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The 8/19/11 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish Tax Rate
2. Cavendish 250th Survey: Please take a minute to respond
3. Cavendish Related News
4. Cavendish Town Elementary School Bus Route for 2011-12
5. Cavendish “Founder’s Tour”
6. CTES Board Meeting Activities July 19
7. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Emily Dutton Proctor
8. Cavendish Activities: 8/19-8/28
1. Cavendish Tax Rate
On August 17, The Rutland Herald had an article about the tax rate in Cavendish dropping. Several points of clarification:
• The 2012 tax rates, as set by the Select Board for 2012, for residents and non-residents of Fire District 1 (Proctorsville) are $1.6530 and $1.6874 respectively. For Fire District 2 (Cavendish), the rates are $1.6357 for residents and $1.6701 for non-residents.
• Due to the recent reappraisal, the value of some property, particularly the rural areas went up, while in other places, particularly the villages, property values went down. While the overall tax rate may be lower this year, some individuals may see an increase, which reflects the increase in value of their property due to the reappraisal.
If you have questions about your tax rate, please call the Town Office 226-7292.
2. Cavendish 250th Survey: Please take a minute to respond
As part of the Cavendish 250th anniversary, the committee planning the various events, has been considering commorative items, which would contain the Cavendish 250th logo. You can help us determine which items to select, plus quantity, by completing the short survey below and e-mailing to margoc@tds.net
Please check those items you most likely would purchase for yourself or as a present for friend or family member:
– Anniversary Book (contains Cavendish Historic Timeline for 250 years; photographs; copy of the The Vermonter from the celebration of the town’s 150th anniversary; anniversary edition of the Cavendish Business Directory
– Key Chain
– Coffee Mug
– T shirt
– Christmas Tree ornament (glass ball with logo)
– Marble Coaster
3. Cavendish Related News
Queue is back for abused, vulnerable VT Adults: Between 2000 and 2010, the number of reports of abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of elderly and disabled adults doubled, and this year, the formal complaints – many of which are from human services professionals who are mandatory reporters – are expected to be more than triple the total number of complaints filed 11 years ago with the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living. Press Release
Shumlin seeking waiver for No Child Left Behind: Gov. Peter Shumlin is seeking a waiver for Vermont schools from the No Child Left Behind Act, the federal law that requires that all students’ meet rigorous testing standards. Officials in Washington have indicated that states will be able to obtain waivers in lieu of reforms to the Bush-era legislation. Press Release
CVPS Proposes Renewable Energy Grant Studies: Central Vermont Public Service has proposed funding a variety of projects to further clean energy development in Vermont. The CVPS proposals, filed with the Vermont Public Service Board, include funding for nine renewable and carbon-reduction projects and studies for a total award of about $340,000. In a letter to the PSB, CVPS noted the proposals would be funded from an insurance rebate related to the company’s former ownership in Vermont Yankee. Press Release
VT’s School Funding Model Under Review: When Act 60 was passed in 1997, it was meant to address disparities in school funding. But right from the beginning, it's been controversial. Last month, a special legislative joint fiscal committee hired a California firm to conduct a study reviewing Vermont's educational funding method. VPR
Tritium detected for first time at Connecticut River Shoreline: Tritium has been detected for the first time in water taken at the shoreline of the Connecticut River. The Vermont Department of Health Laboratory confirmed that samples of water taken on July 18 and July 25 from river at the point where contaminated groundwater flows from the shoreline into the river measured 534 and 611 picocuries per liter, just above the lower limit of detection. Press Release
VT Participates in Drive Sober of Get Pulled Over: Law enforcement agencies throughout the state are participating in an intensive crackdown on impaired driving August 19 – September 5, known as the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. The Vermont State Police’s Operation C.A.R.E. will also be adding to enforcement efforts over Labor Day weekend, September 2 through September 5. Press Release
4. Cavendish Town Elementary School Bus Route for 2011-12
The Bus route for CTES is now available on-line.
5. Cavendish “Founder’s Tour”
Next weekend, August 27 and 28 the Cavendish Players will be presenting Cavendish Chronicles II, the Early Years. The play will cover the time period from land grants through the Civil War. The play is free and curtain is 7 pm at the Cavendish Town Elementary School in Proctorsville.
As part of the play weekend, the Cavendish Historical Society will conduct a town wide “founder’s tour” on Sunday, August 28. The tour will include the homes and final resting places of the first settlers- Coffeens, Proctors and Duttons. Meet at the Museum at 2 pm. Please car pool if possible. While most places can be seen by car, there will be some walking involved when visiting the cemeteries.
If you haven’t had a chance to see the 250 years of Cavendish History Timeline, it is on display at the CHS Museum, open Sundays from 2-4 pm and available at other times by request.
FMI: 802-226-7807 or margoc@tds.net
6. CTES Board Meeting Activities July 19
At the July CTES Board Meeting the following actions were taken:
• New Hires: Shelley Barrett has been hired as a para professional and Sandy Gregg will be a food service provider
• Release of Medicaid Funds: The Crossing Guard position for the 2011-2012 school year in the amount of $2,398 and the School Counselor position for the school year in the amount of $4,891 was approved by the board. Medicaid funds are available for these positions and the revenue is in the budget, there is no cost to the taxpayer.
7. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Emily Dutton Proctor
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS Blog.
On May 26, 1858, Emily Jane Dutton of Cavendish, the granddaughter of Salmon Dutton (the founder of Duttonsville) married Redfield Proctor. This marriage joined the leading families of the two villages and promised to put an end to the former rivalry, which was over a turnpike (Proctor) versus a shunpike (Dutton). As Redfield said of his first son, Fletcher Dutton Proctor, "if the old names and blood had the old inclination left to stir up strife, it would have created a fearful internal commotion." In fact, the merger of these families proved to be a propitious event for Vermont, since three governors and a United States Senator came from this Dutton-Proctor line.
A great deal is known about Redfield Proctor, who was the owner of the Vermont Marble Company, the founder of Proctor, VT, the Secretary of War during the Harrison administration and a US Senator. Much less is known about his wife.
Emily Dutton Proctor was considered a “quiet, but firm character,” raising five children, two of whom died before her own death in 1915 at 80 years of age. She moved to Boston at one point so her daughter could attend a small private school for young girls. When Redfield was in Washington, D. C., she attended balls, teas and dinners at the White House. These were the days of the Gay 90’s and the golden era of American millionaires.
Involved with many charity organizations and benevolent work, among them were the Vermont Tuberculosis Sanatorium and the Preventorium at Pittsford, VT. The Proctors were among the earliest supporters of cancer research at Harvard University. Redfield Proctor was a generous contributor to Booker T. Washington and his work at Tuskegee University, established in 1881 as training school for black teachers.
