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State threatens rural Vt over ‘raw milk’ class

Vol. 3 No. 8 • February 23, 2011

By Lou Varricchio

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By Lou Varricchio

A warning by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture has forced the temporally suspension of Rural Vermont’s series of Raw Dairy Processing classes. The agency’s warning included the threat of legal action against Rural Vermont and participating farmers, according to the farm advocacy group.

According to Jared Carter of Rural Vermont, the non-profit organization has been holding classes since Act 62—the so-called Raw Milk Bill—was enacted by the Vermont House in 2009.

“Not wanting to place farmers at risk, Rural Vermont has put the classes on hold while pursuing discussions with the Agency of Agriculture,” Carter wrote in a news release dated Feb. 17.

Rural Vermont said the suspension of its raw-milk classes came as a result of obtaining a “notice of warning” from the Agency of Agriculture.

The state alleges that by teaching consumers how to make butter, yogurt, cheese, and other products at home, Rural Vermont and the farmer hosts are in violation of Vermont law which regulates the safe production of dairy products under controlled conditions.

“The warning centers around the agency’s interpretation of the 2009 Raw Milk Law, in which they claim that it is illegal for farmers to knowingly sell raw milk to customers who plan to do anything with their milk besides drink it,” Carter wrote.

“The raw dairy processing classes are an important part of Rural Vermont’s campaign to educate consumers on raw milk and to gain exposure for farmers trying to sell raw milk directly to the community. Not wanting to put our farmer members at risk, Rural Vermont has temporarily suspended the classes until we have solid understanding of the agency’s official policy,” he added.

In the news release, Carter wrote that “the Agency of Agriculture should be engaging farmers in ways to expand markets. In the past month, Rural Vermont testi-

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CLASSICAL JAZZ—Well-known classical-jazz pianist and singer Jayne Kelly, pictured above, is formerly of Long Island, N.Y., but now calls the Green Mountain State home. Kelly will perform live this weekend in Bellows Falls. For the complete story, turn to page 2.

Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow will light up the night sky with help from the Ludlow Fire Department on Saturday, Feb. 26.

Okemo’s Light the Night Rail Jam will showcase skiers and snowboarders during an illumniated event. The multi-million candlight power of Ludlow’s fire truck searchlights will be on site to provide searchlights all along Okemo’s Bull Run trail. The Killarney Irish Pub will ante up $250 in prize money and host a party following the event.

The competition will be a jam format. Half of the proceeds from the $20 entry fee will go to support the Ludlow Fire Dept. for their help in supplying the illumination. The other half of the entry fee proceeds and the prize purse from the Killarney will go to the event winners. There will be no lift service for this event.

Registration for the Light the Night Rail Jam will take place in Okemo’s Clock Tower Base Lodge starting at 4 p.m.

The competition is slated to begin at 6 p.m.

Spectators are welcome and the Sitting Bull will be open for refreshments. D.J. Dan from Okemo’s Parks Crew will be spinning the wheels of steel.

For more information about Okemo Mountain Resort, please call 802-228-1600 or visit www.okemo. com.

SHS students work with visiting artists

By Lou Varricchio

newmarketpress@denpubs.com Hundreds of students from all areas of the Springfield High School Arts Academy were recently enriched by three visiting artists.

Susan Leader, local potter, worked with teacher Bob Paul’s U.S. History CATS classes.

Art students of Lisa Murray and Anne Katomski and Ashley Hensel-Browning shared dance talents and expertise with world

Pictured at left: Ashley Hensel Browning and James Chlebac dance with chorus students, Above, Elissa Campbell works with sophomore Adam Beam.

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A look at Vermont’s feeble job creation philosophy

By John McClaughry In his January inaugural address, new Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin repeatedly pledged to “put Vermonters back to work, one job at a time.”

On Feb. 3, Gov. Shumlin unveiled his longawaited jobs bill, and hailed it as “by far one of the most comprehensive jobs bills that reflects our commitment to grow jobs in Vermont one job at a time.” He did not explain just what “one job at a time” is supposed to mean.

A few days later, Vermont Commerce and Community Development Secretary Lawrence Miller

explained to legislators that the Shumlin jobs plan “is about focusing our efforts, being strategic with our thoughts and working together across agencies and across the private sector [and] with our educational institutions to get things done.”

The Shumlin philosophy here seems to be that jobs are created by a collection of shrewd, focused, well-coordinated government actions. There's not much to be said for government agencies that work at cross purposes to each other, but it's not at all apparent that Vermont's job shortfall is a result of a sluggish, confused, uncoordinated government failing to create them.

The jobs bill evinces a belief by the governor that the creative economy—artists, sculptors, poets, etc.—has the potential to create new jobs.

Thus it proposes to spend $100,000 to hire a new creative economy specialist to do something to stimulate the creative economy. This will end the years of government neglect and set the creative economy ablaze with new job-producing activity.

The governor also believes that employers lack sufficient incentive to hire new employees. His jobs bill promises to pay selected employers up to $500 when they create a new, full time position, and

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Longshot to Alpha Centauri W

hen NASA’s 2006-launched Far Horizons spacecraft reaches the distant planet Pluto in 2015, all the major world of the classical solar åsystem will have been explored by robot probes.

Beyond Pluto and the Kuiper Belt is an immense gulf— 4.24 light years in distance—to the nearest star.

While the notion of sending an automated spacecraft to Alpha Centauri C, the Sun’s nearest stellar object, seems like science fiction today, a serious, successful study about such a space probe was completed 23 years ago this week.

With the exception of a fully operational thermonuclear fusion power source, there’s no reason why NASA (or an international space consortium) couldn’t send a sophisticated probe to the Alpha Centauri star system—within the next 10 to 25 years.

Known as Project Longshot, the first practical interstellar mission study was spearheaded by an unlikely duo, NASA and the U.S. Naval Academy between 1987 and 1988.

Longshot didn’t receive much media attention back then, but it now stands as a seminal, conceptual interstellar mission effort.

Designed to be constructed in Earth orbit at a space station, Longshot uses both 1980s-era technology and futuristic fusion power technology. But just like the 1980s, the development of sustained inertial confinement fusion (or ICF) remains just beyond the reach of engineers in the 2010s. However, there have been significant advances in ICF experiments in recent years; it remains the most likely power source to get to the stars during the 21st century.

The Longshot interstellar mission was conceived as an unmanned probe that would fly, one way, to the Alpha Centauri system. Its speedy star trek would get a nice kick courtesy of a nuclear ICF pulse engine.

