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Paramount to repair roof

By Paul Holmes

STAGE RACE Hundreds of road bikers will descend on Killington for the 22nd annual Stage Race, May 26-28.

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MEMORIAL DAY Monday, May 28, is a Federal holiday to remember veterans who have died serving.

RUTLAND—During routine maintenance inspections, Paramount Theatre staff discovered potential roof damage, according to a news release Friday, May 18.

“Out of an abundance of caution, and after consultation with our engineers and building partners, a decision to temporarily suspend theatre performance operations has been made,” the release continued, “safety of theatre guests is always the primary concern.”

The sold-out Oak Ridge Boys concert on Saturday, May 19, as well as the broadcast of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte from The Metropolitan Opera on Sunday, May 20, were both canceled.

On Tuesday, May 22, the Paramount announced it would be performing repairs to a section of the roof structure. Consequently dance recitals for Miss Lorraine’s School of Dance, May 26, and Miss Jackie’s Studio of Dance, June 2, will be relocated to Castleton University and Mount St. Joseph Academy, respectively. It is anticipated that regular operations will resume thereafter with no further interruption of the schedule.

May rainbows

Tao Smith, head of Killington Mountain School, catches a large rainbow trout in a local stream.

Mountain bike enthusiasts begin talks of statewide trail

OPEN STUDIOS Artists across the state will open their studios to the public, May 26-27.

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Windsor County plans to erase marijuana convictions

By Katy Savage

By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger

While mountain biking trails are expanding throughout the region, a small committee is meeting once a month to plan the biggest connection yet—one that would go from one side of the state to the other.

The trail, called the Velomont Trail, would be like the existing Catamount Trail and Long Trail. It would connect the state’s approximate 28 mountain biking associations and would involve building another 85 miles or so of new track.

“It’s been an idea that’s been floating around for years and now we’re like, ‘let’s make this happen,’” said Rochester/Randolph Area Sports Trail Alliance president Angus McCusker.

McCusker is speaking with local landowners, hoping to use private and federal lands.

He estimates the project would cost $5 to $7 million to complete.

“There’s a lot of work that has to be done,” said McCusker.

“IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF There’s been a push toward mountain biking and outdoor recreation since Gov. YEARS WE’D LIKE TO HAVE Phil Scott established the Vermont Outdoor A PRETTY BIG SEGMENT Recreation Economic Collaborative Steering Committee by executive order last year.

CONNECTED,” KNOX SAID. “Vermont’s recreation opportunities are diverse and prevalent in every corner of the state,” said Scott in a press release. “As my administration works to grow Vermont’s economy, it became clear that we could do more by leveraging these assets.”

Outdoor recreation generates about $5.5 billion in consumer spending in Vermont annually, according to a recent study from the Outdoor Industry Association in Colorado.

“Providing access to outdoor recreation enhances local economies and serves as a conduit for promoting healthy lifestyles,” said Green Mountain National Forest Recreation Program Manager Holly Knox of the Rochester and Middlebury District.

“Expungement Day” for those with misdemeanor marijuana convictions in Windsor and Chittenden counties will take place next month.

State’s Attorneys from both counties have said they were working out the details for expunging convictions for certain marijuana convictions in light of the Legislature passing and Gov. Phil Scott signing a bill earlier this year that legalizes the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana. That law goes into effect July 1.

On May 18, a press release lays out the plans in detail. The Expungement Day is planned from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 9, in Oakes Hall, Room 012 at the law school, for Windsor County convictions.

“In recognition of this change and shifting attitudes about marijuana, the Windsor and Chittenden County State’s Attorneys have agreed to support the expungement of all old misdemeanor marijuana possession offenses that arose within Windsor and Chittenden County,” the release stated.

Felony-level offenses, convictions for selling marijuana or any offenses that took place outside of those two counties do not qualify for the expungement process on those days.

According to the release, during each Expungement Day, Robert Sand, a law school professor and director of the Center for Justice Reform, along with VLS students, will assist people in learning about the expungement process and filling out petitions.

Both state’s attorneys have agreed to accept those petitions and file them in court.

Participants should bring a valid, government-issued photo identification as well as any records they have related to their prior misdemeanor marijuana offense.

On July 1, Vermont is set to legalize the possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana and two mature and four immature marijuana plants by people 21 or older.

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Jepson departs REDC for VTC position

By Katy Savage

Rutland Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Lyle Jepson is stepping down at the end of this month. Tyler Richardson will take up those reigns as interim executive director.

Jepson has been with the organization over two years.

He’s leaving at the end of this month to start his new position at Vermont Technical College June 1.

“REDC is in a great position now,” said Jepson, 55. “I think

Lyle Jepson it’s perfect timing.”

Jepson will be the director of the Career & Technical Teacher Education program at VTC, where he’ll support

teachers in career-ready programs.

“It’s returning to my roots,” said Jepson.

Jepson was the dean of entrepreneurial programs at Castleton University before he started his job at REDC. He was also formerly the director of Stafford Technical Center.

At REDC, Jepson helped broaden efforts to recruit smaller businesses and talent to the area to address workforce challenges.

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Velomont: Statewide mtb trail network continued from page 1A Green Mountain National Forest is partnering in the development of the Velomont Trail.

“It’s something we offer for a lot of different trails but not necessarily for mountain biking,” said Knox.

Some compare the state’s current mountain bike trails system to spaghetti strings that loop back on themselves.

RJ Thompson of the Vermont Huts Association is also partnering in the Velomont project.

The name, Velomont, comes from two French words.

“Velo” means cycle while “mont” translates to mountain.

“It’s a nod to our neighbors in the north,” said Thompson. “It also incorporates Vermont in it.”

The Velomont Trail will be a multi-use trail, open year round (for snowshoeing and backcountry skiing in the winter.)

Thompson also wants to create several timber frame huts along the trail so mountain bikers are no further than a day’s ride away from a hut.

“Riders can get a flavor of the rural communities and head back into the woods,” said Thompson.

The Vermont Huts Association is building the timber frame huts with Yestermorrow Design School in Waitsfield.

“The huts will be equipped with just about everything a guest would need besides food and a sleeping bag,” said Thompson. “There would be bunks and cookstoves and kitchenware.”

The Vermont Association of Snow Travelers’ trail system for snowmobilers extends throughout the state but “that experience doesn’t exist yet on a mountain bike,” said Thompson.

Meanwhile, local chapters are continuing to expand mountain bike trails this summer.

Suicide Six is planning to build mountain bike trials this summer. Phase III of expansion efforts of the Sherburne Trails will begin this year.

Another project, called the Robinson Integrated Resource Project, is awaiting approval from landowners to connect the Upper Michigan Road in Pittsfield to the Rochester Ranger District Office in Rochester.

“We’re looking for a decision on that project by the end of summer,” said Knox.

Thompson, Knox and McCusker are hoping to begin fundraising for the Velomont trail next year.

“We’re looking to make short term wins,” Knox said.

“In the next couple of years we’d like to have a pretty big segment connected.”

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

CU implements plan to align budget CASTLETON—Castleton University announced a series of updates Thursday as part of its ongoing process to align its budget with current and future enrollment trends. The plan currently being implemented is a result of a four-month-long collaborative, exhaustive, and transparent approach to an organizational restructure that has identified cost-savings opportunities and growth initiatives.

The restructuring, which was announced in February in response to a 3 percent operating deficit due to a decline in its traditional first-year student enrollment, sought to align the university’s operating budget with the enrollment realities faced by colleges and universities across the country. The process was focused on enhancing the student experience, strengthening and expanding academic offerings, and positioning the university for sustainable growth into the future.

“I am proud of the work that our faculty and staff have done to put Castleton University on a positive trajectory for the future,” said Castleton President Dr. Karen M. Scolforo. “While we are saddened that

some our staffing levels are affected by this process, we have maintained our focus on our students first and foremost throughout this process, and ultimately we feel strongly that the number of positions affected was minimized through strong collaboration.”

Over the course of the last four months, Castleton has reduced its overall staffing levels by roughly 5 percent through a series of incentivized retirements, non-reappointments, and ten staff layoffs.

“It took a lot of courage and creativity for President Scolforo to address the significant budgetary challenge Castleton faced when she took office,” said Vermont State Colleges (VSCS) Chancellor Jeb Spaulding.

“In a short period of time, she has led the Castleton community through a transparent, engaged restructuring process and unveiled several new initiatives that together will set the university on a path for success.

I am positive that Castleton will have a bright future with President Scolforo at the helm.”

According to Scolforo and other industry experts, the downward trends in Castleton University, page 11A

Pittsfield voters support fire truck purchase at special town meeting Staff Report

PITTSFIELD — Voters supported the purchase of a new $200,000 fire truck for the second time at a special town meeting May 16.

Voters first supported the purchase from the floor on Town Meeting Day in March but some petitioned for a revote by Australian ballot.

The fire truck purchase was approved 69-31 last Wednesday May 16 with one ballot spoiled.

Select Board member

Ann Kuendig wasn’t surprised voters supported the purchase.

The volunteer fire department posted a sign to its building asking voters for support.

The Select Board attempted to delay the new fire truck by creating a $35,000 reserve fund to buy the pumper tank instead.

The reserve fund would have allowed the volunteer fire department more time to research options and

would have had less impact on tax payers.

Kuendig said the board supported the fire departments needs, but not the fire department’s way of purchasing the truck.

Voters turned down the article suggested by the Select Board.

Voters authorized the volunteer fire department to purchase the truck with up to $200,000 in funds. It will be paid over a five-year period.

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New model of sculpture unveiled RUTLAND—A sculpture of Ann and Solomon Story, who aided Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys during the Revolutionary War while forging a new life on the American frontier, will soon grace West Street in downtown Rutland.

A model of what will be a 7-foot-tall, 4-foot wide piece of art, which will feature Ann Story peering from the doorway of her log home, her son at her side, a sense of anticipation evident in their gazes and posture, was unveiled Friday, May 18. The piece is one of three sculptures planned this summer through a collaboration between the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland, Green Mountain Power, MKF Properties and Vermont Quarries, with additional partners involved in each sculpture.

The Ann Story piece is being funded by descendants of Evelyn Gammons Costello, a Rutland resident who, like Story, was widowed and overcame great challenges. GMP Vice President Steve Costello, Gammons Costello’s grandson, said the sculpture was a way for family members to support Rutland and honor their grandmother and parents, who were devoted to Rutland. “ The city rallied around them after our grandfather’s death in 1928, helping Gram and our Uncle Dick keep nine children fed, clothed and educated,” Costello said. “In funding the sculpture of Ann and Solomon Story, we’re excited to honor their amazing bravery and determination during the American Revolution, while dedicating the piece to our forbearers, who have inspired a community-service ethic for generations.”

Mark Foley Jr., owner of MKF Properties, is Gammons Costello’s great-grandson. “Great Gram was strong willed, tough and loving, attributes she shared with Ann Story, and instilled in her children,” Foley said. “Raising the funds from family members was a natural.

Cousins from across the country wanted to participate in this project.

No matter where they live today, there is a deep and abiding love for Rutland, and an incredible fidelity to family. We see this as an expression of love for what Rutland meant to her, and to our family over four generations and counting.”

The project is part of an ongoing collaboration aimed at installing at least Sculpture, page 29A

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Golf season tees off successfully

By Julia Purdy

KILLINGTON—Last Friday, May 11, was the first night of league play as the Green Mountain National Golf Course racked up its third week open for the season. Small groups could be seen down the fairway. Later, golfers gathered on the deck and there was a happy buzz of conversation.

The course hosted the LPGA Futures in 1996 and opened full-time the following year, 1997.

Twenty-two years later, in 2018, GMNGC is under the new management of Brown Golf Management, which has been contracted by the town of Killington to run its operations for at least three years.

Bobby Peterson, seasonal director of operations, has been here since the beginning, working winters at restaurants on Killington Road. He came for the skiing, he said, and stayed to work at the new GMNGC. “I think that we needed some help with our financials and I think that Brown Golf was a very good choice to lead it through some of those changes,” Peterson said. “We’re very proud of the product we have here and the marketing strength they bring to the equation is going to be a huge bonus.

Killington Mtn. biking opens May 26 KILLINGTON—Killington Resort announced the opening of its Mountain Bike Park on Saturday, May 26, 2018.

The Bike Park will host two key events this summer: The Vermont Bike & Brew June 15-17, featuring organized riding for all levels, live music and local Vermont brew; and the Fox US Open of Mountain Biking Aug. 1-5 with a race for every age rider.

“We’re excited to have the opportunity to host the Fox US Open of Mountain

Biking and showcase the investment Killington has put into the bike park to design and build trails for all levels of riders,” said Justin Pill, events and sponsorships manager at Killington Resort. “This event will attract some of the best mountain bike athletes from all over the country competing in the US Open Downhill, US Open Enduro, Best Whip, Kids Open with Grom Bomb, and Adaptive Downhill Races. Vendors, live music and group laps will create a party like atmosphere for all.”

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Wooden Barrel may continue selling gas with new legislation

By Julia Purdy

Green Mountain National Golf Ccourse employee John Durney views Colton Pond from hole #16.

We don’t want to be the best-kept secret anymore.”

Peterson said that when Brown Golf visited Killington to present its proposal, CEO John Brown referenced the course’s priceless “human capital.” Most of GMNGC employees are seasonal, but many of them have been here for almost two decades, Peterson said.

Marcia S. Jeffery, pro shop clerk, started here 19 years ago. She handles inquiries, takes reserva-

tions, does the purchasing and greets visitors. Jeffery reported that the new rates have been “very appealing to everyone, especially to the locals.” There is an even lower “twilight” rate, inviting Vermont residents to play from mid-afternoon “until dark,” Jeffery said.

“We stay ‘til the last cart is in. During the summer months it stays late so long, people like that.”

Grounds Manager Peter Bissell has cleared trees to Killington golf course, page 13A

Rep. Jim Harrison, R-Chittenden, and Sen. Dave Soucy, R-Rutland County, teamed up to get an amendment passed in both chambers of the Legislature to give the Wooden Barrel, a country store in Chittenden a potential option to keep selling gas.

The narrowly crafted amendment applies to only two stores in the state and would allow one with expired single wall gasoline tanks an option to continue selling gas this summer if certain conditions are met. The amendment, however, may not be a viable option for the retailer (the store would need to commit to upgrading of tanks among other conditions and be subject to state approval.

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The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

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Legislative update: Back to Montpelier A scant couple days passed after the increasing (2.6 cents on residents and 5.5 Legislature adjourned before Governor cents on non-residential). He has been Scott issued his highly anticipated call for a clear almost to a fault, that any tax or fee inspecial session to redo the education fundcreases this year were a nonstarter. Senate ing and budget bills. Scott has suggested leader Ashe and House Speaker Johnson that with advance leadership meetings the believe the increase is modest, were the return to Montpelier could wrap up in just result of locally approved school budgets, a few days. and to avert the increase would require the But House Speaker Johnson says “not so use of more one-time money.

Jim Harrison fast.” Redoing the budget and tax bill could Legislative leaders believe that the unextake at least a week. And she has indicated pected surplus in revenue is better used to pay there is no reason other bills that the governor may veto down some of the unfunded liability the state faces with couldn’t be part of the conversation. Subsequently, the the teacher retirement fund. And that such a contribution Speaker’s Office sent communication to all House memarguably will pay dividends in future years for taxpayers. bers indicating we should return May 23 and keep schedThe governor counters that extra funds should represent ules open until June 1, with some possible breaks in-bean investment in education to keep tax rates steady for this tween while committees craft the new bills. year and potentially over the next few years if cost containIn his letter to legislative leaders, Scott said, “To ensure ment reforms are instituted. an efficient use of time and taxpayer resources, I will not What else might be on the table? Issues passed and likeintroduce, or call for, legislation not related to resolving the ly facing a veto: $15 minimum wage, new payroll tax for one remaining disagreement. It is my hope you will compaid family leave benefit, and several initiatives where the mit to the same. We are very close to an agreement. My clock ran out last Saturday and didn’t receive final passage Administration has, to date, put forward multiple paths, in (liquor-lottery merger, simplification of government for writing and in committee testimony, when invited.” small businesses, taxes on e-cigarettes and opioid producIn a stark rebuttal letter to the governor last week, Sen. ers, and an additional school safety bill).

Ashe began with, “There is no reason for a special session; Let’s hope that the heads of both branches of governyou should sign the budget and tax bills into law. And, we ment iron out an agreement that works for Vermont ahead will not participate in behind-closed-doors negotiating of the special session. Otherwise, it could be one of those meetings that bypass the legislative process.” “hurry up and wait” situations, that could drag on for Where does that leave us? several weeks.

We are now facing a negotiation between the executive The upcoming special session will be convening this and legislative leaders on what will be taken up during the Wednesday, May 23. Although I will attend, it is my current new session, as well as garnering resolution to the tax and intent to not submit for legislative pay for the period we budget bills. And to complicate matters, Ashe has indiare back in Montpelier (lawmakers receive $723/week for cated he preferred negotiations take place as new bills are the time we are in session). It is my belief that we budgeted formulated in committees next week, not ahead of time 18 weeks to get our work done and that should be enough. with Scott. Last June when the Legislature returned for a Legislative leaders and the governor could have negoveto session, it was limited to dealing with the bills actually tiated the necessary compromises to get the job done. vetoed by the governor, and a resolution was reached The situation may be different for other lawmakers, and before the General Assembly returned. many may need legislative pay to offset lost wages from With a special session, everything is potentially back on other employment. I do not pass judgement, I just feel we the table. should have gotten to the finish line by May 12.

For Scott, the issue is simply that the statewide educaYou may reach me at JHarrison@leg.state.vt.us or my tion property taxes are going up, not a lot, but nonetheless cell, 802-236-3001, or at the State House 802-828-2228.

Table of contents Opinion....................................................................6A Calendar...................................................................8A Music Scene...........................................................11A Rockin’ the Region.................................................11A Just For Fun............................................................12A Sports.....................................................................13A Living ADE.............................................................14A Food Matters..........................................................20A News Briefs............................................................24A Columns.................................................................26A Mother of the Skye.................................................27A Service Directory...................................................28A

Community Health Centers join tobacco-free movement Tobacco use is the No. 1 preventable cause of death. Vermont’s Department of Health estimates that each year smoking results in about 1,000 smoking-related deaths in Vermont. It also costs $348 million in medical expenses. Second hand

status of the people in the community, and CHCRR is taking a leading role establishing a tobacco-free health network that sets the stage for a tobacco-free community.

As prospective employees and volunteers are being interviewed,

EACH YEAR SMOKING RESULTS IN ABOUT 1,000 SMOKING-RELATED DEATHS IN VERMONT. smoke affects countless other lives – children, friends and family are all impacted.

Tobacco, physical inactivity and poor nutrition are the three behaviors that lead to cancer, heart disease and stroke, Type 2 diabetes and lung disease. These diseases are responsible for more than 50 percent of the deaths in Vermont, according to the Vermont Department of Health website.

As an organization that focuses on health and saving lives, Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region’s mission is to improve the health

they will be informed of the new policy and job postings will display a notice that CHCRR is a tobacco-free environment.

CHCRR is central Vermont’s largest network of primary care, pediatric and dental services with offices in Rutland, Brandon, Castleton, West Pawlet and Shoreham.

Community Dental offices are located in Rutland and Shoreham, CHCRR Pediatrics is in Rutland and CHCRR’s Express Care centers, open 7 days a week, are located at the Rutland and Castleton Community Health Centers.

Pawlet resident runs for Legislature PAWLET—Edgar Cleveland, a lifelong resident of Pawlet, has declared his candidacy for the House of Representatives for the Rutland-Bennington District.

Cleveland, 67, is campaigning to represent the towns of Middletown Springs, Pawlet, Rupert, Tinmouth and Wells.

Edgar Cleveland “There is a need for change in Montpelier,” said Cleveland, “and I know that I can help drive that change. I’ve been a farmer and rural postal carrier; I know how to listen. I’ve heard folks’ frustration and their fears. I also have some ‘skin in the game’ with my grandchildren attending local schools. … Locally, we need to grow full time jobs and cultivate lifelong opportunities. In the past, our five towns were prosperous.

We are dairy, maple, slate, fishing and hunting; we have an opportunity now to expand our district’s appeal by maximizing our green recreation, encouraging local vineyards and breweries and utilizing our rail trail. We need good infrastructure to renew commerce so that our towns will thrive as they have in our past and guarantee our future.”

Raised on the family dairy farm in Pawlet, Cleveland is a graduate of Pawlet Elementary School and Granville, N.Y., Junior-Senior High School. He was an active member of the Montvert 4-H Club in Middletown Springs. An avid supporter of 4-H, Cleveland is currently a vice-president of the Rutland County Agricultural Society, d/b/a Vermont State Fair. He has been an active member of the society for over 40 years.

