The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association invites everyone to come to the Proctorsville Green for the continuing summer music series on Wednesday, July 20th at 6:00 p.m. to hear the sounds of Union Street.
This concert will be the second in this year’s series that are held on consecutive Wednesday nights in July and August. Come and enjoy a warm summer evening with your neighbors and friends in front of the gazebo on the green. Relax in the grass on your blanket or favorite lawn chair – have a picnic or just listen to the music.
As always, the concerts are free and open to the public and will be held rain or shine. In case of inclement weather the performance will move to the Cavendish town elementary school on Main Street just up from the Green.
Part of Cavendish Connects, the Cavendish, VT Blog archives the weekly e-mails, "Cavendish Update" and provides on-going information about current activities.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
SB Agenda 7/11/11
The Cavendish Select Board Meeting will take place on Monday, July 11, 6:30 pm at the Town Office. Below is the agenda for the meeting:
1. Call the meeting to order
2. Act upon minutes of the meetings of June 13 and July 6, 2011.
3. Sign Orders
4. Review Correspondence
5. Adjust agenda
6. Hear Citizens
7. Summary of Town-wide Appraisal Update activities and discussion regarding the FY 2011-12 Tax Rates which were acted upon on July 6 and which with minor modification to the Town Rates on July7th. Discussion to include review of letter draft as discussed at the July 6 meeting.
8. Update on USA Properties development proposal for a Carlton Road project
9. Discussion of identified muddy road problem areas and development of a plan to address those identified problem areas over time.
10. Selectmen, as Board of Sewer Commissioners, to consider proposed FY 2011-12 Cavendish Municipal Wastewater System Budget and Rate Schedule.
11. Updates on various town activities including highway maintenance work; progress on Rt 131 property closing; Coutu helipad legal proceedings; 250 Anniversary Committee activities, etc.
12. Other business
13. Adjourn
1. Call the meeting to order
2. Act upon minutes of the meetings of June 13 and July 6, 2011.
3. Sign Orders
4. Review Correspondence
5. Adjust agenda
6. Hear Citizens
7. Summary of Town-wide Appraisal Update activities and discussion regarding the FY 2011-12 Tax Rates which were acted upon on July 6 and which with minor modification to the Town Rates on July7th. Discussion to include review of letter draft as discussed at the July 6 meeting.
8. Update on USA Properties development proposal for a Carlton Road project
9. Discussion of identified muddy road problem areas and development of a plan to address those identified problem areas over time.
10. Selectmen, as Board of Sewer Commissioners, to consider proposed FY 2011-12 Cavendish Municipal Wastewater System Budget and Rate Schedule.
11. Updates on various town activities including highway maintenance work; progress on Rt 131 property closing; Coutu helipad legal proceedings; 250 Anniversary Committee activities, etc.
12. Other business
13. Adjourn
Cavendish Update 7/8/11 News/Gage/Staycationing
The 7/8/11 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish Related News
2. Vermont State Park Pass at Cavendish Library
3. Cavendish Calendar Winners!
4. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Phineas Gage
5. Cavendish Staycationing: Parks/Historic Sites/7/8-1/17 Activities
1. Cavendish Related News
Chester and Ludlow Funeral Homes Higher Cost Than Other parts of the state: The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Vermont, (FCA-VT) has announced the completion of its biennial general price survey of all Vermont funeral home prices. “We congratulate Vermont’s locally owned funeral homes in keeping the rise in funeral costs to a minimum during these challenging economic times”, said Board President, Mary Alice Bisbee of Montpelier. “However, we also noted that the very highest prices in the State are to be found in Southern Vermont where 4 homes are now owned by one of the largest Wall Street conglomerates, Service Corporation International (SCI).” The survey shows that for full funeral services, the Chester and Ludlow funeral homes, Adams-Kenny, charges $5,950 while Davis Funeral Home in Springfield charges $3,680 for similar services. The survey is available on-line www.funerals.org/affiliates/vermont
Vermonters are Getting Fatter, but not as Fast as Other States: In the past 20 years, the number of obese Vermonters increased from 10.7 percent of the population to 23.5 percent. Vermont had 625,741 residents in 2010, according to the U.S. census, meaning 147,049 are obese -- nearly 1 in 4, according to the findings of a new study. Vermont has a smaller percentage of obese adults than all but four states and the District of Columbia, according to a study released Thursday. Burlington Free Press
Windsor County Fair Returns after a Year’s Absence: The Windsor County Agricultural Fair is back with new programs, entertainment and competitions, according to new fair president Eric Johnson. The fair, which opens Saturday and runs until Sunday, is held at Barlow’s Field in Springfield. Johnson said that new this year is a NASCAR simulator on Sunday, and a country karaoke tent and an all-terrain vehicle obstacle course and a demonstration by chainsaw artist Barre Pinske of Chester. FMI: http://windsorcofairvt.weebly.com/
Beware of E-mail Pretending to be a Ticket: New York State Police say an email hoax has been circulating across the country, primarily through Yahoo email accounts. The email pretends to be a Uniform Traffic Ticket from the New York Department of Motor Vehicles, issued by the State Police. It contains an attached zip file that supposedly is a copy of the ticket that must be filled out and sent to a town court. Police believe the zip file contains an unknown virus. The State Police computer forensics lab is analyzing it Troopers say neither they nor motor vehicles sent the email and people who receive it should not open it or the attachment. Police say the email should be deleted. WCAX
2. Vermont State Park Pass at Cavendish Library
Come to the library, check out the pass. For the third year in a row patrons at the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library may check out a Vermont State Parks or Vermont Historical Sites Pass from the library. Each pass allows a carload of people free entry to the State Park or Historical Site of their choice. There is no charge to check out the pass and it circulates for four days. FMI: Kata at 226-7503 for more information. See article 5 below for more ideas about Staycationing locally.
3. Cavendish Calendar Winners!
The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association (CCCA) has compiled the results and the winners of this year’s Calendar Contest. The judges awarded Stacia Spaulding 1st prize in the adult category for her photo - Doe re mi fa sol la ti doe. Runner-ups to 1st prize were Jillian Palmer's Winter Morning and Mary McCallum's Summer Greens. 1st prize in age category 13-18 goes to Chris Palmer for his photo of Cat Tails. 1st prize in age category 5 to 12 goes to Emery Benoit for her photo Red White and Blue. The following are the winners of the 2012 Calendar Contest:
• Main St - by James Burt_
• Spring Deer - by Paula Felt
• Seeds of Love - by Martha Mott
• Milkweed - by Svetlana Phillips
• Winter Morning - by Jillian Palmer
• Black River Valley - by Winston Churchill
• Purple Beauties - by Cindy Fitzgibbons
• Stop and Smell the Flowers - by Tim O'Donoghue
• Glad to be Back - by Hans Schrag
• Doe re mi fa sol la ti doe - by Stacia Spaulding
• Apple Blossoms - by Ellen Parrish
• Cat Tails - by Chris Palmer_
• Best in show - Spring Deer, by Paula Felt with runner ups by Stacia Spaulding's Doe Re Mi and Jean Burt's Playground Pug.
Congratulations to all!
4. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Phineas Gage These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS blog.
On Sunday, July 17, there will be a presentation about Phineas Gage at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum starting at 2 pm. The presenter will be Margo Caulfield, Co-Director of Chronic Conditions Information Network as well as Coordinator of the Cavendish Historical Society. Caulfield has worked in the field of traumatic brain injury for over 20 years. Topics covered will include: Gage’s importance to the understanding of traumatic brain injury; his distant relative Fred Gage, a pioneer in the field of neuroplasticity, which may explain why Gage was able to function in society again; and why Gage continues to be of interest. The presentation will be followed by a walking tour of historic spots associated with Gage. FMI: 226-7807 or margoc@tds.net
On September 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 cheekbone 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.
Sitting on the back of an ox cart, Gage was brought to the boarding house where he was staying on Main Street in Cavendish. Dr. John Harlow treated his wounds, along with Dr. Edward H. Williams. The large wound at the top of his head was closed with adhesive straps and a wet compress covered the opening. No surgery was involved.
Within days of the accident, an infection developed and Gage lapsed into a semi comatose state. Fearing that he was about to die, a local carpenter prepared a coffin for him. Two weeks after the accident, Harlow released 8 fluid ounces of pus from an abscess under Gage’s scalp. By January 1, 1849 (approximately 4 months) Gage was functional.
It is remarkable that Gage survived this accident, let alone lived for almost 12 more years. Fortunately Dr. Harlow and Dr. Henry J. Bigelow, a professor of surgery at Harvard University, tracked Gage as much possible, thereby documenting one of the first cases of traumatic brain injury in medical science. It was also the first understanding that different parts of the brain have different functions. With this knowledge, the first brain tumor removal operation became possible in 1885.
According to Gage’s family and friends, his behavior was significantly altered by the accident. In 1868, Harlow wrote in the “Bulletin of the Massachusetts Medical Society” His contractors, who regarded him as the most efficient and capable foreman in their employ previous to his injury, considered the change in his mind so marked that they could not give him his place again. He is fitful, irreverent, indulging at times in the grossest profanity (which was not previously his custom), manifesting but little deference for his fellows, impatient of restraint of advice when it conflicts with his desires, at times pertinaciously obstinent, yet capricious and vacillating, devising many plans of future operation, which are no sooner arranged than they are abandoned in turn for others appearing more feasible. In this regard, his mind was radically changed, so decidedly that his friends and acquaintances said he was “no longer Gage.”
Not able to work as a foreman, Gage held a variety of jobs. He worked in the livery stable at what is now known as the Hanover Inn in New Hampshire. He drove coaches and cared for horses in Valparaiso, Chile. Around 1859, after his health began to fail he went to San Francisco to live with his mother. While there, he worked on a farm in Santa Clara County. In February 1860, he began to have epileptic seizures and ultimately died May 21, 1860.
Rumors circulated that Gage appeared at Barnum’s American Museum in New York. It would take another Cavendish doctor, Dr. Gene Bont, almost 160 years later to find proof that Gage did in fact promote himself as a curiosity. Bont found a poster advertising Gage’s appearance at Rumford Hall.
One of the least talked about people connected with the Gage accident is Dr. Williams. He was an engineer, who went to medical school when ill health kept him from working outside. Since he did not have a busy medical practice, Williams spent considerable time in various forms of engineering. In fact, he knew Gage prior to his accident. He was the first doctor on the scene but would have differed to Dr. Harlow as he was a surgeon. Not long after the incident, Williams returned to engineering full time and started the oldest engineering society in the United States, Tau Beta Pi.
5. Cavendish Staycationing: Parks/Historic Sites/7/8-1/17 Activities
Having the free pass from the Cavendish Library (see article 3) to explore Vermont state parks and historical sites is a wonderful way to spend a few days in the coming weeks. The parks closest to Cavendish are Plymouth State and Mt. Ascutney. Just a little farther and there is Wilgus and Coolidge. To check out Vermont State Parks go to http://www.vtstateparks.com The closest Vermont Historic site is President Calvin Coolidge’s home in Plymouth. Go to http://www.historicvermont.org to learn about various Vermont historic sites and stop by the Cavendish Historical Society Museum on Sundays 2-4 pm and pick up historic walking tours for both Cavendish and Proctorsville Villages.
Activities for the Coming Week
July 8 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 11 (Monday): Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office. Agenda posted to blog www.cavendishvt.blogspot.com as soon as it is received. LPC-TV tapes meetings and makes them available on-line www.lpctv.org and Comcast Cable TV. Check the website www.lpctv.org for more information.
July 12 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Story Time for Preschool and Young Children 10 am at the Cavendish Library.
July 13 (Wednesday): Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce Mixer 5:30-7:30 pm at Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, 611 Route 103. FMI and to RSVP: 802-228-5830.
• Chris Kleeman is the featured concert artist at 6 pm at the Proctorsville Green. The concert is free.
July 14 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Tie Dye Day at the Cavendish Library.
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
July 15 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 17 (Sunday): Phineas Gage-His Importance Then and Now, includes a walking tour of sites pertaining to the accident with Margo Caulfield, Co-Director of Chronic Conditions Information Network, who has worked in traumatic brain injury (TBI) for over 25 years. For more information call 226-7807.
