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8 F rom This Side of the Mountain Family on the Path of Life Cassie Horner 14 G reener On the Other Side of the Fence Cassie Horner
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16 M ountain Top Inn and Resort Four Seasons in Vermont Kim J. Gifford 26 L ake Bomoseen Where the Living is Easy Paul Post 34 Perennial Gardening Flowers for Life Mary Ellen Shaw 42 G reen Mountain Power’s Energy Innovation Center & Trail Kirsten Gehlbach 50 Nature’s Water Gardens Cassie Horner 56 V ermont Opera Project A Dream Come True Sandra Stillman Gartner
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STEAMER
May 4, 2004 – April 1, 2016
BY CASSIE HORNER
It was his tail that brought him to us. When Tim talked to the breeder in Mississippi, a cattle rancher, our request was for the biggest male English Shepherd puppy he had. “I’ll pick out the one with the longest tail,” the rancher told us. We named him Steamb oat after the Mississippi connection and when Steamie arrived at the Albany Airport that July day in 2004, he was the cutest little nipper you could ask for with solemn brown eyes, soft wavy fur and a long fuzzy tail. He was like a little cuddle bear and we brought him happily home to his dachshund sisters Maxine and Molly. Molly, the oldest, took it upon herself to whip him into shape. Maxine, 4
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Steamer with Cassie the day he came home.
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Steamer with Izzy
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Steamer was a special dog. We dedicated ourselves to his wellbeing and happiness and he did the same for us. He gave and gave. Steamer loved his family dearly and kept a watchful eye on all of us as well as the home he loved. Friends marveled at his abilities as a trail dog, and he never tired of going. He loved his walks, snowshoe trips, cuddling with his mother and life on the lake. He barked with great gusto for his meals every day of his life, right up until the end. He was a tremendous personality and everyone who met him left with some kind of effect. Steamer was our second English Shepherd. English Shepherds are not AKC recognized, but there has been a huge effort over the years to preserve and propagate the breed. We fell in love with the breed many years ago, and in our biased opinion, Steamer was one of the best representatives of it. He had the tough grit of a working farm dog, and yet possessed a great tenderness, a gentleness, particularly as he matured. As a puppy he could be a holy terror, and his working dog tendencies to manage things came out pretty early, sometimes to his frustration and our great amusement. He loved all his siblings and knew four dachshunds throughout his life. I will always remember an observation I heard many years ago. I was in Belmont one fall day at an outdoor market and I met a gentleman who, at one time, had been a breeder of English Shepherds in the area. I introduced myself to engage with him about the breed. He summarized it very well. He said that for the first year or so you have this busy little thing who you chase around and tries your patience about to the end, but then after about two years, a metamorphosis happens and a beautiful butterfly emerges. That was our experience and we would not trade a moment of it.
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on the other hand, was his protector, forming a bond that would last for nine years. When Molly died suddenly, we brought home Izzy, a tiny long-haired mini dachshund who became his play friend. They grew up together. After Maxine died over three years ago, Dora the wire-haired dachshund joined the pack and Steamie taught her the business of life. She was his beta girl and thought the sun rose and set in him. For Tim and me, Steamie formed a link to our dachshunds past and present. We always joked he was raised by dachshunds. He figured he was never too big to cuddle behind Tim on the back of the chair or gently put his front paws on my chest and give me kisses and tender looks. He also had a persistent, careful way of getting certain things for himself. For example, the girls were on the new leather couch all the time so one day he eased himself up there tentatively and, finding no disapproval, settled down for a short time. When we got a new living room couch and chair, he lost his position curled up near 6
Tim’s neck so we planned ahead and bought him a fancy Carhartt bed to put next to me. He loved that spot and I would sit on the couch with one stocking-clad foot resting lightly on his soft, warm back. After Maxine died, he carefully but firmly decided that her spot next to me on the bed was his and spent many nights of comfort for him and me. He was always the manager of the household, with a bustling energy that kept him on top of what was happening indoors and out in his yard. He loved to ride in the Jeep, and he would take as many walks as we were willing to offer. He was loud, letting us know enthusiastically his opinions of life. His tail was long and he himself was a big personality. There are so many things I miss about him. One of the biggest is the peaceful evenings or sleepy afternoons we all spent together— Steamie, Izzy, Dora and Tim and me — all comfy and cozy within about a 5 x 5-foot space. We miss him.
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he sun was high, the day was hot and there was no shade except for patches tight against the 10-feet-high evergreens. We could see the blue sky above and hear the muffled voices of loved ones but where were we? We had never been in a maze and were doubting the wisdom of entering this one, but it was too late to turn back. We questioned our ability to find our way out. We worried about how hot it was and if we had enough water for the journey. Luckily, we hitched our fortunes to those of the kids with us, ages 10 and under. With great exuberance they threw themselves into navigating the twists and turns of the maze, racing down paths and shouting “Dead End” so we grown-up slow pokes turned around as they rushed past us. After an amazingly short time, out we all popped at the maze’s exit —Victorious! Three of us adults were happy to share in the success, congratulating the younger set on their leadership. It was a great lesson in the positivity of concentration on the here and now, without the distractions of what if and how long and will we ever get out at all? Doing things with kids often makes you see things in a different light. This was the case last summer when my husband Tim and I went to the Path of Life in Windsor, Vermont with a contingent of my nephews, great nephews, great grand nieces and nephews and other family. What could have been a quiet, introspective, maze-avoiding hike through the cycles of life set out on the grassy landscape
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he lake property where my husband and I live is named Shady Rest — its quiet oasis of oaks, hemlocks and pine gives ample cool on hot summer days. An unintended result is no grass. In the yard on the north side of the house, where the dogs play behind the fence, scarcely a blade of grass can be found. The combination of acidic soil, shade and the action of the pups leaves the banner of greenery to a few asters and the occasional plantain. This is not to say we never had grass. About 25 years ago, we had a lot of work done to what was then a camp. The excavator smoothed all of the disturbed soil and planted seed, which grew into a fine lawn. We bought a push mower and I happily mowed the lush green stuff. But each successive year brought less lushness, leading slowly to our grass-less state. Roughly 10 years ago, we decided we would take action, and grass over a section of the yard at a time. We bought and spread top soil, seeded it, and surrounded the area with a fence. How full of promise it looked! The dream died quickly, though, culminating with the moment our loveable and usually low-energy dachshund Maxine worked her way under the fence and was caught luxuriating in the cool, soft loam. That was the end of our grass quest. When we want to enjoy grass, we take a walk in a field where the dogs can romp and roll. They also enjoy a long graze in patches of roadside grass on a summer day. We like other people’s lawns, too, appreciating what we don’t have. Of course, more than one weary lawn-owner has told us as they bemoan a hot hour or two of mowing: “Why would you want grass anyway!”
