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It’s a proud moment when one of our own is honored! Trooper Jesse Dambrackas of Shrews-bury was recently awarded the Lifesaving Award. Some of the text from the awards cere-mony follows: “On October 14, 2014 Jesse Dambrackas and Trooper Slaney re-sponded to a medical emergency in Walling-ford regarding a woman who was trapped under a John Deere Gator utili-ty vehicle. Upon arrival he quickly located a witness who informed him the woman was trapped in a brook that runs through a horse field on the prop-erty. The witness was unable to lift the UTV off the woman. Trooper Dambrackas and Troop-er Slaney quickly went into the field and located the woman in a run off pond which was filled with manure and water. The woman’s face was barely above the water and the water was splashing on her face making her gasp for air. In addition, there was also a section of live electrical fence in the water, which was shocking the woman. Trooper Dambrackas and Trooper Slaney both quickly jumped into the pond and lifted the UTV, which was sinking deeper into the mud, high enough to remove the woman from under it and brought her to safety. They not only rescued the woman, but they both were able to keep her calm until emergency services could arrive. Due to their quick decisions and actions, the woman did not sustain any serious injuries from her ordeal. Their actions are a credit to them, and they are honorably recognized by the Vermont State Police.”

(Thanks to B.J. Stewart for telling us about this story.)

LIFESAVING AWARD PRESENTED TO SHREWSBURY’S JESSE DAMBRACKAS

Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott with Casey Dambrackas (sister), Trooper Jesse Dambrackas,

Mikayla (sister) and Deb & Ray Dambrackas (parents)

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The Times of Shrewsbury the letter will run. If the named entity responds, the response and initial letter will run in the same issue. There is no charge for: jokes, poems, essays, nature reports, family event announcements, or feature articles or letters that are non-commercial. Articles and Advertisements: Deadline for submission is the 20th of the month prior to publication; exceptions will be an-nounced in the prior month’s Times. If you have questions, call Chryl Martin at 492-2244 or email [email protected] Best Formats: Articles: Word or in an email message with no formatting. Photos: JPG. Ads: PDF file or Word document. Monthly Advertisement fees: Full page $60 1/4 page $10 1/2 page $35 Business card $5 Classified ad (15 words) $2. Payment is due by the 20th of the month prior to publication.

The Times of Shrewsbury is published monthly February through December. It is compiled by volunteers from material submitted by residents with the goal being to keep townspeople informed of what is happening in Shrewsbury. The views and opinions expressed in articles are solely those of the author and not necessarily those of the editors. All submissions are subject to editing for length and clarity and must be accompanied by the name of the submitting person. Letters to the Editor exceeding 350 words will be subject to ed-iting for length. Any opinion piece or informational political letters (without specific party or vote appeal) will be subject to the same guidelines previously described. All items including letters are printed at the editors’ discretion. A writer of any letter that names a Shrewsbury resident or organization in a critical manner must get copies to that resident or organization and to the Times by the 10th of the month prior to publication or it will not run. If the named person or organization indicates in writing to the writer and to the Times that they choose not to respond,

Chryl Martin ~ Rich Biziak Times of Shrewsbury, P. O. Box 373, Cuttingsville, VT 05738

Email: [email protected] Online: www.shrewsburyvt.org

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LETTERS TO and FROM THE EDITORS

Successful Fundraiser Thank you to everyone who made the fundraiser for Lavinia Seide such a lovely and successful event. The Town Hall looked beautiful, the music was excellent, the food delicious, and the donated gifts were fantastic. We raised exactly $4,015 for Lavinia, which she greatly appreciated. Well done, Shrewsbury!

Lily French 65 Years and Counting! The Rutland High School class of 1950 held a class reunion on June 23-24, 2015. The banquet was held at the Rutland Country Club on the night of the 23rd and was attended by 28 classmates. The next day all came to Maple Crest Farm for a picnic where more memo-ries were shared.

Bill Smith and Barbara Adams Hoar were members of the class which was originally 118 members. Since 1950 the class has had a reunion every five years and each year it gets smaller.

Submitted by Bill & Donna Smith

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! All ye who doth planned to be a sponsor for the Shrewsbury Historical Society Memories 2016 Calen-dar be advised that the deadline is nigh. Send your $25 check to Fund Raiser Chair, Ann Ridlon, PO Box 355, Cuttingsville, VT 05738. Your calendar will be mailed to you and your name added to the Sponsor’s List thereon. Thank ye.

Ruth Winkler, Shrewsbury Historical Society

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New Look…Maybe! As we try to blend the capabilities and/or shortcom-ings of two computer systems (Mac versus PC) we will be experimenting with layout options in the fu-ture, so you might notice some changes to the Times. Hopefully there won’t be an increase in mis-takes along the way as things shift or don’t shift as we intend for them to do! With new technology options we are now able to work on the Times simultaneously from separate locations using Dropbox, and the new fiber optic cable will make the process even faster. Now if we can just increase the capability of an Apple to talk to a PC it will be an even smoother process!

Chryl Martin & Rich Biziak Field Trip Planned The Shrewsbury Historical Society will be conduct-ing a field trip to Belmont, VT for a tour of the Mt.

Holly Historical Museum on Saturday, August 22. We will meet at our museum on Route 103 at 2:30pm and meet at the Perkins House in Belmont at 3pm. If you have any questions or would like to car pool, please call Fran Patten (492-3706). Note:

Belmont is famous for its Woolly Mammoth–come learn more!! You’ll love it!


REGULAR MEETINGS and EVENTS Board of Selectmen Meeting 1st & 3rd Wednesdays—7:00pm at Town Office Bone Builders Tuesdays & Thursdays—9:00am at Meeting House Library Trustees’ Meeting 2nd Tuesday—7:00pm at Shrewsbury Library Mill River Union School Board Mtg 1st & 3rd Wednesdays—7:00pm at Mill River Union High School Pierce’s Store Take-Out Meals Friday nights Planning Commission 1st & 3rd Mondays—7:30pm at Town Office Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Sundays—10:00am at Shrewsbury Library, upstairs Shrewsbury Community Church Worship Sundays—10:30am at Shrewsbury Center Church Shrewsbury Historical Society Museum Open every Sunday from 1:000-3:00pm Shrewsbury School District Board Mtg 1st Monday & 3rd Tuesday—6:30pm Shrewsbury Sno-Birds 2nd Tuesdays—7:00pm at Southside Restaurant, Rutland Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Dept. Thursdays—7:00pm at Cuttingsville Station Conservation Commission 1ST Tuesday—5:15pm at 450 Frank Lord Road

________________________________________________________________________ Shrewsbury Town Website: www.shrewsburyvt.org

Town Clerk’s Office 492-3511 Mon-Thurs 9am-3pm; Closed Friday Town Treasurer’s Office 492-3558 or 492-3487 Wed 5pm-7pm Transfer Station Sun 8am-4pm & Wed 1pm-7pm Shrewsbury Town Library 492-3410 Mon, Fri & Sat 10am-Noon Tues & Thurs 7pm-9pm Wed 10am-5pm and 7pm-9pm

Cuttingsville Post Office 492-3585 Window (Retail) Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am-10:30am and 11:30pm-2:30pm Saturday 8am-11am Lobby Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am-5pm & Saturday 7:30am-11am Meeting House 492-6050 (Reservations: 492-3361) Emergency Management Bert Potter 773-2272 Ambulance 773-1700 GrMP power outage 1-800-451-2877 Medical—Fire—Police Emergency Dial 911 Rutland Hospital 775-7111 4/23/15

SHREWSBURY COMMUNITY CALENDAR July 30 7pm *Romeo & Juliet production by Rutland Youth Theatre at Meeting House/ No charge

Aug 1 10am-2pm *Charlie Paquin hands-on workshop sponsored by the Library; bring a lunch Aug 1 5pm *Community Supper sponsored by the Community Church at the Meeting House Aug 4 7pm *Historical Society meeting at the museum. Aug 6 7:30pm **”Where did ISIS come from?” presented by Spring Lake Ranch at the Meeting House. Aug 5 10:30am *Story Hour at the Library Aug 8 10am-1pm *Historical Society Bake Sale in museum. Aug 8 1-5pm *Celebration of Leonard Korzun’s life at Meeting House hosted by the Korzun Family Aug 9 4-6pm *Basic Cheese Processing class at Russellville School House sponsored by SAGE Aug 13 5-8:30pm *Retirement party for Barry Griffith at the Meeting House; RSVP requested Aug 11 12noon Senior Lunch at Applebee’s; Call Judy Webster 773-3527 if you can attend Aug 19 12noon *Prayer Shawl group meets at home of Tess Wlliams 492-‐2187 Aug 15 10:30am *Story Hour at the Library Aug 16 4pm *Famous Books discussion group meets at the Library Aug 22 6:30pm *Haystack Dinner and Dance sponsored by the Library at the Meeting House/Town Hall Aug 22 11am03pm *Paddle Battle fundraiser at Spring Lake Ranch Aug 22 2:30pm *Field trip to Mt. Holly Historical Museum sponsored by Shrewsbury Historical Society Aug 23 4pm *Science Book Club meets at the Library Sep 4&5 7:30pm *Outdoor Film Festival behind the Meeting House * see elsewhere in newsletter for details

