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RUTLAND Ñ The third annual Open Door Mission shelter Õ s Thanksgiving dinner was held in Rutland for over 100 people. The meal was sponsored by the Proczobut family of Rut-land, in memory of Shawn Poczubut, a generous and caring person who tragi-cally passed away in 2007 after a logging accident.

RutlandÕ s Open Door Mission Shelter was founded in 1987 by former Rutland mayor and Open Door Board member John Cassarino. All the food for the Thanksgiving day fi est was bought by the Proczobut family, with dessert pies donated by St. BridgetÕ s Church in West Rutland. The delicious menu consisted of turkey, mashed potatoes, peas, squash, deviled eggs and dinner rolls.

The ProczobutÕ s origi-nally held their Thanksgiv-ing feast at the St. Bridg-etÕ s, until three years ago when they decided to team up with the Open Door Mission in order to provide more space for the dinner, which is open to all. Most of the guests for the din-ner include the homeless, working poor and a few veterans as well.

The Open Door Mission is a non-profi t organization serving the Rutland area, that helps those who are homeless or have no place to stay. They offer life-skills programs and helps peo-ple in fi nding a way to get back on their feet and pro-ductive in society. The mis-sion is primarily funded through donations, a thrift store and annual gold tour-naments.

Giving Thanks: Third annual Open Door Mission Dinner a success

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CROWN POINT Ñ The new Champlain Bridge linking New York and Vermont should be open to traffi c next August.

That was the assessment of state transportation offi cials and the project contrac-tor, who provided a construction update Nov. 19.

Bridge contractor Flatiron Construction of Colorado will work through the win-ter on the $70 million bridge, according to New York DOT Regional Engineer John Grady.

Flatiron’s contract gives it 500 days to have the bridge open for traffi c, which works out to Oct. 9, 2011. Flatiron offi cials said they hoped to fi nish in August, in order to receive fi nancial incentives offered by the contract.

Grady used charts and photographs to show the project’s progress since it began in May.

The engineer said the project has encounter diffi culties drilling the six-foot-diam-eter shafts for the bridge support piers. The shafts are drilled into the bedrock under the lake bed, Grady said.

Six of the seven concrete piers that will support the bridge require a total of 32 shafts drilled in the lake.

He said that on Nov. 19 they fi nally drilled out the 32nd and last shaft.Flatiron Project Manager Mark Mallett said his company is operating two shifts

State Department of Transporta-tion Regional Engineer John Grady talked about progress on the Champlain Bridge during a public update session for about 20 people at the Crown Point State Historic Site, overlooking bridge construction. Behind Grady is (from left) DOT Engineer Je� Brown, Flatiron Construction Manager Phil LaFave, and former Essex County Highway Superin-tendent Frederick Buck. Champlain Bridge Coalition member Chris Stoddard is at right.

State Department of Transporta-tion Regional Engineer John Grady talked about progress on the Champlain Bridge during a public update session for about 20 people at the Crown Point

Cierra Phelps, a Sta� ord student from Mill River UHS presenting a seminar on Healthy Relationships.

BURLINGTON Ñ The 2010 Governor Õ s Youth Leader-ship Conference, a conference planned and run by SADD members from all over Vermont, hosted between 500-600 high school students in Burlington, Vermont. In addition to the keynote speaker, Kevin Brooks, a Canadian who be-came a paraplegic after being involved in an alcohol and excessive-speed related car crash, attendees could choose three breakout session workshops from about twenty. Four of those workshops were run by students from Stafford Technical Center Õ s SADD Chapter. One of the workshops featured a Stafford SADD member and a friend of hers from Otter Valley.

Emily Johnson, a Stafford Technical Center from West Rutland, was the lead presenter in a workshop that ad-dressed two topics, maintaining the minimum legal drink-ing age at 21, and Ò alcopopsÓ , a class of sweet alcoholic beverages which appeal strongly to Ò starter drinkersÓ . Emily had chosen the 18 v. 21 issue as a project in the Pow-erPoint class she took at the College of St. Joseph as part of her being involved in the Public Safety Services ProgramÕ and she expanded it. The second part of the workshop, the Alcopops presentation, was a game where seminar at-tendees were asked questions about these fruity- fl avored

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‘We’re coming Father Abra’am’:

Don Wickman researches the roles of Vermont and Vermonters in the U.S. Civil War. See the full story on page 3.

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‘We’re coming Father Abra’am’:Vermont in the Civil War

Get a jump start on your holiday shopping andhelp raise money for the animals at the RutlandCounty Humane Society (RCHS). RCHS is host-

ing a benefit party at Mr. Twitter's Wednesday, Dec. 8 from5 - 7:30 pm. Come and explore the wonders of Mr. Twit-ter's Garden & Gift Emporium and Loosey Goosey'sClothesline anytime between 5 and 7:30 Dec. 8 and you'llreceive a 10 percent discount on all purchases. At the endof the evening 10 percent of all proceeds will benefitRCHS. RCHS items including the 2011 Wall Calendar, t-shirts, travel mugs, coolers and other gifts will be avail-able for sale, too. Bring your friends, your family and

your co-workers. The more the merrier. Please contact theRCHS Business Office at 483-9171 with any questions orwww.rchsvt.org for more information. We hope to see youon Dec. 8 at Mr. Twitter's at the Purple Picket Fence onRoute 7 in Rutland.

MICKEY4 year old. Neutered Male.

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who makes good company. I was astray from Rutland City - my back-ground is a mystery but my behav-ior here at the shelter has been im-peccable - I am easy going and tol-erant of the other animals here. Iam looking for a home where peo-ple can provide me with a fencedin yard to sniff about or are com-

mitted to leash walking me. . .I don’t want to get lostagain.

BASIL3 year old.

Neutered Male. LopEared Rabbit.

I know, I know, Idon’t look like a cutecuddly bunnyshould, but pleasedon’t hold my pres-ent looks against me.My fur was a messand someone tried tocut out the matts andouch - they got a little too close. I can tell you that I am asweet guy and when my fur grows out I will be a hand-some bunny.

CHIPPER3 year old. Neutered

Male. Domestic Short HairGray and White Tabby.

As you can tell I am a bigboy with a cattitude. I wantto be the king of my newhome and want no other fe-lines in my presence. If youare looking for a single kittywith a great personality, Iam the one for you. I am very affectionate and would justlove to have a big comfy bed to hang out in when I am notin your lap.

HERBIE3 year old. Neutered

Male. Domestic Long HairOrange and White.

Beep – Beep, Herbie iscoming home. I am the or-ange streak racing aroundthe Community Cat Room. Iam playful, affectionate, anda whole lot of fun. I havelots of other kitties that I

share a room with and seemto get along just fine withthem – hmmmm I think Imight even enjoy havingthem for company. My newfamily will need to makesure that I am groomed on aregular basis to assure mycoat continues to look itsbest.

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When he’s not marketingthe City of Rutland via his po-sition at the Downtown Rut-land Partnership, author andhistorian Don Wickman isperfectly content to researchthe role of Vermont and Ver-monters in the U.S. Civil War.He also teaches a popularcourse in American history atthe Community College ofVermont in Rutland.

Local interest in the CivilWar is unwavering, accord-ing to Wickman. In Vermont,many residents are fascinatedby the state’s outstandingservice in the war and its highcasualty rate —15 percentdied as the result of combatand disease, a staggering fig-ure.

“Many people alive todayhave direct ties to the CivilWar era,” he said. “Also, Civ-il War photographs keep thismoment in history alive andvibrant.”