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MOUNTAIN TOP INN & RESORT Four Seasons in Vermont
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To look out the windows of the main lodge, it would seem impossible not to be awe-inspired by this breathtaking panorama in any season. One would have to agree with General Manager Khele Sparks’ assessment that the primary thing that sets Mountain Top Inn and Resort apart from its peers is the view. “It’s got to be the view,” he said. Although this may be the primary thing, it is far from the only thing. Sparks added, “what also separates us from other properties is the activities we offer.” Mountain Top Inn and Resort has a full equestrian center. “We have 30 to 35 horses on the property all summer long,” said Laura Conti, The Mountain Top Inn & Resort’s marketing director. “We offer trail rides, 18
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lessons, and clinics. It’s a very niche group. We’ve been doing this for a long time and receive repeat customers each year. Some bring their own horse to ride while others just come and ride ours.” The resort also has its own private beach, three-quarters of a mile from the main lodge, with a beach pavilion and fire pit for family gatherings. Kayaking, fishing and guided pontoon boat trips are also available. Those who prefer heated comfort may use the resort’s outdoor, heated swimming pool adjacent to the spa and event barn. The poolside hot tub is open year round. Also popular is the resort’s clay bird shooting range. “It is tucked down there in the woods, so you can’t even hear it,” noted Conti. The resort’s 350 acres offer ample opportunity for hiking. Outside the main lodge are tennis and volleyball courts. Last year, following an eight-week remodel and construction period, the resort introduced a 4,000-square-foot spa and salon. The remodel transformed a former game room and theater, replete with bean bag chairs, into a state-of-the-art spa and salon including reception area, sauna, salon, esthetician’s room, three massage therapy rooms, a fitness room and yoga studio. Winter offers guests a free shuttle to Killington for downhill skiing or use of the resort’s own cross-country skiing and snowshoeing center. Indeed, the establishment’s proximity to Killington serves as a draw to visitors from the surrounding states. “On any given day if you look out in the parking lot you’ll see plates from Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut,” said Conti. While Killington’s core season is the winter, Mountain Top Inn and Resort’s is summer, “so it is a really nice complement of the two,” she said. Not only are the Mountain Top Inn and Resort’s amenities vast, but so are its accommodations. The resort’s Summer 2016
main lodge consists of 32 rooms. It also offers four new luxury cabins, built two years ago, and 23 independently owned houses that are part of the facility’s rental program. While these houses offer guests the feeling of privacy, the farthest is actually only half a mile from the lodge. It is called The Mountain Air Lodge and offers an adjoining Tree House suite. About half of the resort’s business comes from weddings and there are ample sites on the premises to host a ceremony and reception including the 18,000-square-foot event barn, featuring an upstairs loft facing the
lake. “We are a very popular wedding destination. We are actually a onestop shop. It is less than a four-hour drive for guests from Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York,” Conti said. “Many come up for the whole weekend.” In addition to weddings, the resort hosts events for a lot of local and national companies such as Tecnica, a sister company to Nordica. “They come and do a few days here in the fall every year,” Conti said. “We put up their teams, who rent accommodations, take over the barn, and do a lot of team-building activities 19
whether it’s kayaks out on the lake or a cooking challenge in between business meetings.” Guests and locals alike also praise the Mountain Top Tavern, redesigned two-and-a-half years ago, which features a popular burgerand-brew night on Wednesdays. In winter, snowmobilers frequently drive in for a beer and snack in the middle of the day, since it is located on the VAST (Vermont Association of Snow Travelers) trails. RESORT HISTORY Visiting this state-of-the-art property today, it is difficult to imagine its humble beginnings as a turnip farm. In the 1940s, William Barstow, an associate of Thomas Edison, purchased the land and barn from the Long family, who were turnip farmers. The Barstows lived in New York City and the newly purchased farm was intended as a seasonal hobby for Barstow’s socialite wife, Francoise— 20
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all the houses on their route—from Rutland to Chittenden—were painted for pristine effect. Although Eisenhower ranks among the most celebrated guests, today’s visitors are frequently more impressed by a photo that hangs in the corridor of the main lodge, featuring actress Jennifer Aniston. Aniston visited the Mountain Top Inn and Resort several years ago for a relative’s wedding. “People stop and look at it every single day and you so often hear someone exclaim, ‘Oh, I didn’t know she was here,’” said Conti. While such stories are always fun to relate, Mountain Top Inn and Resort’s real appeal seems to come from its ability to present guests with a rich, multi-amenity experience and deluxe accommodations while maintaining the intimacy and charm that many have come to associate as quintessentially Vermont. “Although there are similar properties in Vermont, you may have to 24
drive an additional two hours for them. For someone coming from New York that can make the difference,” said Conti. “We’ve grown while still seeming to remain small. After all, we still have ‘inn’ in our name. A lot of properties in town centers are very different. We are more remote, quiet, and secluded on top of our mountain.” “Not too many properties in the area are on water,” added Sparks.
“Even those that are, close in the winter. We are one of the few lakeside properties in the state to offer four seasons of activities.” Kim J. Gifford is a writer, teacher, artist and photographer. She lives in Bethel, VT with her grumble of pugs (yes, that is indeed what a group of pugs is called) Alfie, Waffles and Amore. To view her work and hear their stories visit www.pugsandpics. com.
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MW hO S E E N ere the Living Is Easy
ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY PAUL POST
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aul Fonteyn could step outside his beautiful brick colonial house and walk across campus to his president’s office at Green Mountain College. Instead, from May to October he bikes the eight miles it takes to reach Poultney, so that he and his wife, Marsha, can wake up each morning and enjoy the peaceful, relaxing splendor of their summer home overlooking Lake Bomoseen. They can’t wait to get back each spring and hold out as long as possible in autumn before returning to their school-provided housing for the winter. “The first time we came here we had to chip ice away from the door to get in,” Marsha Fonteyn said. “But when we walked in, it felt so warm and cozy we knew we were home.” They’re among the countless people from all walks of life that have made Lake Bomoseen a popular summer destination for the past 150 years. The same features that attracted visitors back then still draw people today — beautiful scenery, friendly folks and an endless variety of things to do, or simply nothing at all, while lounging in hammock with a tall cool drink on a hot, lazy afternoon.
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Marsha Fonteyn takes in the view from her porch.
Foster Palmer of Rutland enjoys a Creemee outside the Harbor View General Store with his son Emerson, and daughters, Anna and Sydney.
Zach Gilligan and his girlfriend, Heather Dalto, like to explore the lake on their pontoon boat.
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The Fonteyns’ house is on Creek Road, which runs up the west side of the lake. Their more than century-old home was previously Williams Grocery Store, with an ice cream parlor on the top floor and a dock on the lake level down below where boaters could pull up to buy gasoline. The building had fallen into considerable disrepair before the Fonteyns purchased it in 2004, but they’ve brought it back to life and restored its country charm. Having lived there more than a decade, they’ve become experts on making the most of “A Day in the Life of Lake Bomoseen.” It starts outside on the deck in the peaceful morning stillness, as sun filters through treetops on the opposite shore. “Make sure you experience the lake in the early morning when it’s beginning to wake up,” Paul said. “Look around and see all the wildlife. In the evening sit quietly and watch how the animals return when the people leave. If there is a thunderstorm, seek shelter, but watch as it moves across the lake. It’s exhilarating!” After breakfast, Marsha takes relaxing walks along the water, soaking up the sights and sounds of each new day. “Then come back for a swim or paddleboard,” she said. For lunch, if the mood suits them, they can motorboat across the water to one of their favorite lakeside restaurants. “At 4 o’clock it’s time for wine or a cocktail and definitely go down and get a maple Creemee at Harbor View General Store,” Marsha said. “In the evening, after dinner, go downstairs and watch a movie. Life on the lake is wonderful.” However, this is just one possible scenario for making the most of Lake Bomoseen because there is no shortage of activities on the lake such as fishing, kayaking, wakeboarding and water-skiing. A steady stream of motorboats passes by the Fonteyns’ house from Woodard’s Marine, a short distance away. Rutland Magazine
There’s also fun to be had on shore. Andre Laflamme and Mike Maliniak tossed their golf clubs in a boat and sped across the water to the nine-hole Prospect Point Golf Club, on the east side of the lake. “It’s a lot quicker by boat than by car,” said Laflamme, of Hadley, Massachusetts. “We do this every Sunday. I’ve had a summer home here for 17 years.” Jay Sabataso owns the The Palms at Prospect Bay, adjacent to the golf course. It’s a new sister business to The Palms, a restaurant he owns in Rutland. “I was looking for a few years to expand,” he said. “This is a great location. I had an amazing summer last year. We got a lot of support from the regulars from Rutland — this gives them an excuse to come over — and local lake people.” Bomoseen is Vermont’s biggest lake wholly within the state, unlike Lake Champlain. This means it’s never overcrowded, even on busy days, yet small enough to navigate for exploring its many opportunities. “My favorite spot is actually right here, Prospect Bay,” Sabataso said. “It’s calm and quiet.” However, at one time, Lake Bomoseen was anything but this. BeginSummer 2016
