10/22/10 Cavendish Update Glimmerstone/News/Events

The 10/22/10 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish Inn to Become the Inn at Glimmerstone Mansion
2. Cavendish Water Commissioners Meeting (10/25/10) Agenda
3. Get Your 2011 Cavendish Calendar Now!
4. Pancake Breakfast to Benefit 6th Grade Trip to Keewaydin
5. Interested in a Public Transport Bus to Springfield from the Proctorsville Green?
6. Library Raffle of a iPod Touch
7. Mack Molding Given State ANR Designation
8. Catamount Health Insurance Will Increase Rates 21%
9. Tax Rate for Efficiency Vermont to Increase
10. Cavendish Events 10/22-10/28

1. Cavendish Inn to Become the Inn at Glimmerstone Mansion
In December 2009, the Cavendish Inn, formerly known as Glimmerstone, was closed.
Built in 1845 by the manager of the Black River Manufacturing and Canal Company, the house was constructed of local quarried stone. While there have been many different owners, including Leon Gay, of the Gay Brothers Woolen Mills, Glimmerstone was converted into an Inn in 2004 and renamed the Cavendish Inn.

In June 2010, the Inn was sold at auction for $477,000. The sale to the final bidder did not go through. It was purchased this week by Mary Jane and John Abbate from Connecticut. The new owners will be changing the name to The Inn at Glimmerstone Mansion.

2. Cavendish Water Commissioners Meeting (10/25/10) Agenda
The board will meet Monday, October 25 , 2010 at 5:00 PM at the Cavendish Town Office. The Agenda will include a report of the Manager on Water System Operations

3. Get Your 2011 Cavendish Calendar Now!
The 2011Cavendish Community Calendar has arrived and is more beautiful than ever! At this time, calendars are available for purchase at Crows Bakery for $10 each. Proceeds go to benefit the CCCA and it's work with sustainability, education and the community fund.

4. Pancake Breakfast to Benefit 6th Grade Trip to Keewaydin
Henry David Thoreau observed that society had created an educational system where we learn about life through books and we "survey the world through a telescope or a microscope, and never with [our] natural eye". Each year, the 6th graders at Cavendish Elementary School have a wonderful opportunity to go to the Keewaydin Environmental Education Center (KEEC) to learn with their “natural eye.” The weeklong camp offers a multi-disciplinary approach to education that brings the pages of schoolbooks to life. Through the exploration of nature, our program complements the classroom curriculum. We incorporate the study of history, science, math, language arts, geology, and physical education as part of our belief in the interdependency in all things. http://keec.keewaydin.org/

A pancake breakfast will be held on Saturday November 6, from 5-9am, in the multi purpose room at the Cavendish Elementary School to help with the cost of the trip. Adults (13+) are $6 and kids are $4. FMI: Robin Bebo-Long 226-7758

5. Interested in a Public Transport Bus to Springfield from the Proctorsville Green?
For those who would like a weekly public transport bus from the Proctorsville Green to the Shaw’s Mall in Springfield for two hours of shopping, please contact Irma at 226-7263. Irma has agreed to be the contact person to find out how many residents might use the service. A certain number of people are necessary to make this happen.

6. Library Raffle of a iPod Touch
The Cavendish Fletcher Community Library is raffling off a brand new 8 G iPod Touch. Tickets are $1.00 each or 6/$5.00 and are available at the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library. The Drawing will be on December 3. You need not be present to win. For more information, contact Kata at 226-7503.

7. Mack Molding Given State ANR Designation
Mack Molding announced this week that it has been given the "Green Partner" designation by the state Agency of Natural Resources and the Vermont Small Business Development Center. The two agencies work together on the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership, which encourages companies to go beyond existing environmental regulations. Julie Horst, director of communications for Mack Molding, said the company met all eight of the criteria set forth by ANR and the development center and plans on going through a more comprehensive process that will allow the company to claim Environmental Leader status. She said being named a partner does nothing more than let the public and customers know the company is committed to being environmentally friendly.

"More and more we are being asked by our customers to define our environmental role in all aspects of the business," Horst said, adding that the company was taking on many of the initiatives required for the designation anyway, and decided to put it into one package and submit it to the state when it heard of the program.

The company’s northern operations have three manufacturing facilities, two in Arlington and one in Cavendish. Mack Molding makes a number of plastic products, many for the medical industry.

8. Catamount Health Insurance Will Increase Rates 21%
MVP Health Care and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont are the only companies providing Catamount Health, the state run insurance program. A rate increase of over 21 percent was just approved for MVP starting next year. That means, under MVP Health Care, a Catamount policy for a single person paying the whole cost would be about $527 a month. The same plan from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont will cost about $414 a month. About 12,500 Vermonters are enrolled in Catamount, 2,500 of them under MVP. From WCAX. Com

9. Tax Rate for Efficiency Vermont to Increase
Vermont ratepayers pay a tax of a bit less than a penny per kilowatt-hour on their electric bills to support power-saving programs administered by Efficiency Vermont. For residential ratepayers, the tax is going up on Feb. 1 from about seven-tenths of a cent to about nine-tenths of a cent. The money goes to support the $38.5 million that will be spent next year to encourage energy efficiency measures. From WCAX. Com

10. Cavendish Events 10/22-10/28
October 22 (Friday): Schools closed due to NEA Convention

October 23 (Saturday): BRGNS Stick Season Social/Auction at Bella Luna Ristorante, 6 pm. See article 10 below. FMI: www.brgn.org

October 24 (Sunday): Facilitated meditation, from 4-5 p.m. Centering in the body, quieting the mind - using the breath to guide us towards stillness. Call Robin at 226-7736.

October 25 (Monday): Cavendish Water Board Meeting, 5pm at the Cavendish Town Office.

October 26 (Tuesday): Cavendish School Board Meeting at the Green Mountain Union High School to discuss budget cuts, 5 pm. This meeting will be followed by a meeting with the Supervisory Union to discuss consolidation.

October 28 (Thursday): Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
• “Love in the Time of Cholera” by Gabriel G. Marquez will be thee book for the Book Discussion Group that meets at the Fletcher Library, Ludlow, 7pm Community Room.