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Late June and July proved to be quiet for the SVFD with only three calls reported. The first call was on June 15 for a hiker on the Long Trail near the airport lookout who had broken his ankle. With the assistance of Regional Ambulance, the department responded to the Long Trail crossing near the Clarendon Gorge (which happens to be in Shrewsbury). By chance, the department had done a table top training directed by our Long Trail expert, Barry Griffith, just a few evenings before. A quick response was made, the hiker quickly found, and he was brought out safely by using a little known access road off Knipes Road which allowed for bringing a vehicle close to where the incident hap-pened. The hiker was then transported by Regional Ambulance to the RRMC. This was a good save with a lot of credit to Barry for training members of the de-partment and his extensive knowledge of the trail sys-tems. A second call was on June 17 for a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm on Lincoln Hill Road. Although this was a false alarm responded to in the middle of the night, it proved to be a bit difficult to locate. When the depart-ment is toned by the dispatch, they usually give us an E-911 reference number. If numbers are clearly posted on a mailbox or prominently displayed at the end of a driveway, it is usually not too difficult. If there are no numbers posted, or if they are not clearly visible, the department’s response may be delayed. Even the Re-gional Ambulance or police may have a hard time lo-cating the emergency. The SVFD asks that all Shrewsbury residents check to be sure that their E-911 number (which is your post box number), is visible from the main road near your house. These numbers are the standard by which we locate places and are very important. Many thanks for checking, and should you need help or advice regarding your numbers, please feel free to contact any firefighter or the Town Clerk, and they will be happy to help you out. The third call was on July 13. Again, it was a false alarm in Cuttingsville, with a response, investigation, and clearing by the department. (False alarms are generally a result of a malfunctioning smoke or CO de-tector. They are NOT “nuisance calls”! ) When your detectors go off, assume that there is an emergency. The SVFD can make a true determination and give ad-vice. On a sweltering Sunday, July 19, the Shrewsbury His-torical Society hosted a presentation at the Cuttings-ville station to hear of some of the history of the SVFD.

This was presented by Safety Officer Bob Snarski, Secretary/Treasurer/Firefighter Barry Griffith, and Charter Member/Firefighter Al Ridlon Sr. With a com-bined fire department experience of about 142 years between the three members, an informative and enter-taining program was held with about 20 people pre-sent. Attendees were treated to refreshments, depart-ment history and lore, and a chance to look at some of the historic artifacts of the SVFD. Children in attend-ance were given a chance to check out the trucks and even stand on the pump platform. Many thanks go to Fran Patten and other members of the Historical Socie-ty for sponsoring this event. On August 7 and 8, the SVFD will be participating in the annual Vermont State Firefighters Convention and Muster Games to be held this year in Rutland. The af-ternoon of August 8 will be the games, which are scheduled to be held at the parking lot of the Diamond Run Mall. The statewide competitions will include the wet hose contest, portable pump race, bucket brigade, SCBA endurance, midnight alarm competition, and, of course, the exciting water polo matches. The competi-tions will be held at about 1:00 PM and usually last about two hours. The public is invited to come and see the departments in action. There is no charge to watch the games; however, when watching the water polo matches, even spectators can expect to get a bit wet. But they are guaranteed to have fun as well! Finally, the FEMA grants are currently being an-nounced nationwide each Friday. With several rounds of funding remaining, the SVFD is currently holding its breath and crossing its fingers that their grant for SCBA units will be approved this year. A tremendous amount of work was conducted to obtain new SCBA units to replace obsolete or unsafe units currently in our inventory. Hopefully, this month will bring us good news. We will keep you posted. Until next month, enjoy the summer and stay fire safe.

Submitted by Bob Snarski, SVFD Safety Officer

Book Reviews from the Library— Two ways to share: Please share your book reviews by writing them in the journals kept at the front desk at the Library or email to [email protected] THANK YOU!

Book reviews are compiled by Marilyn Dalick

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From the Library— Shrewsbury’s REVIEW OF BOOKS

This is a selection of reviews from our “Readers’ Pick” journal kept at the Library. Thanks to all the contributors! Thanks to all our Reviewers this month!

Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer

by Lynne Cox !!!!!

Great story (true) of Lynne’s intensity, endurance, perse-verance and humility as she takes on long-distance swimming in the most unlikely places—the Bering Strait, the Straits of Magellan, and yes—ultimately, Antarctica. Fueled by the words of a teammate’s mother that she’d someday swim the English Channel, she does that—setting a world record at age 15—and way more. Sci-ence, geography and human nature rolled into one.

Reviewed by Martha Sirjane

Where Did I Leave My Glasses? The Where, When, and Why of Normal Memory Loss

by Martha Weinman Lear !!!

This is a good book! Reviewed by Barbara Griffith

Murder in the Marais Murder in Belleville

Murder in the Rue du Paradis by Cara Black (mysteries set in Paris)

!!!!! I LOVE these! I read one on a plane to California, and one coming back—and couldn’t stop reading.

Reviewed by Joan Aleshire

The Beautiful Mysteries by Louise Penny

!! Spellbinding setting—a monastery deep in the forests of northern Quebec—an intriguing premise—a monk has been murdered in the monastery garden—that calls on the skills of the kindly, calm (but haunted) Chief Inspec-tor Armand Gamache. The plot is intricate without being compelling, though—and it gets hard to tell one monk from another! The Chief Inspector is good company, if this mystery, with its DaVinci Code echoes, seems unin-spired. Reviewed by Joan Aleshire

Book Reviews Compiled by Marilyn Dalick

!!!!! Fantastic! !!!! Compelling, page-turner !!! Enjoyable !! Just O.K. ! Not recommended

MARDI GRAS 2013

Saturday, April 27, 2013 7pm to ??

at Town Hall

Music by The Shrewsbury Community Blues Band

Helpers Needed! • CALLERS to ask local folks to bring

food items for attendees to eat • DECORATORS to decorate Town

Hall in festive MARDI GRAS style • COLLECTORS of admission money • KITCHEN / CLEANER UPPERS to

serve food and drinks and help clean up after

• FACE PAINTER for the kids young and old!

• FORTUNE TELLER in your own little grotto

• SOLICITORS request and/or pick up donations from grocery stores, etc.

• MASK SELLER masks will be on hand for sale

Please call Fran Patten, 492-3706 or Roxanne Ramah, 492-3675 to volun-teer. Thank you!

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A light green LL Bean love seat. In fair condition. Interested?

Call Joyce at 492-3542

SHREWSBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

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Lincoln Hill Road Update

Lincoln Hill road is scheduled to open to traffic by 11:59pm August 2. The completed contract pro-ject date is September 18, 2015. During the pe-riod from August 2 to September 18, Lincoln Hill Road will have one way traffic patterns set up temporarily for construction purposes. The road will have two-way traffic during non-construction times.

Tim Pockette, P.E., Resident Engineer


2nd Annual Paddle Battle Driving up Spring Lake Road on Saturday August 22, rain or shine, you will witness soaring, stunning, and robust maple trees waving at you, wishing you a mar-velous day. It’s rather dark under those expansive leafed trees but you know there is a clearing up ahead and a community waiting with open arms. To your left, what a beautiful sight; a newly renovated Tennis Court and Recreation Facility filled with various colors, lots of smiles, different people: large and small -- new and familiar faces.

Welcome, one and all, to SLR’s second annual Paddle Battle. This fundraiser is about bringing the greater Rutland County community together to participate in many fun-filled endeavors designed to respect each individual as they are. At the same time, you can con-tribute by simply being present to celebrate the revitali-zation of the Tennis Court. Built as one of the Ranch’s foundations, the Tennis Court has been a place where Ranchers could foster growth, new beginnings, and budding friendships that can turn lives around. Now, after many years, you can reconnect with the community and take part in the events on this wondrous day. Among the various activities at this year’s Paddle Bat-tle will be an enthusiastic doubles round-robin tennis tournament, a taste of SLR’s delectable and homey barbeque lunch, live music, a silent auction, and much more! See you on Saturday August 22 from 11am-3pm at the Ranch in Cuttingsville, VT.

Submitted By Nahita Zafimahova: Intern at Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community.

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The Shrewsbury Community Church

Compiled by Sue Ransom-Kelley


EXCITING NEWS! The Shrewsbury Historical Society announces the first program in a series of explorations of Shrewsbury Insti-tutions. Our first presentation will be given by

BOB SNARSKI Of the


Sunday, July 19th @ 3 p.m at the Cuttingsville Fire Station

PLEASE JOIN US!

The Shrewsbury Historical Society will be planning field trips. Keep an eye on The Times of Shrews-bury for more announcements.

We’ve come a long way! Fire Fighters’ Convention 1963

SVFD officers: Bernard Gregory, Red Brigham, Art Patten, Joe Mundette, (?), Dick Adams. Junior Firemen: George Brigham, Jr., David Gregory, Hal-lett Gregory.

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Yoga, becoming one with yourself! We live in a world that conditions us to believe that outer attainment can complete our longing for something noumenon. More often than not, we find fulfillment within ourselves and through our spiritual practices. Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community is proud to announce that we have a certified Yoga instructor, Peat Purol, who teaches and practices Yoga. Peat has 9 years of experi-ence in Yoga, four of which is teaching. He re-ceived his certification from Yama Studio in Balti-more and Yoga Works. Nahita: What is Yoga? Peat: The nerdy yoga answer would be everything but to simplify that, Yoga’s etymology is from the Sanskrit word Yuj, meaning to yolk or to unite. For us, on this physical or human level, it means to unite with ourselves, our mind, body, and spirit. However, a more esoteric meaning would be to unite with the Source, God, or Creator. Nahita: How can it benefit people on a physical, mental, and spiritual level? Peat: I don’t think there is an absolute way except that it feels good. That is the first thing. Physically, it can help circulation, reduce stress and anxiety. Psychologically, it can help hone the mind and keep it focused on one point. Energetically and spiritually, it’s a very uplifting practice. It is a way that we can compassionately embrace our pain and discomfort and to learn and understand where it comes from. Nahita: How do you translate negative events in your life into your Yoga practice? Peat: View every posture like it’s a person you’re interacting with. Focusing on where you want to be gives you an intention to work with that you can keep coming back to. That is meditation; to keep coming back to the internal processes you want to project. Yoga cultivates this inner strength or compass that isn’t separate from everything else and when you connect with that inner space, it makes it easier to stand in confidence and in strength because you don’t have to rely on any-thing else outside of you.