Cleveland is in his third term on the Town of Pawlet Select Board, a member of the Pawlet Community Church, Pawlet Historical Society, a Pawlet Library volunteer, and a former board member of the Pawlet School District.

Active in the Maple Sugar Makers’ Association, Cleveland is a supporter of Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST) and Vermont ATV Sportsman’s Association (VASA).

Edgar Cleveland and his wife Sally reside in Pawlet, and three of their four children live and work in Rutland County.

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Rep.Welch slams farm bill

By Angelo Lynn

Republicans in Congress said the tax cuts passed earlier this year would do great things for the economy and help individual Americans.

While most Americans were opposed to it, Republicans nonetheless claimed it to be a huge accomplishment, and told us just to wait to see all the good that would come from it.

Well, the economy is churning along about like it had been in the last couple of years under the previous administration and, while the rich have definitely gotten richer, the wealth gap between the rich and poor has also gotten bigger.

No surprises there. Anyone with second-grade math skills could have predicted as much.

But what those most opposed to the tax cuts feared, and what Republicans refused to admit, is now coming true: cuts to social services. Republicans have already cut 24 million Americans off health care insurance.

And now they are going after cuts to supplemental food provisions for those Americans in need.

Those services are contained in the annual farm bill, where Republicans and President Trump have proposed cutting $23 billion in nutrition benefits from children, veterans, the elderly and disabled, who depend on that food to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

We’re talking cuts to Meals on Wheels, food stamps and programs that provide meals for students who come to school hungry.

Americans should be outraged by the Republican

REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY CUT 24 MILLION AMERICANS OFF HEALTH CARE INSURANCE. proposal. Listen to Vermont congressman Peter Welch as he addressed his colleagues on the House floor May 16: “This farm bill is outrageous… It is a continuation of an effort to ratchet down any help that Americans need.

This nutrition bill supposedly is going to help people by taking $23 billion worth of benefits away from children, veterans, elderly, and the disabled who need that food.

“Why? Well, there’s a reason. We passed a tax cut. And by the way, it wasn’t paid for. $2.3 trillion was added to the deficit for a tax bill where 87 percent of the benefits go to wealthy, multinational corporations and individuals earning over $890,000 a year. Well, the bill has come due and we have a proposal here to come up with $23 billion to pay for (just a small part of it) and in this case, that’s taking meals off the table of people in need… I’m from Vermont where we have lots of folks who need help and we have lots of Vermonters who, with very little money, with enormous volunteer effort, are doing things that put meals, good meals, on the tables of those families. Don’t pass this farm bill that takes that nutrition away from our Vermonters and our American citizens.”

Or is this, the Republican way, what we are to expect under Trump and a GOP Congress that talks about helping the average Joe, but then does the opposite?

Angelo Lynn is the editor and publisher of the Addison Independent, a sister publication to the Mountain Times.

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Pruitt’s biggest scandal

By Robert Redford

Editor’s note: Robert Redford, actor, director, producer is also a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

President Donald Trump should follow the suggestion of many – including some within his own party, and reportedly even his chief of staff – and replace Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.

Pruitt’s conduct as head of the EPA is beyond disappointing; it’s disgraceful. The list of indefensible actions grows each week: from sweetheart condo deals with the wife of an energy lobbyist, to unfair raises for favored appointees and apparent punishments for those who defy him, to a $43,000 sound-

proof phone booth.

These seemingly daily revelations dominate the headlines. But Pruitt’s failings in ethics and judgment are only part of a much larger problem: Pruitt has failed at the core responsibility of his job.

He’s not protecting the environment. Pruitt has become a one-man public health risk to the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat.

From Day One he has worked to gut the EPA and hamstring its ability to protect the environment and public health. He works on behalf of the fossil fuel industry and other industrial polluters, not the American people. That’s the greatest scandal – and the reason, first and foremost, he’s got to go.

Scandal, page 7A

Fighting for Vermont’s veterans

By Senator Bernie Sanders

As a longtime member and former chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, I am honored to be able to work on behalf of Vermont’s 45,000 veterans and their families, who have done so much in service to our country.

That is why I am organizing a Veterans Town Hall and Resource Fair this Saturday, May 19, at Norwich University from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. We’ll hear updates from Washington and learn about veterans’ resources and projects here in Vermont. Our special guest will be Matthew Shuman, national legislative director for The American Legion.

I have long believed the cost of war must include the cost of caring for the warrior. That is why one of my very highest priorities in Congress is ensuring our nation’s

veterans have access to the quality health care and benefits they have earned and were promised.

Of course, there is much more to do. The good news is that Congress recently appropriated $2 billion for VA hospital maintenance and improvement projects, which should also free up funds to help fill the more than 30,000 VA staff vacancies. Both of these are critically important to make sure veterans in Vermont and across the country can access the care they need, when and where they need it.

The budget also included funding for another top priority of mine, the Vermont National Guard’s Veterans Outreach Program, which helps service members, veterans and their families cope with the challenges associated with deployments and reintegration.

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LETTERS

Tobacco program money at risk Dear Editor, It’s a rare opportunity when we are handed money we weren’t expecting to save lives. And when we are, we should use it to its fullest. The Vermont Legislature allocated an extra $1 million this year to fight tobacco. I hope the Legislature and governor will not change that wise decision during the special

legislative session A thousand Vermonters die each year from tobacco; i.e. three a day.

Half of all smokers die from a tobacco-related illness. Stopping smoking before age 40 completely removes the risks of smoking.

In the master settlement agreement, tobac-

co companies provide approximately $30 million each year to Vermont.

Vermont currently spends $3.5 million on its Tobacco Control Program and $1.9 million of that is from the annual master settlement payments. Over the last 17 years, the tobacco control program has had incredible success. Between 1999

and now, adult smoking rates have dropped from 22 percent to 18 percent and youth smoking rates dropped from 36 percent to 11 percent. We’ve saved more than $1.43 billion in what we otherwise would have spent treating tobacco-related illnesses.

That sounds great.

A closer look, however, Tobacco, page 7A

CAPITOL QUOTES

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

CAPITOL QUOTES Tweets from lawmakers when Gov. Phil Scott called them back to Montpelier after the session ended to settle a $33 million disagreement in their education funding proposals.

“And the VT Legislature is ignoring an education plan that prevents $58M tax hike, keeps rates level for 5yrs and their own fiscal office says saves AT LEAST $100M that can be reinvested in kids and/ or lower rates. #vtpoli,” Said Gov. Phil Scott’s Chief of Staff Jason Gibbs on Twitter.

“Can we just have the honest debate about whether to allow people to vote on local school budgets at all. You said it, they don’t understand what they are voting on anyway. But you are the reason local control must be protected. #vtpoli,” Said Rep. Sam Young, D-Glover, on Twitter.

“I’ve heard from many VTers about the need for tax relief.

In a year when we have $160 million in new money & a plan to keep property tax rates level for 5 years while fully funding the school budgets, I cannot accept a $34 million property tax increase,” Said Gov. Phil Scott on Twitter.

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Tobacco: Funding crucial for saving Vermont lives, funding is at risk continued from page 6A shows the problem of tobacco is far from solved.

Because of the allure of e-cigarettes, 25 percent of Vermont youth are now using some form of tobacco or vaping product. Also, the percent of Vermont adults who are smoking has not changed in several years and lags behind the nation’s rate of 15.5 percent, perhaps because remaining smokers are those with more difficulty quitting.

Vermont could save

Scandal:

$229 million if it reduced the current adult smoking rate to its goal of 12 percent. But that requires a greater investment.

The Vermont Legislature heard this call and allocated an additional $1 million to the tobacco program from a onetime tobacco settlement payment of $28 million that Vermont will receive this year. This funding is at risk because it is contained within the budget the Legislature

passed and governor has threatened to veto. When lawmakers and the governor return shortly for the special legislative session, I hope they will see the value in keeping this wise investment that will save 1,000 Vermonters from an early death.

John Hughes, MD, Shelburne Hughes is the medical director for the Coalition for a Tobacco Free Vermont.

This commentary appeared in VTDigger May 17.

Robert Redford (yes, that Robert Redford!) chastises Pruitt

continued from page 6A And he actively promotes one of the gravest threats to our future – misinformation. To hear Pruitt tell it, the rising seas, widening deserts and raging wildfires Americans are experiencing are reasons to debate the science on climate change, not take action against it.

Pruitt led Trump’s charge to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris climate accord. I was in Paris when that agreement was reached. It was a triumph of American leadership. We were doing what was best for our country: cutting carbon pollution today so our kids would have a more predictable climate and better future.

The Trump administration has broken our promise to the world in announcing that we will back out of the Paris accords.

Unfortunately, that’s not all. Pruitt has been working to weaken standards designed to clean up dirty power plants and to walk back fuel standards for cars. He has put a hold on vital safeguards that would limit the amount of mercury, arsenic, lead and other toxic chemicals that industry can spew into the air and dump into our rivers.

Speaking of water, he’s working to repeal the clean water rule that ensures

Vt vets:

protection for wetlands, rivers and streams that provide drinking water to a third of all Americans.

Meanwhile, he has ignored research from scientists at the agency and refused to ban dangerous chemicals, such as the pesticide chlorpyrifos.

Instead, he hired a lobbyist connected

PRUITT HAS BECOME A ONEMAN PUBLIC HEALTH RISK TO THE AIR WE BREATHE. with one of the manufacturers of the chemical and then reduced fines levied against the company for violating regulations.

He also attacked science itself, proposing policies in the guise of transparency that would limit the research that the agency could use to make decisions.

Americans deserve better. The EPA was established to protect the environment and public health for everyone. It’s something America got right, and it is up to us to defend it.

Pruitt should be replaced by a principled leader who will do what the EPA was intended to do: protect America from men such as Pruitt.

Sanders to hold Town Hall for Vets at Norwich, May 19

continued from page 6A

“We should not govern on a credit card. We should not miss the chance to save taxpayers $100 million. We should not play election year games with public money. We should not set mandatory, arbitrary school personnel reduction requirements,” Said Rep. Tim Ashe, D/P Chittenden.

“It looks like the biennium will gavel out tonight and our work will end. We’re sure the administration will give us a failing grade, but we know the work we did on behalf of Vermonters in a way that that let them know we have their back. And we’ll fight on. #vtpoli,” Said Rep. Tom Stevens, D-Waterbury.

As we look ahead to next year’s budget, my priorities are expanding Burlington’s very successful Lakeside Clinic to offer more services, and building a dental clinic at the White River Junction Medical Center. Moreover, I believe VA benefits should be expanded to cover comprehensive dental care.

We must also expand and fund the very popular Caregivers Support Program. The program, which provides support for family members who care for disabled veterans, is currently limited to post-9/11 era veterans. It is long past time that all veterans and their families benefit from this commonsense and cost-effective program. And we must similarly expand other programs that help disabled and aging veterans, including adult day and respite care.

Meanwhile, this is a time of significant uncertainty for veterans, especially in terms of efforts to privatize the VA. In March, President Trump fired VA Secretary David Shulkin, because Shulkin was “an obstacle to privatization who had to be removed.” The president’s first choice to replace Dr. Shulkin withdrew from consideration and, so far, Trump has not nominated anyone else for this critically important post.

Please know that I will vigorously oppose any nominee for Secretary who isn’t well qualified to run an organization as complex as the VA, or who supports efforts to privatize the agency. Veterans in Vermont and throughout the country deserve nothing less.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has an extraordinary mission of providing health care, benefits, and burial services to our nation’s 20 million veterans. It is no secret that the VA – like any large organization – has its share of struggles. But what strikes me is that when I talk with Vermont veterans, the feedback I hear is overwhelmingly positive, especially in regards to the health care they receive.

A few years ago, I worked closely with Senator John McCain to improve VA facilities, expand programs, and allow the VA to hire more doctors and nurses. While we are making good progress, we must continue this work to strengthen and expand the VA – not privatize or dismantle it – so the VA will be there for generations of veterans to come.

I hope you join us to discuss these and other issues at our Veterans Town Hall Meeting on May 19. To RSVP, please call 1-800-339-9834.

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Calendar

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

** denotes multiple times and/or locations.

Substance Abuse Presentation

6 p.m.

Free community presentations by substance abuse expert Michael Nerney, speaking about teen substance abuse, 6-8 p.m. in Withey East Room at Green Mtn College, One Brennan Circle, Poultney. Free.

Hate Speech Forum

6 p.m.

Rutland Jewish Center and Rutland Branch of NAACP hold forum on hate speech and the First Amendment, in response to hate literature stuffed between books in Holocaust section of Rutland Library. Speakers from Jewish Center, Vt Attorney General’s Office, churches, Rutland City P.D., and more. Musical selections also. Come together in solidarity and unity. Rutland Jewish Center, 96 Grove St., Rutland.

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, 802-3960130. 35 School Drive, Plymouth.

WHAT TO DO IN CENTRAL VERMONT Substance Abuse Presentation

7 p.m.

Free community presentations by substance abuse expert Michael Nerney, speaking about teen substance abuse, 7-9 p.m. at Brandon Inn, 20 Park St., Brandon. Free.

“Lady Day”

7:30 p.m.

JAG Productions’ “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” at The Engine Room, 188 S Main St., White River Junction. $35 tickets. jagproductionsvt.com.

FRIDAY MAY 25

Bikram Yoga **

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.

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

DEVIL’S BOWL SPEEDWAY SEASON OPENER

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.

SUNDAY, MAY 27

Story Time

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WEDNESDAY

Bikram Yoga **

MAY 23

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 a.m.

Pilates mat at 8 a.m.; Yin Yoga at 8:45 a.m., all levels at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.

Comeback Community Idea Exchange

THURSDAY Bikram Yoga **

Open Swim **

Castleton Fundraiser Mixer

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. 802-438-2964.

Killington Bone Builders

10 a.m.

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

802-422-3368.

Story Time

CCV Job Hunt Helper

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.

Financial Capabilities Workshop

10 a.m.

BROC offers free financial capability workshop at 45 Union St., Rutland. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Register at 802-665-1742, sfaris@broc.org.

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.

Summer Farmers Market

3 p.m.

Summer Vermont Farmers Market in Depot Park, Rutland. 3-6 p.m. Vermont crafts, jars, fresh fruits and veggies, cheese, breads, maple products, and more. Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer.

Level II Tai Chi Class

5:15 p.m.

Tai Chi for Beginners at RRMC, April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23 from 5:15-6:15 p.m. in CVPS Leahy Community Health Ed Center. $15. Registration required at rrmc.org, 802-772-2400.

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

Gardening Program

6 p.m.

Gardening with Charlie Nardozzi (VPR’s Vermont Garden Journal) at Chittenden Public Library, talk on “foodscaping: creating an edible landscape.”

223 Chittenden Road, Chittenden. Free, open to all. 802-773-3531.

11 a.m.

Kripalu yoga, gentle flow at Just Dance, Center St., Rutland. First class free. louiseharrison.com, 802-747-8444.

Magic: the Gathering

Mendon Bone Builders

Kripalu Yoga

Kripalu Yoga

6 a.m.

Bikram Yoga holds classes Thursdays: 6 a.m. & 6:15 p.m. inferno hot pilates; 9 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. 90-min. Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon. bikramyogamendon.com.

9 a.m.

Join to share, discuss, learn and help lessons in Comeback Communities in Idea Exchange. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at The Engine Room Conference Center, 188 S. Main St., White River Junction.

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.

MAY 24

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.

10 a.m.

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

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.

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.

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.

6 p.m.

Celebrate Castleton July 4 fundraiser mixer at the Loft, upstairs at Lake Bomoseen Lodge Taproom. $20 at the door includes pizza, wings, and one drink. 2551 VT-30, Bomoseen/

JAZZPLUS

7:30 p.m.

JAZZPLUS at ArtisTree, 2095 Pomfret Rd., So. Pomfret. $20 tickets, cash bar available. Bakriges, Fuller, and Carter are at heart exponents of global music, uniting contemporary jazz with other improvisational musical disciplines, including the bold, lyrical, and emotionally charged samba-canção and bossa nova styles. artistreevt.org.

“Lady Day”

7:30 p.m.

JAG Productions’ “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” at The Engine Room, 188 S Main St., White River Junction. $35 tickets. jagproductionsvt.com.

Jesse Colin Young

7:30 p.m.

Jesse Colin Young Band performs concert at Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 31 the Green, Woodstock. $50 adults, reserved seating, pentanglearts. org.

Old Firehouse Concerts

7:30 p.m.

House Blend, a capella chorus of 15, performs at Tinmouth’s Old Firehouse concert series. Doors open 7 p.m. $12 suggested donation. Desserts, coffee and tea available by donation. Mountain View Road, Tinmouth.

SATURDAY

RYP Mixer

6 p.m.

Rutland Young Professionals monthly mixer, at Live Love Yoga, 6-8 p.m. 27 Center St., Rutland. Bring comfy clothes to join yoga activities. Food and beverages provided by Juice Amour. Free.

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.

Author Book Talk

6:30 p.m.

Jackson Ellis, with Rachel Carter and Asher Ellis, discusses his new book “Lords of St. Thomas” at Phoenix Books Rutland, 2 Center St., Rutland.

Free, open to all. phoenixbooks.biz.

Women’s Club Annual Meeting

6:30 p.m.

Greater Killington Women’s Club hosts 54th annual meeting and social at Summit Lodge, Killington. Voting, elections, and updates, followed by informal social. Refreshments, cash bar. RSVP to evite.me/Bux78zpEFm or visit swcvt.com for info.

Adult Soccer

7 p.m.

Adult Soccer at Killington Elementary School, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays. $2.

Non-marking 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.

Migratory Bird Talk

7 p.m.

Neotropical Migratory Birds discussion with Ezeikel Jakub, at VINS. Free and open to public. Suggested donation $10. vinsweb.org. 149 Natures Way, Quechee.

MAY 26

Community Flea Market

7 a.m.

Community flea market starts up at North Hollow Farm Store, 1831 Route 100N, Rochester. Free vendor spaces, set up at 7 a.m., close up at 6 p.m.

Food and refreshments sold. Come sell, buy, and swap your good!

Memorial Parade and Spring Fling

Fair Haven holds annual Memorial Day Observance Spring Fling and parade in the town park.

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.

Killington Stage Race

8:55 a.m.

Killington Stage Race returns to Killington. Today, Stage 1 (Lookout & First Stop Circuit Race) heads from Killington to Plymouth, and back. killingtonstagerace.com for details.

Killington Section GMC

9 a.m.

Killington Section Green Mountain Club outing: Woodland Hike, Wallingford.

HIke to a beaver pond and enjoy the view. Moderate, 3 miles, some bushwhacking. Meet at 9 a.m. at Rutland’s Main Street Park, near firehouse, to carpool. Call for details: 802-775-6208.

Kids’ Fishing Day

9 a.m.

Vt. Fish & Wildlife sponsors Kids Fishing Day at Teenie’s Pond, Chittenden.

Info, vtfishandwildlife.com, 802-773-2637.

Summer Farmers Market

9 a.m.

Summer Vermont Farmers Market in Depot Park, Rutland. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Vermont crafts, jars, fresh fruits and veggies, cheese, breads, maple products, and more. Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer.

CALENDAR

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

Working Woodlands Workshop

9 a.m.

Working Woodlands Workshop, Nature Photography with Lisa Lacasse of Quechee Area Camera Club, at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, in the Forest Center. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. $20. Info, 802-747-7900. 54 Elm St., Woodstock.

Plymouth Tag Sale

9 a.m.

Plymouth community-wide antiques and treasures tag sale, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. inside and outside of the Plymouth Community Center, 35 School Drive, Plymouth. Cash or local check only - tons for sale!

FOLA Film

7 p.m.

FOLA presents film showing of “Florence Foster Jenkins” at Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium. Free. Donations appreciated. Popcorn and water provided. fola.us. 37 S. Depot St., Ludlow.

“Lady Day”

7:30 p.m.

JAG Productions’ “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” at The Engine Room, 188 S Main St., White River Junction. $35 tickets. jagproductionsvt.com.

SUNDAY

State Parks Open!

9 a.m.

Vermont State Parks are open for the season! Bomoseen State Park, Castleton; Coolidge State Park, Plymouth; Branbury Beach, Leicester; Gifford Woods State Park, Killington; Camp Plymouth, Plymouth; Quechee State Park, Quechee; Silver Lake, Barnard; and more! Visit vtstateparks.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.

Sheep Shearing & Herding

10 a.m.