Emily died in Proctor in February 1915 and is buried there. She left $1,250 in trust, the interest to be used for the Cavendish Baptist Church “towards paying the salary of a minister as long as preaching is kept up regularly.”
In the upcoming Cavendish Chronicles, Martha Mott will play the role of Emily Dutton Proctor.
8. Cavendish Activities: 8/19-8/28
August 19 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
August 23 (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
August 25 (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
August 26 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
August 27 (Saturday): The Cavendish Community Theatre is presenting an original play called Cavendish Chronicles II to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Cavendish Charter. The play has history, humor and music. The play will be held at The Cavendish Town Elementary School at 7:00PM. Admission is free. For information contact 226-7398.
August 28 (Sunday): Early Settlers Tour of Cavendish. Meet at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum at 2 pm. FMI: 226-7807 or margoc@tds.net
• The Cavendish Community Theatre is presenting an original play called Cavendish Chronicles II to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Cavendish Charter. The play has history, humor and music. The play will be held at The Cavendish Town Elementary School at 7:00PM. Admission is free. For information contact 226-7398.
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Selectmen’s Meeting, Friday, August 19 , 2011
There will be a special Selectmen’s Meeting, Friday, August 19 , 2011 in the Cavendish Town Office Meeting Room at 11:30 am. The agenda will be as follows:
1. Call the meeting to order
2. Sign Orders
3. Select Board to make resolution regarding the renewal of a delinquent tax note and execute the corresponding bank documents. The principal amount of the renewal is significantly reduced from that of the original note.
4. Adjourn
1. Call the meeting to order
2. Sign Orders
3. Select Board to make resolution regarding the renewal of a delinquent tax note and execute the corresponding bank documents. The principal amount of the renewal is significantly reduced from that of the original note.
4. Adjourn
Friday, August 12, 2011
Agenda for Cavendish Town Elementary School Board Meeting
Cavendish Town Elementary School Tuesday, August 16, 2011 5:00 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Call to order
2. Comments from the Community
3. Approval of Minutes of July 19, 2011
4. Personnel
a.) Nominations – (Action Requested)
• School Based Clinician
5. Finance
a.) Health Reimbursement Arrangement – (Resolution Requested)
6. Transportation Report
7. Superintendent Report
a.) Teacher Evaluation System
8. Policies
• F-14 Enrollment of Children of Non-Resident Teachers – (Discussion)
Two Parent Letter Attachments
9. Other Business
10. Executive Session – (if necessary)
11. Adjournment
BUS ROUTES FOR CAVENDISH TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BUS ROUTES FOR CAVENDISH TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2011-12 SCHOOL YEAR, BEGINNING AUGUST 30, 2011
PASSENGER BUS ROUTE
Start C.T.E.S. at 6:50 AM. Turn onto Twenty Mile Stream Road. Proceed approximately 1.5 mile. Pick up Call at the blue house just prior to Johnson Rd. Continue on down Twenty Mile Stream to Heald, Rd. and turn right onto Heald Road. Continue on Heald Rd. Before the road turns to dirt, pick up Provance(2) at trailer. Continue on Heald Rd. At top of the hill (1.5 mile) pick up Stearns. Turn left onto South Reading Rd and then right onto Brook Rd. and continue to corner of Atkinson Rd.at corner pick up Fletcher; turn right onto Center Rd., and pick up Veysey(2) and Nowak at white house on left before trailers. At a trailer on the left before the Polaris sign, pick up Johnson. Continue on to corner of Hoey Rd. and Center Rd. Pick up Gould(2) and VanGuilder. Continue on and pick up Parker and Davis, Swisher, Rose at Mary Lou Davis’s. At the corner of Davis Rd. and Center pick up Power. Continue on down Center Rd. to Rt. 131. Turn left onto Route 131. Proceed on 131 and turn left on Chubb Hill Rd. Turn right onto East Road. Continue on to intersection of Old County Rd. and pick up Devereux(2),Lindberg(2). Continue on East Road. At the corner of Chambers Rd. and East Rd pick up Tyrrell(2). Turn right onto Chambers Rd. to Tarbell Hill. Turn Left, proceed to Knapp Pond, turn left and pick up Robinson and Harkins(2). Proceed on down Knapp Pond and turn around at the pond, continue down Knapp Pond and pick up Pellerin; Continue on Knapp Pond Rd. and pick up Ewald and Hendee. Continue on Knapp Pond Rd. and pick up Boyer(2)at LeBlanc Rd. Continue to Tarbell Hill, turn right onto Tarbell Hill Rd. Continue on down Tarbell Hill to Greenbush Rd. and at the corner of Greenbush and Tarbell pick up Gignoux(2). Continue on down Tarbell and pick up Hryckiewicz (across from Dark Horse For Sale sign) and then Thurston. Continue on down Tarbell Hill Rd. and at the bottom pick up Palowski. Proceed on to Route 131 turn right. Continue on down 131. Pick up Truell, Continue on 131. Pick up Frye and Wentz at Town Green, Turn left onto Cavendish Gulf Rd. Turn around at Pixley’s and pick up Bushey. Continue back on Cavendish Gulf Road and pick up Rose (2) and Johnson. Continue on to Bonnie Wrights and do pick up Wright(2), et.al. Continue back to Cavendish and head for Proctorsville. Across from Bennetts Store pick up Tenney. Continue on down 131 and pick up Roby(2), Bamforth, Ruhlin, Wright at Sheila’s Smiling Faces. Proceed on to pick up Call(2). Drop kids off at school. Continue on down 131. Turn left onto Depot St. Turn right onto 103 and turn left onto Greven St. Ext. and pick up Perry. Turn around at Nortons. Back down Greven Street Extension. Turn Right onto Rt. 103. Continue on to 131. Turn left onto Depot St. and return to C.T.E.S. at approximately 7:58.
Afternoon Run - Starts with Route 131, Rt. 103, Stepping Stones, Greven St. Extension, Twenty Mile Stream, Heald Rd., Brook Rd., Corner Town Farm Rd./Atkinson Rd., Center Rd., Whitesville Road, High Street, Cavendish Gulf, Route 131, Chubb Hill, East Rd., Green Mountain covers Upper Tarbell Hill and Knapp Pond. Students living between the villages of Proctorsville and Cavendish will ride home on the Green Mountain bus.