1. Cavendish Related News
2. Vermont State Park Pass at Cavendish Library
3. Cavendish Calendar Winners!
4. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Phineas Gage
5. Cavendish Staycationing: Parks/Historic Sites/7/8-1/17 Activities
1. Cavendish Related News
Chester and Ludlow Funeral Homes Higher Cost Than Other parts of the state: The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Vermont, (FCA-VT) has announced the completion of its biennial general price survey of all Vermont funeral home prices. “We congratulate Vermont’s locally owned funeral homes in keeping the rise in funeral costs to a minimum during these challenging economic times”, said Board President, Mary Alice Bisbee of Montpelier. “However, we also noted that the very highest prices in the State are to be found in Southern Vermont where 4 homes are now owned by one of the largest Wall Street conglomerates, Service Corporation International (SCI).” The survey shows that for full funeral services, the Chester and Ludlow funeral homes, Adams-Kenny, charges $5,950 while Davis Funeral Home in Springfield charges $3,680 for similar services. The survey is available on-line www.funerals.org/affiliates/vermont
Vermonters are Getting Fatter, but not as Fast as Other States: In the past 20 years, the number of obese Vermonters increased from 10.7 percent of the population to 23.5 percent. Vermont had 625,741 residents in 2010, according to the U.S. census, meaning 147,049 are obese -- nearly 1 in 4, according to the findings of a new study. Vermont has a smaller percentage of obese adults than all but four states and the District of Columbia, according to a study released Thursday. Burlington Free Press
Windsor County Fair Returns after a Year’s Absence: The Windsor County Agricultural Fair is back with new programs, entertainment and competitions, according to new fair president Eric Johnson. The fair, which opens Saturday and runs until Sunday, is held at Barlow’s Field in Springfield. Johnson said that new this year is a NASCAR simulator on Sunday, and a country karaoke tent and an all-terrain vehicle obstacle course and a demonstration by chainsaw artist Barre Pinske of Chester. FMI: http://windsorcofairvt.weebly.com/
Beware of E-mail Pretending to be a Ticket: New York State Police say an email hoax has been circulating across the country, primarily through Yahoo email accounts. The email pretends to be a Uniform Traffic Ticket from the New York Department of Motor Vehicles, issued by the State Police. It contains an attached zip file that supposedly is a copy of the ticket that must be filled out and sent to a town court. Police believe the zip file contains an unknown virus. The State Police computer forensics lab is analyzing it Troopers say neither they nor motor vehicles sent the email and people who receive it should not open it or the attachment. Police say the email should be deleted. WCAX
2. Vermont State Park Pass at Cavendish Library
Come to the library, check out the pass. For the third year in a row patrons at the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library may check out a Vermont State Parks or Vermont Historical Sites Pass from the library. Each pass allows a carload of people free entry to the State Park or Historical Site of their choice. There is no charge to check out the pass and it circulates for four days. FMI: Kata at 226-7503 for more information. See article 5 below for more ideas about Staycationing locally.
3. Cavendish Calendar Winners!
The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association (CCCA) has compiled the results and the winners of this year’s Calendar Contest. The judges awarded Stacia Spaulding 1st prize in the adult category for her photo - Doe re mi fa sol la ti doe. Runner-ups to 1st prize were Jillian Palmer's Winter Morning and Mary McCallum's Summer Greens. 1st prize in age category 13-18 goes to Chris Palmer for his photo of Cat Tails. 1st prize in age category 5 to 12 goes to Emery Benoit for her photo Red White and Blue. The following are the winners of the 2012 Calendar Contest:
• Main St - by James Burt_
• Spring Deer - by Paula Felt
• Seeds of Love - by Martha Mott
• Milkweed - by Svetlana Phillips
• Winter Morning - by Jillian Palmer
• Black River Valley - by Winston Churchill
• Purple Beauties - by Cindy Fitzgibbons
• Stop and Smell the Flowers - by Tim O'Donoghue
• Glad to be Back - by Hans Schrag
• Doe re mi fa sol la ti doe - by Stacia Spaulding
• Apple Blossoms - by Ellen Parrish
• Cat Tails - by Chris Palmer_
• Best in show - Spring Deer, by Paula Felt with runner ups by Stacia Spaulding's Doe Re Mi and Jean Burt's Playground Pug.
Congratulations to all!
4. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Phineas Gage These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS blog.
On Sunday, July 17, there will be a presentation about Phineas Gage at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum starting at 2 pm. The presenter will be Margo Caulfield, Co-Director of Chronic Conditions Information Network as well as Coordinator of the Cavendish Historical Society. Caulfield has worked in the field of traumatic brain injury for over 20 years. Topics covered will include: Gage’s importance to the understanding of traumatic brain injury; his distant relative Fred Gage, a pioneer in the field of neuroplasticity, which may explain why Gage was able to function in society again; and why Gage continues to be of interest. The presentation will be followed by a walking tour of historic spots associated with Gage. FMI: 226-7807 or margoc@tds.net
On September 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 cheekbone 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.
Sitting on the back of an ox cart, Gage was brought to the boarding house where he was staying on Main Street in Cavendish. Dr. John Harlow treated his wounds, along with Dr. Edward H. Williams. The large wound at the top of his head was closed with adhesive straps and a wet compress covered the opening. No surgery was involved.
Within days of the accident, an infection developed and Gage lapsed into a semi comatose state. Fearing that he was about to die, a local carpenter prepared a coffin for him. Two weeks after the accident, Harlow released 8 fluid ounces of pus from an abscess under Gage’s scalp. By January 1, 1849 (approximately 4 months) Gage was functional.
It is remarkable that Gage survived this accident, let alone lived for almost 12 more years. Fortunately Dr. Harlow and Dr. Henry J. Bigelow, a professor of surgery at Harvard University, tracked Gage as much possible, thereby documenting one of the first cases of traumatic brain injury in medical science. It was also the first understanding that different parts of the brain have different functions. With this knowledge, the first brain tumor removal operation became possible in 1885.
According to Gage’s family and friends, his behavior was significantly altered by the accident. In 1868, Harlow wrote in the “Bulletin of the Massachusetts Medical Society” His contractors, who regarded him as the most efficient and capable foreman in their employ previous to his injury, considered the change in his mind so marked that they could not give him his place again. He is fitful, irreverent, indulging at times in the grossest profanity (which was not previously his custom), manifesting but little deference for his fellows, impatient of restraint of advice when it conflicts with his desires, at times pertinaciously obstinent, yet capricious and vacillating, devising many plans of future operation, which are no sooner arranged than they are abandoned in turn for others appearing more feasible. In this regard, his mind was radically changed, so decidedly that his friends and acquaintances said he was “no longer Gage.”
Not able to work as a foreman, Gage held a variety of jobs. He worked in the livery stable at what is now known as the Hanover Inn in New Hampshire. He drove coaches and cared for horses in Valparaiso, Chile. Around 1859, after his health began to fail he went to San Francisco to live with his mother. While there, he worked on a farm in Santa Clara County. In February 1860, he began to have epileptic seizures and ultimately died May 21, 1860.
Rumors circulated that Gage appeared at Barnum’s American Museum in New York. It would take another Cavendish doctor, Dr. Gene Bont, almost 160 years later to find proof that Gage did in fact promote himself as a curiosity. Bont found a poster advertising Gage’s appearance at Rumford Hall.
One of the least talked about people connected with the Gage accident is Dr. Williams. He was an engineer, who went to medical school when ill health kept him from working outside. Since he did not have a busy medical practice, Williams spent considerable time in various forms of engineering. In fact, he knew Gage prior to his accident. He was the first doctor on the scene but would have differed to Dr. Harlow as he was a surgeon. Not long after the incident, Williams returned to engineering full time and started the oldest engineering society in the United States, Tau Beta Pi.
5. Cavendish Staycationing: Parks/Historic Sites/7/8-1/17 Activities
Having the free pass from the Cavendish Library (see article 3) to explore Vermont state parks and historical sites is a wonderful way to spend a few days in the coming weeks. The parks closest to Cavendish are Plymouth State and Mt. Ascutney. Just a little farther and there is Wilgus and Coolidge. To check out Vermont State Parks go to http://www.vtstateparks.com The closest Vermont Historic site is President Calvin Coolidge’s home in Plymouth. Go to http://www.historicvermont.org to learn about various Vermont historic sites and stop by the Cavendish Historical Society Museum on Sundays 2-4 pm and pick up historic walking tours for both Cavendish and Proctorsville Villages.
Activities for the Coming Week
July 8 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 11 (Monday): Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office. Agenda posted to blog www.cavendishvt.blogspot.com as soon as it is received. LPC-TV tapes meetings and makes them available on-line www.lpctv.org and Comcast Cable TV. Check the website www.lpctv.org for more information.
July 12 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Story Time for Preschool and Young Children 10 am at the Cavendish Library.
July 13 (Wednesday): Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce Mixer 5:30-7:30 pm at Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, 611 Route 103. FMI and to RSVP: 802-228-5830.
• Chris Kleeman is the featured concert artist at 6 pm at the Proctorsville Green. The concert is free.
July 14 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Tie Dye Day at the Cavendish Library.
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
July 15 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 17 (Sunday): Phineas Gage-His Importance Then and Now, includes a walking tour of sites pertaining to the accident with Margo Caulfield, Co-Director of Chronic Conditions Information Network, who has worked in traumatic brain injury (TBI) for over 25 years. For more information call 226-7807.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
SB Agenda for July 6 Meeting
Selectmen’s Meeting, Wednesday, July 6 , 2011 in the Cavendish Town Office Meeting Room at 6:15 pm - Immediately following the Cavendish Board of Civil Authority meeting. The agenda will be as follows:
Town Manager to review tax rate calculations with the Selectmen and present a proposed FY 2011-2012 Cavendish Tax Rate Schedule for Board review and approval. The tax rate to be established is for the fiscal period July 1, 2011 through June 30,
2012.
Town Manager to review tax rate calculations with the Selectmen and present a proposed FY 2011-2012 Cavendish Tax Rate Schedule for Board review and approval. The tax rate to be established is for the fiscal period July 1, 2011 through June 30,
2012.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Cavendish Update 7/1/11 Water/News/Calendar/Old Home Day
This issue of the Cavendish Update is made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society
The 7/1/11 Cavendish Update Contains:
1.Water Commission Meeting
2. Cavendish Related News
3. The Banners Have Arrived/Old Home Day Events
4. Jane Marks Hart Artist in Resident at Cavendish Library
5. Cavendish Summer Concerts Announced
6. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Old Home Day
7. July Cavendish Calendar
1. Water Commission Meeting
The Water Commission met on Monday, June 27 and discussed the following:
• Cavendish Municipal Water System-Consumer Confidence Report: The report has been mailed to water users and is posted on-line.
• Carlton Road Project: This is the third time that a representative from USA Properties/Holden Engineering has come to a meeting of town officials to discuss the establishment of 250 units of housing on Carlton Road in Cavendish. This is the area directly across from Williams Store on Route 121.
Jay Hill, a civil engineer, made the presentation for Holden Engineering. While much of the information is the same as previously discussed in two meetings with the Select Board, there was some new information:
• The total number of units is 254, not 250 as previously reported.
• The project would require 70,000 gallons of water daily
• They propose using town water, hooking up to the pipe adjacent to the Williams Store. While they would pay the cost of setting up the system, they plan to turn it over to the town to operate.
• Consideration has been given to establishing private wells for the single homes (proposed 50) as well as community well for the complex.
The Commissioners, which includes Richard Svec, town manager, were very clear that the town’s infrastructure could not support the project. The current town well is close to capacity, and when asked how much water could be provided for such a project currently, the estimate was between zero and 10,000 gallons. Further, if the town did supply the water, they would not be responsible for maintaining their system, which is current practice for the town. Fire protection’s water needs were also discussed. Concern was also raised as to whether swimming pools would be added, particularly since this is going to be a resort community. Basically, the project requires domestic water use as well as fire protection, neither of which the town has sufficient water to provide.
Waste water has been discussed previously, and in May, the town provided Holden with a proposal from the town’s engineers regarding a study of waste disposal at the site. At a previous Select Board meeting, an agreement was reached that USA Properties would pay for a feasibility study using the town’s engineers, Weston and Sampson. It’s been a month since the proposal was sent and Svec has yet to hear back from Holden Engineering/USA Properties on this matter. The Commissioners agreed that a similar study is needed for water.
Again, the issues were raised as to who would purchase these units and whether the project made sense for Cavendish, which does not have the infrastructure to support such a large project.
2. Cavendish Related News
Tax Increases in VT as of July 1: The tax on a pack of cigarettes sold in Vermont will increase 38 cents, to $2.62 a pack. The increased tax is expected to produce more than $4.63 in new revenue the first year. Other tax increases include a so-called provider tax on hospitals, nursing homes and home-health agencies, which is expected to add about $8 million to the state. There will also be a new tax on medical and dental insurance claims, expected to produce nearly $12 million over the coming year. State workers will have a 1.3 percentage point increase in the contribution they make toward their retirement. The increase was part of $12 million in labor savings the Shumlin administration expects to achieve during the coming year. The increased retirement contributions will raise $5.3 million. Burlington Free Press
Fine for failing to have up to date inspection sticker declines: The fine has been $99 for an expired inspection sticker, but a new law reduces the fine to $5 plus fees for a total of $47 if the driver was cited for the violation within 14 days of the inspection's expiration.