Compared to today’s ponderous gravity assisted space probes, Longshot’s 100-year-long trip to Alpha Centauri— at 4.5 percent the speed of light—would be like comparing its Roadrunner status to the 1970s NASA Voyagers’ Wily Coyote.

WEDNESDAY February 23, 2011 The heart of Longshot’s quickened space pace is a nuclear fission power reactor that would generate 300 kw of juice.

The reactor would power a 250 kw laser for communicating with home; the remaining juice would then fire a battery of lasers in the engine that would—in turn—ignite inertial confinement fusion.

Onboard lasers would target frozen hybrid helium3/deuterium pellet fuels to create a sustained pulse of thermonuclear micro explosions. But Longshot would need to hold 264 tons of the pellet propellant for the long, lonely interstellar voyage.

Longshot’s mission payload would mass around 30 tons which leaves enough room for nifty navigation, communications and science instrumentation.

For most of its long commuting phase, Longshot would operate on low power while sending a data stream about the interstellar medium back to Earth.

During the century that will pass before Longshot reaches the nearest star, several generations of mission team members will come and go. Perhaps entire families of technical specialists—from grandfathers to their great granddaughters—will be involved with the Longshot mission effort on Earth. They will live and die before the spacecraft ever reaches its distant goal.

Longshot is truly a long-term commitment. Unfortunately, thanks to the vagaries of U.S. politics, long-term commitment and space projects never seem to mix well. But there’s always hope that an international effort would be better insulated.

According to Longshot’s team of creators, K.A. Beals, M. Beaulieu, and others, the journey to Alpha Centauri would take about 100 years at an velocity of 13,411 km/s. It would take four years for telemetry to reach Earth.

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Lou Varricchio, M.Sc., is a former science writer at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. He is a current NASA-JPL Solar System Ambassador program member and received the U.S. Civil Air Patrol’s Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager Aerospace Education Achievement Award in 2009.

Here’s to a better, Yoga, Jerry’s kids and Fords brighter idea A mong the more absurd actions of the two-term Bush administration—and the Congress of the time—was the ban on the Edison light bulb in 2007.

This ill-advised ban takes affect next year. Environmentalists turned the good old-fashioned incandescent light bulb into a “green” boogie man. The anti-Edison bulb folks were thrilled to see the artificially supported rise of the odious and toxic compact fluorescent light (or CFL) and the Big Brother government-enforced fall of the Edison bulb.

As I see it, the ban on Edison incandescent bulbs was a small part of all the foolish anti-energy legislation passed by the Democratic-controlled Congress (and signed into law by Republican President George W. Bush) back in 2007.

The chief sponsors of the bulb ban were Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.). The porcelain busts of both legislators deserve their special alcoves in our everexpanding National Shrine of Dumb Ideas.

Since the day President Bush signed the Harmon-Upton ban into law, I became an Edison bulb hoarder. Yup, I make no apologies about this fact. I like incandescent light sources and will continue to use the devices. My eyesight is precious and I have no intention of ruining it under harsh fluorescent lighting.

My survival plan is to add to my growing stockpile of Edison bulbs that will see me through and light the way for years to come—long after the phased-in ban. It is my way to defy an arrogant, know-it-all federal government. And that’s why I wholeheartedly support the efforts of Freedom Action.

My sister-in-law, a resident of California, reports that Edison bulbs are already banned in the formerly Golden State; residents are under penalty of law if they sneak bulbs across the stateline. Now that’s creepy stuff!

Last month, the non-partisan Freedom Action citizens group launched a national grassroots campaign to repeal the ban on incandescent light bulbs scheduled to begin on Jan. 1, 2012.

Supporters of repealing the ban are invited to sign a petition to Congress at FreeOurLight.org. I proudly signed the petition. That’s why I encourage interested readers to go to the website and do the same.

According to Myron Ebell of Freedom Action, “Rep. Upton, now chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, has said that his committee will hold a hearing on the ban, but he has not promised to repeal it, as was erroneously reported in the press in December. The 2007 law makes the sale of standard incandescent 100-watt bulbs illegal, 75-watt bulbs as of Jan. 1, 2013, and 60- and 40-watt bulbs as of Jan. 1, 2014. The light bulb ban is an outrageous government limitation on consumer choices and intrusion into the home of every American.” Right on!

Ebell noted that one bill to repeal the ban has already been introduced in the House, H. R. 91, by Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) and others. Other U.S. Senate and House bills are expected to be introduced this session by U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi (RWyoming) and Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas).

It’s nice to know there are adults back in charge of the U.S. Congress.

Louis Varricchio

I did yoga today. I’ve done it before, say, seven or eight times. I like it fine enough. I think it’s very good for you. I last did it a long while ago, I’ll guess ten years or so.

From those long ago lessons I learned a lot and include some pieces of what I learned in my daily exercise, and I’d even say, every day life. So, yeah, yoga works for me, anyway. I’d recommend it for anyone. Why? Here’s one reason.

At the end today the instructor instructed us instructees to lay flat, and relax.

Relax everything. I tried, and to a great degree succeeded, because during the final minute of rest before the end of class, I felt and smelt spring in the air. True. Do yoga is my two cents. No matter who you are.

Today’s yoga also acted as a gauge for me to the affirmative that consistent disciplined work I put in to eating healthfully (not too much is also key) and exercising every damn day, has helped elevate my fitness. I was able to do the class without struggling. I literally felt fitness and broccoli working within my muscles and cells. That might not seem like a big deal, but, well, I’d say, at least it reminded me once again booze, chips, and drugs suck. Don’t do them.

Period. I mean, period.

Run, don’t run to the pill aisle, run to yoga. This, from a non-yoga devotee. I’m not sure when I’ll do it again.

My tad bit older buddies mentioned I’d too need reading glasses near, at, or just past age 50. I didn’t doubt them, even if at age 49 and younger I couldn’t see fuzzy if I tried. I’d test my eyes, seeing how soon I’d see a road sign, and it always turned out I could see the sign soon, miles away. I had a full-out eye exam at forty-eight that saw my eyes score better than twenty-twenty. The eye guy said so. He also said in a year, if not shortly beyond, I’d probably need seeing assistance to read. You know, my buddies and the doc, they were all right. And not just right, they were perfectly right, like right on, like, half a year before age 50 I started noticing my eyes lagging in a few ranges when it came to re-adjusting from viewing close-up small details to far-away grand scale scenes. I’ll be dang. On the money, like clock work, the ole peepers are starting to give. A sure reminder that, along with all the living I’m doing, I’m slowly, steadily, dying.

