M. Scolforo. The agreement guarantees admission to all Landmark College students who graduate with an associate’s degree and who have achieved a 3.0 grade point average. Qualifying students will also receive
the Castleton Maple Award, which reduces out-of-state tuition to Vermont resident tuition pricing. Landmark College is a fully accredited, not-for-profit institution exclusively for students who learn differently, including students with a learning disability, ADHD, or autism spectrum disorder. The college offers two- and four-year programs in the liberal arts and sciences. In addition, the Landmark College Institute for Research and Training conducts groundbreaking research on learning disabilities, and shares that knowledge with educators around the world. Castleton will begin this program immediately and has already begun accepting applications.
22A • PUZZLES
The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
• SUDOKU
• MOVIE TIMES
• CROSSWORD
• MOVIE DIARY
just for fun the MOVIE diary
SUDOKU
The silence is deafening
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.
Solutions, page 25A
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
CLUES ACROSS 1. Upon 4. Roman Statesman 8. A protective covering worn over the face 10. Perfected 11. British school 12. Colored with red powder 13. Tivoli 15. What bowlers hope to knock down 16. Finnish lake 17. Damaged regions of tissue 18. World-renowned guitarist 21. Political action committee 22. Oxygen reduction system 23. Part of a circle 24. Italian monk’s title 25. Kidney problem (abbr.) 26. One point east (clockwise) of due north 27. Home to a world famous bay 34. Mollusk 35. Large nest of a bird of prey 36. Predict 37. Reconnaissance 38. Move in a particular direction 39. Cut with a tool 40. True firs 41. Heaven’s opposite 42. Employed 43. “Partridge Family” actress Susan
CLUES DOWN 1. Induces vomiting 2. Gloss or sheen on wood furniture 3. Meteorological line 4. Help shoppers save money 5. Heart condition 6. What tweens become 7. __ and ends 9. Small knob 10. Island capital 12. Refinisher 14. Brazilian city 15. Pearl Jam’s debut 17. Resinous substance of an insect 19. Stretched out 20. Bag-like structure in a plant or animal 23. Reference works 24. Hoover’s office 25. Confused 26. The Science Guy 27. A young woman 28. Used to express good wishes 29. Body part 30. Draw blood 31. Curved 32. __ Kidman, actress 33. Profoundly 34. Fools 36. Wife (German) Solutions, page 25A
I spent this past weekend in relative silence. This wasn’t because I was on a meditation retreat or happened to be alone. No, I barely spoke this weekend because the final two rounds of The Masters golf tournament were on, and when The Masters is on, I’m generally transfixed. The Masters is one of my favorite sports pastimes and one of the few events in the calendar year where I am glued to my television. I will watch around-the-clock coverage, whether it’s the actual tournament or the talking heads who analyze every last aspect of the tournament. The event features the greatest golfers in the world playing the greatest golf course in the world. The 18-hole track is one of the most intense tests in sports, not only for the level of skill required to traverse the fairways and greens, but also for the immense pressure that builds as the tournament progresses. I first watched The Masters while on spring break during my sophomore year of college. The campus was empty that week because everyone had traveled home or hit a southern location for a week of partying. For whatever reason, I opted to stay put. I remember enjoying the solitude of an empty dorm and virtually barren campus. I slept in, I read magazines, I played basketball, and more than likely ordered pizza every night. I was just getting interested in golf at the time so I probably turned on The Masters less because of what it was and more out of curiosity of watching guys effectively hit golf balls. This was 1986, and any golf historian will tell you that A QUIET PLACE the ‘86 Masters was one of the most memorable tournaments ever played. Jack Nicklaus, at 46 years old, was at the end of his career. But the Golden Bear shot a final back of the tee box, with round 65 to win his sixth green jacket and his 18th major an overflow of other patrons lining both edges. Hun– two feats that have never been matched, not even by dreds of fans stand within a few feet of the golfer as he Tiger Woods. contemplates this short, 155-yard par-three that has a I watched the whole tournament, from Thursprecarious bank on the front edge that slides down into a day