Cavendish Update 7/1/10 Calendar/Notice/Old Home Day Activities

This issue of the Cavendish Update is made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society www.cavendishhistory.org www.cavendishhistoricalsocietynews.blogspot.com


The 7/1/10 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish Update/Please Read
2. July Cavendish Calendar
3. Old Home Day Activities and Schedule
4. Stepping Stones Preschool Accepting Enrollment
5. Chris Kleeman Kicks Off Cavendish Concert Series
6. Car Detailing Available Locally

1. Cavendish Update/Please Read
The roots of the Cavendish Update date back to 2003 as a way to keep people informed about the “quarry project.” It wasn’t long before it became a means to provide town and community information as well. Newspapers have come and gone, yet the Update has grown in the number of subscribers and has had an on-line presence since 2008 at http://cavendishvt.blogspot.com/

The Update has been designed to cover Cavendish (including the villages of Cavendish and Proctorsville) news, activities and is used to alert the community in emergent situations. E-mail posts are limited to once a week on Friday and emergency posts as needed. Non-emergent information can be posted to the blog at any time.

The Cavendish Organization Website Directory is now included at the blog and is no longer posted the first of the month. Note that certain organizations, such as Green Mountain Union High School and Fletcher Memorial Library, which are not located in Cavendish, are included because they include the town in their charter.

For many years, the Update was a volunteer effort. In the last several years, the Cavendish Community and Conservation Association (CCCA) and the Cavendish Historical Society have become a sponsor, which has made it possible to expand coverage. As generous as the sponsors are, these funds cover less than half of the actual costs of producing this free news source. If the Update is going to continue, additional sponsorships are needed.

Cavendish is one of the few towns in Vermont that doesn’t have a website. Over the years of doing the Update, a great deal of information has been collected, which would make it relatively easy to establish a site. Further, with the costs of web hosting now so low, as well as the ease of use of free shareware to create a site, Cavendish and area businesses should not be without a web presence. However, some funding is needed to develop a website(s) and maintain it.

If you or your organization is interested in being a sponsor of the Cavendish Update or seeing the development of a Cavendish website, please e-mail margoc@tds.net or call 802-226-7807.

2. July Cavendish Calendar

July 1 (Thursday): Cavendish Historical Society Board Meeting, 3 pm at the Cavendish Library. FMI: margoc@tds.net or 802-226-7807.

July 2 (Friday): Farmer’s Market, Okemo Mountain School Campus on Main Street Ludlow 4-7 pm.

July 3 (Saturday): Old Home Day Annual Plant Sale begins at 8:30 in front of the Cavendish Historical Society Museum; 10-2 Activities on the Cavendish Green; 12-4 Cavendish Quilt Show at the Stone Church in Cavendish. FMI: margoc@tds.net or 802-226-7807.
• Craft Festival at Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, Route 103
• Fire Works in Ludlow at 9:30 pm

July 4 (Sunday): Cavendish Quilt Show at the Old Stone Church in Cavendish from noon-4 pm. FMI: margoc@tds.net or 802-226-7807.
• Craft Festival at Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, Route 103

July 6 (Tuesday): Cavendish Library Board Meeting, 5 pm at the Library.
• Stuffed Animal Sleep Over and Pool Party. Well-behaved stuffed animals are invited to party the night away in the Cavendish Library pool. No children allowed. FMI: 226-7503.

July 7 (Wednesday): Free Proctorsville Green music series begins at 6 pm. Featuring Chris Kleeman, see article below. Sponsored by CCCA. Rain location is the Cavendish School. See Article 4 below for more information about Chris Kleeman.
• Planning Commission Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office.

July 9 (Friday): Farmer’s Market, Okemo Mountain School Campus on Main Street Ludlow 4-7 pm.

July 10 (Saturday): Household Hazardous Waste Collections, Windsor Town Garage 9-11 am. Up to 10 gallons of waste is taken free of charge. Bring aerosols, antifreeze, automotive products, gasoline, hobby chemicals, household cleaners, kerosene, paint cleaners, pesticides, oil-based paints, pool chemicals, mercury thermometers and thermostats. Do not bring: latex paint (thicken and trash it), waste oil (service stations may take it), fluorescent bulbs (recycle at Transfer station and hardware stores, ammunition (gun dealer), asbestos, auto batteries (Transfer station), alkaline batteries (trash), empty containers (recycle), fireworks, medical waste, medicines (trash), computers (transfer station), radioactive material.

• Drive in Movie Night. Come see the movie, “Pirates of the Caribbean” projected on the outside of the Cavendish Library building at 9 pm. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. This is a pending program based on the successful loan of an LCD projector. FMI: 226-7503.

July 11 (Sunday): Cavendish Historical Society Museum Open 2-4 pm. Special focus on the 1940s. Be sure to visit the 1940’s Candy Store being run by the Young Historians. FMI: 226-7807

July 12 (Monday): Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office.

July 14 (Wednesday): Free Proctorsville Green music series begins at 6 pm. Featured artist On the Rocks, featuring members of Satin & Steel. Proctorsville Sponsored by CCCA. Rain location is the Cavendish School.

July 15 (Thursday): Prize Day at the Cavendish Library. Participants in the Summer Reading Program receive a prize when they check out a book. FMI: 226-7503
• John Todaro will be speaking on Restoring Brownstones, part of the Fletcher Memorial Library’s Third Thursday Program.

