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Auction nixed

Sweet skiing

Tropical Storm Irene forces state to cancel firewood auction.

Okemo Mountain grabs another Top 10 ski destination honor.

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P.O. BOX 338 ELIZABETHTOWN, NY 12932 POSTAL PATRON

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Serving Addison and Chittenden Counties

Oct. 29, 2011

Rutland plant to generate own electricity

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Lesters celebrate first harvest By Lou Varricchio

By Joe Milliken

newmarketpress@denpubs.com

newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND—Located on Ripley Road in Rutland, the Rutland Plywood Corp. recently received a permit to generate power utilizing waste steam, and will sell electricity to the Sustainable Priced Energy Development Program (SPEED). SPEED is a state initiative looking to supply some 20 percent of the state’s power by 2017. Founded in 1957, Rutland Plywood is one of the premiere suppliers of hardwood plywood, including engineered hardwood composites, colored hardwood veneer composites and densified hardwood composites. Industry solution products include outrigger and crane pads, beverage industry platforms, production boards for concrete pavers, gun stock composites and cores for snowboards and skis. The plywood manufacturing company received the certificate of public good from the Public Service Board, approving the installation of 400-kilowatt capacity turbine , which will be connected to the power grid. The company uses wood-fired boilers to generate steam for its mill production, and utilizes wood-waste fuel to supply the boilers. Emissions from the energy project are within the confines of the company's air quality permit. The state permit allows the company to burn up to 20,000 tons of wood per year, and Rutland Plywood currently burns about 15,000 tons per year. They also recently signed a 20-year contact to produce power. However, this is not a new practice for the Rutland Plywood Company.

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Maura and Sam Lester of the new Lester Farm in New Haven. The 15-acre vegetable farm is likely the largest farm of its kind along the U.S. Route 7 corridor.

NEW HAVEN—All-natural vegetable farmers Sam and Maura Lester came to Vermont after seeing cultivatable land on their native Long Island disappear and be replaced by upscale houses. As farm land shrank on the island located east of New York City, the price of vegetable and potato farming increased. The couple decided to pull up roots and replant here in Addison County. Sam came from a multi-generation Long Island potato farming family, so it was a tough decision to make, but the island’s agricultural heritage continues to disappear. Who wants to be the last man standing? “We wanted to see what Vermont had to offer. We found this wonderful place in New Haven and decided to make our big move. We just opened to the public in August,” said Sam, “having just concluded our first, full year.” The Lesters transported a tractor, wagon, tools, and even Sam’s antique Ford Model A pickup truck from New York to their new home in Vermont. The Lesters worked the flat-terrain farmstead along U.S. Route 7 for the past year. They enriched its clay with natural organic material, planted seeds, and watched the first crops come in despite a crazy year of heavy spring rains and Tropical Storm Irene.

Photo by Lou Varricchio

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Carol Burnett comedy writer comes to Ludlow LUDLOW—Stan Hart, the former head writer for the Carol Burnett television show, is pictured above as he directs three local thespians at the Ludlow Town Hall auditorium in preparation for the nine-skit program scheduled for Nov. 4 at the auditorium. The nine skits are all original comedies on the human condition written by Stan Hart, in association with his wife Jane. Stan has persuaded a number of area actors to perform in the various skits. Hart will be directing Kata Welch, Barbara Dickey and Sandra Russo in one the skits. The program, entitled “Old Enough to Know Better,” will be featured at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. The event is free. For information, 802-228-7239.

TV comedy writer Stan hart directs Kata Welch, Barbara Dickey and Sandra Russo in Ludlow last week. The program, entitled “Old Enough to Know Better,” will be featured at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.

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