Wickman has written andedited several books aboutthe Green Mountain State’srole in the War Between theStates. His most recent bookreveals the daily lives of Ver-mont’s soldiers, and in somecases, exposes the provincial-ism and cultural prejudices ofmen who hailed from hard-scrabble farms.

Wickman’s latest book,

“We Are Coming FatherAbra’am: The 9th VermontVolunteer Infantry 1862-1865, Patriots”, lets the Ver-mont soldiers do the talkingthrough personal lettershome as well as more formalletters to the editor that ap-peared in local newspapers.

The 9th Vermont Regimentwas the first regiment to an-swer Lincoln’s call for300,000 volunteers. Twomonths into their service theywere part of the Union forceswho surrendered at Harper’sFerry. The book chroniclestheir exploits and accom-plishments.

Many soldiers of the 9thVermont were passionate,prolific letter writers. Wick-man located their letters inboth archives and private col-lections.

“There were so many warletters to look through,”Wickman said, “that at onepoint I needed to take a breakfrom it all.”

Wickman’s lifelong inter-est in the Civil War began asa youngster during the 1960s.While he studied colonial his-tory, agriculture and botanyin college, the Civil War al-ways tugged at his sleeve.

“The 1960s was the centen-nial of the war,” he said.“And then years later, when Iwas living in Maryland, I waslocated 50 miles from Gettys-burg, 40 miles from Anti-

etam, and 80 miles from Fred-ericksburg. So, on days offfrom work, I took many fieldtrips and read lots of booksabout the Civil War.”

Now a resident of Rutland,Wickman’s Civil War interestwas focused on the GreenMountain State’s role in thebloody war.

According to Wickman,Vermonters in the 1860s wereless motivated by the highideals of liberating slavesthan in simply fighting forthe homeland—that is,preservation of the federalunion.

“The soldiers wrote about‘coloreds’ or ‘niggers’ in theirletters home, so maybe theirreason to fight wasn’t allabout freedom of the slaves,”he said. “Many viewedAfrican-Americans as sec-ond-class citizens, so—yes—there was prejudice. Eventhough Vermont had a blackpopulation in the 1860s, theprejudice was very subtle.”

Wickman is currently writ-ing an historical handbookfor the Mt. IndependenceCoalition in Orwell and an il-lustrated book about Ver-mont Civil War photographerGeorge Houghton for the Ver-mont Historical Society.

“I keep finding little gemsof Vermont history,” he said.“There’s always something towrite about.”

Check It Out: “We Are Com-ing Father Abra’am: The 9th

Vermont Volunteer Infantry1862-1865, Patriots”, publishedby Schroeder Publications, isavailable at local bookstores andon Amazon.com in a hardcoveredition for $45. The book in-

cludes many photographs andmaps chronicling the 9th Ver-mont’s adventures in war andpeace.

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Vermont’s gallant 9th: 1862-65

The Vermont Volunteer Infantry 9th Regiment was formed inBrattleboro during the U.S Civil War and served gallantly in theUnion Army, according to Don Wickman.

The Vermont 9th fought in the bloody eastern theater begin-ning in July 1862 and disbanded after the war ended in Decem-ber 1865.

It received accolades from the North when it became one ofthe first federal units to enter the defeated southern capital, Rich-mond, Va., in April 1865.

Despite its overall success, the 9th Vermont was captured atthe Battle of Harpers Ferry during the 1862 Maryland Campaign.

Captured during the battle, the 9th was not sent to a rebel POWcamp; instead, it was graciously permitted to sit out the war forfour months paroled at U.S.Camp Douglas in Chicago.The campwas named after Brandon, Vt.-born U.S. Sen. Stephen Douglas(D-Ill.) who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presiden-tial election.

The regiment lost many men: 24 men killed and mortallywounded, five died from accidents, two committed suicide, 36died in Confederate prisons, and 232 died from disease—a to-tal loss of 299 men.

Sources: Don Wickman, Vermont Historical Society, andWikipedia.

Farmers’market report reveals continuingsuccess

A recent report released bythe Northeast Organic Farm-ing Association of Vermontreveals that Vermont’s farm-ers’ markets continue tothrive, providing substantialsupport to the state’s vibrantagricultural economy.

There are currently morethan 80 farmers’ markets inVermont, 30 of which acceptEBT (food assistance benefits)and debit cards. This reportwas released during the 10thannual National Farmers’Market Week.

NOFA-Vt. will be celebrat-ing National Farmers’ MarketWeek with a film contest andthe second annual Pizza to thePeople tour, bringing wood-fired pizza to farmers’ mar-kets across the state. Theseevents are part of a larger na-tional celebration, a context inwhich Vermont’s farmers’markets shine.

“Vermont has been a leaderwhen it comes to connectingfarmers and consumers,”says Vermont Secretary ofAgriculture, Roger Allbee.“Vermont has more farmers’markets per capita than anyother state and we are alwayslooking for ways to supportfarmers’ markets, CSAs, farmstands and other initiativesthat link farmers and con-sumers. I call this a renais-sance of the past – peoplewant to know where theirfood comes from, how it isgrown and who grows it. Na-tional Farmer’s Market Weekis a wonderful way to ac-knowledge the importantwork our farmers do andmost importantly the foodthey provide for us.”

The NOFA-VT report,which compiled data fromvoluntary surveys completedby farmers’ market managers,highlights the considerableeconomic contributions thatmarkets provide to Vermont.

“Gross sales receipts to-taled nearly $7 million for2009,” said Jean Hamilton,Direct Marketing Coordina-tor for NOFA-Vt. “Most of themarkets reported that overhalf of their sales came fromagricultural products, whichwe found traveled an averageof only 20 miles from thepoint of production – the farm– to the point of sale – the mar-ket.”

All but seven of the mar-kets collecting gross salesdata reported significant in-creases in processed foodsales, indicating a growingmarket for locally processedfoods as well. “All of thesefactors suggest that farmers’markets are an excellent wayto support Vermont’s econo-my by buying local food,”Hamilton said.

The report also calls atten-tion to the challenges thatfarmers’ markets face as theygrow.

Many emphasized the lackof adequate infrastructure,such as parking and overallmarket space, along with dif-ficulties creating marketingcampaigns to attract the at-tention of additional localconsumers. The full reportcan be found at www.no-favt.org.


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History books cite Russian cosmonaut Maj. YuriGagarin as the first man in space. Gagarin’s tinyVostok space capsule circled the Earth multiple

times on April 12, 1961, making the former Soviet Unionthe first nation to successfully—and safely—put a livinghuman into low Earth orbit.

Upon his return to Earth, Gagarin, as the first man inspace, was treated as a superman—a hero of the Sovietstate, the world’s leader in space science and technologyat the time.

But did the history books get it wrong about Gagarin’sprimacy in space? The answer is “yes” if you believe aRussian conspiracy enthusiast and his freelance filmmakerfriend.

“Sergei Vladimir Ilyushin, Jr., a decorated Soviet pilot,was one of the few people who knew for certain that YuriGagarin was not the first man in space,” says Paul Tsarin-sky, a former public television producer and Russiantranslator.

According to Tsarinsky, at the dawn of the Space Age in1957, the Soviet government refused to publicize embar-rassing stories about its failed space experiments—and itsbiggest failure was, he claims, a botched April 7, 1961,spaceflight. It was made by a cosmonaut named SergeiVladimir Ilyushin, Jr.