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ning in the late 19th century, nearly a dozen resorts started springing up on both shorelines — from the Del Monte House and Glenwood Hotel on the west side — to the Prospect House, the lake’s largest hotel that operated from 1888 to the 1970s, on the east side. During The Roaring Twenties and Great Depression, famous entertainers such as Harpo Marx, Helen Hayes, Irving Berlin, Vivien Leigh and even Walt Disney gathered at Alexander Woollcott’s club on Neshobe Island. The site’s remote location could not contain stories about some of the wild goings-on that allegedly took place there. On the lake’s east side, not far from Prospect Point, Gibson’s Crystal Ballroom, named for a revolving crystal ball suspended from the ceiling, opened in 1921 with a crowd of more than 1,500 people who turned out to hear a saxophone jazz orchestra. During the 1940s, the venue, which had been renamed the Casino, hosted some of America’s most famous bigname acts such as Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope. But as automobile travel became more widespread after World War II, resorts began to decline and within a few decades this chapter in Lake Bomoseen’s history was closed for good. Today, in many ways, the lake has come full circle: it’s a quiet retreat for both year-round and seasonal residents who are attracted to its simple pleasures, like hot coffee to chase away the morning chill, or a cold drink on a sweltering summer afternoon. Foster Palmer drove over from Rutland so he could treat his three children to Creemees, large soft ice cream cones, at the Harbor View General Store in Hydeville, where Creek Road meets Route 4A at the southwest corner of the lake. They had all they could do to enjoy the treat before it melted beneath the afternoon sun. 30
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Perennial Gardening Flowers for Life REWARDS, COLOR PALETTE & MAINTENANCE Perennial gardens have many rewards. Perhaps the best is having a variety of plants with different blooming times. As they say, “Variety is the spice of life!” Perennials also have a financial reward because once you buy the plant it’s yours to enjoy for life! They will die off during the winter but will be there to greet you next season. An added bonus is that most plants can be divided after a few years to either create new gardens or fill spaces where other plants may not have succeeded. It’s always fun to try new plants but when they don’t work out as planned, don’t hesitate to either move them or admit your mistake and discard them. The quest for constant color is something all perennial gardeners strive for. I have a vibrant color palette most of the time but there are occasional lapses. To avoid that problem I place a few clusters of annuals throughout the garden. For example, pink geraniums and blue ageratum are my favorite choices for sunny spots. Impatiens, a pretty annual, works well in shady areas. As much as we might wish for it, perennials are not a “free ride” when it comes to maintenance. After a few years most perennials require division or they will not perform well for you. I always dig around the perimeter of the plant, then pull it out of the ground and separate the roots by striking them with a shovel. This will provide you with additional plants to use elsewhere if you so choose. Deadheading qualifies as easy maintenance because all you have to do is cut off the blossoms that have gone by. This not only makes your garden look nicer but it encourages new blooms. When you first start a perennial garden it’s tempting to get one of everything. Bad idea! I have a 50-foot-long garden for which I have gradually acquired many plants. Some have proven to be incompatible with my longtime favorites. This past fall, I finally cleaned out the “offenders” that were either too aggressive or the wrong size for that area. Perhaps the “offending” plants will find a home elsewhere as they were transplanted to an open space until I make a final decision.
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Since most gardeners can’t wait to see color in the spring, be sure to plant bulbs in the fall as their flowers will jumpstart the growing season until the perennial plants make their debut. Bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers all play a role in constant color throughout the growing season. Vermont’s weather isn’t conducive to achieving that through perennial plants alone. MY GARDEN FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER – EASY TO GROW FAVORITES April In early spring, the first flowers to greet me are bulb flowers like snowdrops and early blooming varieties of daffodils. Dwarf irises also poke through the ground this month. A few years ago I purchased some hellebores (Lenten rose) and they pop up through the ground along with the early bulbs. This plant blooms well into July in a garden spot that offers shade with just a little sun. Their petals face downward but their rose color still shows off nicely among the white snowdrops and later when surrounded by other perennials. May In my garden, May is a time for blue blossoms. The scilla and grape hyacinth bulbs offer various shades of blue, a color hard to find in the flower world. And who doesn’t love forget-me-nots? The seeds that blew around during the previous growing season cause them to turn up in unexpected places. When planted in large groups, Phlox divaricata (Blue Moon), will provide a sea of pale lavender blue. In order to have some pops of color add pink and white bleeding hearts and lupines which come in many bright colors. Of course, the ever-popular tulips can provide just about any color you like. Perennials that will come into bloom 36
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later will hide the stems of daffodils and tulips, which have to die off naturally in order to get the nutrition they need for next season. June By June things really pick up as more plants start to bloom. I love seeing my “old faithfuls”: Shasta daisies, yarrow, and coreopsis. These provide a mix of white and yellow. My deep-pink yarrow blooms later in the month. A variety of colored irises add a delicate touch. This is also the month when my lilies burst open; yellow Stella D’oro and orange tiger lilies. Pale purple is part of the mix thanks to catmint. This plant tends to get a little aggressive if not thinned out. If you have a shade garden pink columbine 38
will provide color in June. This plant has seeds in its pods and if you allow them to dry out and blow around you will find columbine in unforeseen places next year. By late June, feverfew, which resembles a small daisy, comes into bloom. By pinching back the flowers that have died off, you can enjoy this plant until fall. July During this month the garden looks quite full. The coreopsis, yarrow and daisies are still around. Many of the new flowers that come into bloom are pink. They include: purple coneflower (which is actually pink), Liatris, mallow and the taller phlox varieties. July is also the time for black-eyed Susans.
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he days of the two school field trips were overcast with a chill in the air, but this did not dampen the spirits of the second- through sixthgraders visiting Green Mountain Power’s Energy Innovation Center (EIC) and walking the trail. Their energy was contagious as they romped around the interactive exhibits pushing buttons and pulling levers, measuring the energy produced by walking, learning valuable lessons from Electra the talking cow about turning cow manure into electricity, and seeing how hydro and wind generators produce electricity. High school students walked part of the Energy Trail to discover new ways energy is created and used in downtown Rutland with a visit to the “Solar Pole;” a stop at Tattersall’s Clothing Emporium to learn about
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“fun, funky, and funktional smart” casual clothing and accessories made of natural and organic fibers; and a cookie break at The Bakery, located between Fruition and Small Dog Electronics. The Bakery is taking part in Green Mountain Power’s pilot ice energy system with the use of Ice Bears to help shift air-conditioning demands from the daytime to nighttime. Small Dog Electronics is connected to GMP’s Energy Innovation Center. These and other businesses play a major role in the revitalization of downtown Rutland with renewable energy technologies. The trail begins at the EIC with a detailed map of the sites to visit and to learn how energy innovation is hard at work in downtown Rutland businesses. A stroll through downtown is fun, as well as informative, Summer 2016
with an added incentive – visit at least seven merchants on the map and collect a wristband from each one. Bring the colored bands back to the EIC to be entered in a quarterly drawing. Guided tours of the EIC and the Energy Trail are available in advance by emailing eic@greeenmountainpower.com. Green Mountain Power (GMP) hopes innovation and enthusiasm through thinking and learning at the Energy Innovation Center and along the Energy Trail will change the way energy is created and consumed by inspiring students of all ages, both consumers and businesses, one visit at a time. The EIC in downtown Rutland draws “dreamers and innovators” working every day to find the next bright idea to improve the efficiency
Through the Renewable Education Center, located across the street from Glen Station on Route 7 just north of Post Road, GMP is committed to educating consumers, teachers, students, and others who are interested in energy innovation. This outdoor education center features a fully functional 50-kilowatt solar farm, wind testing tower, educational signs, and a 2-megawatt hydro station. Tours of the Center can be self-guided or led by GMP employees. Access to the hydro plant is only available though a guided tour. GMP will integrate the tour and other GMP programs into curriculum or education planning to ensure that the educational experience meets the needs of students. GMP employees are also available to come to the classroom. Contact GMP by email rec@greenmountainpower.com to schedule a tour or classroom visit.