Cavendish Update 8/11/11 News/Calendar/250th
Information can also be posted on the Cavendish VT Facebook Page
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
The 8/12/11 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish Related News
2. CHS Summer Newsletter on Line:
3. Furniture Needed for BRGNS Fall Rummage Sale
4. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Susannah Johnson
5. Cavendish Activities 8/11-8/19
1. Cavendish Related News
West Nile Virus Detected in Mosquitoes: On August 5, The Vermont Department of Health announced that West Nile virus was detected in mosquitoes collected on July 18 from a trap in Brandon. West Nile is a mosquito-borne virus that is typically spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. No illness in people due to West Nile virus has been confirmed in Vermont since 2003 and no horses have tested positive since 2005. Every summer the state tests dead birds and traps and tests mosquitoes for the virus. The state also helps arrange testing for people or horses with symptoms consistent with the West Nile virus infection. Press Release
Health Dept. Advises of Recall of Ground Turkey: The Health Department is advising Vermonters to pay attention to a recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey products from Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation that may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella bacteria, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). No illnesses associated with this recall have been reported in Vermont . If consumers in Vermont have purchased Cargill turkey products included in the recall, consumers are advised to throw the product away. Press Release
Debt Ceiling Could Cost VT Tens of Millions: Budget analysts in Vermont say the new federal debt ceiling law will likely mean the state will have tens of millions of dollars less to spend on education, health care, law enforcement and transportation programs. But officials say it will be some time before the details will be known. WCAX
Mack Molding Adding Employees Aggressively: Mack Molding Co. is on a hiring binge that underscores the strength of the company’s medical business and its ability to continue to post double-digit sales gains despite the gray clouds that have been hovering over the economy for nearly three years. “We’ve been so fortunate,” said Jeff Somple, president of MackMedical and of the northern operations of Mack Molding “The first recession didn’t impact our medical business and we had very good years in 2009 and 2010. We are less optimistic about the economy than we were four months ago, but we are still going to be growing at 15-20 percent this year, and we’ll be busy for the next two years — all the way through the next [presidential] election cycle.” Plastics News
2. CHS Summer Newsletter on Line
The Cavendish Historical Society’s newsletter, Scribbler II, summer edition is now on-line at the CHS Blog.
3. Furniture Needed for BRGNS Fall Rummage Sale
Black River Good Neighbor Services will be holding a huge Rummage Sale at Fletcher Farm this September 23 – 25, 2011 and is looking for donations of furniture and other house hold items.
To make arrangements for dropping off, or having donated furniture picked up, please call Audrey Bridge at the BRGNS Thrift Shop at 802-228-3663 between the hours of 10am and 4pm, Monday through Saturday. Furniture will be picked up by volunteers at an arranged mutually convenient time.
All proceeds from this sale will go to benefit the needy in the area. Black River Good Neighbor Services is a 501(c) (3) organization that serves the areas of Ludlow, Belmont, Cavendish, Mt. Holly, Proctorsville, and Plymouth. Donations are tax deductible. FMI: www.BRGN.org
4. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Susannah Johnson
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS Blog.
The Cavendish Players production of “Cavendish Chronicles II: The Early Years,” will be held on August 27 and 28, 7 pm at the Cavendish Town Elementary School in Proctorsville. In keeping with the 250th anniversary of the town, the play covers the time period from the settling of the town through the Civil War. The next few posts will provide history about some of the characters in the play.
In August 1754, the Johnson family, who lived outside of Fort 4 in Charlestown, NH, was kidnapped by members of one of the Abenaki nations. Mrs. Susanna Johnson was nine months pregnant. She wrote the following about her capture, “Here, after being hurried from home with such rapidity, I have leisure to inform the reader respecting our Indian masters. (Susannah, as she writes her memoirs of her captivity, here, speaks to the readers of her account) They were eleven in number; all men of middle age, except one, a youth of sixteen, who, on our journey discovered a very troublesome disposition. According to their practice he who first laid hands on a prisoner considered (the prisoner) his property. My master, who was the one who first took my hand was as clever an Indian as I ever saw. He even evinced, at numberous times a disposition that showed he was by no means void of compassion. The four who took my husband claimed him as their property. My sister, three children, Labaree and Farnsworth had each a master. When the time came for us to prepare to march I almost expired at the thought of leaving my aged parents, brothers, sisters and friends and travel with savages through a dismal forest to unknown regions in the alarming situation in which I then was with three small children. The eldest (child) Sylvanus (Johnson) was but six years old. My sister Miriam (Willard) was fourteen. My husband was barefoot and otherwise thinly clad. His masters had taken his jacket. My two daughters had nothing on but their shifts and I had only the gown handed to me by the savages. In addition to the sufferings which arose from my own deplorable condition I could not but feel for my friend, Labaree. He had left a wife and four small children behind - his situation was extremely unhappy. The Indians pronounced the dreadful word, "munch", (march) and on we must go.
I was put on the horse; Mr. Johnson took one daughter and Mr. Labaree took the other. We went six or eight miles and stopped for the night. The men were made secure by having their legs put in split sticks somewhat like stocks and tied with cords which were tied to limbs of trees too high to be reached. My sister much to her mortification must lie between two Indians with a cord thrown over her and passing under each of them. The little children had blankets and I had one for my own use. The fatigues of day obliged me to sleep for several hours in spite of the horrors which surrounded me. The Indians observed great silence and never spoke but when necessary. My children were much more peaceable than could be imagined. Gloomy fear imposed a deadly silence.
The Indians captured a stray horse, which Mrs. Johnson rode. On the second day of their journey, they encamped in Reading, VT, when Mrs. Johnson went into labor. According to the Indian Stone markers on Rt 106, on the border of Reading and Cavendish, about a mile up the brook from where the stones are now, she delivered the child, Elizabeth Captive Johnson. The stone marker information would suggest that the first white child born in Cavendish would have been Elizabeth “Captive” Johnson.
The day after the child’s birth, they continued traveling northward. Starvation eventually forced the Indians to kill the horse Mrs. Johnson rode and use him for food. Given the choice of being left behind with her baby, Mr. Johnson carried his wife on his shoulders.
Once in Canada, the family was divided between Indian and French families. Mr. And Mrs Johnson were both imprisoned where they developed small pox. It would be four years before the family was reunited. Mr. Johnson’s freedom was short lived as he would die from wounds sustained at Fort Ticonderoga. Susanna Johnson lived to be 80-81 and wrote a book about her experiences “Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson Containing A Account of her suffering during Four Years with the Indians and French.” Her diary and story was the basis for Elizabeth George Speare’s 1957 book “Calico Captive.”