Tsarinsky says there’s historical evidence that hints at amajor Soviet coverup in April 1961—that Ilyushin made itinto space five days before Gagarin. There were severalWestern communist news accounts of the period that didrefer to a spaceflight a few days before Gagarin’s.

According to Tsarinsky, citing extant Western commu-nist news accounts published post-April 7, 1961, an emer-gency hard landing was made by Ilyushin, inside Red Chi-na.

There’s no question about it, Sergei Vladimir Ilyushin,Jr. had the Russian Right Stuff. He was the Soviet versionof Chuck Yeager, the U.S. Air Force pilot who broke thesound barrier in 1947. But after Gagarin’s historic space-flight, the young hero Ilyushin vanishes from historicalrecords; he only reemerges from the shadows after the fallof the USSR.

By all accounts, Ilyushin was a “hot-shot” pilot. He wasthe son of the famous World War II-era hero and aircraftdesigner, Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin, Sr. The seniorIlyushin was a close Communist Party pal of Soviet Pre-miere Kruschev, so he could have gotten his son lined upto be the prime pilot for the Red’s first manned space-flight.

For Tsarinsky, Yuri Gagarin seems an odd choice to flythe historic “first” mission. Why? Well, he says, Gagarinwas a complete unknown in the Soviet Air Force, at leastuntil the Reds broke the story mere moments after the his-toric flight was successfully concluded.

A news story, filed by a British Communist Party jour-nalist in Moscow dated April 8, 1961, reported that afterthree orbits, Ilyushin lost contact with mission control.

The British Red’s report continued with an amazing sto-ry—

After reentry, and as his Vostok approached the ground,Ilyushin planned on ejecting from the capsule (just asGagarin did a few days later). The plan was for the cosmo-

naut to parachute safely tothe ground. But, the storygoes, a fouled escape-hatchprevented Ilyushin frombailing out in time. He lostconsciousness just as thespacecraft impacted theground. Although still alive,the cosmonaut was severelyinjured. And one final mat-ter complicated Ilyushin'srough return to terra firma:the Vostok had landed in-side Red China; at that time,China was on rocky termswith its neighboring com-munist state, the USSR

The USSR’s state-controlled news outlet, TASS, did notpublicize a pre-Gagarin flight; however, TASS reportedthat a pilot named Ilyushin was injured in an automobileaccident and was recuperating in a Moscow hospital—aclear sign that something was afoot. Conspiracy or confu-sion?

As far as Tsarinsky can tell, Ilyushin was badly injuredupon impact; he remained in a Chinese hospital for morethan a year.

“I assure you that the whole story is true...,” saysTsarinsky, who cites his media mentor, filmmaker EliotHaimoff, as the source of the story. “Haimoff went to Rus-sia to interview Ilyushin. In 1999, Ilyushin was living in amodest apartment in Moscow with his wife of over 45years. He was still active as a test pilot, aircraft designerand spokesperson for a major military aircraft manufac-turer.”

Haimoff ’s telling of the alleged Soviet coverup is seen inthe documentary, “The Cosmonaut Cover-Up”. During hisvisit to Moscow, Haimoff claimed that the aging aviatorrefused to talk with him on camera, but off-camera,Ilyushin told his story as a cosmonaut.

So, all we really have is Haimoff ’s word regarding his1999 meeting with Ilyushin.

While the British newspaper account of an alleged “firstflight” exists, this writer doesn’t believe it is accurate; itwasn’t the first time a newspaper got the facts wrong. (TheRMS Titanic was reported saved on the front pages of sev-eral daily newspapers in 1912). An alleged cosmonaut cov-er-up would have been impossible to maintain after thefall of the USSR.

What’s in the Sky: The constellation Cassiopeia is easyto view in the northeast this week. It rises as a giant “W”in the night sky after 8 p.m. Several Messier deep spaceobjects within Cassiopeia, star-clusters, are seventh appar-ent magnitude which means they are easily seen throughbinoculars (see chart).

Lou Varricchio, M.Sc., is a former NASA science writer. Heis involved with the NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador pro-gram in Vermont. He was recently honored with the Maj. Gen.Chuck Yeager Award for Aerospace Education presented by theU.S. Civil Air Patrol.

Ever since Middlebury’s Three Mile Road bridgeburned in 1958, there’s been speculation amongthe important people in Addison County’s shire-

town-and-village that a new in-town bridge would be asuitable replacement—especially as an alternate route fortraffic moving along the U.S. Route 7 corridor.

For at least the last half-century, the alignment of choicefor the in-town bridge has been for the north end to bevery near the town offices and Main Street, the bridge it-self (now known hopefully as the Cross Street Bridge)heading south across the Creek past the municipal parkinglot to land among the streets on the south bank. For rea-sons too convoluted to detail here, it remains unbuilt.

A quarter-century ago, I wrote for another newspaper; ina column on the bridge subject then, I suggested that itpay its own way by serving as the site for rent-payingshops and housing on both sides of the travel lanes.

It was not a particularly innovative idea on my part: Anearlier example, the famous London bridge, was builtsome eight centuries earlier over the Thames River. TheNormans had pretty much consolidated their control overmost of Britain after an invasion which changed the coun-try’s future from Anglo-Saxon to Norman-English. (Flo-rence’s vintage Ponte Vecchio is similar in concept.)

Not more than a score of years ago, a 19th centuryThames River replacement (sans shops and housing, andtherefore taxpayer funded) was taken down stone-by-stoneafter an American purchase. It now spans a cul-de-sac wa-terway near Lake Havasu City, Ariz., while a modernreplica spans the Thames (also sans rentable revenue-gen-erating space). It is free to users while funded by users andnon-users alike.

The important people in Middlebury didn’t like my ideaof a bridge-as-profit center back in the 1980s ( a selectmantelephoned my house to berate me for presuming to offer adifferent option and not admiring the “hundreds of hoursspent” in a fruitless pursuit of an acceptable design) abdstill don’t think much of it today.

A recent editorial in Addison County, headlined “Push

for in-town bridge is ambi-tious and necessary”, lists arange of funding mecha-nisms—from taxes on localsto taxes on others so thatMiddlebury might harvestfree money via grants. Not aword about the bridge pay-ing its own way. That would be a bridge too far!

It’s understandable. In the political climate of modernVermont, pay-your-own-way and user fees are consideredbeneath contempt and far less attractive to the governingclass than broad-based taxes which they get to collect, paythemselves from, and distribute the remainder to favoredrecipients.

Just imagine: What would be the reaction to any propos-al that parents of school kids pay even a tiny fraction ofthe educational costs they generate, as they did, once upona time, back in an earlier Vermont where “rate bills” werea standard and accepted way for parents to pay some frac-tion of the cost of their kids’ schooling?

Even if you’re offended by the London Bridge designplagiarism, you might want to consider another user-feeapproach: toll collection.

Elsewhere in the nation, highway engineers and econo-mists are brainstorming over highway toll charges, eitherfixed or time-of-day, whereby users pay in accordancewith the value the route offers them in comparison with a“free” (paid for by others, because nothing in infrastruc-ture is truly free) but slower and/or more circuitous route.Such user fee concepts wouldn't be well thought of, here.

One which comes to mind is Route 7 around the littlecommon where the courthouse once stood. You have toimagine its existence, just as you have to imagine the exis-tence of the in-town bridge.

Long-time Addison County resident Martin Harris now keepshis eye on Vermont from Tennessee.

A bridge too far

Cosmonaut cover-up or another looney theory?