through Sunday, and by Sunday afternoon I was small creek. hooked. Jack Nicklaus and Augusta National Country Club The back side of the green is lined with tall pines, a captivated me. From that point on, golf became my obses- multitude of azalea bushes, and the most pristinely sion. manicured grounds you’ve ever seen. It is easily one of I’ve since spent countless hours the most picturesque golf holes ever honing my game to the point where TO HAVE THAT created. I’m a fairly solid player. Like most This setting creates a natural amphiMANY PEOPLE amateurs, I have my on and off days theater, which heightens the pressure (more off than on probably), but the PACKED INTO A for those that must execute a golf swing allure of hitting that tiny white ball has in front of 1,000 spectators (and millions SMALL SPACE never left me. more via television). As I watched The Masters this past WHILE BEING PINAs the golfer prepares to swing, the weekend, I keyed in on the crowds crowds fall dead quiet. I’ve been at golf DROP QUIET IS gathered around the 12th tee box. tournaments when crowds grow silent The 12th hole is part of Amen Corner, VERY STRANGE. prior to a golfer’s swing, and it’s a very a string of three holes that have been unnatural phenomenon. To have that notorious for derailing golfers over the decades. many people packed into a small space while being Grandstands packed to capacity wrap around the pin-drop quiet is very strange. But at Augusta, on this hole, with all the pressure involved – I can’t even imagine holding a club, much less swinging effectively at a target. I often think how nervous I get when someone is mowing their lawn outside one of the houses that line the fairways of my country club. The guy may not even notice me, but I get worked up at the thought that he might watch me swing. It baffles me how the pros perform with the world watching, especially with the accompanying silence. Silence also played a big role in this week’s film, “A Quiet Place,” starring real-life husband and wife duo, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. Set in a not-to-distant future where sightless extraterrestrials with acute hearing have overrun earth, a lone family tries to navigate day-to-day life without making any noise, for fear it will lead to death. I was wholly impressed with this film. The storyline was intriguing and the character portrayals were packed with emotion. But the real strength was the level of tension created. Check this one out if you love a good thriller that has a touch of science fiction tossed in. Just be ready to watch from the edge of your seat. A reticent “A-” for “A Quiet Place.” Got a question or comment for Dom? You can email him at moviediary@att.net.
The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
By Susan Shea
Columns
Porcupine salt cravings
When I was growing up, my family rented a vacation home on a mountain in southern Vermont. One night we were awakened by our dogs barking. Soon we heard a persistent gnawing on the outside of the house. My dad went to investigate. His flashlight beam revealed a large porcupine with black, beady eyes. THE OUTSIDE My father scared it away, but STORY it returned other nights. Why would a porcupine chew on a house? It’s not so much the wood they’re after; it’s the finish. Most paints, stains, and wood glues contain salt. And porcupines crave it, just as we humans crave potato chips and roasted peanuts. A porcupine’s yen for salt kicks in as they transition from a winter to a spring diet. During winter, porcupines become somewhat sedentary, holing up in rock caves, hollow logs, or abandoned buildings, and making only short forays from their dens to feed on the inner bark of trees; hemlock and white pine are favorites. Porcupines are able to extract nutrients from this low-quality food because of their large caecum, a sac at the junction of the small and large intestines. The caecum contains digestive bacteria that ferment the finely ground plant fiber so the body can absorb it. Even with this special ability to use bark for food, the animals lose weight in winter. As spring warms the forest, a porcupine’s diet and behavior change rapidly. The animals spend much of their time in trees feasting on swollen buds. They chew off a branch and hold it with their forepaws while they nip off the buds. You can find these “nip-twigs” littering the ground below a porcupine feeding tree. When the vegetation returns, porcupines will often leave the trees to feed on the ground. Grasses, clover, violets, dandelions, and raspberry leaves and canes are favorite foods.