Sheep Shearing & Herding at Billings Farm & Museum, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Showcasing border collies herding sheep in programs at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Spring shearing of Southdown ewes in programs at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Demos, crafts, and operating farm. All ages. Admission. billingsfarm.org/filmfest. 69 Old River Road, Woodstock.

Open Studio Weekend

10 a.m.

Vermont Crafts Council hosts Spring Open Studio Weekend, May 26-27, with artists studios across Vt. open to the public. Yellow signs identify open studio locations. 179 sites! vermontcrafts.com for map and details.

Wallingford Day

10 a.m.

Wallingford holds town-wide art/craft fair, tag sale, flea market. Vendors set up at Gilbert Hart Library, 14 N. Main St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Rain or shine.

State Sites Open!

10 a.m.

Vermont State Historic Sites are open for the season! President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, 3780 VT-100A, Plymouth; Hubbardton Battlefield, 5696 Monument Hill Road, Castleton; Mount Independence, Mount Independence Road, Orwell; Old Constitution House, 16 North Main St., Windsor; and others outside the region. historicsites.vermont.gov for details.

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.

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.

Punk in the Park

5 p.m.

Punk in the Park dance party, PITP 13 fundraiser, at Spanky’s Dive, 71 Chester Rd., Springfield. $5 cover; ages 15 and under free. Door prizes.

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.

MAY 27

Heartfulness Meditation

7:45 a.m.

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

Killington Stage Race

8:55 a.m.

Killington Stage Race returns to Killington. Today, Stage 2 (Champion System Road Race) heads from Killington to Bethel, to Barnard, Woodstock, Bridgewater, back to Killington. killingtonstagerace.com for details.

Bikram Yoga **

Sheep Shearing & Herding

10 a.m.

Sheep Shearing & Herding at Billings Farm & Museum, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Showcasing border collies herding sheep in programs at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Spring shearing of Southdown ewes in programs at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Demos, crafts, and operating farm. All ages. Admission. billingsfarm.org/filmfest. 69 Old River Road, Woodstock.

Open Studio Weekend

10 a.m.

Vermont Crafts Council hosts Spring Open Studio Weekend, May 26-27, with artists studios across Vt. open to the public. Yellow signs identify open studio locations. 179 sites! vermontcrafts.com for map and details.

Wallingford Day

10 a.m.

Wallingford holds demonstrations on Sheep & Needle Felting, basket weaving at 271 S. Main St. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Rain or shine.

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.

Yoga Hike

10:30 a.m.

Yoga in the woods, on the Long Trail. A moving meditation up part of Pico Mountain, go off-trail to lookout. Stop for short yoga breaks. Close with relaxation session. All levels, beginners welcome. Register: amanda@innerliftyoga.com; 504-352-4813.

“Lady Day”

4 p.m.

JAG Productions’ “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” at The Engine Room, 188 S Main St., White River Junction. $35 tickets. jagproductionsvt.com.

Devil’s Bowl Dirt Racing

5 p.m.

Devil’s Bowl Speedway Dirt Track Racing begins with 52nd season opener, Memorial Day Special. NWAAS Divisions, KOD Sportsman Modifieds, SCoNE Sprint Cars. Grandstand admission applies, kids are free. 2743 Rt. 22A, West Haven. Track line: 802-265-3112. devilsbowlspeedwayvt.com.

MAY 28

Memorial Day

Remember our fallen heroes. Many towns hold parades early, in somber marches to local cemeteries.

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.

Killington Stage Race

8:15 a.m.

Killington Stage Race returns to Killington. Today, Stage 3 (Long Trail Brewery ITT) leaves Killington for 11 miles of fun. killingtonstagerace.com for details.

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, 802-4224500.

Killington Bone Builders

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10 a.m.

Bone builders meets at Sherburne Memorial Library, 2998 River Rd., Killington, 10-11 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Free, weights supplied. 802422-3368.

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SATURDAY & SUNDAY, MAY 2627

12 p.m.

Every Monday meals at Chittenden Town Hall at 12 noon. Open to public, RSVP call by Friday prior, 483-6244. Gene Sargent. Bring your own place settings. Seniors $3.50 for 60+. Under 60, $5. No holidays. 337 Holden Rd., Chittenden.

Rutland Rotary

12:15 p.m.

Rotary Club of Rutland meets Mondays for lunch at The Palms Restaurant.

Learn more or become a member, journal@sover.net.

Auxiliary Election

4 p.m.

American Legion Auxiliary Unit #31 annual election, vote by ballot. 4-6 p.m. voting, 6:30 p.m. regular meeting for all members. 33 Washington St., Rutland.

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.

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.

TUESDAY MAY 29

Plymouth Tag Sale

MONDAY SHEEP SHEARING & HERDING AT BILLINGS FARM

Monday Meals

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.

Plymouth community-wide antiques and treasures tag sale, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. inside and outside of the Plymouth Community Center, 35 School Drive, Plymouth. Cash or local check only - tons for sale!

Co

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. 802-7737187.

• 9A

Bikram Yoga **

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.

Mendon Bone Builders

10 a.m.

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

Advanced Directives Workshop

10 a.m.

Advanced Directives for Healthcare Workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, registration 9:30 a.m., Room 266, Asa Bloomer Building, 88 Merchants Row, Rutland.

Presented by Merry Postemski of Disability Rights Vermont. Free. A chemical- and scent-free event, please. Pre-register or request accommodations: 802-779-9021 or greed@vcil.org .

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

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.

Level 1 Yoga

5:30 p.m.

Level 1 Hatha Yoga at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.

Heartfulness Meditation

5:45 p.m.

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

Men’s Health Update

6 p.m.

RRMC and Marble Valley Urology (Dr. Ernest Bove, MD) present free program Men’s Health Update in CVPS/Leahy room at RRMC, 160 Allen St., Rutland. Urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction. Q&A follows. RSVP required at rrmc.org or 802-772-2400. Refreshments.

Legion Bingo

6:15 p.m.

Brandon American Legion, Tuesdays. Warm ups 6:15 p.m., regular games 7 p.m. Open to the public. Bring a friend! Franklin St., Brandon.

Chess Club

7 p.m.

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

10A • CALENDAR

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

Sanders seeks third term in Senate

By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger

Sen. Bernie Sanders is seeking a third term in the U.S. Senate.

The Vermont independent announced Monday May 21 that he will run for re-election this year, pledging to work towards longtime hallmarks of his political career, such as single-payer health care and raising the minimum wage.

“The ideas that I have been fighting for for years, which at one point were seen … to be fringe ideas, unacceptable ideas, out of the mainstream ideas, well they have now become the ideas that a majority of the American people believe in,” Sanders said in an interview.

He also expressed a desire to resist many of the initiatives President Donald Trump has pursued in office. He pointed to Trump’s proposed budget, which would cut money from programs like Medicaid and Medicare.

“I want to do everything I can to oppose this disastrous Trump agenda,” Sanders said.

Sanders plans to formally kick off his campaign with a series of events around Vermont in June.

The 76-year-old is a longtime figure in Vermont politics.

Before Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2006, he served eight terms in the U.S. House. He previously served as mayor of Burlington.

Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats in Congress, will run for the Democratic nomination in the primary in August. If he wins it, he will “respectfully decline” and run in November as an independent — the same approach he has taken in previous years, he said.

“That’s how Vermonters know me, and that’s what I will continue to do,” Sanders said.

$100 given to Vt. babies born May 29 Lucky babies born May 29 in Vermont will receive a $100 deposit into a Vermont 529 college savings account opened by the Vt. Student Assistance Corp.

Plus, one lucky Vermonter – baby or not – will be chosen to receive $529 in a college savings account in an online monthlong drawing at vsac. org and vheip.org.

The Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems is joining VSAC, which administers Vermont’s 529 college savings plan, to help educate Vermont families about saving for college for their children.

“Vermont hospitals believe that a healthy, vibrant Vermont is possible, and while excellent health care is an essential component, addressing the social determents of health is equally important,” said VAHHS President and CEO Jeffrey Tieman.

“Specifically, education has a profound impact on population health, and that’s why VAHHS partners with VSAC each year on 529. We know that investments in education will provide health benefits for our children, families, and our communities.”

A 529 plan is an education savings plan operated by a state or educational institution designed to help families set aside funds for future college costs. It is named after Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, which created these types of savings plans in 1996.

Sanders enters the race with a solid fundraising founas Pennsylvania. dation and a high approval rating among Vermont voters.

“What is more important to him, to spend time among He had $6.9 million in his war chest as of the most recent his constituents in Vermont … or to go to some other disclosures in March. states and campaign on behalf of a candidate who might A recent Morning Consult poll found 61 percent of take back a seat in the House?” Davis said.

Vermonters feel Sanders deserves another term — almost Davis noted that campaigning for candidates in other twice the rate for an average senator. Meanwhile, 32 perstates will also give Sanders opportunities to “continue cent said the felt it was time for him to give it up. testing the waters” for another run for the White House.

Sanders does have some competition in the race.

Another consideration for the 2018 midterms in VerAccording to Secretary of State records, one Republican mont is what impact Sanders’ re-election run will have on candidate, Jasdeep Pannu, is registered for the U.S. Senate turnout in the state. Non-presidential election years tend race in Vermont this year. Others have indicated plans to to have lower rates of turnout, especially when there are run, including Brad Peanot open seats in any of the “THE IDEAS THAT I HAVE BEEN cock of Shaftsbury, who is state’s top offices. However, FIGHTING FOR FOR YEARS..WELL THEY running as an independent.

Davis said, lower turnout While Sanders has broad rates could have an impact HAVE NOW BECOME THE IDEAS THAT A popularity in Vermont, on state legislative races.

MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE his family has faced some Sanders acknowledged controversy recently related that he will be hitting the BELIEVE IN,” SANDERS SAID. to his wife, Jane O’Meara campaign trail for candiSanders, and her handling of a land deal at Burlington dates in other states in the lead-up to November, saying College. that he thinks it is very important to support progressives Middlebury political professor emeritus Eric Davis around the country this election cycle. said it will be interesting to see how many events SandHowever, he vowed to get “to every corner” of Vermont ers holds in Vermont versus how many he holds in other and hold rallies and town meetings. states where Democrats have a potential to pick up a seat.

As to whether Sanders has given any thought to a 2020 Sanders, who is the chair of the Senate Democratpresidential bid, the senator said Monday that he is foic Caucus outreach committee, has already hit the cused “with every fiber of my being” on the 2018 elections. campaign trail in states and congressional districts “2020 from a political point of view is a very, very long where Democrats have a shot at turning a seat, such time away and we’ve got to focus on 2018,” he said.

Memorial Day weekend gives green light to green thumbs Avens are hardy perennials, and they’re easy to grow

By Dr. Leonard Perry, Horticulture Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont

Avens are hardy perennials, pared, with 46 living at least two often known by their scientific years and most living for at least genus name (Geum). Although four years. Of all those tested, 60 uncommon, this perennial is percent were rated either good to easy to grow, has few pests or excellent. problems, and provides numerFour of the avens in the Chicago ous small flowers in late spring trials received five-star excellent into early summer. Depending ratings. Prairie smoke avens (G. on selection, flowers may be triflorum) has nodding, white to in variations of yellow to gold, rosy-pink flowers held about 18 orange, or red. inches high. The white petals are It’s no surprise that with roseactually hidden beneath the rosylike flowers, this perennial is in pink bracts (modified leaves). In the rose family. Flowers are held Chicago, this avens bloomed over on wiry stems above the foliage a long period—from early May to and, depending on species and early July. The rosette of leaves, cultivar (cultivated variety), from which the flowering stems may be upward-, outward-, or arose, was 10 inches high and 20 down-facing. The lower cominches wide. pact rosettes of hairy leaves are ‘Sangria’ avens has upward-facgenerally under one foot high, ing, semi-double scarlet flowers while the flower stems may held about 30 inches high and reach two feet high. Leaf shapes Submitted blooming from early June to early can be quite variable and, in A bee polinates an Avens perennial flower, which is in the rose family.

July. The leaf rosette of this avens mild winters and climates, may was 16 inches high and 30 inches be semi-evergreen or evergreen. wide. This is part of the Cocktail Occasionally you may find some minor powperhaps such “deadheading” will encourage Series of avens, bred by nurseryman Brent Hordery mildew on leaves, primarily with water reblooming in late summer. vath of Intrinsic Perennial Gardens in Hebron, avens (G. rivale), alpine avens (G. montanum), Some species and hybrids are short-lived— Illinois. This series features bold colors such as and wood avens (G. urbanum). only growing a few years—including the Chilwith ‘Sangria’, and softer colors as with another Fruits develop after the flowers and have ean and scarlet geum and their cultivars. For top-rated avens—‘Mai Tai’. Flowers of this one long feathery tails on seeds, resembling puffs these, divide plants every year or two (“crown open as a muted red, turning apricot on burof smoke above the plants. They’re particularly division”) to keep plants vigorous. Division gundy stems. The outward-facing, semi-douattractive in prairie smoke avens (G. triflorum) also is the means to get new, identical plants. ble Flowers bloomed in Chicago from late April and alpine avens.

While some, such as ‘Mrs. Bradshaw’ and until early June. While flower stems of ‘Mai In the cooler North, avens grow best in full ‘Lady Stratheden,’ are grown from seeds, many Tai’ were 24 inches tall, the rounded mound of sun and can tolerate part shade (four to six cultivars grown from seeds may not “come true leaves was 10 inches tall and 24 inches wide. hours of direct sun daily). In warmer climates, to type.”

Totally Tangerine (which you may find as they prefer afternoon shade. Avens prefer Since avens are low, compared to many Tim’s Tangerine) also has upward-facing, moist, well-drained soils and do not tolerate perennials, they’re best used in masses or along semi-double flowers on stems to about 30 wet soils, particularly during winter. The ideal the front of a border or walk. Their warm colors inches high. The orange sterile flowers bloom soil will vary with species, as they originally contrast nicely with blues and purples, such over a long period, from late May to mid-July. come from various areas of Europe, Asia, as from perennial salvias or sages, with many The leaf rosette reaches 10 inches high and Africa, and the Americas. The prairie smoke perennial geraniums and catmints. Contrast about 20 inches wide. This is one of my favorite avens, for instance, is native to dry prairies and the flowers with dark-leaved coralbells (Heuperennials, which has grown well for me in rocky places. The Chilean avens (G. chiloense) chera), or interplant for a more bold effect with Vermont. and scarlet avens (G. coccineum) are native gold- and orange-leaved coralbells. Avens Several avens were either quite short-lived, to woodlands with moist, nutrient-rich soils. combine well, too, with ornamental grasses or not hardy, in the Chicago trials and so Generally, avens need minimal fertility. such as prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heteroare recommended to be treated as annuals.

If leaves are brown after winter, or get lepis) and little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoThese included Blazing Sunset, the popular scorched brown from drought, merely prune parium). Many avens work well in container Mrs. Bradshaw and Lady Stratheden ‘Double them off and new ones will appear. If flowering plantings, and the prairie smoke avens is good Bloody Mary and wood avens (G. urbanum). stems appear unsightly after bloom, prune for rock gardens.

The latter, too, was one of the least attractive, these off. This also will help prevent reseeding, In trials by Richard Hawke at the Chicago had severe mildew some years on leaves, and if this is a concern, from some selections and Botanic Garden, 49 different avens were comreseeded to the point of being weedy.

MUSIC SCENE • 11A

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

Music scene

[MUSIC Scene]

by dj dave hoffenberg

WEDNESDAY

RUTLAND

MAY 23 POULTNEY

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

7 p.m. Taps Tavern

7 p.m. Artistree

Jazz Night w/ Zak Hampton’s Moose Crossing

Tavern

Throwback Thursday w/ DJ Mega

SOUTH POMFRET Open Mic

RUTLAND

STOCKBRIDGE

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

Rick Redington

Tavern

Full Band Open Mic

9:30 p.m. The Venue Jenny Porter

THURSDAY

MAY 24 MENDON

6 p.m. Red Clover Inn Jazz Trio

PITTSFIELD 7 p.m. Clear River Tavern Open Mic Jam w/ Supply & Demand Duo

POULTNEY 7 p.m. Taps Tavern Gold Town Duo

7 p.m. The Wild Fern

FRIDAY

MAY 25 BOMOSEEN 6 p.m. Iron Lantern John Lyons

9 p.m. Center Street Alley

9 p.m. JAX Food &

PITTSFIELD

RUTLAND

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

The Idiots

8 p.m. Clear River Tavern

9:30 p.m. The Venue

RUTLAND

WOODSTOCK

7 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tav-

8 p.m. Bentley’s

DJ Dirty D

Tavern

Rio County Line

SOUTH POMFRET 7:30 p.m. Artistree JazzPlus

RUTLAND 7 p.m. Draught Room at

Diamond Run Mall Duane Carleton

MTM Presents: AngelslayeR, Kurtosis, Crypitus, No Son of Mine

Wayne Canney

6 p.m. Stony Brook

TINMOUTH

Supply & Demand Duo

Tavern

7:30 p.m. Old Firehouse House Blend

SATURDAY

6 p.m. Iron Lantern 6 p.m. Tap Room

Tavern

SUNDAY

MAY 27 BOMOSEEN

May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month. The ribbon color is gray because gray matters. On Saturday, June 10 at 11 a.m. you can help the cause by participating in the first ever Wander to Wonder 5K Walk at Castleton University.

There will be signs around rockin’ campus directing where to the region go; or GPS the address: 338 by dj dave South Street Castleton, VT hoffenberg 05735. It’s $20 to enter and kids walk for free. Registration begins at 10 a.m., opening ceremonies and music begin at 10:45 a.m., the race starts at 11 a.m., with closing ceremonies at 2:30 p.m. They will be providing water and light snacks before and after the walk. Visit nbtsevents.braintumor.org/event/wanderto-wonder-5k-walk/e169333 to register or to donate.

The walk was started by Alyssa Audet who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in August 2016. I had the pleasure of speaking with her to learn about her story and thankfully, it has a happy ending, since she’s a survivor.

This is the first walk ever in Vermont to benefit the National Brain Tumor Society, to which all proceeds will go. They will be using the money to help find a cure. Audet attended a walk last fall in Boston that benefited the NBTS. She contacted the New England regional director who helped her set up this website for her event.

Audet has received positive feedback from the community for this walk. She has already raised $2,700 with a goal of $10,000. She said, “I feel that after being diagnosed with it, doing this walk is part of my journey and helping me heal.” She hopes that this walk grows every year.

In August 2016 when Audet was 27, she had a seizure and went to the hospital to find out she had a mass on her brain. She next went to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire and found out it was a brain tumor and it required surgery. She had a nine hour brain surgery where they removed 90 percent of the tumor. The other 10 percent was treated with radiation and oral chemotherapy. She has no cognitive or physical issues from it, but she suffered a lot of fatigue and had to rebuild her immune system after the chemo.

Right before the seizure, she and her now-husband Aar-

Open Mic

PITTSFIELD

KILLINGTON

9 p.m. Jax Food and

Clay Canfield & Brother John

Jenny Porter

POULTNEY 8 p.m. Taps Tavern Bluegrass Jam

RUTLAND 7 p.m. The Venue

Working Mans Karaoke w/ Bob Hudson

Open Mic w/ Supply & Demand Duo

Aaron Audet

7 p.m. The Foundry

Josh Jakab

MONDAY

Jazz Night w/ Summit Pond Quartet

Games

zeria

The People’s Jam

9 p.m. The Killarney

5 p.m. The Foundry

6 p.m. Third Place Piz-

1 p.m. Wild Fern

KILLINGTON

Ryan Fuller

CASTLETON

Cigar Box Brunch w/ Rick Redington

MAY 28 LUDLOW

TUESDAY MAY 29

12 p.m. Wild Fern

6 p.m. Lake House

Krishna Guthrie

Open Mic Night

Rick Redington & Heather Lynne

STOCKBRIDGE

DJ Mega

8 p.m. Center Street Alley Trivia

7 p.m. Clear River Tavern

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

Tavern

Open Mic w/ Krishna Guthrie

Duane Carleton

n o i g e R e h T ’ R ock i n reness Month w ith Brain Cancer

ern

STOCKBRIDGE

Nancy Johnson

Tony Lee Thomas

Howlin’ Mouse

6 p.m. Stony Brook

9 p.m. JAX Food &

Games

6:30 p.m. Rick & Kat’s

9:30 p.m. The Venue

Jenny Porter

7 p.m. The Foundry

RUTLAND

bird.bird

9 p.m. Center Street Alley

STOCKBRIDGE

MAY 26 BOMOSEEN

KILLINGTON

Games

Awa

on went to California to get married. She was having dizzy spells out there and thought it was just from altitude sickness or jet lag. She came back to Vermont and two weeks later, suffered the seizure. She said, “I didn’t think that two weeks after getting married, I would suffer a brain tumor. It was a shock. I never had any headaches, once, ever.”

