Cavendish Update 10/29-11/1/10 News/Calendar/Events

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


The 10/28 and 11/1/10 Cavendish Update Contains:
1. Election Day, November 2
2. Halloween Weekend Activities
3. Group hunts for ghostly activity year-round-Dutton House
4. Proctorsville Fire Department Expanded Services
5. Vermont Unemployment Rate Drops
6. New E-Waste Law
7. Recycle Corks at Cavendish Transfer Station
8. November 2011 Cavendish Calendar

1. Election Day November 2
Election Day is November 2. The Cavendish polling place will be the Cavendish Town Elementary School’s Arts Room. Polls will be open from 10-7.

Vermont’s Candidate Information Guide is now available on-line and will be included as an insert in the Rutland Herald and other Vermont Daily publications. In addition, 2010 General Election Sample Ballot for Cavendish can also be obtained on-line.

2. Halloween Weekend Activities
October 29 (Friday): Cavendish Halloween Party at the Proctorsville Fire Department from 6-8 pm. Lots of games to play, haunted hallway, fortune teller, DJ, and a costume contest (new category for parents). There will be a 50/50 raffle to help with the 2011 party. Donations are always welcomed and needed.

October 30 (Saturday): Cavendish Snow Fleas Trails Maintenance Work Weekend. FMI: Snow Fleas http://cavendishsnowfleas.com/events

October 31 (Sunday): 11th Annual Golden Stage Inn Open House, 399 Depot Street Proctorsville, 6-8 pm. There will be fog, screaming, mulled cider, endless cookie jar and more. Donations welcome.
• The Proctorsville Fire Department will be handing out candy starting at 4 pm.
• Facilitated meditation from 4-5 p.m. Cultivating attention, clarity and a quiet mind. Call Robin at 226-7736.
• Cavendish Snow Fleas Trails Maintenance Work Weekend. FMI: Snow Fleas

For additional Halloween activities in the Okemo Valley, go to Your Place in Vermont Calendar of Events

3. Group hunts for ghostly activity year-round-Dutton House
Note: The following article is from WCAX.com The Dutton house, which once stood on the Cavendish Green, was built in 1782 and was relocated to the Shelburne Museum in 1950. It has since been restored to appear as it did in 1820. Two of the caretakers of the Dutton House at the Shelburne Museum visited Cavendish recently and met with the Cavendish Historical Society. Not only did they want to see the Museum, for possible items that may have been in the Dutton family, but they wanted to see where Salmon Dutton was buried (Cavendish Cemetery). When asked about the “ghosts,” neither of them had experience with anything paranormal in the Dutton house, but did say it had a “special feel to it.” Pictures of the house, as restored, are available on-line.

“With Halloween just a short way away the idea of ghosts is a frightening possibility. But, for the Green Mountain Paranormal Society this time of year is just as spooky as the rest.

They search for paranormal activity and were recently at the Shelburne Museum doing just that WCAX reporter Gina Bullard went along for the investigation.

It all started in Cavendish Vermont. The Dutton family built their house in 1781. The house has seen a lot including being a store, inn, boarding house and tavern. By the early 1900s more than 11 people had died in the home -- and it was left abandoned for the next 40 years. It was then moved and donated to the Shelburne Museum....
....Now it’s said to be haunted.

Supervisor of museum security Dan Cole said, "People have had experiences here. There are several guides that will not work here. Some staff that are concerned about things they've seen or heard here"

Bullard: Those things people have witnessed range from footsteps and people in the attic to a girl crying at the edge of a bed. The Green Mountain Paranormal Society is now on the case and wants to see if they can see or hear any paranormal activity happening in the house…we went along with them for that investigation.

Cole: "Be careful it's dangerous. The best explanation that I've heard that the people were upset the Dutton's descendents or Duttons themselves are upset the house was moved from Cavendish."

Bullard: "One woman who was training to be a tour guide here swears she saw a man in tattered clothing sitting in this corner right here, growling at her. After that experience, she said she would never enter back into the Dutton home."

Bastian Gadouas says, "There's stories surrounding the place and there's a lot of history around the place so there's potential of something of several eras to be here whether it's hearing a sound or catching something on vid."

Cole explained, "We've had paranormals here before. This is something the museum has done to find some answers if we can and see where it goes."

The group uses scientific technology to hunt for signs of paranormal activity. Starting with quiet time, they break up and sit in different parts of the house and just listen. Then they report back on what they all heard.

Jennifer says, "The quiet time is for us to get a base reading of our natural senses of what the house sounds like quiet without people."

Next they send groups into certain rooms for electronic voice phenomenon - EVP sessions -- where they try to communicate with spirits.

Bastian Gadouas "First of all we could start out, what's your name?"

Gadouas says, "These things are manifesting with energy. This reads energy, so if this thing gets close by it, the idea is that it will make the lights light up."

Those lights did just that moments later in the green room, a confirmed spook, in a home famed for it's ghost stories.”

4. Proctorsville Fire Department Expanded Services
As of Oct. 17, the Proctorsville Fire Department is now responding to all Trauma and Cardiac Arrest emergencies in their coverage area. They currently respond to Trauma calls if it’s a car accident. PFD firefighters have completed the required training to respond with the Ludlow Ambulance Service and provide care before the Ambulance arrives. You can follow the activities of PFD on Facebook at http://www.hs.facebook.com/pages/Proctorsville-VT/Proctorsville-Volunteer-Fire-Department/130553286913?v=wall

5. Vermont Unemployment Rate Drops
Vermont's unemployment rate dropped rate is now 5.8, a full point lower than a year ago, and almost four points lower than the national average. Hartford has the lowest jobless rate at 3.6% while Newport is the highest with 7%.