VT Ranked as “tax hell” for retirees: Kiplinger's ranks Vermont as the most tax unfriendly state for retirees. Vermont's top billing is due to several factors including that the state has an income tax, a sales tax, an estate tax and relatively high taxes for rooms and meals. Vermont also has one of the highest property tax rates in the country. And of particular concern for retirees -- Vermont grants no exemptions for retirement income and taxes out-of-state pensions fully. Kiplinger
VT/NH Red Cross Appeals for Volunteers: After an extraordinarily busy spring, the Vermont & New Hampshire Valley chapter of the American Red Cross is appealing for more volunteer help. Red Cross officials said Monday that 96 percent of their work force is made up of volunteers, many of whom have pitched in as Vermont coped with record spring rain and flooding around Lake Champlain and Vermont rivers.
Fight the Bite: Vermonters may be swatting more mosquitoes than usual this summer because of the record-breaking spring rains – and some of these insects bring the possibility for mosquito-borne illnesses. Human illness caused by mosquitoes is uncommon in the state, but recent evidence of two, West Nile virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis, means that it’s worth taking simple precautions to avoid bites. Press Release
Dead Bird Hotline Starts June 21: As part of the surveillance for West Nile virus, the Health Department’s dead bird hotline will start again on June 21. Anyone who finds a dead bird is asked to report it to the Health Department by calling 800-913-1139 during regular business hours. Some of these birds will be tested at the Health Department Laboratory. For more information on West Nile Virus and EEE, visit the Vermont Department of Health website.
E-Waste Recycling Program Begins Friday: Vermont’s new electronic waste (e-waste) recycling program will begin on July 1, providing free and convenient recycling of e-waste to residents, charities, schools, and small businesses.
VT Police Cracking Down on Drivers for 4th of July Weekend: Vermont law enforcement will be out in force with increased activities to include extra patrols and checkpoints beginning July 1 through July 5, 2011. Through Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort), the Vermont State Police will focus on identifying impaired and aggressive drivers over the weekend through added patrols and sobriety checkpoints. Press Release
3. The Banners Have Arrived/Old Home Day Events
Hopefully there will be a few of the Cavendish 250 banners flying tomorrow around the Cavendish Green, as the town’s 250th celebration activities get underway with Old Home Day. One of the things we noticed when we saw the banners is that they can be taken apart, making for two banners. The perfect gift for two people this coming holiday season, or keep one for yourself and give one to a friend. The banners are being sold for $150; two people can split the costs and each have one to hang. A copy of the banner is posted online. Please be sure to let us know if this is going to be a surprise so we can make sure to keep your donation quiet.
To purchase your banner, stop by the 250th booth at Old Home Day and/or send a check for $150 to the 250th Anniversary Fund and mail to Cavendish 250th Anniversary Committee, PO Box 126, Cavendish, VT 05142-0126. To learn more about upcoming 250th Anniversary activities go to the Cavendish Facebook page or www.cavendish250.com
There is much to do at Old Home Day this year. The annual plant sale and Cavendish Historical Society Museum opens at 8:30. Be sure to stop by and see the 250 years of Cavendish History exhibit. The Cavendish Green activities start getting underway around 9:30, with everything in place closer to 10 am. You will find many local vendors have set up booths, some of which will be offering activities for children. From 10-12:45 the Cavendish Historical Society Silent Auction will take place, followed at 1 pm by a live auction. To see what’s up for auction, check out the CHS blog.
If you’d like to eat your way through Old Home Day, there is the Fire Department’s Chicken BBQ, several bake sales, pies, Moonlite Meadows grass fed lamb kabob and beef burgers, and all things strawberry (shortcake and lemonade). There will even be special 4th of July dog biscuits. FMI: 226-7807 or margoc@tds.net
4. Jane Marks Hart Artist in Resident at Cavendish Library
A resident of Proctorsville and Westchester County, New York, Hart (A former journalist and author) is a painter and board certified creative arts therapist; and we are pleased to present her work in the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library’s Redfield Proctor Room. Ms. Hart spent more than 35 years writing for various women’s magazines such as Seventeen, Glamour, Ladies Home Journal and Parents before falling in love with painting. She went to graduate school in her 50’s to get a Masters Degree in art therapy. She is also the author of several books including The Hidden Children for which she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She is also the co-author of “Old Enough to Know Better”- A Comedy Sketchbook coming to the Ludlow Auditorium in November 2011. . Ms. Hart currently does art therapy with bereaved children and children with cancer and volunteers at the Cavendish Town Elementary School and the senior center in Ludlow.
Ms. Hart’s work may be seen in the Redfield Proctor Room of the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library during normal operating hours in July.
5. Cavendish Summer Concerts Announced
The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association announced that the annual summer music series on the Proctorsville Green will be held again this year on Wednesday nights in July and August. All concerts are free and open to the public and will start at 6:00 p.m., so grab your lawn chair and a cold drink, and join your friends and neighbors to enjoy plenty of rollicking good music from the gazebo.
The lineup will begin on July 13th with the legendary Chris Kleeman and will continue on July 20th with the sounds of Union Street. On July 27th Rick Reddington will play, then on August 3rd the always popular Gypsy Reel will appear, and capping the summer series on August 10th will be the sounds of Rutland’s own Voodoo Alien Blues Band.
The summer concert series has a long history in Proctorsville and many area residents reserve Wednesday evenings to listen to the live music. This is the second year that CCCA has taken on the task of coordinating the events and they are happy to continue the tradition. As always, the concerts will be held rain or shine, and will move to the Cavendish town elementary school just down the street in case of inclement weather. If you would like to help CCCA would like to hear from you. Call Robin at 226-7736 to volunteer or for more information on the concerts.
6. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Old Home Day
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS Blog.
The fifth year of the revival of this custom, it's quite a bit different than Old Home's Day celebrated in the early 1900's.
Because so many people moved away from Vermont, frequently for economic reasons, Old Home Day became a time for family and friends to reconnect with those who remained in town. At the CHS Museum, there is a poster for the September 1901 Old Home Day. Featuring “horribles” (people dressed in costumes), floats and lots of speeches, 2,500 people gathered for this event. The September 1901 issue of “The Vermonter” describes the “Old Home Week” festivities in Cavendish as follows, “The morning parade, headed by the Proctorsville Band, was one of the principal features of the day and was composed of various patriotic and social organizations and floral carriages.” The afternoon featured speeches, with refreshments served at the Masonic and Odd Fellows Halls.
Below is part of the speech given by James Hales Bates at the Old Home Day celebration of 1901. To read the entire speech, go to the CHS Blog.
Non-resident Vermonters frequently have it flung up to them by friends in other states in a mood of sarcastic facetiousness, “Your state of Vermont is a good state to emigrate from.” Well, yes, it is a good state to emigrate from for two sorts of people. One sort is that not large class who have fitted over the border to escape the clutches of the law and find the climate healthier outside. The other sort are those who cannot afford to live here. Not that living is costly, but if beefsteak is five cents a pound and a man has not got the five cents, the beef might as well be fifty; it is out of his reach at either price. There have always been so much ability and energy in the state, and so few things for there to work on except climate, scenery, stone quarries and one another, that thousands have been ground out in the competition, and reluctantly gone into more promising communities where the natives know less and have more, and in these easier fields of action have thriven famously, and made for themselves and their descendants renown and riches. It will be a mighty poor spot on the earth where a Vermonter cannot be found, his eyes and hands wide open for all within reach. A few years ago, a little party of young government engineers engaged in the coast survey were passing a vacant half day, lounging about on the bank of St. Johns River in Florida, finding their pleasure in trifles, as idlers will do. Presently one cried out, “Sail Ho!” and twenty miles away emerging from the horizon, was a solitary coasting sloop beating up the river. All eyes were fixed on it in a long silence. Then a bright youth spoke and said, “I will wager any man here a box of cigars that the name of the captain of that craft is Spaulding and that he is from Vermont.” “The idea is absurd,” said another, “there are not more than five of the crew altogether and it is ridiculous to suppose the captain can be named Spaulding from Vermont. I take that bet and would like to make it dollars instead of cigars.” At last the little craft swung up to the wharf, and a tall solemn Yankee stepped ashore and made her fast. The engineers drew near. “Is Capt. Spaulding aboard?” “Yes, he is in the cabin asleep. Would you like to speak to him?” “I want to ask him what part of Vermont he is from.” “I can tell you that. He is from Cavendish.” If I have omitted any important particular of this illustration of the widespread distribution of the Vermonter, the ex- Secretary of War (Redfield Proctor) who must have had three young officers in his control, will correct me. He is fond of seeing things corrected and put in order.
7. July Cavendish Calendar
July 1 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 2 (Saturday): Old Home Day Visit the Cavendish Historical Society Museum, not only for its annual plant sale, but also for the special display of 250 years of Cavendish history. The Cavendish green will have many vendors set up and will feature a live auction at 1 pm. Be sure to stop by the 250th table and pick up a tote bag made possible by Promo Focus. For more information call 226-7807.
• Library Book Sale: The Cavendish Fletcher Community Library is having a book sale from 10-4 in the library courtyard at 573 Main Street in Proctorsville, VT. The sale includes hundreds of books, movies and audio books. Make a donation and take what you want. FMI: 226-7503
• 4th of July Fireworks Show: 9:30 pm Ludlow. FMI: http://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/4th-of-july-fireworks-show---ludlow.html
July 3 (Sunday): Screening of the film “Life in Windsor County” The film will be shown at 2 pm at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum in Cavendish. For more information call 226-7807.
• Facilitated meditation from 4-5 pm. FMI: Robin Timko 226-7736
July 4 (Monday): Fourth of July. Legal Holiday, banks, schools, town office and library closed
July 5 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Story Time for Preschool and Young Children 10 am at the Cavendish Library.
July 6 (Wednesday): Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office
July 7 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
July 8 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 11 (Monday): Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office. Agenda posted to blog www.cavendishvt.blogspot.com as soon as it is received. LPC-TV tapes meetings and makes them available on-line and Comcast Cable TV. Check the website for more information.
July 12 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Story Time for Preschool and Young Children 10 am at the Cavendish Library.
July 13 (Wednesday): Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce Mixer 5:30-7:30 pm at Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, 611 Route 103. FMI and to RSVP: 802-228-5830.
• Chris Kleeman is the featured concert artist at 6 pm at the Proctorsville Green. The concert is free.
July 14 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Tie Dye Day at the Cavendish Library.
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
July 15 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 17 (Sunday): Phineas Gage-His Importance Then and Now, includes a walking tour of sites pertaining to the accident with Margo Caulfield, Co-Director of Chronic Conditions Information Network, who has worked in traumatic brain injury (TBI) for over 25 years. For more information call 226-7807.
July 19 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Story Time for Preschool and Young Children 10 am at the Cavendish Library.
July 20 (Wednesday): Union Street Band is the featured concert artist at 6 pm at the Proctorsville Green. The concert is free.
July 21 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
July 22 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 26 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Story Time for Preschool and Young Children 10 am at the Cavendish Library.
July 27 (Wednesday): Rick Redington is the featured concert artist at 6 pm at the Proctorsville Green. The concert is free.
July 28 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Free Henna Tattoo Day at the Cavendish Library
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
July 29 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 30 (Saturday): First ever Cavendish Town Wide Tag Sale, 9-3 pm. Rain date Aug. 6. Free booth space on the Cavendish and Proctorsville Green for Cavendish residents and second homeowners in outlying areas of town. To reserve booth space call 226-8199 by July 15.
The 7/1/11 Cavendish Update Contains:
1.Water Commission Meeting
2. Cavendish Related News
3. The Banners Have Arrived/Old Home Day Events
4. Jane Marks Hart Artist in Resident at Cavendish Library
5. Cavendish Summer Concerts Announced
6. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Old Home Day
7. July Cavendish Calendar
1. Water Commission Meeting
The Water Commission met on Monday, June 27 and discussed the following:
• Cavendish Municipal Water System-Consumer Confidence Report: The report has been mailed to water users and is posted on-line.
• Carlton Road Project: This is the third time that a representative from USA Properties/Holden Engineering has come to a meeting of town officials to discuss the establishment of 250 units of housing on Carlton Road in Cavendish. This is the area directly across from Williams Store on Route 121.
Jay Hill, a civil engineer, made the presentation for Holden Engineering. While much of the information is the same as previously discussed in two meetings with the Select Board, there was some new information:
• The total number of units is 254, not 250 as previously reported.
• The project would require 70,000 gallons of water daily
• They propose using town water, hooking up to the pipe adjacent to the Williams Store. While they would pay the cost of setting up the system, they plan to turn it over to the town to operate.
• Consideration has been given to establishing private wells for the single homes (proposed 50) as well as community well for the complex.
The Commissioners, which includes Richard Svec, town manager, were very clear that the town’s infrastructure could not support the project. The current town well is close to capacity, and when asked how much water could be provided for such a project currently, the estimate was between zero and 10,000 gallons. Further, if the town did supply the water, they would not be responsible for maintaining their system, which is current practice for the town. Fire protection’s water needs were also discussed. Concern was also raised as to whether swimming pools would be added, particularly since this is going to be a resort community. Basically, the project requires domestic water use as well as fire protection, neither of which the town has sufficient water to provide.
