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May 28, 2011 Gov. Douglas joins insurance board MONTPELIER — Former Vermont Gov. James H. Douglas has been elected to the Board of Directors of National Life Group. “I am honor ed to be joining the boar d of National Life Gr oup,” said Douglas, who stepped down as governor earlier this year after serving eight years in office. “National Life has a storied history of delivering on its promises to millions of Americans for 162 years.” Douglas served as governor of V ermont fr om 2003 to 201 1. Prior to his election as governor , he served 12 years as V ermont’s secr etary of state and eight years as state treasurer. He also served in the state House of Representatives and as executive assistant to Gov . Richard Snelling. While governor Douglas served as chairman of the National Governors Association. He also has served as president of the National Association of Secr etaries of State, president of the National Association of State Treasurers, and president of the Council of State Governments. He is cur rently the Executive In Residence at Midd lebury College — his alma mater — and serves on the Governor's Council of the Washington-based B ipartisan Policy Center. Douglas’ appointment came at the annual meeting of National Life Holding Company on May 13.
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Addison County to honor veterans Parades in Vergennes, Middlebury & Bristol By Lou Varricchio
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VERGENNES — Addison County veterans families and friends will be observing Memorial Day with five parades, of varying size, this year—Vergennes, Middlebury, Bristol , Orwell and Hancock. In nearby Rutland County, Brandon will also host its annual parade. However, the Vergennes parade is the state’s largest and most attended. The Vergennes Memorial Day Observance is planned for Monday. May 30. According to V ergennes American Legion member John Mitchell, “the City of V ergennes and the parade sponsor , Vergennes American Legion Post 14, can’t guarantee sun, but we can promise to deliver another classic Memorial Day parade.” This year ’s Vergennes parade theme is For get-Me-Not and will include the annual flyover by F-16 fighter jets fr om the V ermont Air National Guard. As has been the case for half a century, Legionnair e Henry Br oughton will chair the parade committee and coordinate the activVermont National Guard soldiers fire a salute at the 2010 Vergennes Memorial Day Parade. The annual parade—the state’s ities of the many floats and activities. largest—will be held Monday, May 30, this year. See MEMORIAL DAY, page 8 Photo courtesy of John Mitchell
MUHS student studies Wet weather breaks records 1699 Abenaki artifact By Lou Varricchio From Staff & News Reports
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MIDDLEBURY — During the April spring br eak, members o f M rs. C arma F itzpatrick’s M UHS F rench C lass i nspected a 300-year-old Native American Abenaki Wampum Belt in the old treasury room in the Chartres Cathedral on a field trip to France. As part of his Boy Scout Eagle Service Pr oject, Duncan Mathewson, Jr.—son of Duncan and Arlene Mathewson of Middlebury— used his 10th grade French class trip to make arrangements with Gilles Fr esson, attaché du recteur, at the Chartres Cathedral to view and photograph theAbenaki belt while his French class was visiting the cathedral. Duncan will be preparing a four-panel 6 month exhibit of this famous wampum belt for completion of his Eagle Scout Advancement program with Boy Scout Troop 536 in Middlebury. This public educational exhibit will be on display at the Isley ( July 8 -9 a nd Aug. 2 3-24) a nd B ixby ( Sept. 2 -Nov. 1 ) public libraries from June to November. Wampum served primarily as a symbol of friendship and good will among Indian tribes and their allies. It was made from p urple and white clamshel l beads a nd it was exchanged at ceremonies or at treaty-signing councils. See ARTIFACT, page 7
MIDDLEBURY — The popular television sitcom claims “I t’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” but when it comes to the Lake Champlain basin r egion, it’s always wetter—and cloudier. Following the wettest winter on record, the spring of 2011 in Vermont has already surpassed the record, according to the U.S.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other sources. Regarding spring, it should be noted that most weather pr ofessionals define spring as “meteorological spring” (March 1-May 31) as opposed to common spring or “calendar spring” which starts with the spring equinox and ends with the summer solstice. This year , calendar spring of ficially ends 7:08:59 p.m. on June 21. See FLOODING, page 2
A flooded house, along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, on Lake Street in Shoreham. Record flooding has washed out many camps and permanent residences along the lake during the past four weeks. Photo by Lou Varricchio
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