www.vermontnews-guide.com • December 24, 2008 Vol 48 No 53 P.O. Box 1265 • 99 Bonnet Street, Manchester Center, VT 05255 Tel 802.362.3535 Top left: Kaki Fisher invites everyone to Manchester’s 18th Annual Community Christmas Dinner...details on page 8 Top right: Kai and Christine Cloer announce the fifth annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival in Manchester...story on page 22 Left: Yvonne Fichter turns 80 with a party at Zion Episcopal Church in Manchester Center...details on page 28 VERMONT NEWS Happy Holidays! Dining • Entertainment • Real Estate • Antiques • Area Events 18th Annual Community Christmas Dinner First Congregational Church, Manchester, VT 2:30 p.m.
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www.vermontnews-guide.com • December 24, 2008 Vol 48 No 53
P.O. Box 1265 • 99 Bonnet Street, Manchester Center, VT 05255 Tel 802.362.3535
Top left: Kaki Fisher invites everyone to Manchester’s 18th Annual Community Christmas Dinner...details on page 8
Top right: Kai and Christine Cloer announce the fifth annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival in Manchester...story on page 22
Left: Yvonne Fichter turns 80 with a party at Zion Episcopal Church in Manchester Center...details on page 28
VERMONTNEWS
Happy Holidays!
Dining • Entertainment • Real Estate • Antiques • Area Events
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Wednesday, December 24Cheese Ravioli with Tomato
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...great tv...Boy, are we lucky to live in
the Northshire. I was surfing the channels and stopped on Channel 17, one of three of our local cable-access channels (15,16 and 17). Surprisingly, I became engrossed watching the Manchester Select-board meeting of November 25th. Though these meetings are open to the public unless other-wise announced, here I was, on December 9th, in the comfort of my home, watching these impor-tant proceedings, the broadcast of which is repeated to be viewed at our convenience.
I say lucky, because unlike in so many localities, our cable-
access facility is truly state-of-the-art. (Stop by and see our impressive studio anytime.) The select board meetings are taped with multiple cameras by very qualified station staff, allowing the viewing public to experience “almost being there.”
The broadcast of these meet-ings allows all of us in Manchester to be part of the ongoing change and development in our town’s infrastructure. At this particular meeting, Ivan Beattie, the chair, guided an important discussion of commercial building size in town, potential current limita-tions and proposed changes. Many local business owners
spoke to the points presented and offered differing opinions.
With the economy in its slump, how very important it obviously is for our town’s lead-ers to address current issues and develop long-range plans for what must keep Manchester vibrant and flourishing. It was extremely gratifying and reassur-ing to observe the proceedings and go away feeling our town is in qualified hands and the opportunity to express a point of view and be part of the “solution” is welcomed and encouraged. And... as a bonus, watching these broadcasts becomes a history les-son, as often the “topography” of our town starting decades ago is described and discussed.
Again, accolades to Greater Northshire Access Television’s staff and management.
- Frank Lewis, Greater Northshire Access Television Board of Directors Member, Manchester, Vt.
...nuts for smith... Kim Rizio, Smith College ’85, still has a few bags of mammoth
pecan halves, cinnamon glazed pecans and salted cashews available for purchase. All proceeds go directly to Vermont students enrolled at Smith. Smith College is a competitive four-year college for women in Northampton, Massachusetts. To make a purchase, please call 802-362-2925.
- Kim Rizio, Manchester Center, Vt.
The world, the economy,The changes that will be —It’s all a guessAs far as we can see.
But the beauty around us,The community so dear,Make us ever gratefulThat we live here.
So this holiday seasonMay we offer a toastTo friends and neighborsAnd the place we love most:
Merry Christmas, Happy New YearWe wish you the best!As we share the futureMay we all be blessed.
munity calendars are available now at the Mt. Tabor Country Store. Please come in and pick them up so that you may have them for the forthcoming new year.
Thanks to everybody who purchased calendars. Through your efforts and loyalty, we were able to give the Danby-Mt. Tabor Volunteer Fire Department a check for $2,000 this year.
Contact the store at 802-293-5641 or Marge Abbott at 802-293-5052.
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18th Community Christmas DinnerThis year’s Community Christmas Dinner in Manchester, Vermont
will be held Christmas Day at the First Congregational Church, across from the Equinox Hotel at 2:30 p.m. No reservations are required, and there is no fee.
This is a grass roots effort. Volunteers will serve up a traditional Christmas dinner with turkey, dressing, ham, mashed white potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry, peas and carrots and a bountiful dessert tray.
This event began as an effort to make dinner for area folks who, for whatever reason, wanted to be a part of a community gathering on Christmas Day. That list now encompasses families with children, seniors, young folks, single people and visitors to the area.
Members of the Harned-Fowler VFW Post 6471 Men’s Auxiliary are hereby notified that their 2009 dues need to be paid by December 31. Dues may be paid in person at the Post dur-ing regular business hours or by mail, (P.O. Box 6471, Manchester Center, Vermont 05255). Annual dues are $25, $5 of which goes to the Department of Vermont. Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Post. For more information, stop by the Post or call 802-362-7140.
Christmas Worship at St. Luke’s
Advent and Christmas services at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Chester, Vermont welcome visi-tors and worshipers who seek to renew their Christian faith and perhaps find a deeper meaning to Christmas. Advent is the sea-son of preparation for the birth of Christ.
On Wednesday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, at 6:30 p.m., there will be carol singing immediately followed by The Festival Holy Eucharist Rite II at 7 p.m., with care available. Finally, at 11 p.m., the Festival Holy Eucharist Rite I will be celebrated.
On Christmas Day, Dec. 25, the Nativity of Our Lord, Holy Eucharist Rite II will be cel-ebrated at 10 a.m. On the fol-lowing Sunday, Dec. 28, the Holy Eucharist Rite I will be celebrated at 8 a.m., and Rite II will follow at 10 a.m. as usual.
St. Luke’s Church was estab-lished in 1868, and the building consecrated in 1871. The Rev. H. Paul Brannock-Wanter is the fifteenth rector to serve a con-tinuing and mainline Episcopal tradition here.
A complete listing of Christmas services can be found at www.stlukespeiscopal.org.
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Christmas Eve at First BaptistThe Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of
Manchester, Vermont is an adaptation of an Order of Worship used by Christian churches all over the world but most famously by the King’s College for their annual broadcast from Cambridge, England. This adapted service will feature favorite carols, Bible readings and special music. For more information, call 802-362-1555.
Christmas Carol Sing at
Federated ChurchAll are welcome to join in
worship at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28 at The Federated Church of East Arlington on Ice Pond Road in East Arlington, Vermont. The worship service will be led by members of the Board of Deacons and will include a Christmas Carol Sing. Favorite Christmas carols may be sug-gested.
The scripture readings shared will be Isaiah 61: 10-62:3, Psalm 148, Galatians 4: 4-7 and Luke 2: 22-40. After the worship service all are invited to Bailey Hall for refreshments and fellowship.
Senior Meals are served on Tuesday and Thursday at noon. For information about the Ride-Share Program and the Living the Questions series, which resumes on Wednesday, Jan. 7, call 802-375-2548.
Christmas Services at Zion Episcopal Church
Zion Episcopal Church in Manchester Center, Vermont invites the public to its Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ser-vices. All services include Holy Eucharist (Communion).
On Christmas Eve, there will be a 5 p.m. Christmas Pageant and Family Service at Zion, then a service at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Chapel in Equinox Village and finally an 11 p.m. candlelight ser-vice with choir at Zion.
On Christmas Day there will be a service at 10 a.m. at Zion.
Zion Episcopal Church is located at 5167 Main St./Route 7A between Candeleros and Ye Olde Tavern in Manchester Center. St. John’s Chapel is located at 3512/Route 7A, just across the street and south of The Equinox.
For more information, call 802-362-1987.
Locals Join VSO Board of Directors
The Vermont Symphony Association recently elected two new members to the statewide governing board of directors.
Attorney Perez Ehrich of Arlington, Vermont worked for several New York City law firms before returning to Vermont to oversee his family’s business, Hemmings Motor News, until its sale in 2006. Ehrich serves on several other boards, includ-ing those of the Vermont Law School, VPR and the Bennington Museum.
Frank Macero of Bondville, Vermont went from print sales-man to president of his pub-lishing company in Darien, Connecticut, before retiring to Vermont. A part-time Florida resident, Macero also serves on the Boys and Girls Club and the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile boards in Naples, Florida.
A visit to The Lincoln Family Home in Manchester, Vermont for Hildene Holiday Evenings on Sunday, Dec. 28 and Monday, Dec. 29 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. will provide guests with a rare glimpse of what “coming home for the Holidays” might have looked like at the turn of the century. The Lincoln’s home, built in 1905 by Robert Todd Lincoln, President Lincoln’s oldest and only child to survive to adult-hood, has the look and feel of the Gilded Age of which Robert and wife Mary Harlan were a part.
Led by Hildene Holiday decorating co-chairs, Amy Thebault and Corinne Knight, a dedicated volunteer committee has “decked the historic halls” and beyond with fresh pine garlands on the staircase banisters, wreaths aplenty and yards of Victorian satin ribbon. The tra-ditional twelve-foot Christmas tree is a beautiful sight in the welcom-ing center hall, filled with poinsettias. In addition, area nursery, floral and interior designers from across The Shires of Vermont have woven their individual brands into the rooms of the century-old Vermont retreat that Robert called his ancestral home and that three genera-tions of Lincolns inhabited for 70 years. This year’s guest decorators are Thebault Design, Equinox Valley Nursery, Tara Pollio Floral Design, Hildene Flower Ladies, Lisa Laberge, Nancy Bishop Floral Design and Mettowee Mill Nursery.
With a little help from Mother Nature, guests may have the added benefit of seeing the house in a spectacular snow-covered setting. Mistress of the house Mary Harlan Lincoln described one scene this way in a letter written to close friend, Laura Hollister, on December 31, 1915: “You’ve no idea how beautiful it is up here today... everything covered with the whitest, purest snow I ever saw, and this morning in a
beautiful filmy white lace, studded with diamonds... Mr. Lincoln said he never in his whole life saw such a beautiful sight.”
Yearly Hildene Holiday Evenings bring guests from near and far to see The Lincoln Family Home illuminated with candlelight and filled with the musical sounds of the season. The Tall Spire Bellringers from Manchester’s First Congregational Church will play on both evenings from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Alternating with the bells will be guest organists playing the Lincoln’s 1,000-pipe Aeolian organ from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on both evenings. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the organ, a birthday gift from Robert to Mary in 1908. Such an instrument was considered to be a status symbol at the turn of the century, and this organ is the oldest residential pipe organ in the country still located in the original place for which it was purchased.
There will be a good luck New Year’s bonfire just east of the porte cochere, and hot cider and Mrs. Murphy’s donuts await visitors fireside in the Ski Touring Center. There will be carolers at the center on Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Whether on foot, by shuttle or on the big red farm wagon, guests will begin and end their holiday evening in the Welcome Center located in the Lincoln’s 100-year-old carriage barn.
Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for children under 14. Members, volunteers and children under 5 are free. The Lincoln Family Home at Hildene is open daily from 9:30 to 4:30. (Closed December 24, 25 and 26 for the holiday.) Regular admission is $12.50 for adults and $5 for youths 6 to14. Children under 6, Hildene members and volunteers are admitted free.
For more information, visit www.hildene.org or call 802-362-1788.
Hoosick Falls, New York Kiwanis Club member Anita Sacilowski and president Jim Miner were joined by other Kiwanis mem-bers at the Grand Union in Hoosick Falls to collect for the Albany (New York) Medical Pediatric Trauma Unit. The Grand Union graciously allowed the Kiwanis Club to set up inside away from the cold weather. The Kiwanis Clubs of the Van Rensselaer, Capital and Mohawk divisions built this trauma unit. Any local child under 21 with any trauma from accident or illness is cared for in this particular unit. All of the money raised went directly to this unit.
Manchester, Vermont’s Maple Street School seventh grade was cho-sen to participate in the National Association of Independent Schools’ (NAIS) global initiative called Challenge 20/20. Challenge 20/20 is an Internet-based program that pairs classes from schools in the U.S. with their counterpart classes in schools in other countries; together the teams (of two or three schools) tackle real global problems to find solutions that can be implemented at the local level and in their own communities.
The NAIS receives over 500 applications from schools from 52 countries and many states in the U.S. Maple Street School has been paired with Pampers Private School Lekki of Lagos, Nigeria. Through a shared web site and web cameras, both seventh grades in Nigeria and Manchester will partner to present possible solutions to deforestation. The program provides opportunities to develop a solid foundation for
meaningful problem solving and cross-continent relationships that lead to a more promising global future for students and schools.