Waste water has been discussed previously, and in May, the town provided Holden with a proposal from the town’s engineers regarding a study of waste disposal at the site. At a previous Select Board meeting, an agreement was reached that USA Properties would pay for a feasibility study using the town’s engineers, Weston and Sampson. It’s been a month since the proposal was sent and Svec has yet to hear back from Holden Engineering/USA Properties on this matter. The Commissioners agreed that a similar study is needed for water.
Again, the issues were raised as to who would purchase these units and whether the project made sense for Cavendish, which does not have the infrastructure to support such a large project.
2. Cavendish Related News
Tax Increases in VT as of July 1: The tax on a pack of cigarettes sold in Vermont will increase 38 cents, to $2.62 a pack. The increased tax is expected to produce more than $4.63 in new revenue the first year. Other tax increases include a so-called provider tax on hospitals, nursing homes and home-health agencies, which is expected to add about $8 million to the state. There will also be a new tax on medical and dental insurance claims, expected to produce nearly $12 million over the coming year. State workers will have a 1.3 percentage point increase in the contribution they make toward their retirement. The increase was part of $12 million in labor savings the Shumlin administration expects to achieve during the coming year. The increased retirement contributions will raise $5.3 million. Burlington Free Press
Fine for failing to have up to date inspection sticker declines: The fine has been $99 for an expired inspection sticker, but a new law reduces the fine to $5 plus fees for a total of $47 if the driver was cited for the violation within 14 days of the inspection's expiration.
VT Ranked as “tax hell” for retirees: Kiplinger's ranks Vermont as the most tax unfriendly state for retirees. Vermont's top billing is due to several factors including that the state has an income tax, a sales tax, an estate tax and relatively high taxes for rooms and meals. Vermont also has one of the highest property tax rates in the country. And of particular concern for retirees -- Vermont grants no exemptions for retirement income and taxes out-of-state pensions fully. Kiplinger
VT/NH Red Cross Appeals for Volunteers: After an extraordinarily busy spring, the Vermont & New Hampshire Valley chapter of the American Red Cross is appealing for more volunteer help. Red Cross officials said Monday that 96 percent of their work force is made up of volunteers, many of whom have pitched in as Vermont coped with record spring rain and flooding around Lake Champlain and Vermont rivers.
Fight the Bite: Vermonters may be swatting more mosquitoes than usual this summer because of the record-breaking spring rains – and some of these insects bring the possibility for mosquito-borne illnesses. Human illness caused by mosquitoes is uncommon in the state, but recent evidence of two, West Nile virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis, means that it’s worth taking simple precautions to avoid bites. Press Release
Dead Bird Hotline Starts June 21: As part of the surveillance for West Nile virus, the Health Department’s dead bird hotline will start again on June 21. Anyone who finds a dead bird is asked to report it to the Health Department by calling 800-913-1139 during regular business hours. Some of these birds will be tested at the Health Department Laboratory. For more information on West Nile Virus and EEE, visit the Vermont Department of Health website.
E-Waste Recycling Program Begins Friday: Vermont’s new electronic waste (e-waste) recycling program will begin on July 1, providing free and convenient recycling of e-waste to residents, charities, schools, and small businesses.
VT Police Cracking Down on Drivers for 4th of July Weekend: Vermont law enforcement will be out in force with increased activities to include extra patrols and checkpoints beginning July 1 through July 5, 2011. Through Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort), the Vermont State Police will focus on identifying impaired and aggressive drivers over the weekend through added patrols and sobriety checkpoints. Press Release
3. The Banners Have Arrived/Old Home Day Events
Hopefully there will be a few of the Cavendish 250 banners flying tomorrow around the Cavendish Green, as the town’s 250th celebration activities get underway with Old Home Day. One of the things we noticed when we saw the banners is that they can be taken apart, making for two banners. The perfect gift for two people this coming holiday season, or keep one for yourself and give one to a friend. The banners are being sold for $150; two people can split the costs and each have one to hang. A copy of the banner is posted online. Please be sure to let us know if this is going to be a surprise so we can make sure to keep your donation quiet.
To purchase your banner, stop by the 250th booth at Old Home Day and/or send a check for $150 to the 250th Anniversary Fund and mail to Cavendish 250th Anniversary Committee, PO Box 126, Cavendish, VT 05142-0126. To learn more about upcoming 250th Anniversary activities go to the Cavendish Facebook page or www.cavendish250.com
There is much to do at Old Home Day this year. The annual plant sale and Cavendish Historical Society Museum opens at 8:30. Be sure to stop by and see the 250 years of Cavendish History exhibit. The Cavendish Green activities start getting underway around 9:30, with everything in place closer to 10 am. You will find many local vendors have set up booths, some of which will be offering activities for children. From 10-12:45 the Cavendish Historical Society Silent Auction will take place, followed at 1 pm by a live auction. To see what’s up for auction, check out the CHS blog.
If you’d like to eat your way through Old Home Day, there is the Fire Department’s Chicken BBQ, several bake sales, pies, Moonlite Meadows grass fed lamb kabob and beef burgers, and all things strawberry (shortcake and lemonade). There will even be special 4th of July dog biscuits. FMI: 226-7807 or margoc@tds.net
4. Jane Marks Hart Artist in Resident at Cavendish Library
A resident of Proctorsville and Westchester County, New York, Hart (A former journalist and author) is a painter and board certified creative arts therapist; and we are pleased to present her work in the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library’s Redfield Proctor Room. Ms. Hart spent more than 35 years writing for various women’s magazines such as Seventeen, Glamour, Ladies Home Journal and Parents before falling in love with painting. She went to graduate school in her 50’s to get a Masters Degree in art therapy. She is also the author of several books including The Hidden Children for which she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She is also the co-author of “Old Enough to Know Better”- A Comedy Sketchbook coming to the Ludlow Auditorium in November 2011. . Ms. Hart currently does art therapy with bereaved children and children with cancer and volunteers at the Cavendish Town Elementary School and the senior center in Ludlow.
Ms. Hart’s work may be seen in the Redfield Proctor Room of the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library during normal operating hours in July.
5. Cavendish Summer Concerts Announced
The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association announced that the annual summer music series on the Proctorsville Green will be held again this year on Wednesday nights in July and August. All concerts are free and open to the public and will start at 6:00 p.m., so grab your lawn chair and a cold drink, and join your friends and neighbors to enjoy plenty of rollicking good music from the gazebo.
The lineup will begin on July 13th with the legendary Chris Kleeman and will continue on July 20th with the sounds of Union Street. On July 27th Rick Reddington will play, then on August 3rd the always popular Gypsy Reel will appear, and capping the summer series on August 10th will be the sounds of Rutland’s own Voodoo Alien Blues Band.
The summer concert series has a long history in Proctorsville and many area residents reserve Wednesday evenings to listen to the live music. This is the second year that CCCA has taken on the task of coordinating the events and they are happy to continue the tradition. As always, the concerts will be held rain or shine, and will move to the Cavendish town elementary school just down the street in case of inclement weather. If you would like to help CCCA would like to hear from you. Call Robin at 226-7736 to volunteer or for more information on the concerts.
6. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Old Home Day
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS Blog.
The fifth year of the revival of this custom, it's quite a bit different than Old Home's Day celebrated in the early 1900's.
Because so many people moved away from Vermont, frequently for economic reasons, Old Home Day became a time for family and friends to reconnect with those who remained in town. At the CHS Museum, there is a poster for the September 1901 Old Home Day. Featuring “horribles” (people dressed in costumes), floats and lots of speeches, 2,500 people gathered for this event. The September 1901 issue of “The Vermonter” describes the “Old Home Week” festivities in Cavendish as follows, “The morning parade, headed by the Proctorsville Band, was one of the principal features of the day and was composed of various patriotic and social organizations and floral carriages.” The afternoon featured speeches, with refreshments served at the Masonic and Odd Fellows Halls.
Below is part of the speech given by James Hales Bates at the Old Home Day celebration of 1901. To read the entire speech, go to the CHS Blog.
Non-resident Vermonters frequently have it flung up to them by friends in other states in a mood of sarcastic facetiousness, “Your state of Vermont is a good state to emigrate from.” Well, yes, it is a good state to emigrate from for two sorts of people. One sort is that not large class who have fitted over the border to escape the clutches of the law and find the climate healthier outside. The other sort are those who cannot afford to live here. Not that living is costly, but if beefsteak is five cents a pound and a man has not got the five cents, the beef might as well be fifty; it is out of his reach at either price. There have always been so much ability and energy in the state, and so few things for there to work on except climate, scenery, stone quarries and one another, that thousands have been ground out in the competition, and reluctantly gone into more promising communities where the natives know less and have more, and in these easier fields of action have thriven famously, and made for themselves and their descendants renown and riches. It will be a mighty poor spot on the earth where a Vermonter cannot be found, his eyes and hands wide open for all within reach. A few years ago, a little party of young government engineers engaged in the coast survey were passing a vacant half day, lounging about on the bank of St. Johns River in Florida, finding their pleasure in trifles, as idlers will do. Presently one cried out, “Sail Ho!” and twenty miles away emerging from the horizon, was a solitary coasting sloop beating up the river. All eyes were fixed on it in a long silence. Then a bright youth spoke and said, “I will wager any man here a box of cigars that the name of the captain of that craft is Spaulding and that he is from Vermont.” “The idea is absurd,” said another, “there are not more than five of the crew altogether and it is ridiculous to suppose the captain can be named Spaulding from Vermont. I take that bet and would like to make it dollars instead of cigars.” At last the little craft swung up to the wharf, and a tall solemn Yankee stepped ashore and made her fast. The engineers drew near. “Is Capt. Spaulding aboard?” “Yes, he is in the cabin asleep. Would you like to speak to him?” “I want to ask him what part of Vermont he is from.” “I can tell you that. He is from Cavendish.” If I have omitted any important particular of this illustration of the widespread distribution of the Vermonter, the ex- Secretary of War (Redfield Proctor) who must have had three young officers in his control, will correct me. He is fond of seeing things corrected and put in order.
7. July Cavendish Calendar
July 1 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 2 (Saturday): Old Home Day Visit the Cavendish Historical Society Museum, not only for its annual plant sale, but also for the special display of 250 years of Cavendish history. The Cavendish green will have many vendors set up and will feature a live auction at 1 pm. Be sure to stop by the 250th table and pick up a tote bag made possible by Promo Focus. For more information call 226-7807.
• Library Book Sale: The Cavendish Fletcher Community Library is having a book sale from 10-4 in the library courtyard at 573 Main Street in Proctorsville, VT. The sale includes hundreds of books, movies and audio books. Make a donation and take what you want. FMI: 226-7503
• 4th of July Fireworks Show: 9:30 pm Ludlow. FMI: http://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/4th-of-july-fireworks-show---ludlow.html
July 3 (Sunday): Screening of the film “Life in Windsor County” The film will be shown at 2 pm at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum in Cavendish. For more information call 226-7807.
• Facilitated meditation from 4-5 pm. FMI: Robin Timko 226-7736
July 4 (Monday): Fourth of July. Legal Holiday, banks, schools, town office and library closed
July 5 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Story Time for Preschool and Young Children 10 am at the Cavendish Library.
July 6 (Wednesday): Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office
July 7 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
July 8 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 11 (Monday): Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office. Agenda posted to blog www.cavendishvt.blogspot.com as soon as it is received. LPC-TV tapes meetings and makes them available on-line and Comcast Cable TV. Check the website for more information.
July 12 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Story Time for Preschool and Young Children 10 am at the Cavendish Library.
July 13 (Wednesday): Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce Mixer 5:30-7:30 pm at Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, 611 Route 103. FMI and to RSVP: 802-228-5830.
• Chris Kleeman is the featured concert artist at 6 pm at the Proctorsville Green. The concert is free.
July 14 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Tie Dye Day at the Cavendish Library.
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
July 15 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 17 (Sunday): Phineas Gage-His Importance Then and Now, includes a walking tour of sites pertaining to the accident with Margo Caulfield, Co-Director of Chronic Conditions Information Network, who has worked in traumatic brain injury (TBI) for over 25 years. For more information call 226-7807.
July 19 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Story Time for Preschool and Young Children 10 am at the Cavendish Library.
July 20 (Wednesday): Union Street Band is the featured concert artist at 6 pm at the Proctorsville Green. The concert is free.
July 21 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
July 22 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 26 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Story Time for Preschool and Young Children 10 am at the Cavendish Library.
July 27 (Wednesday): Rick Redington is the featured concert artist at 6 pm at the Proctorsville Green. The concert is free.
