HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
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
Information
can also be posted on the Cavendish VT Facebook Page.
The 2/14/14 Cavendish Update Contains the Following:
1. Select
Board Meeting 2/10/14
2. Cavendish
Related News
3. CCCA to Hold Town
Meeting Information Forum in Cavendish
4. Let the
Good Times Roll-Mardi Gras-March 1
5. Gay
Brothers Mill: Drawing-In Girls/CHS Annual Meeting
6. Come See Our Hearts
7. CCCA Presents:
Health of The Vermont Deer Herd
8. Events
1. SELECT BOARD MEETING 2/10/14
It was a very
short Select Board meeting this past Monday, since the board has been meeting
weekly to work on the Annual Town Report and budget. The Report should be
mailed to voters no later than Feb.20, as the state law requires that it be
available to voters at least 10 days before Town Meeting.
As in year’s
past, there will be a pre town meeting on Feb. 25 (Tuesday), 6 pm at the
Cavendish Town Office. Please note the change of venue for this meeting. This
will be an opportunity to meet candidates and to discuss the warnings included
in the town report. For more information about Town Meeting, candidates and
warnings, go to
http://cavendishvt.blogspot.com/2014/01/cavendish-town-meeting-2014-candidates.html
Note that the
GMUHS Annual Meeting takes place on Feb. 25 at 7 pm at the GMUHS Conference
Room. A copy of the GMUHS Annual Report 2012-2013 is available on-line. Articles to be voted on at the meeting are included in
the Annual Report.
The Board
reviewed and approved the 2014 Town Highway Annual Certificate of Mileage as
well as the special weight restrictions submission to VTrans for 2014. The two
bridges with weight restriction are the Depot Street Bridge in Proctorsville (5
ton maximum) and Brook Road Bridge (3 ton maximum). These weight restrictions
will remain in place until the bridges are repaired. Brook Rd is scheduled for
the 2014 construction period.
Select board (SB)
meetings are recorded by LPC-TV and are available at their website and on Comcast Television.
2. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
Got Broadband? State Says You Do Even It’s From a Cell Signal: There are a
number of residents and businesses that question the state’s comment that just
one percent of the state is not covered by broadband. The
state says in most cases those individuals do have access, but it is not from a
wire or cable running to their homes. The Department Of Public Service has
information on broadband available to each Vermont address. While it is
not public because of confidentiality agreements with the broadband companies,
any Vermonter can call the department at 1-800-622-4496 and find out which
broadband service is available at a specific address. VPR
PSB Rules Against North Springfield Wood Chip Plant: The Public Service
Board has ruled against the proposed 37-megawatt wood-fired power plant in
North Springfield. In a 156-page decision released Tuesday, the Board upheld an
earlier decision by one of its hearing officers, who had said the project would
“interfere” with the orderly development in the region because of heavy truck
traffic delivering the woodchips to the North Springfield industrial park.
Rutland Herald
Lawmakers Hear Personal Plea for Ban on Hand-Held Devices: Teenager Spencer
Huntley loved music. His iPhone filled with songs was never out of his hand,
and it was with him when he died. Spencer’s father, Rep. Mark Huntley,
D-Cavendish, told his colleagues on the House floor Thursday that he is certain
that Spencer was changing songs on his phone when his car crashed into a
tractor trailer, killing him instantly. Huntley urged fellow lawmakers to
support a law that would ban drivers from using hand-held electronic devices
“His use of a hand-held device is the only reason he’s not here,” Huntley said.
“Do this for my son.” Huntley’s House colleagues agreed, approving the bill on
a
3. CCCA TO HOLD TOWN MEETING INFORMATION
FORUM
The Cavendish
Community and Conservation Association will hold an informational meeting for
Cavendish voters on the Tuesday before this year’s town meeting. The forum will be held on Tuesday, February
25th, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Cavendish Town Offices on High
Street in Cavendish.
The meeting will
address each of the issues on this year’s town meeting ballot, including both
the town and the school proposed budgets.
