May 25, 2013
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Castleton prof to be honored By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress @denpubs.com CASTLETON „ You donÍ t hear much about the lives of Vermont college professors after hours, but if Castleton College Professor Lillian Jackson is any indication, faculty members are working their magic on the lives of young people behind the scenes, too. Jackson, who teaches social work at Castleton, has quietly worked to help Rutland Dismas House which offers transitional housing to men and women coming out of prison. As Jackson describes it, Dismas HouseÍ s mission is to ñ reconcile prisoners with society and society with prisoners.î To honor Jackson for her efforts in realizing Dismas House’s difficult mission, she will receive the Rutland Dismas HouseÍ s Mary OÍ Award next month. Dismas House is located 103 Park Ave., in Rutland. The award will be presented to Jackson at the 23rd Annual Rutland Dismas House Benefit Dinner and Auction Sunday, June 9, at the Holiday Inn in Rutland. Jackson has been involved with Dismas House from the start. ñ Lillian has supervised many of the student interns who have come to Dismas over the years,î said Valerie Page, who is co-director of Dismas House along with Terese Black. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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Work continues on Charlotte bridge By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com CHARLOTTE „ The historic circa-1849 QuinlanÍ s Covered Bridge is getting a much needed facelift this spring and summer. The $872,000 renovation project began during the first week off March. The heavily traveled bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The bridge, also known as either the Lower Lewis Creek Covered Bridge or Sherman Covered Bridge, is located in rural Charlotte. It spans Lewis Creek just off Spear Street Extension on Monkton Road in southern Chittenden County. The multiple names of the bridge have a curious history: Quinlan, according to state historical records, is linked to John Quinlan who lived nearby; the Sherman family also lived in the neighborhood and owned and operated a large sawmill. The Sherman mill stood along the creek near the bridge during the 1800s. Motorists are being detoured a long distance, via North Ferrisburgh, in order to cross Lewis Creek during the construction project. While an inconvenience to residents and tourists for the time bring, the bridge is expected to reopen to traffic in August. Wright Construction of Mt. Holly, Vt., a firm which specializes in covered-bridge CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
Historic circa-1849 Quinlan’s Covered Bridge is getting a much needed facelift this spring and summer. The heavily traveled bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Smith turns a coffee hobby into a business By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com
Bud Smith, owner of Bud’s Beans Cock-a-doodle Brew, prepares a batch of organic Guatemalan coffee beans for roasting in Middlebury. Photo by Lou Varricchio
MIDDLEBURY „ Bud Smith has always had a taste for coffee. His long-percolating passion for all things relating to the evergreen coffea bush took off with the dawning of the new millenium. Around the Middlebury area, SmithÍ s cottage coffee roasting business, called BudÍ s BeansÍ Cocka-doodle Brew, is getting “high fives” from fussy java drinkers. SmithÍ s in-home business, located in a 19th-century carriage behind a former estate home on Main Street in downtown Middlebury, is where ñ Mr. Coffeeî roasts, packages and distributes heavenly artisan coffees. SmithÍ s delicious offerings come from exotic, far-away places such as Guatemala, Brazil, Indonesia, and elsewhere. Smith selects and buys his special coffee beans, in bulk, via coffee brokers. But heÍ s also a little bit like El Exigente, ñ the demanding oneî , a choosy, fictional Columbian coffee buyer who appeared in T.V. commercials for Savarin Coffee 50 years ago. See BUD’S BEANS, page 8