By Lou Varricchio

Seeing Stars

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The irony in Pocock

The saga of the Lathrop family’s plan for gravel ex-traction continues while a much larger cloud um-brellas Bristol village without any serious uproar

or complaints by affected neighbors.It has been reported that the District 9 Environmental

Commission has denied the Act 250 permit which wouldhave granted the Lathrops their right to proceed withgravel extraction plans. But hold it—it was not the District9 Commission denying the act 250 permit, it was actuallythe “District 1 Environmental commission”. Almost shad-ows the politics surrounding much larger, and far morehazardous environmental floods and spills in our country,doesn’t it?

We live on Route 116 in South Bristol and our home isdirectly across the highway from the Rathbun gravel ex-traction operation.

We have lived here for over 40 years and have especiallyenjoyed the quiet country atmosphere. Even though we arevery close to the gravel operations we cannot pinpoint anytime that the noise of blasting or rock crushing has affect-ed our “public health, safety, or general welfare”. Ourlives have not been adversely impacted by any detrimentalvisual impact, odors or noise.

We have never encountered problems entering or exitingour drive due to gravel truck traffic.

Now, on to the nitty-gritty of the irony in Pocock—Being retired I have the pleasure of spending a lot of

time with my wonderful grandchildren and taking them tothe beach and playgrounds, etc.

Last week, we decided to drive up to the Bristol park sothe children could swing and run off some energy (everygrandparent knows that expending energy is a great relax-ant for both the children and ourselves). So, we arrive atthe park for recreation and relaxation and peace and quietwas nowhere to be found. The dirt, dust and grime and thenoise from the ground sewer construction was just terrible!I guess the environmental commission must have ap-proved this project, too. However, if they did, they failedto reject it on the basis that it would be; “A detriment topublic health, a concern for neighborhood safety, and ageneral welfare hazard to the immediate public.”

The grandchildren spent about 20 minutes playing inpark before they came running up to me asking, “Can wego home where it’s quiet?” I could feel their disappoint-ment. I could feel the grime on myself and our clothes car-ried the fumes of engine combustion so bad that I washedthem as soon as I got home.

In summary, I have one thing to say to our neighbors re-siding in the village: “Living as close to gravel extractingoperations as we do, we can tell you without a doubt, thatany impact from the proposed Lathrop pit will never comeclose to the adverse and unhealthy environmental expo-sure that you have faced every day this summer.

Martin ThompsonSouth Bristol

Not too far from downtown Vergennes you’ll find LakeChamplain. The Otter Creek has been a waterway linking theLittle City to the big lake. Along with the waterway comessightings of a strange denzien of the deep.

Champ the lake monster embodies the mysteries, wondersand importance of the Lake and the creatures that may ormay not live within. The fact that we do not know whetherChamp exists, means there is still an undiscovered and pro-tected portion of the Lake left to discover. Perhaps most im-portantly, Champ helps educate the public about this beau-tiful place and gives us all a reason to sit quietly by the Lakeand ponder what lies beneath.

What is Champ—a dinosaur, a plesiosaur, a whale? Part of believing that Champ exists means you need to

have a fairly good explanation for what he might be. Theo-ries abound. One theory suggests that Champ is a dinosaurthat managed to escape extinction and lives on in LakeChamplain. Another suggests that the creatures could besurviving zeuglodons, a primitive form of whale with a longsnake like body. These creatures have been thought to belong extinct, however fossils of them have been found a fewmiles form Lake Champlain in Charlotte.

Champ might also be a Lake Sturgeon. There are sturgeonin Lake Champlain and they can grow to great lengths. Theyare a very old, almost prehistoric fish with a scale-less bodythat is supported by a partially cartilaginous skeleton alongwith rows of scutes. Its single dorsal fin, running along itsspine, would match many descriptions of Champ, althoughits sharp, shark-like tail would not.

Another theory is that Champ could be related to a ple-siosaur. A plesiosaur is a prehistoric water dwelling reptile(not a dinosaur) with a long snakelike head and four largeflippers. Plesiosaurs loved fish and other aquatic animals.Scientists date the plesiosaur to the Triassic period, 200 mil-lion years ago, through the Cretaceous period, about 65 mil-lion years ago (when all dinosaurs are thought to have goneextinct).

It would take approximately 50 mature Champs, at theleast, to have a breeding population of Champs in the Lakeand 500 to keep the species alive in the long term. While thenumbers are daunting, Lake Champlain does provide an ide-al habitat for such a creature. The Lake is 120 miles long, 400feet deep in places and home to a diverse population of birds

and aquatic life which would be more than enough to sus-tain the belly of this great beast. Additionally, the lake, in itspresent form, has been around quite awhile —around 10,000years.

There have been at least 300 reported unexplained sight-ings of Champ over the years' There is no certainty when thefirst sighting of Champ was; however, the creature was de-picted by Native Americans. It was said that Samuel deChamplain saw Champ in 1609. This claim that he spotted a“strange monster” has been traced by historians to actuallyhave occurred in the St. Lawrence estuary however.

In 1819 in Port Henry, N.Y., a railroad crew reported tohave spotted a “head of an enormous serpent sticking out ofthe water and approaching them from the opposite shore.”Around the time of this sighting, farmers nearby claimed tohave missing livestock, with drag marks leading to theshore. There was also an an early Champ sighting reportedin the New York Times in 1873.

There is now a website dedicated to recording Champsightings. To learn more about specific sightings at ChampQuest.com.

Special thanks to the Lake Champlain Land Trust


What lies beneath the lake?

Fossilized skeleton of a plesiosaur on display at Loch Ness in Scotland. Some Champ fans believe the Vermont lake creature is similarto Nessie.

HIGH FIVES—The Rutland Recreation Soccer league, sponsored by Tedesco Masonry, plays every year. At the end of the 2010 sea-son, the RRS Blue Team, shared a team-building exercise with Coach Mike Coppinger (pictured at top center). Several soccer momsstand by for family photos.

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Castleton Crackers comingto a food store near you

Castleton Crackers announced that the Fresh Market foodstores, located in various states in the east and midwest,have picked up the local company’s line of all-natural crack-ers.

The Fresh Market Company is a chain of European-stylemarkets. Castleton’s all-natural crackers will fit comfort-ably on the shelves in Fresh Market stores.

A similar grocery chain, Whole Foods Market, has beencarrying Castleton Crackers in its North Atlantic regionstores since last year. After inspection and positive reviews,Castleton Crackers has been approved and will be availablein Whole Foods’northeast and mid-Atlantic regions.

Castleton Crackers, which started with a loyal, local fol-lowing throughout Vermont back in 2008, is gaining popu-larity around the country, according to the company.

Vermont wants uniform food labelingVermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell and the at-

torneys general of 11 other states last week urged the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adopt a uniformnutritional label for the front of food packages, to ensurethat consumers have access to easily understandable andfully transparent information on how healthy the productsactually are.

“Consumers should have clear information to makehealthy food choices,” said Sorrell.

The position of the attorneys general was set out in com-ments filed with the FDA in connection with that agency’sproposal to establish a national front-of-package food la-beling program. They are consistent with preliminary rec-ommendations from Sorrell’s personal focus on obesity inVermont. Some have criticized Sorrell for using his A.G. au-thority to advocate a concern that’s unrelated to the primarymission of the state’s office.

The comments follow a multistate investigation into theSmart Choices Program, which permitted manufacturers tobrand with a favorable checkmark symbol foods that werenutritionally questionable, such as breakfast cereals con-taining 12 grams of sugar per serving, or about 40 percentby weight.

