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January 22, 2011 ‘Moonlight in Vermont’ singer dies
Whiting’s songs and scandals By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com For many of the Depression-era generation, popular and attractive singer Margaret Whiting helped make Vermont a household
name. Whiting’s classic rendition of the song “Moonlight in Vermont” crafted the state’s image—at least in the imagination of the listener of phonograph records—into a magical place of birdsong, sycamore trees and pure white ski trails. Whiting died last week in New Jersey at age 86. She made several well publicized visits to resorts in Stowe and Manchester during the late 1940s and ‘50s. “Moonlight in Vermont,” and especially Whiting’s first version of it recorded with the Billy Butterfield Orchestra in 1943, may have contributed to an increase in Vermont tourism during the period. This Vermont craze, of sorts, culminated in the renaming of the longest north-south boulevard in metropolitan Los Angeles—Vermont Avenue— and the hit 1954 Irving Berlin musical movie “White Christmas” set in Vermont. Whiting’s recorded rendition of “Moonlight in Vermont”— a sentimental song written by John Blackburn and Karl Suessdorf— made it to the top of the music charts during
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DIGGING OUT—The first big Nor’easter of 2011 dumped more than a foot of snow on the Addison County area on Jan. 12. Schools were closed and traffic was sparse along area byways. After a brief warm spell around New Year’s day, temperatures returned to January levels. The mercury hovered dipped below zero earlier this week. Eagle photo
High-tech farrier coming to Addison Ski teams kick off ‘carnival’ season MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Farriers Association has moved into the digital age. Horse farriers use computers, too, and as a result a special clinic has been announced; clinician will be Bob Pethick, a Certified Journeyman Farrier of Bedminster Forge, N.J. Pethick will be using his many years of experience to help Addison County equine workers how to evaluate and shoe horses better as well as using the ONTRACK Equine Software. The clinic date will be Saturday, March 26, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. The location this year
will be the Eddy Farm School, 1815 South Street Extension in Middlebury. Using digital video and stills when assessing the condition and movement of horses has grown in recent years. However equine professionals were still limited by what they could do with digital media. There was the additional need for a practical way to review, document and report this information. ONTRACK Equine software breaks those limits. Designed for use in veterinary, farriery and training practices,
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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury finished fourth overall in the opening carnival of the season, the St. Lawrence Carnival, on Jan. 15 at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, N.Y. UVM took home the title with 1,046 points, followed by Dartmouth (821), UNH (722) and Middlebury (669). The men’s GS squad was tops on the weekend, finishing second overall with three in the top six. In the men’s GS on day one, first-year racer Robert Cone (Killington, Vt.) earned a podium appearance in his first carnival race,
pacing the team in third place with a time of 2:03.54. Joining him in the top six were sophomore Bryan Shpall (Englewood, Colo.) in fifth (2:03.80) and senior Jacob Lund (Hudson, Wis.) in sixth (2:04.90). The following day, sophomore Andrew McNealus (Woodstock, Vt.) led the team in the slalom with a seventh place finish (1:33.07). Lund finished the race in ninth place (1:33.10), while Shpall placed 31st (1:43.10). Unfortunately for the Panthers, Poehling, Shpall and Cone were all forced to hike during the race, dropping them in the final standings. Senior Lindsay Kraft (Coldstream, B.C.)
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No word yet on Addison Northeast teachers contract Two sides fail to agree on terms By Alice Dubenetsky newmarketpress@denpubs.com BRISTOL — Talks between the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union (ANESU) school boards and the teachers union have stalled, and there are no positive signs that either side will soon return to the negotiating table. The impasse is the result of an intense contract negotiating process that left both sides dissatisfied with the outcome. At issue were teacher salaries, automatic pay increases (or
“step increases”) the percentage that teachers contribute to their health insurance plan, and a requirement that teachers work an extra hour per week to attend staff meetings. The school boards represent five town elementary schools and Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School. At the start of the negotiating process, the school boards proposed a 3.5 percent decrease in teacher salaries, in line with the cuts imposed on state workers this year. They also proposed to end step increases, which are not currently negotiated as part of the compensation package, and they asked teachers to increase their contribution to their health insurance plans to 20 percent,
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up from 10 percent, in line with what the State of Vermont has requested of school districts statewide. They also asked for an additional hour of work time per week to attend meetings. The teachers union originally proposed a 5.5 percent salary increase, continuing step increases, no changes to the 10 percent insurance contribution and no extra work/meeting time. Compromises were hammered out and the final contract offer from the school board reduced the health insurance contribution from 20 percent to 15 percent, with an average wage increase of 2.5 percent this year, the elimination of automatic step increases
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in the future, and a half hour of extra work time. The union declined, and all six district boards voted unanimously to impose the contract, which they can legally do for up to one year. Lanny Smith, chairman of Mount Abe’s school board and chairman of the negotiating team, feels the school board’s offer is fair and that the board has negotiated in good faith. “This isn’t against the teachers,” he said. Instead, it’s a reflection of current economic conditions — the taxpayers can’t afford to continue to pay what the teacher ’s union is asking for. “Lots of schools have settled for
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