Other articles requiring a vote will be discussed too. One asks the voters to approve a tax
exemption for Fletcher Farm Foundation; another asks for a tax exemption for
the Black River Health Center. A third
article asks for a special appropriation for the expansion of the Twenty Mile
Stream Cemetery and a fourth asks approval to establish a Cavendish Recreation
Department with its own budget. Finally,
voters are asked to approve the use of a surplus from 2013 for several
items. Town and school officials will be
present to discuss each issue.
Although there are
no contested races on the ballot this year, all candidates are invited to
attend and any candidates who are present will be asked to make short
statements and to answer attendees’ questions.
The meeting is open to all Cavendish citizens and residents. For more information, please call Robin Timko
at (802) 226-7736.
4. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL-MARDI GRAS MARCH 1
The Cavendish
Community and Conservation Association continues its annual Mardi Gras
tradition of Dinner and Dance with home cooked Cajun food and the music of
Yankee Chank on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Crows’ Bakery and Café on Depot
Street in Proctorsville. Dinner starts
at 6:30 p.m. and dancing starts at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for the
dinner and dance are $40 per person but are limited to 30 people. For those who would like to just enjoy the
music and dancing, tickets are $10 at the door starting at 7:30 p.m..
Dinner includes
pulled pork or vegetarian poor boys, corn bread, coleslaw, Seymour’s Famous
shrimp etouffe, King Cake and more.
There will also be a cash wine bar open for the event.
As in past years
there will be a contest with prizes for the first and second best homemade
Mardi Gras mask, so, give it a try – make your mask!
Dance away your
winter blues and enjoy a Proctorsville Mardi Gras tradition.
To reserve your
dinner and dance tickets or for information about the event please call Robin
at 802-226-7736, or stop by Crows’ Bakery.
Tickets sell out quickly, so please buy early.
5. GAY BROTHERS MILL: DRAWING IN GIRLS/ CHS ANNUAL
MEETING
Prior to her
death in 2011, Sophie Snarski (former Cavendish village post master) talked
about her job working at Gay Brothers Mill. She explained that she was a
“drawing-in girl,” and was given a chance to work in the same position at the
large mill in Lowell, Mass. So what was a drawing-in girl? In the biography for
mill worker and organizer Harriet Hanson Robinson, the following description of
a Drawing-In girl was provided Drawing-in
girls drew in the threads of the warp through the harness and the reed, making the beams ready for the weaver's
loom. (The warp is the thread that runs lengthwise in a
fabric. The harness raises and lowers warp threads on the loom. The reed is a movable frame that separates the warp threads.) Though it
required skill and a nimble and steady hand, this job was not very demanding.
Since the drawing-in girls were paid by the piece, not by the hour, they could
work at their own pace. If they chose to read, they could.
Learn more about Vermont and local history at the upcoming Cavendish
Historical Society Annual Meeting, Feb. 23 (Sunday), 5 pm at Cavendish Elementary
School in Proctorsville. A pot luck supper will be at 5 pm. The film Freedom
and Unity: The Vermont Movie- A Very New Idea
Part One will be shown at approximately 6 pm. The film explores the roots from which the future state of
Vermont grew. Samuel de Champlain steps into
a canoe, paving the way for Yankee
immersion into native culture. We look at early settlement, native peoples’
resistance, and the little-known history of African American settlers. Pioneer
rebel Ethan Allen leads the struggle for independence, resulting in Vermont’s
radical constitution- the first to outlaw slavery. Finally, Vermont’s heroic
role in the Civil War reminds us that, despite occasional missteps, Freedom
& Unity— Vermont’s state motto—continues to chart the state’s course into
the present. http://thevermontmovie.com
In the event of snow, the meeting will be rescheduled. FMI: 802-226-7807 or margoc@tds.net
6. COME SEE OUR HEARTS
There’s something
new in the Black River Good Neighbor Services thrift store: a dozen colorful,
stuffed hearts hanging from a small bare tree.
You have to look high to see them because they are perched on top of the
brand new walk-in freezer.
Five years ago and
several weeks before Valentine’s Day, mysterious hearts first appeared in
Ludlow on the trees of the United Church.