Learn more about Susanna Johnson at http://users.rcn.com/smartin.javanet/susanna.htm
5. Cavendish Activities 8/11-8/19
August 12 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
August 13 (Saturday): Picnic on the Proctorsville Green at 5 pm, celebrating religious freedom in our country. Sponsored by the five churches of Cavendish. This event is part of the Town’s 250th Anniversary celebration. For more information call 226-8199
August 15 (Monday): Coffee with the Chamber, a free continental breakfast at Java Baba’s sponsored by the Okemo Chamber of Commerce. The purpose is to share with each town what the Chamber is doing and receive feedback. FMI: 228-5830
August 16 (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
August 18 (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
• August Community Luncheon at St. James Church in Proctorsville at 11:30. This month we will serve our super macaroni & cheese with baked ham and a vegetable, tossed salad, hot rolls, and ice cream. Coffee, hot or iced tea or a fruit drink will be available.
August 19 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
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
The 8/12/11 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish Related News
2. CHS Summer Newsletter on Line:
3. Furniture Needed for BRGNS Fall Rummage Sale
4. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Susannah Johnson
5. Cavendish Activities 8/11-8/19
1. Cavendish Related News
West Nile Virus Detected in Mosquitoes: On August 5, The Vermont Department of Health announced that West Nile virus was detected in mosquitoes collected on July 18 from a trap in Brandon. West Nile is a mosquito-borne virus that is typically spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. No illness in people due to West Nile virus has been confirmed in Vermont since 2003 and no horses have tested positive since 2005. Every summer the state tests dead birds and traps and tests mosquitoes for the virus. The state also helps arrange testing for people or horses with symptoms consistent with the West Nile virus infection. Press Release
Health Dept. Advises of Recall of Ground Turkey: The Health Department is advising Vermonters to pay attention to a recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey products from Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation that may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella bacteria, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). No illnesses associated with this recall have been reported in Vermont . If consumers in Vermont have purchased Cargill turkey products included in the recall, consumers are advised to throw the product away. Press Release
Debt Ceiling Could Cost VT Tens of Millions: Budget analysts in Vermont say the new federal debt ceiling law will likely mean the state will have tens of millions of dollars less to spend on education, health care, law enforcement and transportation programs. But officials say it will be some time before the details will be known. WCAX
Mack Molding Adding Employees Aggressively: Mack Molding Co. is on a hiring binge that underscores the strength of the company’s medical business and its ability to continue to post double-digit sales gains despite the gray clouds that have been hovering over the economy for nearly three years. “We’ve been so fortunate,” said Jeff Somple, president of MackMedical and of the northern operations of Mack Molding “The first recession didn’t impact our medical business and we had very good years in 2009 and 2010. We are less optimistic about the economy than we were four months ago, but we are still going to be growing at 15-20 percent this year, and we’ll be busy for the next two years — all the way through the next [presidential] election cycle.” Plastics News
2. CHS Summer Newsletter on Line
The Cavendish Historical Society’s newsletter, Scribbler II, summer edition is now on-line at the CHS Blog.
3. Furniture Needed for BRGNS Fall Rummage Sale
Black River Good Neighbor Services will be holding a huge Rummage Sale at Fletcher Farm this September 23 – 25, 2011 and is looking for donations of furniture and other house hold items.
To make arrangements for dropping off, or having donated furniture picked up, please call Audrey Bridge at the BRGNS Thrift Shop at 802-228-3663 between the hours of 10am and 4pm, Monday through Saturday. Furniture will be picked up by volunteers at an arranged mutually convenient time.
All proceeds from this sale will go to benefit the needy in the area. Black River Good Neighbor Services is a 501(c) (3) organization that serves the areas of Ludlow, Belmont, Cavendish, Mt. Holly, Proctorsville, and Plymouth. Donations are tax deductible. FMI: www.BRGN.org
4. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Susannah Johnson
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS Blog.
The Cavendish Players production of “Cavendish Chronicles II: The Early Years,” will be held on August 27 and 28, 7 pm at the Cavendish Town Elementary School in Proctorsville. In keeping with the 250th anniversary of the town, the play covers the time period from the settling of the town through the Civil War. The next few posts will provide history about some of the characters in the play.
In August 1754, the Johnson family, who lived outside of Fort 4 in Charlestown, NH, was kidnapped by members of one of the Abenaki nations. Mrs. Susanna Johnson was nine months pregnant. She wrote the following about her capture, “Here, after being hurried from home with such rapidity, I have leisure to inform the reader respecting our Indian masters. (Susannah, as she writes her memoirs of her captivity, here, speaks to the readers of her account) They were eleven in number; all men of middle age, except one, a youth of sixteen, who, on our journey discovered a very troublesome disposition. According to their practice he who first laid hands on a prisoner considered (the prisoner) his property. My master, who was the one who first took my hand was as clever an Indian as I ever saw. He even evinced, at numberous times a disposition that showed he was by no means void of compassion. The four who took my husband claimed him as their property. My sister, three children, Labaree and Farnsworth had each a master. When the time came for us to prepare to march I almost expired at the thought of leaving my aged parents, brothers, sisters and friends and travel with savages through a dismal forest to unknown regions in the alarming situation in which I then was with three small children. The eldest (child) Sylvanus (Johnson) was but six years old. My sister Miriam (Willard) was fourteen. My husband was barefoot and otherwise thinly clad. His masters had taken his jacket. My two daughters had nothing on but their shifts and I had only the gown handed to me by the savages. In addition to the sufferings which arose from my own deplorable condition I could not but feel for my friend, Labaree. He had left a wife and four small children behind - his situation was extremely unhappy. The Indians pronounced the dreadful word, "munch", (march) and on we must go.
I was put on the horse; Mr. Johnson took one daughter and Mr. Labaree took the other. We went six or eight miles and stopped for the night. The men were made secure by having their legs put in split sticks somewhat like stocks and tied with cords which were tied to limbs of trees too high to be reached. My sister much to her mortification must lie between two Indians with a cord thrown over her and passing under each of them. The little children had blankets and I had one for my own use. The fatigues of day obliged me to sleep for several hours in spite of the horrors which surrounded me. The Indians observed great silence and never spoke but when necessary. My children were much more peaceable than could be imagined. Gloomy fear imposed a deadly silence.
The Indians captured a stray horse, which Mrs. Johnson rode. On the second day of their journey, they encamped in Reading, VT, when Mrs. Johnson went into labor. According to the Indian Stone markers on Rt 106, on the border of Reading and Cavendish, about a mile up the brook from where the stones are now, she delivered the child, Elizabeth Captive Johnson. The stone marker information would suggest that the first white child born in Cavendish would have been Elizabeth “Captive” Johnson.