The states alleged that the program was deceptive undertheir consumer protection laws, and it was suspended in-definitely soon afterwards.

BRANDON—There’s a small monument in downtownBrandon, Vt., that honors a native son who helped plunge ayoung America into civil war—Stephen Arnold Douglas.

Douglas, known as the Little Giant, was born in Brandonin 1813. The fiery Democrat became attorney-general of Illi-nois in 1834, member of the legislature in 1835, secretary ofstate in 1840, and judge of the supreme court in 1841 andmember of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1847.

In 1854 Douglas introduced his Kansas-Nebraska bill tothe Senate. These states could now enter the Union with orwithout slavery. The freed slave Frederick Douglass warnedthat the bill was “an open invitation to a fierce and bitterstrife.” It is ignored today, but Democratic Party leadersmostly upheld the institution of slavery while Republicansfiercely opposed it.

The result of this legislation was to open the territory toorganised migrations of pro-slave and anti-slave groups.Southerners now entered the area with their slaves while ac-tive members of the Anti-Slavery Society also arrived. Hen-ry Ward Beecher, condemned the bill from his pulpit andhelped to raise funds to supply weapons to those willing tooppose slavery in these territories. These rifles becameknown as Beecher's Bibles. John Brown and five of his sons,were some of the volunteers who headed for Kansas.

In 1858 Abraham Lincoln challenged Douglas for his seatin the Senate. He was opposed to Douglas's proposal thatthe people living in the Louisiana Purchase (Louisiana,Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, theDakotas, Montana, and parts of Minnesota, Colorado andWyoming) should be allowed to own slaves. Lincoln arguedthat the territories must be kept free for “poor people to go

and better their condition.” The two men took part in a se-ries of seven public debates on the issue of slavery.

The debates, each three hours long, started on Aug. 21 andfinished on Oct. 15, 1858. Douglas attempted to brand Lin-coln as a dangerous Republican radical who was advocatingracial equality. Whereas Lincoln concentrated on the im-morality of slavery and attempts to restrict its growth.

The Democratic Party that met in Charleston in April,1860, were deeply divided. Most delegates from the DeepSouth argued that the Congress had no power to legislateover slavery in their territory. The Northerners disagreedand won the vote. As a result the Southerners walked out ofthe convention and another meeting was held in Baltimore.Again the Southerners walked out over the issue of slavery.With only the Northern delegates left, Douglas won thenomination.

Southern delegates now held another meeting in Rich-mond and John Beckenridge was selected as their candidate.The situation was further complicated by the formation ofthe Constitutional Union Party and the nomination of JohnBell of Tennessee.

Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election with with1,866,462 votes (18 free states) and beat Douglas (1,375,157- 1 slave state), John Beckenridge (847,953 - 13 slave states)and John Bell (589,581 - 3 slave states). Between election dayin November 1860 and inauguration the following March,seven states seceded from the Union: South Carolina, Mis-sissippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.

Douglas died in June 1861, a mere two months after thebloody U.S. Civil War began.

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CHITTENDEN — First Friday Holiday Open MIC Night, at7 p.m., Church of the Wildwood, Holden Rd. Musicians, po-ets and story tellers of all ages invited to perform. Holidaypieces optional. Desserts/coffee available. Portion of free-will donation benefits CVPS Share Heat program. Come tolisten and sing along. Call 483-2234 or [email protected] for a ten minute spot.

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RUTLAND — WalkRutland Guided Walk at 10 a.m. -Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail, Northern Section. We'll meetin Castleton at the Castleton State College visitor parkinglot. This hike is wheelchair and stroller accessible, de-pending on the weather. Contact Jen Coleman, WalkRut-land Coordinator, at 342-3479 if you have questions.

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RUTLAND All Saints Anglican Church An orthodox Anglo-Catholic Christian Community. Mass & Liturgy offered every Sunday at 4:00p.m. Childcare available. Handicap Accessible. Christian Education. 42 Woodstock Ave., Rutland (Services at Messiah Lutheran Church) 802-282-8098. Email: [email protected] Alliance Community Fellowship Howe Center, Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. Phone: 773-3613 Calvary Bible Church 2 Meadow Lane, Rutland, VT • 802-775-0358. (2 blocks south of the Rutland Country Club) Sunday Worship Service 9:30a.m. Nursery care available. www.cbcvt.org Christ the King 66 South Mail St. - Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:30 & 11a.m. Church of the Nazarene 144 Woodstock Ave., Pastor Gary Blowers 483-6153. Sunday School for all ages at 9:30a.m. Morning Worship at 10:30a.m., Evening Worship at 6:00p.m. & Wednesday Prayer at 7:00p.m., Children’s Church available during Worship Service. Church of Christ 67 Dorr Dr., Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints North Strewsbury Rd., 773-8346. Sacrament 10a.m. Church of the Redeemer Cheeney Hill Center, Cedar Ave., Sunday Service 10a.m. First Baptist Church 81 Center St., 773-8010 - The Rev. Mark E. Heiner, Pastor. Sunday worship 10:30a.m., Sunday school 9:00a.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Hillside Rd. - Saturday Worship 5:30 p.m., Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. Grace Congregational United Church of Christ - 8 Court St., 775-4301. Sunday Chapel Service 8:30a.m., Worship 10a.m. Green Mountain Baptist Church 50 Barrett Hill Rd. , 747-7712. Sunday Worship 11a.m., Evening service 6p.m. Green Mountain Missionary Baptist Church - 98 Killington Ave., 775-1482 • Sunday Worship 11a.m. & 6p.m. Immaculate Heart of Mary - Lincoln Ave. Saturday Mass 4:30p.m., Sunday Mass 8 & 10:15a.m. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Gleason Rd. - Public Meeting 10a.m. Messiah Lutheran Church 42 Woodstock Ave., 775-0231. Sunday Worship 10a.m. New Hope in Christ Fellowship 15 Spellman Terrace, 773-2725. Sunday Worship 10:15a.m. Pentacostals of Rutland County Corner of Rt. 4 and Depot Lane, 747-0727. Evangelistic Service 6p.m. Roadside Chapel Assembly of God Town Line Rd., 775-5805. Sunday Worship 10:25a.m. Rutland Jewish Center 96 Grove St., 773-3455. Fri. Shabbat Service 7:30p.m., Sat. Shabbat Service 9:30a.m. Salvation Army - 22 Wales St. Sunday Worship 11a.m., Praise Service 1:30 p.m. Seventh-Day Adventist 158 Stratton Rd., 775-3178. Saturday Worship 11a.m. St. Nicholas Orthodox Church 8 Cottage St. - Sunday Service 10a.m. St. Peter Church Convent Ave. - Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday Masses 7:30 and 11:30a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church 85 West St., 775-4368. Sunday Eucharist 8, 9 & 10a.m., Wed. 12:05p.m., Thurs. 9a.m., Morning Prayer Mon.-Sat. at 8:45a.m. True Vine Church of God 78 Meadow St., 775-8880 or 438-4443. Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. • Training for Reigning, Wednesdays at 7p.m. Nursery available during Sun. & Wed. services. J.A.M. Sessions for teens bi-weekly Fridays at 7p.m. Women’s Bible Study Tuesdays at 10:30a.m. Unitarian Universalist Church 117 West Street. Sunday Services through August 22 begin at 9:30a.m. No service on Sept. 5. Rev. Erica Baron. For further info call 802-775-0850. United Methodist Church 71 Williams St., 773-2460. Sunday Service in the Chapel 8 and 10a.m. United Pentecostal Church Corner of Rt. 4, Depot Lane, 773-4255. Sunday Services 9:30a.m. and 6p.m., Evangelical Service 5p.m. Wellspring of Life Christian Center 18 Chaplin Ave., 773-5991. Sunday Worship 11a.m. BRANDON Brandon Congregational Church - Rt. 7 Sunday Worship 10a.m. Brandon Baptist Church,