Had my truck detailed at Heritage Ford. There’s a guy been detailing down there for 30 years. Son of a cuss. There’s an entire column right there I’ll have to roll out some day.

Anyway, when they wash the carpet, shampoo is the proper term; they lift the floor mats off and stack them on the back seat so the carpet will dry faster. When I got home I took the back seat floor mats out and set them in the bed of my truck and left the tailgate open. I don’t know why really, I think I remember I didn’t want the mats laying on my seats over night. I’m particular about the interior of my rigs.

The next time I drove I forgot the mats were in the bed and they went swirling out, off and into who knows what, at who knows what mile marker of which highway. I loved those mats. They were strong rugged sexy sons a bitches. So I went today and ordered some new ones.

All this to say—I like penny gum machines. They’re quarter gum machines these days, but the price matters not, what matters is that the procedure you work to get the gum, is the

same as when I was a kid; drop the coin in the slot, slide the lever to the right, wait for the gum to trickle out of the shoot and into your cupped palm. That little action there is what keeps me coming back for more gum machine gum.

That, and I like gum.

Well the car joint has a gum machine, and after ordering my mats on my way toward the door to leave, I took a detour and walked around a stack of four tires to the gum machine, dropped a coin in the slot, passed the level over and fro, and happily received the seven or eight pieces of gum into the palm of my right hand.

As I turned to leave, I noticed on the front of the machine a photo of Jerry Lewis advertising his Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. I said to anyone near enough to hear, “He’s still doing that? Damn them kids must be old.”

Community help To the editor: Thank you Rutland Lodge of Elks No. 345 for again having sponsored a Valentine Barbecue and Dance for over 100 members, family and friends of ARC-Rutland Area Feb. 13.

We would like to thank Exalted Ruler, Brian Gaura, and Carolyn Ravenna; cooks, Pat Farley and John Johnson; helpers, Jackie Gauthier, Johanna Keefe and Bobby Poquette of the Elks for making this party happen. Our D.J., John Saltis’ Penguin Production created a fun atmosphere for dancing. The continued dedication and support of the Elks is greatly appreciated. Those of us who enjoyed the day, say “Thank You All” for this community event for people with developmental disabilities and their families.

Lisa S. Lynch Executive Director ARC-Rutland Area

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Raw Milk From page 1 fied to the legislature’s Committees on Agriculture that in 2010 raw milk generated approximately $1 million in revenues directly to Vermont farmers.

“Farmers are already faced with enormous pressures from the commodity milk market that the Agency should be looking on ways to expand on-farm sales,” Carter wrote.

“A ‘renaissance’ in agriculture does not start with a ‘prohibition’ in agriculture. Vermont should focus on achievable steps to meet the demand for safe, healthy local food and farm products. While we cannot change the global economy in which Vermont must operate, we can open markets

to Vermont farmers.”

The Rural Vermont news releases ended with what sounded like a hint of further public and legislative action on behalf of organization’s the raw-milk philosophy and instruction.

“Rural Vermont stands ready to open a new chapter in the history of farming in this state,” he wrote. “Whether doing so requires protesting in the streets, advocating in the halls of the legislature or litigating in the courts, we are prepared to work tirelessly for economic justice, a strong local agricultural system and vibrant communities in Vermont.”

(Editor’s Note: Officials of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture did not return our telephone calls or respond to several e-mail messages about the raw-milk controversy at press time.)

CAN YOU SAY “uh-NAY-iss”?—Twilight Music presents contemporary Vermont folk singer-songwriter Anais (uh-NAY-iss) Mitchell and folk/rock/classical quintet Darlingside on Saturday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery, 139 Main St. in downtown Brattleboro. Tickets are $16 general admission and $14 for students and seniors. For ticket reservations and information, call 802-254-9276.

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Job creation From page 3 fill it with someone who has been drawing unemployment benefits for five months or more.

Note that the employer can't collect the $500 by just rehiring the worker who was laid off a month ago. In any case, the total pot of money to be made available for paying employers to hire unemployed workers is only $25,000.

That's enough to incentivize employers to hire some 50 workers a year.

Of course it will require the government to spend more than $25,000 to police the lucky employers to make sure they meet all the program requirements for pocketing the $500, but that's apparently included elsewhere in the budget.

Another example: beginning in 2016, the proposed science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program will distribute $1,500 a year to Vermont college graduates in those fields for remaining in Vermont, presumably working, for five or more years.

Contrast the Shumlin philosophy of

“government as the wellspring of correctly managed and channeled economic progress, one job at a time” with the philosophy of probably the nation's most economically successful governor, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana.

In a recent speech Gov. Daniels explained that “we believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.Every day we work to lower the costs and barriers to free men and women creating wealth for each other.When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: ‘Go make money. That’s the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those nonprofits we're so proud of.’”

Gov. Shumlin appears to believe that economic progress comes from government wisely picking favorites, showering them with subsidies and credits, forcing consumers to buy their products at above-market prices, hiring functionaries to stimulate, coordinate and enforce, and managing govern-

ment to carry out these many tasks smoothly and efficiently.

Gov. Daniels believes quite the opposite. He recognizes the role of government in preserving public order, financing infrastructure, and underwriting, but not necessarily providing - the education essential for a prosperous economy and citizen self-government.

But beyond that, Gov. Daniels says, “We believe it is wrong ever to take a dollar from a free citizen without a very necessary public purpose, because each such taking diminishes the freedom to spend that dollar as the owner would prefer.”

That limited government, pro-freedom governing philosophy has put low-tax Indiana in the top rank of the nation's states, economically and fiscally.

The Shumlin jobs bill will give the Hoosiers little worry about losing their high ranking to “progressive” Vermont’s far more, high-tax, overregulated, low-growth nanny state-of-mind.

John McClaughry is vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute (www.ethanallen.org).

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Students are also preparing for the appearance of UVM Dancing Uphill, a modern dance concert; the group will perform, March 30, in Kevin Sheehan Auditorium at Springfield HIgh School.

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dents. Teacher Joanna Coleman’s sophomore English arts class, teacher Marlene Allen’s CATS geometry class, and teacher Belinda Hathorn’s CATS biology classe and Dave Slivka’s freshman CATS geography class worked with Campbell, too.

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News of the Week Police chase drug car down Route 7

By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com Vermont State Police troopers, Rutland City Police officers, and deputies of the Rutland County Sheriff ’s Department joined forces to stop a driver of a speeding Buick Lucerne rental luxury car through the streets of Clarendon.

The man was arrested by a VSP K-9 team late in the day Feb. 16. Police have not released his name. He was apprehended at a house on Meadowcrest Drive in Clarendon.