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Nahita: Why do you think some are intimidated by Yo-ga? How can they overcome this? Peat: A lot of that comes from how it’s portrayed in our culture. Our culture is very materialistic and tangible. With the breath work and meditation, the real internal work, it’s harder to see progress. Never feel like you have to live up to an image and put your leg behind your head. Realize that the practice is there to recon-nect with yourself and not to fit the image of what the world has made Yoga.

Nahita Zafimahova, Intern at Spring Lake Ranch


EXCITING NEWS! The Shrewsbury Historical Society announces the first program in a series of explorations of Shrewsbury Insti-tutions. Our first presentation will be given by

BOB SNARSKI Of the


Sunday, July 19th @ 3 p.m at the Cuttingsville Fire Station

PLEASE JOIN US!

The Shrewsbury Historical Society will be planning field trips. Keep an eye on The Times of Shrews-bury for more announcements.

We’ve come a long way! Fire Fighters’ Convention 1963

SVFD officers: Bernard Gregory, Red Brigham, Art Patten, Joe Mundette, (?), Dick Adams. Junior Firemen: George Brigham, Jr., David Gregory, Hal-lett Gregory.

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Yoga, becoming one with yourself! We live in a world that conditions us to believe that outer attainment can complete our longing for something noumenon. More often than not, we find fulfillment within ourselves and through our spiritual practices. Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community is proud to announce that we have a certified Yoga instructor, Peat Purol, who teaches and practices Yoga. Peat has 9 years of experi-ence in Yoga, four of which is teaching. He re-ceived his certification from Yama Studio in Balti-more and Yoga Works. Nahita: What is Yoga? Peat: The nerdy yoga answer would be everything but to simplify that, Yoga’s etymology is from the Sanskrit word Yuj, meaning to yolk or to unite. For us, on this physical or human level, it means to unite with ourselves, our mind, body, and spirit. However, a more esoteric meaning would be to unite with the Source, God, or Creator. Nahita: How can it benefit people on a physical, mental, and spiritual level? Peat: I don’t think there is an absolute way except that it feels good. That is the first thing. Physically, it can help circulation, reduce stress and anxiety. Psychologically, it can help hone the mind and keep it focused on one point. Energetically and spiritually, it’s a very uplifting practice. It is a way that we can compassionately embrace our pain and discomfort and to learn and understand where it comes from. Nahita: How do you translate negative events in your life into your Yoga practice? Peat: View every posture like it’s a person you’re interacting with. Focusing on where you want to be gives you an intention to work with that you can keep coming back to. That is meditation; to keep coming back to the internal processes you want to project. Yoga cultivates this inner strength or compass that isn’t separate from everything else and when you connect with that inner space, it makes it easier to stand in confidence and in strength because you don’t have to rely on any-thing else outside of you.

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Nahita: Why do you think some are intimidated by Yo-ga? How can they overcome this? Peat: A lot of that comes from how it’s portrayed in our culture. Our culture is very materialistic and tangible. With the breath work and meditation, the real internal work, it’s harder to see progress. Never feel like you have to live up to an image and put your leg behind your head. Realize that the practice is there to recon-nect with yourself and not to fit the image of what the world has made Yoga.

Nahita Zafimahova, Intern at Spring Lake Ranch

Remembering Peter Jack Carrara of Shrewsbury, Vermont

November 2, 1952 -‐‑ August 20, 1998

17 years you have been gone; yet in our hearts you still carry on. If you see this photo and it makes you smile, Peter was part of your

life even for a little while!

Loving you and missing you! Larry & Lila Carrara and Family

SAGE

(Shrewsbury Institute for Agricultural Education) Presents:

BASIC CHEESE-PROCESSING with MAYA ZELKIN

Date: Sunday, August 9 @ 4-6 pm

Cost: $5-15 (sliding scale) Place: Russellville Schoolhouse,

18 Crown Point Road, Shrewsbury

Using two gallons of farm fresh cows' milk, Maya will teach participants how to make butter, creme fraiche, yogurt, cream cheese, and queso blanco. Topics include the use of cultures and equipment.

Call Maya (492-2045) for further information


Shrewsbury Library’s

Haystack Dinner

Make-your-own Glorified Taco Salad and

Street Dance featuring

The Shrewsbury Community Blues Band !

At!the!!

Shrewsbury Meeting House/Town Hall 88 Lottery Rd.

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Sat. August 22

6:30pm-Dinner 7:30pm-Dance

Dinner & Dance age 13 & up $10 Children 5-12 $5

Under 5 free

Cost for just the Dance $5 Bring your dancing shoes and chair


THANKS to everyone who helped make Mettawee Theatre Company’s production, “Out of the Past,” a success: all who attended, baked gingerbread, and staffed at the event; marvelous Ralph Lee and the players, and the weather -- which held off the rain until the show’s finale!

Coming events: Saturday, August 1 @ 10am-2pm: Anthropolo-gist/archaeologist CHARLIE PAQUIN returns to Shrewsbury! In this hands-on workshop, Charlie will teach about native trees: their varieties, uses, and care. Fire-kits and Atlatl-Throwing will be included! Please bring a bag lunch; we’ll provide a beverage. Saturday, August 22 @ 6:30pm: HAYSTACK DINNER & STREET DANCE @ SHREWSBURY TOWN HALL. Dinner & dance: $10; children 5-12: $5: children under 5: free. Dance only: $5. Bring your dancing shoes! Friday, September 11 @ 7:30pm: SCOTT GARREN & HEATHER SHAY will talk about their sailing adven-tures. Saturday, September 26 @ 9am-2pm: BOOK & BAKE SALE! Continuing Programs: Sunday, July 26 @ 3pm: FAMOUS BOOKS BOOK CLUB: Far from the Madding Crowd: (second discus-sion). Sunday, July 26 @ 4pm: SCIENCE BOOK CLUB: The Best Science and Nature Writing 2014: (second discussion).

Sunday, August 16 @ 4pm: FAMOUS BOOKS BOOK CLUB: Book selection TBA Sunday, August 23 @ 4pm: SCIENCE BOOK CLUB: Taking Sudoku Seriously by Rosenhouse and Taalman Alternate Mondays: QUILTERS’ GROUP: Call Donna Swartz (773-7403) or Gail Hartigan (492-3605) for in-formation. All welcome: beginners and pros! New Books include:

• Finders Keepers: by Stephen King: his latest thriller;

• Go Set a Watchman: by Harper Lee: her con-troversial first novel, just published;

• The Cartel: by Don Winslow: an acclaimed novel about the drug industry in Mexico;

• The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second Ameri-can Revolution, 1783-1789 by Joseph C. Ellis;

• The Oregon Trail: by Rinker Buck: a 21st centu-ry road trip by covered wagon; and

• Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permacul-ture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests by Ken Mudge: a com-prehensive guide by an expert.

New DVDs:

• “Merchants of Doubt”: a documentary about corporate complicity in climate change denial;

• “Woman in Gold”: a drama about love, loss, art, and survival during and after World War II, star-ring Helen Mirren; and

• “Five Flights Up”: a comedy starring Diane Kea-ton and Morgan Freeman.

Story Hours The Library will be hosting two story hours this month: Wednesdays, August 5 and 19 from 10:30-11:30 am.

We had a rollicking good time last month, attended by kids, moms, aunts, grandmas, and great-grandmas. We read stories, munched on goldfish, and chatted and played. I know I had a great time and I hope to see you all again this month, along with some new faces as well. I’m looking forward to it. --Pam Grace, 494-3529

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Library News Submitted by Joan Aleshire


Death to Goutweed? Not Likely! Many thanks to Lisa and Molly of the Invasives Team of Vermont Forest, Parks and Recreation for leading many Shrewsburies in a workday to remove goutweed from an area off the CCC Road. We had a good turn-out and appreciated being part of an effort that is trying to systematically find the most effective ways to deal with invasive plants. A special thanks to those resi-dents that gave up a Saturday to learn and help! Goutweed is a pretty ground cover that was brought in by unwitting gardeners. It does the job of covering the ground – with a thick matt of roots that chokes out all other native plants -and the rest of your garden! The State is experimenting with a variety of ways to elimi-nate goutweed from unwanted areas. We worked on several methods in the workshop.

Treatment 1 – We visited an area that had been treated with herbicide in the fall and again in May. It seemed to be quite effective in killing goutweed although there were a few stems start-ing to grow. We seeded and mulched this area hoping that the grasses would occupy the site and out-compete any goutweed that might return. Treatment 2 – We originally planned to dig and sift an area to remove the goutweed and then re-seed with native species and mulch. This might be a good treat-ment in gardens where you want to keep some of the plants but still get rid of goutweed. However, small goutweed roots were sifting through, so we aborted that approach and rolled up all the sifted soil and dug up goutweed into heavy black plastic and rolled it like a burrito and then planted the cleared soil with native grasses. Treatment 3 – We covered a large area in black plastic and weighed it down. You would not need to dig prior to the black plastic treatment. This would be a good treatment for larger, dense populations where you would not be looking to save other plants mixed in. It

would be best if the plastic extended a few feet beyond the population.