She was surprised to learn of three people in her community that suffered brain tumors as well. She said, “When I was growing up I did a lot of breast cancer walks because that’s something that ran in my family. Everyone knows someone that was affected by breast cancer, but brain tumors don’t seem to be something that are heard of, really.”

Each year more than 23,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with brain cancer and other nervous system cancers, according to federal statistics. These cancers make up a portion of the nearly 78,000 brain tumors diagnosed each year in this country. There are many types of brain and spinal cord tumors. The tumors are formed by the abnormal growth of cells and may be either benign or malignant. Benign brain and spinal cord tumors grow and press on nearby areas of the brain. They rarely spread into other tissues and may recur. Malignant brain and spinal cord tumors are likely to grow quickly and spread into other brain tissue.

When a tumor grows into or presses on an area of the brain, it may stop that part of the brain from working the way it should. Both benign and malignant brain tumors produce signs and symptoms and need treatment.

Tumors that start in the brain are called primary brain tumors. Primary brain tumors may spread to other parts of the brain or to the spine, but rarely spread to other parts of the body. Often, tumors found in the brain have started somewhere else in the body and spread to one or more parts of the brain. These are called metastatic brain tumors. About half of these tumors are from lung cancer.

The National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program estimates that more than 16,830 people in the U.S. will die from brain and other nervous system cancers in 2018. Brain tumors are the most common cancer in children.

Audet is a survivor and said, “Every day is a blessing and you just don’t know what tomorrow brings so just be thankful. Anything can happen in an instant.”

Castleton U:

Plans aim to up enrollment

continued from page 2A traditional college-aged students nationally are expected to continue through at least 2029, some estimate by as much as 19 percent. “We needed to position ourselves with that in mind to be able to maximize our resources, to maintain affordability, and to continue to be an economic engine for the region and beyond,” Scolforo said. “This plan requires a two-year implementation period to fully realize the benefits of the restructure and we continue to keep a keen eye on the demographic trends that impact higher education nationally.”

During the four-month process, Castleton launched several new initiatives in an effort to attract students from outside of its traditional recruiting areas, and those efforts are reflected in a stronger incoming class than recent years. These new initiatives focus on scholarships for neighboring out-ofstate counties, grants for students with high academic ability and low income, and articulation agreements with out-ofstate community colleges like SUNY-Adirondack and SUNY-Orange.

“Our admissions team worked tirelessly to make these new initiatives happen and as a result, we are seeing positive momentum as we look toward the fall. We are also thrilled to collaborate more deeply with our partners at

Community College of Vermont and the other institutions in the VSCS,” Scolforo said, referencing new program delivery slated for CCV Rutland and CCV Winooski this fall as well as other opportunities to share resources.

In addition to enrollment initiatives, three faculty task forces were convened to focus on the academic experience at Castleton. Tasked with identifying potential new programs, strengthening current offerings, and exploring alternative delivery models and revenue sources, the volunteer faculty groups not only identified savings opportunities but also growth potential.

The university has identified master’s degree programs in nursing and criminal justice as well as an innovative MBA program to add to its graduate offerings, while undergraduate programs such as archaeology, computer science, occupational therapy assistant, and physical therapy assistant are also being developed.

New delivery modules, including a concept similar to the Northeastern University Cooperative Education Model, fully-online graduate programs, distance education, and a burgeoning Fine Arts Academy for Early College students will enhance the strength of Castleton’s traditional liberal arts education.

12A • PUZZLES

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

• SUDOKU

• MOVIE TIMES

• CROSSWORD

• MOVIE DIARY

just for fun

SUDOKU

the MOVIE diary

By Dom Cioffi

Each block is divided by its own matrix of nine cells. The rule for solving Sudoku puzzles are very simple. Each row, column and block, must contain one of the numbers from “1” to “9”. No number may appear more than once in any row, column, or block.

When you’ve filled the entire grid the puzzle is solved.

Solutions on page 27A

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

CLUES ACROSS 1. Color 4. English prince 10. When you’ll get there 11. Pivot 12. Actinium 14. Greek letter 15. Primordial matter 16. One of a Polynesian island 18. Most spacious 22. What you owe 23. Button-like ornament 24. Ancient city 26. Trauma center 27. CNN anchor Burnett 28. Enough (archaic) 30. Lebowski’s nickname “The __” 31. Printing speed measurement 34. Waterbirds 36. WWI airship 37. Sudden attack 39. Advice 40. Sacs where fungi develop 41. Where instinctive impulses are manifest 42. Schoolhouse implements 48. Brain parts 50. Borne by or suspended in a liquid 51. Of the desert 52. Starbucks size 53. Ancient Roman garment 54. In a way, set aflame 55. Samarium 56. Heavenly bodies 58. Water in the solid state 59. Exchanged 60. Int’l organization

CLUES DOWN 1. Regain 2. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel 3. Delicacies 4. Spanish be 5. Miami Heat great 6. More slick 7. Turn away 8. Made a second thrust 9. Where injured ballplayers end up 12. As quickly as can be done 13. Military disguise 17. __ and Dad 19. Mythological wind (Greek) 20. Slides without control 21. Principle or belief 25. Unusually large 29. Naturally occurring solid material 31. Backsides 32. Large orange-brown butterfly 33. Old Testament prophet 35. Women’s apartments in a Muslim palace 38. One who waters down 41. Made a visual representation of 43. Continent 44. Flat pieces of rock 45. Very long period of time 46. Radioactivity units 47. Fields of study 49. Distinctive, pleasant smell 56. The Constitution State (abbr.)

57. South Dakota Solutions on page 27A

Suspicious minds

My teenage son looked at me the other night and stated, “Dad, can you stop being a coach and just be my father?”

That hit home, not only because it was a pretty insightful comment from such a young mind, but also because it was painfully true.

I’ve been coaching sports in one form or another for the better part of my adult life. When my son came along, I figured I had a built-in student/athlete who I assumed would appreciate my expertise. And while my boy does take many of the athletic tips I give him to heart, sometimes the relentless nature of my “this is the right way to do it” approach wears on him.

It’s not that I’m always looking for perfection, but more that situations will arise where I see an opportunity to give him some valuable insight. In coaching we call this a “teachable moment.” It’s also a powerful way to take a negative and turn it into a positive.

This was the case one night last week when our doorbell rang. Like my son, I assumed it was for him so I didn’t move from my chair in the living room. He popped up in an instant and opened the door.

From my vantage point, I could see that it wasn’t a neighborhood kid but was instead someone obviously pedaling a door-to-door deal. She was a young, 20-something with a sweet voice who announced that she was a representative of Greenpeace and was soliciting donations through the neighborhood for their fight against human trafficking.

My son was a bit verbally paralyzed, partly because he had no idea what to say, but more likely because the girl was attractive and he didn’t want to appear like a dork, which he definitely did.

I rose from my chair and made my way over and started a conversation, asking the girl a few questions about what she was hoping to accomplish. In an effort to ignite a teachable moment, I then asked her to explain to my son what human trafficking is.

She launched into a very educated speech about the growing number of people who are abducted and then held hostage or sold into underground slavery rings. Honestly, the information she provided gave me pause. I knew human trafficking was a problem, but I had no idea how bad and prevalent it was.

The more she talked the more I became curious about the data. Throughout the conversation I would periodically turn my attention to my son to see if he was understanding the information. He was visibly disturbed by what he was hearing, but I allowed her to continue, knowing that sometimes certain things, no matter how terrible they are to hear, are necessary.

When she finished spitting out ugly statistics, I

DEADPOOL 2

couldn’t help but inquire how she got involved with Greenpeace and this particular scourge of humanity.

She went on to explain that two years earlier, while at a popular East Coast beach resort town, her good friend was abducted right in front of her.

It seems that a group of six girls went out clubbing one night and during the frenzy of the evening, someone slipped a fast-acting drug into one of her girlfriend’s drinks. When the girl started to feel dizzy, a young man, who had obviously planned the episode, suggested she get some air outside. In an instant, she was pulled into a van and whisked away.

Police would search for her for two weeks before she was located and freed, but her experiences while held captive have forever altered her life.

Our Greenpeace representative told us that she got involved in the fight against human trafficking soon after because she saw firsthand how easy it was to make someone disappear.

Both my son and I were silent as she told us her story and equally without words when she finished.

I was glad he heard this scenario and reiterated after she left how important it was to watch out for yourself and your friends because bad people are great opportunists.

When our conversation finally ended, I agreed to donate some money to her cause – I figured the education and time she provided us was well worth a donation. I then wished her well and commended her for doing her part in saving humanity.

This week’s film, “Deadpool 2,” features another individual who is looking to save humanity, albeit with a different set of skills and a wise cracking personality that would offend every grandmother on earth.

After the success of the first “Deadpool” movie, there was little doubt that a sequel would arrive.

This past weekend’s release and the great praise that has followed makes this superhero one of Marvel Studio’s most bankable characters and a shoo-in for future films.

If you love the superhero genre mixed with nonstop action and a bit of shock comedy, definitely give this film a try.

A mortified “B” for “Deadpool 2.”

Check local movie listings to see “Deadpool 2.”

Got a question or comment for Dom? You can email him at moviediary@att.net.

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On stones and strokes

Question: Carol and Chad are playing in a tournament. On the 16th hole, Carol strokes her ball into the rough and it lands next to a very large stone, almost a boulder. Carol says the stone can be removed if someone is available, as much effort would have to be given. She says the stone is a loose impediment, which allows the stone to be removed. Chad says movement of the stone is not allowed and is, therefore, not a loose impediment. Is Chad correct?

Killington golf course:

Answer: Stones of any size are considered loose impediments and can be removed unless the time to remove the stone is unreasonable. Chad is not correct. See USGA Decisions on the Rules of Golf, 2016-2017, 23-1/2.

The 2018-2019 edition has not yet been printed.

Golf clinics continue on Saturday mornings, 10:30 a.m. to noon. I continue to work on individual concerns.

Remember, the swings the thing and continuous improvement is what it’s all about.

Too good to keep to ourselves

continued from page 4A create views from various greens. holes are kind of private, you can be regular golfer at GMNGC. Carved out of forestland donated on one hole and not see anybody else, Mountain Times: What do you like to the town by landowner Gracie not in a negative antisocial way, but about GMNGC? Barrows’ estate and occupying about that seems like the more enjoyable Michael Algren: I like the way it’s 200 acres, the course is surrounded by golf round ...This is a different lifestyle nestled in the mountains. On most of the Green Mountain National Forest, altogether up here, and this course the course you can’t see a house –it’s and the highest point on the course kind of fits it all too: it’s peaceful, it’s really connected with nature. It’s well overlooks Colton Pond far below, a in the woods, you can be alone if you maintained, the drainage is great, the state-owned, stocked trout pond. want. If not, there are plenty of friend- fairways are beautiful, and the greens J. P. Longeuil, interim head proly people all over. are incredible. fessional and general manager with MT: What has been your experiMT: What has been your experiBrown Golf, has been here since May ence with the new management? ence with the new management?

1 and will stay until the end MA: I’m aware of the new of May or a little longer, fee structure. I heard it had “THE BOARD IS VERY HAPPY WITH depending on how things new management. I’m not BROWN GOLF. IT’S A WORK IN go, he said. sure where that’s going.

“Everyone has been Mr. & Mrs. Link PROGRESS,” SAID JIM HAFF absolutely amazing, I say The Links have been that sincerely, it’s been just a pleasure JS: They gave me the resident rate coming to Killington since 1998. They to be up here,” Longeuil said. “Withas a homeowner. have a home in Plymouth where they out having Bobby and Marcia on the Daria and Tom Ayers , Wethersspend about half the year. The rest ground along with John I don’t think field, Conn. of the time they live in New York City. we would have understood as quickly The Ayers stopped by GMNGC (They requested their first names not as we did what details are influences while their daughter participates in be used.) here. Here it’s just performing to the the four-day Young Writers’ ConMountain Times: What do you like expectations of Killington, and what ference in Middlebury. Tom came about GMNGC? the people here want. If we do that to GMNGC years ago for the first Mr. Link: It’s a beautiful course, … everything else will fall into line tournaments; Daria has never been. it’s always been well kept, and it’s a as long as we can do everything else They were staying in Killington until great asset to the community, but the properly.”

Sunday night. friendliness of the staff and people Select Board member Jim Haff, Mountain Times: What do you like were always a big part of this… We’ve who was chosen to negotiate the about GMNGC? had the privilege to play golf pretty contract with Brown Golf, said he Daria Ayer: It’s like taking a beauti- much all around the world, this is still is pleased so far. “The board is very ful walk and then you have to hit a ball one of the prettiest, nicest courses happy with Brown Golf. It’s a work every once in awhile ... How can you we’ve played...We’ve had family in progress,” he said in a brief phone beat that, it’s gorgeous. reunions here, they’ve all looked interview. “It takes the management Tom Ayer: The services and the forward to coming and playing Green of a golf course out of the hands of people who work here are really nice.

Mountain National. It’s a big part of the town and puts it in the hands of a MT: What has been your experiour tradition. company that does this for a living.” ence with the new management?

Mrs. Link: The challenge, the The Mountain Times caught up TA: Will they have packages? We beauty…All of our friends and family with early-season golfers to gather used the Golf magazine coupon… I feel the same. We always say if you can their impressions. would be interested in the stay and play well here you can play anywhere.

Jeff Stark, Emmaus, Penn. play package.

MT: What has been your experiStark has a house on Dean Hill, DA: I work for a rec department ence with the new management?

Killington so comes up quite often. and they sometimes use a tiered fee Mrs. L: We cautiously hope that Mountain Times: What do you like structure. It makes sense. they will maintain the camaraderie, about GMNGC? Michael Algren, Bridgewater accessibility, congeniality that the Jeff Stark: I’ve played all over the Algren is the owner of Algren Decourse has always had. We hope that East Coast and this is by far my favorsign and Building, he was just arriving the access to it doesn’t change, meanite course. The scenery, it’s quiet, the for his tee-time, late in the day. He’s a ing too many corporate events.

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FIND YOUR LOCAL ARTS, DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

JAG Productions presents Lanie Robertson’s “Lady Day” over three weekends

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May 24-27—WHITE RIVER JUNCTION—JAG Productions will present the profound jazz musical “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” by Lanie Robertson. The show will run from May 24-27 at the Engine Room in White River Junction; May 31-June 3 at The Grange Theater in Pomfret; and June 7-10 at Main Street Landing’s Black Box Theater in Burlington. The performance will be directed by JAG Productions’ founder and producing artistic director, Jarvis Antonio Green.

The show goes as follows: It’s 1959, and jazz legend Billie Holiday is playing a seedy bar in Philadelphia. It will be one of her last performances. As she shares stories about her stormy personal life, her battle with addiction and her ground-breaking vocal style, she also, of course, sings.​ Featuring a sensational score, including “God Bless The Child,” “What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” and “Strange Fruit,” this haunting play with captivating insights of the life of one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, is not to be missed.

The cast of will be led by Francesca Harper as Billie Holiday and Nygel Robinson as Jimmy Powers. The creative team includes Jarvis Green (director), Jeff Bolding (music director), Christian Kohn (scenic design), John B. Forbes (lighting design), and Tim Mikovitz (sound design).

The full schedule is as follows: Thursday-Saturday, May 24-26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 27 at 4 p.m. at the Engine Room, 188 South Main St., White River Junction; Thursday-Saturday, May 31-June 2 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 2 at 2 p.m., and Sunday, June 3 at 4 p.m. at The Grange Theatre, 65 Stage Rd, Pomfret; and June 7-9 in Burlington.

Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at JAGProductionsVT.com or by calling 802-332-3270.

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Francesca Harper will portray jazz legend Billie Holiday in JAG Productions’ “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.”

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Jackson Ellis will be visiting Phoenix Books Rutland to discuss his new novel, along with two other authors – Rachel Carter and Asher Ellis.

Jackson Ellis talks on new novel, “Lords of St. Thomas,” in Rutland

Thursday, May 24, 6:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—On Thursday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m., Phoenix Books Rutland will host a talk on Jackson Ellis’ new novel, “Lords of St. Thomas.”

Jackson Ellis will be joined by Rachel Carter and Asher Ellis.

About “Lords of St. Thomas:” In the Mojave Desert, at the southern end of the isolated Moapa Valley, sat the town of St. Thomas, Nevada. A small community that thrived despite scorching temperatures and scarce water, St. Thomas was home to hardy railroad workers, farmers, shopkeepers, teachers, and a lone auto mechanic named Henry Lord. Born and raised in St. Thomas, Lord lived in a small home beside his garage with his son, Thomas, his daughter-in-law, Ellen, and his grandson, “Little Henry.”

All lived happily until the stroke of a pen by President Coolidge authorizing the construction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam. Within a decade, more than 250 square miles of desert floor would become flooded by the waters of the Colorado River, and St. Thomas would be no more.

In the early 1930s, the federal government began buying out the residents of St. Thomas, yet the hardheaded Henry Lord, believing the water would never reach his home, refused to sell. It was a mistake that would cost him – and his family – dearly. “Lords of St. Thomas” details the tragedies and conflicts endured by a family fighting an unwinnable 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, as Little Henry returns to St. Thomas 60 years later, after Lake Mead recedes, to retrieve a treasure he left behind – and to fulfill a promise he made as a child.

This event is free and open to all. Phoenix Books Rutland is located at 2 Center St., Rutland. Copies of the featured title will be available for attendees to purchase and have signed. For more information, call 802-855-8078 or visit phoenixbooks.biz.

Substance abuse expert to explore youths’ attraction to risky behavior Wednesday & Thursday, May 23-24—POULTNEY, BRANDON—Youth substance abuse is a concern in Rutland County. Here are some grim statistics: In Rutland County, 43 percent of young adults binge-drank in the last 30 days; 44 percent of young adults used marijuana in the last 30 days; and 12 percent of young adults used prescription stimulants for non-medical purposes in the past year (2016 Vermont Young Adult Survey). Also, 10 percent of high school students had drunk alcohol before the age of 13 and 9 percent of high school students had ever misused a prescription stimulant or pain reliever (2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey). Families and community members ask these questions time and again: Why do teens love risk taking, including using alcohol and drugs? How do addictive drugs change the adolescent brain?

Michael Nerney, an expert on substance abuse prevention and education, will be speaking on teen substance abuse issues Wednesday, May 23, 6-8 p.m. in the Withey East Room at Green Mountain College, and Thursday, May 24, 7-9 p.m. at the Brandon Inn. Tickets are not required for the events but people are asked to sign up in advance by going to the eventbrite web pages: • eventbrite.com/e/substance-use-michael-nerney-community-talk-brandon-inn-tickets-45378651769 • eventbrite.com/e/substance-use-michael-nerney-community-talk-green-mountain-college-tickets-45377726000

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Killington Stage Race returns, spanning two decades of biking May 26-28—KILLINGTON—The Killington region welcomes back the 22nd edition of the legendary New England Stage Race, which started back in 1987.

For 2018, the race will have eight stage race categories and three days of racing: Friday-Sunday, May 2628. Stage One is contested on a historic, fun and fast circuit race that takes racers through the President

Calvin Coolidge birthplace. Stage Two is a challenging hilly road race with a 5.5-mile, 1,550-foot climb to the finish. Stage Three provides a rare long ITT over 11 miles which has made for some thrillingly close final GC battles.

Join over Memorial Day Weekend as a competitor or spectator. Learn more at killingtonstagerace.com.

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VINS presents program on return of migratory birds Thursday, May 24, 7 p.m.—QUECHEE—VINS will present a program on neotropical migratory birds on Thursday, May 24, from 7-8:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public, with a $10 suggested donation.

Migratory birds such as the warblers, flycatchers, and even raptors are some of the most enjoyable and anticipated birds to watch during the spring and summer here in Vermont. These migrants spend,

in fact, most of their lives not with us in Vermont, but in the new world tropics (“Neo-tropics”) including Mexico, Central and South America.

Ezeikel Jakub, Director of Ornithology at Conservación Panamá Inc., will share his organization’s grassroots research and conservation efforts.

VINS is located at 149 Naturés Way, Quechee.

For more information, call 802-3595000 or emai info@ vinsweb. org.

Local groups present hate speech and the First Amendment forum Wednesday, May 23, 6 p.m.—RUTLAND—In late April, hundreds of Confederate Flag/Jewish Star flyers were stuffed between books in the Holocaust section of the Rutland Free Library. In response, the Rutland Jewish Center and the Rutland Area Branch of the NAACP are holding a forum on hate speech and the First Amendment. The forum will be held Wednesday, May 23, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Jewish Center, 96 Grove St., Rutland.