Local newspapers called the church to get the story, but no one could
unmask it. The mysterious hearts even
made national television news. The next
year, hearts were back at the Church but also at the pastor’s home and homes of
Church members. The third year, hearts
showed up on the bandstand in Veterans’ Park and at many more church members’
homes. That’s when the United Church
adopted the hearts and created Heart Workshops.
Women of the church, friends of the church, even a few men attended
these gatherings to cut, sew, stuff, and string hearts together. Distribution expanded to community
individuals that the heart makers wanted to recognize for their civic
service. In the last two years, the
circle of those recognized has grown, and this year includes us at BRGNS.
We are thrilled to
be recognized by the United Church for the community services we provide.
However, such recognition is not new.
Historically, BRGNS was first housed in the United Church about 50 years
ago. Several pastors were intimately
involved in creating our organization, and church members have been strong
supporters. Also, this year the United
Church is contributing its local benevolence budget to us. We are proud to have been “hearted” and thankful
for the continuing relationship with and contributions from the United Church
of Ludlow.
7. CCCA PRESENTS: HEALTH OF THE VERMONT DEER
HEARD
The Cavendish
Community and Conservation Association has announced the latest production in
its Walk and Talk Series. On Thursday,
February 27th at 6:30 p.m. Adam Murkowsky of the Vermont Fish and
Wildlife Department will talk about the current, comprehensive review of deer
management, and about results of the current public survey on the health of
deer herds in Vermont.
The Walk and Talk
Series consists of lectures and demonstrations aimed at presenting various
aspects of our natural world in a learning environment. Past events focused on raptors, amphibians,
large game, bees, songbirds and many other topics of general interest. When the weather is good the instructor may
meet in an appropriate outdoor setting as well.
The presentation of
“Big Game – Health of the Deer Herd” will occur at the Gethsemane Church
meeting hall on Depot Street in Proctorsville.
This is a free event although donations to defray costs are always
welcome. For more information about this
event, or about other upcoming Walk and Talk events, please call Robin Timko at
226-7736.
8. EVENTS
This week, the following activities will be taking place:
•
Valentine’s Day (Friday, Feb. 14): CTES PTO Gigantic Bake Sale 3-7
pm.
Romantic
Valentine’s Day Special at the Glimmerstone Mansion Valentines
Day Special, Friday February 14th: $175 per couple, Live Music, Roses, Bottle
of Champagne or Wine, 5-Course Pre-Fixed Meal 15% of Room Reservations if
Dinner Special is booked Tax, Gratuity and Additional Alcoholic Beverages Not
Included Reservations Required. FMI: http://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/event/romantic-valentines-day-special-glimmerstone-mansion/
• CTES and GMUHS Winter Break (Feb
14-24) Schools closed for winter break
• Rusty
Belle (Saturday, Feb. 15): Part of the Raise the Roof Concert
Series. The group is known for its genre-busting mix of pop-rock-country-blues
music. Rusty Belle will perform at 7:00 p.m. at Gethsemane Church in Proctorsville
and raise the roof with their musical artistry and sparkling wit. The
price of $10.00 will buy you a seat and the great feeling that comes with
supporting high quality live music in an intimate venue. Learn more about
Rusty Belle at www.rustybelle.com and "like" the concert
series on Facebook at Raise the Roof Concert Series. FMI: 226-7497.
• President’s
Day (Monday, Feb. 17): Town Office, post office, banks and
other businesses closed.
• Fair
Isle Knitting at Six Loose Ladies Feb. 17 (Monday): Women
on a tiny island known as Fair Isle, in the Shetland Islands, halfway between
Scotland and Norway created their own designs for stranded color knitting. In
this class you will knit a headband using a classic Fair Isle design. The
headband will be knit in the round and you will learn the different ways of
holding both strands of yarn. You must be comfortable casting on and knitting
stockinet stitch. Materials Needed: Two Skeins of worsted weight in contrasting
colors, 16″ US 7 or 8 circular needle, stitch markers. Class is 1-4 pm at Six
Loose Ladies in Proctorsville. Cost is $35. FMI: 226-7373
To learn more about upcoming events in Cavendish and surrounding towns go
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