An undisclosed amount of marijuana, heroin and over $1,000 in cash was found in the rental car. The man apparently stayed at a room in the nearby Holiday Inn and was not a local resident.

The highway chase occurred Feb. 16 at approximately 12:30 p.m. The incident caused an accident on Route 7 and affected traffic for approximately two and quarter hours The combined police force assembled at the intersection of U.S. Route 7 and Vermont Route 103 at about 12:30 p.m. with weapons drawn.

The chase started after the male driver sped away from Rutland police officer Rutland Sgt. John Johnson who stopped the Buick for a routine vehicle check. The car had been rented at a Rutland car agency but later reported missing.

The man eventually crashed his car after speeding south on Rutland’s Main Street. He drove onto the median, left the car running, and fled west into the nearby woods.

VSP troopers said the man is using a false name. In the meantime, the driver ’s fingerprints were dusted on the vehicle and a state and national computer check is underway at press time.

MUSICAL TREAT — An evening of romantic songs, comedy, and delicious desserts was presented at the Black River Academy Museum in Ludlow recently. Local singers and actors performed cabaret style to celebrate Valentine’s Day and to benefit the museum’s elevator fund. Pictured front: Kelly Batchelder, Mike Muller and Sara Norcross. Back: Stephanie Rowe, Donald Gray, Linda Burns, Linda Dunworth and Ira Emerson.

Church concert to benefit CROP Walk All Praise to Music, a benefit concert performed by three collegiate vocal ensembles will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 4, at the Grace Congregational Church in Rutland The concert will raise money for Rutland’s CROP Walk For Hunger.

Performance ensembles include: the Castleton State College Chamber Singers directed by Dr. Sherrill Blodget, University of Massachusetts Chamber Choir directed by Dr. Tony Thornton, and the Saint Michael’s College Chorale directed by Dr. Nathaniel G. Lew. CROP Walk For Hunger raises money for those affected by poverty, hunger, and natural disaster. The funds raised will go to the Community Cupboard, other local agencies, and a portion will address hunger relief around the world.

A donation of $10 is suggested for this charity performance.

Librarian Sally Mundell with eager young readers

Librarian awarded for reading education A veteran Vermont librarian has received national recognition for the sixth-consecutive year for outstanding support of reading education. Sally Mundell, librarian at Kurn Hattin Homes was awarded Reading Model Library

by Renaissance Learning, a Wisconsin-based company.

Library certification indicates that Mundell’s efforts to support teachers have resulted in measurable improvements in student performance at New England Kurn Hattin Homes.

“Sally exemplifies the kind of commitment to the success of every student that is at the heart of effective schools,” said Judi Paul of Renaissance Learning.

To receive Renaissance Library certification as a Reading Model Library, librarians must document that their practices encourage student access to a wide variety of books as well as supporting reading practice and self-directed learning. In addition, the librarian must be actively working with individual students to meet Renaissancerecommended standards for reading achievement.

Westminster ’s Kurn Hattin is a year-round, residential home and school for in-need and at-risk children, ages 615, from throughout Vermont and nearby states.

Docs say ‘no’ to Shumlin

By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com Physicians of the Vermont Medical Society (VMS) have spoken out in opposition against Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin's (D) designs to expand the state's taxpayer funded Medicaid program for low-income residents. Shumlin also wants to add Catamount health insurance to the planned mix.

Physicians are upset with Shumlin’s supposed “savings” plan with the Medicaid proposal in the driver ’s seat.

They are also troubled by the Catamount plans.

“The expansion of Medicaid without regard to income violates the social contract between the state and physicians who have accepted Medicaid’s below cost reimbursement because they wanted to make sure that those in the greatest needed received care,” said Paula Duncan, M.D., VMS’ president. “Increasing the number of Medicaid patients while paying doctors substantially lower than all other payers would be financially devastating to physicians in the state. Many simply wouldn’t be able to afford to keep their doors open to new Medicaid patients.”

Duncan is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, where she is the Youth Project director for the Vermont Child Health Improvement Program.

VMS members said greatly expanding the pool of Medicaid-eligible residents in Vermont, even to those with high incomes would have a chilling effect on rural doctors. The governor ’s plan would see a 32.8-percent cut in reimbursements to physicians treating Catamount Health Plan patients.

“Doctors dedicate their lives and careers to caring for their patients, but unfortunately they are not immune from economic realities,” said Dr. Duncan. “Expanding the Medicaid rolls will no doubt exacerbate the already tough economic situation that many physician practices find themselves in.

The end result could be more Vermon-

ters with Medicaid but without a doctor in their area who can afford to see them.”

Critics like Dr. Duncan and most VMS physician members cite the incompatibility of the budget proposal with the goals of the governor ’s health care bill, most notably that eliminating the shift of costs between the payers of health services by ensuring reimbursements to health care professionals would be sufficient.

A VMS news statement stressed that when the society agreed to support the creation of Catamount, “it was with the understanding that the physician fee schedule would be established in statute to equal the 2006 Medicare fee schedule, plus 10 percent, with an annual update based on the MEI (Medicare Economic Index).

“VMS would have strongly opposed the legislation creating Catamount if its physician reimbursement had been based on the Medicaid fee schedule.

The proposed change represents a broken commitment,” according to a VMS statement.

The governor has gone on record claiming his proposal will save Vermont money. But VMS members re-

Paula Duncan, M.D.: “Expanding the Medicaid rolls (in Vermont) will no doubt exacerbate the already tough economic situation that many physician practices find themselves in. The end result could be more Vermonters with Medicaid but without a doctor in their area who can afford to see them.”

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main skeptical that Shumlin will be able to find savings in health care that make up for the $176 million budget shortfall.

Committee hunts for ghost roads in town

By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com Vermont is crisscrossed by roads old and new. In some cases, today’s highways followed for Indian and pioneer trails into what is modern Vermont.

Several years ago the Weathersfield Selectboard tasked the recently organized Ancient Roads Committee with the task of proving the existence of 14 antique roads in town.

After searching civil and historic records, the committee identified 310 old roads—some in use today, others abandoned in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, some were laid out on maps, but were never constructed. Some roads have vanished from map and landscape, with no trace left behind.

A talk sponsored by the Weathersfield Historical Society will showcase these recent finds and some of the problems faced by the committee searching through town records.

DeForest Bearse and Willis Wood and other members of the committee will meet at Martin Hall in Ascutney, Vt., Saturday, March 12, at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. No charge. For further information call Willis Wood at 802-2635547.

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Congressman Welch’s bill would cut $40 billion in fuel supports Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) and Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) co-introduced legislation that would cut $40 billion in

subsidies to the oil industry over the next five years.

