Spring Forward. Day light savings goes into
effect on Sunday, March 9. When you change your clock this weekend
please remember to also change your batteries in your smoke and CO detectors.
It could save your life!
Information
can also be posted on the Cavendish VT Facebook Page.
The 3/7/14 Cavendish Update Contains the Following:
1. Cavendish
Town Meeting
2. Cavendish
Related News
3. Volunteers
Needed
4. Cavendish
in the Movies
5. Dinner and a Movie at the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library
6. School Board Vacancies
7. Salt River Revue Raises the Roof
8. Spring 2014 Composter Sale
9. Events
1. CAVENDISH TOWN MEETING
At Monday
night’s meeting, all articles were passed, which included:
• Tax
exemption for Fletcher Farm Foundation and Black River Health Center for the
next five years. Because of the school property tax, the town will have to pay for
these exemptions.
•
Appropriation of $10,000 for the purpose of preparing new land for the Twenty
Mile Stream Cemetery. When completed, the cemetery will have an additional 90 standard and 116 cremation burial plots.
•
Establishment of a Cavendish Recreation Department, which appropriated $25,500
to support the first year activities, the bulk of which will be used to pay for
a part time director.
These three
items will add approximately $50,000 dollars to the Town’s Budget of
$1,261,424. The exact figure is not
clear because of the tax calculations for the exemptions of Fletcher Farms and
Black River Health Center. Because of
the heavy discussion Article 5 (Black River Health Center tax exemption) and
Article 7 ($25,500 for a Cavendish Rec Dept) were voted on by ballot. Of 1,025
registered voters (2013 Town Report data), 90 (9%) cast a vote for Article 5
and 85 (8%) voted on Article 7.
Town Manager
Rich Svec discussed whether people would prefer to have the option of receiving
their town report electronically. It costs the town roughly $2,300 to print and
mail. If you prefer to receive your Town Report electronically next year, send
an e-mail to townreport@cavendishvt.org
On Tuesday,
election day, 242 (24%) voters cast ballots All positions were unopposed. As far as write
ins, Brendan McNamara received 79 votes and Wendy Regier received 32 for the
one-year Select Board positions. Cheryl Liener received sufficient votes for
Trustee of Public Funds for one year and there were insufficient writes ins (12
are required) for the three year CTES board position. The CTES budget was
approved (158 for, 72 no and one blank). Voters approved the GMUHS budget and
Capital Improvement and the Regional Valley Technical Center budget.
2. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
Glimmerstone Mansion Closing Permanently: Glimmerstone is officially closed to the
public after the last dinner service on Saturday, March 8,
2014. It will now become the private
residence of Mary Jane Abbate. Her letter to the community explaining her
decision is available on-line.
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| From left to right: Seth Matlofsky and Bob Glidden. |
Congratulations
to Seth Matlofsky on Becoming a PVFD Firefighter: The
Firefighters of the Proctorsville Volunteer Fire Department are proud to
announce Jr FF Lieutenant Seth Matlofsky as Proctorsville Volunteer Fire
Department Firefighter. Seth Matlofsky. Seth has been a Jr firefighter for
almost 4 years. He was named the Jr FF Lt at the start of 2013. Seth is now 18
years old and an active Volunteer firefighter here in Proctorsville.
Three Ways to Get VT Income Tax Forms: The Vermont
Department of Taxes provides three easy ways to obtain the Individual Income
Tax Return Booklet and forms for tax year 2013:1. Online—Print forms from the
Vermont Department of Taxes website at www.bit.ly/formsindincome
2. Telephone—Order
forms by calling the department’s direct line, toll-free (855) 297-5600
3.
Email—Order forms by emailing taxforms@state.vt.us. Press Release
VT Loves Renewable Energy, Except When it Arrives: Getting energy from the sun, wind
and forests fits with Vermont's sense of itself as clean, green and
independent. But when it comes time to build and live with the projects that
make it possible, things can get complicated. ABC News
3. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Due to fire, Pieter van Schaik lost his office
building on Main Street in Cavendish about a month ago. In preparation for
demolition, on Saturday, March 8, Pieter is in need of volunteers to form a
"bucket brigade" to help salvage items from the front portion of the
building. Start time is 9 am. If you can't help with manpower, contributions
of coffee or juice for volunteers are needed. Thank you to those already signed
up to help and providing food donations. Please call or e-mail 226-7807 or margoc@tds.net if you
can help or need more information.
4. CAVENDISH
IN THE MOVIES
The Cavendish Historical Society (CHS) has purchased
the six part film series “The Vermont Movie: Freedom & Unity-One State Many Visions.” This
is the first-ever documentary series about Vermont and is a collaboration of three-dozen critically
acclaimed Vermont filmmakers, as well as historians, editors, archivists, animators,
composers, and writers.