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SOLAR CENTER AT RUTLAND REGIONAL GMP and Rutland Regional Medical Center commissioned development of a 140-kilowatt ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) generating facility on a two-acre parcel of land hosted by Rutland Regional on Allen Street. On the site, there is an interactive solar display with real-time generation information.
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STAFFORD HILL SOLAR FARM “Stafford Hill is a major milestone in creating more resilient and strong communities throughout Vermont,” Powell explained. Green Mountain Power pilots new technology in Rutland to improve people’s lives before spreading initiatives statewide to serve all customers. With 7,700 solar panels situated on 15 acres of land at the closed Rutland City landfill, this brownfield, once used for waste, has been repurposed for renewable energy. The solar farm can generate 2 MW of electricity, enough to power about 2,000 homes during full sun or 365 homes yearround. The project also includes 4 MW of battery storage for solar generation allowing the disconnection of an entire circuit from the grid in an emergency to provide critical power for an emergency shelter at Rutland High School. “The solar array, as large as it is, is virtually invisible from the public eye,” said Steve Costello, Vice President, Customer Care and Ambassador of Rutland for Green Mountain Power. “Even critics have got to love this one, which makes use of otherwise unusable land, and is designed and located such that virtually no one even sees it.”
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Nature’s Water Gardens N ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY CASSIE HORNER
ature abhors a vacuum, so the saying goes. The concept dates back to Aristotle. In a practical instead of philosophical or scientific way we can see the evidence of this everywhere around us. Once a plant or animal or bird moves on, another settles in the space quite quickly.
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A tall trunk is the high point of a sculpture that extends into the water.
The weathered wood reflects the red of the kayak floating nearby.
A great example took place just down the road from our house. Late last fall, a big dome-shaped mass of plant material held together with mud rose in the marsh. Nearby was a smaller sort of domed platform built around a floating log that was a favorite of snapping and painted turtles on warm, sunny days. Soon the source of the construction was seen: a clan of muskrats, those sleek, dark brown, semi-aquatic, furry animals. They were busily preparing their lodging for the winter. It was
a long mild fall and early winter so the muskrats worked assiduously increasing the size of the den and platform, arranging cattail fronds and mud. Then the marsh froze and the muskrats disappeared into their winter housing. Spring arrived and I looked and looked but saw no sign of the animals. Maybe the changes in water level made them move on. I don’t know. But they were gone. However, their labors were not in vain. The sunny days of spring brought out the This small section of fallen wood is home to a variety of small plants.
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marsh. Another wonderful example of the power of nature to be creative and generative are the many water gardens on the lakes and ponds. An especially beautiful one has grown on a sculptural piece of a huge hemlock that fell into the lake a few years ago. You can see the long log below the surface of the water, topped by the upended jagged piece that, over Rutland Magazine
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A Dream Come True BY SANDRA STILLMAN GARTNER • PHOTOS BY TIM SINK
“ I want to break down the stereotype that opera is out of reach for most people. It’s basically stories set to music and is nothing to be afraid of in any format. Opera is very relevant today. Three or four left to right: Soprano Suzanne Kantorski and The Vermont Opera Project General Director Quincy Bruckerhoff visit the site at the Vermont Marble Museum where Euridice and Orpheus will be performed in August 2016.
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uincy Bruckerhoff, General Director of the Vermont Opera Project (VTOP), had a vision for the newly formed group. Her dream was to stage the opera Orpheus and Euridice by American composer Ricky Ian Gordon featuring internationally recognized performers, designers and choreographers. In the summer of 2016, her dream will come to fruition. The VTOP will present the opera at the Vermont Marble Museum in Proctor on August 12 and 13. On September 10 and 11, the production will be presented at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. “The Vermont Marble Museum has one of the largest marble exhibits in the world and offers a breathtaking backdrop for the production,” Bruckerhoff said.
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The inaugural program for the VTOP was “An Afternoon of American Song” presented in Fall 2015 to an enthusiastic audience at Tuttle Hall Theater at the College of St. Joseph in Rutland. The VTOP’s goal is to bring “new and rarely performed opera to Vermont one project at a time in unusual places.” “VTOP wants to bring smaller chamber works to Vermont,” Bruckerhoff said. “Why? Because there is so much new work, many operas haven’t been heard and deserve an audience. Vermonters are known for their adventurous spirit and artistic leanings. This is my community. I want to live here. As a working artist/administrator, I want to have work that is meaningful and that contributes to the overall good of my community.
years from now, I would like to be able to tell the stories of Vermont through opera. We all need art to both heal and express our emotions.” —QUINCY BRUCKERHOFF
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Suzanne Kantorski, soprano, will take on the role of Euridice.
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I want to live in a town where the arts thrive: where opera is part of the fabric of our community.” The VTOP is definitely a family affair. Bruckerhoff’s husband, Jeff Bruckerhoff, is the Managing Director of the company, as well as the lighting designer. The Bruckerhoffs began their collaboration as artists in 1998 while they were both working for the Washington National Opera. Quincy was on the stage management staff and Jeff was an assistant lighting designer. “We have a combined production experience of over 30 years which we bring to the VTOP,” she said. They have worked at the San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Spoleto Festival, USA, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Quincy is also the principal representative of Quarterline Design Management and Jeff is a freelance designer and production manager. “The first mention of Orpheus and Euridice is in 530 BC. The story has been retold over 75 times in operatic form over a 400-year period,” Bruckerhoff said. “Why? Because we have all loved and lost to varying degrees. It is part of our collective conscience and to come together to share this story is to love again, to mourn again, and to find hope again. And we can do it together.” Vermonters Suzanne Kantorski, soprano, and Wesley Christensen, clarinet, will perform the roles of Euridice and Orpheus respectively. Kantorski and Christensen were part of the VTOP debut at CSJ. Keturah Stickann will direct and choreograph, and scenic designer and sculptor Liliana Duque Piñeiro and lighting designer Jeff Bruckerhoff will transform the now abandoned Monument room of the Vermont Marble Company into a performance space. Orpheus and Euridice by Gordon made its Carnegie Hall Debut in New York City in 1996. The opera in August will feature dancers and a chamber ensemble and be completely different
from anything that has been done in this area before. Since 2000, there have been more operas written than in the last 100 years. Because of expenses, the newer operas are usually performed with a smaller company of singers and musicians. Some of Bruckerhoff’s favorite new productions of opera include Cold Mountain by Jennifer Higdon as well as operas based on the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns and the play A View From the Bridge. “We hope to be able to do one or two fully staged operas during the year. As part of the season we would like to include concerts, bring in a traveling show or partner with other groups in the area,” Bruckerhoff said. “I want to break down the stereotype that opera is out of reach for most people. It’s basically stories set to music and is nothing to be afraid of in any format. Opera is very relevant today. Three or four years from now, I would like to be able to tell the stories of Vermont through opera. We all need art to both heal and express our emotions.” There are several ways you can help bring Orpheus and Euridice to not just Vermont, but the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Donations can be mailed to: The Vermont Opera Project, PO Box 135, North Clarendon, Vermont 05759. The Vermont Opera Project is a 501(c)(3) public charity; all donations are tax deductible. Other ways to help are by housing a visiting artist in your home or volunteering to usher at one of the two performances. You can visit the website at: www. VTOperaProject.com or call (802) 7736111 for more information. A former editorial assistant at Glamour Magazine, Sandra Stillman Gartner’s articles have been published in such periodicals as Lady’s Circle and Yankee. She is a published poet and screenplay writer, and is one of three producing directors of Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre and performs on stage, television and in film. Rutland Magazine
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“ A lot of people in Rutland don’t even realize that we’re here, that this building is available and that we’re willing to share it.” —PASTOR PATTI STRATTON
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hortly after the Civil War, a new steeple began pointing heavenward from the Center Street hill in downtown Rutland. Nearly 150 years later, First Baptist Church is still serving its congregation while beginning a new chapter in its history as co-pastors Patti and Jon Stratton seek ways to extend the church’s outreach to the greater Rutland community at large. The high-ceilinged main sanctuary, with a dozen tall stained glass windows — six on either side — and a massive round Rose Window over the balcony help create a sacred atmosphere of worship. But the two-story struc-
ture, erected in 1871, has many other unique and useful features such as classrooms, a large functional kitchen, a fellowship hall, and an elevator for handicapped accessibility both upstairs and down. There is even a half-gym with a basketball hoop, and a shuffleboard court painted on the solid hardwood floor. “A lot of people in Rutland don’t even realize that we’re here, that this building is available and that we’re willing to share it,” Patti Stratton said. “Since we’ve been here, that’s been our message. As people and community leaders get to know us, we get phone calls from places like the Turning Point Center, an alcohol rehab family support
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group, which held a dinner and meeting here.” A separate worship group called Gateway Church uses the downstairs vestry for Sunday afternoon services. Baptists worship upstairs at 10:30 a.m. in the main sanctuary. The church’s impressive architecture and sacred artwork preserve its spiritual history, while inspiring members to greater works as they head into the world at the start of each new week. “On Sunday, sometimes when the sun comes out, that southward-facing Rose Window just begins to glow and cast its rainbow over us,” Patti said. “It’s almost like an affirmation
from God: ‘I’ve enjoyed what you’ve just done.’ We hope that you feel the peace of God when you walk into this space. Let your heart be quiet from the crazy of your week, so you can center and focus on something outside yourself: a divine presence or the Christ that we see in the eyes of the person setting next to us and the hugs we’ve received when we walk in the door. Not that we don’t welcome noise. We’ve danced, played drums, shaken tambourines, celebrated, and cried together in that space. But there is something about those moments of silence that do help you enter into a moment outside yourself.”