Not a single Republican congressmen signed on to Welch’s bill which appeared to fall along partisan lines.

With a new Republican majority in the U.S. House that’s friendly to the fuel-oil industry, and with high

Death Notices Elizabeth H. Baldwin, 81 Elizabeth H. “Liz” Baldwin died Feb. 14, 2011, at Crescent Manor Care Centers in Bennington. She was born in Arlington Feb. 19, 1929, the daughter of Edward and Amy (Linihan) Derosia. She was a 1947 graduate of Arlington High School. On Aug. 15, 1948, she married Francis Baldwin in Salem, N.Y. He died in 2007. She won several trophies in local and regional bowling tournaments.

Edward John Breznick Sr., 86 Edward J. Breznick Sr. died Feb. 12, 2011 at Indian River Nursing home in Granville, N.Y. He was born April 5, 1924 in Mineville, N.Y., the son of the late Frank and Bernice (Terczak) Breznick. Edward was a graduate of Poultney High School class of 1942. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served during World War II. He was a member of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church and the American Legion J. Claire Carmody Post 37 of Poultney. He was employed by General Electric in Rutland and retired in 1986.

Shirley M. Kenyon, 73 Mrs. Shirley Marie Kenyon of Rutland, a former resident of Middletown Springs, died Feb. 15, 2011, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. She was born Nov. 22, 1937, in Rutland, the daughter of the late Kenneth and Anna (Fish) Chase. She received her education in Rutland schools and was a graduate of Rutland High School. She married Harry G. Kenyon Jr. and after their marriage, the couple made their home, raised their family and resided in Middletown Springs.

Richard P. Manning Jr., 71

Albert E. Peterson, 86 Albert E. “Al” Peterson died Feb. 4, 2011 at Rutland Healthcare & Rehab. He was born April 12, 1924, in Proctor, the son of Harry and Ethel (Peterson) Peterson. He was a graduate of Proctor High School and Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial College of

troleum industry.

“Taxpayer support for mature, profitable industries

makes no sense, particularly when we should be investing in the energy efficiency

and clean energy sectors,” said Welch in a news statement Feb. 11.

Technology (Clarkson University), School of Engineering. Peterson was a U.S. Army veteran and served with Company C, 101st Engineers, 26th Infantry Division in World War II. He also served as a 2nd lieutenant, Yankee Division, in the Korean War. He was employed as an engineer at General Electric, Columbia Bicycles, Aerotherm Industries, and in 1960, went to work for IBM Federal Systems Division as an industrial engineer at Owego, N.Y., until retiring in 1986.

Thomas W. Ross, 82 Thomas William Ross passed away peacefully on Feb. 14, 2011 in Shelburne. He was born on March 3, 1928, in Pilottown, Md., son of Thomas and Fanny Ross. The family soon moved to Rutland, Vt., where he graduated from Rutland High School in 1946. As a skier, he held the downhill record on Mount Mansfield’s nose dive. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1946 and served his country aboard the USS MacKenzie and was honorably discharged in 1948. He worked for Springfield Local Telephone and Continental Telephone. He retired in 1986 to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he resided until moving to South Burlington in May 2006.

George A. Squier Jr., 101 George Austin Squier Jr. of North Clarendon died Fri., Feb. 11, 2011, at his home. He was born Sept. 11, 1909, in North Clarendon, the son of George Austin and Anna Mae (Page) Squier Sr. He graduated from Rutland High School in 1929. Squier was a member and past master of the Clarendon Grange and deputy of the Vt. State Grange. He also served as a Clarendon selectman. He was a dairy farmer for more than 40 years and was a substitute rural mail carrier for more than 55 years. His flower arrangements earned him ribbons at the Vermont State Fair. He married Dorothy “Betty” Moran on June 19, 1948. She predeceased him on May 11, 1990.

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Richard P. “Ditty” Manning, Jr. of Rutland died February 10, 2011, at his home. He was born in Rutland, Jan. 12, 1940, the son of Richard P. and Mary (Dow) Manning, Sr. He attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy. On September 26, 1959, he married Joan (LaCoe) Manning of Mendon. He was a member of the Italian American Club and the Elks Club in Rutland. He was employed at Percy P. Wood Store and Terrill Street Discount Beverage. Dick was manager of the Feed & Seed Store at Tennybrook Marketplace, and later owner of the Pet Cage on Grove Street.

gasoline prices at the pump, it’s unlikely the bill will be passed.

However, if Welch’s bill moves forward, the Ending Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act (H.R. 601) would eliminate tax loopholes that have been used for years by America’s domestic and overseas pe-

Shirley M. Whelan, 84 Shirley Mae (Crocker) Whelan of Chester died at home on Feb. 12, 2011. She was born in Chester on Oct. 22, 1926, daughter of Lawton Vincent Crocker and Gertrude Parks Crocker. she received a B.S. degree in nursing from Syracuse University in 1948 and received a master ’s degree at UNH. She was a member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. She married Edward Whelan. Her husband and brother ran the family business, the National Survey.

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Black River can’t run with the Rebels Get In The Game A View on Sports by Joe Milliken

By Joe Milliken newmarketpress@denpubs.com The Black River High School girls’ basketball team has endured a long season, with a small roster and several young players, coach Peter Collins and his team were still looking for their first win as they took on a tough, Leland and Gray team in Ludlow. However, it would not come on this night as the Lady Presidents fell to the Rebels, 52-23. The win put Leland and Gray at 13-6 on the season.

A thin but raucous crowd showed up to cheer on the Lady Presidents, thanks to six Black River exchange students who made more than their share of noise, but the Lady Rebels wasted no time in building a quick, 8-0 lead mostly on the play of sophomore Alexandra Morrow, who scored Leland & Gray’s first six points before teammate (sophomore) Ashley Goddard scored on a put-back under the basket.

The Lady Rebels would push the lead to 13-0 before President freshman Stevie Roberts broke the string with a lay up to make it 13-2, with just under three minutes to go in the quarter. After the Leland & Gray defense forced two more turnovers which turned into easy baskets from Morrow and senior Bethany Robinson, the Rebels had a commanding, 172 lead after one quarter.

As the second quarter began, the Leland and Gray would push the lead to 21-2 , before a foul shot from Lady President junior Alyssa Collins broke the run with a foul shot to make it 21-3 half way through the quarter. The Rebel defense was the key to the big lead, causing multiple turnovers throughout the first half which continually turned into easy transition baskets for the Rebels. Morrow and Robinson were forces under the basket, blocking shots and grabbing rebounds.