Facilitated by Tabitha Pohl-Moore, president of the Rutland Area Branch of the NAACP, the forum will feature the following speakers: Rabbi Kaya Stern-Kaufman of the Rutland Jewish Center; Julio Thompson, civil rights unit director for the Vermont Attorney General’s Office; the Rev. John Weatherhogg of Grace Congregational Church; Chief Brian Kilcullen of the Rutland City Police Department; and Solicitor General Ben Battles, the Chief Appellate Attorney of the civil rights unit of the Vermont Attorney General’s Office.

The event will also include musical selections from the Grace Church Choir and Rutland Jewish Center members.

All are welcome to come together in the spirit of unity and solidarity as we address hate speech in our community. For information, email office@rutlandjewishcenter.org.

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Rabbi Kaya Stern-Kaufman

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The colorful plumage of this Baltimore oriole makes it easily recognizable upon return to the area during migration.

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White River Junction VA Medical Center to hold Memorial Day ceremony Wednesday, May 30—WHITE RIVER JUNCTION—White River Junction VA Medical Center will be hosting a Memorial Day Ceremony on Wednesday, May 30. The ceremony will take place outside under the flag on the Veterans Memorial Brick Walkway at noon. Music will be played by the Lyme Town Band, Acting Medical Center Director Dr. Brett Rusch will open the ceremony and the keynote speaker will be Col. Nathan Lord, commander of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain).

Col. Nathan Lord started his military career in Bravo Company 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry (Mountain) of the Maine Army National Guard in 1988. He was later commissioned a 2nd Lt. of Infantry in 1991 from the University of Maine ROTC program. He initially served as a rifle platoon leader in Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion 172nd Infantry (Mountain) in Jericho Vermont.

Col. Lord is a career mountain infantry officer whose assignments include Company Executive Officer and Company Commander Alpha Company, 3rd Battal-

ion, 172nd Infantry (Mountain) , Operations Officer Army Mountain Warfare School, Executive Officer 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry (Mountain), Operations Officer 86th Troop Command, Training Officer and Executive Officer 86th IBCT (Mountain) and Operations Officer, Vermont Army National Guard. Col. Lord Commanded the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry (Mountain) from 2006-2009 and the Army Mountain Warfare School from 2009-2011. Col. Lord is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom.

His awards and decorations include among others the Bronze Star medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the Parachutist Badge, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and the Ram’s Head Device. Col. Lord is a graduate of all levels of the officer education system as well as both summer and winter phases of Army Mountain Warfare School, the Winter Assault Climber Course, the Sniper Course, Northern Warfare Training Center, and the Norwegian Winter Warfare School.

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Jesse Colin Young

Jesse Colin Young Band makes visit to Woodstock Town Hall Friday, May 25, 7:30 p.m.—WOODSTOCK—Pentangle presents Jesse Colin Young Band at Woodstock Town Hall Theatre Friday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 reserved, or $45 for Pentangle members.

For 50 years Jesse Colin Young has been singing songs about peace, relationships and the environment. From his folk days in Boston and his first record, “Soul Of a City Boy,” he has articulated and recorded the tumultuous times of the 60s, 70s, 80s, to the present, while reminding us that it is all about family, community and the precious natural world we live in. His musical style is now considered Americana, but in fact

Saturday, May 26, 7 p.m.—LUDLOW—FOLA will present “Florence Foster Jenkins” on Saturday, May 26 at 7 p.m. in the Ludlow Town Hall.

The movie is about an opera singer – really about an opera singer with no talent. It is a 2016 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written

by Nicholas Martin. The film stars Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins,

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Restaurant open Thursday-Monday, 5:30-9 pm www.redcloverinn.com innkeepers@redcloverinn.com 7 Woodward Road, Mendon, VT Just off Route 4 in the heart of the Killington Valley

it’s his unique fusion of jazz, blues, folk and rock with an emphasis on his extraordinary voice that makes his signature sound.

The Youngblood’s version of “Get Together” has been heard by millions from the “Forrest Gump” soundtrack in 1994, as well as in films and television shows like “Cats and Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore,” “Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas,” The Simpsons’ “Oh Brother where bart Thou” and “Tree of Horror II,” and South Park’s “Smug Alert.”

Woodstock Town Hall Theatre is located at 31 the Green, Woodstock. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit pentanglearts.org.

a New York heiress who became an opera singer known for her painful lack of singing skill. Hugh Grant plays her husband and manager.

The movie concentrates on Jenkins’ musical efforts during World War II in New York City. What follows is her efforts to entertain the troops by buying out Carnegie Hall and giving tickets to service members. When the service members respond to Jenkins’ singing with laughter, members of the Verdi Club shout them down and demand that they show respect to Jenkins.

Florence Foster Jenkins was an American socialite and amateur soprano who

was known and mocked for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing ability.

The historian Stephen Pile ranked her “the world’s worst opera singer.”

Despite (or perhaps because of) her technical incompetence, she became a prominent musical cult figure in NYC during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.

Meryl Streep was praised for her role as Jenkins by the movie’s director, who noted that “You can only sing badly if you are a good singer.”

The event is free and open to everyone; donations are appreciated.

Popcorn and water will be provided.Visit fola.us.

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Breakfast & Lunch Provided Daily at Merchants Row Snack & Dinner Provided Daily at Fair Haven Activities may include: Swimming, Tennis, Hiking, Board Games, Field Games, Movies, Legos, Dancing, Science Experiments, & Much More!

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Teens can join the stone bench project WEST RUTLAND— The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center will offer local young people (age 13-19) the chance to carve and build a stone bench to be installed in Rutland County. Participants will gain a solid skill basis in lettering, architectural and sculptural stone working, as well as an appreciation for

Courtesy Billings Farm & Museum staff

A border collie herds the flock in the fields at Billings Farm & Museum. See a demonstration of this during the farm’s sheep shearing and herding event, Saturday and Sunday.

Billings Farm & Museum features sheep shearing and herding over Memorial weekend hand for all ages.

The operating dairy farm, farm life exhibits, and the restored and furnished farmhouse are included in the entrance fee. Admission is $16 for adults; $14 for age 62plus; $8 for ages 5-15; $4 for ages 3-4; and age 2 and under are free. The Bilings Farm & Museum is located one-half mile

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the industrial history of the Marble Valley region.

The workshop is free and limited to 10 students.

To apply, please send a one-page essay explaining how this experience will benefit you to: info@ carvingstudio.org or CSSC Bench Project, P.O. Box 495, West Rutland, VT 05777. Application deadline is May 25.

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506 506 Back Country Café

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

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Jones’ Donuts

Offering donuts and a bakery, with a community reputation as being the best! Closed Monday and Tuesday. 23 West Street, Rutland. See what’s on special at Facebook.com/JonesDonuts/. Call (802) 773-7810

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Take breakfast, lunch or dinner on the go at Killington Market, Killington’s on-mountain grocery store for the last 30 years.

Choose from breakfast sandwiches, hand carved dinners, pizza, daily Located in On The Birch Ridge River Inn, Woodstock VT fresh hot panini, roast chicken, salad and specialty sandwiches. Vermont Serving locals and visitors alike since A1998, short scenic drive from Killington products, maple syrup, fresh meat and produce along with wine and beer are dinner at the Birch Ridge Inn also for sale. www.killingtonmarket.com (802) 422-7736 or (802) 422-7594 is a delicious way to complete your

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Choices Restaurant and Rotisserie

Chef-owned, Choices Restaurant and Rotisserie was named 2012 ski magazines favorite restaurant. Choices may be the name of the restaurant but it is also what you get. Soup of the day, shrimp cockatil, steak, hamburgers, pan seared chicken, a variety of salads and pastas, scallops, sole, lamb and more await you. An extensive wine list and in house made desserts are also available. www.choices-restaurant.com (802) 422-4030

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

Liquid Art

Forget about the polar vortex for a while and relax in the warm atmosphere at Liquid Art. Look for artfully served lattes from their La Marzocco espresso machine, or if you want something stronger, try their signature cocktails. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, they focus on healthy fare and provide you with a delicious meal different than anything else on the mountain. LiquidartVT.com (802) 422-2787.

Drewski’s On The River

Chef Andrew and his wife Francine serve the famous pancakes and waffles amd fine, homemade, fresh-locally sourced food, with warm and friendly atmosphere.

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With a free shuttle, take away and call ahead seating, Lookout Tavern is a solid choice. Nachos, quesadillas, sweet potato fries, salads, soups, sandwiches and dinner options are always a good selection and happy hour is from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Open daily at noon and serving until midnight. on Friday. www. lookoutvt.com (802) 422-5665

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Whether staying overnight or visiting for the day, Mountain Top’s Dining Room & Tavern serve delicious cuisine amidst one of Vermont’s best views. A mix of locally inspired and International cuisine – including salads, seafood, poultry and a new steakhouse menu your taste buds are sure to be satisfied. Choose from 12 Vermont craft brews on tap.Warm up by the terrace fire pit after dinner! Just a short drive from Killington. www.mountaintopinn.com 802-483-2311

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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

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Chef-owned since 1992, Peppino’s offers Neapolitan cuisine at its finest: pasta, veal, chicken, seafood, steak, and flatbreads. If you want it, Peppino’s has it! Aprés-hour daily features half price appetizers and flatbreads. For reservations, call 802-422-3293. www. peppinosvt.com.

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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.

Sushi Yoshi is Killington’s true culinary adventure. With Hibachi, Sushi, Chinese and Japanese, we have something for every age and palate.

Private Tatame rooms and large party seating available. We boast a full bar with 20 craft beers on draft.

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Among the many gifts bestowed upon the 30th president during his summer explorations are outstanding examples of Native American beadwork and the fancy cowboy outfit from the South Dakota Summer White House. A highlight is the headdress given to President Coolidge when he was made leader of the Sioux Nation.

This impressive artifact, on display for the first time in Vermont, has been at the Forbes Library in Northampton since the 1920s.

A visit usually begins at the Coolidge Museum & Education Center with its permanent exhibition, “More Than Two Words: The Life and Legacy of Calvin Coolidge.” This highly interactive presentation brings Calvin Coolidge to life through objects, photographs, newsreels, and the masterful work of Jim Cooke,

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the re-enactor acclaimed for his insightful portrayal of the 30th president.

Ongoing programs are Tuesday Tales of the Notch with guided tours by the site administrator, Wednesday Afternoons with Farmer Fred showcasing historic farming activities and wagon rides, and Summer Thursdays & Saturdays at the Old Notch School.

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Other state sites opening for the season this weekend include the Old Constitution House in Windsor; Chimney Point in Addison; Hubbardton Battlefield in Hubbardton; Senator Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford; and Mount Independence Site in Orwell; among others.

For more information, call 802672-3773, or visit historicsites. vermont.gov.

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This year’s new temporary exhibit, “Presidential Holiday: The Coolidge Summer Retreats, 1924-1928,” examines the idyllic settings and historic events associated with President Coolidge’s five Summer White House locations. The exhibit showcases documentary photographs and artifacts of how the presidential family relaxed, including

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May 26, 27, 28, 2018

By Barry Snelling, courtesy Devil’s Bowl Speedway

In its 52nd season, Devil’s Bowl will return to full-time dirt racing on a half-mile surface for the first time since 2009.

Devil’s Bowl Speedway opens for the season, Sunday

Saturday, May 26th Lookout & First Stop Bike Shop Circuit

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

Full-time dirt track racing returns

Sunday, May 27—WEST HAVEN— Vermont’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway is set to begin its season of stock car racing, with a mix of 19 weekly and special events. The Rutland County track, in its 52nd season, will return to full-time dirt racing on a half-mile surface for the first time since 2009, and competition will again be sanctioned by the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.

The biggest event in Devil’s Bowl Speedway history will be held on the weekend of Sept. 15-16, with a race format never attempted before at any track: The Vermont 200 for Sportsman Modifieds. The race, which will be open to any driver, is for Northeast-style Sportsman Modifieds with the 602 crate engine package and will pay a minimum of $10,000 to the winner. At 200 laps in distance and with a record total purse estimated at $35,000, the race will be the longest, richest event ever held for the division at any track.

The weekly Sunday night racing season opens with a Memorial Day special on the evening of Sunday, May 27, to kick off the new half-mile dirt track era. The winged Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE) tour will make its first of four appearances for the season at the opener, and the King of Dirt Racing Series (KOD) organization will have its first stop of the year as well, with a Sportsman Modified race that drew 42 entries last year.

The SCoNE Sprint Cars will also be in action at the Coca-Cola Independence Day Firecracker, with a special mid-week date on Tuesday, July 3; at a rare Twin 20 double-feature event on

Sunday, May 27th Champion Systems Road Race

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

Sunday, Aug. 12; and at the Labor Day Special on Sunday, Sept. 2.

All three KOD tours will each make stops at Devil’s Bowl as well. The Sportsman opener on May 27 kicks off the season, and the ground-pounding KOD Small Block 358 Modifieds will have a special mid-week event on Wednesday, June 6. The KOD 358s will also headline the C.J. Richards Memorial 67 on Sunday, July 29, and the KOD Pro Stocks will run their Carl Vladyka Memorial 29 during the Vermont 200 Weekend in September.

Devil’s Bowl Speedway will also hold two independent special events for 358 Modifieds: Twin 20-lap feature races on Sunday, July 15, and a 30-lap feature on Sunday, Sept. 2.

The weekly Sunday night schedule is highlighted with special extra-distance races for all of Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s regular Sportsman Modified, Limited Sportsman, Super Stock, Mini Stock, and 500cc Mini Sprint divisions, as well as special promotions for fans at nearly every event.

The season wraps up on Sept.

23, with the re-created “Mountain Man 200” Enduro event. The survival-of-the-fittest race will feature bone stock, nearly-street-legal vehicles with amateur drivers racing for 200 laps and $2,000 to win.

The full season schedule is available online at www.devilsbowlspeedwayvt. com.

Devil’s Bowl Speedway is located on Route 22A in West Haven, four miles north of Exit 2 off of Route 4 and 20 minutes from Rutland.

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Friday, May 25, 7:30 p.m.—POMFRET—Chris Bakriges, Jeff Fuller, and Joe Carter are at heart exponents of global music, uniting contemporary jazz with other improvisational musical disciplines, including the bold, lyrical, and emotionally charged samba-canção and bossa nova styles. The trio’s unique style transforms the music of the day into the music of the future.

Join ArtisTree in its acoustic Hayloft on Friday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. to hear the trio perform music that has

been described as “Jazz meditations and Latin impressions.” They are enamored by jazz as well as by European musical cultures and global rhythmic impulses – their mysterious chemistry feels like a cultural goodwill tour that yields a beautifully poignant melodic acoustic fusion set.

Tickets are $20, general admission, available at artistreevt.org. ArtisTree is located at 2095 Pomfret Road, South Pomfret.

Wallingford welcomes public for two days of demos, crafts and sales Saturday & Sunday, May 26-27—WALLINGFORD—Fun fact: Did you know the traffic light in Wallingford is the only one on Route 7, driving south, of Rutland until you reach Bennington?

On Sunday, May 27,

from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., there is even more reason to stop. Fabulous finds abound as town members offer a townwide art and craft fair, tag sale, and flea market.

Vendors will be set up at the Gilbert Hart Li-

brary, 14 North Main St.; on various cross streets, and other Main Street locations.

The day prior, Saturday, May 26, demonstrations on sheep and needle felting and basket weaving will be

taking place 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at 271 South Main St. ( Williams Micro Farm / Village Community Acupuncture.)

For more information, visit wallingfordvt.com.

Events are held rain or shine.

Calling all youth: St. Luke’s seeks cast for musical FAIR HAVEN—Youth ages 7-12 are encouraged to join St. Luke’s Episcopal Church for a musical play entitled “Rescue in the Night”

by Allen Pote and Tom Long being performed June 30. This is the Old Testament story of Daniel and the Lions Den, told in an upbeat way. It depicts youth having courage and demonstrating good decision-making while learning to respect and support others. The cast learns to sing and act as a part of a community of other youth. Everyone is included and encouraged to stretch their abilities and acquire new skills.

Rehearsals will be held Monday-Friday, June 25-29 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 146 N. Main St., Fair Haven.

On Saturday, June 30, warmup and

dress rehearsal will be held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at 6:30 p.m., the presentation for parents and guests will culminate the week.

No prior acting or singing experience necessary. The emphasis is on enjoying the process.

The week will be taught by June Hale, who has 30 years of experience as a public and private school music teacher, and was the director of over 100 musical shows in schools and churches; plus assistance by volunteer parents.

This is a fun way for children to be exposed to acting and singing in a nurturing, low-key environment where the emphasis is on developing confidence while having fun.

A community spirit will develop among the youngsters as they learn the lines and songs of this upbeat

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musical.

Cost is $150 per child which covers scripts, a personal copy of the audio CD of the musical to aid with memorizing lines and songs, the cost of snacks, and afternoon activities. Scholarships are available.

No one will be turned away because they cannot pay the tuition.

Parents/guardians are encouraged to volunteer at least one afternoon to help supervise and transport the youth to afternoon activities. Mrs. Hale accompanies all activities as well. Everyone is also invited to Saturday night’s performance. There will be no special costumes or sets, but a few props will be needed.

To register or for questions, contact June Hale at junehale2015@ gmail.com or 203-500-2796.

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More than 220 artists at 179 sites across Vermont will be featured in Vermont Open Studio weekend.

Spring Open Studio celebrates 26 years Saturday & Sunday, May 26-27—VERMONT—Bright yellow signs compete with a multitude of greens along Vermont’s roads enticing visitors to the studios of craftspeople and other artists across Vermont during the 2018 Spring Open Studio Weekend taking place May 26-27, over Memorial Day weekend.

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

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

This year visit over 220 artists at 179 sites across Vermont.

The Vermont Crafts Council publishes a free map booklet with directions to participating sites. The Vermont Open Studio Guide is available throughout the state at Tourist Information Centers, galleries and studios.

Request a map on the VCC website, vermontcrafts.com/ OSW/springmap.php or by calling 802-223-3380.

Just a few examples of studios open throughout the region include Karen Deets Stained Glass located at 728 Moscow Road, Fair Haven, who will have doors open with her colorful glass creations. DaVallia, at 39 North St., Chester, will be open celebrating its nine-year anniversary, and invites the public to experience its Artful Living concept and philosophy. The Roy Egg Shop, in the village of West Pawlet, will be open, introducing a new collection, “Celebration of Crows.” The town of Brandon will have many studios open, with an impressive per-capita gallery representation, including Brandon Artists Guild at 7 Center Street, Judith Reilly Studio at 24 Conant Square, Caleb Kenna Photography at 40 Old Farm Road, among others. Jeannie Podolak will be exhibiting her printmaking at 24 Lazy Acres Road, North Chittenden and at The Alley Gallery Center Street in Downtown Rutland.

The Vermont Crafts Council premiered Open Studio Weekend in 1993 to increase the visibility of artists and craftspeople in Vermont and to foster an appreciation for the creative process and the role that artists and craftspeople play in the vitality of Vermont’s communities.

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The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

By Lani Duke

14 arrested following protest in Montpelier Fourteen people who were part of a rally on the State House lawn on May 21 were arrested after they entered the State House building and started singing and chanting around 3 p.m.

The State House closes at 4:15 p.m. and the group, part of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival - Somebody’s Hurting My People: And It’s Gone on Far Too Long refused to leave when asked.

The protest was part of a nonviolent protest from the Poor People’s Campaign, which has reached out to 30 states to unite people for human rights.

The Capitol Police Department received assistance from the Montpelier Police, Montpelier Ambulance Service, State police, Fish and Wildlife Enforcement, Berlin Police and Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Beginning at approximately 6:30 p.m. the protesters were given formal warnings to leave the building. About 14 of the original 35 protesters were arrested around 7:10 p.m. and charged with unlawful trespass. They were subsequently released with a citation to appear in Washington County Court in Barre, with a court date of June 28 at 8:30 a.m. No force was used in the arrests, and no injuries were reported by any participants, police said.

Those arrested were: Carl Diethelm, 28, of Poultney Elisa Lucozzi, 52, of St. Johnsbury Katrina Battle, 26, of Milton Karen Bixler, 76, of Bethel Ellen Schwartz, 70, of Brattleboro Laura Wolfe, 67, of Wilder Laverne Shelton, 72 of Montpelier Marit Young, 75 of Montpelier Dinatt Yessne, 72, of Adamant Ellen Kaye, 56 of Barre Paula Rossvall, 65, of Sharon Judith Waible, 71 of Greensboro Victoria Pearson, 44, of Montpelier Avery Book, 36 of Plainfield

Cavendish man faces injuries after motorcycle crash A Cavendish man was transported to Rutland Regional Medical Center with a broken leg and facial laceration following a motorcycle crash in Shrewsbury on May 16.