Maple Street School is an independent, day school serving children in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. For more information, call 802-362-7137 or visit www.maplestreetschool.com.
Maple Street School Takes on Challenge 20/20
Giving Tree Campaign Seeks SupportThe Vermont Catholic Charities (VCC) annual Giving Tree Campaign
for the needy is underway and unfortunately under goal. VCC is asking for $27,000 to meet the needs of many Vermonters who count on their help. Contributions to date only total around $14,000.
Campaign coordinator Jean Bailey said, “We hope our generous past supporters will find a way to help us meet our goal again this year, in spite of these very difficult financial times. Please call me if you have any questions or concerns.”
Donations may be sent to: “VCC Giving Tree,” P.O. Box 989, Burlington, Vermont 05402-0989. For more information, call 802-658-6111.
Painting Companies Merge to Offer Expanded Customer Service
Luxbrush Painting Company, Inc. recently announced that it has joined forces with Miles Restorations, Inc. Luxbrush Painting Company, established in Manchester Center, Vermont in 2000, is a leader in the Southern Vermont/Eastern New York residential and commercial painting markets. Miles Restorations, Inc. is a Bennington, Vermont-based painting company that specializes in distinctive paint finishes and historic surface preservation. With over 20 years of experience in the painting trade and a working knowledge of traditional arts and building sciences, Miles Restorations’ owner, Miles Bowen, has become a resource for area painters and homeowners alike.
According to Bowen, the fit between the two companies was a natu-ral one: “Although Luxbrush Painting and Miles Restorations appear to be two very different companies, we share the same core values, namely the desire to exceed customers’ expectations. We want our external customers — homeowners, general contractors — to rest easy with us on the job. And we want our employees — our internal customers — to walk away from every project feeling proud of their work, their com-pany and themselves.”
Luxbrush President, Harry E. Lux, anticipates that the merger will expand both the breadth and depth of services Luxbrush offers.
“Luxbrush has always been a customer-oriented company, but hav-ing the Miles Restorations team on board has sharpened that focus tremendously,” he said. “Miles’ technical expertise allows us to broaden our horizons, while his commitment to education and dedication to our customers’ peace of mind echo the founding principles of our company. It’s exciting stuff.”
Victor Wooten Inspires Students at Long Trail SchoolOn Tuesday, Dec. 9, Long Trail School in Dorset, Vermont hosted
world-renowned musician Victor Wooten for a series of small group and full-school workshops. Thanks to a school community contact and funding from the Edwards Foundation Arts Fund, Wooten spent the day at Long Trail as his Grammy-winning group, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, traveled to their next concert stop. Wooten is an innovator on the bass guitar, as well as a talented composer, arranger, producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist.
Wooten’s interest and philosophy energized the Long Trail commu-nity. He believes that “the most important thing is to be a good person. You can be the greatest bass player in the world, but if you’re not fun to hang out with, no one will want you in the band.”
Using anecdotes from his life and observations, Wooten impressed students with the need to commit to what it means to learn. When he asked students why they wanted to be in his workshops, many responded that they wished to learn from him. He then asked where their notebooks and pencils were; he wanted them to have notes that can be referred to over and over again. He taught students to listen to the language of music when playing with others in order to create a more unified and responsive performance. At the end of his visit, he enchanted the audience with a performance. Students appreciated his keen interest in what they had to say and in their education. His effect on the musicians at the school was deep and lasting.
Long Trail School trustee Charlie Rockwell commented, “It was won-derful to have someone so well respected in his field come to Long Trail to interact closely with our community. The students’ response to him made it worthwhile. Exposure to excellence is an important part of the
Long Trail School experience.” Long Trail School combines rigorous academics and a personalized
curriculum for grades six through 12. For more information, call 802-867-5717, extension 141.
Children of the area had visions of sugar plums dance before them as Santa made a stop at the Barnett Homestead in Walloomsac, New York. After visits with Santa, children made ornaments and decorated Christmas cookies. The event was sponsored by the Town of Hoosick, New York and Friends of the Bennington Battlefield. Pictured with Santa is Riley Hayes, daughter of Tim and Kelly Hayes.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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Clear Snow and Ice for Mail CarriersIt’s hard to stay ahead of bad weather. The snow and ice always seem
to know when people have plans, have special things to do or when they just want to stay inside where it’s warm.
New Hampshire/Vermont district manager for the U.S. Postal Service Debbie Essler said, “No matter when bad weather comes, it’s important to act. We each owe it to our families, our neighbors and our mail carri-ers to make sure our property is safe and accessible.”
“Make sure to keep pathways and stairs clear of ice and snow, as well as all walkways and the approach to and away from your mailbox,” urged Essler.
This will prevent injuries and allow postal employees to provide the best possible service, even in the worst weather.
The Postal Service delivers to more than 146 million homes and businesses six days a week; to mountains, valleys and lower still — to the bottom of the Grand Canyon by mule train — and even door-to-door in the Everglades, by boat. In doing so, mail carriers encounter every kind of bad weather this nation knows.
With help, the Postal Service can provide uninterrupted service and fulfill the famous phrase: “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
The whoops of joy when stu-dents drew “High Income” tick-ets from sacks of tickets were a clear sign that the prospect of a rice and beans lunch was not preferred by the middleschool-ers at Manchester Elementary-Middle School (MEMS) in Manchester, Vermont at their Hunger Awareness Lunch, held on November 19. The lunch was part of Hunger Awareness Week at the school, where students
experienced the divisions that occur in countries where people face poverty and hunger every day. Each participant drew a tick-et that randomly assigned them to an economic status, dictating the lunch they received that day.
Only 15% of the participants fell into the High Income group-ing, and they were seated on the gym stage at elegant round tables, dressed with linens, glass and silverware and served hot,
filling lunches by the school’s administration team of Jackie Wilson, Sarah Merrill and Bill Bazyk. This group represented those who have access to virtu-ally everything they need and the security to enjoy it.
Those who drew a ticket for the Middle Income grouping sat on the bleachers, with a choice of pizza or a sandwich, chips and a juice box. This group, represent-ing 35% of the world’s population, lives on the edge as their levels of access and security vary greatly. For many, it would take losing only one harvest to drought or a serious illness to be thrown into poverty.
The Lower Income group was a sprawling, visibly larger crowd, where 50% of the students sat cross-legged on the floor, with simple bowls of rice and beans and cups of water, ladled from a metal pot, for their lunch.
Community service learn-ing coordinator and fifth grade
teacher Anna Nicholson said to this last group, “Many of you are frequently hungry. It is quite likely that you don’t get the mini-mum number of calories your hardworking life requires. Many of you are homeless or live in structures so flimsy that a hard rain or strong wind could cause a major catastrophe.”
Each ticket offered a true story, such as: “I am Chang, a 50-year-old Cambodian man. I have had to move many times because of the civil war that has been going on in my country for years and years. I live on property that I have no official title to and the land around my house is riddled with land mines that prevent me from farming it.”
Nicholson continued, “Take a look around you now. Eighty-five percent of you are not seated at the table. Eighty-five percent of you do not share in the bounty of our planet. Look around and you can see that equality and balance don’t exist here.”
Second grade teacher Kathy Willis shared a compelling slide show of a trip she made to Zimbabwe, Africa where she witnessed what little the children she met there have, yet how they make do and strive to be happy. In the gym, the students were moved by what they saw.
One group seated on the floor commented, “I guess we shouldn’t complain too much, for just one skimpy lunch- those kids have to live it every day.”
After hearing a short speech originally given by Nelson Mandela at an Oxfam event, and vowing in unison that they can make a difference, the chil-dren filed out to go back to class; some with empty bellies but all filled with more awareness and compassion for those affected by global hunger and poverty.
Manchester Elementary-Middle School is Manchester’s K-8 public school. For more information, call 802-362-1597.
Local Resident Receives Degree from SUNY New Paltz
David Mazor, a resident of Brattleboro, Vermont, received a degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz. Mazor received a bachelor’s degree in visual arts education. The college held commencement ceremonies on December 19 and 20 for the 700 students who completed their undergraduate degrees in August and December 2008.
The State University of New York at New Paltz was named “Hottest Small State School” in the 2008 Kaplan/Newsweek How To Get Into College Guide, which identifies America’s 25 Hottest Schools. The guide features schools that all offer top academic programs and are making their mark in the competitive world of higher education.
New Paltz is a highly selective college of about 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students located in the Mid-Hudson Valley between New York City and Albany, New York. Degrees are offered in the liberal arts and sciences, which serve as a core for professional programs in the fine and performing arts, education, healthcare, business and engineering.
The fifth annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival bring the Middle Ages to merry life at the Meetinghouse at First Congregational Church in Manchester, Vermont. More than 100 community members of all ages will perform a modern recreation of a 12th century pageant that celebrates the Epiphany — the end of the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3 and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 4 in the church sanctuary.
Spectators are invited to arrive in medieval costume this year, and the show will offer new roles and many more opportunities for audi-ence participation and frivolity. Scottish dancers will perform, and live animals will take part in the production, including the Favorite Fowl of the Royal Chef. A small medieval feast with the Royal Family — the King, Queen and Queen Mother — will be held before the Saturday show at 5:30 p.m.
The first half of the pageant is the stately Boar’s Head procession, in which the king and queen are presented with a yule log, symbolizing the rekindling of love, and a bristly boar’s head on a platter festooned with holly (yes, it’s real), symbolizing the triumph of Christ over Satan. The procession includes elaborately costumed cooks, hunters, beefeat-ers, pages, sprites, banner carriers, flower bearers, dancers, court royalty,
jesters and jugglers. The second half recounts the birth of Christ and the journey, guided by a star, of the Biblical wise men. The festival includes plenty of music by the chancel choir and the audience and a chance to meet the cast after the performance.
This event is always crowded, so advanced tickets are recommended for the shows and are required for the Saturday pre-show feast. Show tickets are $12 (children ages 12 and under are free). Feast tickets are an additional $15. Tickets are available at First Congregational Church (across from The Equinox Resort on Route 7A) and at the door on the day of the festival.
First Congregational Church was founded in 1784 and today has a congregation of more than 300 people.
For more information, call 802-362-2709.
PAVE Receives Donation from Berkshire Bank
Project Against Violent Encounters (PAVE) in Bennington, Vermont received a generous donation from the Berkshire Bank in Manchester, Vermont and the Greater Berkshire Foundation. The $1,000 gift is designated to support PAVE’s emergency rental assistance program. Although PAVE is most often associated with their 24-hour crisis hotline services to victims of domestic violence, the amount of funds expended by PAVE to help women and children to obtain both short-term emergency and transitional housing is considerable. PAVE is truly honored to be awarded this gift and to be recognized as doing an “out-standing job” in the community to help people in need.
Dr. William Guild, a periodontist practicing at 160 Benmont Ave. in Bennington, Vermont, recently announced the arrival of his new associate, Dr. Kateryna Latypova. Latypova attended Tufts School of Dental Medicine, obtaining her DMD degree, and then continued on at Tufts Postgraduate Periodontology Program graduating as a periodon-tist. She subsequently became a diplomate of the American Academy of Periodontology. She and her husband, Paul, recently moved to Williamstown, Massachusetts from Portland, Maine with their 3-year-old daughter, Amelia Iris, and baby son, Daniel Sebastian. In her free time, Latypova enjoys hiking, nature walks, playing violin in chamber ensembles and traveling. Drs. Guild and Latypova specialize in the treatment of gums and all phases of implant dentistry.
Services Thrift Shop in Manchester, Vermont holiday raffle was held Friday, Dec. 19, and another raffle will be held soon. In late January, the shop will have end-of-the-season sales and hopes to be putting out the spring line in February and early March.
Furniture and housewares in good condition are always wel-come. Call 802-362-2126 with donations or questions.
Regular shop hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the second Saturday of every month.
Reminder: the Health Services will hold another flu clinic on January 14 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. so everyone can get immunized before the flu season starts. There is also a foot clinic in Manchester on the second Tuesday of each month and in Arlington, Vermont on the fourth Tuesday of each month (appointments required).
Holiday hours will be as fol-lows: December 22 and 23, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed December 24-26; December 29 and 30, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; December 31, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; closed January 1; January 2, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Christmas Eve Service in
LondonderryThe Second Congregational
Church, United Church of Christ, in Londonderry, Vermont invites the entire community to the Christmas Eve Service on Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 5:30 p.m. The service will be a traditional Service of Lessons and Carols and candle lighting. For more information, or directions, call 802-824-6453.