July 28 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802) 228-5236 or Charlotte Snyder (802) 226-7343
• Free Henna Tattoo Day at the Cavendish Library
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
July 29 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
July 30 (Saturday): First ever Cavendish Town Wide Tag Sale, 9-3 pm. Rain date Aug. 6. Free booth space on the Cavendish and Proctorsville Green for Cavendish residents and second homeowners in outlying areas of town. To reserve booth space call 226-8199 by July 15.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Cavendish Update 6/24/11 Water/News/Events/Jobs
The 6/24/11 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish Related News
2. Cavendish Board of Water Commissioners Meeting Agenda
3. Old Home Day Kicks Off Cavendish’s 250the Anniversary
4. Job Openings at CTES
5. Vote for Cavendish Calendar
6. Cavendish Summer Concerts Announced Job Openings at CTES
7. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Schools
8. Staycationing in Cavendish: Activities for the week of 6/24-6/30
1, Cavendish Related News
New VT Energy Plan Website: Gov. Peter Shumlin announced the launch of www.vtenergyplan.vermont.gov, a website that will serve as a one-stop source of information related to the state’s Comprehensive Energy Plan. Press Release
Red Cross Seeks Type O Negative Donors: American Red Cross officials around the northeast are putting out an appeal for blood donors - especially those with type O negative blood. People are urged to call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to find a blood drive and to make an appointment.
GMP Makes Offer to Buy CVPS: Green Mountain Power wants to buy Central Vermont Public Service. Sources tell Channel 3 that GMP has made an offer to buy the Rutland-based utility and merge the two power companies. Under the proposed deal, GMP would build a new headquarters for CVPS in Rutland, retain all CVPS employees and make Rutland a so-called "solar city." Sources close to the deal also say the merger would save millions of dollars for ratepayers if the two utilities became one. WCAX Shumlin has issued a press statement, which states in part, ….I have given initial review of the offer made today by the parent company of Green Mountain Power to consolidate GMP with Central Vermont Public Service. At first glance, I believe this proposal has value for Vermonters and for job creation. Press Release
Six Teens Cited for Drinking Party at the end of Tierney Road: A group of teens were having a large bond fire at the end of Tierney Road Monday evening. When the police arrived, the teens scattered but six were taken in. Five were charged with civil violations and one was assigned to court diversion. It appears that the teens were not from Cavendish.
Supreme Court Strikes Down VT’s Prescription Drug Privacy Law: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Vermont law that requires doctors’ consent before their prescription records can be used to market prescription drugs. The Court held that the law violates the First Amendment rights of pharmaceutical companies and data miners who brought suit in 2007. “We are, of course, disappointed with this result. We knew going in that this Supreme Court has frequently sided with large corporations. Our challenge now will be to continue to work to protect medical privacy and reduce health care costs without violating the Supreme Court’s ruling. This is a step back, but not the end of the story,” said Attorney General Bill Sorrell. Press Release
2. Cavendish Board of Water Commissioners Meeting Agenda
The Cavendish Water Commissioners will meet on Monday, June 27 at 5 pm at the Town Office. The agenda will include the following:
• Representatives of USA Properties [Bruce Simpson, property manager and Peter Holden of Holden Engineering] present to discuss water system for the “Carlton Road Project”. This project is proposed to include a complex of 250 housing units at full build-out, including a mix of single-family residence and four-story, 30 unit buildings.
• Hear citizens
• Update of Water System activities
• Review preliminary FY11-12 budget draft
3. Old Home Day Kicks Off Cavendish’s 250the Anniversary
With the arrival of Old Home Day on July 2, Cavendish begins the celebration of its 250th Anniversary (Semiquincentennial) of the signing of the Charter by King George III, thereby creating the town. Blue and white banners will soon appear in the villages of Cavendish and Proctorsville to mark the event, and special activities are being scheduled from now until the end of December.
A logo has been designed for the occasion, along with a website and a Facebook page. The latter are easy ways to stay up to date about what’s going on, how to participate, sponsor events or volunteer to help out. Check these sites frequently as new activities are being added weekly.
The following events have been scheduled:
July 2: Old Home Day (Saturday)-Visit the Cavendish Historical Society Museum, not only for its annual plant sale, but also for the special display of 250 years of Cavendish history. The Cavendish green will have many vendors set up and will feature a live auction at 1 pm. Be sure to stop by the 250th table and pick up a tote bag made possible by Promo Focus. For more information call 226-7807.
July 3 (Sunday): Screening of the film “Life in Windsor County” The film will be shown at 2 pm at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum in Cavendish. For more information call 226-7807.
July 17 (Sunday): Phineas Gage-His Importance Then and Now, includes a walking tour of sites pertaining to the accident with Margo Caulfield, Co-Director of Chronic Conditions Information Network, who has worked in traumatic brain injury (TBI) for over 25 years. For more information call 226-7807.
July 30 (Saturday) : First ever Cavendish Town Wide Tag Sale, 9-3 pm. Rain date Aug. 6. Free booth space on the Cavendish and Proctorsville Green for Cavendish residents and second homeowners in outlying areas of town. To reserve booth space call 226-8199 by July 15.
August 13 (Sunday): Picnic on the Proctorsville Green at noon, celebrating religious freedom in our country. Sponsored by the five churches of Cavendish, for more information call 226-8199
August 27 and 28 (Saturday, Sunday): Cavendish Players production of Cavendish Chronicles: The Early Years.
October 7-8 (Friday-Saturday): Charter Weekend-Friday night will be a town dance featuring the music of local musicians. Bob Naess and his band Yankee Chank will play/call contras and squares with some hot Cajun dance tunes thrown in for good measure. Mark Huntley and his band will perform Rhythm and Blues. A parade, speeches and a reception will take place on October 8.
You can support the 250th celebrations in a number of ways including sponsoring one of banners that will soon grace the villages. For $150, you can sponsor a banner, which will be yours to keep when our year of celebration is complete. Only 14 of these unique commemorative items are now available, so sponsor now. To secure a banner, send a check for $150 to the 250th Anniversary Fund and mail to Cavendish 250th Anniversary Committee, PO Box 126, Cavendish, VT 05142-0126. We can keep a secret, so be sure to let us know if this is meant to be a surprise holiday present for someone that loves Cavendish.
4. Job Openings at CTES
Para Professional: Cavendish Town Elementary School in Proctorsville, Vermont is seeking a highly qualified Para professional to provide student support for the 2011-2012 school year. Candidates must meet the requirements of a highly qualified Para professional (associates degree or successful completion of a local qualifying exam) and experience with children in an educational setting is strongly preferred. Interested candidates should apply on schoolspring.com Position Type: Full-time Positions Available: 1
Kitchen Helper: Cavendish Town Elementary School in Proctorsville, Vermont is seeking a Food Service Provider for the 2011-2012 school year for four hours per day. Interested candidates should contact George Thomson, Principal at 802-226-7758 or apply on-line schoolspring.com
Equal Opportunity Employer: Windsor Southwest SU is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
5. Vote for Cavendish Calendar
The 2012 Calendar voting is on! Cast your ballot for your 12 favorite photos. The photos will be on display from Friday until July 2nd at Crows Bakery and on display at Old Home Days on July 2nd.
6. Cavendish Summer Concerts Announced
The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association announced that the annual summer music series on the Proctorsville Green will be held again this year on Wednesday nights in July and August. All concerts are free and open to the public and will start at 6:00 p.m., so grab your lawn chair and a cold drink, and join your friends and neighbors to enjoy plenty of rollicking good music from the gazebo.
The summer concert series has a long history in Proctorsville and many area residents reserve Wednesday evenings to listen to the live music. This is the second year that CCCA has taken on the task of coordinating the events and they are happy to continue the tradition. As always, the concerts will be held rain or shine, and will move to the Cavendish town elementary school just down the street in case of inclement weather. If you would like to help CCCA would like to hear from you. Call Robin at 226-7736 to volunteer or for more information on the concerts.
The list of bands will be forthcoming.
7. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Schools
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS blog.
In 1795, the Center Road School on the corner of Town Farm Road and Center Road adjacent to the Center Road Cemetery was established. From 1795 to present day, there have been 13 public schools in Cavendish. Students were assigned to the school closest to where they lived.
In addition to Center Rd school, which was closed in 1955, schools included: Proctorville Village School (closed 1959); Burtonsville (closed 1972); Coffee (Dens more) School (burned in 1922); Hudson School (burned down in 1901); Stocking School (half in Wethersfield); Parker School (closed 1911); Rome School (closed 1923); Tar bell Hill School (closed 1955); Bailey Hill (unorganized district); Gilchrist School (closed 1947); Wheeler School (closed 1955); and Titusville School (Spring Mill).
The town now has one school Cavendish Town Elementary School, for grades K-6, located in Proctorville on what was once the Proctorville School site. In 1967, the voters of the Cavendish Town School District approved, by a margin of 122 to 73, the formation of a union high school district, grades 7-12, with the town School Districts of Andover and Chester. Today, middle school and high school students attend Green Mountain Union High School in Chester.
8. Staycationing in Cavendish: Activities for the week of 6/24-6/30
June 24 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
June 25 (Saturday): The Okemo Bike climb is a challenging 5.8 mile uphill race on Route 103 and Okemo Mountain Rd. The event is staged and started from Okemo's Jackson Gore Village. This is the third year for this event and is the second event of the season in the Bike Up Mountain Point Series (BUMPS), a series of nine uphill races held throughout New England. This race benefits the charities of the Ludlow Rotary Club. To register visit www.BikeReg.com, rates are: $50 until 6/1, $65 until 6/21, $75 on Race Day, $15 for all racers under 19 years of age. The race is limited to 250 competitors. Registration & race bag pickup will be located at the Ice House at Jackson Gore beginning Friday 6/24 5-8pm and Saturday 6/25 from 8-10am. Cookout and awards ceremony will follow the race at the Ice House. T-shirts will be given to all participants.
• Drum Carding Basics, Six Loose Ladies Proctorsville. Students will learn the basic method for using a drum carder and explore the many color and fiber blending techniques. We will use a variety of colors and exotic fibers to create unique reproducible batts that can be tailored for specific purposes, make expensive luxury fibers go much further, add luster, add softness or just use all those small amounts of fiber left over from other projects. Instructor: Patty Blomgren. Materials needed: Carders will be available for use but if you have your own please bring them along. FAVT members $45, non members $50. *10% discount if registering for both Carding and Combing classes. FMI: 226-7373
June 26 (Sunday): Cavendish Historical Society Museum, Main Street Cavendish, open from 2-4 pm. FMI: margoc@tds.net or 226-7807
• All are welcome and invited to attend an amazing musical performance by accordionist Brent Buswell who will delight people of all ages in a live performance at the Cavendish Baptist Church, located at 2258 Main Street in Cavendish, VT at 7 pm. Light refreshments will be served following the concert. For more information, please call (802) 226-7131. There is no charge for admission, but a free-will offering will be received.
• Sunday Facilitated Meditation - 4-5pm. call Robin for more information at 226-7736
June 28 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802)228-5236,
• Calvary Church, Route 103, Prayer service for global, national, state, community, church, and personal needs! While it starts at 7pm and ends at 8pm, folks are welcome to come and go as they please.. FMI: 226-7607
June 30 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802)228-5236,
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
• Cavendish Theatre Group play practice 6PM at the Cavendish Town Elementary School. Some roles still open. Please stop by if you are interested in being in the play or call Sandra Russo 226-7398 or email at sandra.russo@yahoo.com
• LPCTV Annual Meeting Meet at LPCTV . There will be a brief business meeting, starting at 7PM sharp, which will include counting of ballots & announcing of election results for the Board of Directors, a vote on the FY12 budget, and a brief "state-of-the-station" report. Floor plans & building project update with be discussed with those in attendance. Finger food & refreshments will be provided. FMI: www.lpctv.org
1. Cavendish Related News
2. Cavendish Board of Water Commissioners Meeting Agenda
3. Old Home Day Kicks Off Cavendish’s 250the Anniversary
4. Job Openings at CTES
5. Vote for Cavendish Calendar
6. Cavendish Summer Concerts Announced Job Openings at CTES
7. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Schools
8. Staycationing in Cavendish: Activities for the week of 6/24-6/30
1, Cavendish Related News
New VT Energy Plan Website: Gov. Peter Shumlin announced the launch of www.vtenergyplan.vermont.gov, a website that will serve as a one-stop source of information related to the state’s Comprehensive Energy Plan. Press Release
Red Cross Seeks Type O Negative Donors: American Red Cross officials around the northeast are putting out an appeal for blood donors - especially those with type O negative blood. People are urged to call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to find a blood drive and to make an appointment.
GMP Makes Offer to Buy CVPS: Green Mountain Power wants to buy Central Vermont Public Service. Sources tell Channel 3 that GMP has made an offer to buy the Rutland-based utility and merge the two power companies. Under the proposed deal, GMP would build a new headquarters for CVPS in Rutland, retain all CVPS employees and make Rutland a so-called "solar city." Sources close to the deal also say the merger would save millions of dollars for ratepayers if the two utilities became one. WCAX Shumlin has issued a press statement, which states in part, ….I have given initial review of the offer made today by the parent company of Green Mountain Power to consolidate GMP with Central Vermont Public Service. At first glance, I believe this proposal has value for Vermonters and for job creation. Press Release
Six Teens Cited for Drinking Party at the end of Tierney Road: A group of teens were having a large bond fire at the end of Tierney Road Monday evening. When the police arrived, the teens scattered but six were taken in. Five were charged with civil violations and one was assigned to court diversion. It appears that the teens were not from Cavendish.
