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Trust funders in Vt.
Maritime Museum launches 32-foot row boat.
‘A trust funder might find self-motivation difficult to cultivate.’
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June 9, 2012
Report reveals U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' gender pay gap
MEMORIAL DAY
Some female senators pay their women staffers less, too
Strickland tells Midd grads big challenges need creative solutions MIDDLEBURY — Addressing 557 Middlebury College graduating seniors last week, commencement speaker William E. Strickland Jr., CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, traced his successful career to one moment when a teacher changed his life. “Once upon a time, I was an inner-city public school student, failing academically and totally adrift,” Strickland said, “and was lucky enough to meet an art teacher named Frank Ross who was an accomplished potter. I saw him make a ceramic vessel in class one day and it was a defining moment and magical experience that altered my life permanently.”
By Lou Varricchio MIDDLEBURY — Whose “War on Women” is it anyway? Vermont Republicans are asking why U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' “gender pay gap” at his senatorial offices is at 47.6 percent, after a report claimed the independent senator's public relations misstep. Sanders, who caucuses with the Democrats, has the worst gender gap in Washington, D.C., by far, according to a report by the online Washington Free Beacon last week. "He employed more men (14) than women (10), and his chief of staff is male," according to Andrew Stiles of the Free Beacon. "Like many of his fellow partisans, he has previously accused Republicans of trying to roll back the clock on women’s rights," he said. Stiles' report also revealed that of the five senators who participated in a recent press conference about women's pay—Barbara Mikulski (D., Md.), Patty Murray (D., Wash.), Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.), Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.)—three pay their female staff members significantly less than their male staffers. "Women working for Senate Democrats in 2011 pulled in an average salary of $60,877. Men made about $6,500 more," Stiles reported.
He’s no Shriner. This little guy’s mini monster is micro Harley Davidson. He took part in the Vergennes Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 28. See more photos on Page 5. Photo by Cat Cutillo
Hawaiian organic ginger used in new cider product By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com
Vergennes teen arrested May 26 BRISTOL — On May 26, Vermont State Police troopers responded to a vandalism complaint located at 1 Lane Bridge on Route 116 in Bristol. Further investigation led to the arrest of Tracie Taylor, 18, of Vergennes for unlawful mischief.
Organic ginger being picked on a Hawaiian farm for use in Woodchuck Hard Cider. The ginger is harvested on the Big Island and shipped to Middlebury, Vt., where it is used in a new adult beverage. Photo provided
MIDDLEBURY — Sometimes you can’t buy local — at least in quantity, but there are always local sources to help get the job done. In the case of a promising new ginger-flavored hard cider made by Woodchuck in Middlebury, the task was to procure organic ginger in quantities for a serious commercial operation. Let’s face it, Vermont is not known for its organic ginger crop. According to Woodchuck officials, the brewer contacted both the Middlebury Food Co-op and Vermont-based vegetable distributor Black River Produce, to bring the yellow ginger from Hawaii to the Green Mountains. Hawaii’s Big Island is one of the few places that grows an organic ginger crop in quantity. The crop is in season during the spring and summer months on the island. Rich volcanic soil plus abundant sunshine and rainfall makes Hawaii the premiere local for ginger growing, organic or otherwise. Woodchuck began in 1991 with its classic Amber apple cider. The innovative Middlebury company prides itself with a tradition of handcrafted quality. Hawaiian ginger will be a key ingredient in Woodchuck’s adult Private Reserve Ginger beverage which was unveiled last week.
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