Information can
also be posted on the Cavendish VT Facebook Page.
The 5/24/13 Cavendish Update Contains the following
1. Summer Time in Cavendish
2. Cavendish Related News
3. Lyme Disease Prevention and Treatment
4.
Japanese Knotweed Removal
5. Cavendish Memorial Day
6. BRGNS Thanks Post Office
and Customers
7. Events
1. SUMMER TIME IN CAVENDISH
As Memorial Day weekend
ushers in the “Summer Season,” there have been several requests for
information:
• A Cavendish subscriber
requested that information about Lyme Disease be posted. While gardening last
summer, she received a deer tick bite, underwent a course of antibiotics and
was successfully treated. See Item 3
• The VT Agency of Natural Resources is urging
those towns that were flooded by Irene to do what they can to remove Japanese
Knotweed as soon as possible. See item 4
Three other items of note:
• Memorial is celebrated on
May 30 in Cavendish. See item 5
• As this is vacation season,
and the town is now part of the Scenic 100 By-Pass, a Cavendish Visitor’s Guide is now available on line. Please e-mail comments and suggestions to margoc@tds.net
or call 802-226-7807.
• The summer 2013 catalogue
of classes at Fletcher Farm is now on line. There are classes for young artists. Note that Cavendish residents receive one class a year at half price.
2. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
Twenty Mile Stream Burglary: On Sunday May 19, between the hours of 9:30-11:00
someone stole a toolbox out of a vehicle located on Twenty Mile Stream Road.
The person robbed was Adam Blanchard. Anyone with information is asked to
contact the State Police. (802)875-2112
Internment for
Paul Kingsbury: The internment for Paul Kingsbury will be today
Friday, May 24 at 11 am at the Cavendish Cemetery on High Street.
CTES Board
Meeting Change: The Cavendish Town School Board meeting will not be
held on May 21st but will be on June 4th as the roof bid will be ready to be
awarded at this time.
Notice to
Cavendish VT Taxpayers: Notice from the Cavendish Listers regarding grieving
of tax appraisals will be on June 5 from 9 to noon and from 1-5 pm. The full
notice is available on-line in the 5/22/13 Vermont Journal’s legal section.
http://www.vermontjournal.com/content/notice-taxpayers
3. LYME DISEASE
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
According to the VT Department of Health (VDH), in 2011, there were over
500 reports of people with Lyme disease who were likely exposed in Vermont.
Windsor County was among the counties with the highest levels in the state.
May, June and July are when most infection occur.
Ticks prefer wooded and bushy areas with high grass and a lot of leaf
litter, so avoid these areas when possible. To keep ticks off your skin, apply
an insect repellant with 30% DEET on exposed skin and clothing when you go
outdoors. Wear long pants, long sleeves and long socks. Tuck pant legs into
socks or boots and shirts into pants to keep ticks on the outside of clothing.
Perform routine tick checks.
Remove ticks with fine tipped tweezers. Grab the tick close to the skin. Do
not twist or jerk the tick. Gently pull straight up until all parts of the tick
are removed. Do not use a burnt match or swab with alcohol or petroleum jelly
(Vaseline).
If a tick is attached to your skin for less than 36 hours, your chance of
getting Lyme Disease is small. Symptoms-fatigue, chills and fever, muscle and
joint pain, headache, swollen lymph nodes, rash-can begin three days after a
tick bite, or as long as 30 days after, but usually appear within one to two
weeks. If you develop symptoms, contact your health care provider.
You can be successfully treated for Lyme Disease with a course of
antibiotics, particularly if it is caught shortly after infection.
To learn more: Download a copy of the VDH’s Be Tick Smart: What you should know about tick bites & LymeDisease; go to the VDH website LymeDisease in Vermont or go to the Centers forDisease Control & Preventions (CDC) Lyme Disease site.
4. JAPANESE KNOTWEED REMOVAL
Sand deposited by Tropical Storm Irene was responsible for knotweed
fragments along our rivers. Knotweed can regrow from very small pieces. Digging
it up now will eliminate the need for multi year management plans often
requiring herbicides. Eliminate new knotweed in mere minutes, by digging up the
whole plant. Dispose of plants in burn piles. The window of opportunity will
close at the end of June. Start your search where the flood left debris behind
and make sure you get all the roots. FMI: http://www.vtinvasives.org/invaders/japanese-knotweed
5. CAVENDISH
MEMORIAL DAY
Cavendish
will celebrate Memorial Day on Thursday May 30, 2013.
Ceremonies
begin at 10 am at the Cavendish Town Elementary School. This year the parade
will be in Cavendish Village and will end at the Cavendish Cemetery on High
Street. Program schedule.
As
we remember our veterans, check out the following
• The LastBomb-1945 US Army Air Forces Bombing Japan: Documentary about the bombing of Japan by the American military and the
related activities in the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) during the later
states of World War Two. The film focuses heavily on the B-29 bombers operated
by the United States Army Air Forces 21st Bombing Command. Dr Seymour Leven,
one of the veterans who spoke to the 6th graders, was a gunner on
one of the B-29 bombers that is part of this film.
6. BRGNS THANKS
POST OFFICE AND CUSTOMERS
The staff, volunteers and
clients of the Black River Good Neighbor Services’ food shelf extend their
thanks to all who participated in the U.S. Post Office’s 2013 Stamp Out Hunger
National Food Drive – the largest one-day food drive in the nation and probably
in the world.
Mail carriers for each of the
towns and villages that BRGNS serves, Ludlow, Cavendish, Proctorsville, Mount
Holly and Plymouth, collected food along their routes on May 11th
and donated that food to BRGNS. Those
donations helped to fill shelves and will help to feed the hungry for several
weeks.
The Executive Director at
BRGNS, Audrey Bridge said, “Unfortunately, we have a continuing need in the
Black River Valley for the services of a food shelf, but with the generosity of
citizens and the help of groups like the U.S. Postal Service we can continue
successful fulfillment of our mission.”
Equally important is the donation of time by all of the wonderful
volunteers who helped collect, sort and shelve the food items. “Anyone can help, said Bridge, “just come to
our thrift store at 37B Main Street, and we’ll find something for you to
do.”
7. EVENTS
This weekend is open studio in Vermont, and includes studio tours in and
around Cavendish. Even though Cavendish celebrates Memorial Day on May 30,
other towns will be holding events throughout the weekend. To learn more about
upcoming events go to:
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