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April 23, 2016

Baby boomers are focus of Rutland 50+ Expo Event to be Held April 23 RUTLAND Ñ The fifth annual Central Vermont 50+ Expo will be held on Saturday, April 23, at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Rutland, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The event includes more than 40 exhibitors offering useful information and giveaways, health and travel workshops and food and art demonstrations. Chef Robert Barral of CafŽ Provence in Brandon will demonstrate how to make a savory pie and pastry chef Betsy Hutton will provide instruction in cake and cookie decorating throughout the day. Another feature of the event is a live art demonstration by Rutland-based artist Peter Huntoon. He will design and complete a watercolor painting during the EXPO, answer attendeesÕ questions and offer professional painting tips. Attendees can enter to win two tickets to a Red Sox vs. Royals game in Boston, two round trip tickets to Boston from Cape Air and a trip for two to Atlantic City from VermontÕ s Green Mountain Tours. Admission is free and includes free parking.

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Campaign 2016: Randy Brock visits Addison County By Lou Varricchio

lou@addison-eagle.com MIDDLEBURY Ñ ItÕ s hard not to admire Randy Brock, a resident of Swanton. The Vietnam veteran, financial executive, and former state senator and state auditor, has an impressive private sector and public service resume; now heÕ s running for lieutenant governor following popular, Ò everymanÓ Lt. Gov. Phil Scott. With an impressive reputation for working well with colleagues on both sides of the aisle, Brock is also respected for his personal integrity and financial acumen, that’s why it’s also not hard to imagine a major role for the moderate Republican Brock in the next administration in Montpelier. But BrockÕ s election this November will be up to VermontÕ s mostly progressive and Democratic voters; will they want a Vermonter in office who is serious about controlling rising costs and attracting new business to the state? Brock visited the Eagle office last week while en route to an engagement at his alma mater Middlebury College. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Brock attended Middlebury as an undergraduate and Yale University as a graduate student. After several years out of public office, Brock, 72, is now back on the campaign trail, sharing his vision for the Ò truly great stateÓ he envisions. Ò Every lieutenant governor chooses a place where he or she feels they can best contribute,Ó Brock said. Ò I want to serve as a catalyst for innovation and new ideas to solve todayÕ s challenges and, more important, to shape the long term vision for our state.Ó Brock likes when Vermont focuses on niche business markets such as captive insurance. The late Gov. Richard Snelling [R] brokered a key role in helping make Vermont the USAÕ s prime player in the captive insurance business. CONTINUED ON PAGE 15

TIME CAPSULE

Pictured at Bellows Falls, Vt., in 1952, a Rutland Railway No. 93 locomotive prepares to take on water before departing. This big 4-8-2 locomotive was built by Alco. Two years earlier, a revamping of the company changed the once venerable Rutland Railroad name to Rutland Railway. By the early 1960s, the railway closed and the tracks were purchased by the State of Vermont. Image courtesy of World Transport System.

Charlotte rep says Vt. renewable siting has uncertain fate By Michael Bielawski Vermont Watchdog Report MONTPELIER Ñ Priority legislation passed by the Vermont Senate to address the stateÕ s renewable siting problems is facing serious headwinds in the House. Vermont State Rep. Michael Yantachka (D-Charlotte), said that if S.230 is approved in committee, it still might not survive. Ó We should work to get something for the towns,Ó the Charlotte legislator said. Ò ItÕ s probably not going to be the bill the Senate passed. It may or may not get accepted once they review the changes.Ó After receiving dozens of hours of development and revision in Senate committees and on the floor, the ever-changing energy siting bill, S.230, appears CONTINUED ON PAGE 6


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