All this spring and early summer feasting leads to rapid weight gain, but also a sodium deficiency. Green plants are low in sodium and high in potassium. According to Uldis Roze, author of “The North American Porcupine,” porcupines and other herbivores need both sodium and potassium to activate nerves and muscles, but must maintain a 1:1 ratio of these two ions. If the amount of potassium significantly exceeds the amount of sodium, the animal can die. Plants contain potassium to sodium ratios as high as 500:1. So porcupines feeding on green vegetation must excrete excess potassium and seek out salt. For the same reason, other herbivores like moose and snowshoe hare often congregate at roadsides in spring to feed on salt left over from the winter. Roze has studied porcupines extensively in the Catskills. In one experiment, he attached salt-impregnated wooden pegs to a cabin, then observed porcupines through the windows as they came to chew on the wood on night: “I felt trapped inside a bass viol as the house vibrated under their powerful teeth. This was porcupine music, the sound of the wood saws.” Roze discovered that porcupines preferred the wooden pegs with the highest concentrations of sodium. When he added potassium, they chose pegs with the most balanced sodium to potassium ratios. In his study, females came to the cabin in search of salt more often than males. He attributed this to hormones associated with pregnancy and lactation, which prompt a craving for salt; nursing mothers lose sodium in their milk. Roze observed the rate of salt-feeding by his porcupines peak in May and June, with a second minor peak in August and September, when they were feeding on large numbers of apples. Apples are acidic, impairing sodium resorption in the kidney and causing the animals to lose sodium in their urine. The salt drive dissipates in winter, when the animals are less mobile and get by on sodium that’s stored in their caecum. Before plywood outhouses and sweaty axe handles were available for porcupines to chew on, where did they find salt? Early naturalists observed the animals swimming to reach yellow pond lilies and other aquatic plants, and even quarreling over the sodium-rich leaves. Porcupines eat mud at natural salt licks along riverbanks and gnaw on fresh bones in animal carcasses, which contain both sodium and calcium. So if a mother porcupine begins to chew on the salty handle of your favorite canoe paddle, perhaps you’ll be more sympathetic – and remember to put it out of the animal’s reach. Susan Shea is a naturalist, conservationist, and freelance writer who lives in Brookfield, Vt. The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine, and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: wellborn@nhcf.org.
Three overlooked keys to successful investing Does investing strike fear in you? We once heard somebody say the word
MONEY MATTERS BY KEVIN THEISSEN “fear” stands for “False Evidence Appearing Real.” That seems to apply to investing. Here’s why. The stock market makes some people nervous. This can be especially true for young people who grew up during the Great Recession. Not only did these folks see market volatility at its worst, but they also came away with negative impressions about the fi-
nancial markets in general. The truth is that the market is neither a oneway ticket to instant riches nor a dangerous game for insiders only. There is risk involved in any kind of investment, but if you understand how the market operates in the long run, then the rewards can be significant. By understanding the following three important facts about the market, you might be able to turn “fear” into “False Evidence Appearing Real” and not get scared out of letting your money work hard for you in the market. Fact #1. The market tends to move in long cycles.
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Biophilia: healing connection and love of nature
Vermonters and fellow nature lovers know the power our magnificent mountains, forests, and woods have on our wellbeing. If I hadn’t experienced nature’s healing effect myself, I may not have understood the forest’s curative energies on the human immune system. Years ago, after travels in Turkey and Greece, I arrived in Austria to attend a University of Graz summer program. Austria has always reminded me of Vermont, and Graz is the Mountain sister city of my homeon Meditation town, Montclair, N.J. But By Marguerite te I’d taken ill after Istanbul Jill Dye with a very sore throat, high fever, and chills. A kind young mother I met on the tram took me to her home for a traditional cure. After a nap and cups of hot tea, she led me outside into the cool forest. While she and her children picked wild blueberries, I rested under a pine tree. Little did I realize how quickly breathing in the moist forest air would help me heal and regain my strength. But the science became clear when I heard an interview on Sounds True (soundstrue.com) with Austrian biologist Clemens Arvay from the University of Graz. We are eco-psychosomatic beings, according to Arvay, author of “The Biophilia Effect: A Scientific and Spiritual Exploration of the Healing Bond Between Humans and Nature.” Biophilia is the love of and our interconnectedness with nature. In the 1960s, German-American psychoanalyst Eric Fromm wrote that humans have a biophilic force in our psyche that connects us with other species and creates a desire to be close to nature. He said that our biophilic force creates a flow that keeps us healthy, but when we are disconnected from nature, we become ill.
