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The 8/10/12 Cavendish Update Contains:
1. Cavendish Related News
2. CTES School Board Minutes/August Meeting Agenda
3. Cavendish Community Theater Presents "Look At It This Way"
4. Phineas Gage Poster for Sale
5. Photographs for the Cavendish VT Facebook page
6. Warning Cavendish Special Town Meeting
7. Items Needed For 3rd Annual Stick Season Social
8. LPC-TV is looking for your best cold summer soup!
9. Cavendish Events 8/10-8/19
1. Cavendish Related News
Services for Cavendish Select Board Chair Jim Ballantine: There will be a graveside service at the Cavendish Village Cemetery on Aug. 11 (Saturday) at 11 am. Following the service friends and family are welcome to meet at the Methodist Church in Proctorsville for lunch and to share memories. Cavendish civic leader, Jim Ballantine died on August 2.
Bats: The Vermont Department of Health has noted an increase in the number of people who are reporting bats (mostly big brown bats) flying through open windows and doors and getting trapped inside homes and camps this summer. The Health Department recommends if a bat is found in a room with someone who was sleeping soundly, or if a bat is found in the same room as an unattended child, safely collect the bat for rabies testing. Call the rabies hotline (800-472-2437) for help on determining if a worrisome exposure occurred. “The string of hot weather, bugs, and open doors and windows might explain what we are seeing,” said Robert Johnson, public health veterinarian. Press Release
Okemo Chamber’s New Website: The Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce has updated its website.
VT Health Dept Reports Increase in Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Cases: The Vermont Department of Health has alerted health care providers statewide about an increase in the number of cases of pertussis, including 68 of the 201 confirmed cases this year reported from June 1 – August 8. Pertussis is most severe in infants, which are often infected by family members or caregivers. “Anyone who has a persistent cough should be evaluated by his or her health care provider.” Press Release
2. CTES School Board Minutes/ August Meeting Agenda: Minutes from summer CTES Board meetings are now available on-line as follows:
The agenda for the August 15 (Wednesday) meeting is available on-line.
3. Cavendish Community Theater Presents "Look At It This Way": A collection of original comedy sketches written by Stan and Jane Hart will be presented on Sept 8 and 9, 7 pm at the Cavendish Town Elementary School. Part time residents of Proctorsville, Stan was a writer for the “Carol Burnett Show,” for which he won multiple Emmy Awards, and for “Mad Magazine,” where he wrote parody sketches such as “Groundhog Déjà vu” and “Senseless in Seattle” for many years. His wife Jane Hart, is an artist, art therapist as well as writer/journalist, who has written for a number of magazines including “Seventeen” and “Parents Magazine.”
Stan and Jane, who will be among the local actors in the play, have combined their talents to look at a variety of life’s situations with their own style of humor.
While donations are appreciated, admission is free. FMI: 226-7398
4. Phineas Gage Poster for Sale: This Sunday, Aug. 12, the Cavendish Historical Society (CHS) will have a program on the latest Phineas Gage research. Gage was the first documented traumatic brain injury case after a tamping rod went through his head. Working in Cavendish, blasting rock for the new railroad, in 1848, Gage continues to inspire new research almost 165 years later.
While Dr. Harlow is credited with saving Gage’s life after the accident, it took another doctor, Gene Bont, who was the area’s family doctor for approximately 30 years, to find documentation that Gage made his living at times by posing as a curiosity. Bont found a poster advertising Gage as “The World’s Wonder.” For 12 1•2 Cents, “to be had at the door,” you could see Phineas Gage at Rumford Hall where he will exhibit to them, in his own person, one of the greatest wonders of the world! Nothing less than a man who has had a huge iron bar, which he will exhibit, forced through his head from chin to crown; has had, in fact his brains blown out!”
Copies of the Gage poster, 81/2 X 11,” are now being sold by CHS for $5 a piece. Money raised from the sale of the posters will go towards a Phineas Gage website, which will be created by the Cavendish Town Elementary School’s 4th grade class under the direction of their teacher Jenn Harper in conjunction with CHS.
You can purchase a poster at the Museum on Sundays between 2-4 pm or by contacting CHS at 802-226-7807 or margoc@tds.net
5. Photographs for the Cavendish VT Facebook page: Whether you have a Facebook account or not, many people are using the Cavendish VT Facebook page as a way to stay up to date and to see what issues people are posting and discussing. Starting this week, we will be changing the photograph weekly. This week’s photograph is a view of Depot Street, Proctorsville after the 1927 Flood. If you have photographs you’d like to include, please send them in JPEG to margoc@tds.net These can be seasonal, relate to a particular event in town, or pertain to the town’s history.
6. Warning Cavendish Special Town Meeting: On Aug. 28, as part of the Vermont Statewide Primaries, Cavendish will include an article regarding the Town Plan. Shall the voters of the Town of Cavendish adopt the Town Plan as modified and approved by the Cavendish Board of Selectmen on June 11, 2012 by Australian Ballot. Voting will take place at the Cavendish Town Elementary School between 10-7 on that Tuesday.