Rupert Town Office Holiday HoursAlong with Christmas and New Year’s days, the Rupert, Vermont
Town Office will be closed on December 24 and December 31. The Town wishes good tidings to all and to all the hopes for a happier New Year.
Holiday Open House in Pawlet
VillageFollow the candles to Lake’s
Lampshades, Mio Bistro, PAC Gallery and French and Tilley Hats. The Shops and Bistro in Pawlet, Vermont will be hosting a holiday open house on Saturday, Dec. 27 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. The shops will be full of handcrafted items from area artisans. Mio Bistro will be open with holiday specials. See the fine photogra-phy by George Bouret, paintings and prints by Matt Solon, hats by Denise Tilley, lampshades by Judy Lake, scarves by Ellen Howard, ceramics by Marion McChesney, organic sculpture by Serena Kovalosky and pho-tography by Karin Dichiara. Homemade holiday goodies and holiday cheer will be offered at each studio. For more informa-tion, call 802-325-6308.
Circus Smirkus Residency at The Dorset SchoolWhile balancing on rolling boards, eighth graders Katherine Salsgiver and Meg Chandler juggle rings during the circus show for family and friends at The Dorset School in Dorset, Vermont on December 16. Circus Smirkus, the award-winning international youth circus, brought its Smirkus School Residency program to The Dorset School from December 1 through December 12. Troy Wunderle, a profes-sional circus coach, came to the school for a two-week program to share circus skills and enthusiasm with the entire school community.
Manchester, Vermont has been offered a great opportunity. The library will receive $500 from the Stratton Foundation for new early reader books if it can raise $500 in matching donations.
“Early Readers” are the interme-diate step between picture books and lengthy chapter books. They are designed to enable begin-ning readers to feel successful as they start to read independently. Simple sentences, dynamic illus-trations and chapter breaks help kids master the reading process. Early reader books are a vital part of the library collection.
Many of the well-loved titles in this popular collection are well worn and need to be replaced. Exciting new titles and series are available, and their addition would expand and enrich the library’s offerings.
The Stratton Foundation requires that the library raise the matching funds from new donors — individual or corporate.
Always meant to give to the library but never have? Here’s the chance. It would be a great Christmas or Hanukkah present to the library and the Manchester area community. During this economic downturn when Mark Skinner Library is being used more than ever, help support this essential collection for emerging readers.
Matching contributions may be sent to Stratton Challenge, Mark Skinner Library, P.O. Box 438, Manchester, Vermont 05254.
Church in Sandgate, Vermont (on Sandgate Road) will hold its annual Christmas Eve Carol and Candlelight Service on Wednesday evening, Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings.
The church’s traditional Christmas Eve service will fea-ture the singing of the familiar Christmas carols and hymns, with Joan W. Bort at the historic Estey organ built by the Estey Organ Company in Brattleboro, Vermont in the latter part of the 19th century. Special music for the service will be provided by flutist Kira Personette, who will offer a medley of carols.
The theme for this year’s service is “See Heaven’s Light: A Human Born.” The pastor, Rev. David J. Bort, will lead the congregation in acts of praise and prayer and also bring the Christmas Eve mes-sage. The Sandgate Choir, under Joan Bort’s direction, will sing an African American spiritual, “Rise Up, Shepherd and Follow.” The young people will offer the traditional German carol “Oh, Tannenbaum,” arranged by Robert de Cormier.
The service will conclude with a special litany, “Light Was Born that Silent Night,” and the lighting of the congregation’s candles dur-ing the singing of “Silent Night.” Following the lighting — weather permitting — everyone who is able to do so will follow the pas-tor out of the church singing “Joy to the World” and gather in front of the church with candles for a closing prayer and benediction. Immediately after, all are invited to the church’s Briggs Room for refreshments and fellowship.
All are welcome to become part of the Sandgate church’s cel-ebration of Christmas Eve. For information, call 802-375-2254.
80th Birthday Party for FichterYvonne Fichter is celebrating
her 80th birthday on Monday, Dec. 29. There will be a potluck lunch party at Zion Episcopal Church’s Parish House in Manchester Center, Vermont from noon to 2 p.m. All of Fichter’s friends are invited to attend (not necessary to bring a dish). All are welcome. For more information, call Jessie Forrest at 802-379-0567.
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Vermont’s Child Development Division (CDD) recently announced that April’s Child Care, a registered child care home owned and directed by April Sherwin in Shaftsbury, Vermont, has renewed participation in Vermont’s Step Ahead Recognition System (STARS) for child care, pre-school and afterschool programs with two stars of recognition.
STARS providers are recognized for achievements in five areas: com-pliance with state regulations; staff qualifications and training; daily activities, interaction and overall support of children, families and the community; how thoroughly providers assess what they do and plans for improvements; and the strength of the program’s operating policies and business practices. Two-star programs are making a commitment to strengthening the program and practices they provide. These pro-grams may show an investment in one or two areas or progress in many areas.
At April’s Child Care, the pro-gram uses the Vermont Center for the Book’s Mother Goose Cares About Math & Science curriculum. This supports children in exploring math and science concepts while working on literacy. The program also uses the Scholastics Clifford and Let’s Find Out curriculum which address several early learn-ing standards. Sherwin is working towards a degree in early child-hood education.
“We are pleased that April’s Child Care has renewed their participa-tion in the STARS program,” said Kim Keiser, Deputy Commissioner of the Department for Children and Families. “This renewal recon-firms their commitment to provid-ing quality child care and educa-tion, and we look forward to many other Bennington County child care, preschool and afterschool programs joining them.”
STARS is Vermont’s quality rat-ing system for child care, preschool and afterschool programs. The STARS program is a public-pri-vate partnership created and led by the Child Development Division of the Vermont Department for Children & Families. STARS allows child care providers to receive one to five stars based on the number of points they achieve across five self-assessment areas. Building Bright Futures and IBM provide statewide community support. Building Bright Futures provides incentive payments for one, two and three-star providers, while IBM donates Young Explorer
Computer Learning Centers to eligible providers. For more informa-tion and a current list of recognized providers and local community partners, visit www. STARSstepahead.org.
Any program regulated through the Child Development Division may apply for STARS recognition, including registered and licensed family child care homes, licensed early childhood programs including public school programs, licensed school age care programs, licensed nonrecurring care programs or Head Start and Early Head Start pro-grams. Recognized providers are eligible to receive three different types of incentives including a one-time incentive payment. Providers also receive an official certificate from the Child Development Division acknowledging their achievement. STARS applications are available by calling 1-800-649-2642 or by visiting www.STARSstepahead.org.
April’s Child Care Renews Participation in Vermont’s STARS Program
Pretzels with frosting, decorated with multicolored sprinkles, are assembled by Equinox Terrace residents in Manchester, Vermont. The salty-sweet flavor made the concoctions imme-diately tempting for some, but plenty of treats remained for tea later in the afternoon.
New Year’s at American LegionAmerican Legion Post 69 in
Arlington, Vermont invites the public to celebrate the New Year from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the post. Dinner will be potluck. The cover charge of $8 includes DJ music by Kevin Mattison & Marty Irion. Party hats and a 50/50 raffle will be available. For more informa-tion, call 802-375-6157.
New Year’s BrunchStart off the New Year with
breakfast at the Pawlet Firehouse in Pawlet, Vermont on Thursday, Jan. 1 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. On the menu are pancakes with real maple syrup, eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, homemade muf-fins, homefried taters, coffee, tea, OJ and milk. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12. Help support the fire depart-ment on Route 133 in Pawlet. For information, call 802-325-3382.
Service NotesAir Force Airman Jeremy T.
Devlin has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
During six weeks of training, he studied the Air Force mission, organization, core values, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises and spe-cial training in human relations.
In addition, airmen who com-plete basic training earn credits toward an associate in applied science degree relating through the Community College of the Air Force.
Devlin earned distinction as an honor graduate. He is the son of Kathy Devlin of Sandgate, Vermont. Devlin is a 2006 gradu-ate of Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester, Vermont.
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Professor Anne Myrka Joins Faculty at Southern Vermont College Anne Myrka has joined the
full-time faculty at Southern Vermont College (SVC) as chair of The John Merck Division of Science and Technology. As SVC’s “roving” professor of phar-macology, Myrka contributes an interdisciplinary perspective to many courses across the cur-riculum, dealing with topics such as drugs, health care and public health.
Myrka received a master of arts degree in teaching science from the State University of New York in New Paltz, a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy from the Albany College of Pharmacy, as well as an associate in applied science degree in chemical tech-nology from Hudson Valley Community College. Before being appointed chair, she taught in Southern Vermont College’s Nursing Division. Myrka also teaches in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) and precepts Pharm D candidates in their clin-ical advanced pharmacy prac-tice experience at the Vermont Veterans’ Home.
She has worked previously for NCS Healthcare and the Columbia Memorial Hospital and currently works as an inde-pendent consultant pharmacist in addition to teaching. Myrka has contributed to scholarship in the field of pharmaceutical care, with an emphasis on senior care. Myrka and SVC President Karen Gross have a forthcoming piece appearing in the Chronicle of Higher Education on the SVC Roving Professor initiative.
“I enjoy thinking outside the box,” Myrka said about her rov-ing professorship. “My goal is to share my experiences and knowl-edge with my students in order to promote health and prevent harm to people who enter the health care system.”
President Gross added, “We are delighted that Professor Myrka has joined the Southern Vermont College community, and we wel-come sharing her expertise with ACPHS. She has and will con-tinue to enrich our community through her teaching and aca-demic administration.”
The mission of The John Merck Division of Science and Technology is to assist all stu-
dents at Southern Vermont College to develop the environ-mental awareness, analytical abilities and technical skills they will need to become responsible citizens of a global community. The division offers an associate’s degree in radiologic technology and minors in information tech-nology and environmental stud-ies. The division also provides science, environmental, mathe-
matics and information technol-ogy courses taken by students to meet general core requirements and electives.
Founded in 1926, Southern Vermont College offers a career enhancing, liberal arts education with 20 academic degree pro-grams for approximately 500 stu-dents. The college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Discover the traditions of a 19th century Vermont Christmas with a visit to the Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, Vermont, celebrat-ing its 25th anniversary year. The final activities of Christmas at the Billings Farm will be featured December 26 through January 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tours of the authentically decorated farmhouse, visits to the dairy farm for interactive programs, holiday activities, plus the Academy Award® nominee film, A Place in the Land will be offered.
Horse-drawn sleigh or wagon rides will be offered December 26 through January 4. Will Danforth will perform traditional holiday music in the 1890 Farm House parlor this Saturday, Dec. 27 and Monday, Dec. 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Like most New England states, Vermont did not widely celebrate Christmas until late in the 19th century. It was not until 1890, when the farmhouse at the Billings Farm was completed, that Christmas became recognized as a holiday in all states. At that time, celebrations were much simpler than they would become in the 20th century. Families enjoyed the holiday, but still had cows to milk, ice to cut and wood to saw. A few gifts, a special meal and the gathering of friends were note-worthy in an otherwise typical day.
Decorations of the period included fresh greens draped over mantels, windows and doorways throughout the house. Small trees, packed in a jar or butter tub that stood on a tabletop were common. Many of the ornaments reflected an agricultural tradition, including strands of cran-berries, popcorn or dried apples that circled the tree. Apples studded with cloves, “exotic” oranges, silvered (foil-covered) chestnuts, painted pinecones and acorns complemented the handmade paper ornaments, which rounded out many a tree’s decorations.
In Woodstock, turn-of-the-century businesses advertised their wares for gifts. Nearly all gifts were useful items: fabric, clothing, umbrellas, linens, crockery and carpet sweeps. Handcrafted items including fancy mittens, satin bows and stockings filled with candies, nuts and raisins were the most common type of gift given at Christmas.
LTS Students
Donate to Community Share
In less than 30 minutes, Long Trail School’s (LTS’s) eighth grade class auctioned 31 donated des-serts on Thursday, Dec. 11 to raise funds for Dorset, Vermont’s Community Share Project. Cookies, cakes and pies were provided by Long Trail faculty and eighth graders. Barb West’s famous homemade cheesecake took the prize for the highest bid. The students sent a hand-made card with their $388 dona-tion. LTS is proud to support its students’ efforts to participate meaningfully in the community.