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Painting by Magurite Jill Dye
Banking and passwords
The amount of information we have at our fingertips makes it tempting to check in on our investments weekly, daily, or even hourly. As financial professionals, though, we take a much wider view of the markets. And while past performance is no guarantee of future returns, the history of the market continues to trend upwards. Consider the S&P 500 Index. If we go back and look at all the bull (upwards) and bear (downwards) markets from 1926 to 2017, the average bear lasted 1.4 years and resulted in a 41 percent loss on average. However, the average bull lasted 9 years,
Back “in the day” if you wanted to deposit a check or get some cash, you went to the bank, saw a teller, and left with your deposit receipt and cash in your wallet. You couldn’t accomplish either of those tasks from your car or your phone. You had person-to-person contact with an actual human being. If you were a regular customer, they knew your name and greeted you with a smile. You left with a lollipop to sweeten your day. I remember using a “drive-through” for the first time. I put my banking business in a cylinder and off it went. I was Looking grateful for that option when I had been spending time in Back the garden. No need to remove the smudges of dirt from my by mary ellen face or the traces of it that were under my fingernails. shaw Now the world has other options for doing our banking and I will be the first to admit that I am clueless about them. First of all, I would need a phone that allowed me to do that. My 2003 Tracfone is only capable of letting me make and receive calls. Messages can be left on it, but I have no idea how to retrieve them. If the few people who have my number have left me a message it is still there … possibly from 2003! In looking online to see how checks can be deposited these days, I learned that you sign onto an “app,” select “Deposit Check” from the menu, take a photo of the front and back of the check and you will then get immediate confirmation that the check was received. As easy as that sounds, it wouldn’t work for me as my phone doesn’t take pictures. I know what you are thinking – get a new phone! The problem with that logic is that I like to deal with people, not devices. You will find me in the teller line at the bank and the register line at Walmart and Price Chopper. No “scanning” for me! I am willing to wait and hand my money to a person. I know the stores are trying to convert people like me, as there are more
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24A • PETS
BAILEY - 6.5-year-old. Neutered male. Pekingese/Chihuahua mix. I’m a sweet fella and I’m looking for a lap to curl up in. I have to admit that’s where I’m happiest. I’m shy at first and a quiet home where there isn’t a lot of commotion will be best.
WITCHER - 9-year-old. Spayed female. Domestic Long Hair. Dilute tortoiseshell. I am one stunning lady! I am a bit shy and am looking for a quiet home. I love attention and come out of my shell once I get to know you. I will need a patient owner. I arrived as a stray.
SAM - 2-year-old. Neutered male. Labrador Retriever mix. I’m an outgoing fella who loves playing. I like lots of different kinds of toys and I’ll even play “fetch” with myself (I’m pretty talented, right?). I’m also as cute as pie and I have a sparkling personality.
GAGE - 4-year-old. Neutered male. Domestic Short Hair. Orange and white Tabby. Obviously I’m super cute and I have great orange and white markings. I’m a very friendly fella and I’m enjoying the other cats here in the community cat room. I love getting petted!
SPRING - Adult. female. Abyssinian Guinea Pig. I’m an adorable gal with beautiful markings and a spring in my step. I love timothy hay, green leafy vegetables and fruit, too! Oh and I do like my treats! I’m not used to being held a lot.
GRAYSON - 9-year-old. Neutered male. Domestic Short Hair. Gray tabby. I am a handsome fella with a lot of personality. I am friendly and outgoing and when I want attention you will know it! I will climb on your lap and snuggle. I’m looking for a quiet home.
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MILO - 2-year-old. Neutered male. Pit Bull. Wheeeee, let’s go, let’s go! I’m an on the go fella who will keep you on your toes for sure! I’m a high energy dog who will need a very active family that will take me on lots of walks and hikes.
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Featuring pets from:
RUTLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY LUCY MACKENZIE HUMANE SOCIETY SPRINGFIELD HUMANE SOCIETY
Springfield Humane Society
OREO - 2-year-old. Neutered male. Domestic Short Hair. Black and white. Needless to say I have the perfect name because of my coloring. And what coloring it is! I’m truly a unique fella in both my markings and my personality. I’m very outgoing and fun.
BLOSSOM - Adult. female. Abyssinian Guinea Pig. I’m an adorable gal with striking colors which set me apart and make me unique. I love timothy hay, green leafy vegetables and fruit, too! Oh and I do like my treats! I’m a little timid.
TOPAZ Looking for a precious gem to brighten your day? My name is Topaz and I am 2 years old. I love attention and laps, but do not want to share you with another animal. I would be a great family pet, or keep a single person from being lonely. Stop by Wednesday thru Saturday from Noon to 4:30 and see in person how precious I really am! We are having another cat spay and neuter clinic on May 8th. Stop by 401 Skitchewaug Trail, Springfield, Vt., Wednesday through Saturday from 12-4:30 p.m. Call 802-8853997 for more information.
DIESEL - 4-year-old. Neutered male. Domestic Medium Hair. Gray tabby. I’m a very handsome fella and I have a sparkling personality to match. I enjoy finding a nice quiet spot to hang out so I can keep an eye out for what’s going on here in the cat room!
Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society
DUSTY - 2-year-old. Neutered male. Domestic Short Hair. Gray and white tabby. I’m a super sweet fella and I’m as adorable as can be. I’m easy going cat who enjoys being with people. I’m also very social. I’m playful, too, so I hope I have a great variety of toys!