Supreme Court Strikes Down VT’s Prescription Drug Privacy Law: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Vermont law that requires doctors’ consent before their prescription records can be used to market prescription drugs. The Court held that the law violates the First Amendment rights of pharmaceutical companies and data miners who brought suit in 2007. “We are, of course, disappointed with this result. We knew going in that this Supreme Court has frequently sided with large corporations. Our challenge now will be to continue to work to protect medical privacy and reduce health care costs without violating the Supreme Court’s ruling. This is a step back, but not the end of the story,” said Attorney General Bill Sorrell. Press Release
2. Cavendish Board of Water Commissioners Meeting Agenda
The Cavendish Water Commissioners will meet on Monday, June 27 at 5 pm at the Town Office. The agenda will include the following:
• Representatives of USA Properties [Bruce Simpson, property manager and Peter Holden of Holden Engineering] present to discuss water system for the “Carlton Road Project”. This project is proposed to include a complex of 250 housing units at full build-out, including a mix of single-family residence and four-story, 30 unit buildings.
• Hear citizens
• Update of Water System activities
• Review preliminary FY11-12 budget draft
3. Old Home Day Kicks Off Cavendish’s 250the Anniversary
With the arrival of Old Home Day on July 2, Cavendish begins the celebration of its 250th Anniversary (Semiquincentennial) of the signing of the Charter by King George III, thereby creating the town. Blue and white banners will soon appear in the villages of Cavendish and Proctorsville to mark the event, and special activities are being scheduled from now until the end of December.
A logo has been designed for the occasion, along with a website and a Facebook page. The latter are easy ways to stay up to date about what’s going on, how to participate, sponsor events or volunteer to help out. Check these sites frequently as new activities are being added weekly.
The following events have been scheduled:
July 2: Old Home Day (Saturday)-Visit the Cavendish Historical Society Museum, not only for its annual plant sale, but also for the special display of 250 years of Cavendish history. The Cavendish green will have many vendors set up and will feature a live auction at 1 pm. Be sure to stop by the 250th table and pick up a tote bag made possible by Promo Focus. For more information call 226-7807.
July 3 (Sunday): Screening of the film “Life in Windsor County” The film will be shown at 2 pm at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum in Cavendish. For more information call 226-7807.
July 17 (Sunday): Phineas Gage-His Importance Then and Now, includes a walking tour of sites pertaining to the accident with Margo Caulfield, Co-Director of Chronic Conditions Information Network, who has worked in traumatic brain injury (TBI) for over 25 years. For more information call 226-7807.
July 30 (Saturday) : First ever Cavendish Town Wide Tag Sale, 9-3 pm. Rain date Aug. 6. Free booth space on the Cavendish and Proctorsville Green for Cavendish residents and second homeowners in outlying areas of town. To reserve booth space call 226-8199 by July 15.
August 13 (Sunday): Picnic on the Proctorsville Green at noon, celebrating religious freedom in our country. Sponsored by the five churches of Cavendish, for more information call 226-8199
August 27 and 28 (Saturday, Sunday): Cavendish Players production of Cavendish Chronicles: The Early Years.
October 7-8 (Friday-Saturday): Charter Weekend-Friday night will be a town dance featuring the music of local musicians. Bob Naess and his band Yankee Chank will play/call contras and squares with some hot Cajun dance tunes thrown in for good measure. Mark Huntley and his band will perform Rhythm and Blues. A parade, speeches and a reception will take place on October 8.
You can support the 250th celebrations in a number of ways including sponsoring one of banners that will soon grace the villages. For $150, you can sponsor a banner, which will be yours to keep when our year of celebration is complete. Only 14 of these unique commemorative items are now available, so sponsor now. To secure a banner, send a check for $150 to the 250th Anniversary Fund and mail to Cavendish 250th Anniversary Committee, PO Box 126, Cavendish, VT 05142-0126. We can keep a secret, so be sure to let us know if this is meant to be a surprise holiday present for someone that loves Cavendish.
4. Job Openings at CTES
Para Professional: Cavendish Town Elementary School in Proctorsville, Vermont is seeking a highly qualified Para professional to provide student support for the 2011-2012 school year. Candidates must meet the requirements of a highly qualified Para professional (associates degree or successful completion of a local qualifying exam) and experience with children in an educational setting is strongly preferred. Interested candidates should apply on schoolspring.com Position Type: Full-time Positions Available: 1
Kitchen Helper: Cavendish Town Elementary School in Proctorsville, Vermont is seeking a Food Service Provider for the 2011-2012 school year for four hours per day. Interested candidates should contact George Thomson, Principal at 802-226-7758 or apply on-line schoolspring.com
Equal Opportunity Employer: Windsor Southwest SU is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
5. Vote for Cavendish Calendar
The 2012 Calendar voting is on! Cast your ballot for your 12 favorite photos. The photos will be on display from Friday until July 2nd at Crows Bakery and on display at Old Home Days on July 2nd.
6. Cavendish Summer Concerts Announced
The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association announced that the annual summer music series on the Proctorsville Green will be held again this year on Wednesday nights in July and August. All concerts are free and open to the public and will start at 6:00 p.m., so grab your lawn chair and a cold drink, and join your friends and neighbors to enjoy plenty of rollicking good music from the gazebo.
The summer concert series has a long history in Proctorsville and many area residents reserve Wednesday evenings to listen to the live music. This is the second year that CCCA has taken on the task of coordinating the events and they are happy to continue the tradition. As always, the concerts will be held rain or shine, and will move to the Cavendish town elementary school just down the street in case of inclement weather. If you would like to help CCCA would like to hear from you. Call Robin at 226-7736 to volunteer or for more information on the concerts.
The list of bands will be forthcoming.
7. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Schools
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS blog.
In 1795, the Center Road School on the corner of Town Farm Road and Center Road adjacent to the Center Road Cemetery was established. From 1795 to present day, there have been 13 public schools in Cavendish. Students were assigned to the school closest to where they lived.
In addition to Center Rd school, which was closed in 1955, schools included: Proctorville Village School (closed 1959); Burtonsville (closed 1972); Coffee (Dens more) School (burned in 1922); Hudson School (burned down in 1901); Stocking School (half in Wethersfield); Parker School (closed 1911); Rome School (closed 1923); Tar bell Hill School (closed 1955); Bailey Hill (unorganized district); Gilchrist School (closed 1947); Wheeler School (closed 1955); and Titusville School (Spring Mill).
The town now has one school Cavendish Town Elementary School, for grades K-6, located in Proctorville on what was once the Proctorville School site. In 1967, the voters of the Cavendish Town School District approved, by a margin of 122 to 73, the formation of a union high school district, grades 7-12, with the town School Districts of Andover and Chester. Today, middle school and high school students attend Green Mountain Union High School in Chester.
8. Staycationing in Cavendish: Activities for the week of 6/24-6/30
June 24 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
June 25 (Saturday): The Okemo Bike climb is a challenging 5.8 mile uphill race on Route 103 and Okemo Mountain Rd. The event is staged and started from Okemo's Jackson Gore Village. This is the third year for this event and is the second event of the season in the Bike Up Mountain Point Series (BUMPS), a series of nine uphill races held throughout New England. This race benefits the charities of the Ludlow Rotary Club. To register visit www.BikeReg.com, rates are: $50 until 6/1, $65 until 6/21, $75 on Race Day, $15 for all racers under 19 years of age. The race is limited to 250 competitors. Registration & race bag pickup will be located at the Ice House at Jackson Gore beginning Friday 6/24 5-8pm and Saturday 6/25 from 8-10am. Cookout and awards ceremony will follow the race at the Ice House. T-shirts will be given to all participants.
• Drum Carding Basics, Six Loose Ladies Proctorsville. Students will learn the basic method for using a drum carder and explore the many color and fiber blending techniques. We will use a variety of colors and exotic fibers to create unique reproducible batts that can be tailored for specific purposes, make expensive luxury fibers go much further, add luster, add softness or just use all those small amounts of fiber left over from other projects. Instructor: Patty Blomgren. Materials needed: Carders will be available for use but if you have your own please bring them along. FAVT members $45, non members $50. *10% discount if registering for both Carding and Combing classes. FMI: 226-7373
June 26 (Sunday): Cavendish Historical Society Museum, Main Street Cavendish, open from 2-4 pm. FMI: margoc@tds.net or 226-7807
• All are welcome and invited to attend an amazing musical performance by accordionist Brent Buswell who will delight people of all ages in a live performance at the Cavendish Baptist Church, located at 2258 Main Street in Cavendish, VT at 7 pm. Light refreshments will be served following the concert. For more information, please call (802) 226-7131. There is no charge for admission, but a free-will offering will be received.
• Sunday Facilitated Meditation - 4-5pm. call Robin for more information at 226-7736
June 28 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802)228-5236,
• Calvary Church, Route 103, Prayer service for global, national, state, community, church, and personal needs! While it starts at 7pm and ends at 8pm, folks are welcome to come and go as they please.. FMI: 226-7607
June 30 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802)228-5236,
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
• Cavendish Theatre Group play practice 6PM at the Cavendish Town Elementary School. Some roles still open. Please stop by if you are interested in being in the play or call Sandra Russo 226-7398 or email at sandra.russo@yahoo.com
• LPCTV Annual Meeting Meet at LPCTV . There will be a brief business meeting, starting at 7PM sharp, which will include counting of ballots & announcing of election results for the Board of Directors, a vote on the FY12 budget, and a brief "state-of-the-station" report. Floor plans & building project update with be discussed with those in attendance. Finger food & refreshments will be provided. FMI: www.lpctv.org
Friday, June 17, 2011
Cavendish Update 6/17/11 SB Mtg/Classifieds/Staycation/News
This issue of the Cavendish Update is made possible by the Cavendish Community and Conservation Association (CCCA), a non-profit membership organization that is dedicated to the conservation of land and natural resources and to the preservation of historic sites within the context of sustainable economic growth. FMI: PO Box 605, Cavendish VT 05142 or 802-226-7736
Now that school is officially out, this edition of the Cavendish Update starts a special summer feature called “Staycationing in Cavendish.” The economy, the price of gas, and even the headache of planning a major vacationing, are keeping many people at home this summer. So to help you make the most of your “staycation,” the Update will feature a variety of local activities. If your local business or organization is running a “staycation special,” be sure to e-mail margoc@tds.net no later than Thursday noon so we can be sure to include it.
The 6/17/11 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Select Board Meeting June 13
2. Cavendish Related News
3. Check out the Cavendish 250th Anniversary Banners
4. Classifieds
5. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: 18th Century Medical Care
6. Vote for Your Favorite Photo
7. Brent Buswell in Free Concert at the Cavendish Baptist Church
8. Voting Now Open for LPCTV Elections/Annual Meeting
9. Staycationing in Cavendish (includes this week’s activities)
1. Select Board Meeting June 13
LPC-TV provides both on-line and cable TV coverage of the Cavendish Select Board Meeting, The following items were discussed at Monday’s meeting:
Chapman Street (also called Stone Church Way as it passes the west side of the Stone Church in Cavendish): Having been warned, a site visit and public meeting were held on the matter of discontinuance or reclassification of Chapman street. The majority of those in attendance were in favor of discontinuance of the road, as it hasn’t been used since the early 1980’s years and they didn’t want to see additional time and tax dollars spent on the issue. Ultimately the board voted three (Ranny, Garrow and Glidden) to two (Timko and Ballantine) for discontinue. Rich Svec, town manager, will meet with the town’s attorney to determine the division of the land between the properties impacted by the discontinuance of the Class IV road.
Signage/Town Roads: During the public comment period, there was discussion about the condition of roads as well as stop signs and speed limits. The board voted to make the intersection of Brook, Atkinson and Center Roads a four way stop. In addition, a “yield” sign will be placed at the bottom of Wiley Hill Road and 35 mph signs will be posted on Center Road.
As to the condition of the roads, particularly Center Road, Svec stated that with the Highway foreman back from medical leave, a plan for dealing with the roads will be developed. In the mean time, Joe Blanchard, former Highway foreman, has been hired to do some road grating as his time permits.
Depot Street Bridge: The Proctorsville Bridge was found to have a hole of sufficient size that the water below could be seen. The Bridge has been reduced to one-way traffic. Svec has hired Gurney Brothers to install plates (June 15 Wednesday) to cover the hole and make it safe for two-lane traffic. While the cost is estimated to be $6,500, when the bridge undergoes it’s major renovation, the plates can be removed and repurposed.
Brook crossing Twenty Mile Stream Road by Slatterly: At the May Select Board meeting, in response to the many property owners’ complaints that the source of the flooding was stemming from Patrick Spaulding’s property, Svec explained that this was not a town issue but a civil matter. The state would be the ones to discuss whether there are environmental violations due to the manner in which vehicles are being parked on the Spaulding property. A meeting date was set to discuss drafting a letter for the property owners’ signatures, to go to the state, who has authority over all rivers, streams, brooks and water ways. Only two property owners attended the meeting. However, they felt that there has been some headway in talking with Patrick Spaulding, who was recently injured in a motorcycle accident. The board hopes that Svec and the property owners, including Spaulding, can resolve this issue.