We have received several calls about the spread of Hogweed, Phragmites, and Wild Parsnip. All three of these invasives can be effectively eliminated IF CAUGHT EARLY and all three are easily spread by mowing infected areas and then mowing without clean-ing equipment in uninfected sites. For those calling about Hogweed, the invasive team has found that cut-ting the plant down to the ground 2 times per month all season for three years has eliminated the plant with-out using an herbicide. Check out the links as outlined at the end of this article. Why is your SCC focusing increased efforts on inva-sive species? Both insects and plants cause serious environmental problems by killing or crowding out na-

tive inhabitants and completely alter-ing the whole ecosystem. Some, like the Emerald Ash Borer, will kill a whole species of Ash trees, while others, like Wild Parsnip, choke out native growth and create painful and serious blistering in people who un-knowingly pick its pretty flowers.

The small team of state em-ployees designated by the state to deal with invasive problems cannot possibly eradicate the problem sites, nor can your SCC. BUT – spreading aware-ness to our residents CAN help! Early detection of invasive plants and a rapid response to remove them is crucial.

An important first step would be if property owners would walk their property and keep an eye out for roadside areas with new invasive problems. Notifying a member of the SCC about the invasives you find will help us be aware as we begin mapping out problem areas. Each plant has a prescription for the method and time of year that is most effective to eradicate it. Cutting at some times of the year can remove the problem–at the wrong time of the year for that plant can actually spread it. It is important to treat each invasive plant according to its prescription. Go to our Town Website www.shrewsburyvt.org . If you visit the SCC page (un-der dropdown tab Town Departments), you will find numerous links that are interesting and helpful in show-ing you ways to eradicate a problem invasive on your property before it gets overwhelming.

Submitted by Louise Duda


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The Shrewsbury Planning Commission

invites you to an information

“Giving and Gathering” Session on the

Shrewsbury Town Plan

Monday, May 20 at 7:30pm At the Meeting House on Lottery Road

This is an informal meeting to discuss proposed revisions to the Town Plan. The draft document is posted on the town website and limited hard copies are available at the Town Office. Note that the re-quired formal public hearings will be held later in the year.

Submitted by Laura Black

Green Up 2013

It�s Green Up time again! Please save the morn-ing of Saturday, May 4 to enjoy a breakfast at the Town Hall, choose a route, and head out to pick up trash along Shrewsbury roads. This is certainly a labor of love for our Town. The Conservation Commission is deeply grateful to those people who take the time to participate.

Saturday, May 4 Breakfast 8–10am

Trash sorting at Transfer Station 10am–1pm (Volunteers Needed!)

Thanks from Your Conservation Commission! For questions: [email protected] or 492-2255

Submitted by Cynthia Thornton

Solar Power Information NightTuesday, May 7 at 7:00pm

On Tuesday, May 7, at 7:00pm the Shrewsbury Conservation Commission will host a Solar Power Information Night.

We will have speakers from the industry (including Shrewsbury's own Davis Terrill) as well as local homeowners who have experience with solar power.

This is your opportunity to get your questions an-swered and to learn more about leasing options, bulk buying solar farms, etc.

What can Shrewsbury do to increase solar power usage in our town? Come to the Town Meeting House on May 7th and let’s find out together!

Questions? Call Lily French at 492-3304.

News from The Transfer Station

Paper: Put newspaper in newspaper area only. If it’s put in the white paper bin or the magazine bin, then I have to remove it. Cardboard: Flatten cardboard before putting it in the baler. It should not be any larger than the baler and should be folded to fit. There were some really freezing days this winter, and it’s good to have warm hands again! Now that it’s warmer weather, please take time to put things in their proper place when you come to the Trans-fer Station. Let me know if I can help you.

Thanks, Bob Perry

Hazardous Waste Collection Day Hazardous Waste Collection Day at the Shrews-bury Transfer Station is scheduled for:

June 22, 2013 at 1:00-3:30pm Please note that residents can attend Hazardous Waste Collection dates at ANY of the Towns in the Rutland County SWAC network, not just the ones scheduled in their Town. Also, residents have year-round access to the Rutland County Solid Waste District’s hazardous waste facility. For more infor-mation visit: www.rutlandcountyswac.org.

Sytrofoam: ALL styrofoam including styrofoam food containers go in the trash. They can not be recycled.

Saturday September 12 1-3pm

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day

at Shrewsbury Transfer Station

Position Available

Part-time Transfer Station

Attendant

$12 per hour

Up to 16 hours per week Wednesdays 1-7pm Sundays 8am-4pm

Contact Bert Potter 773-2272

Vacuum cleaners (must remove dirt bag), microwaves, and sewing machines in the electronics boxes.

Keep a bag in the freezer for meat & bone scraps, then take the frozen block to the dump.

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At the end of one year with the Pay To Throw system, the State will tell us whether we are making or loosing money with our current fee structure.

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If trash is in a 32-gallon plastic garbage can (2 punches), it does not have to be bagged. You will save on the cost of purchasing a bag plus you can throw 2-gallons more trash away!

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Thanks, Bob Perry



Transfer Station guidelines are posted on the Town website at www.shrewsburyvt.org

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Thanks, Bob Perry



Flatten plastics! -- If plastics are flattened, it reduces the number of hauling trips to remove the containers thus saving money for the Town.

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Thanks, Bob Perry



Glass: Remove corks, caps, and lids because they muck up the grinder.

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Thanks, Bob Perry



The Town owns two 40-ton compacter dummpsters so that we don’t have to pay to have it returned after a pick up (about $175 per trip).

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Thanks, Bob Perry



Vacuum cleaners (must remove dirt bag), microwaves, and sewing machines in the noncovered nonsorted electronics boxes.

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Thanks, Bob Perry



Cardboard and Boxboard: Currently there is a limit to the percentage of boxboard allowed in a bale with cardboard. Please put boxboard (cereal, pasta boxes, etc) in the designated area by the cardboard so that we do not exceed the limit allowed.

Pizza Boxes: Can only be put with cardboard if there is absolutely NO oil or food residue on boxes. Soiled boxes must go in the trash.

Reading Room and Fence Areas: At the discretion of the attendant, only reusable items in good condition will be allowed.

Save on bags! If trash is in a 32-gallon plastic garbage can (2 punches), it does not have to be bagged. You will save on the cost of purchasing a bag plus you can throw 2-gallons more trash away!

PLEASE NOTE


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Thanks, Bob Perry



Grocery bags & plastic food wrap: These can gum up the recycling machines. Grocery bags

can be returned to grocery stores (they have a container for them). Otherwise plastic bags and filmy food wrap go in the trash.

Vacuum cleaners (must remove dirt bag), microwaves, and sewing machines in the electronics boxes.

Keep a bag in the freezer for meat & bone scraps, then take the frozen block to the dump.

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Green Up 2013














Thanks, Bob Perry



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Green Up 2013














Thanks, Bob Perry



At the end of one year with the Pay To Throw system, the State will tell us whether we are making or loosing money with our current fee structure.

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Green Up 2013














Thanks, Bob Perry



If trash is in a 32-gallon plastic garbage can (2 punches), it does not have to be bagged. You will save on the cost of purchasing a bag plus you can throw 2-gallons more trash away!

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Green Up 2013














Thanks, Bob Perry



Transfer Station guidelines are posted on the Town website at www.shrewsburyvt.org

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Green Up 2013














Thanks, Bob Perry



Flatten plastics! -- If plastics are flattened, it reduces the number of hauling trips to remove the containers thus saving money for the Town.

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Green Up 2013














Thanks, Bob Perry




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Green Up 2013














Thanks, Bob Perry



The Town owns two 40-ton compacter dummpsters so that we don’t have to pay to have it returned after a pick up (about $175 per trip).

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Green Up 2013














Thanks, Bob Perry



Vacuum cleaners (must remove dirt bag), microwaves, and sewing machines in the noncovered nonsorted electronics boxes.

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Green Up 2013














Thanks, Bob Perry



Cardboard and Boxboard: Currently there is a limit to the percentage of boxboard allowed in a bale with cardboard. Please put boxboard (cereal, pasta boxes, etc) in the designated area by the cardboard so that we do not exceed the limit allowed.

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Green Up 2013














Thanks, Bob Perry




The Train To No Where! Two summer train rides, one to North Bennington and one to Wash-ington, D.C. reminded me once again about the increasing discon-nect between our world seen

through an electronic screen and the world in this case right outside the window. Back in the day, as they say now, train speeds were so slow that the world was lit-erally right outside the window. The historical train down through the Route 7 Valley was a window to the past in that it was a vintage passenger car with every window open for the entire trip at speeds that never got beyond about 40MPH. What a way to see the Green Mountains, miles of wetlands, two State Parks in two different watersheds, wildlife, and the historic North Bennington train station near trip’s end. Two rows of steel through a green corridor that you could almost reach out and touch and most passengers did in a lit-eral sense; enjoying the world that supports us through an open window for the viewing. One beautiful Friday morning a week later Amtrak took several cars of passengers to New York and then on to Washington, D.C. While the speed was faster and the windows remained closed, the ride along the Hudson River and through four states to a forester went from the land of the maples, to the land of the oaks, to the land of the tulip trees and sweet gums. Added sight-ings were two bald eagles, two fawns, a half dozen great blue herons, too many barges, one ocean going ship, an entirely defoliated mountain, beautiful bridges across the Hudson, and historic Union Station at trip’s end. A window to the world we live in. However, a glance inside the car during this trip re-vealed some interesting human nature. For example, a family of four spent the ENTIRE ride with mom and dad in two seats attached to screens with two kids perform-ing the same activity directly across the aisle. In fact most of the passengers were entertaining themselves electronically at the expense of missing a view of the world we live in. Why have windows in trains at all? I’ll admit that taking a train ride to see a sweet gum tree is not a high priority but to not see anything at all is an insulating way to divorce ourselves from the world around us and is in fact a trip to now where. Vermont-er’s know better.