The day after the child’s birth, they continued traveling northward. Starvation eventually forced the Indians to kill the horse Mrs. Johnson rode and use him for food. Given the choice of being left behind with her baby, Mr. Johnson carried his wife on his shoulders.
Once in Canada, the family was divided between Indian and French families. Mr. And Mrs Johnson were both imprisoned where they developed small pox. It would be four years before the family was reunited. Mr. Johnson’s freedom was short lived as he would die from wounds sustained at Fort Ticonderoga. Susanna Johnson lived to be 80-81 and wrote a book about her experiences “Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson Containing A Account of her suffering during Four Years with the Indians and French.” Her diary and story was the basis for Elizabeth George Speare’s 1957 book “Calico Captive.”
Learn more about Susanna Johnson at http://users.rcn.com/smartin.javanet/susanna.htm
5. Cavendish Activities 8/11-8/19
August 12 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
August 13 (Saturday): Picnic on the Proctorsville Green at 5 pm, celebrating religious freedom in our country. Sponsored by the five churches of Cavendish. This event is part of the Town’s 250th Anniversary celebration. For more information call 226-8199
August 15 (Monday): Coffee with the Chamber, a free continental breakfast at Java Baba’s sponsored by the Okemo Chamber of Commerce. The purpose is to share with each town what the Chamber is doing and receive feedback. FMI: 228-5830
August 16 (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
August 18 (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
• August Community Luncheon at St. James Church in Proctorsville at 11:30. This month we will serve our super macaroni & cheese with baked ham and a vegetable, tossed salad, hot rolls, and ice cream. Coffee, hot or iced tea or a fruit drink will be available.
August 19 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
Friday, August 5, 2011
Select Board Meeting Agenda 8/8/11
The Cavendish Select Board will meet on Monday May 8 at 6:30 pm at the Town Office. The Agenda will be as follows:
1. Call the meeting to order
2. Act upon minutes of the meetings of July 11 and July 27, 2011.
3. Sign Orders
4. Review Correspondence
5. Adjust agenda
6. Hear Citizens
7. Consider request from the Board of Listers for Errors and Omissions corrections to the 2011 Grand List
8. Discuss/review “Penalties for Late Filed Homestead Declarations” information and procedures as recently received from the Vermont Department of Taxes. The Department of Taxes suggests that the Select Board set a policy to make penalty determinations and inform the taxpayers of the Town’s determination. This is a significant change in the State’s responsibilities and duties in this regard and it shifts the decisions and related correspondence (and headaches) down upon the
towns.
9. Consider/discuss information on Vermont Legislative Reapportionment Proposal
10. Discuss/consider Highway Mutual Aid Agreement - Orange and Windsor Counties. Approximately half of the towns in the Orange-Windsor coverage area are presently signed on to the program.
11. Review and discuss recent correspondence from the Vermont Transportation Board ie., Proposed Decision and Order on Coutu’s Petition (to the Transportation Board) for Declaratory Ruling and Helipad Application
12. Follow-up on road work on Center Road as discussed last meeting. This will include some budgetary figures.
13. Update on various town activities
14. Other business
15. Adjourn
1. Call the meeting to order
2. Act upon minutes of the meetings of July 11 and July 27, 2011.
3. Sign Orders
4. Review Correspondence
5. Adjust agenda
6. Hear Citizens
7. Consider request from the Board of Listers for Errors and Omissions corrections to the 2011 Grand List
8. Discuss/review “Penalties for Late Filed Homestead Declarations” information and procedures as recently received from the Vermont Department of Taxes. The Department of Taxes suggests that the Select Board set a policy to make penalty determinations and inform the taxpayers of the Town’s determination. This is a significant change in the State’s responsibilities and duties in this regard and it shifts the decisions and related correspondence (and headaches) down upon the
towns.
9. Consider/discuss information on Vermont Legislative Reapportionment Proposal
10. Discuss/consider Highway Mutual Aid Agreement - Orange and Windsor Counties. Approximately half of the towns in the Orange-Windsor coverage area are presently signed on to the program.
11. Review and discuss recent correspondence from the Vermont Transportation Board ie., Proposed Decision and Order on Coutu’s Petition (to the Transportation Board) for Declaratory Ruling and Helipad Application
12. Follow-up on road work on Center Road as discussed last meeting. This will include some budgetary figures.
13. Update on various town activities
14. Other business
15. Adjourn
Cavendish Update 8/5/11 News/Calendar/Classified
Information can also be posted on the Cavendish VT Facebook Page
The 8/5/11 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish Related News
2. CCCA Calendar Contest
3. Cavendish Concerts Continue with Voodoo Alien Blues Band
4. August Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
5. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Small Pox Epidemic Cancels 150th Celebration
6. Classifieds
7. Vermont Get Your Business on-line
8. Cavendish Activities Calendar for 8/5/11-8/12/11
1. Cavendish Related News
Firewood Permits Available for Gathering Cordwood in the Green Mountain Forest: U.S. Forest Service officials in Vermont are reminding the public they can purchase firewood permits should they be interested in gathering cord wood for heating season. In order to harvest firewood from the Green Mountain National Forest, people must first purchase a firewood removal permit (for a minimum charge of $20 for 2 cords) at one of the Forest Service offices located in Rutland, Middlebury, Manchester Center or Rochester, Vermont. The maximum volume of firewood that can be taken by a permit holder in a calendar year is 10 cords. Press Release
CVPS Seals 4.75¢ per Kilowatt Power Deals: Central Vermont Public Service (NYSE: CV) has signed two new power supply contracts, filling the 2012 gap in its portfolio created by the end of the existing contract with Vermont Yankee, at attractive prices. “These contracts serve to ensure our reliable power supply through the end of 2012 at very competitive prices,” CVPS President and CEO Larry Reilly said. The new contracts join several other longer-term agreements CVPS has signed to replenish its portfolio after the current Vermont Yankee and Hydro-Quebec contracts end. CVPS has signed new contracts largely for renewable energy from Hydro-Quebec, wind farms in Coos County, N.H., and southern Vermont, and a Gilman, Vt., hydro project. Press Release
Many Vermonters Pass Up Home Energy Savings: According to study Middlebury-based High Meadows Fund study, Vermonters could save more than $800 million during the next 20 years and could generate jobs in the home improvement industry if residents would invest in insulation, new windows and other measures designed to keep homes warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. "It is not lack of funding that stops many homeowners from improving their energy efficiency," said Gaye Symington, executive director of High Meadows. "It is a lack of demand for what they consider a complicated process with unknown benefits. We need to make energy efficiency easier to see and do." Burlington Free Press
Strontium-90 Detected in Fish Near VT Yankee: Vermont health officials say radioactive strontium-90 has been found in a fish sample taken from the Connecticut River 9 miles upstream from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. the sample was unusual in that the strontium-90 was found in the fleshy, edible portion of the smallmouth bass sample. Irwin says the substance more often turns up in fish bones. It's not certain whether the material came from Vermont Yankee or from atmospheric deposits left over from atomic-bomb testing in the 1950s and '60s or from the Chernobyl accident.