Insert in July Tax Bill: Windham and Windsor Housing, http://www.w-wht.org, which has taken over Rockingham Area Land Trust, has requested that they be allowed to have a small insert in the July tax bill, informing property owners of their programs. The board voted approval for a one-time insert.
Windsor County Sheriff’s Dept Contract for FY12: The board signed the contract for 40 hours of coverage by the Windsor County Sheriff in the coming fiscal year. This will be provided by rotating 12 hours one week and eight hours the next.
Carlton Road: At the March Select Board meeting, representatives from USA Properties http://www.usapropinc.com/about.htm addressed the Board about their proposed project on Carlton Rd, opposite Williams Store in Cavendish. This 250 unit project, on 75 acres, to be built over a 20 year period, would include:
- 50 individual homes-4 bedrooms per home;
- 7 multi dwelling structures, which will be 4 stories in height and contain 30 units per building for a total of 210 units. Each unit will have three bedrooms. These buildings would be as high as the Jackson Gore condominiums;
- A recreational area
An agreement was reached at this meeting whereby USA Properties will pay the town’s engineer to study the proposed site to see what type of connection for sewage would be possible. The town’s treatment facility could not begin to accommodate this project, so it would also have to be determined what type of system would work and what would be the associated costs. Svec has spoken with the town’s engineers and a proposal of work is being sent to Holden Engineering, a consultant to the developer. There has also been a request by USA Properties to attend the June Water Commissioners meeting to discuss water issues.
This project is riddled with problems including:
• New fire trucks would be needed in order to provide fire suppression services to the proposed four story structures. Bob Glidden, Fire Chief and Select Board member, estimated that the cost of such a truck would be over a million dollars and there would be need for more than one.
• The owners have discussed a combination of vacation and senior citizen as occupants. This is not viewed as a viable mix.
• The Carlton Road Bridge is in the flood plain. In the event of a major flood, this would leave people stranded, as there is no other way in or out but the bridge.
• The town’s water and waste water systems could not begin to accommodate the proposed project. Basically, the infrastructure would have to be replaced.
This project will have to go through Act 250, where the above issues, plus a number of other ones, would need to be addressed.
2. Cavendish Related News
Chester Bridge # 8 Closes on June 20: On June 20, the state will remove and replace Bridge No. 8, a narrow concrete crossing as nondescript as its name on this community’s central artery, Route 103.. VT Today/Rutland Herald
VT Blue and Blue Shield Now an App: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) announced today that two new free web-based tools are now available to members to help them manage their health care while on the go. The mobile touch applications will allow smart phone users to locate contracting Blue providers anywhere in the country through the Blue National Doctor & Hospital Finder and aid prescription management through Express Rx.
General Fund Receipts Ahead of Projections by $20 M: May is the eleventh month of fiscal year (FY) 2011. General Fund revenues totaled $63.39 million for May 2011, and were +$7.91 million or 14.25% above the $55.48 million consensus revenue forecast for the month. May year to date General Fund Revenues were $1038.39 million or +$19.82 million or +1.95% ahead of target. Compared to the same period for the prior fiscal year, FY 2011 GF results are 11.10% ahead of FY 2010, but remain below the pre-recession FY 2008 results by -4.87%. Press Release
Tax Credit for Veterans: The process for obtaining a tax credit for hiring veterans with recent military experience is now operational. The tax credit process is administered jointly between the Vermont Departments of Labor and Taxes, as well as the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs. All veterans who wish to use the program are instructed to start the application process with the Office of Veterans Affairs, and the application is available online at http://veterans.vermont.gov/transitions/taxcredit
Amtrak VT, NH Stations to be Served by Bus: The Vermont Agency of Transportation says construction work on the New England Central Railroad will mean that buses will serve stations north of Springfield, Mass., on the Vermonter route from June 17 to Sept. 15. System improvements are expected to shorten travel time between Vermont and New York City by about 30 minutes. WCAX
3. Check out the Cavendish 250th Anniversary Banners
They’ll make great Holiday presents! For $150 you can name one of the banners that will be hung in the villages of Cavendish and Proctorsville shortly. A copy of the banner is posted at the Cavendish VT Blog. Please be sure to let us know if this is going to be a surprise so we can make sure to keep your donation quiet. To name your banner, send a check for $150 to the 250th Anniversary Fund and mail to Cavendish 250th Anniversary Committee, PO Box 126, Cavendish, VT 05142-0126. To learn more about upcoming 250th Anniversary activities go to the Cavendish Facebook page.
4. Classifieds
Needed: Reliable person needed to mow a lawn (possibly two) in Proctorsville. Lawn mower provided or bring your own (no riding movers). Usually takes 1-2 hours depending on individual, once a week. Please contact Alan at 226-7331 to discuss $$ and schedule.
5. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: 18th Century Medical Care
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS Blog.
Among the first Cavendish settlers, health care was most likely typical of late 18th century America. It would have been provided at home under the direction of women. They served as doctor, nurse, midwife, pharmacist, and therapist. Since women of this era received minimal education, their medical information was handed down within families and among neighbors and what they learned by trial and error. Kitchen gardens did double duty, offering remedies in the form of herbs.
If a woman was thought to be specifically skilled at caring for the sick, or helping with childbirth, she might take care of her neighbors. During the Revolutionary War and again in the Civil War, including Cavendish’s Aunt Lizzie Aiken, women served as nurses to the sick and wounded.
The use of vaccinations began in the 18th century, with a vaccination for smallpox. Given the outbreaks of this disease in Cavendish, it is unlikely that the early settlers would have been so treated.
The first physician came to Cavendish in 1787, when ASAP Fletcher settled near Proctorville. Physicians of this era based health on the four ancient elements: earth, air, water and fire and their corresponding “humors” blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. People became sick if the humors were unbalanced. If a patient had excess, practices such as bloodletting, purges, blistering, sweating was used, while herbal remedies; food and drugs were used to add humors. One of the most popular forms of medicine at the time was Calomel, a form of mercury.
The difference between how women treated their patients (family members, friends and neighbors) and how doctors administered care was that the women practiced what they found to work, while doctors practiced “scholarly medicine,” whether it worked or not. Most midwives washed their hands before attending to the mother. Physicians did not start washing their hands before assisting in a delivery until the mid 1800’s or later.
These women must have known what they were doing as John Coffeen was 76 and his wife Susanna 94 when they died. Salmon Dutton was 80, his wife 83 and Leonard Proctor were 93 at the time of their passing.
6. Vote for Your Favorite Photo
The 2012 Calendar photo contest will be on display in the Cavendish Fletcher Memorial Library next week on Tuesday June 21st from 9 to 4:30 and on Wednesday and Thursday from 9 to 6:30. Stay tuned for further voting opportunities!
7. Brent Buswell in Free Concert at the Cavendish Baptist Church
All are welcome and invited to attend an amazing musical performance on Sunday June 26 at 7:00 pm. Accordionist Brent Buswell will delight people of all ages in a live performance at the Cavendish Baptist Church, located at 2258 Main Street in Cavendish, VT. Light refreshments will be served following the concert. Brent Buswell enjoys playing a wide variety of music, including: jazz, polkas, Scandinavian, marches, Christian, and American standards. He especially enjoys playing the music of great composers such as Pietro Frosini, Charles Magnante, Pietro Deiro, and many others. There is no charge for admission, but a free-will offering will be received. FMI: (802) 226-7131.
8. Voting Now Open for LPCTV Elections/Annual Meeting
Voting for the LPCTV Board of Directors elections is now open. Ballots are available in paper form, throughout the community in select locations, and also in electronic form, on LPCTV’s website. This year community members will be voting for candidates to fill 5 open seats on the LPCTV Board. Anyone residing in Ludlow, Plymouth, Cavendish, or Mount Holly who is at least 18 years of age may vote. In addition to the candidates featured on this year’s ballots, voters may write-in their own candidates. Candidates for the LPCTV Board must also be at least 18 and live in one of the above-listed Towns.
Ballots will be counted during the LPCTV Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 30 at 7PM, in the LPCTV studio (behind Black River High School). Community members are encouraged to attend the meeting and participate in the activities (due to lack of space in LPCTV’s studio in the school, RSVP by calling 228-8808 or email Patrick at pcody@lpctv.org.
The Annual Meeting marks the end of LPCTV’s 10th year of operation. A 10th anniversary celebration is being planned for later this summer.
9. Staycationing in Cavendish
For tips on “staycationing,” check out http://healingwhole.blogspot.com/2011/06/take-break-plan-staycation.html
For kids: Free playgroup in Cavendish Playgroup is a great time for kids to play and adults to connect with each other. This playgroup is for children ages birth to three years, their siblings and caregivers. Each week has a summer theme with activities and play ideas to do at home too. We will meet Fridays from 9:30 to 11:00 at the Cavendish Baptist Church, 2258 Main Street. Come join the fun!
July 1 – Sunshine and Shadows
July 8 – Bouncy Balls
July 15 – Splash! Water Fun
July 22 – The Ants Go Marching
July 29 – The Green Grass Grows All Around
August 5 – Hopping Frogs
August 12 – Rainbow Colors
For more information, call Amanda Gross at (802) 226-8113 or email mrsawgross@hotmail.com
This week’s activities
June 17 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
• GMUHS graduation 7pm at the school.
June 18 (Saturday): Rigid Heddle Weaving Class at Six Loose Ladies, Proctorsville. Weave a scarf while learning the fundamentals of rigid heddle weaving. A rigid heddle loom is a simple loom with alternating slots and holes through which a warp is threaded so it can be woven into cloth. The looms are foldable, affordable and easy to use. It is easily portable even with weaving in place. Looms are available at Six Loose Ladies. Instructor: Phyllis Bont. Materials needed: 600 yards of either Cascade 220 or Brown Sheep Nature Spun. FAVT members $50, non members $55 (no cost if purchasing a loom from SLL). FMI: 226-7373.
June 19 (Sunday): Happy Father’s Day
• Cavendish Historical Society Museum, Main Street Cavendish, open from 2-4 pm. FMI: margoc@tds.net or 226-7807
• Facilitated Meditation, from 4-5 pm. FMI: Robin Timko 226-7736
June 20 (Monday): Coffee with the Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce at the Mt. Holly Community Center (Library), Belmont Four Corners, Belmont. A free continental breakfast in each town to share with the community what the Chamber is doing and hear feedback about how we might be able to help each community. Please join us, whether you are a chamber member or non-chamber member! FMI: 228-5830
June 21 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802)228-5236, or Dot Ramsdell at (802)226-7870
• CTES Board Meeting, 5:30 pm at the school.
• Calvary Church, Route 103, Prayer service for global, national, state, community, church, and personal needs! While it starts at 7pm and ends at 8pm, folks are welcome to come and go as they please.. FMI: 226-7607
June 22 (Wednesday): Cavendish Community Theatre Cast call, 6 pm, Cavendish Town Elementary School. FMI: 226-7398
June 23 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802)228-5236, or Dot Ramsdell at (802)226-7870
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
• Fletcher Memorial Library Book Discussion, 7-8 pm in the Community Room. This month’s book is Stolen Lives" by Malika Oufkir.
June 24 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
Now that school is officially out, this edition of the Cavendish Update starts a special summer feature called “Staycationing in Cavendish.” The economy, the price of gas, and even the headache of planning a major vacationing, are keeping many people at home this summer. So to help you make the most of your “staycation,” the Update will feature a variety of local activities. If your local business or organization is running a “staycation special,” be sure to e-mail margoc@tds.net no later than Thursday noon so we can be sure to include it.
The 6/17/11 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Select Board Meeting June 13
2. Cavendish Related News
3. Check out the Cavendish 250th Anniversary Banners
4. Classifieds
5. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: 18th Century Medical Care
6. Vote for Your Favorite Photo
7. Brent Buswell in Free Concert at the Cavendish Baptist Church
8. Voting Now Open for LPCTV Elections/Annual Meeting
9. Staycationing in Cavendish (includes this week’s activities)
1. Select Board Meeting June 13
LPC-TV provides both on-line and cable TV coverage of the Cavendish Select Board Meeting, The following items were discussed at Monday’s meeting:
Chapman Street (also called Stone Church Way as it passes the west side of the Stone Church in Cavendish): Having been warned, a site visit and public meeting were held on the matter of discontinuance or reclassification of Chapman street. The majority of those in attendance were in favor of discontinuance of the road, as it hasn’t been used since the early 1980’s years and they didn’t want to see additional time and tax dollars spent on the issue. Ultimately the board voted three (Ranny, Garrow and Glidden) to two (Timko and Ballantine) for discontinue. Rich Svec, town manager, will meet with the town’s attorney to determine the division of the land between the properties impacted by the discontinuance of the Class IV road.