Gary Salmon, Tree Warden Back Yard Burning is Illegal It is illegal to burn: paper and cardboard; garbage of any kind; tires and rubber products; plastics and furni-ture; treated, painted, or finished wood.

Copied from the www.shrewsburyvt.org website

Let’s Celebrate

Leonard Korzun’s

Life and Achievements

(Dairy Farmer, Selectman for over three decades, overall

local character)

We’ll be showing some of his thousands of photo-graphs, model airplanes…

Shrewsbury Community Meeting House

OPEN HOUSE

Saturday, August 8 1pm to 5pm

(whatever is most convenient for you)

Hosted by his family: Grace, Aaron, Joel, Anne, Diantha

Most of you knew Leonard as a dairy farmer and local official in Shrewsbury. Leonard (Leo, Len) was a person of many interests and hobbies throughout his almost 84 years. He continued to keep contact not only with close friends and rela-tives, but also with many others he had met throughout his life and with many Polish relatives he did not meet until his travels after he retired. We wanted to have a celebration for him this sum-mer, not only for a chance to reminisce, but also to show some of his interests. As a child he first start-ed building and flying model airplanes and he con-tinued to his last day. As an offshoot of this he en-joyed woodworking, building not only shelves and cabinets but some furniture. He often started a pro-ject with the felling of the tree. He collected, stamps and coins, but his particular talent was photog-raphy. He often mentioned that he photographed almost 500 weddings, but he also collected pictures of his life from his teenage years. More recently he was researching the first settlers of Shrewsbury and the origins of self-government in New England and Vermont. On August 8 we will gather at the “Town Hall” for fellowship, “visiting”, observations and, of course, refreshments. That is: August 8, 1 to 5pm. Feel free to drop by anytime you can at the Shrewsbury Meeting House, known by several names but the building at Shrewsbury Center.


Museum’s Exhibit of

John C. Stewart & Son Ford Agency Anniversary

In last month’s Times of Shrewsbury, we showed a photo of the Farrow metal sculpture called "The Castle Tree". The second new exhibit is shown in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the John C. Stewart & Son Ford Agency. The exhibit shows various news clip-pings and photographs from our files, a congratulatory photo album to the Stewart family from the Ridlon family, and the framed Resolution H.C.R. 46, given by the State of of-fered by Rep. Dennis Devereaux and Senators Collamore, Flory and Mullin, congratulating the Stewart family. This is all tied to-gether under a few fancy balloons. The "Taking Down of Bridge in Cuttingsville" Party, July 9, 1991 Were you there? It hardly seems possible that it has been 24 years since that wonderful, nostalgic, magical evening of July 9th, 1991. It was the night before the still standing green trestle bridge in the heart of Cut-tingsville would be broken up and toppled into the Mill River. Alongside it was erected a temporary bridge that was being used in contemplation of the taking down of the old bridge that was built in 1928. Shrewsbury folks who truly cared answered the invitation of BJ and Joan Stewart to come and share the last evening the bridge would be standing. Many arrived with homemade goodies to share with their friends and neighbors. Tables were set up holding a guest book for folks to sign, and a huge sheet cake topped with an iced draw-ing of the old bridge. Lighted candles stood on the ta-ble next to the cake along with bouquets of flowers from Shrewsbury gardens. As the party-goers arrived, the tooting of car horns were heard from the passing traffic wondering, in delight, just what was going on. Michael Aleshire took photos that appeared in the next day’s issue of the Rutland Herald. He climbed up the slanted beam to the top beam and sat there and watched the folks coming and going. Later, believe it or not, as they did at one time in their early school days, the following daredevils actually climbed up that slant-

ed beam and walked across to the other side of the river and then down the slanting beam. They were: Gracie Brigham, Dick Brigham, Alan Ridlon Sr., Tim Stewart and Deedee Erb. All this action was taped and

preserved. The crowd of about 100 de-lighted in dancing some squares called by Al Ridlon Sr., to tunes by the Saltash Sere-naders. And when darkness fell and it was time to leave, the crowd moved out onto the old bridge and danced to the "last waltz". I told you it was magical! The next day, the good ol’ green trestle bridge rested in the waters, and the building of a new bridge could begin in ear-nest. Two pieces of the old bridge was brought to the His-torical Society for safe keeping a while later by Tim Stewart

and then by Fran Patten. The next meeting of the Society will be held on Tues-day evening, August 4 @ 7pm at the Museum. The following Saturday, August 8, the SHS will hold a bake sale in the Museum from 10am to 1pm. Hope to see you there.

Submitted by Ruth Winkler Photos by Brian Winkler

The Museum's bell rang on the 4th of July assisted by Ruth Winkler and Grace Brigham.

The John C. Stewart & Son Exhibit


On the road again… It’s summer and I have been on the road for the past three weeks. During this time, I have had the oppor-tunity to compare apples to oranges with our communi-ty. For the most part, wherever one goes, I have found a little community will evolve for me. First, Tim and I traveled to my father’s in Maine where his marble-top table sits proudly in the living room of his new home (see March, 2014 issue for explanation). My father has lived in this Town for so long that I have come to adopt this community as my second home. Enough that when my former college roommate, Tricia, and I were walking on the wrong side of the street try-ing to figure out which way to walk, a policeman stopped to yell at us (or speak in a high pitched author-itative voice) to get across the street. I raised my sun-glasses and he looked at me and said, “Oh, Hi Stacy! Are you here visiting your father?” I love going to this Town because it’s always bustling. It’s a time to con-nect with friends I have met there and they all spy on my father for me. In many ways, his community is like ours except the scenery is different. On week two of my travels, I experienced a unique community similar to those that travel the Long Trail/Appalachian Trail with their backpacks. People from all over the world hike this trail and the segment through Shrewsbury is known as the section before Killington. I went backpacking with a fellow Shrewsbur-yite (over Camel’s Hump. This community begins when one starts walking the Long Trail with a backpack. It’s rare to pass others on remote sections of the trail and there is instant camaraderie and conversation when a hiker passes another. Almost always, there will be small talk consisting of “Are you hiking the whole trail? Our response was “Just section hiking” which means hiking part of the trail for several days at a time. Next, we discuss the trail route, the next shelters, and possibly, the weather. For me, I asked every hiker we passed about an exposed section of rock that a mother and daughter team (we named the Fear-er’s) had told me to avoid at all costs if it rained. The Fear-er’s had planted seeds of fear in me which had me marching madly towards this “exposed” rock bed while my poor hike-mate sleepwalked behind due to lack of sleep from the night before. This was due to the ten campers from Camp Kiniya who had us five backpack-

ers squeezed like sardines in an eight-bed shelter the night before. I was trying to beat the rain. But this hik-ing community becomes a fellowship as we exchange experiences of life on the trail and nothing else matters other than the weather, food, water, shelter and the trail. I love it and as a reward for these wonderful days of hiking on the trail, Spencer, from the Bristol Bakery, gave us free cinnamon rolls to my hike-mate and I for being a part of the Long Trail community. As I write this, far away from my Shrewsbury home, I listen to the waves of Lake Ontario. On a clear day, I can look across the lake and see Toronto while sitting outside the rustic cottage I have rented with my old friend from Colorado. There’s hardly anyone here in this small cottage community except for Jeff who lives here year round. We marveled that there were millions of people across the lake from our quiet little lakeshore spot. Jeff’s grandfather, six generations back, is Daniel Branch who is buried in the Mettawee Cemetery in Pawlet. And that’s where it all ties in. No matter where one travels to, we create our own tiny communities. It helps us feel connected and even if we don’t talk to others, we are still all experiencing the same things. I’m looking forward to heading home to our Shrewsbury community where my life becomes inter-twined with yours again. Enjoy the swimming!

Stacy McKiernan

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July 30: Romeo and Juliet at the Meeting House Award-winning Rutland Youth Theatre presents “Romeo and Juliet” July 21 through August 2 as a traveling troupe. It will be performed in

Shrewsbury at 7pm on Thursday, July 30, at the Meet-ing House on Lottery Road. All shows are performed outdoors on greens and fields, with rain locations nearby. Bring your blanket or chair! Each show will feature Rutland Youth Theatre’s famous Bake Sale with proceeds going to support RYT’s theatrical en-deavors. This is a free event (donations accepted). All shows are open to the public. Rutland Youth Theatre is part of the Rutland Recrea-tion and Parks Department and is a non-for-profit or-ganization. For more information on upcoming produc-tions and workshops visit www.rutlandrec.com/theatre August 1: Antiques Appraisal Event Mark Putnam, noted appraiser, will be at Black River Academy on Saturday, August 1, 1pm to 4pm to ap-praise your items. The fee is $5 per item. For more information: 802-228-5050, [email protected] or online at www.bramvt.org.