The Leland and Gray defense would continue to dominate and create turnovers, allowing the Rebels to rebound the basketball and run the fast break nearly at will, building a 25-5 lead at halftime. “We hadn’t played very well the last couple games and just lost a tough one to Green Mountain,

Leland & Gray senior Bethany Robinson (23) and Black River freshman Hannah VanGuilder battle for position under the basket.

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Black River junior Liisa Koivunen breaks the press as Leland & Gay' Stevie Roberts (15) and Alyson Marcucci converge.

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so we really needed to refocus,” Rebels Coach Gregg Morrow would say after the game.

Black River came out hard at the start of the third quarter despite the score, causing two quick turnovers which turned into baskets for seniors Katelyn MacPhearson and Tiffany Roundy, before Lady Rebel lay ups from junior Callie Ginter and Robinson got Leland and Gray back on track. The Lady Presidents kept working hard however, getting baskets from junior Dakota Chambers and Roundy, but the Leland & Gray would simply possess too much size and depth, heading into the final stanza with a comfortable 43-13 lead.

The final stanza would see much of the same, as the Rebels’ comfortable lead allowed them to give the entire roster playing time while maintaining their lead. The Presidents broke the 20-point mark late in the fourth quarter, but it was

too little-much too late.

“Because have a small roster (nine players total) and not a lot of experience, (three freshmen) it has been a learning year for this team,” Black River coach Peter Collins concluded. “But I give this team credit because they play hard to the final whistle and they are learning every day.”

For Black River, Tiffany Roundy led the way with six points, while Alyssa Collins and Katelyn MacPherson each pitched in with four. For Leland and Gray, sophomore Alexandra Morrow led the way for the Rebles with an outstanding all-around effort, notching 14 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks and four steals, while Callie Ginter scored 11 points and Bethany Robinson pitched in with eight.

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Norwich hosts high school indoor track championships

By Joe Milliken newmarketpress@denpubs.com The Vermont High School Indoor Track and Field Championships were recently held at Norwich University’s Shapiro Field House with South Burlington as the biggest winners of the day, taking the overall girls' and boys' team titles on the strength of outstanding performance from Mollie Gribbin, Carly Stine, Sara Garvey and Christa Weaver.

Stine finished first in the 55-meter hurdles, third in the long jump, second in the high jump and third in the 300-meter dash. Garvey took second in the 55, fourth in the 300 and sixth in the long jump, while Weaver finished first in the high jump and third in the 1,000-meter run.

Another big victory was the performance of Springfield High School senior high-jumper Michael Pianka, who the night before played for his high schools' basketball team (a five-overtime game), before participating in the state track event. Pianka won the state high jump crown with a leap of 6-feet, 4-inches. He would then push the bar to a state record height of 6-feet, 6.25-inches, but couldn't quite pull it off, perhaps being hindered by the marathon hoop contest the night before.

One athlete who did break a state record — her own — was South Burlington's Mollie Gribbin, who earned the state title in the 55-meter dash by breaking her own state record.

However, she was not done there, also winning state titles in the 300-meter dash, the 600-meter run and the long jump.

Gribbin's dominance led the Rebels to the overall girls' team title.

The South Burlington boys’ squad also took the team championship (115 points) led by Malcolm Plunkett, who won state individual titles in both the 1,600 and 3,200-meter events. South Burlington's Kyle Chu also took first in the 55meter dash and took third in the 55-meter hurdles. Windsor ’s Matt Rufus, another two-sport stand out who also excelled at running back, finished second overall in the 300meter dash, while also finishing third in the 55-meter dash and fourth in the long jump.

The Essex boys took second place overall (81 points), while other top finishers included Essex’s Mickey Krug winning the long jump, and Montpelier ’s Colby Cunningham finishing second in the long jump and fifth in the high jump.

St. Johnsbury’s James Fitzhugh also won the 600-meter run.

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South Burlington's Kyle Chu has a look of determination during the high hurdles event at the recent state indoor track & field championships held at Norwich University.

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Projector system unveiled at Ludlow Auditorium Shumlin’s single-payer health plan under fire

By Lou Varricchio

newmarketpress@denpubs.com If you live in the greater Ludlow area, you no longer have to travel to Rutland or beyond see bigscreen motion pictures.

Recently, Ludlow Town Manager Frank Heald inspected the new high-tech projection system, and related audio-visual devices, that are being installed by FOLA—Friends of Ludlow Auditorium. The new gear will be used for screening classic and first-run films in the recently renovated public auditorium.

The auditorium, located at town hall on Depot Street, represents a new, revitalized space for a variety of public activities including movie shows.

This new movie projection equipment, owned by the town, was initially acquired with the aid of FOLA and with the expert guidance of action-movie producer-director David Giancola. Giancola is own-

Town Manager Frank Heald of Ludlow inspects a new movie projection system being installed in the Ludlow Auditorium at town hall on Depot Street er of Edgewood Studios located in Rutland’s Howe Center. The filmmaker helped FOLA with the selection of the most sophisticated and cost-effective system for the space.

According to a FOLA news release, the system consists of a powerful, professional-grade projector with the power of transmitting vibrant, illuminated

moving images across a distance of over 100 feet onto the auditorium’s big screen. The system is not only DVD-ready, but it can also accommodate older technologies such as VHS cassettes and slides. It is also capable of projecting computer graphics and other images.

FOLA will be adding a new Blu-ray video player

to the inventory of equipment, too, in order to provide high definition movie images.

Blu-ray technology was developed as a joint venture by BDA, a group of international electronics manufacturers including Apple and Dell and others.

The format enables playback of high-definition video and for storage of data. The format has six times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs; Bluray disks hold up to 25GB on a single-layer and 50GB on a dual-layer.

With Giancola’s help, FOLA also installed audio equipment to improve the sound quality of the films that will be screened.

Heald said FOLA is looking for individuals interested in learning how to operate this equipment, principally to show movies in the auditorium.

Anyone interested in participating in this project can get more information at 802-228-7239.

VAULT, Jamison honored for arts, local talents

By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com On Friday, Feb. 4, members of VAULT or Visual Art Using Local Talent in Springfield met for its an annual meeting.

The meeting was followed by a reception and celebration marking the accomplishments of the organization’s past ten years.

A force from the beginning has been director Nina Jamison. She was honored at the reception.

Ten years ago, an empty storefront on 68 Main St. in

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Springfield began its transformation into a gallery that now holds the work of 125 artists and is one of only three Vermont State Craft Centers.

VAULT is also an organization that offers opportunities for participants of all ages and experience to create and exhibit work.