Anthony Leiner, 79, crashed on Lincoln Hill Road around 3:30 p.m., police said. He was intending to turn left onto Town Hill Road when he lost control of the motorcycle and slid on his left side.

Rutland man arrested for lewd, lascivious conduct A Rutland man was arrested for lewd and lascivious conduct stemming from an incident that occurred May 18 in Castleton, police said.

Benjamin DeCota, 18, was cited to appear in Rutland County Criminal Court on June 4 at 8:30 a.m.

College, grads both plan for the future POULTNEY—Green Mountain College held its annual springtime commencement ceremony May 12. President Robert Allen told the 181st graduating class to always be prepared to switch to Plan B. Twelve of the 70 graduating B.A. seniors earned summa cum laude designation, as did five of the 32 B.S. degree candidates. Five received the M.A. in business administration; 58, the M.A. in science.

Although these graduates have reached the end of their individual academic courses, at least for the time being, Green Mountain plans new courses and has hired a vice president of enrollment management and a chief of diversity. Students will have more opportunity to study a single concentration and spend more time off-campus.

Castleton U to cut employees CASTLETON—As part of its budget adjustments, Castleton University announced May 17 that it is cutting the number of employees: 17 by retirement, 14 by layoffs. Some positions will likely be filled this fall, although fewer than 10 openings are currently listed on the university’s website, nine of them non-teaching positions.

Most eliminated positions were support jobs, Castleton Dean of Advancement Jeff Weld told the Rutland Herald. CU President Karen Scolforo credited “strong collaboration” in

minimizing the number of positions affected by layoffs.

Three faculty task forces, created in February, are searching for ways to improve Castleton’s sustainability, aiming to create new programs, assess existing programs, and develop new education delivery methods.

The school is considering offering the masters degree in nursing, criminal justice, and business; also on the possibility list are undergraduate programs in archaeology, computer science, and assistant training in occupational and physical therapy.

Castleton Center for Schools to offer record number of summer courses CASTLETON—A longtime leader in Vermont continuing education, the Castleton Center for Schools continues to expand, offering a recqord number of graduate-level courses this summer aimed at meeting the needs of K-12 educators and administrators.

The summer course list includes a variety of delivery formats to best accommodate educators’ schedules, including on-site classes held throughout Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, online options, and blended models that combine in-person

meetings and online work.

“In response to educator requests, we have built over 135 courses for summer 2018,” said Castleton Center for Schools Assistant Director Tara Lidstone.

“These courses cover a wide range of content areas, geographic locations, and delivery formats. We strive to provide educators with as many relevant, convenient and affordable learning opportunities as possible.”

Established by Castleton University in 2002, the Castleton Center for Schools is committed to advancing education for all

public and private school educators and administrators throughout Vermont, New Hampshire, and beyond. The Center’s primary purpose is to provide educators with the skills and coursework needed to support them in their work.

Course topics including work-based learning, French, online teaching, outdoor education, literacy, proficiency-based learning, technology, special education and more.

Registration is currently open for Center for Schools summer courses, with classes beginning as early as mid-May.

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The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

By Lani Duke

CSJ accreditation in jeopardy Concerned that the financial resources of the College of St, Joseph may be insufficient, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) has asked the school to show why it should not be placed on accreditation probation. The request, made by the 29-member subsidiary Commission on Institutions of Higher Education following an April 19 vote, may be answered by a report by the college demonstrating that the college does have the resources to meet its mission. Such a report would disclose the school’s human, financial, physical, and technological resources and capacity, per the commission’s list of institutional standards.

CSJ is on common ground with all other Vermont colleges in facing faltering enrollment figures, A. Jay Kenlan, chair of the college board of trustees, told the

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Rutland Herald. The board announced April 26 that enrollment shortfalls and failure of the physician’s assistant program had lost the school 90 percent of its $5 million endowment.

An accreditation committee will visit the campus June 28 to meet with college representatives and evaluate the school. Before that time, the school must submit a viability report. It is the school’s opportunity show the committee what it is doing to strengthen its financial stability.

Following the meeting and study of the report, the committee may decide to put CSJ on probation for up to two years, a time while students will continue to be eligible for financial aid from federal sources and the college would work toward “becoming compliant.”

Whether to offer probation is up to the commission.

The NESAC requests a self-report from each college and institution every 10 years, CSJ Criminal Justice Chair Lisa Chalidze, trustee board faculty representative, said.

The 10-year study demonstrates that a school is a true university, not a diploma mill, she commented.

Paramount ventures into self-production The Paramount is taking a step beyond being a venue theatre, hosting productions that originate elsewhere and which often carry with them a hefty price tag. It will produce the musical “Avenue Q” as its first community production.

Programming director Eric

Malette believes this approach provides an outlet for some of the community’s rich supply of talent. Hosting a Broadway touring show has become increasingly expensive, and is an “unsustainable model,” he explained. Marble Valley Players seems to be no longer active and Grace Commu-

nity Church’s Rip Jackson has left the community. Having a limit of 830 seats is also an economic constriction.

“Avenue Q” requires only a small cast – only 7 to 10 – Malette told the Rutland Herald. Using a volunteer cast and support team will hold the ticket price down.

Fire district receiver appointed RUTLAND TOWN—Lawyer/accountant Rep. Linda Joy Sullivan (D-Dorset) may become the receiver for funds owed the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank by the Rutland Town Fire District No. 10. The bank claims the district owes $162,200 to repay a pair of overdue loans.

In the northwest corner of Rutland town, the district serves approximately 40 private homes which have private wells.

Sullivan has agreed to accept the position if the Rutland civil court appoints her to the position, VMBB attorney James Foley told the Rutland Herald, noting that “other potential receivers” had declined appointment.

When the bank sought payment, it found that the fire district’s prudential committee was no more; the members had resigned. Created in 1996, the district received a $109,050 loan from the Vermont Drinking Water State Revolving Fund in 1998 and expanded the loan to $255,000 in 2001. The Local Assistance State Re-

volving Fund issued the district a $29,250 loan in 2007, expanding it to $73,314 in 2009. The bond bank wrote a letter declaring the district to be in default, sending it to the last known prudential committee members in January after receiving no payment in 2017.

Fire districts are legal entities separate from the towns in which they are located, Select Board chair Joshua Terenzini said; the town is not a party to the suit and has no intention of being involved in the suit.

The bank’s motion to appoint Sullivan would remedy the lack of any person with the authority to act on behalf of the fire district to meet its obligations.

According to the bond bank’s motion, Sullivan could either be paid for her services as if she were the delinquent tax collector or she could receive an hourly rate, depending on the court’s decision. A Rutland Superior Court spokesperson said parties to the case have 18 to 20 days to respond to the motion before the judge would decide whether to hold a hearing on the motion.

Devil’s Bowl announces new motorcycle series WEST HAVEN—The “little guys” have something extra to race for at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in 2018, thanks to Central Vermont Motorcycles of Rutland. The all-new Central Vermont Motorcycles Challenger Series will give bonuses and extra recognition to drivers throughout the field in the Sportsman Modified division throughout the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season.

Central Vermont Motorcycles (CVM) returns for its third season as the sponsor of the headline Sportsman Modified class and has expanded its commitment by forming the CVM Challenger Series bonus program for drivers who did not win a dirt track feature race on the former infield track at Devil’s Bowl in the 2014-2017 seasons.

Five Devil’s Bowl races are designated as CVM Challenger Series events: the annual Father’s Day “Topless Night” on June 17, the “Firecracker Spectacular” on July 3, the Vince Quenneville Sr. Memorial on July 15, the Charlie LaDuc Memorial on

August 19, and The Stove Depot Labor Day Special on September 2.

The top-finishing eligible driver in each race will be named the Top Challenger and will receive a $50 cash bonus and a $50 gift certificate from Central Vermont Motorcycles. Series points will be carried down through all eligible drivers who participate in all five events; the champion will receive a $150 cash bonus, a $150 Central Vermont Motorcycles gift certificate, and a commemorative plaque. The point standings runner-up will earn $100 cash and a $100 gift certificate, and the third-place driver will earn $50 cash and a $50 gift certificate.

The long list of talented drivers who are eligible for the CVM Challenger Series includes veteran racers Ron Proctor, Frank Hoard Jr., Alex Bell, Billy Lussier, Brian Whittemore, and Kevin Chaffee – all of whom are expected to be weekly competitors at Devil’s Bowl in 2018. An impressive group of up-and-coming drivers joins them, including 2017 Rookie of the

Year James Fadden, David Schilling, Jack Speshock, Jake Scarborough, Codie Aubin, Jim Introne Jr., Marty Kelly III, Trevor Rocke, Tomas Kimball, Ricky Sanville, and rookie Tanner Siemons.

“This program was created by Central Vermont Motorcycles, and they’re behind it one-hundred percent,” Devil’s Bowl Speedway media director Justin St. Louis said. “We have a very deep field of talent shaping up in the Sportsman Modified division, and the Challenger Series is a way of thanking some of the smaller ‘middle’ teams for their support and making sure they have a little extra to race for.”

A new era begins at Devil’s Bowl on Sunday, May 27, as the King of Dirt Racing Series and the Sprint Cars of New England are on hand for the grand opening of the new half-mile clay surface. Racing starts at 5 p.m.

Devil’s Bowl Speedway is located on Route 22A in West Haven. For more information, visit devilsbowlspeedwayvt.com or call 802-2653112.

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The power of going within

Sometimes we just need to click “pause” to escape from the craziness of everyday life. Full schedules, obligations, media, and events cause many to live in constant distraction. But when we take a few minutes within, our inner nature reveals itself. Pushing the pause button gives us the time to turn experiences into “ah-ha” moments.

Synchronizing our body and spirit is essential for our fulfillment. There’s a separate reality, a world apart that connects us to our spirit. If we replace the chatter with stillness and imagine ourselves in a peaceful place, Mountain then even on a hectic day, on Meditation we’re blessed with a new

By Marguerite te Jill Dye perspective. There we can hear the “still, small voice” that speaks within our heart, providing direction and knowledge we need to stay on our true course. Some people say it’s our “higher self”; others believe it’s God within. Many call it the divine spark that connects us with our spirit. Meditation is a fruitful way for the mind and soul to be in touch and help us stay true to our purpose.

One thousand eight hundred studies have demonstrated how meditation changes the structure of the brain, according to Dr. Joe Dispenza in “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself.” Just eight weeks of meditating a few minutes each day increases blood flow and grows the frontal cortex of the brain to the size of a 20-yearold’s. It improves response time, boosts brainpower, and helps alleviate fatigue. Slow, rhythmic breaths of four to six counts help set the intention of calming the mind.

Buddhist monks strive to achieve alpha brain waves that enhance creativity, relaxation, and the ability to learn.

Some people focus on a single positive thought, but my teacher suggests beginning with a visualization of nature. Seeing in the mind’s eye and also sensing a

ANOTHER WAY TO PROCESS AND RELEASE MYRIAD THOUGHTS AND LIFE LESSONS IS THROUGH THE ART OF JOURNALING. peaceful place – i.e., the sounds of singing birds and a gurgling stream, the warmth of the sun on the face, cool water swirling around the feet – help shift the mind into the alpha state. Meditating in nature is wonderful, too, when the changeable weather cooperates.

Another teacher once instructed, if thoughts enter the mind, “bless them and let them go.”

Buddhist monk, Thich Mat Hanh, said sitting quietly for a few minutes is “the best way to start training yourself to let go of habitual thinking.” One of his 100 books helped introduce walking meditation to the West.

“Walking is a wonderful way to clear the mind without trying to clear the mind. You don’t say, ‘Now I am going to practice meditation!’ or ‘Now I am going to not think!’

You just walk, and while you’re focusing on the walking, joy and awareness come naturally.”

Another way to process and release myriad thoughts and life lessons is through the art of journaling. In “The Artist’s Way,” author Julia Cameron suggests writing three “morning pages” in long-hand to get past the mind’s constant chatter. (They are not to be shared or even reread.) Pages sometimes start with “bla, bla, bla” – a purging of negative emotions. Mine often morph into compulsive to-do lists. But then, day by day, pages give way to creative solutions to old problems and new ways of thinking and behaving. Bright ideas tend to follow. After a time, something magical happens: the subconscious opens up to reveal long lost and forgotten dreams.

Many creative souls have discovered their artistic calling or switched to new venues revealed in the daily task.

In her own morning pages, Julia Cameron rediscovered her lost dream of becoming a screenwriter, which she realized in launching another facet of her brilliant career.

Whichever method we may choose to pause and connect with our highest self, it keeps us mindful of the connection we share and helps us rediscover inner knowledge and truth. It’s often said that we are souls having a human experience. The more we connect with our spiritual selves, the more human we become.

Marguerite Jill Dye is an artist and writer who divides her time between the Gulf Coast of Florida and the Green Mountains of Vermont.

By Laurie D. Morrissey

Mountain laurel

If you were fortunate enough to grow up with freedom to roam outdoors, there are likely certain places that stick with you. For me, one of these places is a thicket of old mountain laurels that my brother and I hiked through on our way to an outcrop we called The Ledge. What I loved about them was how their shreddy, red-brown trunks forked and twisted, like trees in a fairy tale, or in the Haunted Forest on the way

to Oz. In early summer, they held delicate pink and white flowers that were sticky to the touch — another sign that they were, if not enchanted, at least special.

Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) is common in northwestern Connecticut, where I grew up, which is one reason it was selected, in 1907, as the state flower. (Pennsylvania followed suit in 1933.) Along with rhododendron, blueberry, and huckleberry, this broad-leafed evergreen shrub is a member of the Ericaceae, the heath family. It is common in the eastern United States, and even southern Quebec, although uncommon or rare in the northern part of its range. It is a well-loved species, due to its exquisite flowers and the elongated leaves that give winter color to the woods as well as cover for wildlife.

The mountain laurels I remember sprawled and forked because they grew in a shaded spot. Their flowers were sparse for the same reason.

But, although they are shade-tolerant, laurels like sun. Spectacular stands grow along roadsides and power lines. Their snowball-sized terminal flower clusters typically appear in late May and early June; in the northern edge of their range, they may bloom as late as July.

At first they’re two-tone, with the sealed buds darker than open flow-

How will you practice the art of retirement?

A hammock on the beach. Your favorite chair in the living room.

Waking up when you feel like it. A blank calendar.

Doing what you want when you want. Doing nothing if that’s how you feel that day.

After a lifetime of working 40 hours every week, this scenario sure sounds appealing to many soon-to-be retirees. But the surprising reality is that a life of unstructured leisure can create stress, strain

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BY KEVIN THEISSEN spousal relationships, and lead to feelings of uselessness and depression.

When today’s successful retirees stop working, they learn the “ART” of retirement. It’s about Activity, Relationships, and Time. They experiment.

They try new things.

They make new connections. And eventually, they create a new daily routine focused on the people and passions that

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make their lives fulfilling.

Activity Jack just retired. He has no idea how to spend his time anymore. So, he putters around the house, fixing stuff that isn’t broken, rearranging things that don’t need to be rearranged, watching a lot of TV … and driving his wife, Jill, crazy.

We chuckle when we see a scenario like this play out in a movie or TV show. But Retired Hubby or Wifey Syndrome is a very real problem.

Many senior couples have spent eight hours or more apart from each other every single day for decades. Then, suddenly, they’re together all the time. Whoa.

Often, this is the moment when spouses realize they each have very different ideas about what retirement is going to be like. One spouse might have visions of a hammock in the backyard. The other might have plans to see the world. Somewhere in between those expectations are the activities that are going to make retirement worthwhile for both people.

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THE OUTSIDE STORY

ers. Each cluster contains a crowd of five-sided cups ranging from white to pink, with contrasting dots and streaks of darker pink and purple.

It turns out my brother and I were right—the mountain laurel’s sticky flowers are special. The plant has a fancy system of dispersing pollen.

Before opening, the anthers — the pollen-carrying parts of the flower — are protected from rain and wind inside ten little knobs. When the flower opens, the anthers are exposed.

When a bumble bee enters looking for nectar, an anther springs up and slaps it on its hairy little back, dusting it with pollen. It’s efficient: most of the plant’s pollen ends up on a pollinator.

Some mountain laurel lovers transplant wild specimens, but they can be difficult to establish. Nursery stock is a more reliable option. About 80 named cultivars exist, according to Dr. Richard A. Jaynes, a horticulturist and plant breeder widely considered the mountain laurel maestro. He developed at least 25 during his career at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and at his Broken Arrow Nursery. The flowers of cultivars offer varied coloration, including bicolor.

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Remembering early gardening days It’s garden time! For me it’s an exciting time of year.

If you have perennial gardens you can see the shoots of the various plants poking their heads through the dirt. I marvel at how they survive the bitter cold of winter and greet me in the spring each year.

Most people have someone in their life who sparks their interest in playing in the dirt. My neighbor, Eleanor, was the person responsible for making me get my hands dirty as I experimented with perennial gardening.

She came over one day as I was putting some annuals in front of split rail fence that extended along 50 feet Looking of our side yard. She had Back some daises and coreopsis by mary ellen that she had thinned from shaw her garden and she asked me if I would like them.

After hearing that they would come back on their own each year, my ears perked up. Filling the garden with annuals was expensive. With perennials I could cut them back in the fall and not throw them away.

Learning that I could divide the perennials after a few years and make more plants from the ones Eleanor gave me made perennial gardening really sound attractive.

Word must have spread around the neighborhood because people stopped to chat with me as I worked in the garden. They offered me plants from their garden along with some advice about the plants!

Before long I needed to dig up sections of my lawn to create gardens for the perennials I had divided. The downfall of my new gardening hobby was that I hated to throw away plants! Eventually I saw the error of my ways on that and if I couldn’t give them away, they were reluctantly tossed out.

An added bonus of my interest in gardening was the fact that once I ordered a couple of plants from a company, my name and address were shared with other businesses and catalogs began to arrive. They came each year right after Christmas and I got to spend the cold winter days browsing through them. Of course, I ordered a few

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The necklace has a story to tell

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

This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under a Voidof-Course Leo Moon, that will enter Virgo at around 10:03 p.m. (EST) on May 21. The sun changed signs over the weekend, moving from Taurus to Gemini at 10:15 p.m. on Sunday night. Venus enters Cancer on May 19, Mars has moved from Capricorn into Aquarius, and we’ve got a bunch of other aspects that give us plenty to think about.

The one that interests me the most is a string of connections that link Chiron with Uranus, Venus, and the Sun. I don’t know what the formal name for this type of planetary picture is, but I call it a necklace. When you get four planets, all equidistant from each other, all of them are involved in a conversation that tells a story. Each of these bodies is contained inside a square between Chiron and Venus. Within that framework, Uranus and the Sun hold space in the middle. The midpoint of the whole picture sits at fifteen degrees Taurus – transiting Jupiter will oppose that point during the last week of May and early June, so Jupiter has a place in this conversation as well.

Astrology is always subject to interpretation, and what I have to say about this necklace of aspects is based on my subjectivity; another astrologer might interpret it from a totally different angle. Within that consideration, my first impression of this chain of connections relates to the idea that we are in the middle of a series of changes that require all of us to get wind of the fact that it’s time to get used to the idea that nothing will ever be the same. We can’t bring back the good old days, and none of us is privy to what lies up on the road ahead. In essence there is “no going back” and we are confronted with the need to call upon our faith, and our Higher Mind to guide us safely into the future.

In order to check in on myself to see if my interpretation has any validity to it, I decided to zero in on the Sabian Symbols for the axis that sits at the midpoint of the whole shebang – the 15th degree of Taurus, and the 15th degree of Scorpio. What came up in the course of my research offers an interesting perspective that seems to support my first impression. I have copied both of those symbols here in their entirety for your edification. As I leave you to read them through and draw your own conclusions as to what they mean, in the same breath, I invite you to take what you can from this week’s ‘scopes.

Phase 45 (Taurus 15°): Head covered with a rakish silk hat, muffled against the cold, a man braves a storm.

Keynote: The courage needed to meet the crises precipitated by social ambition.

The man with the silk hat has seen some of his ambitious efforts bring him social success; but he learns that often “nothing fails like success.” The storm may be within him, or it may attack his social status. He is ready to face it daringly. This shows a willingness to accept crises and to go through them — and therefore great character, the soil The necklace, page 34A

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t’s hard to say for sure where you all are at. In some cases your bridges have burned and there’s no going back. For others the picture is bright, and there is newness and change, along with a desire to grow and evolve. In the former case, coming to terms with what it took to let so much goodness go down the tubes has got to be difficult, and seemingly nearly impossible to reconcile.