LINDSEY - 12-year-old. Spayed female. Domestic Long Hair. Torbie with white. I am as sweet as can be. I am an older lady with a very affectionate personality. I am gentle and love to be held and sit on your lap. I’m declawed so I need an indoor only home.
All of these pets are available for adoption at
Rutland County Humane Society
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MOUTH Hi! My name’s Mouth and I’m a 2-year-old neutered male that came to Lucy Mackenzie as a stray. I’m so happy I did, too, because I love being around people. Lots has happened since I’ve been here – I’ve been neutered, vaccinated and tested for lots of things, including feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). It’s a good thing, too, because it turns out that I have it. You’d never know, though, because I’m so healthy otherwise! FIV-positive cats can live as long and healthy a life as non-infected cats, and we have the same needs as any other cat. To err on the side of caution, I should either be an only-cat, or I can live with another FIVpositive cat. I should also always be kept indoors. No more roaming outside for this guy! That’s OK, because I’d much rather be close to my people. I’m really affectionate, really playful and really sweet. If you’ve been looking for a new feline companion, 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 www.lucymac.org, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter. We hope to see you soon!
HOROSCOPES • 25A
The Mountain Times • April 11-17, 2018
Prepare for a a radical rearrangement By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye
This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of an Aquarius Moon, with all kinds of aspects to consider. Let’s dissect a few of them just to make sense of things that might complicate our reactions and experience if we don’t pay attention to what’s going on. Right off the bat I can see that Venus is squaring the Moon’s Nodes. At the same time, Jupiter is trining Juno, one of the marriage/committed relationship asteroids. The asteroid Pallas is sitting halfway between Mercury, and Ceres, and Uranus is entering a trine with Vesta. The trine between Jupiter and Juno tells me we are examining our relationships, trying to decide whether they are working for us, or not. This aspect relates our beliefs and philosophical principles to the relationship dynamic. Trines are traditionally considered to be positive indicators. In this case that means that we could very well be seeing eye-to-eye with our partners, our spouses, and our friends, and associates. If this is the way things are, it’s a good thing because one of the main requirements for a healthy relationship is rooted in the idea that we have a world view, or philosophy, or belief system that puts us on the same page. When we hook up, what no one considers is the fact that in any relationship dynamic we exist as individuals. We each have our own Karma and our own changes to go through. As time passes, our experiences often alter the way we see things, and the partners who at one point saw eye to eye, can find their way to different perspectives and belief systems that shift the balance in the connection and disturb what everyone thought was a unified point of view. In many ways, like I said before, Jupiter trining Juno indicates that we see eye to eye. It can also mean that we are in denial about the fact, or oblivious to the fact, that we are no longer seeing anything from the same perspective – or, that it has been so long since we checked in with each other, we’ve totally lost touch with where our friends and significant others are coming from. Under this influence, it’s always a good idea to catch up with each other, and tune in to the philosophical piece, between ourselves and the people we care about. It doesn’t have to be a big deal – but sometimes, when we sit down and get into that conversation, only to find out that while we were assuming we were “at one” with one another, our partner has decided to worship Satan… things can be totally disrupted. With Pallas sitting at the midpoint between Mercury and Ceres, there is a tendency to maintain an agreeable front “for the sake of the kids.” This could also manifest as, “We can’t afford to upset Mom, so let’s not talk about the fact that our relationship is on the ropes,” or, another instance might be, “Don’t tell Mom but we’re ready to quit school and run of and join the circus!” When Uranus and Vesta hook up, the job situation changes in ways that allow us to head off in a direction that gives us more freedom of expression in that part of our lives. Sometimes we get offered a new position that takes us away from what’s known and familiar, and this gives us a new lease on life. Sometimes it comes with an opportunity to work with groups. This has a way of creating repercussions in the lives of those close to us, and often gives rise to a radical rearrangement of our living circumstances. In the midst of this cyclone, the gift lies in the opportunity to wake up. Let me leave you with that and invite you to take what you can from this week’s ‘scopes.
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Cancer
Libra
Capricorn
March 21 - April 20
June 21 - July 20
September 21 - October 20
December 21 - January 20
he usual tricks don’t seem to be working. To keep relying on them makes no sense at all. If you haven’t already, it’s time to revamp your take on what makes you happy; because you can’t expect to keep drinking from the same well. Those of you who understand that inner peace is what you’re really after, know that it doesn’t take much to get there – but if you’re still looking for answers outside of yourself, you’re probably ready to snap. A good reality check will show you that you’ve got to undo a few things - or at least find a more satisfying way to make them happen.