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Shriner Hospital for Children provides specialty care to children up to age 21 with

orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate, regardless of the family’s ability to pay. All care and services are delivered in a family-centered environment. To learn more or to refer a patient, visit shrinershospitalforchildren.org to locate a hospital near you or call 800-237-5055.

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On behalf of Spring Lake Ranch, we are pleased to welcome you for an evening with Alissa Johannsen Rubin, Paris Bureau Chief for The New York Times & Trustee of Spring Lake Ranch speaking on the topic:

“Where did ISIS come from? A Look at the Origins of a Deadly Terrorist Organization”

Thursday, August 6 7:30 PM

Shrewsbury Meeting House on Lottery Road $10 Suggested Free Will Offering

Refreshments following !

Caravan Gardens !!

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Fresh Vegetables * Organic Chicken *

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Beeswax Candles * Cards * Dried

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Rutland Forum to Explore Next Steps for Ver-mont’s Climate Change Economy Do you have ideas that can help nurture Vermont’s Climate Change Economy? Join Rutland Mayor Chris Louras and local business leaders for a forum on What’s Next for Vermont’s Climate Change Economy? The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) is producing this discussion which takes place at Rutland’s Paramount Theater on Wednesday, August 26, from 7-9pm. The forum is the next step for public input to the Ver-mont Climate Change Economy Council. This group, formed following a statewide Summit in February, is developing a practical plan to reduce carbon emissions and stimulate green economic development in Ver-mont. The panelists include Joe Fusco, Vice President of Casella Waste Systems, Betsy Ide, Energy Innova-tion Center at Green Mountain Power, and Mark Foley, President of Foley Services. The Summit focused on economic development in a time of climate change, including transportation, educa-tion, investment strategies, downtown redevelopment, tourism, and efficiency. The report, which provides ex-cellent background material for the forum, is online at vtrural.org/programs/summits/2015-climate-economy-report Everyone is encouraged to attend, listen, and share ideas. More information about the forum and the Council can be found through VCRD’s home page at vtrural.org or call Jenna at 802 225-6091. Two other forums are planned: Burlington on Septem-ber 17 and Brattleboro on October 6.

RAVNAH Blood Pressure/Foot Care Clinics The cost of the foot clinic is $10. For more information

please call 802.775-0568.

Wed, 8/5/15, Wallingford, Wallingford House, 10:30 am Thurs, 8/6/15, Rutland, Parker House, 10am Thurs, 8/6/15, Rutland, Bardwell House, Rutland Wed, 8/26/15, Rutland, Godnick Adult Center, 12:30pm Please call 802.770.1536 if you have any questions. RAVNAH Cholesterol Screenings for $30: Clinics held at the Rutland Office are the 1st Wednes-day - call 802.775.0568 for an appointment. Travel Health Clinic: RAVNAH is the region's re-source for comprehensive and safe travel health ser-vices including vaccines and individualized disease prevention plans to international travelers. For more information call Cathleen at 802.770.1536 for a per-sonal appointment or email [email protected]. Flu Clinics: It’s never too early to start thinking about flu prevention. Our flu clinics will be starting up shortly. Please stay tuned for information on times and loca-tions. For more information about flu shots, please call our flu hotline at 802.770.1574.

and the as part of a state-wide series of public forums to:

Hear innovative strategies from a to boost economic opportunity while confronting climate change.

Share ideas to advance VT’s Climate Change Economy. Contribute to the Vermont Climate Change Economy Council’s

platform of action.

Produced by the Vermont Council on Rural Development 802-223-6091 _ [email protected] _ vtrural.org/programs/climate-economy

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Medicare Care Choices Model Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice (RAVNAH) has been selected to participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model. The model aims to in-crease choice and quality by enabling individuals to receive palliative and curative care concurrently. The model provides Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for coverage under the Medicare Hospice Benefit and du-ally eligible beneficiaries who qualify for the Medicaid Hospice Benefit the option to elect to receive support-ive care services typically provided by hospice and continue to receive curative services at the same time. It is part of a larger effort to transform our health care system to deliver better care, spend our dollars in a smarter way, and put patients in the center of their care.

Participating hospices will provide services under the model that is currently available under the Medicare hospice benefit for routine home care and respite levels of care, but cannot be separately billed under Medicare Parts A, B, and D. Services will be available around the clock, 365 calendar days per year and CMS will pay a per beneficiary per month fee ranging from $200 to $400 to participating hospices when delivering these services under the model. Services will begin starting January 1, 2016 for the first phase of participating hospices and in January 2018 for the remaining participating hospices.

Individuals who wish to receive services under the model must fall into certain categories:

• Must be diagnosed with certain terminal ill-nesses (e.g., advanced cancers, chronic ob-structive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome);

• Must meet hospice eligibility requirements un-der the Medicare or Medicaid Hospice Benefit;

• Must not have elected the Medicare or Medi-caid Hospice Benefit within the last 30 days pri-or to their participation in the Medicare Care Choices Model;

• Must receive services from a hospice that is participating in the model; and

• Must have satisfied model’s other eligibility cri-teria.

Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is a non-profit, Medicare certified home health agency that provides a wide range of health care services to people of all ages who need home and community health services. For information on RAVNAH programs and services, call 802.775.0568 or visit www.RAVNAH.org.


Coming Soon

The Rustic Rooster will be opening mid-August serving daily lunch and dinner with a full bar and full service restaurant with food choices to suit everyone.! Come in and look for our daily specials and relax in our rustic and comfortable atmos-phere. Our goal is to provide quality food and great service for friends and family.

Look for our grand opening date

www.vtrusticrooster.com

Donna and Greg Ganzer, Owners 492-3433

Open daily serving lunch and dinner

5446 VT Route 103 - Cuttingsville, VT 05738

(Next to the Cuttingsville Post Ofice)

Coming Soon

The Rustic Rooster will be opening mid-August serving daily lunch and dinner with a full bar and full service restau-rant with food choices to suit everyone.! Come in and look for our daily specials and relax in our rustic and comfortable atmosphere. Our goal is to provide quality food and great service for friends and family.

www.vtrusticrooster.com

Donna and Greg Ganzer, Owners

492-3433

Open daily serving lunch and dinner

5446 VT Route 103 - Cuttingsville, VT 05738 (Next to the Cuttingsville Post Ofice)


Culvert parts in waiting down on Route 103

Going up Lincoln Hill Road on July 20

Going down Lincoln Hill Road on July 20

A very deep ravine!

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Seven Days a Week

6am to 2pm

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Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Day Saturday, September 12, 2015, {1:00-3:30pm}

Open 7 days a week: 6am to 2pm

2nd Annual

Shrewsbury Outdoor Film Festival

Sponsored by the Shrewsbury Coop at Pierce’s Store Held in the natural amphitheater

behind the Shrewsbury Meeting House. Bring blankets, cushions, chairs for your viewing comfort.

Friday, September 4 @ 7.30pm Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s 1927 ep-‐

ic futurist drama (Rain date: Sunday, Sept. 6)

Saturday, September 5 @

7.30pm Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin’s

1936 classic (Rain dates: Sunday Sept. 6 or

Monday, Sept. 7)

Donations are voluntary


Reward Offered § Missing Grey Cat- named "Troll" § $100 Reward for return or information leading to

his return § Last seen in down-

town Wallingford 7/13 or 7/14

§ Bad habit of jumping into vehicles with open windows- could be anywhere in the area

§ Neutered male; 14 pounds; friendly and healthy; no collar/no chip

§ Small notch missing from right ear; small patch of white fur on left forepaw

Please contact Hunter Berryhill at 802-779-8281 or John and Linda Berryhill at 802-492-3424 with any in-formation

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Log Cabin for Sale

Log cabin known as ‘Frogloud Farm’ sits on 9.4 surveyed acres along Keiffer Road in Shrews-bury. Cabin is being sold “as is” for $160,000.

This log cabin has wood heat with electrical backup. The basement is poured concrete, has ample wood storage, and a chimney thimble. The second floor and loft offer 748 square foot of living space, including two bedrooms, one bathroom, a loft, skylights, and a large open-plan living room and kitcen. The cabin has a drilled well, plumbing, and solar hot water. Surrounding land is wooded with a few small open areas, numerous trails, and a gazebo. A covenant on the land restricts it to a single fami-ly dwelling and prohibits future subdivision.

Open houses will be held July 31 from 3:00-6:00, and August 8 from 11:00-2:00

Contact: Donald Campbell, Vermont Land Trust at

802-442-495 or [email protected].


NOTE: Shrewsbury Community Church Summer Sunday Worship Services at 10:30am are being held at THE NORTHAM CHURCH FOR JULY& AUGUST. The Northam Church is the lovely white church with the tall steeple next to the Town Office on the Cold River Rd. in North Shrewsbury.

Folks are invited to come to the Shrewsbury Town Hall to Eat, Visit and enjoy Live Music. Our menu will

feature Crispy Chicken, Corn on the Cob, Summer Salads and scrumptious Desserts! Have a neighbor

who can’t get out? We will deliver dinners to folks who aren't able to come out.

Stressed Out? Tired? Too Much to Do? Not Enough

Time to Take Care of You? Come to Church, Meditate, Enjoy Beautiful Music, and Take Time to Take Care of You. It works for me! Give it a try. I promise you will feel better. It’s the time I need during the week to get grounded and feel at Peace with myself and whatever Chaos the World has had to offer.

FREE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF @ the Library in the front entry way.

All are Welcome to come in and Help Yourself any time the Library is OPEN.