6. New E-Waste Law
Vermont has two new e-waste (used electronics) law, which will take effect in 2011. The first part is the landfill ban on many electronic devices as of Jan. 1, 2011. The second is the free recycling of certain e-waste (computers, computer monitors, CRT-containing devices, printers and TVs) as of July 1, 2001. Vermont is the twenty-first state in the country to enact an e-waste law. The new program will be open to Vermont consumers, charities, school districts, and small businesses. FMI: Department of Environmental Conservation.

7. Recycle Corks at Cavendish Transfer Station
You can recycle your corks, natural and synthetic at the Ludlow Transfer Station. The corks are mailed to TerraCycle, which has them “up cycled” into corkboard. These products are available at popular retail stores. TerraCycle donates 2¢ per cork to a non profit chosen by the District. So far, residents have raised over $100 for the Nature Conservancy and save 5,005 corks from the landfill.

8. November 2011 Cavendish Calendar
November 1 (Monday): Tween (ages 10-14) WII night at the Fletcher Library, 4-6:30 pm

November 2 (Tuesday): ELECTION DAY. See Item 1.
• Cavendish Library Board Meeting, 5 pm at the Library in Proctorsville.

November 3 (Wednesday): Planning Commission Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office

November 4 (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

November 6 (Saturday): Pancake Breakfast at the Cavendish Elementary School to benefit the Sixth Grade Class trip to Keewaydin. Food will be served from 5-9 am in the CTES multipurpose room. Adults are $6 (13+years) & kids are $4. FMI: Robin Bebo-Long 226-7758
• Youth Hunting Day in Vermont

November 8 (Monday): Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Town Office. These meetings are televised on LPCTV. To check for airing times, or to watch the meetings on-line, go to www.lpctv.org.
• Tween (ages 10-14) WII night at the Fletcher Library, 4-6:30 pm

November 10 (Wednesday): Chamber of Commerce Mixer at Jackson Gore 5:30-7:30 pm . FMI 228-5830
• $5 a Bag Sale at Black River Good Neighbors Thrift Store in Ludlow
• Snow Fleas Monthly Meeting 7-8:30 Pm at Ramsdell’s in Cavendish. FMI: Snow Fleas http://cavendishsnowfleas.com/events

November 11 (Thursday): Mary Rita Batesole from Northern Benefits will be speaking about healthcare reform at The Pointe at Castle Hill Resort and Spa Vermont, corner of routes 103 and 131 in Proctorsville. Upstairs conference room. What are your options in 2011. RSVP 228-5830
• No school GMUHS District Inservice
• 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
• Autumn Story Hour at the Fletcher Library in Ludlow, 11 am, for kids 5 and under

November 15 (Monday): Annual Book fair at the Cavendish Library during regular Library Hours. Funds raised go towards children’s books for the library and classroom. FMI: 226-7503
• Tween (ages 10-14) WII night at the Fletcher Library, 4-6:30 pm

November 16 (Tuesday): Annual Book fair at the Cavendish Library during regular Library Hours. Funds raised go towards children’s books for the library and classroom. FMI: 226-7503
• Fletcher Memorial Library Presents Linda Peck in “The Play’s the Thing” from 10:34 to noon. Ages 6 and under are invited to join in the community room as Linda engages children in performance and hands-on activities that will have them thinking, acting, playing and learning.

November 17 (Wednesday): Annual Book fair at the Cavendish Library during regular Library Hours. Funds raised go towards children’s books for the library and classroom. FMI: 226-7503

November 18 (Thursday): Annual Book fair at the Cavendish Library during regular Library Hours. Funds raised go towards children’s books for the library and classroom. FMI: 226-7503
• 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

November 19 (Friday): Ski Swap at Okemo FMI: 228-1401
• Parent Teacher Conference at GMUHS
• Annual Book fair at the Cavendish Library during regular Library Hours. Funds raised go towards children’s books for the library and classroom. FMI: 226-7503

November 20 (Saturday): Ski Swap at Okemo FMI: 228-1401

November 21 (Sunday): Ski Swap at Okemo FMI: 228-1401

November 22 (Monday): Tween (ages 10-14) WII night at the Fletcher Library, 4-6:30 pm

November 23 (Tuesday): Autumn Story Hour at the Fletcher Library in Ludlow, 11 am, for kids 5 and under

November 24 (Wednesday): Schools closed for Thanksgiving Recess
• $5 a Bag Sale at Black River Good Neighbors Thrift Store in Ludlow

November 25 (Thursday): Happy Thanksgiving
• Turkey Trot-Toys for Tots Dorsey Park, Ludlow. Fundraiser, bring new unwrapped toys, money also accepted. FMI: Leslie 228-3176
• Library, schools, Town Office closed.

November 26 (Friday): Schools closed for Thanksgiving Recess
• Ludlow Library Closed

November 27 (Saturday): Holiday Fair, Cavendish Elementary School 9-3
• 2nda Annual Wine Tasting at Pleasant Valley Foods in Proctorsville (Black River Produce building) from 4-6 pm. 226-7336 www.pleasantvalleyfoodsvt.com
• Ludlow Library Closed

November 29 (Monday): Tween (ages 10-14) WII night at the Fletcher Library, 4-6:30 pm