Cabot Cheese Curtails Cow Hormone Claims: Cabot Cheese has agreed to scale-back claims about whether its dairy farmers use an artificially produced hormone on their cows to produce more milk. The attorney general's office says that in 2009 and 2010 the Cabot Creamery Cooperative, overstated claims that none of its farmers used the artificial hormone known as RBST. Burlington Free Press
Ludlow Dental Center Now Open: The Ludlow Dental Center, on Main Street, is now accepting appointments. Services include hygiene, restorative care (fillings, crowns, bridges, root canals, dentures, extractions) and emergency care. Michael Foster, DDS, staffs the Center. Payment is expected at the time of service and financial assistance is available to those who are income-eligible based on a sliding scale fee. Hours are Tuesday through Thursday 8-5 and Friday 8-noon. The Dental Center is part of the Ludlow Health Center and the Springfield Medical Care Systems . To make an appointment call 228-4446.
Rutland, Lebanon Airports Spared from FAA Dispute: Airports in Rutland and West Lebanon, New Hampshire, both benefit from a federal subsidy program that's been the subject of a bitter dispute in Washington over the past two weeks. The quarrel has been temporarily resolved. And the airline that serves both communities says their service is strong and growing. VPR
2. CCCA Calendar Contest
The judging has concluded in the annual photo contest sponsored by the Cavendish Community and Conservation Association. A three judge panel selected winners in three age categories. This year the judges awarded Stacia Spaulding first prize in the adult category for her photo - Doe Re Mi. Runner-ups to 1st prize were Jillian Palmer's Winter Morning and Mary McCallum's Summer Greens. The winner in age category 13-18 is Chris Palmer for his photo Cat Tails, and first prize in age category 5 to 12 goes to Emery Benoit for her photo Red White and Blue.
All photographs had to be taken in Cavendish, including Proctorsville by a full or part time Cavendish resident. The theme of the contest this year was “A View of Cavendish.”
As well as vying for top prize, each photograph was entered in a contest for inclusion in the CCCA 2012 calendar. This year marks the seventh year of the CCCA’s annual calendar, and the fourth year of the annual photo contest. Calendar photos are selected by vote of Cavendish residents, and the photo with the most votes receives the Popular Choice Award.
The choices for the next calendar are: 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 by Stacia Spaulding; Apple Blossoms by Ellen Parrish; and Cat Tails by Chris Palmer.
Best in show is Spring Deer, by Paula Felt with runner ups Doe Re Mi by Stacia Spaulding and Playground Pug by Gail Verheyen.
CCCA has already announced that the next contest will occur in spring 2012, so Cavendish residents should be pointing their cameras around town and taking their best shots. FMI: http://cavendishvt.blogspot.com/2011/07/ccca-announces-photo-contest-winners.html
3. Cavendish Concerts Continue with Voodoo Alien Blues Band
The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association invites everyone to come to the Proctorsville Green on Route 131 for the continuing Cavendish summer music series on Wednesday, August 10th at 6:00 p.m. to listen to Voodoo Alien Blues Band.
The Rutland based all star rhythm and blues band is led by local blues legend Steve Audsley and appears regularly at a variety of Vermont venues.
This will be the last in the series of Wednesday evening concerts this year. Come to Proctorsville 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.
4. August Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
The Chamber’s newsletter is available on-line.
5. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Small Pox Epidemic Cancels 150th Celebration
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS blog.
The following article appeared in the Vermont Tribune Cavendish: 12 Oct., 1911: Small Pox Scare in Cavendish at the Kingsburys: — “By reason of the discovery of four cases of what was pronounced small pox in the family of H. S. Kingsbury, living just below the village of Cavendish [they lived on Chubb Hill on the old Chubb-Peck farm] the committee in charge of the 150th anniversary celebration of the founding of the charter of that town, decided after consultation with the state authorities, to postpone that event indefinitely.
There is nothing at all alarming about the situation, but precautionary measures were deemed wise, and so were adopted promptly. The local health officer, Dr. Buxton, reports the matter well in hand and ever precaution being taken so that no further outbreaks are looked for. The school on Tarbell Hill is temporarily closed.” —[more under same date]
“A well-developed small pox scare has taken possession of our town and at this writing after thorough examination by the board of health, we have four well defined cases with a greater number under suspicion. As a result of this, the board of health and the committee on the celebration met in conjunction and decided that the celebration must be called off and that all cases will be places in charge of Dr. Edward F. Hodges [of Indianapolis, Indiana, whose summer home was the former Ely place— Glimmerstone] ...who is in our community for his vacation and who is an expert and specialist on this disease.” — [more under same date]: “A short time ago Miss Marietta Kingsbury attended camp meeting in Lakeport, NH where she contracted the disease. It was not until Monday of this week that the family became aware of the nature of the illness. Dr. Buxton our health officers was called. He immediately pronounced the disease small pox and sent for Dr. Caverly of Rutland who arrived Tuesday and concurred with Dr. Buxton’s diagnosis.
At a meeting of the committee in charge of the celebration Tuesday evening it was thought best to give up the whole affair. Although from the village there are many people with whom they have been associating before they were aware of their condition, so a quarantine will be necessary.
At present Miss Marietta Kingsbury is recovering. H. S. Kingsbury, Alfred Kingsbury and younger daughter are ill. Dr. Buxton feels confident in Dr. Hedges, as he, his wife and mother, Mrs. Martha Buxton, and Mr. Conklin left Thursday for a week’s stay in New York.” — 19 Oct., 1911: “The Kingsbury family are all gaining.
There are no new cases of smallpox yet, although Dr. Hodges fears the disease may develop in Frank Hewey, a schoolboy who was living at Ira Belknap’s and in one of Clarence Belknap’s little daughters, as these two children are ill, but not as yet broken out. However their vaccination is not working. All the other people who were exposed and then vaccinated are in quarantine and their vaccinations are working well. Dr. Hodges very kindly offered to take charge of the cases of smallpox and look after the quarantine free of all expense to the town and also to save our local physicians for their usual practice. Remembering the fact that the one smallpox case in Proctorsville eight years ago cost the town $700, Cavendish ought to be very grateful to Dr. Hodges and consider itself fortunate to have such a man for a citizen, do all we can to encourage him and urge more of the same kind to locate among us.”
