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Local college students break with tradition By Alice Dubenetsky newmarketpress@denpubs.com
By Alice Dubenetsky newmarketpress@denpubs.com
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December 4, 2010
HINESBURG — The town of Hinesburg is anticipating receipt of a letter from the Vermont Public Transportation Administration granting them $135,000 for a multi-year grant to provide bus service to local residents. The grant proposal is part of on-going efforts by Hinesburg Rides, a model program that addresses area transportation issues. Last March, Hinesburg voters gave approval for the town to become a member of CCTA, giving them a seat on the organizations board of directors and enabling them to pursue federal and state funds on the town’s behalf. The grant is part of the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program (CMAQ) that helps fund regional and local efforts to achieve compliance with the Clean Air Act and focuses much of it’s efforts on funding
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Hinesburg hopes to provide bus service to Burlington and Middlebury
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Samantha Flint of Starksboro and James Dempsey of Lincoln are eager to travel to Chicago this year as Team Leaders during their Break Away service week.
STARKSBORO — Three area Johnson State College students have decided to have a different take on their upcoming spring break. Instead of heading for the wild, crazy beaches of Florida, or lazing around Vermont wishing for either more snow or more sunshine, they are giving their time and talents to help people less fortunate, traveling to places where a little help is a very big deal, and where they can make a difference in people’s lives. Samantha Flint of Starksboro, James Dempsey of Lincoln and Jon Willson of Middlebury have joined with other JSC students in the colleges chapter of Break Away: the Alternative Break Connection, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides training and information to colleges, universities and nonprofit organizations nation-wide. According to Flint, Johnson State is a founding chapter of Break Away and has sponsored over one hundred Break Away trips to date. Flint and Dempsey are team leaders this year and will accompany their group of 12 Johnson students to Chicago where they will embark on an ambitious itinerary of service. Nothing about the trip is luxurious- including the 16- hour Amtrak ride from Albany to the Windy City. They will stay in
North Central City and will conduct urban poverty and community building work by volunteering at the Chicago Food Depository and Deborah’s Place, a women’s center where they will assist women with career skills and help them write resumes. They are also planning to work with the Chicago’s Night Ministry, helping to deliver late-night meals to homeless teens and with REST (Residents for Effective Shelter Transitions) which offers temporary, interim and permanent housing to single homeless adults. Last year, Flint and Dempsey, who are both Resident Assistants at Johnson, spent their break in New Orleans as part of a disaster relief group where they helped repair damaged housing. They are eagerly anticipating this year ’s trip to Chicago. "James and I are excited to be working together to facilitate a volunteer service trip that will meet the needs of the people of Chicago”, says Flint. “In my family it’s always been about helping the people around you and not just yourself. BreakAway is a great way to continue that on a national level." Flint is definitely carrying on the family tradition of service and hard work. Her family started an event called the Three Day Stampede in Bristol that over the years has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Cystic Fibrosis, a
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Maiden Vermont Sings “Songs to Warm Your Heart” at Town Hall Theater MIDDLEBURY — Maiden Vermont brings the beauty and warmth of the holiday season to Town Hall Theater as the multigenerational women’s singing group performs four-part a cappella music in the barbershop style Dec. 11 and 12. From swing to Broadway, spirituals to rock and roll, these ladies will sing and dance their way into your heart! 2010 marks the Maiden's 4th annual Holiday concert, the last three held in Middle-
bury's Town Hall Theater. This year ’s concert, “Songs to Warm Your Heart,” features special guest, and Vermont Folk celeb, Jon Gailmor. For the finale, Maiden Vermont will be joining Jon on some special numbers, which director Lindi Bortney calls “very audience friendly!” Formed in January 2004, the Maiden Vermont Chorus has performed extensively throughout Vermont, including benefits, naturalization
ceremonies, and at THT in Addison County; at the Flynn Space and Dragon Boat Races in Burlington; harvest festivals in Rochester; First Night in Rutland; and music festivals in Castleton. In August the chorus was honored to represent the state of Vermont at "Vermont Day at Fenway Park," singing both the Canadian and American National anthems to 38,000 fans at the Red Sox/Blue Jays game.
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Maiden Vermont presents “Songs to Warm Your Heart” at Town Hall Theater, Dec. 11 & 12. For tickets call 802-382-9222 or visit www.townhalltheater.org.
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