Cavendish is featured in two sections. Part Six, People Power focuses on Irene flood
recovery. There are lots of familiar faces and comments from people at the
Shelter, as well as sections of the Cavendish VT Facebook page, the hardest hit
areas of our town and most important it shows the incredible resiliency of the
people of Cavendish. The dedication of this segment is to a teen from
Brattleboro who disappeared during the flood and has not been found. A number
of Cavendish’s youth were part of the search and rescue team.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is also featured and includes
parts of his farewell speech, the Cavendish Library and even scenes of
Proctorsville.
CHS will be showing segments of the film throughout
the next year. We would also like to make it available for “home movie night.”
You invite your friends, select the segments you want to watch and a
representative from CHS will come with the film and provide relevant Cavendish
historical information.
To arrange a “Home Movie Night,” please e-mail margoc@tds.net or
call 802-226-7807. For more information.
5. DINNER AND A MOVIE
AT THE CAVENDISH LIBRARY
The Cavendish Fletcher Community Library will host its next Dinner and a
Movie event on Saturday, March 15 at 2PM. The movie shown will be
“Raiders of the Lost Ark”, the classic adventure starring Harrison Ford.
A generous sampling of Moroccan food will be served. The event is free
and open to the public of all ages, though donations are welcome. FMI: 226-7503
6. SCHOOL BOARD VACANCIES
Cavendish Town School District, Proctorsville, VT has School
Board vacancies to fill out terms until next Town Meeting, March 3, 2015. Interested
persons should write a letter of interest to:
Dr. Gene Bont, Chairman,
Cavendish Town Elementary School Board
c/o Bruce Williams, Superintendent of School
609 Route 103 South,
Ludlow, VT. 05149
Deadline for the receipt of the letter is Monday,
March 17, 2014 Please be prepared to attend the next regular scheduled School
Board meeting on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at CTES.
7. SALT RIVER REVUE RAISES THE ROOF
Five marvelous musicians will take the stage on
Saturday March 22 for the Raise the Roof concert series in Proctorsville.
Between them the talented members of Salt River Revue play guitar, mandolin,
bass, recorder, fiddle, slide guitar, percussion and piano and have been
members of seven--count ‘em--seven bands in various combinations. They
have been mixing and matching members for over fifteen years and playing music
from a dizzying variety of traditions: Celtic, Latin American,
Scottish and American folk and blues. Their vocals and spirited synergy
will fill little Gethsemane Church on Depot St. in Proctorsville at 7:00
p.m. $10.00 at the door will get you a seat on a church pew and give you
that good feeling that comes with supporting great music in a local
venue. For more information call 226-7497 and “like” us on Facebook at
Raise the Roof Concert Series.
8.
SPRING 2014 COMPOSTER SALE
Southern Windsor/Windham Counties Solid Waste
Management (SWWCSWMD) is currently accepting orders for "Soil Saver"
brand composters. This is an easy way to convert yard and food scraps into a
soil amendment, a process that also saves valuable landfill space. The Soil
Saver has natural insulating properties due to is structural foam construction,
a feature that makes it resistant to weather and UV rays. Its large capacity
can serve a household of up to five people. In addition, the locking lid helps
to keep pesky animals out of the decomposing material.
•
10-year guarantee
•
28" wide x 28" deep x 32"
high
•
2 slide-up doors for easy removal of
compost
•
self-watering lid feature
The District gets a bulk discount and passes the
savings on to residents. This year the price per composter is $50.00.
Also being sold are Sure-Close containers to help you
store and move your kitchen scraps out to your composter. At $5 each,
they're a bargain at twice the price. The Sure-Close pail is a beige and white
plastic container with a 1.9-gallon capacity. It can sit on the kitchen counter
or be mounted on a wall or under the sink. It is about 9.25" x 9.25"
x 11.5" and has a wide opening.
Order form with check is due by Friday, March 28,
2014. To download a form, go to
http://www.vtsolidwastedistrict.org/portal/index.php/about-us-mainmenu-26/remository/Publications/Compost-Bin-Order-Form/
8.
EVENTS
This week, the following activities will be taking place:
• Day Light’s Savings
Time Goes into Effect (March 9, Sunday): Turn your clock forward an hour.
• Select Board
Meeting (March 10, Monday): 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town office. The agenda will
be posted to www.cavendishvt.blogspot.com when it’s received.
• GMUHS High School Sports Banquet (March 11,
Tuesday): 6 pm at the school
• March Okemo
Valley Regional Chamber Mixer (March 12, Wednesday): Monthly Chamber of
Commerce Mixer at the Center for Research and Public Policy in Ludlow. FMI: http://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/event/march-2014-okemo-valley-regional-chamber-mixer/
To learn more about upcoming events in Cavendish and surrounding towns go
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