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xtended periods of tension are always challenging us to wonder why we have to grin and bear it. Even if you’ve made peace with this aspect of your experience, in cycles you have to face the fact that it doesn’t have to be this hard. Stepping back far enough you will see that it is less about your situation than it is about beliefs that have orphaned you to certain things. Out here in the cold, a deep, spiritual connection is what’s needed now. Other forms of closeness might do the trick but only if the people involved love you enough to hear you out and let you be yourself.
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ots of old garbage has gotten stirred up. You’re at the point where you’re starting to wonder what to do about it. On some level this is akin to what happens to a load of wash; when it hits the rinse cycle all the soil has to be washed away before everything comes clean. The beginning of the rest of your life starts here. Being born again will feel strange until you realize that whoever you were before your soul got heaped with garbage is ready to come alive. Lots of things will emerge. Don’t let anything about the past limit your willingness to embrace your true and total self.
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he opportunities are beating the door down, and you are feeling like a deer in the headlights. Those who see you as a commodity know that you’re not 100 percent clear about what you want right now. Whether you realize it or not, you are coming to terms with a huge amount of old baggage. People will show up to remind you that you can only listen to the voice that speaks to you from within. Give it about sixmonths and be conscious enough to see that these things will be cleared once you are willing to reckon with the part of your being that knows where your purpose lies.
Taurus
Leo
Scorpio
Aquarius
April 21 - May 20
July 21 - August 20
October 21 - November 20
January 21 - February 20
ou want to know how long it will take for things to gel? Get out of here! You are on a roll, and the only thing that can screw things up is your need to question it. Any fears of what might come back to haunt you, along with the idea that you could be wasting your time, need to be closely monitored. Whatever happens from here on out comes down to the basics of reaping what you sow; this is obviously a different story for each of you. Your success in any endeavor, be it in love, or with $, will be your reward for remaining true to yourself and hanging in there no matter what.
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ou need a chance to regroup. The cosmic 2x4 has whacked you with a series of setbacks that have forced you to review everything about yourself. Just when you thought you had it together, life came along and showed you what happens when you overlook, overspend, or lose sight of what works in “real time.” Adjusting to setbacks is never as bad as it looks or seems; any crisis is a signal that you’re on your way to healing whatever the problem is. You might as well use this part of your journey to get grounded and meditate on what you really want to do with your life.
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ou’re on your way somewhere. It could be out of town, or you could be on your way up. This change is the end result of a series of choices that have altered you to the core. As you shift from one mode to another don’t be surprised if older issues flare up. This is always the case whenever we decide to move on. Don’t let the weight of the past derail your sense of hope, or let any of these challenges draw you back into things that no longer need your input. The dead wood will disappear eventually, and the old story will release you when you decide to put the past to rest.
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t’s time to put the pedal to the metal. Thank God you’re in the mood. The next few weeks will be intense. Whatever this applies to, and it could be in the personal realm or have more to do with your career, you’ve got to get in touch with your guts and stay centered enough to manage what for anyone else would be impossible. You’ve been here before, so, no need to worry about whether you’ll pass or fail. Within a wealth of difficulty there will be lights, in the form of people who care, and surprise inspirations that serve to empower your spirit with strength and optimism.
Gemini
Virgo
Sagittarius
Pisces
May 21 - June 20
August 21 - September 20
November 21 - December 20
February 21 - March 20
ou’ve come to the conclusion that you have to rearrange your perspective on things that have gotten to be too much about money. This about face has brought you back to a simpler place. It has also reminded you so much of some “long-ago” stuff and rekindled a desire for love, and truth, and simplicity. I have a feeling you’re about to get reacquainted with more than just your memories. Keep a candle burning in the window; old ghosts, flames, and partners in crime will be back to remind you that it’s what money can’t buy that keeps us real and gets us through the night.
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he sky just opened up and brought rain. Something has lifted and your survival no longer depends on resigning yourself to restrictions that have been eclipsed by things that have shown you otherwise. Now that anything is possible, it’s time to expand your consciousness, and every other possibility. If you feel overwhelmed by the raft of choices that lie at your feet, don’t get too hung up on which one you decide upon. In these moments, it’s the heart that directs us 100 percent. Remain connected to things that keep it open, and avoid situations and people that drag you down.