On Monday, Aug 20, the Cavendish Select board will hold a hearing about the Town Plan at 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office. Copies of the plan are available at the town office. The Warning appears in the August 8 Vermont Journal.FMI: 226-7292
7. Items Needed For 3rd Annual Stick Season Social: Black River Good Neighbor Services, Inc. will hold its 3rd annual Stick Season Social on Friday, October 19, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at Bella Luna Restaurant in Ludlow. As in the past, guests will enjoy a terrific meal with the renowned dessert bar and a full evening of socializing. Along with dinner BRGNS will again present a silent auction and raffle with items from around the area and beyond. This event raises needed funds for the several programs that BRGNS has to benefit those in need in Ludlow, Belmont, Cavendish, Mt. Holly, Plymouth and Proctorsville. This year, with recovery from Irene and the terrible snow season, the need for financial assistance and food is as great as ever.
The Social committee is now soliciting items for the auction and for the raffle. In the past, there have been paintings, photographs, lodging, carvings, cocktail party, ski tickets, wine, wood, fuel, jewelry, and multiple gift certificates generously donated by area artisans and business owners.
If you have an item to donate or you have a business and would like to donate a service or money please contact Barb Lemire at barbara.lemire@peoples.com or Doris Eddy at reiki_vt@yahoo.com. Remember, all donations are tax deductible since BRGNS is a 501(c)(3) charity.
8. LPC-TV is looking for your best cold summer soup! Join LPC-TV in the first annual Sizzling Summer Cold Soup Slurp Off to be held in connection with the Ludlow Farmers Market on Friday afternoon August 17th at the Ludlow Farmers Market, 53 Main Street, Ludlow.
We are calling all chefs, professional and amateurs, to come up with 2-3 gallons of a cold summer soup using at least one local ingredient and for a $10 entry fee enter your soup in the competition.
Soups need to be delivered chilled to the Ludlow Farmers Market – LPC-TV tent by 3:30 PM on that Friday and starting at 4PM the tent will be open for those who want to have a tasty cool summer dinner of soup samples, salad made from produce from the Ludlow Farmers market vendors and a dessert. The fee for your light, cool summer dinner will be only $5. You can be part of history to determine who will be named the best cold soup in the Black River Valley and Okemo Region and be on TV at the same time!
All who pay to sample the variety of summer soups will be asked to judge for three category awards... Best All Around, Best Professional Entry and Best Amateur Entry. Award presentation will be at 6:45 before the market closes.
So check out those old family cookbooks for the best cold summer soup and call Sharon Bixby to register your entry…. Entry deadline Tuesday August 14th at 5 PM call 228-8823 (W) or 228-4530(H) or email seb1@tds.net.
This fundraiser will assist LPC-TV with their Capital Campaign to complete work on their new studio at the Ludlow Community Center. This is an exciting time for LPC-TV and they urge all current members to pay their renewal dues and if you are not yet a member, membership forms will be available at the SLURP OFF.
9. Cavendish Events 8/10-8/19
August 10 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market, 4-7 pm in front of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main St.
August 11 (Saturday): Drive In Movie Night at 8 pm at the Cavendish Library in Proctorsville. The feature film will be “Race to Witch Mountain.” FMI: 226-7503
August 12 (Sunday): Phineas Gage: New Research Findings, Cavendish Historical Society Museum 2 pm. Includes a self guided walking tour. Museum is open from 2-4 pm. Featuring flood exhibit and 250th Cavendish Historical Timeline. FMI: 226-7807 or margoc@tds.net
August 13 (Monday): Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office. Agenda posted to blog www.cavendishvt.blogspot.com as soon as it is received. LPC-TV tapes meetings and makes them available on-line www.lpctv.org and Comcast Cable TV.
August 14 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10-11:15. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, Charlotte Snyder at 226-7343 or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236, Dot Ramsdell at (802) 226-7870
August 15 (Wednesday): The Vermont Challenge begins. The only bicycle Challenge that tours Southern and Central VT over 3 to 4 days. FMI: http://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/the-vermont-challenge.html
• CTES School Board Meeting
August 16 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10-11:15. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236, Dot Ramsdell at (802) 226-7870
• 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
• Recreation Night at Greven Field, 6 pm to dusk. FMI: TheCoswalds@aol.com
• The Vermont Challenge. The only bicycle Challenge that tours Southern and Central VT over 3 to 4 days. FMI: http://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/the-vermont-challenge.html
• Monthly Luncheon in Proctorsville, 11:30 pm at St. James Methodist Church. This month’s meal will include meat loaf with home-baked beans, broccoli, tossed salad, hot rolls and dessert. Coffee, hot tea or a cold beverage will be available as well. A suggested donation of $4.00 for seniors or $5.50 for those under 60 years helps to defray the cost of this delicious lunch.
August 17 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market, 4-7 pm in front of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main St. Join LPC-TV in the first annual Sizzling Summer Cold Soup Slurp Off-looking for the area’s best cold summer soup.
• The Vermont Challenge. The only bicycle Challenge that tours Southern and Central VT over 3 to 4 days. FMI: http://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/the-vermont-challenge.html
August 18 (Saturday): The Vermont Challenge. The only bicycle Challenge that tours Southern and Central VT over 3 to 4 days. FMI: http://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/the-vermont-challenge.html
August 19 (Sunday): Cavendish Historical Society Museum Open 2-4 pm. Featuring flood exhibit and 250th Cavendish Historical Timeline. FMI: 226-7807 or margoc@tds.net
• Last day of The Vermont Challenge. The only bicycle Challenge that tours Southern and Central VT over 3 to 4 days. FMI: http://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/the-vermont-challenge.html
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