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The Strattons came to Rutland in August 2014 from mid-coast Maine where Jon, a third-generation Baptist minister, pastored a church there. The couple has four children: Tim is a 2015 Rutland High School graduate; Andrew is entering his senior year there. The two eldest, Sarah and David, live in Maine and Philadelphia, respectively. Patti is a registered nurse, but several years ago she and Jon both began to feel divine inspiration about working together as pastors. She went to seminary and before long, a leader in their American Baptist Churches denomination told the Strattons: “I’ve got a church for you.” Rutland Baptist is Patti’s first church. “It’s working wonderfully, it’s a little bit of a tag team,” Jon said, smiling. “We literally do share the job. We go to meetings together, make visitations together. We alternate giving sermons every other week. I love it.” In addition to continuing church history, they’re also making it. Patti is the congregation’s first female pastor and only the third minister, Rutland Magazine
male or female, ordained while serving in Rutland. The ordination service was in January. “It’s a new adventure for us as copastors,” Patti said. “It’s something neither us nor the church has ever done before.” They are the latest in a line of more than three dozen pastors that have shepherded the flock since the congregation was officially founded on November 25, 1823, although a previous group, which later disbanded, began meeting on August 7, 1804. The church’s first permanent home, a large brick structure, was built in 1827 at the north corner of South Main and East Washington streets. The first “settled” pastor was Rev. Hadley Proctor who served from 1827-34 and again for one year beginning in 1836. He organized the first permanent Sunday School in Rutland in June 1828. Rev. Edward Mills, the pastor from 1868-75, described Proctor’s tenure as “years of earnest labor and gracious ingathering of souls.” However, by the time Mills arrived, church leaders realized they needed a new home. When the first meeting house was built, it was in the middle of the village. “But the coming of the railroad in 1850 in what is now downtown, stimulated the village to rapidly grow west and a more central location for the house of worship was seriously considered,” a printed church history says. “As other churches moved downtown, built new and better meeting houses and prospered, the Baptist membership decreased.” When Mills took over on November 1, 1868, it was understood that a new edifice should be erected as soon as possible. Groundbreaking, adjacent to the County Court House on Center Street, took place in April 1871 with “E.W. Horner holding (the) plow,” followed by a cornerstone laySummer 2016
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ing ceremony on July 18. The final service in the old building was on Sunday, January 28, 1872. Shortly afterward, the vestry of the new church started to be used for worship. The new building, also brick, was completed in 1873 and dedicated on September 30 of that year. Rev. George W. Peck, Jr., who served from 1915-42, was one of the congregation’s longest-tenured pastors, instilling faith and hope from World War I through the Great Depression to the early stages of World War II. “A lot of the traditions of the church were established during his tenure,” Jon said. History is evident everywhere, even during a quick walk-through of the building. Downstairs the black, silver-tipped cane used by long-time Deacon Horner is mounted on a wall; a glass-encased box protects the trowel used to lay the cornerstone. There have been two major preservation efforts in recent history: one from 1974-77, right after the Center Street church’s 100th anniversary; and another from 1990-94, which Rutland Magazine
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BALD MOUNTAIN FARM & FARMERS MARKET left to right: Theo Hubbard, his mom Bridget and brother Lucas stand near some of the Black Angus.
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Mount Equinox Fine Views to Everywhere BY CASSIE HORNER • PHOTOS BY CASSIE HORNER AND TIM SINK
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“ From this peak a fine view is gained, which includes Greylock, chief of the Berkshire Hills, on the S,. and the remote Catskills on the S.W. On the S.W. is Sara-
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The 5.2-mile Skyline Drive winds up the mountain.
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The time it takes for mountains to change is so slow by human terms that they seem enduring beyond our quotidian understanding. In 1881, Moses Foster Sweetser wrote about the “fine view� from Mount Equinox in Southern Vermont. Over 130 years later, the fine view can still be experienced from that vantage point, with clear day sightings that include Shrewsbury and Killington Peaks in Rutland County. Mount Equinox can be scaled by foot or by car, its high, long silhouette stretched out like the back of Rutland Magazine
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Range landmarks include 1200-foot Lake Catherine Mountain the long cliff face of which is visible in Wells and Poultney; 2835-foot Tinmouth Mountain; and the prominent 976foot Grandpa’s Knob seen from U.S. Route 4. The aptly named Skyline Drive, accessed off Route 7A in Sutherland, offers an impressive 5.2-mile ascent of Mount Equinox by car, its steep turns providing places to stop and consider the landscape fanning out 360 degrees around the viewers. Cresting the final bit of road at the top is the St. Bruno Scenic Viewing Center. The outdoor viewing decks face different directions and feature detailed signs about what vistas are in view. Peaks include the Green Mountains, the Valley of Vermont, the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the 74
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The property owned by the Carthusian Foundation was bequeathed to them by Dr. Joseph George Davidson, a retired Union Carbide Corporation executive, who died in 1969. He and his wife bought a big parcel of land on Mount Equinox for a second home. Construction of the eventual Skyline Drive began in 1941, stopped during WW II and was concluded in 1947. The Skyline Drive experience is an easy day trip for Vermonters. The views from the top, along with maybe a short hike and a picnic, are the “pay off ” of a fun day. For more information about Skyline Drive and the mountain, visit www.equinoxmountain.com. There is a fee to drive up the road, which is open seasonally.