Corner of Rt. 7 & Rt. 73W (Champlain St.) Brandon, VT 802-247-6770. Sunday Services: 10a.m. Adult Bible Study, Sunday School ages 5 & up, Nursery provided ages 4 & under. Worship Service 11a.m. *Lords supper observed on the 1st Sunday of each month. *Pot luck luncheon 3rd Sunday of each month. Wednesdays 6:30p.m., Adult prayer & Bible study, Youth groups for ages 5 and up Grace Episcopal Church Rt. 73, Forestdale February-April: 9am, Holy Eucharist; 9a.m. Sunday Morning Program for children preschool and older. 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in- Partnership LifeBridge Christian Church - 141 Mulcahy Drive, 247-LIFE (5433). Sunday Worship 9a.m., www.lifebridgevt.com, LifeGroups meet weekly (call for times and locations) Living Water Assembly of God 76 North Street (Route 53), Office Phone: 247-4542. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.LivingWaterAOG.org. Sunday Service 10a.m. Wednesday Service 7p.m. Youth Meeting (For Teens) Saturday 7p.m. St. Mary’s Parish - 38 Carver St., 247-6351, Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday Mass 9:30a.m. St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church - Rt. 7, Brandon Village. February-April services will be held at Grace Church, Rt. 73 Forestdale: 9a.m., Holy Eucharist; 9a.m. Sunday Morning Program for children preschool and older. 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership United Methodist Church Main St., 247-6524. Sunday Worship 10a.m. CASTLETON Castleton Federated Church Rt. 4A - 468-5725. Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. Church of Christ Bible study & services Sunday 10:00a.m. All are cordially welcome. Contact Mike Adaman 273-3379. Faith Community Church Mechanic St., 468-2521. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. Fellowship Bible Church Rt. 30 North, 468-5122. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. & 6p.m. Hydeville Baptist Church - Hydeville, Rt. 4A Sunday Worship 9:30a.m. • 265-4047. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday 8:30a.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church - Main St. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. third Sunday of the month. CHITTENDEN Church of the Wildwood United Methodist Holden Rd., 483-2909. Sunday Service 10:30a.m. Mt. Carmel Community Church - South Chittenden Town Hall, 483-2298. Sun. Worship 5:30p.m. St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church - Saturday Mass 4p.m. Wesleyan Church North Chittenden, 483- 6696. Sunday Worship 10a.m. CLARENDON The Brick Church 298 Middle Rd. 773-3873. Sunday Worship 10a.m. Nursery Care Available. www.brickchruchvt.com Reformed Bible Church Clarendon Springs, 483-6975. Sunday Worship 9:30a.m. FAIR HAVEN First Baptist Church South Park Place, Sunday Worship 11a.m. First Congregational Church Rt. 22A Sunday Worship 10a.m. Our Lady of Seven Dolors 10 Washington St. Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday 8 & 9a.m. St. Luke’s - St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. United Methodist Church West St., Sun. Service 8:30a.m. FORESTDALE Forestdale Wesleyan Church Rt. 73 Sunday Worship 11a.m. St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church Rt. 7, Brandon village: 8 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 (traditional language). 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 (contemporary language), with music. “Sunday Morning Program” for children preschool and older (during school year). Telephone: 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership Grace Church Rt. 73, Forestdale - part of St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church: May-July services held at St. Thomas, Brandon village (corner of Rt. 7 and Prospect): a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 (traditional language.) 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 (contemporary language), with music. “Sunday Morning Program” for children preshcool and older (during shcool year.) Telephone: 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership. Living Water Assembly of God 76 North Street (Route 53), Office Phone: 247-4542. Email: [email protected]. Website:

www.LivingWaterAOG.org. Sunday Service 10a.m. Wednesday Service 7p.m. Youth Meeting (For Teens) Saturday 7p.m. HUBBARDTON Hubbardton Congregational Church Sunday Worship 10a.m. • 273-3303. East Hubbardton Baptist Church The Battle Abbey, 483-6266 Worship Hour 10:30a.m. IRA Ira Baptist Church Rt. 133, 235-2239. Worship 11a.m. & 6p.m. LEICESTER Community Church of the Nazarene 39 Windy Knoll Lane • 9:30a.m. Worship Service, 11:00 a.m. Bible School, 6:00p.m. Evening Service. Wed. Evening 7:00p.m. Dare to care and Prayer. 3rd Sat. of the month (Sept.-May) 8a.m. Men’s breakfast St. Agnes’ Parish - Leicester Whiting Rd, 247-6351, Sunday Mass 8a.m. MENDON Mendon Community Church Rt. 4 East, Rev. Ronald Sherwin, 459-2070. Worship 9:30a.m., Sunday School 11:00a.m. NORTH SPRINGFIELD North Springfield Baptist Church 69 Main St., N. Springfield, VT • (802) 886-8107 Worsip Services Sunday 10a.m.; Faith Cafe (discussion group) Sundays 11:15a.m.-12p.m.; Sunday School for children K-4; Bible Study Fridays 9:30a.m. Call us about our youth ministry program PAWLET Pawlet Community Church 325-3716. Sunday Worship 9:30a.m. St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Church West Pawlet. Sunday Mass 9:30a.m. The United Church of West Pawlet 645-0767. Sunday Worship 10a.m. PITTSFORD Pittsford Congregational Church Rt. 7, 483-6408. Worship 10:15a.m. St. Alphonsus Church Sunday Mass 9a.m. POULTNEY Christian Science Society 56 York St., 287-2052. Service 10a.m. St. David’s Anglican Church Meet at Young at Heart Senior Center on Furnace St., 645- 1962. 1st Sun. of every month, Holy Eucharist 9:30a.m. Poultney United Methodist Church Main St., 287-5710. Worship 10:00a.m. St. Raphael Church Main St. Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday Mass 10a.m. Sovereign Redeemer Assembly [email protected] • Sunday Worship 10a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church Church St., 287-2252. Sunday Holy Eucharist 10:45a.m. United Baptist Church On the Green, East Poultney. 287-5811, 287-5577. Sunday Worship 10a.m. Welsh Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship 10a.m. PROCTOR St. Dominic Catholic Church 45 South St. Sunday Mass 9:15a.m. St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Gibbs St. Sunday Worship 9a.m. Union Church of Proctor - Church St., Sun. Worship 10a.m. SHREWSBURY Shrewsbury Community Church Sun. Service 10:30a.m. SUDBURY Sudbury Congregational Church On the Green, Rt. 30, 623-7295 Open May 30-Oct. 10, for Worship (No winter services) & Sun. School 10:30a.m. WALLINGFORD East Wallingford Baptist Church Rt. 140, 259-2831. Worship 11a.m. First Baptist Church - School St., 446-2020. Worship 11a.m. First Congregational Church 446-2817. Worship 10a.m. St. Patrick’s Church Sat. Mass 5p.m., Sun. 10:30a.m. Society of Friends (Quaker) Rotary Bldg., Rt. 7 Sunday meeting for worship 10a.m. South Wallingford Union Congregational Church Sunday Worship 9a.m. WEST RUTLAND First Church of Christ, Scientist 71 Marble St., Sunday School & Service 10a.m., Wednesday Evening Service 7:30p.m. St. Bridget Church Pleasant & Church Streets Saturday Mass 5p.m., Sunday 9a.m. St. Stanislaus Kostka Church Barnes & Main Streets, Saturday Mass 4:30p.m., Sunday 9a.m. United Church of West Rutland Chapel St., Worship 10a.m.

