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can also be posted on the Cavendish VT Facebook Page.
The Cavendish Update for 5-30-14 Contains the
Following:
1. Cavendish Related
News
2. Cavendish Historical Society Tag and Plant Sale
3. Techie
Question: Where are Local Wi-Fi Hot Spots?
4. Twenty Years
Ago in Cavendish History
5. Events
6. Yes, I want to become
a friend of the Cavendish Update
1. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
Is the Black River Safe? A question many people consider as summer approaches
as paddling, swimming, fishing, and tubing are all common occurrences in the
Black River when the temperature rises. Black River Action Team (BRAT)
volunteers will once again venture forth on the last Wednesday of each month
from May through September, carefully collecting samples of water from the 11
sites along the Black River, including Greven Field, and two smaller tributary
streams. Volunteers and donations are needed for this effort. Press Release
What to Do When the Tick Bits: If you find a tick, the most important thing is to remove it with one of
the many tick removal tools found in stores, or a pair of fine-nosed tweezers.
“Get it right next to the skin and pull up steadily and remove the tick. Wash
the area just to prevent any secondary infections. If it hasn’t been attached
more than 24 or 36 hours, your risk of getting Lyme Disease is very low.” The
Health Dept. recommends daily tick checks. VPR
VT Ranks 4th
for Senior Health: According to the second edition of United Health Foundation’s America’s
Health Rankings® Senior Report Vermont has its share of strengths and
challenges. The state ranked in the top five on community support (#5), being
able-bodied (#2) and low ICU usage (#1). Others in the top 10 include food
insecurity (#6), which decreased from 11.6 percent to 10.8 percent, and the
geriatrician shortfall (#10), which decreased from 53.9 percent to 43.6
percent. In the past year, nursing home quality decreased from 54.4 percent to
43.6 percent, just missing the bottom 10 ranking at #39. VT ranked in the
bottom 10 on seven measures. Chronic drinking (#43 at 5.0 percent), depression
(#44 at 16.3 percent) and suicide #41 at 19.4 deaths per 100,000 adults) joined
prevalence of falls (#43 at 32.0 percent) are among Vermont’s lowest rankings.
Its lowest – at #49 – is hospice care. In the past year, use of hospice care
did increase from 23.5 percent to 28.8 percent so the state has seen some
improvement. VT Digger
If you are a Cavendish resident, property or business owner or a community
group that serves the area, there is free space on the town greens
(Proctorsville & Cavendish) and the CHS Museum grounds for set up. To
register for one of these spaces, and/or to be included on the tag sale map,
please call 802-226-7807 or e-mail margoc@tds.net For best results, be
sure to include any unique or special items you will have for sale.
Information about the tag sale is being updated weekly and is available
on-line at the Cavendish VT blog.
The power is out,
there is no Internet connection, it’s late Sunday night, and you need to
finalize a business transaction before Monday. Scenarios will vary, but the
question remains, where can you go locally for Wi-Fi access that does not
require a password?
There are a number
of places that offer Wi-Fi-Castle, Golden Stage Inn, Crows Bakery and Cafe,
Cavendish Library and School- but they require passwords and are generally not
available outside of their respective buildings. However, Ludlow does offer Wi-Fi
Public Access Hot Spots. In the event of an emergency you can log on at the
following locations on Main Street: Dunkin Donuts, TDS, and in various spots,
such as in front of the Fletcher Library.
Do you know of
other locations that offer public access 24-7 and do not require a password?
Also, is there interest in a workshop on lowering or eliminating your cable
bill by using video streaming? Reply to these questions by e-mail margoc@tds.net or call 802-226-7807.
After living in
exile in Cavendish for almost 18 years, Soviet dissident and Nobel Laureate
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returned to his homeland in Russia on May 27, 1994. Addressing
the Cavendish voters at the 1994 town meeting, Solzhenitsyn noted, I have observed
here in Cavendish, and in the surrounding towns the sensible and sure process
of grassroots democracy where the local population decides most of its problems
on its own, not waiting for the decision of higher authorities. Alas, this we
still do not have in Russia, and that is our greatest shortcoming. Learn more about Solzhenitsyn at the Cavendish Historical Society Blog.
5. EVENTS
The following Cavendish related events are taking
place in the coming week:
MAY 30 (FRIDAY): Community Memorial Day
Program, 10-11 am at the Cavendish Town Elementary School. The Parade will
be on Depot Street ending at Hillcrest Cemetery.
• Ludlow
Farmer’s Market featuring a number of Cavendish vendors, 4-7 pm on
the front lawn of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street in Ludlow. FMI: http://www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
JUNE 1 (SUNDAY): The
Cavendish Historical Society Museum is open from 2-4 pm. FMI: 802-226-7807,
margoc@tds.net
JUNE 2 (MONDAY: Yoga with Lydia Ouvaroff: 5 pm at Gethsemane Episcopal Parish Hall
off Depot Street in Proctorsville. Cost is a donation. FMI:
802-299-9515 (cell) or 228-3261.
JUNE 3 (TUESDAY): Bone
Builders Bone Builders meeting at the Cavendish Baptist Church
each Tuesday and Thursday from 10 am to 11:30 am. Weighs are used to help
build muscle and stave off osteoporosis for both men and women. Exercises also
focus on balance. Call Charlotte Snyder at 226-7343 or Dot Ramsdell at
226-7870 or RSVP office at 885-2083. RSVP is the sponsor of this
activity.
• 7th Grade Parents Night at GMUHS:
5-6:30 at GMUHS
JUNE 5 (THURSDAY): Bone
Builders Bone Builders meeting at the Cavendish Baptist Church
each Tuesday and Thursday from 10 am to 11:30 am. Weighs are used to help
build muscle and stave off osteoporosis for both men and women. Exercises also
focus on balance. Call Charlotte Snyder at 226-7343 or Dot Ramsdell at
226-7870 or RSVP office at 885-2083. RSVP is the sponsor of this
activity.
JUNE 6
(FRIDAY): 2014 GMUHS Alumni Weekend Parade & Banquet FMI:
http://chsgmuhsalumni.org
• Ludlow
Farmer’s Market featuring a number of Cavendish vendors, 4-7 pm on the
front lawn of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street in Ludlow. FMI: http://www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
• GMUHS
Senior Awards Dinner: 7-9 pm at GMUHS
JUNE 8 (SUNDAY): Proctorsville/Cavendish Reunion: A group of former and current
residents are holding a reunion, from noon to 5 pm at the Cavendish Town
Elementary School in Proctorsville. A pot luck supper begins at 12:30. Please bring photos to share with your classmates and
others. FMI: John Snarski jl312@myfairpoint.net or 802-827-6589 Terry
Heikkinen hunterslilsis@yahoo.com
To learn more about upcoming events in Cavendish and surrounding towns go
to:
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