Bridport couple find solidarity in collecting and selling rocks.
Brandon resident rides across Vermont on horseback to fight cancer.
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By Lou Varricchio MIDDLEBURY — A 5.0 Richter magnitude earthquake was felt in western Vermont. The minor earthquake occured at 1:41 p.m. June 23, according to the Vermont and U.S. Geological Surveys. Vermont State Geologist Lawrence Becker said the quake’s epicenter was located 12 miles below the Earth’s surface of southern Ontario, Canada, close to the Ontario-New York-Quebec border. “I felt it here in Montpelier,” Becker said. “I was in my desk chair and then it started rocking.” But not everyone felt the quake. “Sorry, I didn’t feel a thing,” said Marty Semo, owner of Semo Greenscape, a lawn care service based in East Middlebury. “I was mowing a lawn at the time it supposedly hit; I didn’t feel a thing. I first heard about it while listening to the radio news during the Rush Limbaugh Show about an hour later.” Becker said the last official “event” in Vermont was April 20, 2002, when a quake centered near Plattsburgh, N.Y., was felt throughout the Champlain Valley. The temblor was felt across many sections of the northeastern United States as far south as northern Pennsylvania. No reports of damage were reported in Vermont or elsewhere in the northeast. The last large earthquake in Vermont occured April 20, 2002. According to Becker, the 2002 earthquake was a 5.1 magnitude and was centered off the New England coast.
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Annual breakfast is a big salute to local veterans By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com BRANDON—Last year ’s salute to Brandon resident Orin Mitchell, an enlisted U.S. Marine, kicked off a salute to U.S. veterans that now returns for a second, even bigger annual celebration. The Breakfast for the Veterans event will be held at the Brandon American Legion Post 55, July 24, starting at 8 a.m. The event is organized by Andy and Becky Mitchell of Brandon, the parents of Orin Mitchell. “This event is a fulfillment of a dream,” Andy Mitchell said. Mitchell was a member of the U.S Army for 14 years. “We started out honoring Orin and turned into a wider salute to our area veterans,” he said. “Local veterans such as Ted Ketcham, Arron Tucker, Ernie Kish, and a dozen more, came out for last year ’s breakfast. We were honored to have them present.”
Andy and Becky Mitchell (center) join family and friends to salute veterans last year in Brandon. This year’s event, July 24, will be larger with over 200 guests expected at Brandon American Legion Post 55 July 24. File photo
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Cystic fibrosis ‘Stampede’ is community wide event Fire & Ice Restaurant helps benefit By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com
Kayla and Samantha Flint cooking at the 2009 Bristol CF Stampede.
MIDDLEBURY—The good people of Fire and Ice Restaurant in Middlebury are once again a major sponsor of one of Addison County’s most notable charity events—the Bristol -based Three Day Stampede Toward the Cure for Cystic Fibrosis. The Bristol stampede will be held July 23-25. Located at the Bristol Recreation Field, the annual happening includes lawn and book sales, a raffle, craft and flea markets, a bake sale, a live radio broadcast, and a lots more for all ages. Fire and Ice also joins other prominent local businesses in in support of this worthy event. During the week of July 5-8, Fire and Ice will donate 50 percent of your food bill to the CF cure. You must call ahead for the benefit meal and bring a special voucher available on the stampede’s website at www.threedaystampede.org.
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that affects children around the world; several young people in Addison County are battling the disease. CF affects the lungs and digestion and requires a daily treatment regimen. In 1989, David and Bonita Bedard’s twin granddaughters, Kayla and Samantha were born. The Bedard family lives in Bristol and is the driving force behind the annual stampede event. Below, in the Bedard’s own words, courtesy of the Three Day Stampede, you will learn about CF and how it affects their family as well as others. The Bedard story provides our community with a compelling reason to both get involved with the Three Day Stampede event in Bristol and enjoy a delicious meal at Fire and Ice for this good cause that’s very close to home. In the words of David and Bonita Bedard— “Within hours of the birth of Kayla and Samantha, we learned that Kayla had cystic fibrosis. We didn't know anything about CF but we learned a lot in a hurry. We found out that it is the number one genetic disease affecting
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