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ou weren’t expecting this. It’s such a far cry from what you had in mind, even with your amazing ability to let go, this particular state of affairs has you flummoxed. So much is being triggered by other people’s choices and their actions, at a time when all of your deepest wounds are being dredged up, the usual remedies won’t apply. It’s hard to say how you’re going to play this. For some it will be much easier to keep shoving things under the rug. For others? It’s time to get out on the tip of your arrow and aim for solutions that have something to do with the truth.
Mother of the Skye
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ou’re in a situation that’s going up and down. It’s hard to tell where you’re at with it. If the need to draw boundaries has become an issue it’s because you don’t have any! For now, you need to do whatever it takes to draw a line between where you stop and other people begin – because the tendency to lose yourself in a situation that has too much of someone else and their stuff in it, doesn’t leave much room for you. You’ve been around the barn enough times to know what this pattern is all about. Pull yourself together. This will work if you can reclaim yourself.
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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Red clover ale:
New brew shop in old tattoo shop
continued from page 12A Moore who introduced him to Nancy Leary and they visited her business space for rent. Unfortunately, it rented soon after they saw it, but when it became available again, “We were ready,” Brooks said. Moore described first meeting Brooks in December 2016 when Brooks and his wife were first considering Brandon as a place to live. “Cue the softly falling snow,” Moore said. “It was a perfect Vermont winter day and I met Pete on the sidewalk and he was like ,‘this place is so beautiful! I think we might come and live here.’” Not long after, Brooks and his wife bought that house on Old Brandon Road, Moore said, and his wife got a job at Bran-
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don Medical Center. Now Brooks hopes to make his home hobby into a viable business. “It’s funny how everything just fell into place,” Brooks said. The name Red Clover Ale Company reflects the founders’ farming background. “At Consider Barnwell we practiced rotational grazing, which is sort of a lost art these days,” he said. “The Red Clover is the perfect pasture crop. It’s a legume, which means it’s high in nutrients, it’s easy to grow and it’s the state flower,” he cited as additional inspiration for the name. “Red clovers were omnipresent in our lives and they’re gorgeous,” he added.
Banking the old school way
At the Brandon taproom, the Red Clover Ale Company will focus on selling beers on tap with select cans also available to go. Brooks envisions about eight different beers on tap with a frequent rotation so that “folks can always try something new.” Thus far, the samples they’ve given out have received positive feedback from both “craft beer snobs and people like my mom, who have a more delicate palate.” While Red Clover Ale Company navigates federal, state and local permits in advance of opening, those interested in learning more about recent brews can follow the company on Instagram #redcloveralecompany.
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scanning machines than register clerks. I see banks closing branches and retail employees having their hours cut because of technology. We are gradually losing contact with people in an attempt to make our lives easier. When my husband and I go out to eat or take a coffee break, we are sometimes the only people without a device in our hands. Even if there are only two people at a table, they are not always talking to one another. Their fingers are busy while their mouths are silent. To me going out is a “social” occasion and that means carrying on a conversation. With automation came passwords! Even if you call a company where you are a customer you usually need a password before you reach a person. When you don’t have a password, speaking to someone can be a daunting task. Apparently our bank has changed the password requirements. I rarely call the 800 number but in January I wanted to see if a direct deposit had been made. After pushing the buttons with my account number and the last four digits of my social security number, I was stopped in my tracks. There was no reason given. I was told that I was being transferred to a customer service representative. That sentence was followed by a message saying that the “wait time” was 20 minutes. That wasn’t how I planned to spend my next 20 minutes, so I called my local bank and got an answer in a few seconds. The only downside was that I was told I would have to call the 800 number to solve the problem I was having with my password. Fast forward to March when I finally decided to give it another try. I was hoping the automated message back in January might not greet me this time. But I got stopped in my tracks once again and the automated message told me there would be a wait time of 20 minutes again. Oh, really? As long as I can get the information from a local person, I am done being told to “hang on” for 20 minutes. Hearing that makes me long for the good old days. People make my life easier. Automation and devices seem to make many things harder. So, use your apps, use your passwords but this senior will use a person for as long as I can. It works for me!