Bennington, Vermont paint-er and multimedia artist Viola Moriarty has teamed up with To Life! (www.tolife.org) in Delmar, New York, to create and distrib-ute decks of playing cards that aim to initiate awareness and openness about breast cancer. All funds from sales of the Breast Cancer Playing Cards, available exclusively from “To Life!” at $10 per deck, will go to breast cancer awareness and education — with the potential for $10,000 from this first print run to ben-efit breast cancer initiatives. The cards, which can be purchased from To Life! Executive Director Laurie Abbott by calling 518-439-5975, extension 22, make great holiday gifts and stocking stuffers for anyone whose life is, or has been, affected by breast cancer and also make ideal dona-tions to doctor’s waiting rooms.
One thousand decks of stan-dard, 54-card playing cards, (52 cards plus two jokers), have been printed in the initial print run. All cards feature original, mul-timedia collage artwork created during Moriarty’s own treat-ment of breast cancer, as she underwent chemotherapy and radiation. She hopes the 54 inti-mate portraits of breast cancer will inspire other breast cancer patients and their friends, fami-lies and health care practitioners to contemplate, express and talk about breast cancer.
Moriarty, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2007, said, “From mammography through radiation I worked on this deck of 54 collage playing cards, thinking that if decks were placed in cancer treatment wait-ing rooms, patients could have something to play with or just look at while they waited. Cancer and its treatment are dark, yet also funny in some ways, and that’s what these images are — a conversation about the shadows
and light of cancer. The cards hold images and feelings we can relate to but often can’t articulate. And, when patients tire of think-ing and reflecting, they can put the cards to work and play bridge or ‘Go Fish.’”
Moriarty initially thought only cancer patients would relate to the cards, but she began show-
ing them to her own radiation oncologist, radiation therapists and other caregivers, “and they all loved them,” she said. “One radiation therapist even cried as she looked through them. So, I really discovered that not only the patients looked at them and related, but it helped inform the medical caretakers and include them in that wordless conversa-tion. An image is so powerful.”
The Breast Cancer Playing Cards were brought to fruition by Effective Playing Cards & Publications of Plant City, Florida (www.effectiveplayingcards.com, 888-80CARDS), which has previ-ously created playing card decks featuring unsolved homicide and miss-ing persons cases. The Cold Case Playing Cards initiative is a joint effort between the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Department of Corrections, Attorney General’s Office and the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers that aims to help crack Florida’s unsolved cold cases by distributing playing cards to inmates in the state’s prisons. As reported by CBS and Fox News, the Cold Case Playing Cards have already helped initiate discussions and provide leads when distributed among inmate communities in prisons — several “cold cases” in Florida have been solved thanks to the decks.
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Portrait of Viola Moriarty by Michael Kornelsen Photography, Denver, Colorado
Moriarty’s Breast Cancer Playing Cards are available for $10 each through “To Life!,” a nonprofit organization providing free-of-charge breast cancer education and support services in a 10-county region, including and surrounding Albany County in New York. Since 1998, “To Life!” has extended outreach to women and families facing breast cancer and to any person who is concerned about the disease. For more information about the organization, its mission, services and programs, events, or to support its efforts, visit www.tolife.org, e-mail [email protected] or call 518-439-5975.
“The process of creating the cards, a comic book and the multimedia pieces was a fulfilling one that gave me a sense of who I am and where I had journeyed,” says Moriarty. “Drugs and treatment often left me in a fog. By recording these images, I hope to leave a footprint for others that might help them find their own way through, or at least elicit a helpful response. Each person’s story will vary but there is a strong thread that binds us, too. Part of the story was how scared I was of all the medical things, of even going to regular appointments. If I’d been better at that and not so scared I’d maybe have been diagnosed sooner.”
She adds, “My art therapist at Southwestern Vermont Regional
Cancer Center, Beth Newman, encouraged me to started using collage as my personal expres-sion. The collages led to the idea of the cards. When people saw them they naturally wanted to play with them. Then my friends Barbara and Paul Dworkin took the initial deck to the next step by donating the printing of the cards. They found the extremely talented and kind staff at Effective Playing Cards who were excited to be part of the project. The gen-erosity of the Dworkins and of everyone who has touched this project makes me feel like those nights of ripping paper in the middle of the night, immersed in a kind of hazy fog, was not wasted — and in fact, something useful and beautiful was happen-ing.”
The release of the Breast Cancer Playing Cards follows on the heels of Moriarty’s three-month exhibition at Bennington’s South Street Café, “Ex Voto Suscepto.” The exhibit, which was on view from June through October, was a body of work and work-in-progress created while Moriarty was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Moriarty is also creating an upcoming exhibit for Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, which will feature the original artworks from which the playing cards were created. The exhibit will later travel to other cancer centers.
Moriarty says these exhibits and her most recent work is “very much in progress, being made constantly in order to process my nearly two years life of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.” All of it is her offering of an example the power of art and art-making to heal, to accompany a person through suffering as well as joy and the capacity art-mak-ing gives her to hold and process her experience, as well as share it.
Those who have seen the dif-ference high-definition television makes in a living room can imag-ine what a difference it makes in diagnosis. Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) now has a new state-of-the art tool: high-definition endoscopes that help doctors diagnose disease in the gastrointestinal tract and lungs.
Endoscopy is used to diag-nose and treat diseases, includ-ing colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death among Vermont men and women. It can be pre-vented with colonoscopy.
SVMC equipped its three endoscopy suites with the scopes, which give doctors sharper imag-es and better contrast than con-ventional equipment. This may help doctors better detect a lesion or polyp when they are imag-ing the digestive tract. As a result,
patients may receive more accu-rate diagnoses.
Dr. Emil P. Miskovsky, a gastro-enterologist, is an SVMC doctor who uses the new scopes for colo-noscopies and upper endoscopy procedures. A colonoscopy is a visual examination of the inside of the colon and rectum. Upper endoscopies image the esopha-gus, stomach, and upper part of the small intestine.
“With this new technology, we believe we will detect and eliminate even earlier than in the past the abnormal tissue that can become cancer,” Miskovsky said. “High-definition visuals help us better see early changes that are closely connected with cancers that develop in the colon, stom-ach, and esophagus.”
SMVC also purchased a bronchoscope that can be used with the high-definition system.
SVMC’s pulmonary medicine specialist, Dr. Michael Algus, uses the scope to examine the lungs.
The SVMC scopes are from Olympus. The company says the equipment was the world’s first to deliver both high definition and a technology called “narrow band imaging” to gastrointestinal exams. The HD signal from a video processor gives more than twice the number of scan lines than conventional systems.
“Narrow band imaging” is a new image processing technique. It takes advantage of the scat-tering and absorption properties of human tissue. This results in remarkably clear views of ana-tomical structures in the gastro-intestinal tract and fine capillar-ies, normally hard to distinguish.
When it comes to screening colonoscopies, SVMC physi-cians outperform their peers.
SVMC compared its doctors’ results with those from a study-by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Dr. Ronald S. Mensh, an SVMC gastroenterologist, said he was not surprised.
Mensh said, “Our patients benefit from three sets of eyes scouting for abnormalities. The nurses and technicians who are on our procedure teams play a significant role. They deserve their share of credit in this detec-tive work.”
Physicians at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center recom-mend that men and women 50 or older who do not have a risk of colon cancer get a colonos-copy every 10 years. People with risk factors should talk to their doctors about getting the proce-dure at a younger age or being screened more often.
SVMC Introduces HDTV Technology for Tests that Find Cancer, Other Disease
8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m., Bennington Fire House (enter at back), Bennington, Vermont. Join a group of dedicated senior walk-ers for a 45-minute routine. For information, call 802-442-6886. No pre-registration. Free.
Bone Builders: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Equinox Village, Manchester, Vermont; 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Wilmington Senior Center, Wilmington, Vermont; 11 a.m. to noon, Manchester Masonic Temple, Manchester; 11 a.m. to noon, Bailey Hall, Arlington, Vermont; 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Woodford Town Hall, Woodford. Program devel-oped to help prevent and reverse osteoporosis. For information, call RSVP at 802-447-1545. Free.
Tuesday Programs: Bone Builders: 10 a.m. to 11
a.m., Manchester Town Hall, Manchester; 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Bennington; 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Bennington Senior Ctr., Bennington; and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Pownal Firehouse,
Pownal, Vermont. For informa-tion, call 802- 447-1545. Free.
Hypnobirthing: 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., SVMC, Bennington. Call for next start date. Series of four classes on Tuesdays. Fee. Call 802-447-5277 to pre-register.
Diabetes Self-Management: Pat Carpenter, RN, CDE and Paula Haytko, RN, CDE. Newly diagnosed with diabetes? Want to learn how to better man-age diabetes? Help is available. Individual sessions by appoint-ment. Registered nurses and dietitians lead group sessions two Tuesdays per month, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 pm. Insurance car-riers, Medicare and Medicaid cover sessions. Information: call 802-447-5315.
SVHC and Vermont Quit Network Present Ready, Set...STOP!: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., SVMC, third floor, room 345E. Gwen Hannan, RNC, BSN leads this smoking cessation group. One-on-one counseling also available. Fee: $10. To register, call SVHC Tobacco Cessation, 802-447-5508 or on-line at www.svhealthcare.org.
Wednesday Programs: Walking Indoors for Seniors:
8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m., Bennington Fire House (enter at back), Bennington, Vermont. For infor-mation, call 802-442-6886. No pre-registration. Free.
Bone Builders: 11 a.m. to noon, Manchester Masonic Temple; 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Equinox Village; 11 a.m. to noon, Bailey Hall, Arlington; 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Woodford Town Hall; and 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Wilmington Senior Center (new). Program developed to help prevent and reverse osteo-porosis. For information call 802-447-1545. Free.
1-Mile Precision Walkers: 10 a.m. Dana L. Thompson Memorial Park, Manchester. All ages welcome. The precision walk is based on estimated time,
not speed, making it an enjoyable way to stay healthy or to get in shape gradually. For information, call 802-362-1439.
Thursday Programs: Bone Builders: 10:30 a.m. to
11:30 a.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church; 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Bennington Senior Ctr.; 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Manchester Town Hall; 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Pownal Firehouse. For information, call 802- 447-1545. Free.
Friday Programs: Walking Indoors for Seniors:
Bennington Fire House, 8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m. Enter at back. For more information call 802-442-6886. No pre-registration. Free.
Bone Builders: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Manchester Town Hall. For more information, call RSVP at 802-447-1545. Free.
Casting for Recovery (CFR) in Manchester, Vermont, a national, non-profit support and educational program for women who have or have had breast cancer, announces that the retreat schedule for 2009 is now available at www.castingforrecovery.org.
To meet the continued high demand from women who need its services, in 2009 Casting for Recovery is expanding to offer 43 retreats in 28 states — an increase of 17% in the number of programs delivered from last year. The program is offered at no cost to the women who participate: costs are underwritten by generous contributions. Online donations to help fund the program in 2009 can be made through the organization’s web site, www.castingforrecovery.org.
Casting for Recovery’s 2.5-day retreats incorporate counseling, edu-cational services and fly fishing to promote physical and mental healing. Casting for Recovery provides an opportunity for women whose lives have been profoundly affected by breast cancer to gather in a beautiful, natural setting and learn that “to fish is to hope.”
The program’s impact on women’s lives is wide ranging: the casting motion provides a gentle exercise for joint and soft tissue stretch-
ing; catch-and-release fly-fish-ing provides stress relief and a chance to learn new skills; and the social interactions offer women a chance to share, laugh, vent and rejuvenate.
Volunteers trained specifi-cally for the program staff each retreat. Close to 1,000 volunteers nationally deliver programs in their communities. Comfortable accommodations, healthy meals and all the necessary fishing gear are provided.
Since 1996, Casting for Recovery has served almost 3,500 breast cancer survivors in retreats that provide emotional and medical support and teach new skills of catch-and-release fly fishing.
Boomer is a 4-year-old male beagle who is active, affectionate and friendly. Like a typical beagle, Boomer follows his nose, and a fenced yard is strongly recom-mended for him. Boomer came to Second Chance because his pre-vious owner has back problems which made it very difficult and painful to walk him. A home with-out children is recommended. Cats are fine and other dogs are fine upon introduction. For a compan-ion that will cuddle under the cov-ers, come and meet Boomer
Joezi is a 5-year-old female. She is mostly white with tabby markings. Joezi is a large cat who is very affec-tionate and loves attention. She is at Second Chance because her owner could no longer afford to care for her. Joezi will need to be the only cat in her new home. She has been at the shelter for more than a year and is hoping that a new family will come for her soon.
