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July 24, 2010
Horseride raises $15,000 for breast cancer R&D By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com BRANDON — A jubilant Muffie Harvey completed a long-distance ride that took her the length of Vermont on a horse named Molly; she raised $15,000 for research in the fight against breast cancer. It wasn’t just the challenge of a Paul Re-
vere-style ride—in Harvey’s case, it was a family member ’s death to breast cancer that mades the challenge a very personal crusade. Harvey, a member of the faculty of College of St. Joseph and campus dining director with Fitz, Vogt and Associates. She rode to honor her mother, a cancer victim. To demonstrate her commitment
in the fight against breast cancer, Harvey rode her horse Molly the near south-to-north length of Vermont. “I am taking backroads,” Havey told the Outlook via cell phone on June 21 at the start of the ride. “I am following the Otter Creek in some places. I can’t talk with you for very long. I am all by myself
with Molly. I am determined to complete this ride,” she said. Following her June 21 departure at the SVC campus, Harvey’s stops included Rutland, Brandon, Middlebury and points north. As a member of Vermont’s higher education community, Harvey created a special “Campuses for
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A jubilant Muffie Harvey
Airport gets upgrades 2013 runway extension planned By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY—The Middlebury State Airport is receiving several upgrades, according to airport manager Mike Vincent of J&M Aviation. A new, tall security fence and snow removal equipment building are being added to the airfield in East Middlebury this month. Vincent said a rugged perimeter fence, eightfeet high, is being installed around most of the airport. The longest length of the new fence is along the treeline on the eastside of the runway. A new building, dedicated to airport snow removal equipment, is also being constructed just south of the terminal building. The rough- A construction crew closed the runly 56-feet by 44-feet fa- way at Middlebury State Airport cility will house a heavy briefly July 13 to begin work inpayloader, snowblow- stalling on a new, high perimeter ers and other gear used security fence around the field. Photo by Lou Varricchio for deicing and runway clearance. “VTrans set up this work,” according to Vincent, “and they were responsible for procuring the contractors
CROP CIRCLES? — Are these mysterious “crop circles” or clever Venn diagrams in a New Haven field? The obviously humanmade features, photographed July 13 from the passenger seat of Middlebury pilot Pete Laframboise’s RV-7 aircraft at 1,000 feet, are located west of Beeman Academy near Quarry Road on private property. Photo by Lou Varricchio
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Clarendon planning to salute the troops By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com CLARENDON — America’s small towns are the backbone of freedom and this month, the Town of Clarendon will show its true colors—red, white and blue. The Clarendon community will gather at the Clarendon Elementary School on Saturday, July 31, for a special evening-long special salute to U.S. troops in harm’s way. The event starts with a community dinner at 6 p.m. and continues until 9 p.m.
The salute, an opportunity for all residents to thank local armed forces members and others, will include a family-style barbeque, 5-6:30 p.m., which sports a lipsmacking menu of ribs, pulled pork, chicken, corn-onthe-cob, baked beans, cole slaw with pineapple, potato salad, watermelon, lemonade, iced tea, and lots’mores. Special games and activities will be held 6-8 p.m.and include carnival games, a dunking booth, team ball games, face painting, bubbles, laughter yoga,
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