Signage/Town Roads: During the public comment period, there was discussion about the condition of roads as well as stop signs and speed limits. The board voted to make the intersection of Brook, Atkinson and Center Roads a four way stop. In addition, a “yield” sign will be placed at the bottom of Wiley Hill Road and 35 mph signs will be posted on Center Road.
As to the condition of the roads, particularly Center Road, Svec stated that with the Highway foreman back from medical leave, a plan for dealing with the roads will be developed. In the mean time, Joe Blanchard, former Highway foreman, has been hired to do some road grating as his time permits.
Depot Street Bridge: The Proctorsville Bridge was found to have a hole of sufficient size that the water below could be seen. The Bridge has been reduced to one-way traffic. Svec has hired Gurney Brothers to install plates (June 15 Wednesday) to cover the hole and make it safe for two-lane traffic. While the cost is estimated to be $6,500, when the bridge undergoes it’s major renovation, the plates can be removed and repurposed.
Brook crossing Twenty Mile Stream Road by Slatterly: At the May Select Board meeting, in response to the many property owners’ complaints that the source of the flooding was stemming from Patrick Spaulding’s property, Svec explained that this was not a town issue but a civil matter. The state would be the ones to discuss whether there are environmental violations due to the manner in which vehicles are being parked on the Spaulding property. A meeting date was set to discuss drafting a letter for the property owners’ signatures, to go to the state, who has authority over all rivers, streams, brooks and water ways. Only two property owners attended the meeting. However, they felt that there has been some headway in talking with Patrick Spaulding, who was recently injured in a motorcycle accident. The board hopes that Svec and the property owners, including Spaulding, can resolve this issue.
Insert in July Tax Bill: Windham and Windsor Housing, http://www.w-wht.org, which has taken over Rockingham Area Land Trust, has requested that they be allowed to have a small insert in the July tax bill, informing property owners of their programs. The board voted approval for a one-time insert.
Windsor County Sheriff’s Dept Contract for FY12: The board signed the contract for 40 hours of coverage by the Windsor County Sheriff in the coming fiscal year. This will be provided by rotating 12 hours one week and eight hours the next.
Carlton Road: At the March Select Board meeting, representatives from USA Properties http://www.usapropinc.com/about.htm addressed the Board about their proposed project on Carlton Rd, opposite Williams Store in Cavendish. This 250 unit project, on 75 acres, to be built over a 20 year period, would include:
- 50 individual homes-4 bedrooms per home;
- 7 multi dwelling structures, which will be 4 stories in height and contain 30 units per building for a total of 210 units. Each unit will have three bedrooms. These buildings would be as high as the Jackson Gore condominiums;
- A recreational area
An agreement was reached at this meeting whereby USA Properties will pay the town’s engineer to study the proposed site to see what type of connection for sewage would be possible. The town’s treatment facility could not begin to accommodate this project, so it would also have to be determined what type of system would work and what would be the associated costs. Svec has spoken with the town’s engineers and a proposal of work is being sent to Holden Engineering, a consultant to the developer. There has also been a request by USA Properties to attend the June Water Commissioners meeting to discuss water issues.
This project is riddled with problems including:
• New fire trucks would be needed in order to provide fire suppression services to the proposed four story structures. Bob Glidden, Fire Chief and Select Board member, estimated that the cost of such a truck would be over a million dollars and there would be need for more than one.
• The owners have discussed a combination of vacation and senior citizen as occupants. This is not viewed as a viable mix.
• The Carlton Road Bridge is in the flood plain. In the event of a major flood, this would leave people stranded, as there is no other way in or out but the bridge.
• The town’s water and waste water systems could not begin to accommodate the proposed project. Basically, the infrastructure would have to be replaced.
This project will have to go through Act 250, where the above issues, plus a number of other ones, would need to be addressed.
2. Cavendish Related News
Chester Bridge # 8 Closes on June 20: On June 20, the state will remove and replace Bridge No. 8, a narrow concrete crossing as nondescript as its name on this community’s central artery, Route 103.. VT Today/Rutland Herald
VT Blue and Blue Shield Now an App: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) announced today that two new free web-based tools are now available to members to help them manage their health care while on the go. The mobile touch applications will allow smart phone users to locate contracting Blue providers anywhere in the country through the Blue National Doctor & Hospital Finder and aid prescription management through Express Rx.
General Fund Receipts Ahead of Projections by $20 M: May is the eleventh month of fiscal year (FY) 2011. General Fund revenues totaled $63.39 million for May 2011, and were +$7.91 million or 14.25% above the $55.48 million consensus revenue forecast for the month. May year to date General Fund Revenues were $1038.39 million or +$19.82 million or +1.95% ahead of target. Compared to the same period for the prior fiscal year, FY 2011 GF results are 11.10% ahead of FY 2010, but remain below the pre-recession FY 2008 results by -4.87%. Press Release
Tax Credit for Veterans: The process for obtaining a tax credit for hiring veterans with recent military experience is now operational. The tax credit process is administered jointly between the Vermont Departments of Labor and Taxes, as well as the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs. All veterans who wish to use the program are instructed to start the application process with the Office of Veterans Affairs, and the application is available online at http://veterans.vermont.gov/transitions/taxcredit
Amtrak VT, NH Stations to be Served by Bus: The Vermont Agency of Transportation says construction work on the New England Central Railroad will mean that buses will serve stations north of Springfield, Mass., on the Vermonter route from June 17 to Sept. 15. System improvements are expected to shorten travel time between Vermont and New York City by about 30 minutes. WCAX
3. Check out the Cavendish 250th Anniversary Banners
They’ll make great Holiday presents! For $150 you can name one of the banners that will be hung in the villages of Cavendish and Proctorsville shortly. A copy of the banner is posted at the Cavendish VT Blog. Please be sure to let us know if this is going to be a surprise so we can make sure to keep your donation quiet. To name your banner, send a check for $150 to the 250th Anniversary Fund and mail to Cavendish 250th Anniversary Committee, PO Box 126, Cavendish, VT 05142-0126. To learn more about upcoming 250th Anniversary activities go to the Cavendish Facebook page.
4. Classifieds
Needed: Reliable person needed to mow a lawn (possibly two) in Proctorsville. Lawn mower provided or bring your own (no riding movers). Usually takes 1-2 hours depending on individual, once a week. Please contact Alan at 226-7331 to discuss $$ and schedule.
5. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: 18th Century Medical Care
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS Blog.
Among the first Cavendish settlers, health care was most likely typical of late 18th century America. It would have been provided at home under the direction of women. They served as doctor, nurse, midwife, pharmacist, and therapist. Since women of this era received minimal education, their medical information was handed down within families and among neighbors and what they learned by trial and error. Kitchen gardens did double duty, offering remedies in the form of herbs.
If a woman was thought to be specifically skilled at caring for the sick, or helping with childbirth, she might take care of her neighbors. During the Revolutionary War and again in the Civil War, including Cavendish’s Aunt Lizzie Aiken, women served as nurses to the sick and wounded.
The use of vaccinations began in the 18th century, with a vaccination for smallpox. Given the outbreaks of this disease in Cavendish, it is unlikely that the early settlers would have been so treated.
The first physician came to Cavendish in 1787, when ASAP Fletcher settled near Proctorville. Physicians of this era based health on the four ancient elements: earth, air, water and fire and their corresponding “humors” blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. People became sick if the humors were unbalanced. If a patient had excess, practices such as bloodletting, purges, blistering, sweating was used, while herbal remedies; food and drugs were used to add humors. One of the most popular forms of medicine at the time was Calomel, a form of mercury.
The difference between how women treated their patients (family members, friends and neighbors) and how doctors administered care was that the women practiced what they found to work, while doctors practiced “scholarly medicine,” whether it worked or not. Most midwives washed their hands before attending to the mother. Physicians did not start washing their hands before assisting in a delivery until the mid 1800’s or later.
These women must have known what they were doing as John Coffeen was 76 and his wife Susanna 94 when they died. Salmon Dutton was 80, his wife 83 and Leonard Proctor were 93 at the time of their passing.
6. Vote for Your Favorite Photo
The 2012 Calendar photo contest will be on display in the Cavendish Fletcher Memorial Library next week on Tuesday June 21st from 9 to 4:30 and on Wednesday and Thursday from 9 to 6:30. Stay tuned for further voting opportunities!
7. Brent Buswell in Free Concert at the Cavendish Baptist Church
All are welcome and invited to attend an amazing musical performance on Sunday June 26 at 7:00 pm. Accordionist Brent Buswell will delight people of all ages in a live performance at the Cavendish Baptist Church, located at 2258 Main Street in Cavendish, VT. Light refreshments will be served following the concert. Brent Buswell enjoys playing a wide variety of music, including: jazz, polkas, Scandinavian, marches, Christian, and American standards. He especially enjoys playing the music of great composers such as Pietro Frosini, Charles Magnante, Pietro Deiro, and many others. There is no charge for admission, but a free-will offering will be received. FMI: (802) 226-7131.
8. Voting Now Open for LPCTV Elections/Annual Meeting
Voting for the LPCTV Board of Directors elections is now open. Ballots are available in paper form, throughout the community in select locations, and also in electronic form, on LPCTV’s website. This year community members will be voting for candidates to fill 5 open seats on the LPCTV Board. Anyone residing in Ludlow, Plymouth, Cavendish, or Mount Holly who is at least 18 years of age may vote. In addition to the candidates featured on this year’s ballots, voters may write-in their own candidates. Candidates for the LPCTV Board must also be at least 18 and live in one of the above-listed Towns.
Ballots will be counted during the LPCTV Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 30 at 7PM, in the LPCTV studio (behind Black River High School). Community members are encouraged to attend the meeting and participate in the activities (due to lack of space in LPCTV’s studio in the school, RSVP by calling 228-8808 or email Patrick at pcody@lpctv.org.
The Annual Meeting marks the end of LPCTV’s 10th year of operation. A 10th anniversary celebration is being planned for later this summer.
9. Staycationing in Cavendish
For tips on “staycationing,” check out http://healingwhole.blogspot.com/2011/06/take-break-plan-staycation.html
For kids: Free playgroup in Cavendish Playgroup is a great time for kids to play and adults to connect with each other. This playgroup is for children ages birth to three years, their siblings and caregivers. Each week has a summer theme with activities and play ideas to do at home too. We will meet Fridays from 9:30 to 11:00 at the Cavendish Baptist Church, 2258 Main Street. Come join the fun!
July 1 – Sunshine and Shadows
July 8 – Bouncy Balls
July 15 – Splash! Water Fun
July 22 – The Ants Go Marching
July 29 – The Green Grass Grows All Around
August 5 – Hopping Frogs
August 12 – Rainbow Colors
For more information, call Amanda Gross at (802) 226-8113 or email mrsawgross@hotmail.com
This week’s activities
June 17 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
• GMUHS graduation 7pm at the school.
June 18 (Saturday): Rigid Heddle Weaving Class at Six Loose Ladies, Proctorsville. Weave a scarf while learning the fundamentals of rigid heddle weaving. A rigid heddle loom is a simple loom with alternating slots and holes through which a warp is threaded so it can be woven into cloth. The looms are foldable, affordable and easy to use. It is easily portable even with weaving in place. Looms are available at Six Loose Ladies. Instructor: Phyllis Bont. Materials needed: 600 yards of either Cascade 220 or Brown Sheep Nature Spun. FAVT members $50, non members $55 (no cost if purchasing a loom from SLL). FMI: 226-7373.
June 19 (Sunday): Happy Father’s Day
• Cavendish Historical Society Museum, Main Street Cavendish, open from 2-4 pm. FMI: margoc@tds.net or 226-7807
• Facilitated Meditation, from 4-5 pm. FMI: Robin Timko 226-7736
June 20 (Monday): Coffee with the Okemo Valley Chamber of Commerce at the Mt. Holly Community Center (Library), Belmont Four Corners, Belmont. A free continental breakfast in each town to share with the community what the Chamber is doing and hear feedback about how we might be able to help each community. Please join us, whether you are a chamber member or non-chamber member! FMI: 228-5830
June 21 (Tuesday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802)228-5236, or Dot Ramsdell at (802)226-7870
• CTES Board Meeting, 5:30 pm at the school.
• Calvary Church, Route 103, Prayer service for global, national, state, community, church, and personal needs! While it starts at 7pm and ends at 8pm, folks are welcome to come and go as they please.. FMI: 226-7607
June 22 (Wednesday): Cavendish Community Theatre Cast call, 6 pm, Cavendish Town Elementary School. FMI: 226-7398
June 23 (Thursday): Bone Builders Class at the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10:15-11:45. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP & Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, or Anne Oakes or Andrew Ohotnicky at (802)228-5236, or Dot Ramsdell at (802)226-7870
• Sit & Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free. FMI: 226-7373
• Fletcher Memorial Library Book Discussion, 7-8 pm in the Community Room. This month’s book is Stolen Lives" by Malika Oufkir.
June 24 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
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