Everything depends on your willingness to atone or make amends. In the latter case, this is a wide open, positive period of healing and change that is about to lay the foundation for the rest of your life.

efore you make any final judgments check all of this out for yourself. What other people have to say about it is laced with too much prejudice. In some cases, people have an agenda that should make you question everything they say. In the midst of a shift that feels, at times, like it might get the best of you, you need to be a lot more attentive to the ways in which even you can be manipulated. So much of what needs to happen right now has to do with surrounding yourself with people you can trust. Pay close attention and don’t let anyone pull the wool over your eyes.

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he way things are going you’ve come to the point where it almost doesn’t matter how things turn out. The pressure of expectation, and the need to have all of your bases covered will feel like it’s over the top until you let go of the need to have it all under control. Others have their own issues to contend with.

Don’t be too quick to get upset with anyone who knows what you’re up against and is honest enough to tell you that they can’t be there for it; not now anyway.

Coming to terms with things will be easier if you are cool about it and stop taking yourself so seriously.

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o one prepares us for the tough stuff. Finding our way through it produces a form of painful magic that transforms us. You knew you would have to face this before you were born - and you knew that you needed whatever the lesson happens to be. Considering the uses of adversity is the only way to get through things like this. If this rings a bell, and you can find the beauty in it, you’ll have it made.

If all of the above makes no sense at all, chances are you are on an upswing. That being the case, now that you can see the light, the future is wide open and it’s safe to go for it.

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ou are in a situation that could require a lighter hand.

Don’t be too quick to assume that you need to be in charge, and don’t think that everything has to go your way. You will have way more control over all of this if you are willing to detach and let God handle the details. If this is hard for you to grasp, in a few months it will be more than obvious why it’s time to step back and drop the reins. You don’t need any hassles and you don’t need to be saddled with too much responsibility. Your health, your serenity, and your peace of mind are what matter right now.

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omething has come at you like gang-busters and you’re not quite sure what to make of it. Don’t over analyze that which is beyond comprehension; this is one of those lessons that has to be lived and seen in retrospect before you will ever understand it. Whatever comes out of this will depend on how you respond to the unexpected. It looks to me like you have to find a way to pull away from everything long enough to get your bearings and recognize that this is a huge turning point, upon which hinges the rest of your life. Take a deep breath and let your spirit show you the way.

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ecent shocks have brought you back to center. The part of you that thought it was immune to this stuff is suddenly aware of how vulnerable you are. With a central issue taking up most of the room on your plate, the need to resolve it is your job right now.

There is a solution to everything, and always more than one way to skin a cat. With this in mind it will be easier for you to get around the fears that plague all of us when we wind up facing issues that have the capacity to make us or break us. The question now is: where did this come from and what will it take to heal it?

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ou are torn between things that give you a sense of security and things that make your heart sing. Eventually all of us have to choose between the two.

The commonly held belief that life works better when we stick to the old programs is an illusion.

At this point you are clear that the new direction lies in a realm that will require you to shift gears and follow your own path. Don’t let fear interfere with taking a maverick stance. You’ve spent half of your life being a good doobie.

The rest of it won’t bear fruit if you don’t break the mold and follow your bliss.

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his is a defining moment, in the middle of what has been a period of intensity and questioning. How it turns out is still anyone’s guess. You are good at rolling with things, which is a Godsend, but right now, the ability to see the forest for the trees would help you immensely. What appears to be happening on the surface is rarely the way it is. What’s going on underneath the covers is where the answers usually lie.

Your perspective on your situation is limited by your expectations and by what you think someone like you “ought” to be doing.

Don’t get trapped by your beliefs.

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n the middle of a defining moment the pressure to go one way or another is always the issue. If you decide to stick with the program there is an outside chance that you will be rewarded, but the question is: what will it cost you?

If you decide to drop everything and liberate yourself from the pressures that this situation imposes on you, will it isolate you from your nearest and dearest, and will you regret it in the long run?

I have got no right to advise you on this one. Big chances require honesty, clarity, and the ability to trust your gut. Get in touch with that piece and this will be easy.

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he impact of other people’s choices and/or their problems appears to be making it hard for you to keep it together. In some cases, the desire to move on is being hampered by feelings of guilt and obligation. In other scenarios, the problem comes down to matters of pride that cause you to hang on to people and things that need to be released. Whatever the story is, you’re at a change point that is meant to carry your spirit forward. Letting yourself, other people, or outworn situations off the hook is part of the deal. The sooner you lighten up and leave the past behind the better.

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t may be time to change the scenery. For too long the idea that you are chained to this post has prevented you from experiencing life from a different perspective. Some of you may need to go back to people and things that you left behind. Others are in need of something totally new.

This goes for more mundane stuff as well – like maybe it’s time to reconnect with old friends, or sign up for a class just to put your head into something that opens your mind. Whatever it is. The willingness to go beyond yourself long enough to break past your limits is all over the place, right now.

Mother of the Skye has 40 years of experience as an astrologer and tarot consultant.

She may be reached by email to cal.garrison@gmail.com

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The hands-on field course gets educators out into Vermont’s streams, forests and wetlands with some of the state’s leading natural resource experts. It will be held at the Buck Lake Conservation Camp in Woodbury from July 15 to 20.

Now in its 33rd year, “Wildlife Management and Outdoor Education Techniques for Educators,” is a oneweek, three-credit graduate course taught by Vermont Fish & Wildlife and other Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) staff through Castleton University.

“Wildlife resources are important to all Vermonters in one way or another,” says Fish & Wildlife’s Education Manager Alison Thomas. “If educators can get connected with the outdoors and in turn expose their students, then many of these students will be able to make informed decisions about Vermont wildlife and their habitat needs.”

“This course is unique in that it helps non-formal and pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade teachers from any discipline — math, language arts, physical education, or history — improve their instructional strategies and make their lesson plans more relevant to their students.”

“This course is hands-on,” added Thomas. “It continues to evolve and incorporate new environmental education ideas and activities. But, we also continue to do traditional programs that have been part of the week for 33 years. It’s a great mix of new and old with all of it being incredibly helpful and memorable.”

Tuition is $650 for the course. Books, food and overnight facilities are included. A limited number of partial scholarships are available. A course description, schedule of activities, and registration information are available by emailing: Alison.Thomas@Vermont.Gov. Buck Lake Conservation Camp is located east of Route 14, north of Woodbury Village.

4-Hers showcase their talents on State Day

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The annual 4-H State Day, one of the biggest 4-H events of the year, took place May 12 at the Barre Civic Center in Barre.

Sponsored by University of Vermont Extension, the event showcased the achievements of more than 150 4-Hers from throughout the state, each a winner at the regional level. The youths presented action exhibits, demonstrations, stage acts, a fashion revue and more, with the top entries in several categories selected to represent Vermont at Eastern States Exposition in September.

These include, by category: Action exhibits Eden Eagles, Eden (Maple Syrup’s Value Added Products); Green Thumbs (Maple Sugaring) and Leprechauns 4-H Club (Maple Delight), both from Johnson; REAL 4-H Club, Rutland (Bath Fizzies); Whispering Pines 4-H Club, Westford (Flower Power).

Fashion revue Amanda and Joey Ferris and Adam Messier, all from Braintree; Sheyenne

Miller, Randolph; Nadine Charron, Breanna Munger and Samantha Senn, all from Benson.

Photo-based design photography Whitney Dunklee (“Alfalfa Time”) and Kelsey Kissell, (“Raining Radishes”), both from Vernon; Emeillia Gomo, Chester (“A Day Dream in Color”); Laura Rosenthal, East Arlington (“Sunset Silhouette”).

Photography (traditional) Samantha Blackmore, Charlotte (“Butterfly Horse”); Emeillia Gomo, Chester (“Snow Top Farm”); Sarah Haselton, Groton (“Evening Sunset”); Lilia Kocsis, Vernon (“What Happens Here, Stays Here”); Bethany Palmer, Weybridge (“Small World”); Lillian Parker, Bradford (“Bald Eagle”); Kassidy Wyman, Cambridgeport (“Pig Pile”).

Posters Whitney Dunklee, Vernon (“The Friesen Post”); Neika Haire, Hinesburg (“Cinderella Horse Snowman”); Madeline Langlois, Westford (“Telling Tails”); Andy McReynolds, North Danville (“Gray Fox”); Rebecca

Moriarty, Jericho (“Parts of a Sheep Stomach”); Kiera Newton, Milton (“What are the Chances?”); Liviya Russo (“Intertidal Zone”) and Kayla Sline (“Shoot for the Stars”), both from Lunenburg.

Stage presentations (group) Backwoods Teamsters, Ryegate (working steers skit); Elizabeth and Viola Brown, Vernon (baton routine); Clever Clovers 4-H Club, Tunbridge (xylophone and snare drum duet); Flying Hooves 4-H Club, Colchester (channel surfing skit); Breanna Munger and Samantha Senn, both from Benson (flute duet); Gabriel, Keith and Yachne Nilges, Townshend (singing).

Stage presentations (individual) Rozalynd Ahlmann, Lunenburg (vocal performance); Mya Bailey, Derby (flute medley); Ruby Bates, Essex Junction (saxophone solo); Jazmine Bogie, Lyndonville (vocal performance); Annabel Carson, Windham (violin medley); Kerry Crossman, Castleton (flute); Kailyn Jones, Lancaster, N.H. (Essex State Day, page 29A

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State Day:

Sculpture: Ann Story model completed

4-Hers Shine

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County 4-H Club member; singing to music); Daishia Norris, Johnson (vocal performance); Alexis Taylor-Young, South Royalton (song); Tamara Tyminski, Wallingford (singing); Lily Whalen, Chelsea (piano composition).

Other top exhibitors at this year’s 4-H State Day were: • Demonstrations (individual), junior division: Sarah Haselton, Groton (making hummus) • Demonstrations (two-person team), junior division: Keenan Evans, Danville, and Abby McReynolds, North Danville (horse grooming skills); Hayleigh and Julia Howe, Tunbridge, and Brooke Jones, South Royalton (ways to recycle crayons).

• Illustrated talk, junior division: Audrey Chairvolotti, Grand Isle (“Can I Write on Wet Paper”); Olivia Bullock, Rutland (“Nutritional Needs of a Guinea Pig”); Hayden Mabey, South Royalton (“Sugaring”). Senior division: Alexis Taylor Young, South Royalton (“Why Things Look Tasty”) • Public speaking, junior division:Elizabeth Brown, Vernon (“Where Did the Western Saddle Come From?”); Viola Brown, Vernon (“How to Groom Your Horse”); Ella Dubin, Northfield, Mass.

(Windham County 4-H club member; “The Anthropocene: Fact or Fiction?”) Senior division:

10 large marble sculptures in downtown Rutland over the next several years, highlighting local and regional history. Another in the series, “Stone Legacy,” a tribute to the region’s stone industry funded by GMP and MKF, was recently installed in the new Center Street Marketplace, which will open this summer. A tribute to Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle Book”, written in southern Vermont, stands outside Phoenix Books, which underwrote the project.

The Ann Story piece was designed by artist Amanda Sisk, who lived in a rural yurt while creating the model, or maquette. The sculpture will be carved by artist Evan Morse and is expected to be complete in September.

“Two qualities I admire about Ann Story are perseverance and calm under pressure,” Sisk said. “As I worked on the maquette in 106 acres of protected woods without amenities such as running water and electricity - and relied on chopped wood for heat - I also gained an appreciation for the pioneer challenges that Ann, her son Solomon, and the rest of her family and contemporaries faced.”

“I’m very thankful for the opportunity to be involved in the Ann Story project and to all the members of the Rutland community who have made the project possible,” sculptor Evan Morse said. “It’s a well-deserved tribute to a heroic figure from Vermont’s history, and additionally, it pays tribute to Rutland’s marble industry. I’m looking forward to working throughout the summer at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, a community that I have valued being a part of since 2009. I hope to do justice to Amanda Sisk’s model and to the legacy of Ann Story.”

Story, a widow with five children, lived in Rutland before moving to a house built by her husband in Salisbury, near Otter Creek. Living on what was essentially frontier land sought by both British and American settlers, she

Samantha Blackmore, Charlotte (“Making Art”); Ella Haire, Hinesburg (“Hunted Through Extinction”) • Quilt: Kassidy Wyman, Cambridgeport • Sewing (Non-Garment): Kassidy Wyman, Cambridgeport • Tabletop Exhibits: Backwoods Teamsters 4-H Club, Ryegate (“Working Steers”); Audrey Chairvolotti, Grand Isle (“Can I Write on Wet Paper”); Whitney Dunklee, Vernon (“Striving for Gold”); Calvin Kennett (“The Egg”); Wyatt Kennett (“Chicken Behavior”) and Sophie Lu (“Slime”), all from Middlebury; Gennett Kerstetter, West Rutland (“Tack Time”); Lillie Tuckerman, South Woodstock (“Conformation of a Champion”); Kylee Taylor, Athens (“Hippity Hop Holland Lop”); Amy Vaughan (“Cow Quiz”) and Lizzie Vaughan (“My Trip to Paris”), both from South Ryegate; Brittany Zager, Gill, Mass. (Windham County 4-H club member; DA Tucker Light) • Technology: Maker-tinker – Bridget Denio, Waterford (dog bed); PowerPoint presentation – Kelsey Adams, Pittsford (cross-country skiing); Kaitlyn Arena, Burlington (processing Icelandic wool); Video – Green Mountain 4-H Club, Williston (we love to cook).

Killington Mtn. biking continued from page 4A This season, Killington’s Mountain Bike Park will unveil significant improvements to beginner terrain, introduce riders to the newly completed Krusty Trail on Ramshead, and offer extended riding hours this summer. All pre-season and post-season scheduled operating days will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. but the lifts will start spinning one hour earlier on weekends and one hour later Thursdays, mid-June through early September. Also new this year, the Ramshead Express Quad will operate every day during July and August.

Learn to Mountain Bike lessons are available daily and provide instruction on all the basics for first-timers – from bike handling to reading the terrain. Lessons start out on the Killington Bike Park’s skills track to get riders comfortable on the bikes before heading up the Snowshed Express Quad for trail riding instruction. Riders looking for more advanced training can take advantage of the Killington Mountain School Mountain Bike Camps designed for riders who want to develop and refine skill, race techniques, bike handling, training, nutrition, and bike maintenance.

For more information about the Bike Park and to purchase a season pass or the new Beast 365 Year-Round Season Pass, visit killington.com.

THE ANN STORY PIECE WAS DESIGNED BY ARTIST AMANDA SISK, WHO LIVED IN A RURAL YURT WHILE CREATING THE MODEL, OR MAQUETTE. often fed and housed Ethan Allen’s men. Her son once took a note, written on a page from her Bible, by horseback to Fort Ticonderoga to warn Allen about a British spy who threatened to kill her. The spy was caught along with numerous other Tories, and spent the rest of the war in prison.

A sculpture honoring Olympic and environmental hero and Rutland native Andrea Mead Lawrence, funded

by Casella Waste Systems, will be carved by a team led by CSSC instructor Steve Shaheen this summer. The third piece scheduled for installation this year, funded by Rutland Regional Medical Center, will honor black Vermonters, including many Rutlanders, who were among the first African Americans to enter the U.S. Army after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Local artist Don Ramey will carve that piece.

“Each of these pieces highlights a special event, person or people who contributed to this region, and in many cases, the world beyond,” said Carol Driscoll, executive director of the CSSC. “At the same time, the project is a reminder of the legacy of the artistry born of the local stone industry, which we continue at the Carving Studio. I expect these pieces will continue to be a source of beauty and education, and a point of pride for Rutlanders and visitors, for generations to come.”

Other possible subjects include Rutland residents and Civil War figures Edward and William Ripley, Rutland’s John Deere, Norman Rockwell, Ethan Allen, Martin Henry Freeman, Alexander Twilight, and Paul Harris of Wallingford, who founded Rotary International.The sculptures will be carved from Danby White marble.

Mayor Dave Allaire, said the sculptures will add a sense of history and beauty to downtown. “Downtown Rutland is filled with beautiful, historic buildings, which will complement the sculptures, and vice versa,” Allaire said.

“Watching Stone Legacy’s installation, I was filled with pride and optimism.”

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30A • PETS

BO - 1-year-old. Neutered male. Hound mix. I’m a social, outgoing fella who loves being with people. I’m always wagging my tail and am happy to see everyone I meet. I’m obviously adorable and people always stop to say hi!

TAMMY - 10-month-old.

Spayed female. Domestic short hair. Black and white.

Let me tell you a few things about myself. I am a friendly feline who loves to play with toys, cuddle on laps and most of all I love to talk! I am good with other cats and kids. Stop by!

JULIO - 11-year-old. Neutered male. Domestic short hair. Black and white. I am a friendly kitty who would love to sit on your lap and get all the attention. I don’t get along with other cats or dogs, so I would have to be the only fur baby in my new forever home.

PETPersonals SHILOH - 1½ - year-old.

Neutered male. Domestic short hair. Black and White.

I am a strapping fella who is ready to steal your heart.

I have no known history with dogs, but I have lived with children and they were sometimes a bit too much for me so keep that in mind.

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

Featuring pets from:

RUTLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY LUCY MACKENZIE HUMANE SOCIETY SPRINGFIELD HUMANE SOCIETY

Springfield Humane Society

GREYSON - 3 ½-year-old.

Neutered male. Treeing Walker Coonhound. I’m a social fella who will happily sit next to you while you pet me, rub my ears and my back and give me lots of love and attention. If you stop I’ll gently nudge you so you’ll start up again.

SHADOW - 10-month-old.

Spayed female. Domestic long hair. Black. They often say good things come in small packages. I’m just that! I have the biggest round yellow eyes in the land. Wait until you see them. I also have the silkiest black fur which shines.

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 need to stay inside because I’m declawed.

PUMPKIN - 3-year-old.

Spayed female. Domestic short hair. Gray and White.

My name is Pumpkin (as sweet as the pie!) and I am in search of my furever home. Every now and then I tend to get overstimulated and I may scratch if you’re not paying attention!

DINO - 9-year-old. Neutered male. Domestic short hair.

Gray and white tabby. I am a social fella who loves a good lap. I am sweet but may be a bit shy at the beginning until I get to know what is going on.

My favorite spot here in the cat room is in a cardboard box.

TERRY - 1-year-old. Neutered male. Domestic short hair. Brown Tabby. I am snuggly dude who is looking for my forever home where I can sit in the window and watch the birds. I am a handsome boy looking for a lovely family to be a part of, so stop by.

BUBBA - 2-year-old. Neutered male. Pit Bull. I’m a very playful, on the go fella and if you have lots of toys, especially plush squeaky toys, I’ll be your best friend.

I’ll need lots of exercise and play time with my new family.

I’m adorable!

LUCKY - 8-year-old. Neutered Male. Domestic short hair. Black. I am a very quiet, independent, couch potato type of guy who is just looking for my forever home. I’ve had my teeth cleaned and a few pulled and I’m happy I got that done! I feel better.

SADIE World’s most amazing beagle awaits your love! My name is Sadie and I am 10 years young. I am housebroken, leash trained and love people! I can easily live with cats and chickens, but hyper dogs are just too much for me. I am heartworm positive, so only Vermont adopters please. Please call 802-885-3997 or come in Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4:30 p.m. to talk more to the staff about me.

Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society

All of these pets are available for adoption at

Rutland County Humane Society

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ROBIN Hi! My name’s Robin and I’m a 4-year-old neutered male mixed breed dog that came to Lucy Mackenzie as a stray. Life hasn’t always been easy for me, but I’m looking forward to starting over in my new home. I’m a fun-loving active fella that has tons of potential, and lots of love to give! Since I’ve been here, we’ve spent lots of time working on basic behaviors, like how to walk on a leash, how to sit, and stay. I’ve come such a long way!

I’d be the only animal in my ideal home, and my human would be committed towards continuing my training with me. It would also be nice if I wasn’t left alone for long amounts of time, as I’m much happier when I’m around my people. All I really need in life is a second chance. If you’ve been looking for a new best friend, 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 -Saturday, 12 - 4 p.m.

Reach us daily at 802-484-LUCY. Visit us at lucymac. org, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. We hope to see you soon.

Classifieds

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

REAL ESTATE NEW LISTING: Killington ski village location, mountain v i e w. P i n n a c l e 1 b d r m condo, $116K. Furnished, never rented, deck, stone fireplace, kitchen upgrade, ski locker, health club, shuttle to mountain. Owner, waynekay@ gmail.com, 802-775-5111.

STRONG R E N TA L I N V E S T M E N T O P P O R T U N I T Y !