6. Classifieds
Needed: Ride to Logan Airport on Friday September 2nd. Call Mary at 226-7497.
7. Vermont Get Your Business on-line
If you don’t have a website or Google Places listing, you’ll find everything you need to get started – web professionals at your side every step of the way. We’ll also provide the computers or a plug-in for your own laptop.
If your business is already online, you’ll find tools and resources to help your business succeed online. At these events you can: Get a free website and Google Places listing; Get 1:1 advice and tips; Learn more about online marketing; Network with your fellow small business owners
The closest workshop to Cavendish is on August 13 in Rutland at the Cafe Terra_67 Center Street Open 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m
Vermont Get Your Business Online events are completely free. Space is limited, so we highly recommend that you pre-register online to reserve your spot. FMI: www.vermontgetonline.com/vtsbdc
8. Cavendish Activities for 8/5/11-8/12/11
August 5 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
August 6 (Saturday): Drive in Movie Night at the Cavendish Library. Screening "Up." Bring a snack. Screening begins at dusk.
August 7 (Sunday): Crown Point Road Association (CPRA) slide presentation on the Crown Point Rd, 2 pm at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum. FMI: 226-7807
August 8 (Monday): Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office. Agenda posted to blog 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.
• American Red Cross Blood Drive: Ludlow Community Center 12:30-5:30. All donors have a chance to win 2 Boston Red Sox Tickets. FMI: 1-800-Red-Cross
August 9 (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
August 10 (Wednesday): Cavendish Library’s Annual BBQ at 6 pm at the library, featuring Tom Joyce, Magic Man
• Voodoo Alien Blues will be playing at 6 pm at the Proctorsville Green as part of the Cavendish Community and Conservation Association’s (CCCA) summer music series.
August 11 (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
• Local fiddler Bob Naess and his Cajun/zydeco band will be playing in Chester, the Museum Green, at 6:30 pm. This is there only local performance this summer.
August 12 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
The 8/5/11 Cavendish Update Contains
1. Cavendish Related News
2. CCCA Calendar Contest
3. Cavendish Concerts Continue with Voodoo Alien Blues Band
4. August Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
5. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Small Pox Epidemic Cancels 150th Celebration
6. Classifieds
7. Vermont Get Your Business on-line
8. Cavendish Activities Calendar for 8/5/11-8/12/11
1. Cavendish Related News
Firewood Permits Available for Gathering Cordwood in the Green Mountain Forest: U.S. Forest Service officials in Vermont are reminding the public they can purchase firewood permits should they be interested in gathering cord wood for heating season. In order to harvest firewood from the Green Mountain National Forest, people must first purchase a firewood removal permit (for a minimum charge of $20 for 2 cords) at one of the Forest Service offices located in Rutland, Middlebury, Manchester Center or Rochester, Vermont. The maximum volume of firewood that can be taken by a permit holder in a calendar year is 10 cords. Press Release
CVPS Seals 4.75¢ per Kilowatt Power Deals: Central Vermont Public Service (NYSE: CV) has signed two new power supply contracts, filling the 2012 gap in its portfolio created by the end of the existing contract with Vermont Yankee, at attractive prices. “These contracts serve to ensure our reliable power supply through the end of 2012 at very competitive prices,” CVPS President and CEO Larry Reilly said. The new contracts join several other longer-term agreements CVPS has signed to replenish its portfolio after the current Vermont Yankee and Hydro-Quebec contracts end. CVPS has signed new contracts largely for renewable energy from Hydro-Quebec, wind farms in Coos County, N.H., and southern Vermont, and a Gilman, Vt., hydro project. Press Release
Many Vermonters Pass Up Home Energy Savings: According to study Middlebury-based High Meadows Fund study, Vermonters could save more than $800 million during the next 20 years and could generate jobs in the home improvement industry if residents would invest in insulation, new windows and other measures designed to keep homes warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. "It is not lack of funding that stops many homeowners from improving their energy efficiency," said Gaye Symington, executive director of High Meadows. "It is a lack of demand for what they consider a complicated process with unknown benefits. We need to make energy efficiency easier to see and do." Burlington Free Press
Strontium-90 Detected in Fish Near VT Yankee: Vermont health officials say radioactive strontium-90 has been found in a fish sample taken from the Connecticut River 9 miles upstream from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. the sample was unusual in that the strontium-90 was found in the fleshy, edible portion of the smallmouth bass sample. Irwin says the substance more often turns up in fish bones. It's not certain whether the material came from Vermont Yankee or from atmospheric deposits left over from atomic-bomb testing in the 1950s and '60s or from the Chernobyl accident.
Cabot Cheese Curtails Cow Hormone Claims: Cabot Cheese has agreed to scale-back claims about whether its dairy farmers use an artificially produced hormone on their cows to produce more milk. The attorney general's office says that in 2009 and 2010 the Cabot Creamery Cooperative, overstated claims that none of its farmers used the artificial hormone known as RBST. Burlington Free Press
Ludlow Dental Center Now Open: The Ludlow Dental Center, on Main Street, is now accepting appointments. Services include hygiene, restorative care (fillings, crowns, bridges, root canals, dentures, extractions) and emergency care. Michael Foster, DDS, staffs the Center. Payment is expected at the time of service and financial assistance is available to those who are income-eligible based on a sliding scale fee. Hours are Tuesday through Thursday 8-5 and Friday 8-noon. The Dental Center is part of the Ludlow Health Center and the Springfield Medical Care Systems . To make an appointment call 228-4446.
Rutland, Lebanon Airports Spared from FAA Dispute: Airports in Rutland and West Lebanon, New Hampshire, both benefit from a federal subsidy program that's been the subject of a bitter dispute in Washington over the past two weeks. The quarrel has been temporarily resolved. And the airline that serves both communities says their service is strong and growing. VPR
2. CCCA Calendar Contest
The judging has concluded in the annual photo contest sponsored by the Cavendish Community and Conservation Association. A three judge panel selected winners in three age categories. This year the judges awarded Stacia Spaulding first prize in the adult category for her photo - Doe Re Mi. Runner-ups to 1st prize were Jillian Palmer's Winter Morning and Mary McCallum's Summer Greens. The winner in age category 13-18 is Chris Palmer for his photo Cat Tails, and first prize in age category 5 to 12 goes to Emery Benoit for her photo Red White and Blue.
All photographs had to be taken in Cavendish, including Proctorsville by a full or part time Cavendish resident. The theme of the contest this year was “A View of Cavendish.”