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The Shrewsbury Community Church

Compiled by Sue Ransom-Kelley

Community Church Calendar

July 26 @ 1100am: Worship Service @ Meeting House Rock - Lynette Over. Potluck Picnic after the service at the Northam Church. Aug 2 @ 1030am: Worship Service & Holy Com-munion - Rev Bob Boutwel, Northam Church. Aug 9 @ 1030am: Worship Service - David Rice, Northam Church. Aug 19 @ 12noon: Prayer Shawl Meeting @ the home of Tess Williams. Please bring a bag lunch; drinks and dessert provided. Call Tess to let her know if you can attend - 492-2187. All Welcome! Come and enjoy the fellowship and the Mission. Aug 23 @ 1030am: Worship Service - Rev Skip Dickinson, Northam Church. Aug 30 @ 1030am: Worship Service - David Rice, Northam Church.

Additional Donations Received in honor and in memory of Mother’s and Father’s for the Community Sharing Project: Marjorie Taft Erickson and Ernest Erickson by Hull & Taffy Maynard.

Come One, Come All! Free Community Supper!

Saturday, August 1 at 5pm at the Shrewsbury Meeting House/Town Hall

As Always Good Food, Good Music and Good Company!


To The Shrewsbury Community: On behalf of the board at Pierce’s, I would like to thank everyone who came out to the brainstorming meeting last month. There were many positive ideas generated during the meeting (while enjoying Rob’s pizza!), and the board is eager to move forward on as many of them as we can as soon as possible. To me, the most important thing to come out of the meeting is the feeling that Pierce’s is still very much a large component of the community. We are a coopera-tive, not just a store, and the energy, creativity and en-thusiasm apparent during the session has given us in-spiration to move forward in additional ways to serve members and the larger community. One of the ideas raised during the meeting was making better use of the garage beside the store. Preservation Trust of Vermont, the owner of the property, has given us permission to clean out that space and we are plan-ning to have a garage sale on August 8 and 9 to get things started. We hope to be able to start having events in the garage, with the joint goals of raising ad-ditional revenue for Pierce’s and providing additional opportunities for the community to come together. Would anyone who is interested in helping with this project please contact me or any member of the board or Sally? We are looking to start organizing things the week before the event, starting August 3. Shannon Dake has also volunteered to head up a mar-keting committee for Pierce’s, which was another area that generated a great deal of interest during the meet-ing. She has some people who have already offered to help but more participation is essential to the success of that committee. Please contact Shannon or me if you would like to help with this. We will report on additional progress we are making in coming months. The Shrewsbury Cooperative at Pierce’s Store is and will continue to be a vital part of the community with the support of all of you!

Kristi Bragg--President, Shrewsbury Cooperative at Pierce’s Store


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BIG)Tag)Sale)at)

)996)Lincoln)Hill)Rd.,)Shrewsbury)!

9:00am!–!4:00pm!Friday!to!Sunday,!August!15117!

and)Friday!to!Sunday!August!22124!

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Lots)of:)household)items,)decorations,)furniJture,)clothes,)books,))China,)etc.)etc.)

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BIG GARAGE SALE

--All Kinds of Things--

Saturday, August 9, 2014 10:00am to 3:00pm

258 Lincoln Hill Road

Shrewsbury

Grandma Frustrated

with Computer Technology My young grandchildren have encouraged me to share the fun of buying and selling items on E-bay. However, they are more skilled than I at uploading photos and managing an account. Looking for an experienced E-bayer to guide me through the tutorials. Time flexible.

Lee Rohe: 492 2300.

WALLINGFORD MEMORIAL ROTARY ANNUAL LOBSTER BAKE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 WALLINGFORD LODGE on

ELFIN LAKE 4:30 – 7:30 P.M.

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Cost: $25/person

(Steak can be ordered for those who do not want lobster). Dinner includes salads, corn,

dessert and coffee & tea (iced). BYOB.

Tickets need to be pre-purchased. Contact any Wallingford Rotarian or

Barry at 492-3573 or call Randell at 492-3794. Proceeds go to MRUHS scholarships, Bike Safety Day,

Fishing Derby and other Community projects

PIERCE’S STORE SEAFOOD PRE-ORDERS

Availability posted Late Monday

Pre-Order by 5pm Tuesday Delivery Wednesday afternoon

Saturday, August 8 10am-‐1pm at the Museum


During the summer Rob often makes a refreshing sal-ad or cold soup on hot days. Daily lunch specials will be announced no later than the morning of the day, earlier if possible and will feature Rob’s homemade Soups and/or Salads. Please call the store (492-3326) if you’re wondering what’s on the menu. It will always be posted on our Facebook page and sent out to the daily e-mail list. If you want to be included on the e-mail distribution please let me know at [email protected].

Regular hot meals in the crockpot: Monday

Chili con Carne (Smith Maple Crest Farm beef) Tuesday

Smith Maple Crest Farm grass-fed beef Tacos Thursday

Pulled Pork Sandwiches on Rob’s homemade buns Specialty Wednesday Pizza Varieties 8/5 Putanesca Pizza -- Tomato sauce with olive oil, parsley, anchovies, capers, garlic, mozzarella cheese 8/12 Butternut Squash Pizza -- Butternut squash, caramelized onions, gorgonzola & mozzarella cheeses 8/19 Italian Sausage Pizza -- Marinara sauce, Italian sausage, mozzarella cheese 8/26 Peppers and Onions Pizza -- Marinara sauce, caramelized onions, sautéed peppers, mozzarella cheese

Elsewhere in this issue of the Times, Kristi Bragg has written about the brainstorming session we held back at the end of June. Lots of good ideas came from that session and I want to invite every one of you to share any thoughts you might have that could help ensure Pierce’s long-term viability. Just this morning I had a conversation with some folks who weren’t able to at-tend. They had some wonderful ideas that I’ll share with the board. We want yours too!


Friday Night Dinners

July 3: Lasagna July 10: Mac & Cheese July 10 - Weezie Duda will be making BBQ Chicken with Potato Salad and Cole Slaw July 17: Lasagna July 24: Mac & Cheese July 24 - Nancy Ellery will be making Cod Fish steamed in individual parchment paper packets with chopped Kale, Lemon and Artichokes, served with Bulgar Wheat and a Cookie. July 31: Lasagna Meals will be available on Fridays 5:00 to 7:00pm…and on Saturday until they run out. It’s best to call ahead and reserve your order!

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! Beginning in the last week of June, we’ll have someone in to custom-make sandwiches Mon-day–Friday between 11 and 1 most days. So stop in for lunch! ! If you see this before the 27th of June, here’s a reminder that Sandy Bragg will host a wine tasting between 5 and 7 pm. He has brought in a selec-tion of Pinot Gris from Oregon. Come join us for the event! Light snacks will be available. ! Special preorder items from Rob’s kitchen for July 4th available on the 3rd: Guacamole Hamburger buns Salsa Cider beans Watermelon gazpacho Coleslaw

“What do you say to inviting the neighbors in for a picnic tonight?” “But we don’t have anything in the house!” “Doesn’t Pierce’s have stuff? Let’s go see.” Here’s what you could check off your list at Pierce’s: Brush to clean off the grill Charcoal & lighter fluid Bug repellent Citronella sticks Paper plates and disposable utensils, cups, nap-kins Hamburger (Smith Farm & commercial) Hotdogs Sausages (McKenzie & Smith Farm) Chicken (Misty Knoll & Copperas Hill Farm) Steaks (Smith Farm) Burger Buns (Rob’s) Hotdog buns (commercial) Chips, pretzels & dips Breads & rolls (Rob’s and commercial) Salad makings & other vegetables (local farms & commercial) Potato Salad and/or coleslaw (made regularly by Chef Rob – always available by order but not necessarily available “today”) Popcorn (microwave and local whole kernel) Brownies and cakes (Duncan Hines mixes) Cookies (Rob’s and commercial) Ice Cream (Wilcox) Syrups, cherries & whipped cream Beer & wine Sodas & seltzers Juices Moxie Ice Cleaning supplies & trash bags (13 & 39 gallon) Alka Seltzer!!!

Daily lunch specials will be announced no later than the morning of the day, earlier if possible and will feature Rob’s homemade Soups or Salads. Regular hot meals in the crockpot: Monday – Chili con Carne Tuesday – Smith Maple Crest Farm grass-fed beef Tacos Thursday – Pulled Pork Sandwiches on Rob’s homemade buns

Specialty Wednesday Pizza Varieties 7/1 Pesto, chopped tomatoes, mozzarella and parmesan 7/8 Italian Sausage, marinara and mozzarella 7/15 Sautéed peppers and onions, marinara and mozzarella 7/22 Caramelized onions, mozzarella and gorgonzola 7/29 Louisiana with Andouille, Creole marinara, and mozza-rella

* Soups, Pizzas and Friday meals from Rob’s kitchen change from week to week. During the summer Rob of-ten makes a refreshing salad or cold soup on hot days. Please call the store (492-3326) if you’re wondering what’s on the menu. It will always be posted on our Fa-ceBook page and sent out to the daily email list. If you want to be included on the email distribution please let me know at [email protected].

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Lincoln Hill Short Term Road Closure

The Lincoln Hill Road closure is expected to begin around July 6, 2015 and the closure will remain in place for 28 consecutive days. Please follow the signed detour to be installed by the Town of Shrewsbury. Thank you for your assistance and cooperation throughout this upcoming construction season. Con-tact project outreach coordinator Natalie Boyle at (802) 310-7822 or [email protected] if you have any questions.

