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Take One
Vol. 4 No. 32 • August 15, 2012
Community News, Sports, Arts, Entertainment and Food for Rutland and Southern Vermont
Man jumps from burning truck on Route 30 By Lou Varricchio
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Phineas Gage:
Research, photo reveals life of famous Vermont patient CAVENDISH — In 1848, Phineas Gage, while laying railroad track in the narrow railroad pass just outside the Town of Cavendish, sustained a massive brain injury when a tamping rod was blown through his head. The first, well-documented case of brain injury in the medical literature, the interest and research on his injuries and his life after the injury has not waned. This summer, medical researchers published a new study estimating that Gage lost four percent of his cerebral cortex and more than 10 percent of his total white matter. The Cavendish Historical Society recently hosted a program examining the new research and its impact on our understanding of Gage. Speaker Margo Caulfield, coordinator of CHS, has worked in traumatic brain injury. She See GAGE, page 8
THIS WEEK Pets of the Week ..........2 Dam being removed ......3 Rusty DeWees ..............4 Local Flavor ..................5 Crossword Puzzle ..........9 Classifieds....................10-11
CHRISTMAS IN JULY—The Black River Good Neighbors Services Thrift Store is sponsporing a Christmas in July event all month. BRGNS staff are displaying many Christmas and holiday-related items at the store in the former Ludlow Armory. Keeley Crossman and Terri Laskevich, shown here, arrange the items for sale.
Police searching for missing Rutland County teen By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com CHITTENDEN — The Vermont State PoliceRutland Barracks are currently seeking the whereabouts of 16-year-old Vincent E. Ford. Vincent left his residence on Pondview Road in Chit-
tenden July 23. The teen is described as a white male approximately 5’07” tall weighing approximately 175 pounds, blond hair, and hazel eyes. Ford was last seen wearing a green tee shirt, black shorts and black sneakers. The teen may be riding a black and green Mon-
goose bicycle. He also may have in his possession a black and white Fox Racing back pack. Anyone with information to the whereabouts of Ford is asked to contact the Vermont State Police at 802-773-9101, or anonymously at vsp.vermont.gov/crime_prevention and click on “submit a tip”.
Masks, play to debut at Paramount Theatre By Anne Dolivo
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A special workshop was held at Fancy Felix Theatricals in White River Junction and it involved a group of 24 young people ranging from Rutland to Springfield. Photo by Anne Dolivo
RUTLAND — A special workshop was held at Fancy Felix Theatricals in White River Junction and it involved a group of 24 young people ranging from Rutland to Springfield. Under the supervision of Opera Theatre of Weston, costume designer and owner of the Costume Shop, Robina D’Arcy-Fox, members of the OTW Youth Chorus helped create their own animal masks for this January production of “Noye’s Fludde” (aka “Noah’s Flood”) by Benjamin Britten. By the end of the weekend workshop, an array of spectacular masks and specially designed sneakers—also created by the children—sat ready and waiting to be worn in January. The variety of animals to be saved by Noah range from the large, such as an elephant, a giraffe and a polar bear, to the tiny, including a lightning bug and a cricket. Robina D’Arcy-Fox encouraged the children to think outside the box, using unusual materials such as nuts and bolts and all the colors of the rainbow. The children snatched up swathes of felts, textured fabrics, plaids and silks and added shells, petals, leaves and pearls to the masks which had previously been molded to See PARAMOUNT, page 8
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The only known photograph of Phineas Gage was discovered in 2009.
SUDBURY — A freak vehicle fire forced a Rutland County man to jump from his pickup truck along Route 30 in Sudbury Aug. 7. Philip Russell, 59, jumped from his truck after a fire started under the dashboard. He received serious burns and injuries. Russell was hauling a horse trailer with the pickup when the fire erupted. After Russel jumped from the vehicle, the rig came to a stop nearby. Sustaining injuries suffered from his jump, Russell still managed to rescue the horses from the trailer. He later collapsed. Russell received burns to his face, head, mouth and neck. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment of his burns and injuries. Personnel from the Whiting Fire Department, Orwell First Response, Middlebury Ambulance, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Air Response Team and Vermont State Police responded.