For more information, visit Second Chance Animal Center on Route 7A in Shaftsbury, Vermont or call 802-375-2898.
The homeless animals at the Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) in Pittsford, Vermont would love to be added to holiday lists this year. RCHS is always in need of supplies for the animals and is grateful for the community’s continued support.
The animals at RCHS are currently in need of the following items: canned cat, kitten and dog food; large comforters and blankets; soft chewy dog treats; small paper plates; heavy duty garbage bags (30 gal-lon); paper towels; and pig ears.
For more information, call 802-483-6700.
Pets of the Week at RCHS
Shadow is a 1.5-year-old spayed female Labrador retriever/pit bull mix. She is very sweet and social. She loves to play and would love a family that is very active and will pro-vide the training that she needs. She wants to stay busy all of the time and is not much of a “couch potato” dog.
Bubba is a 1.5-year-old neutered male domestic short hair orange tiger. He’s a friendly, playful fellow who loves to cuddle. He loves being held and petted and using a scratching post. His favorite toys are feather toys and those balls with the bells inside. He’s toler-ant of kids and has been called ram-bunctious.
For more information, visit the Rutland County Humane Society at 765 Stevens Rd. in Pittsford, Vermont or call 802-483-6700.
2009 has been proclaimed the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations, and the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont is celebrating with a new exhibition, Planetary Landscapes: Sculpting the Solar System, and an exciting lineup of events, workshops and activities.
Planetary Landscapes: Sculpting the Solar System debuts at the Montshire on Saturday, Jan. 17. In this exhibition, inter-nationally renowned artist Ned Kahn offers a series of visual and tactile sculptures that allow us to explore the dynamic forces that shape our Solar System. Visitors can manipulate simple forces like air and gravity to generate complex and beautiful patterns analogous to those found on Earth and other planets. Vast nat-ural processes are brought within
reach, sending imaginations on a journey through the cosmos.
Planetary Landscapes was developed by the Chabot Space & Science Center with sup-port from the National Science Foundation. The exhibition will be at the museum through Sunday, March 15 thanks to the local support of Hypertherm, Inc.
In addition to Planetary Landscapes, the Montshire has planned events, workshops and activities to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. The schedule will be updated throughout the year, but so far includes:
• Introduction to the Night Sky (Tuesdays, January 13-February 10): Explore the mysteries of the night sky with Montshire educa-tor Greg DeFrancis. Learn the
major constellations, gain insight into the origin of our solar sys-tem and discuss some of the most recent developments in astronomy. Members $105, non-members $115. Pre-registration required. 7 p.m.-9:15 p.m.
• Galileo Galilei Teacher Workshop (January 22): Review Galileo’s work, learn about the history of astronomy and gain hands-on activities appropri-ate for fourth to eighth grade classrooms. Supported in part by the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College. $75, lunch included. Pre-registra-
tion required. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. • Astronomy Day (January
31). Celebrate the long winter nights with a full day of celestial activities. Here’s your chance to talk to an astronomer, investi-gate daytime shadows, learn to identify winter constellations, see sunspots, hear ancient stories of the stars, and more! Free with Museum admission.
• ViewSpace (year-round): Learn about the latest astronom-ical discoveries through this per-manent multimedia exhibit pro-jected in the Montshire’s theater.
International Year of Astronomy at Montshire Museum of Science
Area residents may not con-sider their collections of thim-bles, teacups, old tools or bells to be the material for an exhibit at the Bennington Museum. in Bennington, Vermont. However, from February 1 through March 29, 2009 they can be just that, along with many other items Bennington-area residents col-lect. The items will make up Bennington Collects III, a com-munity-based exhibition that will feature an eclectic mix that might make people think about what it is they have been col-lecting.
Jamie Franklin, curator of col-lections, will begin reviewing submissions in early January. To acquire a registration form, con-tacting the museum at 802-447-
1571. Submissions can be sent in anytime from now through the end of the year. However, collectors are encouraged to submit their application early as this popular exhibition fills up quickly.
The exhibition gives a more in-depth look at collectors and why they collect, when they started to collect, what feelings their collections bring to them and more. Many people collect, and just how each collection got started and why it continued will be a part of each collector’s state-ment.
Visitors will be able to view this exhibition with regular admission to the museum, locat-ed at 75 Main St. (Route 9) in Bennington.
Surrounded by beautiful, evocative music, be captivated by recent and ever-changing images of the universe, fascinated by the technology of spacecraft, drawn into the science behind space missions,and enlight-ened on what you see in the night sky. Free with Museum admission.
• Planet Walk (year-round): Take a walking “tour” of the Solar System. The Montshire’s Planet Walk begins at a model of the Sun. Encounter scale models of each of the planets, located at the proper relative dis-tance from the Sun. Make sure to bring walking shoes (or boots); dwarf planet Pluto is 1.6 miles away! Free with Museum admission.
• Open Lab: Looking at Galileo’s Sky (April 6, 13, 27): For children in grades four through six. Members $75, non-members $85. Pre-registra-tion required. 3:15 p.m.-5 p.m.
The Montshire Museum of Science is located at One Montshire Rd. in Norwich, Vermont. For information, call 802-649-2200.
Channel 15/Community Programming* All Times a.m./p.m. 1:00 F-M Roman Catholic Mass -Weekly from Burlington 2:30 T-TH Words of Peace-Weekly 3:00 T-TH Jerry Tyler Country Music-Weekly, from N. Adams, Ma. 3:00 F-M Specials 4:00 T-TH Girls Night Out!-Monthly, Toney Lee 5:00 All Pets of the Week-Weekly from SCAC 5:30 All Local Green by Annie Schlesinger 6:00 All Kaleidoscope-Bi-Weekly 6:30 All On Trend/To Your Health-Monthly, Kathryn Vaughan 7:00 All Bob Stannard’s Q & A-Monthly 8:00 All Girls’ Night Out-Monthly, Toney Lee 9:00 T-TH TBA/Special programming 9:00 F-M The Bible & You-Weekly, Lawrence Zupan 10:00 All Celebrate Ourselves!-Bi-weekly, Salley Gibney 10:30 All Instant Coffee House-Monthly, from Burlington 11:00 All Vermont Forests-Weekly, Claude Dern, Bruin de Bear 12:00 All Kaleidoscope-Bi-Weekly
Channel 16/Educational & Arts Programming* All Times a.m./p.m. 1:00 All First Baptist Church Service-Weekly 3:00 All Vermont School Board-Monthly 6:00 All Manchester School Board Meeting-Monthly, MEMS 8:00 All The Collaborative presents “Prevention Works!”
Channel 17/Government Programming* All Times a.m./p.m. 5:00 F-M Senator Bernie Sanders 6:00 , 12 F-M Gov. Douglas Press Conference 7:00, 12 T-TH Manchester Select Board-2X month 7:00 F-M Legislative Update-from CAT-TV 8:00, 2 F-M In Your Statehouse with Gaye Symington 9:00 F-M Point/Counterpoint10:00, 3 T-TH Dorset Select Board
Community Bulletin Board shown 24/7 between programmingContact GNAT-TV at 802-362-7070; [email protected]
or visit the website at www.gnat-tv.org
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FINE ARTS & CRAFTS
Lucy Fremont’s brilliant color photographs of artists’ pets posed with their owners’ art — dogs and cats and at least one turtle — are among the many pieces of fine art hanging in the Southern Vermont Arts Center’s (SVAC’s) December Exhibitions, presently in SVAC’s Yester House Gallery in Manchester, Vermont.
The December Exhibition will be up through noon, January 4. Gallery admission is $5 for non-members, $3 for students and members and children under 13 enter free.
For more information, call 802-362-1405. The arts center is located just off West Road in Manchester.
Lucy Fremont, Minnie with Painting by Ross Bleckner (detail), C-print photo, 20 x 16 in.
Ian Creitz Photography Exhibit
An exhibit of digital photographs by Ian Creitz is on display at the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship of Bennington, Vermont through January. While a few images are full color, most are black and white, emphasizing value shifts and a careful balance between negative and positive space.
Living in Cambridge, New York, Creitz is 25 and distributes maga-zines to help put food on the table. But his passion is taking digital shots of an array of images and nudging them further with Photoshop and other software. At least one of several cameras is with him at all times.
The UU Fellowship of Bennington is located at 108 School St. in Bennington. It is open to the public during Sunday services at 10 a.m.
Vibrant and racy Parisian nightlife of the late 19th century will be on view at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts this winter. Toulouse-Lautrec and Paris, an exhibition of over 80 remarkable oil paintings, posters, photographs, drawings and lithographs, marks the first time in over 15 years that the Clark will show nearly its entire extraordinary collection of works by the great French painter and printmaker Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Toulouse-Lautrec and Paris will be on view February 1 through April 26, 2009.
Toulouse-Lautrec and Paris will revel in Montmartre’s raucous streets, cabarets, theaters and circuses-venues frequented by modern artists seeking inspiration from the world of entertainment at the turn of the century. The exhibition will showcase Toulouse-Lautrec’s magnificent capacity for both quiet intimacy and theatrical flair in a variety of media.
“I’m thrilled to share the Clark’s extensive holding of works by Toulouse-Lautrec with the public,” said associate curator of European art Sarah Lees. “This colorful and dynamic exhibition showcasing the spectacle of Paris will fill the Clark’s galleries with energy this winter.”
Representing one of the most technically innovative artists in the Clark collection, Toulouse-Lautrec was also one of Sterling and Francine Clark’s favorite artists. Featured works will include an 1891-2 oil portrait of the famous Moulin Rouge dancer Jane Avril, a favored subject of the artist who appears in several of his works, including the visually striking Jane Avril (1899), one of Toulouse-Lautrec’s last poster designs. Among the approximately 50 lithographs will be a complete edition of Elles, Toulouse-Lautrec’s series of 12 lithographs depicting the private lives of prostitutes, including Elles: Clown (Seated Clowness, Miss Cha-u-Kao) (1896). Also on display will be related works by Toulouse-Lautrec’s contemporaries Edgar Degas, Pierre Bonnard, Jean-Louis Forain and Théophile Alexandre Steinlen.
Toulouse-Lautrec and Paris is organized by the Clark and curated by Lees and curatorial assistant Sarah Hammond. The exhibition will open on Sunday, Feb. 1, with the lecture “Wicked Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec Invents the Fin de Siècle” by S. Hollis Clayson, professor of art his-tory at Northwestern University. Mary Weaver Chapin, assistant cura-tor of prints and drawings at the Milwaukee Art Museum, will discuss Toulouse-Lautrec’s lifelong engagement with the nightlife of Paris on
February 22.On January 31 the Pleasures of
Paris Winter Gala celebrates Paris, one of Europe’s most enchant-ing cities. Offering a feast for the senses, this fun-filled evening with a European flair promises fantastic food and wine, cabaret music and a preview of Toulouse-Lautrec and Paris. Tickets are $55 ($45 per member). RSVP by January 21 to 413-458-0524 or online at clarkart.edu.
The Clark is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown.
‘I Love Woodford’ Snowshoe RaceIn Woodford, Vermont, snow comes earlier and stays later than
almost anywhere else in the state. The Batten Kill Runners Club has staged snowshoe races in Woodford when there was bare ground in nearby towns like Wilmington and Bennington, Vermont. The annual “I Love Woodford” snowshoe race will be this Sunday, Dec. 28. The race takes place at 10:30 a.m. on the three-mile nature trail that goes around Adams Reservoir in Woodford State Park on Route 9 in Woodford, 10 miles east of Bennington.
“Woodford” is the first of an 18-race snowshoe series this winter, sponsored by Dion Snowshoes of Readsboro, Vermont. Entry forms, the race series calendar and sign-up for free loaner racing snowshoes to fit running shoes are all at Dionsnowshoes.com.
The race has been dubbed “the run for the dough” because The Vermont Bread Company gives each of the first 100 runners a loaf of bread as he/she crosses the finish line. Smart runners don’t stop there. Black bean soup, coffee, Mrs. Murphy’s Donuts and fresh bagels from The Manchester Vermont Bagel Works are waiting back in the parking lot, as are friendly WMAC snowshoe runners who will talk about the upcoming winter snowshoe series.
For more information, contact race director Jack Quinn at 802-375-9655 or [email protected].