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By Joe [email protected]

After a recent meeting ofthe Vermont InterscholasticFootball League in Montpe-lier, a major high school foot-ball realignment was ap-proved, which will shake upall three divisions through-out the state next season.

The main change involves the expansion of Division I from10 to 14 teams, with the top eight teams getting playoffberths. The teams moving up from Division II include MountMansfield, Colchester, Middlebury and CVU. There will beno bye-week for the top seed with the No. 1 seed playing No.8, No. 2 against No. 7, No. 3 against No. 6 and No. 4 facingNo. 5.

Division II will now feature 10 teams, with Bellows Fallsand Springfield will move up from Division III. The otherteams in Division II include Burr & Burton, Otter Valley, FairHaven, Lyndon State, Milton, North Country, Rice and U-32.However, as before, only four out of the 10 teams in the di-vision will make the playoffs, leaving six teams on the out-side looking in.

Division III is now, also comprised of 10 teams with fourmaking the playoffs. Competing for the top spots will beWindsor, Woodstock, BFA-Fairfax, Mill River, Montpelier,Mount Abraham, Mount St. Joseph, Oxbow, Winooski andPoultney.

Once the new plan clears the Vermont Principle Associa-tion's (VPA) standards committee meeting in February, thenew alignment will be set for next fall. Perhaps the biggestchange in this realignment is the fact that despite addingfour more teams to Division I, still only four teams make itto the playoffs.

Locally, it appears that neither Bellows Falls or Springfieldshould have too much of a concern moving up to DivisionII, although Springfield is coming off a tough season withoverall roster numbers down.

Springfield's annualThanksgiving Community Dinner

By Joe Milliken [email protected]

SPRINGFIELD — St. Mary's Catholic Church in Spring-field recently held it's annual Thanksgiving CommunityDinner at the Nolin-Murray Center only this year, the vol-unteers are serving turkey and mashed potatoes with brandnew kitchen equipment, including an eight burner, stainless-steel stove and two stacking convection ovens.

Each year, the church teams up with the Springfield Fam-ily Center in order to produce Thanksgiving meals for some300 people, primarily to help out the Springfield Meals onWheels program, which is closed on Thanksgiving Day.

Head cook Michael Knoras , who has been leading thechurch's volunteer efforts for years, oversaw the cooking ofnearly 20 turkeys and all the fixings, in which the family cen-ter delivered some 120 meals to shut-ins, while the Nolin-Murray Center was set up for another 175 dinners.

The previous day, volunteers had prepared much of thefeast, including over 100 pounds of potatoes, stuffing, but-ternut squash, about 100 mini-loaves of pumkin bread,dozens of dinner rolls and over 30 pumpkin pies.

On Thanksgiving morning the volunteers, some of whichhave been assisting in this cause since the early 1980's, be-gan stuffing and cooking the turkeys at 4 a.m. so that the 120take-out meals could be created at 8 a.m. for seven more vol-unteers to distribute throughout the Springfield area. Themain dinner at the hall started serving dinner at noon timeand served over 175 dinners through 2 p.m.

Get In The GameA View on Sports by Joe Milliken

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Did you know this Poultney family?Iam reaching out to people who grew up in South Poultney in the early 1900s

through the 1960s, others who graduated in the Poultney High School class of 1942(or thereabouts) or lived in the Poultney community in those years until 1970.

The reason I am doing this is because I am looking for people who remember the JohnW. and Miriam (Pritchard) Roberts’ family who lived in the South Poultney communitywith their only son, John Arthur Roberts who graduated in the 1942 Poultney HighSchool class.

In the 1960s/‘70s, John “Jack” and Miriam lived in the West Poultney community in anapartment on Main Street. Jack worked in the area slate quarries and the family was ac-tive in the Welsh Presbyterian Church.

John Arthur was active in his high school years in sports programs and the drama club.Father and son both were U.S. military veterans, John W. of World War I and John Arthurof World War II. I would appreciate hearing from you if you knew this family.

The reason I am inquiring is because the niece of John W. Roberts and cousin of JohnArthur Roberts and her husband, who live across the Atlantic in North Wales in the Unit-ed Kingdom, are making their first-ever trip to New England—to Poultney—the firstweekend in October 2010.

John W. and Miriam both passed on many years ago and John Arthur settled in theUnited States far from Vermont, but John W.’s niece is coming to spend several days inthe Poultney community over that weekend to visit their gravesites, to walk the streets ofthe community in which they lived and hoping dearly to meet people who remembertheir family and will share of their memories.

One Poultney person, cousin to John Arthur through Miriam’s family, who resides nearAlbany, New York, has been contacted and these Welsh visitors will be staying in Poult-ney with another who is related to John Arthur, also through Miriam’s heritage.

Please be in touch if you have memories of John Arthur Roberts or of his parents, JohnW. and Miriam (Pritchard) Roberts, that you’d be willing to share with these visitors - -and if you can meet briefly with these Wales visitors, that will make a tremendous SlateValley memory for the couple. Please write to: Janice Edwards, 60 Norton Ave., Poultney,Vt. 05764-1029, e-mail: [email protected] or call 802-287-5744.

Thank you.Janice Edwards

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A slice of Chester cheesecake Remembering 2008’s “nude” calendar

By Lou [email protected]

Cleaning out the garage last week, I came across my press copyof a kitchy wall calendar that—as I recall—created a bit of a stirin tiny Chester, Vt. That was back in the good old boom days oflate 2007. Anyhow, I tossed away the faded calendar, but it gotme wondering: why would a group of women in a very smallcommunity bare it all—even it was for a good cause? All for alark? Soemthing darker, like exhibitionism? What had ferment-ed the small town nude-calendar craze a few years back?

Chester is a quiet little village in a sleepy valley between Oke-mo, Bromley and Magic mountains. It’s a winter wateringholefor skiers with its old-time train station, the 1858 CummingsHardware Store, art galleries, gift shops and restaurants.

So Chester isn’t the sort of New England community you thinkof when it comes to cheesecake—at least, the pinup variety.

Back in 2008, a dozen local women, with the support of sev-eral businesses, bared themselves for the sake of civic pride. Atthe time, the discreetly nude calendar—which was called “2008Chester Calendar Girls”—raised some eyebrows and otherthings locally.

Let’s be frank: Chester’s famous 2008 calendar ladies weremature women; at the time, all were apparently over the top-of-the-rollercoaster at age 40 plus. We’re not talking about fashionmodels here, but there still was ample feminine beauty pictured.These were genuine Vermont women with the natural flaws ofage lightly Photo Shoped. An aside: There’s really wasn’t enoughflesh revealed to offend those of us already exposed to cable T.V.and movie nudity; most of the images—which were profession-ally crafted by photographer Pam Nelligan—hinted at nudity bystrategically covering body parts.

In 2008, Chester’s promotional slogan proclaims “Chester:Beautiful in Every Season.” And those dozen brave women of2008 who created the calendar wanted to support the slogan byraising funds for local projects and promote awareness of thetown.

