Today is Jane
Pixley Day in Cavendish. After many years of service to the town, Jane is
retiring. Stop by the town office this afternoon from 1-4:30 to wish her well
and enjoy some light refreshments. Thank you Jane for your dedication and
support - Enjoy a well deserved long, healthy and happy retirement.
The Cavendish Update for 9/27 contains the following:
1. Cavendish
Related News
2. Fall
Hydrant Flushing Sept 30 & Oct. 2
3. CTES School Board Director Needed
4. CTES Reading
Partners/Volunteers Needed
5. Annual Blessing
of the Animals on the Proctorsville Green/Welcome Fr. McKee
6. Cavendish's Verde
Antique Marble
7. Events
1. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
• Cavendish
Burglary: On September 22, 2013, at approximately 1057 hours,
Rockingham State Police received a call regarding a burglary that took place on
Twenty Mile Stream Road in the Town of Cavendish, Vermont. The call was placed
by Joshua Parker, age 28, and he informed the Vermont State Police that his
second residence in Cavendish was broken into.
A Mastercool Hydraulic flaring took kit, a Mig Welder, a Makita Sawzall
and a Ridgid cordless drill w/ tool bag were among the items taken from the
residence. The Vermont State Police are still investigating this case. If you
have information, call 802-875-2112 State Police Press Release
• DUI #3 Leaving the Scene of an Accident: State Police Press Release- On 9.20.13, at approximately 1522
[3:22 pm] hours, I responded to a report of a vehicle crash where one vehicle
had left the scene just after the crash occurred. [Location was Main Street
Cavendish, and the other person involved in the accident, and not charged, was
a Cavendish resident.] While en-route, I
was advised that Ludlow had located and stopped the vehicle. When I arrived on
scene, the operator was still sitting in the vehicle. She was identified as
Vickie Whitcomb [51 of Lisbon Falls, Maine]. Whitcomb screened and processed
for DUI [Driving under the influence]. Whitcomb was also cited for leaving the
scene of an accident. She was held at Southern State Correctional Facility for
lack of $2,500 bail.
• VTNow Has 911 Texting: Texting is now a ubiquitous form of
communication, and Vermont is the first state to establish a new system that
automatically routes texts sent to "911" directly to one of nine
regional 9-1-1 call centers. The system works on both major cell carriers,
AT&T and Verizon Wireless. WNNE
• Button Up
Vermont Day Oct. 5: This fall Vermonters will be encouraged to “Button Up.” Saturday, October
5th is the first annual Button Up Vermont Day of Action! Vermonters have a
powerful opportunity to participate in a local effort — or start their own — to
encourage friends and neighbors to lower their energy bills this winter by
weatherizing their homes. Press Release
• VT Median Household Income Continues Slow Decline: Recent U.S. Census
Bureau figures show Vermont’s median income continues to decline. In
fact, when inflation is factored in, Vermonter’s are earning less in real
dollars than they were a decade ago. The 2012 median income in Vermont was
$52,977. “For low and middle income Vermonters, they’re essentially being
pushed back in two ways,” says Paul Cillo, Executive Director of the Public Assets Institute. “One is that
their incomes aren’t keeping place for inflation, and the other is that their
costs for essentials are going up faster than inflation.; things like food and
fuel, health care, college education.” VPR
2. FALL HYDRANT FLUSHING SEPT. 30 & OCT. 2
The Cavendish
Municipal Water System will be conducting fall hydrant flushing on Monday,
September 30 and Wednesday, Oct. 2 during the hours of 8:30-4:30. Systems users
are reminded that: Flushing hydrants may cause temporary discoloration and
turbidity of the water. We apologize for any inconvenience to our users,
however this very important system maintenance procedure must be conducted each
spring and fall. The flushing program allows the pipes to be purged and the
hydrants checked for proper operations.
User are
advised to avoid drinking the water or washing clothes (especially whites)
while discoloration is in evidence. Following hydrant flushing in your area,
users should run cold water until it clears before resuming normal use. It is
also advisable to flush individual water heaters after the water clears
following a hydrant flush in your area. FMI: 226-7291
3. CTES SCHOOL BOARD
DIRECTOR NEEDED
With Amanda Tyrell leaving the CTES board, an interim school board member
is needed. The term of this position will be from now until the regularly
March, 2014 elections. The Board currently meets once a month and
fulfills additional responsibilities including, but not limited to, committee
assignments and possible service on the Two Rivers Supervisory Union Board.