Giorgetti Arena Vacation ActivitiesThe Rutland Recreation Department in Rutland, Vermont will offer
a wide variety of activities for the entire family over the holiday vaca-tions:
• Stick & Puck: Wednesday, Dec. 24. 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.; Friday, Dec. 26, 10:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 27, 10:30 a.m. to noon; Monday, Dec. 29, 10:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Tuesday, Dec. 30, 10:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 31, 10:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Thursday, Jan. 1, 1:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 2, 12:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.;
• Public Skating: Wednesday, Dec. 24, 12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 26, 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 27, 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Monday, Dec. 29, 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, Jan. 1, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 2, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
For more information, visit www.rutlandrec.com or call 802-773-1822.
Bennington Area Habitat for Humanity (BAHFH) in Bennington County, Vermont is currently accepting applications from families who live in unsafe, overcrowded or inadequate housing and whose financial situations have made it impos-sible to gain funding from tra-ditional sources. Aware of the great need for affordable housing in Vermont, the affiliate is look-ing for families that are ready to assume the responsibilities of home ownership in partnership with Habitat.
This new home will be built in North Bennington, Vermont. Ideally, construction for this project will begin in the spring of 2009. Habitat homes are designed to meet the needs of
the selected family, including handicapped accessibility. They might have two, three or four bedrooms, depending on fam-ily size. Upon completion of the home, the selected family assumes an interest-free mort-gage of approximately $100,000-$120,000 with payments spread over 20 to 30 years.
To qualify, applicants must: show very specific needs for decent, affordable housing; have a family income of no more than 60% of the county’s median income and no less than 30% (which varies according to size of family); be able to meet the financial requirements of Habitat home ownership; and have a willingness to work in partner-ship with Habitat in a variety of
ways. Applicants also must have resided or worked in Bennington County for at least one full year. Only one family will be selected.
Completed applications must be received before February 7, 2009. To learn more about the application process or to request an application, call 802-325-6530 or send email to [email protected]. In either case, include mailing address.
Bennington Area Habitat is also always looking for qualified applicants who live on land they own or own undeveloped land on which Habitat could build. Those fitting either description are asked to contact Habitat.
BAHFH is a nonprofit orga-nization. It makes decisions locally, raises funds locally and helps local families. BAHFH has already collaborated with nine families, building homes in Pownal, East Arlington, Bennington, Shaftsbury, Winhall, Rupert and West Rupert, Vermont and Jackson, New York. Many unskilled volunteers help with the construction of Habitat homes. In addition, local busi-nesses, churches, civic groups and individuals are very gener-ous with donations of money, materials and skilled laborers.
For photos or more informa-tion, visit www.benningtonar-eahabitat.com.
Application Period Open for Next Habitat Home in Bennington Area
Bennington Rotarians Ted Bird and Millie Pierce ring outside of the JC Penney store in Bennington Plaza in Bennington, Vermont for the Share the Heat Program. Moneys collected all go to the BROC Emergency Food/Fuel Fund, and Central Vermont Public Service Corp. matches every dollar collected. All money collected in Bennington and the CVPS matching funds stay in Bennington to help people heat their homes. The Bennington Rotary Club has been doing this every weekend from Thanksgiving to Christmas for over 15 years. This year, Rotarians will ring through Wednesday, Dec. 24.
Bennington Rotarians Ring for Share the Heat
Susan Biggs of Dorset, Vermont has joined the full-time staff at Southern Vermont College (SVC) as director of communications.
Biggs has worked in the communica-tions field for over 25 years in the education, non-profit and business sectors. Most recently, she served as director of corporate communications at Applejack Art Partners. She has also worked as director of programming for Hildene, the Lincoln Family Home, as communications associate at the Vermont Community Foundation and as director of public relations for the Maple Street School in Manchester, Vermont. Prior to relocating to Vermont, Biggs was writer/pro-ducer for Sports Illustrated mag-azine in New York City.
“SVC is a dynam-ic school offering strong educational programs in careers that are thriving in today’s job market,” Biggs said. “And it’s on the prettiest tract of land I’ve seen in Southern Vermont.
There are great things happen-ing here, and I’m excited to be part of the energy in getting the word out.”
SVC President Karen Gross said, “Susan brings energy, expe-rience and creativity to her role at SVC, and we are delighted she is joining us. I welcome Susan’s insights and wisdom as we con-tinue our efforts to highlight the many strengths of SVC, its stu-dents and its faculty.”
Biggs received a B.A. in com-munications from New England College of Henniker, New Hampshire.
Bennington Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bennington, Vermont has announced that Heather Stevens will join its staff as its new pre-school teacher. Stevens provides a wonderful learning environment for the children by instructing them in a basic educational pro-gram. She also focuses on the children’s daily needs, encourages their creativity and their interac-
tions with others while providing a safe and caring environment in which the children can learn and grow.
Stevens has operated a child-care program from her home for several years and is in the process of obtaining her certification for Child Development Association . She and her husband, Dan, reside in Eagle Bridge, New York with their five children, ages 6 to 15.
Bennington Health and Rehabilitation Center is a mem-ber of Revera Health Systems which owns and operates 30 skilled nursing centers located throughout the United States. These centers provide long and short-term rehabilitation ser-vices and offer both inpatient and outpatient physical therapy, including respiratory in specialty locations.
Christmas Week at First
CongregationalFirst Congregational
Church-UCC of Williamstown, Massachusetts has announced that its Candlelight Christmas Eve Service will be held at 5 p.m. on December 24. There will be no services on Christmas Day. This Sunday, Dec. 28, a Hymn Service will be led by the Deacons at 10:30 a.m.
Stevens Joins Bennington Health & Rehab
Lincoln Writing Competition Winners In the fall of 2008, based on the successes of the 2006 and 2007
Lincoln Writing Competitions for eighth graders in Bennington County Vermont’s public, private and homeschools, Hildene went state-wide with an invitation to this same grade level. The expansion is sig-nificant and comes at a historic time, during the national Bicentennial Celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.
Essays were submitted from students across the Green Mountain State and then scored by a panel of judges. The Lincoln Family Home congratulates the winners of the 2008 Hildene Lincoln Writing Competition; First Place, Lillian Dear from Long Trail School, Dorset, Vermont; Second Place, Julia Gilbert, Main Street Middle School, Montpelier, Vermont; Third Place, Danielle Liguori, Essex Middle School, Essex Junction, Vermont; Honorable Mentions, Eliza Farley, Arlington Memorial High School, Arlington, Vermont and Jordan LaMothe, Long Trail School, Dorset.
The challenge for participating students was to write an essay explor-ing the meaning of a key sentence from President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, arguably his greatest. He wrote, “If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives both the North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to Him?”
There is a strong belief at The Lincoln Family Home that the writ-ing competition fits squarely within Hildene’s mission to: “advance the Lincoln legacy through education, commitment to community and active stewardship of the family’s home and land.”
To show appreciation for the efforts of the essayists and in recogni-tion of their accomplishment, each winner and their parent(s) will be Hildene’s guests at the annual Lincoln’s Birthday Luncheon at the Equinox Hotel in Manchester. The event will be held on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at noon. The first, second and third place winners will read their essays. The keynote address will be delivered by Ronald C. White, Jr., a noted Lincoln scholar and author of several books, includ-ing Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural. All five winners will also receive their awards; $1,000, First Prize; $750, Second Prize; $500, Third Prize; and $200 each, Honorable Mention.
Reservations are required for the luncheon at a cost of $30 per person. For more information, or to reserve a seat, call Carrie Howe at 802-367-7960 or email [email protected].
at Southern Vermont CollegeRegistration is underway
at Southern Vermont College (SVC) in Bennington, Vermont for the spring semester which begins Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. The college’s advising and regis-tration staff are available to assist individuals with selecting cours-es, degree program requirements, transfer issues and applying for financial aid.
With courses offered during the day and at night, the college is convenient for working stu-dents, retirees and seasonal resi-dents who wish to take classes for leisure, career enhancement and lifelong learning.
Beyond 101 spring offerings (including multiple sections of certain offerings) at Southern Vermont College, one can choose from learning opportu-nities, including the following: Art History II; Entrepreneurship Laboratory; Systems, Paradigm and Changes in Organizational Conception; Criminology; Journalism I; Introduction to Health Care; Introduction to Investment; Socially Responsible Business; Leadership and the Role of Gender; SVC Concert Band; and Microbiology.
A complete listing of spring courses is available at www.svc.edu. To register for a course, con-tact the Registrar’s Office at 802-447-6324.
For more information about SVC, contact the Admissions Office at 802-447-6304 or e-mail [email protected].
Founded in 1926, Southern Vermont College offers 20 aca-demic degree programs for approximately 500 students. The college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Manchester, Vermont Planning Director Lee Krohn recently announced that Manchester’s Update of the 1986 Survey of Historic Sites and Structures was runner-up for Outstanding Planning Project of the Year and won a Certificate of Merit from the Vermont Planners Association (VPA).
This project was photo-graphed and prepared by Krohn in 2007-2008 with the assis-tance of students and teachers in two Advanced Placement History classes at Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester, Vermont, and with funding from a planning grant provided by the Vermont Department of Housing & Community Affairs.
In presenting this award, VPA President Polly McMurtry cited the intriguing nature of the “then and now” approach to this proj-ect, providing a new visual foun-
dation for future historians; the clarity of the images and presen-tation; and the unique aspect of involving high school students in a community planning project.
“I was thrilled to have such enthusiastic participation from Burr and Burton’s faculty and students,” said Krohn. “Working together we helped bring his-tory to life, engaged students in
local planning issues and added value and real-life experience in both education and community. I hope we can collaborate again in the future!”
The full-color document is available for review in the Manchester Planning & Zoning Office and is also available at www.town.manchester.vt.us/forms .
Burr and Burton Students Part of Award-Winning Town Planning Project
Winter/Spring Lampshade Workshops
Come for a one-day workshop at Lake’s Lampshades in Pawlet Village, Vermont. Learn all the basics of making hard back fab-ric lampshades.
The first workshop is to learn and make a fabric paneled lamp-shade on February 16, 11a.m. to 5 p.m. February 19, there will be a Funky Drum Lampshade Workshop from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will also be workshops on March 15, April 12 and May 17 to learn hard back paneled shades.
Learning the basics only takes a one-day workshop. Class sizes are limited; reservations are required.
For more information, call 802-325-6308 or check the blog at www.lakeslampshades.com.
Glass artist Lucy Bergamini came to Flood Brook School in Londonderry, Vermont in early December to work with students in the seventh and eighth grade Fine Crafts Elective. Thanks to a generous grant from the Green Mountain Festival Series, Bergamini was able to provide beautiful blown glass beads and instruction on making beaded bracelets, earrings and jewel-like bookmarks.
Fine Arts at Flood Brook School
Happy Holidays!
Training for More Group Begins
Don’t be left out in the cold; join a group of like-minded women who are setting their sights high this winter. “Training for More” is a group of women training to walk or run the 13.1 mile More Magazine Half-Marathon in New York City’s (N.Y.C.’s) Central Park on April 26, 2009.
Lynn Grieger, local certified personal trainer, nutritionist, health coach and runner is lead-ing this group for the second year. She will provide a detailed train-ing plan to walk or run across the half-marathon finish line with confidence, and the training group will provide camaraderie, training partners, all the guid-ance and info needed to train and complete the half-marathon.
No prior experience is required to participate in this group. The cost is $65 per person, $25 to reg-ister for the half-marathon and funds to cover one overnight stay in N.Y.C.
Find out more at the kickoff meeting on January 7, 2009 at the Mark Skinner Library in Manchester, Vermont at 7 p.m. Training starts January 12. For information, call 802-362-2810.
Registration for the 2009 Vermont Master Gardener Course is available only once each year and fills quickly.
This University of Vermont (UVM) Extension course will cover the fundamentals of plant and soil science and apply them to home gardening practices. Training focuses on a variety of horticultural topics such as; vegetable and flower gardening, botany, sustainable landscape design, soils, plant diseases, ento-mology, invasive plants and more. University of Vermont faculty and experts from Vermont’s horticul-tural agencies teach these class-es. Certified Master Gardeners assist students at each classroom location. Participants purchase a comprehensive Vermont Master Gardener Sustainable Gardening Manual.
Students who wish to earn Vermont Certified Master Gardener status are required to fulfill an internship following course completion. Interns put their classroom knowledge to work by participating in estab-lished Master Gardener projects in their communities. Once certi-
fied, Vermont Master Gardeners are eligible for advanced gar-dening workshops and tours to stay up-to-date on horticultural research, learn and practice cur-rent gardening techniques and enjoy the opportunity to network with advanced gardeners, UVM faculty and other green industry professionals.
The course will be offered on Tuesday evenings, February 3 through April 21, in Bennington, Brattleboro, Johnson, Lyndon, Montpelier, Middlebury, Newport, Randolph Center, Rutland, Springfield, St. Albans, Waterbury and White River Junction, Vermont. Participants may make up a maximum of three missed classes .