Solar Reflections After our initial list printed in the Times last month, we had several more Shrewsbury residents report on their solar usage as well. The townspeople below are great resources if you are considering "going solar" and have ques-tions. Let's keep the list growing!

Shrewsbury Solar Users Joan Aleshire

Sandy & Kristi Bragg David Catellier

Louise & Stan Duda Lily & Eldred French David & Laurel Fretz

Scott Garren & Heather Shay Mark & Carol Goodwin

Mark & Licia G. Hamilton Greg and Galen Miller

Art Krueger & Trish Norton Randy & Deena Page

Russell and Donna Reay Podge & Martha Sirjane

Jeff and Mary Smith / Maple Crest Farm Aaron Schnieder and Marty Anderson

Sharon & Roger Winnicki Ryan Wood-Beauchamp

& Kara Fitzgerald Submitted by the Conservation Commission

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Pierce’s Store Friday Night Dinners

December 13 - Guest Chef Weezie Duda will make Roast Pork with Tomatoes, Fennel & On-ions, Rob's Roll, Mini Cheesecake with Raspber-ry Sauce. January 10 - Guest Chef Hilary Adams (call the store for the menu!) January 24 - Guest Chef Connie Youngstrom will make Mini Meatloaves with Maplecrest beef, baked sweet dumpling winter squash, scalloped potatoes and something green on the side (whatever she can find that's local—spinach, kale, Brussels sprouts perhaps.) Meals will be available on Fridays 5:00 to 7:00pm…and on Saturday until they run out. It’s best to call ahead and reserve your order!

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if you are interested in making a meal, please contact either Heather Shay at 492-2284 or

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Pierce’s Store

Friday Night Dinners November 8: d Chef Carol Calotta will prepare Beef Bourguignon served over egg noodles. It will have carrots, mushrooms and baby onions in the stew and be served with a green salad. November 22: Chef Nancy Ellery will prepare a Seafood Lasagna with a green salad. Meals will be available on Fridays 5:00 to 7:00pm…and on Saturday until they run out. It’s best to call ahead and reserve your order!

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if you are interested in making a meal, please contact either Heather Shay at 492-2284 or

Sally Deinzer at the store,

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Thanksgiving Specials Rob has developed a pre-liminary menu of special order treats for the holiday. They include: Pumpkin and Pecan Pies Cranberry Sauce Dinner Rolls Holiday Bread (with nuts,

raisins, cranberries & apricots) The store will be open for a few hours Thanksgiv-ing morning—probably until 1:00, but check at the store as we get closer to the day to be sure. In October, I ran a special on wine and in No-vember I plan to do the same with beer. In this case, I’ll break open a selection of 6-packs and let you build your own from a variety of beers. Not all vendors allow this yet, but apparently it’s becoming more common. I need to research a little more to be certain which beers will be acceptable to sell this way and how they can be priced, but I’ll let you know when it’s ready! A big change is coming to the store in November. The check-out process is going to be much smoother as we’ll have a “Point of Sale” system in place. This will mean your purchases will be scanned and the price will show on a display without the volunteer having to enter the price and category of the item. It’s all programmed into the computer. Of course, there will be a learning curve and we’ll find that there are items on the shelves that were missed when the database was being populated. But we’ll get past those in the first month, I hope. This new system will make inventory management much simpler and will give the manager more time to spend on improving the selections on the shelves, refining pricing, promoting items through sales, and many other as yet unimagined benefits. In addition, and just as importantly, it will simplify the job of our volunteers. A big THANK YOU! to Randell Barclay who re-searched alternatives and made the recommenda-tion to invest in this system. Then Randell built the

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system and populated it with our inventory. It would not have happened as easily without him. A Recipe SooFoo – Remember last month I men-tioned this item as a really tasty protein/rice alterna-tive? I found a great way to use it. I had some late zucchinis in the garden—they were a little larger than I like to have as plain vegetable, so I thought I’d stuff them for a supper one evening. I cooked up a half cup of dry SooFoo with some chicken bouillon and olive oil. Then I mixed in some chopped up veggies from the crisper—peppers, a bit of onion, some chopped greens and a few sad tomatoes. I placed the mixture into the seeded zucchini halves, sprin-kled on some bread crumbs and grated cheese and baked them for a half hour or so. For the finishing touch, I turned on the broiler so the top crisped up. Yum! A very good supper indeed. And best, a meal in itself. You can find SooFoo in our “Bargain Bin” because the bags we have are out of date. But I can tell you that the bag I have – out of date – is perfectly fine. I hope you’ll try SooFoo! Finally, we are always looking for more people to volunteer in the store. If you have any interest, please contact Sally at 492-3326 or stop into the store. With the new Point of Sale system, I hope more folks will be interested in joining the Pierce’s team!

Sally Deinzer, Manager

NEWS FROM PIERCE’S STORE

Monday-Saturday 7am-7pm

Sunday 8am-5pm

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During this time of giving thanks and reflection on the past year, on behalf of the Board of the Shrewsbury Coop at Pierce’s Store, I would like to thank the Shrewsbury community for being supportive of our adventure. Nearing the end of the year, it appears that our revenues have continued to grow—accompanied by increased costs of goods, of course—and that we’ll end the year in decent shape. What a wonderful community we live in! Thank you all. Point of Sale System The efforts that Randell Bar-clay put in during the past several months to imple-ment our new computerized inventory system are beginning to pay off. Among other things, this new way of operating will allow us to see how particular items have sold over a period of time. This could lead to changes in what and how many we stock or make. Many volunteers have already attained mastery of the ins and outs of making sales and several are learning other features such as checking in deliveries electronically. As manager, I will appreciate the re-duction in the amount of time I spend “counting” things: it will allow more time to work on inventory changes and adjustments to our pricing. Some customers have experienced longer waits at the register than in the past because we’ve been struggling with the touchscreen monitor, scanner wand, wireless trackpad, and items that are unknown to the system. We appreciate the willingness all of you have shown as we come up to speed. I am sure I speak for the full board when I say that on New Year’s Day we’ll all enjoy resting or playing with family rather than spending a good part of the day at the store counting and recording every item on the shelves. Holiday Specials As in past years, Rob will prepare a number of items from the bakery/kitchen for special order. Watch at the store or on our FaceBook page for what will be on the menu. In addition, we’ll be stocking or offering special treats: a few varieties of festive wines and bubbles; candies and confections; Thomas’s Eggnog; preor-der turkeys and perhaps hams. Please let me know if

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there are particular items you’d like to see in the store. Gifts and Gift Certificates Here’s a gift suggestion: purchase a bulk quantity of your family member’s favorite [fill in the blank!]—members can purchase for just 20% over the wholesale price and non-members get the benefit of the lower price of pur-chasing in quantity. Remember, too, that you can purchase a gift certificate to Pierce’s Store as a gift for someone special. Just ask the person at the reg-ister. Music on Thursdays Do you know that most Thurs-day mornings a group of Shrewsberries bring their banjos, guitars, fiddles or whatever to the store and jam? They take over the café area and have a grand time. Please stop in and listen or join in anytime be-tween about 8:30 and 10. Finally, we are always looking for more people to volunteer in the store. If you have any interest, please contact Sally at 492-3326 or stop into the store. With the new Point of Sale system, I hope more folks will be interested in joining the Pierce’s team! Happy Holidays to all and have a Safe and Happy New Year! See you at the Store.



NEWS FROM PIERCE’S STORE

Monday-Saturday 7am-7pm Sunday 8am-5pm

Sally Denizer, Manager Sally Deinzer, Manager

Beginning in August, Pierce’s will offer The Tuesday Ten!

Purchase at least $20 worth of full-price items and receive a 10% discount off your purchase. This of-fer excludes consignment items, tobacco products, and newspapers. In celebration of National Picnic Month, Rob will take pre-orders weekly for potato salad, cole-slaw, guacamole, cider beans, and chicken salad. I’ll communicate availability, pricing and order details at the beginning of each week. Call if you don’t see the Facebook posts or emails! 492-3326.

Friday Night Dinners

Mac & Cheese and Lasagna meals

are available from about 11am each Friday until they are gone.

August 7 & 21: Rob’s Mac & Cheese August 14 & 28: Rob’s Lasagna

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday Take-out Dinners are available by reservation.

Limited quantities are available. Please call ahead.

August 14 – TBA – Meal will be announced as soon as possible. August 28 – Takeout BBQ Dinner with Ham-burgers/Cheeseburgers & Hot Dogs (one of each or two of one) and various salads such as Pota-to, Cole Slaw, Mixed Greens. Topped off with a scoop of Ice Cream and a Cookie. $9.99

Call ahead and reserve your order!

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Throughout August, we’ll mark several special days:

~ All month we’ll celebrate National Picnic Month ~ August 2 is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day ~ August 10 is National S’Mores Day ~ August 13 is National Left-Handers’ Day ~ August 21 is Senior Citizen Day

Watch our Facebook page, e-mail, and sandwich board for details and other possible celebrations!

Custom-made sandwiches available Monday–Friday between 11 and 1 on most days.

So stop in for lunch!


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Donors are recognized for the remainder of the calendar year in which their donation is received. The Times is mailed to all residents of Shrewsbury and is also available online at the Town website. The cost of printing and mailing is made possible through advertising and your donations which are very much appreciated! Donations can be mailed to: Times of Shrewsbury, P. O. Box 373, Cuttingsville, VT 05738. THANK YOU!

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