K I L L I N G TO N G AT E WAY CONDOS! Penthouse newly renovated two level, 2 bed/2 bath. Hardwood flooring throughout, wood burning fireplace in dining/living area, updated kitchen, two separate balconies w/views, sold furnished! $114,500.

Also available, 1 Bedroom w/ Den + full bath newly updated. $79K priced to sell! Gateway Owners enjoy a great owner’s lounge/game room, private ski lockers, tennis courts, and a beautiful in-ground pool in the summer months! 2 miles to Pico Ski Resort, minutes to downtown Rutland & super close to the World Class Killington year round Resort.

For more info or to schedule a showing call Tucker Lange, Sales Associate & Realtor, Peak Property Real Estate.

Mobile 303-818-8068 or Killington Office 802-7751700.

KILLINGTON—2 BDRM 1.5 bath condo, Mountain Green bldg. 2. FP, ski lockers, health club membership. $92K. Owner, 800-576-5696.

MENDON LAND: 267 acres of secluded yet close to Killington and Rutland with outstanding mountain views of Pico and Blue Ridge Mountains. This land is bordered on the uphill side by the Rutland City watershed. There are thousands of sugar maples and a variety of hard and softwoods. There are two ways to access the land, one by truck from Rt 4 and by car through a gated right of way.

Info, LouiseHarrison.com or call 802-747-8444.

PITTSFIELD LAND: River View Trail Road: 4AC for $49,900 with State septic permit for a 4BR, 6 person home. Nice level building lot (B #1). Ski Country Real Estate, 335 Killington Rd, 802-7755111.

PITTSFIELD LAND: River View Trail Road: 8AC for $69,900 with State septic permit for a 4BR home. Lot 5.

Private Location. Ski Country Real Estate, 335 Killington Rd, 802-775-5111.

LAND FOR SALE: Improved building lot in Killington neighborhood with ski home benefits. Views. Call 802-4229500.

ERA MOUNTAIN Real Estate, 1913 US Rt. 4, Killington— killingtonvermontrealestate. com or call one of our real estate experts for all of your real estate needs including Short Term & Long Term Rentals & Sales. 802-7750340.

KILLINGTON PICO REALTY Our Realtors have special training in buyer representation to ensure a positive buying experience.

Looking to sell? Our unique marketing plan features your very own website. 802-4223600, KillingtonPicoRealty. com 2814 Killington Rd., Killington. (next to Choices Restaurant).

KILLINGTON VALLEY Real Estate PO Box 236, 2281 Killington Rd., Killington. 802422-3610 or 1-800-833-KVRE. Email: kvre@vermontel.net.

LOUISE HARRISON REAL ESTATE: An independent broker offering professional guidance and representation to buyers and sellers in the greater Killington, Mendon, Rutland area. 30 years experience. Available by appointment 7 days a week at the location of your choice. 8 Mountain Top Rd, Chittenden.

LouiseHarrison.com, 802747-8444.

PEAK PROPERTY Real Estate, 1995 US Route 4, Killington. VTproperties. net. 802-775-1700, 802353-1604. Marni@ peakpropertyrealestate.com.

Specializing in homes/condos/ land/commercial/investments/ winter rentals. Representing sellers & buyers all over Central Vt. THE PERFORMANCE GROUP real estate 1810 Killington Rd., Killington. 802422-3244 or 800-338-3735, vthomes.com, email info@ vthomes.com. As the name implies “WE PERFORM FOR YOU!” PRESTIGE REAL Estate of Killington, 2922 Killington Rd., Killington. Specializing in the listing & sales of Killington Condos, Homes, & Land. Call toll free 800398-3680 or locally 802-4223923. prestigekillington.com.

SKI COUNTRY Real Estate, 335 Killington Rd., Killington.

8 0 2 - 7 7 5 - 5 111 , 8 0 0 - 8 7 7 5111. SkiCountryRealEstate. com - 8 agents to service: K i l l i n g t o n , B r i d g e w a t e r, Mendon, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Rochester, Stockbridge & Woodstock areas. Sales & Winter Seasonal Rentals.

Open 7 days/wk, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES COMMERCIAL PROPERTY for sale. Currently restaurant and housing rental units.

Restaurant included with real estate sale, take over existing or put in your own concept. Great spot on corner lot, goodwill furniture fixtures and equipment included in sale. $30K in current annual rental income defrays costs a n d h e l p s w i t h s t a ff i n g .

Be a part of the Killington Renaissance! Priced well under assessment. After 27 years, chef’s life style no longer works for me. Contact killingtonrestaurant@gmail. com for more info. Reduced to $489,500. come take a look and make an offer. Some owner finance available.

C O M M E R C I A L S PA C E AVAILABLE with another well established business. Small or large square footage. Close to ski shop, restaurant and lodging. Great location for any business. Call 802-345-5867.

RENTALS WOODS RESORT and spa - 2 BR, 2 BA, village unit. Fully furnished, avail.

Summer/year round/seasonal rental. Available July 1. Rent dependent on rental time.

203-641-9742.

RENTAL WANTED: Mature couple is looking to rent a room in a house or condo for the 2018-19 ski season.

Ideally in a single-family home/ condo near the bus route.

Could be, but not limited to, Mountain Green, Pinnacle or Glazebrook. 603-795-2355; 617-645-7654.

KILLINGTON seasonal rental 2 BR, 1 BA, woodstove, outstanding location. $790/ month + utilities. 781-7495873. toughfl@aol.com.

EXCLUSIVE WOODS RESORT 3 bdrm, 3 bath, fully furnished. Available year round or seasonal. Rent & utilities dependent on term.

203-641-9742.

KILLINGTON SEASONAL rental 3 BR, 2 BA, fireplace, dishwasher. $990 /month.

781-749-5873, toughfl@aol. com.

APARTMENTS for rent: 1, 2 BR units available. Nonsmokers only. $750/$850, all included. 15 min. to Downtown. Mendon. 802-7708786. Long term/short term.

M O U N TA I N G R E E N main building, 1 br, newly refurbished, best view in all of Vermont. Available til mid November. $795/ month. Thomasgessler@ verizon.net or 610-633-0889.

PICO Available May 1. Year round 1 BR furnished and equipped slopeside condo with views of Golden Express lift and partial slope views. Balcony/deck, fireplace, ski locker, cable and heat included. $1150 per month. LouiseHarrison. com 802-747-8444.

A M A Z I N G M O U N TA I N VIEWS & CLOSE TO KILLINGTON SKYESHIP! Newly renovated 2 bedroom/1 bath lower unit! Sleeps 4. No pets or smoking. Call Marni Rieger 802-353-1604.

K I L L I N G T O N R O YA L FLUSH Rentals/Property management. Specializing in condos/winter & summer rentals. Andrea Weymouth, Owner. www. killingtonroyalflush.com, 802746-4040.

FREE FREE REMOVAL of scrap metal & car batteries. Matty, 802-353-5617.

FOR SALE

10’x16’ STORAGE building, 10’x8’ has attic space.

Excellent condition. Red w/ white trim. $2,500 delivered in Rutland area. 802-775-0431.

LOCAL RAMPS (wild leeks) for sale. Small or large orders welcome. Also perennials for sale: flowering ground cover, Bleeding Hearts and more.

Call or text 802-345-1205.

PETER HUNTOON ORIGINAL painting: “Peak Conditions,” with hardwood frame. $1,500.

Call Mountain Times for more info, 802-422-2399.

PERENNIALS - All $3.00 – Hale Hollow Road, Bridgewater Corners, off 100A. Will accept most used pots. Open daily.

802-672-3335.

FULL SIZE wooden bed frame, $300. Has two side drawers. Lightly used. Comes with mattress if you want it.

Must pick up, Killington Vt. 518-419-0782.

KAYAK 10-ft. sit-in Canadianmade Pelican Matrix 100X kayak, blue deck, white hull.

Cushioned seat, adjustable footrests, locking hatch plus open storage compartment, cockpit shelf with bottle holder.

Excellent condition, used 3 seasons in flat water, no damage. Includes owner’s manual, specs and parts list.

Paddle not included. $200 OBO. Julia, 802-483-2020 or laughinotter05@yahoo. com.

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

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Email classifieds@mountaintimes.info or call 802-422-2399.

Rates are 50 cents per word, per week; free ads are free.

WANTED STILL BUYING and appraising coins, stamps, precious metals, watches, art and historical items. I have moved from VT, but can easily help new and existing clients through email and US Postal Service. Member ANA, APS, NAWCC and New England Appraisers Association. Royal Barnard 802-775-0085 or email rbarn64850@aol.com.

FARM LAND to lease for this growing season. 1-10 acres.

Call or text 802-345-1205.

EMPLOYMENT EVENT/WEDDING STAFF. Busy wedding season begins soon at Mountain Meadows Lodge in Killington.

Servers, bartenders, bussers, dishwashers, etc. Call 802775-1010 or send email to mountainmeadowsvt@ gmail.com. Flexible hours.

NOW HIRING Lifeguards.

The Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement Center is looking to hire Certified Lifeguards with o r w i t h o u t W S I ( Wa t e r Safety Instructors). Three positions available for the right candidates. Full time, part time or temporary employment! Contact Rob Marsden at 802-775-2395 ext.

2512 or rmarsden@vacvt.org.

FT/PT Waitstaff needed in West Bridgewater, serving Breakfast and Lunch. Stop by or call 802-422-3816.

INN AT LONG TRAIL seeking experienced cook/prep cook. Pay commensurate with experience. Email (ilt@ innatlongtrail.com) resume or brief work history, or call 802-775-7181 to set up interview appointment. Will train competent and motivated individual. Weekends and holidays a must.

MOGULS SEEKING: Line cooks, wait staff; full time and part time work available. 802422-4777. Apply daily, open 7 days.

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GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LABORER Harveys Plumbing and Excavating is located in Rochester, Vermont and we work on a wide variety of excavation projects in Central Vermont.

ELECTRICIAN: Licensed/ insured, 35 years experience, BoiseElectric.us/contact or 802-747-4481.

CAREGIVER Private duty, 35 years of experience w/ references upon request. c: 719-371-1694.

GARDENING SERVICES 7 years experience, spring clean-up, weekly and monthly maintenance. Call Donna: 802-342-3211.

INTERESTED in growing industrial hemp? Growers with 5 years experience offering consulting and/or possible collaboration. Seed for sale.

Call or text 802-345-1205 for more info.

We are looking for a dependable individual with the willingness to learn.

Candidate must have a clean valid drivers license and dependable transportation to our shop.

You will work on a variety of tasks/jobs and be offered the opportunity to increase skills as performance is evaluated.

Pay and benefits are dependent on experience.

We are looking for a team player.

Call 802-767-3241 or 3318, e-mail harveype@sover.net, or stop by Route 100, Rochester, VT.

JOIN THE “GOLF TEAM!” Green Mountain National Golf Course is currently seeking applicants for Desk Attendants in the Pro Shop and Restaurant Help in the Clubhouse We are an upbeat, fun and fast paced working environment and all employees get to enjoy golf privileges on our beautiful golf course.

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Barrows Towne Road, Killington, VT RAIN/SHINE Indoor Estate Sale. 437 West Hill Rd, Killington. Saturday May 26, 8am-1pm. Canoe, Simon Pearce items, riding mower, snowshoes, Heritage Village, antiques, kitchen items, tools, household decorations & more!

PLYMOUTH COMMUNITYWIDE Antiques and Treasures Tag Sale, Memorial Day weekend, Saturday May 26 & Sunday May 27, 9am- 6pm. Inside & outside of the Plymouth\ Community Center 35 School Drive, Plymouth VT. Cash or check only, lots for sale!

TAY L O R M A D E s e t o f women’s golf clubs, full set including Ping driver and bag, $200 or BO. 802-779-2966.

32A • REAL

ESTATE

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

Money Matters:

Submitted

Prospective homebuyers wonder if it’s the right time to purchase a home; or wait.

Buy or wait?

With heightened talk of rising interest rates, many prospective homebuyers are understandably concerned about whether it’s the right time to purchase a home.

Experts say that it’s true that rates are at their highest in almost four years, but they are still well below the levels seen 10, 20 and 30 years ago.

How does it add up? Assume you buy a home with a 20 percent down payment, take out a $200,000 mortgage and are getting a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. At

a 4.5 percent interest rate, your monthly payment would be $811 with total interest paid over the life of the loan being $131,851. With a 7.5 percent interest rate, your monthly payment would be $1,119 with a total interest paid of $242,748.

With an 18 percent interest rate (like 1981), your monthly payment skyrockets to $2,411 with a total interest paid of $708,081.

Experts suggest that while rates have risen recently, historically speaking, it is still an overall great time to buy.

continued from page 26A The things you do in retirement should be meaningful, stimulating, and energizing. Your passions should be your guide to a new routine – both with your spouse, and apart from him or her. Take professional lessons to turn a hobby like golf or painting into a real skill. Volunteer at a charity or nonprofit that’s close to your heart.

You and your spouse can indulge your inner foodies with weekly date nights to try out all the new hot spots in town.

Relationships Your spouse isn’t the only person you’ll be seeing more often in retirement. Your relationships with the rest of your friends and family are also going to change now that you’re no longer working. This too can be difficult, as many of the people you spent your workdays with recede from your day-to-day routine.

But this can also be a wonderful opportunity to connect with the people who matter the most to you. Once you and your spouse make it through the initial adjustment period, you’ll be able to spend time

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doing the things that brought you together in the first place. Planning trips and extended vacations around your children and grandchildren will create meaningful experiences that you’ll carry with you for the rest of your life.

Your social calendar also gets a whole lot bigger. Fill it up! Organize your friends for a weekly round of golf. Plan date nights with other retired couples. If there are people you lost touch with due to the grind of working and raising a family, reconnect.

Time Time without the structure that work provides can be challenging for retirees. The very notion of time can take on new meaning.

Without meetings and project deadlines to worry about, time can seem so limitless that it’s overwhelming. It’s like an artist staring at a blank canvas—where do you begin?

So how will you fill your day? Will you start taking an hour to do things that used to take 10 minutes when you were working? Will you sleep later? What new

routines will you start?

The good news is, many of today’s retirees are more active, more connected to their communities, more adventurous, more alive than they’ve ever been! And they organize their time in retirement around the activities and relationships that make them feel happy and fulfilled.

Perfecting your ART Retirement is an “ART” you have to work at to perfect. You’ll make mistakes, and you’ll learn from them and adjust.

You might load up your schedule with activities, only to find that having a bit less structure allows you to explore your options. You might find the initial lack of structure maddening, and work on a new routine. You might try a part-time job. You might like it. You might not.

There’s no one way to have a successful retirement. But the sooner you start working to refine your ART, the more beautiful your retirement picture will be.

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Looking Back:

Watch out, gardening is contagious!

continued from page 26A plants and around mid-May they would arrive. I always looked for perennials that I couldn’t find at local garden centers. If I found a plant that was blue it was ordered.

Some were “successes” and some were “failures.” But the fun was trying new plants and finding those that worked in my gardens.

Gardening was so much fun that I decided to hire myself out after I retired.

What could be more fun than spending my newfound freedom among beautiful flowers? It was definitely fun but too much of a good thing! Between the stifling heat on some days and rain on other days, I could barely tend to my own gardens. And when I did, it wasn’t for pleasure, it was a necessity. I stuck with my new “career” for

one season and retired from it at the end of the gardening season.

By the following spring I was very happy tending to my own garden and that of my late relative, Loyola, who practically lived in our backyard. I only had to push my garden cart a few feet and I could tend to what needed to be done at her house.

Now that she has passed away my aging body is perfectly content with just one piece of property to look after.

Some of the flower beds I created in my younger days have been replaced with shrubs instead of flowers. Rhododendrons, junipers and yews require much less care than perennials. I have more than enough flowers scattered throughout our yard but when “fun” becomes

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Every year I try growing something new. This year it’s winterberry bushes.

The leaves drop in the fall but the red berries remain all winter. Birds love the berries, so I hope to see many of them enjoying the “treats” I am providing for them.

But first, I have to figure out where to place the bushes. Ordering four of them seemed like a good idea on a snowy and blustery winter day. Now reality has set in and two would have been plenty. Oh well, time to move things around once again!

That happens just about every spring and it always works out in the end.

I hope next winter I am smart enough to order just a couple of perennials. There is always room for those!

The gardening season is short, so go outside and play in the dirt. It keeps you active and is a great stress reliever. It brings about instant gratification, as your yard or patio areas will look so nice when you are finished.

If you plant a veggie garden your health will be rewarded with the nutritious food you grow.

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The Outside Story:

The Mountain Times • May 23-29, 2018

Mountain laurel a woodland beauty

continued from page 26A I’ve always heard that mountain laurel is poisonous, but it is frequently browsed by deer. Kalmia leaves contain andromedotoxin, which is poisonous to livestock, particularly sheep (leading to one of its common names, lambkill). According to Jaynes the plant is also toxic to deer. “But they use it as a condiment. Somehow they know not to eat enough at one time to be poisoned by it.” He explained that deer typically eat laurel when they’re short of other food. “In my experience, they like the cultivars best.”

Wood carvers also appreciate the plant.

It is the favored wood of Dan Dustin, a New Hampshire spoon carver. He often goes out with a pack basket in search of a “spoony” laurel—an old one with branches as thick as his arm. Mountain laurel also has the name spoonwood, and legend has it that Native Americans carved it for this purpose.

“It’s lovely carving wood,” Dustin says.

“It’s very stable, meaning it doesn’t like to crack as much as some other woods.

That makes for easier carving, because it can be carved green. It’s white in color, strong and light and without any taste or perfume.” He estimates that he’s carved 20,000 spoons out of mountain laurel, and plenty from the wood of its relative, blueberry.

Mountain laurel is lovely wherever you find it, but some of the larger stands are worth a planned visit. Timing of the bloom is affected by elevation and latitude, as well as spring temperatures: an unusually warm, sunny spring moves the flowering season earlier by one to two weeks. There are very large specimens at The Fells, also known as the Hay Estate, on the banks of Lake Sunapee. Laurie D. Morrissey is a writer in Hopkinton, N.H. The illustration for this column was drawn

by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine: northernwoodlands.org, and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: wellborn@nhcf.org

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Victoria Quint received second place in the Good Citizen Scholarship Contest.

Rutland teen named Good Citizen in contest

RUTLAND—Victoria Quint was named Good Citizen Scholarship Contest Second Place Winner for Vermont State at the Board of Management meeting of the Vermont State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, held at the Langevin House in Randolph, May 13.

Quint received this award based on letters of reference, school activities, service to community, school transcript, her responses to contest questions, and plans.

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Poised on the brink of the unknown

continued from page 27A upon which a higher kind of consciousness may develop.

This is the fifth and final stage of this ninth five-fold sequence of symbols. It implies a transition to a new level at which the individual who has learned from experience demonstrates a truly mature mind. What is revealed here is character under adverse circumstances.

Phase 225 (Scorpio 15°): Children playing around five mounds of sand.

Keynote: Early steps in the development of a mind seeking to be attuned to the higher level of human evolution.

This is a particular-

ly cryptic symbol. It may be deciphered if one realizes that Man’s essential destiny is to develop as a five-fold being, a “Pentagram” or five-pointed star.

Number 5 symbolizes mind in its most creative and penetrating aspect, while number 4 refers to the life processes operating at present within the earth’s biosphere. Our Western civilization has realized only the lower level of this vibration 5; i.e. mind contaminated by compulsive instincts and emotional involvement. Some individuals, however, are born with a special potential for development of the higher,

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She was required to write an essay without prior knowledge of the subject within a two-hour time limit and without reference material. This year’s essay title was “Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It” with a focus question: “How do the combined actions of many good citizens keep our nation moving forward?

The Vermont State Society awarded Quint a certificate and a $250 cash award

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Good citizens:

Victoria Quint awarded

continued from page 34A in recognition of her achievement and as a student who exemplifies the DAR good citizen qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism.

Victoria is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Quint of N. Chittenden and is a senior at Rutland High School.

Seniors from any accredited Vermont high school are eligible to compete in the Good Citizen Scholarship Contest via local DAR chapters. Essays and credentials are independently judged by non-DAR judges, and winners from each of the sponsoring chapters advance to the State level of judging. State first place winners advance to the Northeast Division level and the eight Division level winners to the National level where a $5,000 scholarship is awarded to a female and a male high school senior. The Good Citizen scholarship is awarded without preference for or regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, or disability.

The National Society of DAR was founded in 1890 to promote patriotism, preserve American history, and support better education for our nation’s children. Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War.

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SUMMER IN THE MOUNTAINS There’s a lot to love about The Beast’s warmer side.

The Killington Bike Park and Adventure Center are open weekends, and The Killington Golf Course is now open every day. killington.com