To register, or for more infor-mation, visit www.uvm.edu/mastergardener, email [email protected] or call 802-656-9562
Eckankar Worship Service
ECKANKAR, the Religion of the Light and Sound of God, is a spiritual teaching that provides simple exercises for people of all faiths, traditions and walks of life to develop and deepen a conscious and practical rela-tionship with spirit. “What Is the Light and Sound of God?” is the topic for the worship ser-vice to be held Sunday, Jan. 4 at 10:30 a.m. at The Holiday Inn Express in White River Junction, Vermont. All are welcome. There is no charge for this event. For information about this event or about ECKANKAR of Vermont, call 1-800-772-9390.
AA • AL-ANON • NA • GAThursday: AA meeting, Breakfast with Your Higher Power, Northshire Baptist Church, Manchester. 7:30 a.m. AA meeting, Sherburne United Church, Killington, noon AA Big Book meeting, Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, noon AA meeting, St. Paul’s CC, Manchester, noon AA, Scars, Bars, Big Book meet-ing, Rutland Correctional Ctr, Rutland, 4 p.m. AA Women’s meeting, Zion Episcopal Ch, Manchester, 6:30 p.m. Gamblers Anonymous, 7 p.m. at Turning Point, 141 State St., Rutland,1-800-522-4700. Al-Anon meeting, Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro, 7 p.m. SMART Recovery: Brattleboro Savings & Loan Bldg., downstairs, 7 p.m. 254-5568. AA Step meeting, United Methodist Ch, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Church, Rte. 7A, 7:30 a.m. AA Room to Grow, Steel Square Bldg., Rutland, 7:30 p.m. NA Just for Today, 7:30 p.m., Al Ducci’s Cafe, Manchester AA meeting, Congregational Church Rupert, 8 p.m. AA, meeting, Jamaica Community Ch, 8 p.m.Friday: AA-Breakfast with Your Higher Power, Step Meeting, Northshire Baptist Church, 7:30 a.m. Al-Anon meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, 1 p.m. AA meeting, St. Peter’s School, Rutland, 7 p.m. AA meeting (step/disc) East Dorset, Wilson House, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting, St. Luke’s Fair Haven, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting, Pawlet Community Ch, 7:30 p.m. AA New Beginnings (Beginners 6:30), Steel Square Bldg., Rutland, 8 p.m. J.S. Open Discussion meeting, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m.Saturday: AA Straight from the Heart Group, Mecham St., Wallingford, 9:30 a.m. Al-Anon ACOA: 10:30-11:30 a.m., St. John the Baptist Church, North Bennington AA meeting (topic/disc) East Dorset, Wilson House, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
AA meeting, Beginners’ Group, Christ the King School, Rutland, 7 p.m. NA Back to Basics Group, Second Congregational Ch, Bennington, 7 p.m. AA meeting (speaker/disc) East Dorset, Wilson House 7:30 p.m. AA open discussion group, Sherburne United Church, Killington, 8:15 p.m. H.S. Meeting Book Second Congregational Church, Bennington, noon, Room 6. Teen Support Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m., Room 6Sunday: AA meeting, “As Bill Sees It,” Wilson House, East Dorset, 8 a.m. Al Anon meeting 8 a.m. Wilson House, East Dorset, Open discus-sion. Al-Anon meeting, Serenity House, Wallingford, 10 a.m. AA meeting, Weston Priory, Weston, 1:30 p.m. AA Big Book, Green Mountain Group, East Poultney Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. AA 11-Step Meeting, Sunday, 7 p.m., Telion Holon Retreat, River Rd., Manchester AA Shoulder to Shoulder, HoJo Inn, Rutland, 7 p.m. AA meeting, Federated Church, Castleton, 8 p.m. AA meeting, St. James Episcopal Ch, Arlington, 8 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, Federated Church, Castleton, 8 p.m.Monday: Al-Anon Turning Point Club, Bennington, 7 p.m. AA Sweet Serenity Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, noon. AA Beginners, Wilson House, East Dorset, 6:30 p.m. AA Beginners meeting, Dorset United Church, 6:30 p.m. AA meeting for Gay/Bi/Lesbian/ Transgendered Persons, 7 p.m., Turning Point Club, Bennington AA Start Living Group, St., Peter’s School, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting, St. Thomas Episcopal, Brandon, 7:30 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, First Congregational Ch, Newfane, 7:30 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, Baptist Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. AA discussion meeting, United Church, Dorset, 8 p.m. H.S. Meeting Book Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday: AA meeting, Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, noon. AA Women’s Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, 6:30 p.m. Rutland County AA Men’s meet-ing, Grace Congregational Ch, Rutland, 7 p.m. Al-Anon ACOA meeting, Bennington College, North Bennington, 7 p.m. AA Meeting, Serenity House, Wallingford, 7 p.m. AA Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, Big Book Tapes, mens meeting, 6:30 p.m. AA meeting, Chapel of the Snows, Stratton, 8 p.m. Al Anon meeting, 8 p.m. Wilson House, East Dorset, Open discus-sion AA meeting, St. James Episcopal Ch, Arlington, 8 p.m. SMART Recovery: Brattleboro Retreat Cafeteria, 7 p.m. 254-5568.Wednesday: Al-Anon, Burdett Commons, Arlington, noon. AA Big Book Group, Good Shepherd Lutheran Ch, Rutland, 5:30 p.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Church, Rte. 7A (previously Maple Street School) 7:30 a.m. ACOA, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Fellowship, Route 7A Al-Anon Courage to Change, South Londonderry Baptist Ch, 7 p.m. has moved to Main St. in Weston, VT to the meeting room across the parking lot of the Old Parish Church AA Step meeting, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Brandon, 7 p.m. AA meeting, Holy Trinity, Danby, 7:30 p.m. H.S. STEP meeting Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. Bennington Women’s Meeting of AA: 6:30-7:30 p.m., Turning Point Club, 465 Main St., Bennington, VT DA - Debtor’s Anonymous, Wed. 8-9 p.m., Turning Point Club of Bennington, 465 Main St., Bennington, VT, 442-9700
GED • EDUCATIONThursday: GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. GED Class, Mack Molding, Arlington, 6 p.m.Tuesday: GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 9 a.m., 5:30 & 6 p.m. ESL Class, Tutorial Center,
Manchester, 4:30 p.m. GED Class, Mack Molding, Arlington, 6 p.m.Wednesday: Dept. of Employment & Training, Veterans Memorial Drive, Bennington (first Wednesday), 10 a.m. GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 3 p.m. A Mustard Seed Group St. Peter’s School, Rutland, 8 p.m.
MIND & BODY WELLNESSThursday: Medicare Assistance, Zion Parrish, Manchester, 10 a.m. Disabled American Veterans Meeting, American Legion Hall, Chester, first Thursday) 7:30 p.m. Friday: Wellness Clinic Smith Haven, South Londonderry, third Friday, 10 a.m. Blood Pressure Clinic, Robert Milbauer Realty, Newfane, third Friday, 10 a.m.Saturday: CoDA, 12-step fellowship to maintain healthy relationships, 9:30 a.m. Wilson House, E. Dorset, 362-5524Monday: Support group for family mem-bers of those suffering from mental illness, first Monday at 7 p.m., South Londonderry Library, Clare at 824-3909 Parents in Crisis, SVMC, Bennington, 7 p.m. RSVP Bone Builders: Call RSVP at 447-1545 for info. Free. Arlington, American Legion Hall, Mon and Th, 10:30-11:30; Manchester, Masonic Temple, Mon, Wed, 11 a.m; Manchester Town Hall, Tues 10 a.m. & Thur, 12:30 p.m.Tuesday: LaLeche League Support Meeting, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, third Tuesday, 7 p.m. Marriage Support Group, Northshire Baptist Fellowship, every other Tuesday, 5769 Main St., Route 7A, Manchester. Call Warren 362-1988 Nice & Easy Aerobics - Beginnier, Bennington Firehouse, River St., 8:15 p.m. 447-5693. All Gain, No Pain Senior Strengthening Class - Bennington Firehouse, River St., 10:30 a.m.; N. Bennington Congregational Ch, 10:30 a.m.; Manchester Town Hall, 12:30 p.m., 447-5693. Blood Pressure Clinic, Second Congregational Church, Londonderry, 2nd Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. Support group for family mem-bers of those suffering from mental illness, Third Tuesday at 7 p.m.,
UCS, 316 Dewey St., Bennington. Clare at 824-3909. Overeaters Anonymous, RRMC, Rutland, 7 p.m.Wednesday: Aerobic Indoor Walking - Beginner, Mon, Wed, Fri., Bennington Firehouse, River St., 8:15 a.m. 442-6886 Senior Exercise Classes, Hoosick Falls Senior Center, 1 p.m. Bereavement Support Group, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 1 p.m. Women’s Cancer Support Group, Vermont Country Store, Manchester, First Wednesday, 5:30
p.m. Bereavement/Loss Support Group, SVMC, Bennington, fourth Wednesday, 6 p.m. Caregiver Group, Grace Cottage Hospital, Townshend, 6:30 p.m. Bereavement Support Group, SVMC, Medical Office Bldg., Bennington, 6:30 p.m. Chronic Fatigue Support Group, Red Barn, Rtes 11/30, across from Wessner’s, Manchester, 7 p.m. C.H.A.D.D. Informational Meeting, RRMC, Rutland, first Wednesday, 7 p.m.Thursday: Arthritis Support Group, Second Congregational Church, Bennintgon, fourth Thursday, 1 p.m.