Gallery at the VAULT is located at 68 Main St. and is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday through Saturday. Ask about becoming a member and be a part of the arts in the Springfield community. Visit www.galleryvault.org for more information.

By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com Emergency! Gov. Peter Shumlin’s (D) single-payer health-care plans may need to be rushed to the E.R.—stat.

Vermont’s largest employers are displeased with the governor ’s plans and they’re turning their thumbs down on the Euro-style, socialist approach to health care here in the Green Mountain State.

Shumlin wants companies to be forced, by law, to be a part of a costly single-payer system plan.

Most notably, officials of the state’s larger businesses— Home Depot, IBM, and Wal-mart—are on record claiming that forcing currently self-insured companies into a taxpayer financed health-care system is a bad idea—a bad idea.

“If states do their own programs, it will create inequity among employers and add significant new costs,” said John O’Kane, an IBM official.

Currently, IBM is exempted from from state insurance regulations under the U.S. Employment Retirement Income Security Act because it is a self-insured company.

O’Kane also said, “ERISA must be maintained so employers like IBM can deliver value while keeping costs down. Any reform path must support the ERISA framework, which is essential for multi-state employers.”

Harvard economist Dr. William Hsiao, who supports U.K.- and Canadian-style approaches to health care, such as the byzantine, constitutionally challenged Obama Care national program, recommended that Vermont enforce a broad-based payroll tax. This would provide funding for a state universal benefits package without forcing ERISA companies to participate in the system.

O’Kane said Hsiao’s plan was simply unacceptable.

Vermont Retail Association Executive Director Tasha Wallis said, “Dr. Hsiao’s report envisions a system where all employers participate in a single payer system by paying a payroll tax to support such a system. The Vermont Retail Association wants to be clear that it does not support assessing a payroll tax on self-funded multi-state employers.”

Vermont State Rep. Mark Larson (D), chairman of the House Committee on Health Care went on the defensive last week. He said, “How many people are covered, what are the benefits they can access and what are the costs of those benefits?” How are self-insured plans factored in? We do however have the authority to tax.”

Vermont would be unable to establish a single-payer system until 2014 since there is no funding for it currently.

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Thursday, February 24

LUDLOW - The Friends of the Library will hold its monthly book discussion at the Fletcher Memorial Library at 7 p.m.: "Loving Frank" by Nancy Horan. Novelized story of Frank Lloyd Wright, famous architect, and Martha B.Cheney. Please use the back entrance on Main Street.

RUTLAND — Quiet the Mind: Yoga 'n' Write, Thursdays, 7 - 8:30 p.m., in Cobra Gymnastics, 56 Howe St. Drop-in fee see website. Instructors are Joanna Young and Rachel Alexander. For more info, 802-7470761.

RUTLAND — Southwest Freedom Riders has a new meeting place. They will be holding their monthly meeting at Seward’s Family Restaurant & Ice Cream, 7 p.m.

New members and guests welcome.

SAXTONS RIVER —Worn Again Thrift Shop at St. Edmunds Catholic Church in Saxtons River. Thursdays, Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Selling warm winter clothing, housewares, books and much more. Selection of free items, 802-365-4246.

Riders will be holding their "Operation Phone Home" Bowlathon at the Fairwood Lanes in Fair, noon - 5 p.m. Bowl three games for $10. Proceeds will purchase calling cards for U.S. troops.

Wednesday, March 2

RUTLAND —The Vermont Rental Property Owners Association will hold their monthly meeting, 7 p.m., in the main conference room of the Godnick Adult Center, 1 Deer St. The guest speaker will be Neal Curtis of Efficiency Vermont. The public is invited. Call Ron at Carmote Paint Store.

Tuesday, March 8

LUDLOW — Fletcher Memorial Library brown bag lunch book and movie series.

On the second Tuesday of each month, the Friends of the Library will have a book discussion and on the fourth Tuesday, (March 22) we will watch the movie. Friendly lunches at noon. Bring your lunch and we will provide dessert and beverage. The books are available at the Library. Please use the rear entrance.

Wednesday, March 9

RUTLAND —S. E. Smith presents: "How to Plant, Maintain, and Harvest your Organic Garden" with guest speaker Greg Cox from Boardman Hill Farm in the meeting room at Denny's on route 7. Limited seating. RSVP 802-438-2221.

Thursday, March 10

Friday, February 25

RUTLAND —Blood Drive Brandon at the Fire Station 12 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 27

N. SPRINGFIELD —Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society will hold a BIRD SEED SALE 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Woodbury Florist Route 10 & 106. To order ahead call Bunni Putnam, 802-886-8430.

CASTLETON —Castleton Community Center sponsors Wii Bowling, 1 - 2:30 p.m.

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confess—accusations that your humble scribe has a simplistic view of things have some basis in truth.

For example, public education class size is important because: 1. Education is typically the most expensive line item in State and local budgets; 2. Staffing is the single most expensive line item in public education budgets; 3. Direct instruction (teachers in classrooms) is the single most expensive line item within the staffing budget; and 4. Class size is the single most important determinant of teacher employment, because scope of curriculum, the other possible determinant, is pretty much fixed across all schools in a system as a result of state curriculum rules.

That logical sequence is pretty simplistic.

From it, I’d conclude that State class size rules and/or local district class size policies are pretty important: typically, they set the instructionalcost 60% of the annual budget (per-pupil expenditure) paid for through taxes. Ergo, I conclude that government decisions to control class size are deserving of media coverage.

Historically, the print and electronic media have done a quite creditable job of reporting on the systematic reduceclass size-to-increase student achievement policy, in effect for K-12 class size over the post-World War II decades, from 27 in 1955 to 15 today.

Even your humble scribe can simplistically conclude that it has been the official classsize reduction policy which has been the single largest driver of annual per-pupil spending increases, from less than $2,000 (in current, not nominal, dollars) then to over $8,000 today.

Some states –Vermont, for example—reduced class size even more (down to 10.4 in 2008) and raised annual per-pupil costs even more (up to $15316 in 2009) thereby causing (simplistic conclusion) increased levels of taxpayer displeasure, probably because (simplistic conclusion) the reductions in class size which were promised to produce increases in student achievement haven’t done so.

From the first federal achievement tests in 1970 to the present, student achievement charts have shown as level lines, with scores consistently in the low 200s out of a possible 500, against upward spending lines and downward class size lines. But now, as proof of the (simplistic) survivalist-politicianfear-of-voter-displeasure theory, a few states have begun sneaking minimum-classsize policies into their rule-books. So far, my amateurish research has found three: Tennessee, Missouri, and—surprise!—Vermont.