As well as vying for top prize, each photograph was entered in a contest for inclusion in the CCCA 2012 calendar. This year marks the seventh year of the CCCA’s annual calendar, and the fourth year of the annual photo contest. Calendar photos are selected by vote of Cavendish residents, and the photo with the most votes receives the Popular Choice Award.
The choices for the next calendar are: 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 by Stacia Spaulding; Apple Blossoms by Ellen Parrish; and Cat Tails by Chris Palmer.
Best in show is Spring Deer, by Paula Felt with runner ups Doe Re Mi by Stacia Spaulding and Playground Pug by Gail Verheyen.
CCCA has already announced that the next contest will occur in spring 2012, so Cavendish residents should be pointing their cameras around town and taking their best shots. FMI: http://cavendishvt.blogspot.com/2011/07/ccca-announces-photo-contest-winners.html
3. Cavendish Concerts Continue with Voodoo Alien Blues Band
The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association invites everyone to come to the Proctorsville Green on Route 131 for the continuing Cavendish summer music series on Wednesday, August 10th at 6:00 p.m. to listen to Voodoo Alien Blues Band.
The Rutland based all star rhythm and blues band is led by local blues legend Steve Audsley and appears regularly at a variety of Vermont venues.
This will be the last in the series of Wednesday evening concerts this year. Come to Proctorsville 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.
4. August Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
The Chamber’s newsletter is available on-line.
5. Cavendish Semiquincentennial: Small Pox Epidemic Cancels 150th Celebration
These posts are made possible by the Cavendish Historical Society and are archived at the CHS blog.
The following article appeared in the Vermont Tribune Cavendish: 12 Oct., 1911: Small Pox Scare in Cavendish at the Kingsburys: — “By reason of the discovery of four cases of what was pronounced small pox in the family of H. S. Kingsbury, living just below the village of Cavendish [they lived on Chubb Hill on the old Chubb-Peck farm] the committee in charge of the 150th anniversary celebration of the founding of the charter of that town, decided after consultation with the state authorities, to postpone that event indefinitely.
There is nothing at all alarming about the situation, but precautionary measures were deemed wise, and so were adopted promptly. The local health officer, Dr. Buxton, reports the matter well in hand and ever precaution being taken so that no further outbreaks are looked for. The school on Tarbell Hill is temporarily closed.” —[more under same date]
“A well-developed small pox scare has taken possession of our town and at this writing after thorough examination by the board of health, we have four well defined cases with a greater number under suspicion. As a result of this, the board of health and the committee on the celebration met in conjunction and decided that the celebration must be called off and that all cases will be places in charge of Dr. Edward F. Hodges [of Indianapolis, Indiana, whose summer home was the former Ely place— Glimmerstone] ...who is in our community for his vacation and who is an expert and specialist on this disease.” — [more under same date]: “A short time ago Miss Marietta Kingsbury attended camp meeting in Lakeport, NH where she contracted the disease. It was not until Monday of this week that the family became aware of the nature of the illness. Dr. Buxton our health officers was called. He immediately pronounced the disease small pox and sent for Dr. Caverly of Rutland who arrived Tuesday and concurred with Dr. Buxton’s diagnosis.
At a meeting of the committee in charge of the celebration Tuesday evening it was thought best to give up the whole affair. Although from the village there are many people with whom they have been associating before they were aware of their condition, so a quarantine will be necessary.
At present Miss Marietta Kingsbury is recovering. H. S. Kingsbury, Alfred Kingsbury and younger daughter are ill. Dr. Buxton feels confident in Dr. Hedges, as he, his wife and mother, Mrs. Martha Buxton, and Mr. Conklin left Thursday for a week’s stay in New York.” — 19 Oct., 1911: “The Kingsbury family are all gaining.
There are no new cases of smallpox yet, although Dr. Hodges fears the disease may develop in Frank Hewey, a schoolboy who was living at Ira Belknap’s and in one of Clarence Belknap’s little daughters, as these two children are ill, but not as yet broken out. However their vaccination is not working. All the other people who were exposed and then vaccinated are in quarantine and their vaccinations are working well. Dr. Hodges very kindly offered to take charge of the cases of smallpox and look after the quarantine free of all expense to the town and also to save our local physicians for their usual practice. Remembering the fact that the one smallpox case in Proctorsville eight years ago cost the town $700, Cavendish ought to be very grateful to Dr. Hodges and consider itself fortunate to have such a man for a citizen, do all we can to encourage him and urge more of the same kind to locate among us.”
6. Classifieds
Needed: Ride to Logan Airport on Friday September 2nd. Call Mary at 226-7497.
7. Vermont Get Your Business on-line
If you don’t have a website or Google Places listing, you’ll find everything you need to get started – web professionals at your side every step of the way. We’ll also provide the computers or a plug-in for your own laptop.
If your business is already online, you’ll find tools and resources to help your business succeed online. At these events you can: Get a free website and Google Places listing; Get 1:1 advice and tips; Learn more about online marketing; Network with your fellow small business owners
The closest workshop to Cavendish is on August 13 in Rutland at the Cafe Terra_67 Center Street Open 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m
Vermont Get Your Business Online events are completely free. Space is limited, so we highly recommend that you pre-register online to reserve your spot. FMI: www.vermontgetonline.com/vtsbdc
8. Cavendish Activities for 8/5/11-8/12/11
August 5 (Friday): Ludlow Farmer’s Market. On the campus of Okemo Mountain School, 53 Main Street, 4-7 pm FMI: www.ludlowfarmersmarket.org
August 6 (Saturday): Drive in Movie Night at the Cavendish Library. Screening "Up." Bring a snack. Screening begins at dusk.
August 7 (Sunday): Crown Point Road Association (CPRA) slide presentation on the Crown Point Rd, 2 pm at the Cavendish Historical Society Museum. FMI: 226-7807
August 8 (Monday): Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm at the Cavendish Town Office. Agenda posted to blog 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.
• American Red Cross Blood Drive: Ludlow Community Center 12:30-5:30. All donors have a chance to win 2 Boston Red Sox Tickets. FMI: 1-800-Red-Cross
August 9 (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
August 10 (Wednesday): Cavendish Library’s Annual BBQ at 6 pm at the library, featuring Tom Joyce, Magic Man
• Voodoo Alien Blues will be playing at 6 pm at the Proctorsville Green as part of the Cavendish Community and Conservation Association’s (CCCA) summer music series.
August 11 (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
• Local fiddler Bob Naess and his Cajun/zydeco band will be playing in Chester, the Museum Green, at 6:30 pm. This is there only local performance this summer.
August 12 (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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