7/23/09 Cavendish Update

The 7/23/09 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish related news
2. Support for the Cavendish Update
3. Cavendish Community Fund Annual Dinner
4. Sheep Herding Clinic
5. Concert on the Green: Yankee Chank
6. Dance and Yoga Exploration
7. Classifieds: Rental
8. August Calendar: Submissions needed by July 30

1. Cavendish Related News
• Cemetery Right of Way and Helipad Top the Agenda for Cavendish

• Efficiency Vermont pays for old refrigerators

2. Support for the Cavendish Update
With the Eagle Times and The Message no longer operational, the Cavendish Update is receiving more calls and e-mails. For now we are sticking to the once a week, Friday format, with the calendar of events posted the first of each month. Important news items will be forwarded regardless of day of the week and we do post items on the Cavendish Update Blog (www.cavendishvt.blogspot.com) that arrive after the weekly posting.

Is there a need to make the Update available in print? If so, would having copies located in strategic places, like the library be useful?

Currently, there are two sponsors of the Update and more are needed, particularly if there is need to make print copies. If you are interested in helping to support the Update and/or have suggestions about how to share it with those who do not use a computer, please e-mail margoc@tds.net

3. Cavendish Community Fund Annual Dinner
The Cavendish Community Fund will hold its annual fundraising dinner at 7 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Cavendish Inn. "The dinner has become a regular summer event in Cavendish and is a terrific opportunity to support a truly grassroots effort to promote local programs of community benefit," said Barbara Dickey, chairwoman of the Cavendish Community Fund. The fund has underwritten a number of community endeavors, including part of the summer concert series on the Proctorsville Green and last summer's "Cavendish Chronicles," a locally produced play about the history of the town. Tickets are $125 per couple or $65 per individual. For tickets or more information, call Robin Timko at 226-7736.

4. Sheep Herding Clinic
Multiple trailing champion Maurice MacGregor will be holding a sheep herding clinic in Cavendish. Since 1962, "MacGregor's Border Collies" has been producing some of the finest working sheep and cattle dogs in the northeast. Having emigrated from northern Ireland in 1951, MacGregor spent ten years in Britain working Border Collies on dairy cattle and a flock of Border Lester sheep. One of the founders of the Northeast Border Collie Association, he is devoted to promotion of the breed. MacGregor has vast experience in working and training dogs on livestock and has numerous national wins under his belt.

The clinic is open to beginners through experienced handlers. Participants can bring any breed of dog. Instruction is one- on- one

The dates of the clinic are Aug 21 & 22, from 9-4. Please bring a lunch. The cost is $95 per day or $180/ both days. Registration is limited, so early registration is recommended. To learn about MacGregor, go to http://macsbordercollies.tripod.com/ To register for the clinic, or for more information, call 802 952-8123

5. Concert on the Green: Yankee Chank
Wednesday, July 29’s Concert on the Proctorsville Green hosts Yankee Chank, a Cajun dance band, featuring Cavendish resident Bob Naess. Bob started his love affair with the fiddle in the 4th grade, when he took lessons using his grandfather’s violin. “I didn’t have any tunes in my head,” is his reason for stopping until he went to college. While at UC Berkley in the 60’s, he was exposed to a lot of different music in the Bay area. Being around members of the Grateful Dead inspired him to pick the fiddle up again and learn to play Old Time music. Note: Jerry Garcia was a banjo player. It wasn’t long before he was playing in a “stilt band,” all the members played on stilts, at Fishermen’s Warf in San Francisco and various art openings. Over the years, Bob has won numerous fiddle contests and played in a variety of bands, including the Seattle based Gypsy Gyppos.

Along the way, Bob heard Cajun and zydeco, the music from the bayous of Louisiana. Having been part of a number of different Cajun bands, Bob is happy to have a group of Vermont based musicians he can play with and not have to travel to far. Along with the other members of Yankee Chank Cannon LaBrie (accordion), Jim Burns (guitar) and Mark Sustic (bass), Bob will be playing next Wednesday starting at 6:30 pm. Be prepared to dance in the streets or sit on your lawn chair and tap your toes. Les bon temps roule! (Let the good times roll.)

6. Dance and Yoga Exploration
Ashley Hensel-Browning, formerly of Cavendish, will be teaching a dance/yoga camp in Chester for students 6-12. This program will continue at Cavendish Elementary School in the 2009/2010 school year.

The four day camp explores yoga and dance choreography. Classes will provide students with a foundation of yoga and dance exercises that allow students to learn about their bodies while discovering their own creative resources. From this foundation the students will move into building a sense of community and self reflection while making up their very own dance! Parents and siblings are invited to join the last class.

Camp dates are August 4 & 5 and 7 & 8 with the location being the Chester Andover Elementary School library. Scholarship money for Chester Town Recreation Camps can be applied to the cost of the camp. For more information, or to register, call Rebecca at 802.236.9147 or rebecca.salem@gmail.com.

Check out the following Blogs to learn more about Ashley
and Rebecca

7. Classifieds: Rental
• Large 2 bedroom w/ lots of closets - 16 Bridge St, Ludlow ,clean and walk to town.$1050/month includes utilities Call: 226 -7494.

8. August Calendar: Submissions needed by July 30
If you have an event you would like posted in the Calendar edition of the Cavendish Update (August 1), please e-mail it to margoc@tds.net no later than July 30. Be sure to include date, day of the week, time, location and contact person