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The Cavendish Update for 5/31/13
Contains the Following:
1.
Special Notice: Make Sure Emergency Responders Can Find You
2.
Cavendish Related News
3. Cavendish Town Elementary School (CTES) News
4. Cavendish Historical Society (CHS) News
5. Don Dawson at Glimmerstone June 7
6. Events
1. SPECIAL NOTICE: MAKE SURE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CAN FIND
YOU
This
week, representatives from Ludlow Ambulance made a request that Cavendish
residents-whether in a village or more rural setting-properly identify their
house. Recently, there was an issue where they had difficulty finding a patient
because there were no house numbers visibly displayed. In emergency situations,
where a matter of minutes can make the difference, it is critical that emergency responders can easily see your
address.
Even
though we’re a small town, those working for Ludlow Ambulance don’t necessarily
know the roads, let alone who someone is
or where they may live or have been injured. To give first responders the best
chance of finding your home:
•
Know your house number. If you don’t know it, call the town office 226-7292.
•
Use reflective numbers so they can be seen at night from a distance.
•
Use numbers at least 4 inches high. Do not spell out the number or use italic
fonts.
• If
the home is set-back from the roadway, numbers should be larger and/or posted
additionally on a mailbox or fence post visible to the street.
•
Check your visibility by going out at night and driving by your house. Can you
easily read your house number? Can a passenger read the number?
Put
yourself in the position of a responder that may not know your street or
neighborhood and see if you can make it easier for them. This truly can make
the difference between life and death.
2. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
In Comes the Flood, and Up Goes a Great BigWall: Small town, big heart.
Cavendish
took a nasty hit from Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011. But when it was
over, and the devastation observed, the 1,400 residents just put on their work
gloves and set out to restore their town. Of particular importance to the
community was Greven Field, where kids growing up spent most of their spare
time playing baseball and dreaming of bigger things. Valley News 5/21/13
Habitat for HumanityNow Accepting Home Applications: The Greater Springfield Vermont Habitat for
Humanity is accepting applications for a three-bedroom home that will be
available in the Springfield area soon. Completed applications must be received
by May 31. Applicants must show a specific need for decent affordable housing,
have a family income of no more than 60 percent of the country’s Housing and
Urban Development median income and no less than 45 percent according to the
size of the family. They must be a family that has lived, worked or worshiped
in the towns of Andover, Baltimore, Chester, Cavendish, Grafton, Ludlow,
Springfield, Weston, Weathersfield and Rockingham for the past year. Rutland
Herald
TwoRivers SU To Move to Fletcher Farm House: The merger of the Windsor Southwest Supervisory Union, of which Cavendish
is a member, has merged with the Rutland-Windsor Supervisory Union (Ludlow, Mt.
Holly, Plymouth) to form the Two Rivers Supervisory Union (TRSU). This change
has necessitated a need for new office space. Business operations at the new
supervisory union office, Fletcher Farm, 611 Route 103 in Ludlow (across from
the Fletcher Farms athletic fields) will begin on July 1. Telegraph
ProctorsvilleAuthor Publishes “Letters to My First Love:” Camille L. Latreille is a corporate executive with a
passion for writing. Born in Canada and now residing in the United States,
Camille makes her home in New York City and Cavendish, Vermont. Her new book
has been released by Dorrance Publishing
3. CAVENDISH TOWN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (CTES) NEWS
• Agenda for the June 4 school
board meeting, 5:30 pm in the multi-purpose room, has been posted to http://cavendishvt.blogspot.com/2013/05/ctes-board-meeting-agenda-for-june-4.html
• Minutes from the 4/30/13
school board meeting have been posted to
http://cavendishvt.blogspot.com/2013/05/ctes-board-meeting-minutes-for-43013.html
• Celebrate Irene Pearson Day!: The
staff at CTES is celebrating the retirement
of school secretary Irene Pearson with a day of honor on June 5 (Wednesday).
‘Irene Pearson Day’ will be a day filled with tributes to the many ‘hats’
Irene has worn during her 21 years at the school. The morning will be
reserved for students and staff. The afternoon is open to the community
from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. The community is also invited to an evening
reception in the CTES Art Center from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. We hope to see as
many people as can join in this celebration!
• School
Nurse Leigh Dakin Retires: Leigh Dakin has been a school nurse for
many years, most recently at CTES
for five years. For the past three
years, Leigh has split her time between serving as a Representative in Montpelier and as our school nurse.
A reception in her honor is planned
for Wednesday, June 12th, at 56 Main Street Restaurant in Springfield, starting at 4:30 PM. Please RSVP
to Mary Putnam at CTES 226-7758. We hope you can join our celebration of
Leigh’s retirement from school nursing.
4. CAVENDISH
HISTORICAL SOCIETY (CHS) NEWS
• Phineas Gage Facebook Page: On Sept ember 13, 1848 Phineas Gage, a
foreman, was working with his crew excavating rocks in preparing the bed for
the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Cavendish. An
accidental explosion of a charge he had set blew his tamping iron through his
head. It entered under the
left cheek bone and exited through the top of the head. The rod, covered with
brains and blood, was found approximately 30 yards from the site of the
accident. Thus began the first documented case of traumatic brain injury (TBI)
in the medical literature.
Since Gage continues to be of interest, and is still being studied, the
Cavendish Historical Society (CHS) receives many inquiries about him. To foster
the international discussion about what happened to Gage in the eleven years he
lived after the accident, CHS has established the Phineas Gage CavendishFacebook page. This site is a
place to continue the discussion, hopefully to obtain new information, and
separate fact from fiction where possible. Be part of the discussion and “like
us” at the Phineas Gage Cavendish Facebook page. Note that anyone can read the site,
but you must subscribe and "like" the site in order to post.
• Museum
Opens June 2: This Sunday, June 2, is the first day of the CHS Museum season. With
so many different activities underway at CHS, not all of the exhibits have been
finalized. The Museum will now be open every Sunday from 2-4 pm until Columbus
weekend. Arrangements for touring exhibits can be made at other times by
calling 802-226-7807 or e-mailing margoc@tds.net
•
Solzhenitsyn Exhibit: To inquiries about the Solzhenitsyn
exhibit, there will be a summer exhibit at the Museum this season, with the
permanent exhibit at the Stone Church hopefully established by the summer of
2014. We will have the Stone Church open on July 6, as part of Summer Fest and
again on July 27, as part of the Town Wide Tag Sale.
•
Summer Fest: The annual plant sale will be July 6, and once again
there will be a chance to get the best hosta at the lowest price in town. There
will also be a sale of Gloria Leven quilts. If you are interested in booth
space at this event, please contact Margo 226-7807 or margoc@tds.net as soon as possible. Space is going quickly.
5. DON
DAWSON AT GLIMMERSTONE ON JUNE 7TH
Glimmerstone Mansion is now accepting reservations for
our outdoor patio dining and music event scheduled for Friday, June 7th (rain
date Saturday, June 8th). Dinner will include pub and fine dining menu
selections. Bring your lawn chair and enjoy a live acoustic guitar performance
by Don Dawson (music from the 60's to present) under the pergola. You can check
out Don Dawson's music at www.AcousticDawson.com.
Please call 802-554-0045 for reservations.
Our pub and fire pit will be open to the
public during this event for those who do not want dinner and music.
6.
EVENTS
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