Since then, Arvay said, much progress has been made in the field. In 2013, studies were published that measured the increase in human immune system function from breathing in terpenes in the forest air. Terpenes are the complex biochemical compounds that are released by trees and plants and that have a healing effect on the human body. They rise dramatically in April and May and peak in June and August. After spending just one day in a forest, the “natural killer cells” in a person’s blood increase by 40 percent and their activity increases too. They work to eliminate bacteria and
Money matters: Advice to calm investment fears continued from page 23A and gave investors a 480 percent gain on average, according to First Trust. When volatility strikes, patience is usually a good course of action. Your financial plan is designed to provide for the rest of your life, not for one bull or bear cycle. Instead of panicking when the market dips, try to think of volatility as a tax that investors pay on the wealth that the market can create. And if you do find yourself checking in on your investments as regularly as you check your email, maybe think about uninstalling that app – or calling one of us. Fact #2. Make consistent contributions to your portfolio. Besides struggling to accept volatility, many people are skittish about the markets because they feel powerless. Money goes in, and decades later, who knows what’s going to come out. They feel that politicians, corporations, and geopolitical tumult will have the final say in how big their retirement nest egg grows.
However, oftentimes the biggest factor that determines the success of your investments is simply contributing new money on a consistent basis. As discussed above, the market will most likely trend upwards in the long run. The more of your money that’s along for the ride, the bigger those eventual gains will be. For example, suppose that you decide to invest $10,000 every year for 10 years into your portfolio. In a flat market returning 0 percent, that $10,000 would account for 100 percent of your portfolio’s gains. In a modest market returning 6 percent per annum, that $10,000 would account for 73 percent of your portfolio’s gains. And even in a bull market, charging ahead at a rate of 12 percent, your $10,000 would still account for more than half of your portfolio’s gains, according to Invesco. Fact #3. Focus on what you can control. To be sure, part of investing involves accepting things you can’t control. A
hurricane on the other side of the world might rattle the markets for a couple days. A large company might become embroiled in an accounting scandal. The Federal Reserve might make an unexpected interest rate move. Market corrections might follow. But if you understand volatility and continue to focus on the big picture, you’ll start paying more attention to the things you can control, like a monthly budget that allows for automatic contributions to your investment and retirement accounts. Better yet, think about setting a goal to ramp up the size of those contributions. Many people try to save or invest 10 percent of their income. Can you shoot for 15 percent? 20 percent? The bigger the contributions, the bigger the payoff when you retire. And if retirement isn’t on your radar, that big investment cushion will go a long way toward giving you a feeling of freedom. Kevin Theissen is principal of Skygate Financial Group.
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HUMANS HAVE A BIOPHILIC FORCE IN OUR PSYCHE THAT CONNECTS US WITH OTHER SPECIES AND CREATES A DESIRE TO BE CLOSE TO NATURE. viruses as an important part of the immune system. There is also evidence that breathing in terpenes increases anti-cancer proteins perforin, granulysin, and “granzymes,” which attack existing tumor cells and dangerous cells that may lead to cancer. Terpenes not only improve our immune system function but also protect us from heart attacks by increasing the body’s production of DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), according to Japanese studies published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. A Korean study also found a significant decrease in depression. Another Japanese study determined that terpenes distributed overnight through vaporizers in hotel rooms also had a therapeutic effect on the body’s immune system, although not to the
same degree as exposure to the millions of terpenes in nature. The Ulrich study in Sweden and Denmark proved that seeing a tree through a hospital window shortened hospital stays and reduced complications and medication (including pain meds). The tree view activates the parasympathetic nervous system of regeneration and growth and the vagus nerve, causing balance and calm. Seeing a photograph or painting of nature or hearing the sounds of nature also have a calming effect that decreases the stress hormone cortisol in the blood. The opposite is true, as well. Stressful, noisy, city life switches our reptilian brains into fight or flight mode. Seeking out parks and pockets of nature in the city, growing potted trees, house plants, and rooftop gardens, are especially important to provide balance and relief. This connection between the psychological, physical, and ecological is a new science called ecopsychosomatics. It recognizes the human organism’s interconnectedness with the natural world. “Forest bathing,” which I introduced in Mountain Meditation last year, is an ancient Chinese healing art called “Senlinyu” that began 2,500 years ago with qi gong and tai chi, to heal and increase “chi” energy. In the 1980s, “Shinrinyoku” was studied in Japan and has become a popular healing technique. Next week we’ll further explore ecopsychosomatics and the field of plant sociology, which includes the other main function of terpenes: to enable communication within and between communities of trees. Marguerite Jill Dye is an artist and writer who divides her time between Vermont and Florida’s Gulf Coast.
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