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s I rushed from the house with an armful of wet laundry to hang on the clothes reel, my floral apron flapped under my winter jacket and I was reminded suddenly of my grandmother Carrie. It was my flowered apron that triggered the memory of her soft cotton ones, mostly hand-sewn by her, that she wore trimly fitted over her house dresses as she went her rounds between the kitchen and the big laundry room. I started thinking about her work over her lifetime: caring for her family in the eightroom house with its three attics, taking in laundry from paying customers, doing housework at the Billings Mansion, and tending to the sick, including her brother Andrew who paid her to travel the four miles to his house and look after him in his last months. Recollecting my grandmother and her work reminded me of a recent conversation with two women about family history. One of them has roots in the U.S. that go back to Italian ancestors who came to Rutland County. One of them eventually opened up a market. The other woman’s U.S. roots began with ancestors who immigrated from Russia during the horrific pogroms that targeted Jews. My contribution to this conversation was my paternal French Canadian great grandfather who came to Vermont from Quebec in 1869 and my maternal great grandmother (a niece of Lucy E.) and great grandfather who moved to
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the Woodstock, Vermont area in the late 1880s. The question posed to me by one of the women concerned why my ancestors came to the Woodstock area since there was no industry. What did they do for work once they arrived? This made me think in depth about the work history of my family. Cyrille, my French Canadian great grandfather most likely came to Vermont to escape the crushing poverty afflicting many rural people in Quebec at that time. He worked as a farm laborer in Pomfret, Vermont c. 1870. A few years later, he and his wife were in Rhode Island where thousands of French Canadians worked in the mills. My grandfather was born there in 1874 but soon after that the family was back in Vermont and Cyrille was a mason, a trade that enabled him to prosper. My grandfather worked in a grist mill for much of his adult life. On the other hand, Lucy E.’s niece, Myalina, and husband, George, left the rural, touristy White Mountain area of New Hampshire for the rural, touristy area of Woodstock, Vermont. By the time they arrived, five of her siblings and her mother already lived nearby. Her brothers had occupations ranging from a woolen mill worker, peddler, stable/livery owner, merchant, farmer, and carpenter. George, a Civil War veteran, had farmed all his life, working on his parents’ farm and then as a laborer on other farms. I don’t know what jobs he did in Vermont. He died in 1900, leaving Myalina to work as a domestic at the Woodstock Inn and take in boarders. Their sons became, variously, a painter, property caretaker and laborer. The move to Vermont resulted in a community of steady jobs that must have given them some security. They mostly left farming behind and settled into village life. Their work, based on hands on tasks, provided enough of a solid base that they stayed in the area, as did many of their descendants. The move to Vermont also sealed into place the gradual separation from their families in New Hampshire and Quebec. Lucy E. Presby kept her agricultural roots in the White Mountains. Long before I started exploring my family history, the name Presby had vanished from the field of common knowledge in the Woodstock clan. The complex reasons that made some people stay and some people leave got lost in the past. The memory of my grandmother’s aprons led me on an interesting accounting of the work she and her relations did to keep a warm, comfortable home, food on the table and some of the extras that made for as a secure a life as she and my grandfather could provide. Summer 2016
This photo of Woodstock Inn employees includes Lucy E.’s niece (Carrie’s mother) seen second from right in the fourth row wearing a striped dress.
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Nifty Thrifty T urning Used Clothing & Household Goods Into Scholarship Money BY SUSAN ORZELL-RANTANEN • PHOTOS BY TIM SINK
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n unassuming little shop tucked away in a historical building in Brandon holds fast to its mission of helping students at Otter Valley Union High School (OVUHS) pursue higher education through scholarships. Nifty Thrifty, founded in 1975 and now located on the first floor of the Ayrshire Building at 4 Union Street, takes in community donations of previously owned clothing and household furnishings, rallies them for a second (or third) career, and sells them to the public. The majority of the profits fund OVUHS’s
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Academic Incentive Money (AIM) project. Since its inception in 1997, AIM has raised $75,000 for collegebound students. What do Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, and Nifty Thrifty have in common? The answer is Bette Moffett. Born in Iowa in 1924, the much-loved community leader passed away at her Brandon home in September of 2013. It was her vision that created Nifty Thrifty. In her younger years, she worked at the Chicago-based Marshall Field’s, the precursor of Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, as a buyer. The story of Nifty Thrifty is unavoidably the story of Bette Moffett. She and her husband, Vermont Legislator Hugh Moffett, moved to Brandon in 1968 to settle down after a series of worldwide career adventures. While Hugh represented Brandon in the Vermont Senate from 1975 to 1981, Bette followed her path as a mover and shaker in the community as she served on the boards of directors at several institutions. Along with her willingness to help take responsibility for the Rutland Magazine
town’s direction, she was known for her cultural interests. An accomplished vocalist, she performed with the Marble Valley Players and hosted a radio show on WFAD, among other activities. She launched Nifty Thrifty as a way to make clothing a busy, growing household of children affordable for young families. The money generated was a bonus and was originally earmarked for a number of community improvements. The focus of the AIM program came later. While claiming the Moffetts as their own, Brandon shared the drive and talent of both Hugh and Bette with the State of Vermont. In August of 2008, Bette received the Martha H. O’Conner Award from the Vermont State Board of Education for her contributions to Vermont schools. Among her efforts cited was “the founding of a thrift shop which raises money for an annual scholarship for Otter Valley Union High School” students, according to the state’s official website. Laura Peterson is the current president of the board of directors at Nifty Thrifty. She shares oversight with Vice President Lucy Rouse, Secretary Phyllis Aitchison, Treasurer Marie Bradbury and Volunteer Co-coordinator Barb Sprague. A pool of 25 volunteers —whom Peterson tags “stalwart” — helps run the shop. While the volunteers man the cash register, keep the store clean, and sort the donations, it is the board that determines pricing and plans the roster of sales throughout the year. “We decide what sales to have, such as the Kitchen Sales Event, the Mother’s Day Jewelry Sale, and the Linens and Lace sale and when they will begin and end.” Store traffic can be as few as three people to as many as 300 in a week, she notes, to browse through the inventory of clothing for men, women and children; accessories such as jewelry and scarves; shoes; toys; linens and small appliances. Nifty Thrifty occupies a suite once used as an optometrist’s office. Each of the series of small rooms is loosely dedicated to certain merchandise, and customers enjoy weaving in and out of the firstfloor layout. Their purchases help fund not only the AIM project, conceived by Bette Moffett, but other programs such as the local food shelf, Walking Stick Theater (the OVUHS drama department), Toys for Tots, the Brandon Area Rescue Squad and the Senior Center, as well as many Chamber of Commerce community and retail efforts. Symbolically, a hat from the OVUHS lost-andfound department is used in what is always a surprise selection of scholarship recipients. The Summer 2016
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What do Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, and Nifty Thrifty have in common? The answer is Bette Moffett
top to bottom: Bette Moffett had the vision that motivated the founding of Nifty Thrifty; Four of the five officers in 2010: Laura Peterson, Sally Bennett, Bette Moffett, and Sandy Burckus
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Guidance Department at OVUHS, headed by Lori Robear since 1992, advises the Nifty Thrifty board of directors of seniors who would benefit from an AIM scholarship. The names are written on slips of paper and deposited into the hat. Ten names are drawn by a Nifty Thrifty board member to equally divide the $10,000 fund. Five alternates are also chosen to receive the AIM in case the original recipient does not end up attending an institution of higher learning. On Awards Night, typically the Thursday before graduation ceremonies, the names of the students are announced. “I always tell students to be sure and attend the awards ceremony because even though they might not have applied for anything, they may be recognized with an AIM scholarship,” Robear states, noting that the only stipulation is that the money must go to continuing education. “It’s a tribute to Bette Moffett and her years of dedication to Otter Valley students and their families,” Robear concludes. “She wanted to make sure all students had opportunities. We are very grateful for the efforts of everyone associated with the Nifty Thrifty shop. Their combined efforts have helped numerous students as they have entered post-secondary education.” Speaking for the Nifty Thrifty Board of Directors, Peterson adds, “We are supported by the community we have served for more than 40 years.” Nifty Thrifty is open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm. From March through November, the store is also open on Tuesday and Thursday from 4 pm to 6 pm. Susan Orzell-Rantanen has worked as an editor and freelance writer in the Rutland area for the past 27 years. A seventh generation Vermonter, she holds degrees in animal husbandry and journalism. She lives in Rutland with her husband, two badly spoiled dogs and an opinionated cat. agazine
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“It’s George. He’s gone and enlisted.”