MUNICIPAL MEETINGSThursday: Granville Town Board Meeting, Town Hall, Granville, NY second Thursday, 7 p.m. Weston Volunteer Fire Dept. Drill,
Weston Firehouse, second and fourth Thursday, 7 p.m. Sunderland Elementary Planning Commitee. 2nd Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Londonderry Planning Committee, Town Office, Londonderry, second and foruth Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Wallingford Planning Committee, Town Hall, First Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Weston Volunteer Fire Dept, Weston Firehouse, first Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Danby Selectman meeting, Town Clerk’s Office, 1st Thursday, 7 p.m. Monday: Poultney Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, 2nd & 4th Monday, 6:30 p.m. Castleton Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7 p.m. Grafton Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Weston Conservation Committee meeting, Town Office, third Monday, 7 p.m. Chester Planning Committee
meeting, Town Hall, first and third Mondays, 7:00 p.m. Manchester Village Planning Committee meeting, County Court House, first Monday, 7 p.m. Londonderry Selectmen’s meet-ing, Town Office, 7:00 p.m. Pawlet Planning Committee meeting, Town Hall, fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Jamaica Selectmen’s meeting, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Rutland Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, West Rutland, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Chester Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Rupert Planning Committee meeting, Town Clerk’s Office, first Monday, 7 p.m. Stratton Selectmen’s meeting, Towwn Office, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Holly Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, first Monday, 7:30 p.m. Sunderland Selectmen’s meeting, Sunderland Elementary School, first and third Monday, 7:30 p.m. Jamaica Planning Committee meeting, first and third Monday, 7:30 p.m. Shaftsbury Selectmen’s meeting,
Town Office, 7:30 p.m. Poultney-Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District Meeting, district Office, Poultney, second Monday, 8 p.m.Tuesday: Fair Haven Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7 p.m. Weston Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, second and fourth Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Pawlet Board of Selectmen, Town Hall, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Wells Selectmen Meeting, Wells Town Hall, every other Tuesday, 7 p.m. For info. 645-9020 Shaftsbury Zoning Board meet-ing, Town Office, second & third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Shaftsbury Planning Commission, Town Office, first & third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Winhall Planning Committee meeting, first and third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Wallingford Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, first and third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Dorset Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Rupert Selectmen’s meeting, 2nd Tue., Town Clerk’s Office, 6:00 p.m. Mt. Holly Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Winhall Board of Adjusters meet-ing, Town Hall, second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday: Pawlet Board of Listers meeting, Town Hall, third Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. Dept of Employment & Training Information, Veteran’s Memorial Dr., Bennington, 1st Wednesday, 10 a.m. Winhall Regular Monthly Board meeting, 1st, 3rd Wednesday, 6 p.m. Mountain School Parent Council & Mountain School of Winhall Parent Council Meeting at the Mountain School, (2nd Wed.) 7:00 p.m. 297-2122 Stratton Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, 7 p.m. Sandgate Planning Committee meeting, 7 p.m. Fair Haven Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, second and fourth Wednesday, 7 p.m. Castleton Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, first and thrid Wednesday,7 p.m. Winhall Selectmen’s meet-ing, Town Hall, first and third Wednesday, 7 p.m. Sunderland Zoning Board meet-ing, Sunderland Elementary school, third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
Peru Selectmen’s meeting, Town Center, first and third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Bennington Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, first and third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Peru Zoning Board of Adjusters, Peru Town Center, fourth Wednesday, 7:30 p.m
MISCELLANEOUSThursday: Equinox Valley Toastmasters, Ai Squared, 130 Taconic Business Park Rd, Manchester Ctr., 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., info: [email protected] Arlington Lions Club American Legion Room, second and fourth Thursday, 7 p.m. Northshire Teen Center Planning Meeting, Mulligans, Manchester Village, first and third Thursday, 7 p.m. Red Clover Chapter, Embroidery Guild of America, Trinity Church, Rutland, second Thursday, 7 p.m.Friday Success by Six Play Group, Mettowee School, West Pawlet, 9:30 a.m. Dorset Historical Society, open 10 a.m. Ladies Fellowship, Missionary Alliance Church, Bennington, 9:30
a.m. Manchester Rotary meeting, Ye Olde Tavern, Manchester, noon Kiwanis Club of Manchester & the Mountains, first & third Tuesday of each month at Ye Olde Tavern, Manchester, 6 p.m. Manchester Community Foundation meeting, Chittenden Bank, Manchester, First Tuesday, 4 p.m. Unit 69 American Legion Auxiliary, Legion Room, Arlington, second Tuesday, 7 p.m. Cathloic Daughters meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, second Tuesday, 7 p.m. Mt. Equinox Grange meeting, Grange Hall, Manchester, third Tuesday, 7 p.m. #45 American Legion meeting, Currier Memorial School, Danby, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Dorset Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, Dorset Firehouse, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday: Manchester VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Harned Fowler Post #6471, second Wednesday, 7 p.m. Wantastiquet Rotary, Swiss Inn, Londonderry, 7 a.m. Red Clover Award Program K-4, Mark Skinner Library, Manchester Village, 3:45 p.m. Southwestern VT Access Television board meeting, SWVT Office, Manchester, first Wednesday, 7 p.m. Manchester Lions Club meet-ing, VFW, second and fourth Wednesday, 7 p.m. Knights of Columbus Council 6816 meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, first Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
BRIDGEMonday: Duplicate Bridge, United Church of Dorset, 1p.m., Robert Smith, Director, 362-4224Tuesday: Open Duplicate Bridge, 1 p.m. at Equinox Village. Call Elizabeth Von Riesenfelder, Director, at 362-5304. Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m. Zion Episcopal Church Annex, Manchester Center, Director John Conova, 325-6384Friday: Duplicate Bridge, 12:15, Manchester Town Hall, Main Street, Manchester Center, VT, Robert Smith, 362-4224Summer Sessions, Wednesday & Thursday afternoons, beginning July. TBA
BINGO
Thursday: Bingo, MWA Hall, Wells, 7 p.m.Friday: Bingo, Masonic Lodge, Route 30, Jamaica, 7 p.m. Bingo, Knights of Columbus Hall, Granville, NY, 7 p.m.Saturday: Bingo, Granville Hook & Ladder, Granville, NY 7 p.m.Sunday: Bingo, MWA Hall, Wells, noonMonday:Bingo, Middletown Springs Fire House, 7 p.m.Tuesday: Eagles Bingo, Manchester, 6:45 p.m.Wednesday: Bingo, South Wallingford Grange, 7 p.m.
FOOD • SENIOR MEALSThursday: Townshend Senior Meals, Townshend Church, first and third Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. Manchester Senior Meals, Manchester Town Hall, noon Wells Senior Meals, MWA Hall, Wells, noon Senior Meals, East Arlington, Bailey Hall, noon. Senior Meal at Williamsville Community Hall, 4th Thursday at noon.Tuesday: Townshend Senior Meals, Townshend Church, first and third Manchester Senior Meals, Manchester Town Hall, noon Wells Senior Meals, MWA Hall, Wells, noon Senior Meals, East Arlington, Bailey Hall, noon Senior Meal at Williamsville Community Hall, 4th Thursday at noon. Wednesday: Dummerston Senior Meals, Evening Star Grange Hall, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays at noon.
PRAYER GROUPSThursday: Prayer Group, Congregational Church, Chester, 6 a.m. Prayer & Praise Service, Chapel of the Snows, Stratton Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Prayer & Bible Study, Truthville Baptist Church, Granville, NY, 7p.m. Community Bible Study, non-denominational for women, children, 10 a.m September -May. Bennington. 447-4745.Friday: Shabbat Services, Israel Congrega-tion, Manchester, 6:30 p.m.Saturday:
Torah Shabbat, Israel Congregation, Manchester, 9:30 a.m.Monday: Prayer meeting, Baha’i Faith at 7 p.m. For info., call 802-447-3866Tuesday: Bible Study, Congregational Church, Chester, 6 a.m.Wednesday: Holy Eucharist , St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist & Healing, Zion Episcopal Church, Manchester, 12:15 p.m. Mt. View Baptist Church Serivces, Danby Four Corners, 6 p.m. Spiritual Renewal for Busy Lives, Embury United Methodist Church, 41 East Main St., Cambridge, NY, 518-677-3602, 1st, 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m. Bible Study, Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby 4-Corners, 7 p.m. Bible Independent Baptist Church, Prayer and Bible Study, Rod & Gun Club, Manchester, 7 p.m. Healing Service, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Chester, second Wed. 7:30 p.m. Prayer & Praise, Northshire Baptist Fellowship, Muddy Lane, Manchester, 7 p.m., 362-1988
WEEKEND WORSHIPMANCHESTER
Friday:Israel Congregation of Manchester, Shabbat Services, 6:30 p.m., Israel Congregation of Manchester, Rte 7ASaturday: Israel Congregation of Manchester: Shabbat Services, 9:30 a.m., Israel Congregation of Manchester, Rte 7A St. Paul’s Church, Mass, 5:30 p.m., St. Jerome’s Church, E. Dorset, 7 p.m.Sunday:
Zion Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8 & 10 a.m. (childcare at 10 a.m.) Eucharist w/healing Wed. 12:15 p.m. St. Paul’s, Mass, 8 & 10 a.m. First Congregational Church, Sunday Services Chapel, 8:30; Grade 6-Adult Christian Education Classes 9:30 a.m.; Godly Play Program of Sacred Storytelling for children ages 4-11 during 10:30 service; Nursery available for infant-3 years beginning ata 10:30 a.m. Rev. Dr. Steven E. Berry, Pastor, 362-2709; www.firstcongregational manchester.org Equinox Terrace, Services for Seniors, 10 a.m. St. Paul, Danby Holy Trinity Church, 11:30 a.m. First Baptist Ch., ABC, Manchester Center, Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Tuesday Prayer Ministry, 9:30 a.m. 802-362-1555. Rev. Dr. Robert Carpenter Northshire Baptist Fellowship, 5769 Main St., 10 a.m. adult & children’s Bible classes, 11 a.m. Worship service and Children’s Church; 6 p.m. Bible study, 362-1988. Weekday Mass: St. Paul’s Church: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, 8 a.m., Thu, Fri, 5:30, p.m. St. Paul’s Church
ARLINGTONSaturday: St. Margaret Mary’s, Mass, 5 p.m.Sunday: St. James Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:00 a.m. Rite I and 10 a.m. Rite II. SS 9 a.m. Childcare available at SS and 10 a.m. service. Rev. Scott Neal 375-9952, stjamesarlington. org; [email protected] St. Margaret Mary’s Church, Mass, 8 and 10 a.m. Federated Church, East Arlington, United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church, Ice Pond Road, worship service, 10 a.m.; www.earlingtonfedchurch.org; 375-2548,
Rev. Kathleen S. Clark, Pastor Chapel on the Green, West Arlington, Services, 7 p.m., last Sunday of the month, 6 p.m. cov-ered dish supper.
BENNINGTONSaturday: Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales, Vigil, 4 p.m.Sunday: Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales, Mass, 8 & 10 a.m. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8 & 10 a.m. (SS 9) First Church of Christ Scientist, Services, 10 a.m. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 108 School Street, Services, 10 a.m., (religious education, child care, 10 a.m.) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 9:30 a.m. Sacrament Service; 10:40 a.m. SS; 11:40 a.m. Relief Society & Priesthood. 447-0139; 442-8126
CHESTERSaturday: St. Joseph’s Church, Saturday Afternoon Mass at 6:30 p.m. Sunday: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Sunday Services 8 and 10 a.m.; SS, 9:15 a.m. 875-6651 First Universalist Church, Services, 9 a.m.
Congregational Church, Services, 10:30 a.m. (SS 9:30 a.m.) First Baptist Church, Services, 10:30 a.m. (SS 9:15 a.m.) St. Joseph’s Church, Sunday Morning Mass at 10:30 a.m.
DORSETSaturday: St. Jerome’s, East Dorset, Mass, 7 p.m.Sunday: Congregational Church, East Dorset, Services, 9:30 a.m. (SS 9:30 a.m.) The United Church of Dorset and East Rupert, Services, 10 a.m. (SS 9:45 a.m.)
GRAFTONSunday: Grafton White Ch., Services, 9:00 a.m.
STRATTONSunday: Chapel of the Snows, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.
SHAFTSBURYSunday: Redeemer Lutheran Church (ECLA)m Route 67A, 1.5 miles off Route 7A, Shaftsbury. sunday com-munion service, 9:30 a.m. Pastor Fredrick McGee. 442-8423. First United Methodist Church, Divine Worship, 10:45 a.m.
TINMOUTHSunday: Tinmouth Community Church United Methodist: Sunday Services, 9 a.m. Coffee hour follows. Rev. Shirley Oskamp, 446-2633.
TOWNSHENDSunday: Calvary Chapel, West Townshend, Services, 10 a.m. The Townshend Church UCC & ABC, Worship Service 11 a.m., w/childcare
WALLINGFORDSaturday: St. Patrick’s Church, Mass, 5 p.m.Sunday: Union Congregational Church, Services, 9: a.m. (SS 9 a.m.) St. Patrick’s Ch., Services, 10:30 a.m. East Wallingford Baptist ChurchSS 10 a.m. Service 11 a.m.
WELLSSunday: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:45 a.m. United Methodist Church, Sunday Worship, 8:30 a.m., fellowship
following. Rev. David Adams. 287-4406. Communion, fist Sundays.
WESTONSunday: Old Parish Church, Service, 10:30 a.m. Sunday School/Child Care. All welcome
WELLSSunday: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:45 a.m. United Methodist Church, Sunday Worship, 8:30 a.m., fellowship following. Rev. David Adams. 287-4406. Communion, fist Sundays.
WESTONSunday: Old Parish Church, Service, 10:30 a.m. Sunday School/Child Care. All welcome
NEW YORKSaturday:Mass, Salem’s Holy Cross Church, 5:30 p.m.; Greenwich St. Joseph’s Church, 4 p.m., Cambridge St. Patrick’s Church, 4 p.m.Sunday: Mass, Salem Holy Cross Church, 8:30 a.m.; Greenwich St. Joseph Church, 10:15; Cambrtidge St. Patrick’s Church, 10:30 a.m.; Schuylerville’s Notre-Dame-Visitation Church, 8:30 a.m. Embury Methodist Church of Cambridge, Services, 110 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church of Granville, Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m. (coffee hour after service in under-croft) Truthville Baptist Church, Granville,Services 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; SS 9:45 a.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Salem, Holy Eucharist, Rite I, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays & Prayer Book Holy Days: 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I Shushan Methodist Church, Services, 9:30 a.m. All Saint’s Episcopal Church, Hoosick Falls: Eucharist Service 9:30 a.m. S.S. 9:15 a.m.; Healing Prayer and adult Bible study, Wed. 6:30 p.m.; Father Gary Strubel, 518-686-9037
Sherwin-Williams, a leader in the paint and coatings industry, has an opening at our Manchester, VT store for a (part-time) Sales Associate. In this position, you will assist customers, stock and price products, maintain store displays and tint and mix paint.
Here’s what you get: $10.00 per hour, vacation pay, growth opportunities, company-paid pension (minimum hours required to be eligible), company-paid training and employee discounts.
Here’s what you need: High school diploma or equivalent; ability to work all scheduled hours; valid driver’s license; appropriate vehicle insurance.
Apply at: The Sherwin-Williams Company 263 Depot Street Manchester Center, VT 05255 Tel: 802-362-2833 Fax: 802-362-2877
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