July 16 (Friday): Farmer’s Market, Okemo Mountain School Campus on Main Street Ludlow 4-7 pm.

July 18 (Sunday): Cavendish Historical Society Museum Open 2-4 pm. Special focus on the 1940s. Be sure to visit the 1940’s Candy Store being run by the Young Historians. FMI: 226-7807
• Learn to clean and care for monuments. Cavendish Cemetery Noon –3 pm. Sponsored by the Cavendish Historical Society and the Cavendish Cemetery Commission. FMI: 226-7807

July 20 (Tuesday): Prize Day at the Cavendish Library. Participants in the Summer Reading Program receive a prize when they check out a book. FMI: 226-7503

July 21 (Wednesday): Free Proctorsville Green music series begins at 6 pm. Featured artist-Gypsy Reel. Sponsored by CCCA. Rain location is the Cavendish School.
• Tie-Dye Day at the Cavendish Library, Summer Reading Program participants are invited to bring a dye able item and make it into a work of art in the library. FMI 226-7503

July 22 (Thursday): Fletcher Memorial Library Book Club-“Weight of Water” by Anita Shreve. Meets at 7 pm in the Community Room.

July 23 (Friday): Farmer’s Market, Okemo Mountain School Campus on Main Street Ludlow 4-7 pm.

July 25 (Sunday): Cavendish Historical Society Museum Open 2-4 pm. Special focus on the 1940s. Be sure to visit the 1940’s Candy Store being run by the Young Historians. FMI: 226-7807

July 28 (Wednesday): Free Proctorsville Green music series begins at 6 pm. Featured artist-Dana & Suan Robinson. Sponsored by CCCA. Rain location is the Cavendish School.
• Prize Day at the Cavendish Library. Participants in the Summer Reading Program receive a prize when they check out a book. FMI: 226-7503

July 29 (Thursday): Henna Tattoos and Hair Day at the Cavendish Library. Participants in the Summer Reading program are invited to drop in and get a hair wrap, streak or a temporary henna tat. FMI 226-7503.
• Quarterly meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Southern Windsor/Windham Counties Solid Waste Management District, 6 pm in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Springfield Town Offices. The public is welcome to attend.

July 30 (Friday): Farmer’s Market, Okemo Mountain School Campus on Main Street Ludlow 4-7 pm.

3. Old Home Day Activities and Schedule
July 3
Plant sale and Museum tours-Begins at 8:30 am at the Historical Society Museum on Main St.

Cavendish Green Activities-Area artists, businesses, organizations and food vendors will be set up at the Green from 10-2. Moonlite Meadows will be serving grass fed hamburgers and lamb, all raised on their farm on East Road in Cavendish. The Cavendish Baptist Church will be featuring a “bounce house” for kids. The Young Historians will have a 1940’s Candy Store set up, thanks in part to the Vermont Country Store. There will be a variety of activities for kids. Be sure to look for the Strawberry Shortcake, which is made with local berries, handmade biscuits and whipped cream.

Old Stone Church Quilt Show: Featuring quilts made in Cavendish, including an number from the Historical Society’s collection, will be on display. Area quilters such as Paulette Martel, Jackie Blanchard, Gloria Leven, and Mabel Ward will have quilts in the exhibit. A unique contribution is Jennifer Hoar’s, of Jennifer Hoar Designs. A fiber artist, she has designed a variety of quilts for JC Penney and Wal Mart. Several of her design books will be on display. You will be able to see what she presented to the companies and the advertisements for the finished product. The exhibit runs from noon-4 pm at the Stone Church on Main Street.

July 4
Quilt Show continues from noon-4 at the Stone Church.

4. Stepping Stones Preschool Accepting Enrollment
Stepping Stones Preschool is accepting enrollment for the 2010-11 school year. Register soon to reserve your spot for 3 free preschool mornings( 9-12:30) as part of the Windsor Southwest Supervisory Union Preschool Collaborative’s publicly funded preschool program. Stepping Stones is open Monday- Friday 7:30-5:00. Stepping Stones offers an after school program for children up to age 10 consisting of homework help, snack, science activities, outdoor activities, literacy, cooking, arts and crafts, and more. Call Kim Sherman-director 226-7760 for more information and to enroll your child. Email- directorsspreschool@tds.net.

5. Chris Kleeman Kicks Off Cavendish Concert Series
The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association wants to remind everyone that the annual summer music series kicks off on Wednesday, July 7th at 6:00 p.m. on the Proctorsville Green with Chris Kleeman, the Vermont based master blues singer and legendary song stylist.

A performer of great energy and focus, Kleeman provides a unique opportunity to see and hear the real thing; an artist of high energy and gritty musical performance, who's been matched up to perform in shows with musicians such as B.B. King, Taj Mahal, John Hammond, George Thorogood, Johnny Winter, Leon Redbone, ... the list goes on and on.

This will be the first of six concerts held again this year on Wednesday nights in July and August. All concerts are free and open to the public, so join your neighbors and friends in front of the gazebo on the green. Bring a comfortable chair, a blanket, maybe a picnic, or just kick back and relax on the grass.

The summer concert series has a long history in Proctorsville and many area residents reserve Wednesday evenings to listen to the live music. As always, the concerts will be held rain or shine, and will move to the Cavendish town elementary school in case of inclement weather.

6. Car Detailing Available Locally
Want a clean car, but don’t have the time to do it? Car detailing (exterior and interior) is now available in Cavendish. Pick up available. FMI: Danielle Dulaney 226-8055.