The heat of June and July drove on into August and the harvest began. I was out with Hiram many days, helping him determine what the goal would be and working by his side to take in the corn, loading the wagon for the gristmill. It was a day late in that month, and we were haying. I was out in the field on the far side of the orchard with a long rake, when I saw motion and stopped my task. I peered into the bright light, and finally made out it was Myalina running toward me, her hands gathering up the sides of her skirt and her long hair flying behind her, dark and glossy in the sun like the feathers of a crow. I dropped the rake and hurried to meet her, fear making me gasp for breath. Her face streamed tears and when we were close, she flung herself at me and I caught onto her waist and she wrapped her arms tightly around my shoulders and sobbed so hard I was even more afraid. “There, there,” I soothed. “There, there. What has happened? Myalina, what is wrong?” When she did not stop crying, her frame racked with her weeping, I gently, but firmly unfolded her arms from me and placed my hands on either side of her face to calm her and get her to talk. “You have to tell me,” I said. “I can’t help if I don’t know.” My heart was hammering; was it her mother, Malinda, one of the children, Horace...Charles? “It’s George!” she got out the words at last. “It’s George! He’s gone and enlisted. For three years. He’s gone and enlisted in the Third to be with his brother. He’s leaving in a few days. Oh, my God, what am I to do?” A hundred thoughts flared through my mind. Not Charles, no one dead, my sister safe, but Myalina was losing George, her husband whom she loved, to the war. I took her back in my arms, and she continued to cry, though with less heat, and I rocked her like I would a baby. Hiram had come to stand close by and he watched us silently. “It’s George,” I told him, over her shoulder. “He has enlisted.” He shook his head and looked mournful. One after another, all of the men were going. Now both of the able Gage sons would be at war, leaving only the consumptive son who moved like a shadow around the house and only went outside to sit on warm days in the sunshine.
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hen you first hear the name Green Mountain Oral Surgery, no doubt thoughts of dental implants, wisdom teeth extractions and other oral surgical procedures are what immediately pop into mind, but that is probably because you are not yet familiar with the myriad med spa services Green Mountain Oral Surgery also offers. Dr. Sherilynn Stofka, who started the practice located at 66 North Main Street in Rutland 15 years ago, introduced the med spa portion of her business seven years ago. Although this aspect of the business has been well received, both Stofka and her nurse, Dayle Wheeler, admit that there are still a lot of people in the community who don’t yet know about their skincare services. “They hear Green Mountain Oral Surgery and don’t realize there may be something more that we have to offer beyond that,” said Wheeler. These services range from Botox® and Juvéderm to
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he picturesque village of Weston village will burst into festivities on Saturday, June 18 with the Weston Birthday Bash. Weston Playhouse, celebrating 80 years, and The Vermont Country Store, celebrating 70 years, are co-sponsoring the special day in honor of the multitude of businesses and organizations that make Weston thrive.
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The celebrations include a parade, live music and entertainment on the Green, a scavenger hunt, local food vendors, and birthday cake and ice cream for all, courtesy King Arthur Flour and Wilcox Dairy. A special evening will cap off the party with an Alumni Celebration performance at 7:30 p.m., followed by a three-story Playhouse Party and Open Mic in the Cabaret. “The Weston Playhouse and The Vermont Country Store have grown side by side in Weston over the decades, from store founder Vrest Orton printing the theatre’s first playbills through contributed space
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Rutland County Farmers’ Market The outdoor season begins on Saturday, May 7 and continues on Saturdays through October 29 in Depot Park, Rutland. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All of the products are sold by the farmers that produce them. Shop for everything from produce to specialty and prepared foods to plants, baked goods and cheeses. Vermont Farmers Market The summer market starts Saturday, May 7 and runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through October in Depot Park, Rutland. There is also a Wednesday market from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., from May 11-October 26. The Fair Haven Farmers Market runs June-October, on Fridays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Fair Haven Park.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church, E. Poultney Evening Prayer services at this historic church are June 11 at 4 pm for the very successful Welsh service; July 2 at 4 p.m. celebrating our national independence; and August 13 at 4 pm, as part of the E. Poultney Day events run by the historical society. The service ends in ample time for people to attend the dinner held at the United Baptist Church on the Green from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dr. James Cassarino, Musical Director of Trinity Church, Rutland, and Green Mountain College will play the 1860 Vermont-made hand-pumped Nutting organ at all services. VT/NY Slate Valley Welsh Heritage Celebration The Welsh Heritage Weekend encompasses June 10, 11 and 12 and is organized by the Poultney Area St. David’s Society. Co-hosts include, but are not limited to, the Welsh-American Genealogical Society, Inc. and St. John’s Episcopal Church. Rutland Magazine
On Friday, June 10, two independent tours are suggested. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., visit the Slate Valley’s several communities including their shops, markets, restaurants, chamber of commerce offices, country clubs, historical societies and museums. From 1 to 4 p.m. people may tour the Slate Valley Museum at 17 Water Street in Granville, New York. On Saturday, June 11, “Researching Your Welsh Family Tree” is a presentation from 9:30 until noon in Poultney by genealogist Susan Davies Sit, president of the Welsh Society of Western New England and a member of the Welsh-American Genealogical Society (WAGS). The session will be followed by luncheon and one-on-one 15-minute sessions with Susan. A $25 per person preregistration fee is required (contact WAGS at ([802] 287-5744). The 3rd Annual Welsh Heritage Evening Service starts at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Main Street in East Poultney. (see the listing above) A tea social in the garden follows the service, weather permitting. On Saturday at 6 p.m. a “Gathering of the Clans Dinner” requires pre-paid registration through the Poultney Area St. David’s Society (contact pasds88@yahoo.com). On Sunday, June 12, “Flashmob Worship Together” takes place at 10 a.m. At 2 p.m. “Gymanfa Ganu and Te Bach” is held. Contact pasds88@ yahoo.com for more information on Sunday’s events. Crowley Brothers 10K Mark the calendar for the 40th Annual Crowley Brothers 10k Road Race on Sunday, June 12 in Rutland. Sunday’s main event of the 10K race also includes the Half Marathon, the 9th Annual 5K race and 5K Walk, the 5K Corporate Challenge Walk and the 19th Annual Kids’ Downtown Mile Run. We are proud to announce that for the first time in the history of the Crowley, monies will be Summer 2016
raised in support of our most gallant, brave and selfless wounded soldiers and veterans, so please support “the brave” by running the Crowley. Yes, this is a weekend full of events for runners, athletes, and families... something for everyone in the Green Mountains. The 19th Annual Kid’s Downtown Mile Run is also slated to be bigger than ever. This event has grown from 50 runners to 350+ in the past few years. Children from the Rutland County schools participate in this event along with young runners and walkers from Canada, and many states throughout the U.S. This is a fun run for children with the main purpose of promoting healthy hearts and bodies through youth fitness and is run in conjunction with the Kids Run the Nation Program of RRCA. For more information, visit www. crowleyroadrace.com. Relay for Life of Rutland County Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, takes place at the Vermont State Fairgrounds, with the kick-off at noon on Saturday, June 18 and the ending notes on Sunday, June 19 at 8 a.m. The annual event brings together people dedicated to the fight against cancer to raise money for research and patient care. Cancer survivors, family members and friends, and business groups form teams that take turns walking around the race track. The teams camp out at the site in decorated tents where they also sell food and items related to the event. For more information, call (802) 353-7100. JULY Independence Day Extravaganzas Fireworks come early as the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce marks the Independence Day celebration on July 2 at 9:45 p.m. at the Vermont State Fairgrounds on Route 7 South in Rutland. The display follows the annual Summer Smash demolition derby. In
the event of rain, the fireworks will be held on July 5 at 9:45 p.m. For more information call the Chamber of Commerce at (802) 773-2747. The Brandon Independence Day Celebration is held on Friday and Saturday, July 1 and 2. The fun begins Friday at 5 p.m. with food concession stands in Central Park followed by a street dance. On Saturday at 1 p.m. the signature parade steps off; fireworks are lit at dusk. For more information contact the Chamber of Commerce at (802) 247-6401. 120 YOUNG VERMONT ARTISTS Put on July 4 Parade The Vermont Governor’s Institute on the Arts celebrates its 33rd year on July 4 as it presents a student-created samba parade to the community of Castleton. The parade features giant puppets, handmade by 120 high school students from around Vermont in just one intense week leading up to the event, as well as a samba band comprised of students and staff, costumes, drums, streamers, stilts, and more!The parade takes place on Castleton’s Main Street at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 4,. The event is free, open to the public, and a great place to bring the whole family!The Vermont Governor’s Institute on the Arts, known as GIA (www. giv.org/arts), is a twoweek summer artsenrichment program for Vermont high school students entering 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. The program is part of the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont (www.giv.org), which presents eight summer Institutes in different subject areas (Arts; Astronomy; Current Issues & Youth Activism; Engineering; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Science & Technology;
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10th Annual Mount Holly Garden Tour The 10th annual Mount Holly Garden Tour will be held on Saturday, July 23 from 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. This is a selfguided tour of diverse, high altitude gardens, including a wide range of perennials, organic vegetables, and truly creative landscaping ideas. Depending on the gardens in the line-up this year, you may be delighted by such features as a 12’ topiary elephant, strolls through peaceful woodland gardens, or beautiful vistas from upland gardens. Many of our gardeners have designed their gardens around natural features in the landscape, e.g., huge rock formations and ledges. If you have children in tow, don’t let that deter you…we have a special “Garden Hunt” for all the children who want to participate. Tickets and a map of the garden sites can be purchased the day of the tour at the Mount Holly Library & Community Center on the Green in Belmont for $12 (children 12 and under are free). The “Garden Hunt” Guides for the children can also be picked up when you purchase your tickets. In the crossroads across from the Library & Community Center, the Belmont General Store provides special “Garden Tour Lunches”, which you can take and enjoy at a number of the gardens, which welcome picnickers. This fundraiser benefits the ongoing restoration of our historic Library & Community Center building. Rain or shine, come while away a summer day in our lovely town. Information at: lindaddmiller@aol.com.
