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April 7, 2012
President Obama visits Vermont First visit here by U.S. President since 1995
Paulden Sherpa
Another Rutland County man is missing By Lou Varricchio
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CUTTINGSVILLE – On March 28, at approximately 3:15 p.m., Vermont State Police troopers responded to the Spring Lake Ranch Treatment Center in Cuttingsville for a report of a missing person. Staff members at the ranch reported at approximately 12:30 p.m., Paulden Sherpa, 20, walked away from the center toward the area of Spring Lake and Appalachian Trail. Staff members also reported Sherpa left with his black back pack and some personal belongings. It is believed that Sherpa might be headed toward the Appalachian Trail or Rutland City. Sherpa is described as six feet tall, 180 pounds in weight with short brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing light- colored blue jeans, black and grey plaid jacket, striped greenish polo shirt, black sneakers, and a black backpack. If anyone has information on Sherpa's whereabouts please contact the Vermont State Police Rutland Barracks at 802-7739101.
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newmarketpress@denpubs.com SOUTH BURLINGTON — President Barack Obama (D) arrived on schedule at 11:30 a.m. at the Burlington International Airport March 30. It was the first visit of a U.S. President to the Green Mountain State in 17 years. On hand to greet the President at Air Force One were Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) and other local and state officials. U.S. Air Force One prepares to depart. Use of photo Sen. Patrick with permission. Leahy (D) and Official White House photo by Pete Souza his wife accompanied the President to Vermont aboard Air Force One. The President’s motorcade in Vermont consisted of 17 motor vehicles and was met by a friendly crowd of local residents, supporters, and UVM students. But the motorcade was also greeted by vocal protesters near Main and Spear streets, near the UVM campus, in Burlington. A sampling of protestors included area college conservatives, Republicans, as well as liberal Occupy Vermont members, and libertarian GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul’s supporters. The caravan, which disrupted traffic in the greater See OBAMA, page 8
SOLO ACT – Tenessa LaFoe, a teenager enrolled at Kurn Hattin Homes School in southern Vermont, performs a solo of the spiritual, “I’ll Fly Away”, during the Vermont Choral Invitational last week. The song was written in 1929 by Oklahoma farmer Albert E. Brumley and is still heard in many Christian churches today. Several schools located in the Windsor and Winham region participated in the annual music event now in its twentieth year.
Solzhenitsyn concert to help Vt. baseball league From Staff & News Reports
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World class musician with a famous name and baseball fan: Ignat Solzhenitsyn.
CHESTER — The Cavendish/Proctorsville Baseball League has announced that on Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m., world-renowned classical pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn, an avid baseball fan and a Vermonter, will give a piano recital featuring works of Beethoven, Schubert and Prokofiev at the Green Mountain Union High School in Chester. One hundred percent of the proceeds of this concert will go toward welcoming baseball and softball back to Cavendish’s Greven Field by the end of this season. “We are delighted and thrilled that Mr. Solzhenitsyn has agreed to donate his recital for this wonderful
cause. The community is really uniting around this project, and all are excited at the major impact this performance will have in helping awareness and fundraising,” said Marion Brody, the head of the charity effort. Solzhenitsyn was saddened to learn about the level of devastation at Greven Field. “It’s a place where many of us Cavendish kids learned life-lessons about dedication, teamwork, and perseverance. It is a joy to be able to give something back through this recital, and to help push this wonderful project past the finish-line,” he said Last Aug. 28, the dugouts, equipment shed, snack shack, and playground were damaged beyond repair—in some cases, literally washed down the Black See CONCERT, page 9
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