If you are interested, please submit a letter of interest to the Cavendish
School Board by Monday, October 7, 2013, care of:
Bruce Williams
TRSU Superintendent of Schools
609 Rt 103 south
Ludlow, Vermont 05149
4. CTES READING PARTNERS/VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Kindergarten, First and Second graders are
looking for caring people to become their reading partner. Our faithful, local
group has dwindled over the years and we are looking to increase out numbers.
If you can spare an hour or two in the morning to become a reader, a child
would be so delighted. For more information and to volunteer, please call
802-226-7758 and talk to Connie Kendall.
5. BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS/WELCOME FATHER
MCKEE
Each fall, churches
open their doors to a procession of animals. Depending on where you live, it
may be just domesticated pets, such as dogs and cats, but in farming
communities, it is not surprising to see chickens, goats, cows and horses being
brought to church.
The Blessing of
Animals is a fall festival held in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, whose feast
day is October 4. A lover of animals,
St. Francis wrote a Canticle of the Creatures-“All praise to you, Oh Lord, for
all these brother and sister creatures.” Francis preached to the birds,
communicated with wolves and used real animals when he created the very first
live Christmas nativity scene.
On Saturday October
5, Gethsemane Episcopal Church will conduct their annual Blessing of the
Animals on the Proctorsville Green starting at 1 pm. Because it will be on the
Green, there will be plenty of space for all creatures-farm animals as well as
cats and dogs. Be sure to have pets on leashes and be prepared for weather, as
this event will take place rain or shine.
This blessing will
be performed by the new pastor of Gethsemane Church, Father Todd McKee.
6. CAVENDISH’S VERDE ANTIQUE MARBLE
When you walk
through the rotunda of the National Art Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C, did
you know you were walking on Cavendish? The Verde Antique marble in the floor
is from the Proctorsville Quarry. It was chosen because it was a match of the
columns of the rotunda, which are made of Italian Verde. Report of the StateGeologist on the Mineral Industries of Vermont 1939-1940
In 1836, the Black
River Marble and Soapstone Manufacturing company was established for extraction
of the green serpentine rock -Verde Antique. The original quarry was located on
the Black River, near Winery Road at a place formerly called Hart’s Bend. It
was moved to its present location, off of Twenty Mile Stream Road in 1931 when
Antonia Moriglioni operated the Quarry
Antonia Moriglioni
was born in France, on route to the United States from Italy. He came to
Rutland, VT in the early 1900’s and discovered the Verde Antique Marble. He
owned and operated the quarry until the local mill owners squeezed him out of
the business during World War II. With the mills, and other area businesses
having military contracts, they needed the power and viewed the quarry as a
“luxury item,” and not necessary for the war effort. Moriglioni never re opened
the mill. Instead he went to work in a quarry in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada,
where he died as a result of injuries he sustained from an explosion.
In 1989 the Ruby
brothers, from Fair Haven, attempted to open the quarry but did not have the
equipment to do so. In late 1990’s Vermont Quarries (owned by an Italian
company) bought a 20-year lease to remove stone. The quarry was worked for 3-4
years and then work ceased. During this time,
stone was shipped for cutting to Italy, Spain and Brazil.
This past week, members of the Moriglioni family-Lucille Moriglioni Evens,
her brother James and his wife Barbara-presented the Cavendish Historical
Society with pieces of the Verde Antique marble from their father's quarry.
These are currently on display at the Museum.
The Museum is open on Sunday's from 2-4 pm. until Oct. 13. On Oct 13,
there will be a guidecemetery tour of the Old Revolutionary and Coffeen
cemeteries. Meet at the Museum at 2 pm. FMI: margoc@tds.net or call 802-226-7807.
7. EVENTS
Today is Jane
Pixley’s retirement party at the town office from 1-4:30 pm. The Black River
Good Neighbor Rummage Sale, begins today (10-4), goes through Sunday at
Fletcher Farms on Route 103. The Cavendish Planning Committee meets on
Wednesday.
To learn more about upcoming events in
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