“The women are not technically nude,” said Miss OctoberJulie Pierce in an interview published in the Rutland Tribune inlate 2007. “There’s no frontal nudity and the photos are tastefulas well as aesthetically pleasing. I think they will bring a chuck-le to those who can appreciate the giddy terror we were happyto endure to do something positive for the town.”

Pierce, who was a 48-year-old at the time the famous calendarappeared, owns the Inn Victoria B&B in town with her husband.She appeared to have enjoyed the experience of modeling. In thecalendar, she posed in her inn’s kicthen. Nelligan’s playful pho-to shows Pierce chuckling and sporting a messy baking-flour fa-cial. I guess not everyone around town was “chuckling” back in2008.

For a few less open-minded residents, the idea that local pro-fessional women would show a little skin to sell their town mighthave been troubling.

When it was revealed that then Chester Town Manager SueSpaulding had posed as Miss April, one Chester voter and town-meeting regular remarked, “Well, I now know more about Ms.Spaulding than I do about the town budget.”

The English comedy movie "Calendar Girls" was the big in-fluence to Chester’s calendar ladies and similar racey hometowncalendars of the early 2000s. Also, “The Men of Maple CornersCalendar”, an au naturel Vermont calendar, inspired the womento boldly show what few small-town women in Vermont haveshown before.

The $64,000 question remains: Will the Chester ladies bare itall it, yet again, to promote local commerce? Stay tuned.


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ACROSS1 Insect catchers5 Something blown before

a fight?9 Seize by force

14 Monkees’ jacket type19 Marine hue20 Exalt21 Long time follower?22 Allium plant23 Thursday meat27 Singing hindrance28 Net weight factors29 Early Greek Cynic30 Sweeping matter32 Curse34 __-relief35 Thursday veggie45 Bruins’ sch.46 Lays eggs in water47 Jalisco hundred48 Fleur de __: sea salt49 They’re raised at bars51 Connecting symbol

between musical notes52 Auto for Otto, maybe53 Arch opening?55 Thursday condiment60 Half an attention-getter61 Concur62 Decipher, as music63 Everlasting, to the bard64 Jenny’s sound65 Vise feature66 Certain fed67 Secretary of state under

Reagan70 Try72 Jacket line74 Lyricist Gershwin77 Thursday veggie81 Mountain spine

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tures”85 Alias86 __-garou: werewolf87 Flaws90 “Death in Venice” author91 Thursday dessert96 Lip97 Neil Diamond’s “__ Said”98 King of rhyme99 Remain calm

104 Succeed in106 More’s allegorical island111 This weekend’s fridge

contents, probably, andwhat’s missing from fivelong puzzle answers?

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and pollutes116 Hot rod rod117 Mounted on118 “Nowhere Man: The Final

Days of John Lennon”author Robert

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at the bridge, Mondaymorning through Saturdaynight.

Grady said now that theshafts are done, construc-tion will start to pick up.

“The next stage is settingsteel,” he said. “We’ll beable to set the approaches tothe arch. The concrete deckis the last stage.”

The first steel piecesshould arrive from a Lan-caster, Pa., fabricating plantin early December, FlatironConstruction Manager PhilLaFave said.

The bridge, which willconnect Crown Point withChimney Point, Vt., re-places an 80-year-old bridgeclosed due to severe piererosion in October 2009 andlater destroyed by con-trolled explosives.

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drinks, which are very attractive to young,and often under-aged drinkers, especiallyteen girls. The attendees found a numberof facts involving these drinks, which of-ten add caffeine and other stimulants oftenfound in energy drinks. The game portionfeatured Carrie Turner, a junior at OtterValley and Emily Fredette, a Stafford stu-dent from Castleton, as well as Emily John-son. The sixty or so attendees at the twopresentations that these students providedrated the presentation very highly in theirevaluations.

Cierra Phelps, a Stafford student fromClarendon, presented two highly regardedworkshops on Healthy Relationships andTeen Dating Violence to about sixty stu-dents.

Cierra has been involved in a co-op pro-gram at the Rutland County Women’s Net-work and Shelter as a second year studentin the Public Safety Services Program, isconsidered to be a youth expert in the fieldand has presented a number of workshopson the subject. Additionally, she won a LizClaiborne Foundation national competi-tive grant which deal with Teen Dating Vi-olence last year.

Carrie Turner of Otter Valley Union HS, Emily Johnson, a Stafford student from West Rutland, and Emily Fredette, aStafford student from Fair Haven present a workshop on the Drinking Age Debate and Alcopops.

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James Edward Dewire, JrApril 23, 1932 - November 22, 2010

BRANDON — James Edward Dewire, Jr, age 78, died Monday,November 22, 2010 at Porter Hospital in Middlebury.

Mr. Dewire was born in Saranac Lake, NY on April 23, 1932. Hewas the son of James and Mary (Plumley) Dewire, Sr. He has beena resident of Brandon since 2000 moving here from Clearwater, FL.

Surviving is his daughter Yvonne Kemper of Tenn, and his sonTodd Rowley of New York, a half brother, Eugene Eber of Trenton,FL and his care provider Helen Cram of Brandon.

A private funeral service will be held at the Miller & KetchamFuneral Home in Brandon, at a later date. A private burial, withmilitary honors, will take place in Forestdale Cemetery.

Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made to; The BrandonArea Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 232, Brandon, VT 05733.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Miller & KetchamFuneral Home in Brandon.

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New firms join food groupRUTLAND — The Vermont Specialty Food Association

welcomes the following members to the organization thathave joined recently:

Big Lenny’s: Producing specialty sauces: Sweet with aBite Hot Relish, Sweet Red Onion Sauce, Vermont MapleMustard and Apple Cider Honey Mustard.

Luckyday Co. LLC (associate member): Commercial ware-housing/heated, refrigerated and frozen storage; includesorder fulfillment and refrigerated trucking.

The Vermont Specialty Food Association is a statewideorganization representing over 100 food producers and 20suppliers to the industry. The association is headquarteredat 135 North Main St. in downtown Rutland.

Bishop joins agencyLang McLaughry Spera

Real Estate announced thatSue Bishop is a new salesassociate in the firm’sRutland office. Bishop hasbeen in the real estate busi-ness for more than six years.She has been involved withthe Rutland Rotary Club,Garden Club, EthnicFestival, and most recentlyserved as the director of theRutland County Board ofRealtors.

VSAC offers college savingsplans for families

The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) hasrenewed its agreement with TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing,Inc. to manage the Vermont Higher Education InvestmentPlan—Vermont’s official 529 college savings plan — and isoffering several enhancements to benefit Vermont families.

The number of VHEIP investment options has expandedfrom three to six to provide families a wider range of choic-es with varying strategies and degrees of risk. Investorsmay choose options that range from conservative to aggres-sive, selecting those that best fit their college savings objec-tives and investment philosophy.

In addition, program management fees have been restruc-tured to help account owners put more of their investmentstoward their college savings goals. Of particular note, feeshave been reduced for the Managed Allocation Option, apopular choice for many families because the underlyinginvestments automatically adjust as the student beneficiaryages.

In addition to the changes, plans are under way to makemanaging a VHEIP account online much easier. Accountowners will be able to view electronic quarterly and annualstatements online, rebalance existing assets to new or exist-ing investment options, and make withdrawals to the bankaccount on record.

The Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan launchedin 1999 and has grown to an asset value of $100 million inabout 9,600 accounts. VHEIP is the only 529 plan for whichVermont taxpayers can claim a state income tax credit of upto $250 per taxpayer per beneficiary (up to $500 for marriedcouples filing jointly) on contributions in each taxable year.

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