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Vermont’s unemployed on decline
Skier Alison Quinn c ompetes in the Vermont C up G.S. downhill race held at Okemo Mountain last week. Photo by Don Dill
MONTPELIER—The V ermont Department of Labor announced last week that the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for November was 5.3 per cent, a decrease of thr ee-tenths of a percent from the October rate. Compared to a year ago, the rate is lower by five-tenths of a percentage point. The curr ent comparable national rate is 8.6 perc ent which reflects a decr ease of four -tenths of a percent from the previous month. Over the past three months, Vermont’s seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate has declined by six-tenths of a percent. “This is obviously good news for Vermont as one measure of our economic health. This is the 3r d consecutive month r eporting a decline in the unemployment rate”, said Labor Commissioner Annie No onan. “We may, however, see an increase See UNEMPLOYED, page 9
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Vol. 4 No. 2 • January 11, 2012
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Award-winning Middlebury photographer Brett Simison took this photograph of blacksmith and farrier Lee Beckwith filing the hoof of an horse at the Univ ersity of Vermont's historic Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge. Beckwith’s expert skills make solid c ontact around the perimeter of the shoe and hoof without harming the animal. Farrier and blacksmith iobs in the past were more closely aligned. Now, farriers usually specializ e in horseshoeing and car e of the horse's hoof . Thus, farriers and blacksmiths ar e separate but closely linked trades.To view other Simison photos in this exquisite Morgan horse series, visit www.BrettSimison.com.
Skiers zoom in Nominees wanted for Vermont environmental award season’s first alpine race RUTLAND — to honor her lasting legacy and continuing envir onmental work by V ermonters, Central V ermont Public Service of ficials have called for nominations for the 2012 CVPS-Zetterstrom Envir onmental Award, named for famed osprey advocate Meeri Zetterstrom. The CVPS-Zetterstr om Envir onmental Award was presented for the first time in 2010, and is pr esented annually to one person, business, gro up or
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com LUDLOW — The first alpine ski race of the 2011 12 winter season was held at the Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow Dec. 27. The racewas held on the Okemo W ardance Trail. The Vermont Cup G.S. race, part of the V ermont Cup series, included 71 women, 112 men. Racers competed per USSA rules. The annual race is designed for J1 and J2 downhill racers and is held by the Vermont Alpine Racing Association.
Photo by Brett Simison
non-profit to honor a significant contribution to Vermont’s environment. It will be accompanied by a $2,500 donation to the winner ’s envir onmental cause. Zetterstrom inspired CVPS and countless V ermonters thr ough her dogged ef forts to pr otect and restore Vermont’s osprey population. Zetterstrom played a central ro le in the restoration of ospreys at Lake Arrowhead, a CVPS hydro
facility that straddles the bor der of Milton and Georgia, Vt., and V ermont as a whole. Her r equests – and demands – for assistance from the Department of Fish and W ildlife and CVPS prompted a long-r unning ef fort to educate V ermonters about the bir ds and help them expand their range in the Green Mountain State. Nominations for the CVPS-Zetterstrom See AWARD, page 9
Local music teacher celebrates 80th birthday
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com SPRINGFIELD — Janet W ilson of W alpole, N.H. a long-time music program volunteer and board of trustee member of the Kurn Hattin Homes in V ermont, was recently feted on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Posters, banners, cake, and singing helped Wilson celebrate her birthday with feellow teachers and associates of Kurn Hattin. The surprise party for W ilson was planned by her niece, a resident of Portland, Ore. Children of Kurn Hatrtin played music and sang songs that Wilson taught them in music class. Kurn Hattin Homes is a residential, year-round, charitable home and school for in-need and at-risk childr en, ages 6-15, from throughout the northeast U.S. Pictured at right: Kurn Hattin Homes’ music program volunteer and a member of the board of trustees, Janet Wilson, received a surprise 80th bir thday par ty last month. Wilson, shown with her daught er Rennie Washburn, commutes from New Hampshire to Vermont to work at the charitable home and school for at-risk children.
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