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Information Technology & Digital Media; Mathematical Sciences; Young Writers), as well as Winter Weekends. RAVE Car Show and Flea Market The 37th annual RAVE Car Show and Flea Market comes to the Vermont State Fairgrounds on Route 7 South in Rutland on the weekend of July 9-10. The car show and auto-related flea market includes food vendors, craft vendors, a 50/50 raffle, music and more. The car show takes place on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call (802) 265-8026. Basin Bluegrass Festival Running from Thursday, July 7 through Sunday, July 10, the 22nd annual Basin Bluegrass Festival fills the Vermont hills with music. This family-oriented event is held at the end of Basin Road in Brandon with a diverse group of bands performing. On Thursday evening a spaghetti supper is served starting at 5 p.m. (cost $9), followed by a classic country concert with Corey Zink and County Line. The weekend wraps up on Sunday with a potluck supper under the food tent. The cost of the three-day event is $50 per person before June 27 or $60 per person at the gate; children 15 years and younger are admitted free. Day tickets are also available. For more information, call (802) 247-3275 or visit www. basinbluegrassfestival.com The 15th Annual Killington Wine Festival More than 500 varieties of wine from more than 40 vineyards around the world contribute to what has become known as one of the mountain region’s signature summer events on Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16. The fun begins at the Killington Peak Lodge with a gondola ride and an exclusive estate wine tasting from 6 to 8 p.m. Running concurrently with the estate tasting is the Wine Trail, Rutland Magazine
showcasing local establishments, from 6 to 10 p.m. The signature event of the festival, the Grand Tasting, is held on Saturday afternoon at the foot of Killington Mountain at Killington Resort’s Roaring Brook Umbrella Bars. Admission to the event includes tastings, wine-friendly fare, a gondola ride, and a tote with wine glasses. For more information visit www.killington.com. Middlebury Summer Festival-on-the-Green The Vermont Chamber of Commerce names the 39th Annual Middlebury Summer Festival-on-the-Green among the Top 10 summer events. The free, family-friendly event is supported by community donations. The opening act is on Sunday evening, July 10, and the hoopla ends with the Vermont Jazz Ensemble on Saturday, July 17. Throughout the week there are “Brown Bag” programs at noon, and evening musical performances Monday through Friday. The music commences rain or shine. Admission is free. Contact (802) 462-3555 for more information. AUGUST Winter in August Celebration The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce celebrates the ski industry’s importance to the area’s economy with the 34th Annual Winter in August festival on Tuesday, August 9. The event will take place at the Vermont Farmers Food Center at 251 West Street in Rutland. Restaurateurs compete for prizes including the Chef’s Best Taste Award and the People’s Choice Award as attendees taste samples of the area’s most outstanding cuisine. The entries will be judged by a weight-point system of nine criteria including eye appeal. The cost of the event, which runs from 5 to 8 p.m., is $10 per person. For more information, visit www.rutlandvermont.com or call (802) 773-2747. Summer 2016
55th Annual Art in the Park Fine Art & Craft Festival The Chaffee Art Center hosts the 55th Annual Summer Art in the Park Fine Art and Craft Festival on the weekend of August 6 and 7. Local artists organize displays in rows of tents set up in the Main Street Park at the junction of Routes 4 and 7. The gate opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday and the event closes at 5 p.m. on Sunday. Visual crafts of all types, including jewelry and pottery, are featured. There is food, music, craft demonstrations and activities for children. For more information, visit www.chaffeeartcenter.org or call (802) 775-0356. Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC) Annual Harvest Fest The VFFC holds their Annual Summer Harvest Fest Farm-to-Table Feast on Sunday August 14. The event includes entertainment such as live music, raffles and door prizes. A silent auction serves as a fundraiser for the organization’s “Farmers Hall” market and event facility, food processing kitchen, four-season food storage and prep building as well as an open community garden area. For more information call (802) 342-4727 or visit vfmrutland@gmail.com. Vermont Open Farm Week Farmers across Vermont will welcome the public for a behind-the-scenes look at Vermont’s vibrant working landscape. Vermont’s Second Annual Open Farm Week kicks off Monday, August 15 and wraps up on Sunday, August 21. The event offers educational opportunities to learn more about local food origins as well as agritourism. Various activities include milking cows and goats, harvesting vegetables, and collecting eggs; there are also scavenger hunts, hayrides, farm dinners, and live music. Open Farm Week is a collaborative statewide agritourism project organized by members of the Vermont Farm to Plate Network. For more information, visit www.DigInVT.com.
2016 CASTLETON SUMMER CONCERTS AT THE PAVILION JUNE 14 Satin & Steel Soul and R&B
JUNE 21 Annie and the Hedonists Vintage Jazz and Blues JUNE 28 Extra Stout • Irish Melodies JULY 5 EnerJazz • Big Band JULY 12 Party Crashers • Cover Band JULY 19 Green Brothers Latin Jazz, Funk and Reggae JULY 26 New York Players Variety Dance Band AUGUST 2 Twangbusters Country Classics and Honky Tonk AUGUST 9 The Bluegrass Gospel Project Americana and Bluegrass AUGUST 16 Mellow Yellow 60’s Tribute Concerts are held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Castleton Pavilion. rain or shine 95
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KILLINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 34 YEARS!
Now in its 34th season of presenting fine chamber music the Killington Music Festival takes much pride and pleasure in announcing its concert schedule for 2016. On Saturday evenings from June 25th through July 30th the internationally acclaimed musicians of the Killington Music Festival will perform at Rams Head Lodge at the Killington Resort at 7pm. During the Music in the Mountains Classical Concert Series they will also teach, guide and mentor the young aspiring musicians from around the country and abroad. The Killington Music Festival is not only about concerts on Saturday evenings, the Festival also runs a significant education music program which is a fiveweek residency program. The residency program is an intensive combination of study, practice, rehearsal and performance. The program this summer includes students from the United States and abroad. The students give a wide variety of performances at the Rams Head Lodge and free noontime concerts at the Rutland Free Library on Wednesdays, July 20th and July 27th. We are very proud of our expanding student outreach concerts. The primary audiences for this project continues to be residents in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, Rutland Regional Medical Center and children who most often are deprived of music and the benefits it offers. Through these concerts the lives of hundreds of elderly and young Vermonters in Rutland County have been enriched. For more information please call the Killington Music Festival at 802-773-4003 or visit www.killingtonmusicfestival.org
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