In earlier columns, I’ve reported on the Tennessee minimum class size policy–K-3, 20; 4-6, 25; 7-12, 30. You can judge its seriousness from the actual class size (shown as p/t ratio, which is close) in Tennessee: 14.3to-1 in 2008.

In Missouri, the “guideline” calls for K-2, 25; 3-4, 27; 5-6, 30, and 7-12, 33. You can judge its seriousness from the actual class

size (shown as p/t ratio, which is close) in Missouri: 13-to-1 in 2008.

Now, it turns out, Vermont’s own state department of education actually adopted—on Sept. 8, 2010—a minimum class-size policy guideline.

It calls for no fewer than 15 students in all grades and grade-clusters from K to 8, and numbers ranging from 15 to 20 in various 912 curriculum areas. Were it (subjunctive contrary to fact) serious, it would cause a near 1/3 decrease in the direct-instruction component (60 percent) of the total school budget. Gloriosky, Zero; Who nnew? Maybe I missed the SED precedent-shattering policy-changing press release, or the subsequent breathless in-depth, deeply-analytical reportage-with-enlightened-commentary in the several VT papers I read.

As an amateur and not a full-time, highly skilled-professional Fourth Estater (and fearful of peer disapproval), I choose not to opinionate on the decisions of various Vermont media managers and editors not to report on that rare-and-unexpected statistically improbable “black swan” event in Vermont education: the official adoption of a state department of education minimum-class-size policy-guideline.

Instead, I’ll raise this question: why have all three states (and maybe more I haven’t even found yet) adopted these new rules even while showing no past history, present inclination, or future intent to act seriously on them? The Tennessee policy, for example, goes back at least three years, possibly further. Maybe it’s the Potemkin Village syndrome at work.

Here’s the Merriam-Webster definition: “an impressive façade or show designed to hide an undesirable fact or condition.” It comes from the Russian legend of the Prime Minister Potemkin, anxious to avoid the displeasure of Czarina Catherine, building false-front village facades—Potyomkinskiye derevnii— throughout Crimea, so that the empress would be suitably impressed with his effectiveness during her visit.

If you’re not into Romanov dynasty politics, you might prefer the New York City 1982 example of Mayor Ed Koch ordering up the same sort of thing—using painted plywood in the burnt-out building windows of the South Bronx tenements, or the same sort of thing for the same sorts of reasons in Cleveland today, according to a Wikipedia entry on the subject.

You can see its applicability to the fiscal side of the productivity collapse in contemporary public education: a system which praises students, not for actual achievement but for “trying really, really, hard” can point to these policies and guidelines and (perhaps credibly) attempt to neutralize criticism by claiming: “Yes, we hear you, and we’re incredibly responsive, and we’re trying really, really, hard, but these things take time!”

Historical question: which Potemkin Village plywood-and-paint jobs were ever intended to become—in the fullness of time— real construction? Ya ne snaiou.

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RUTLAND All Saints Anglican Church - An orthodox Anglo-Catholic Christian Community. Mass & Liturgy offered every Sunday at 4:00p.m. Childcare available. Handicap Accessible. Christian Education. 42 Woodstock Ave., Rutland (Services at Messiah Lutheran Church) 802-282-8098. Email: AllCelticStaintsRutland@comcast.net Alliance Community Fellowship - Howe Center, Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. Phone: 773-3613 Calvary Bible Church - 2 Meadow Lane, Rutland, VT 802775-0358. (2 blocks south of the Rutland Country Club) Sunday Worship Service 9:30a.m. Nursery care available. www.cbcvt.org Christ the King - 66 South Mail St. - Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:30 & 11a.m.

Church of the Nazarene - 144 Woodstock Ave., Pastor Gary Blowers 483-6153. Sunday School for all ages at 9:30a.m.

Morning Worship at 10:30a.m., Evening Worship at 6:00p.m. & Wednesday Prayer at 7:00p.m., Children’s Church available during Worship S ervice.

Church of Christ - 67 Dorr Dr., Sunday Worship 10:30a.m.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - North Strewsbury Rd., 773-8346. Sacrament 10a.m.

Church of the Redeemer - Cheeney Hill Center, Cedar Ave., Sunday Service 10a.m.

First Baptist Church - 81 Center St., 773-8010 - The Rev. Mark E. Heiner, Pastor. Sunday worship 10:30a.m., Sunday school 9:00a.m.

Good Shepherd Lutheran - Hillside Rd. - Saturday Worship 5:30 p.m., Sunday Worship 10:30a.m.

Grace Congregational United Church of Christ - 8 Court St., 775-4301. Sunday Chapel Service 8:30a.m., Worship 1 0a.m.

Green Mountain Baptist Church - 50 Barrett Hill Rd. , 747-7712. Sunday Worship 11a.m., Evening service 6p.m.

Green Mountain Missionary Baptist Church 98 Killington Ave., 775-1482 Sunday Worship 11a.m. & 6p.m.

Immaculate Heart of Mary - Lincoln Ave. Saturday Mass 4:30p.m., Sunday Mass 8 & 10:15a.m.

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Gleason Rd. - Public Meeting 10a.m.

Messiah Lutheran Church - 42 Woodstock Ave., 7750231. Sunday Worship 10a.m.

New Hope in Christ Fellowship - 15 Spellman Terrace, 773-2725. Sunday Worship 10:15a.m.

Pentacostals of Rutland County - Corner of Rt. 4 and Depot Lane, 747-0727. Evangelistic Service 6p.m.

Roadside Chapel Assembly of God - Town Line Rd., 775-5805. Sunday Worship 10:25a.m.

Rutland Jewish Center - 96 Grove St., 773-3455. Fri. Shabbat Service 7:30p.m., Sat. Shabbat Service 9:30a.m.

Salvation Army - 22 Wales St. Sunday Worship 11a.m., Praise Service 1:30 p.m.

Seventh-Day Adventist - 158 Stratton Rd., 775-3178. Saturday Worship 11a.m.

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church - 8 Cottage St. Sunday Service 10a.m.

St. Peter Church - Convent Ave. - Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday Masses 7:30 and 11:30a.m.

Trinity Episcopal Church - 85 West St., 775-4368.

Sunday Eucharist 8, 9 & 10a.m., Wed. 12:05p.m., Thurs. 9a.m., Morning Prayer Mon.-Sat. at 8:45a.m.

True Vine Church of God - 78 Meadow St., 775-8880 or 438-4443. Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. • Training for Reigning, Wednesdays at 7p.m. Nursery available during Sun. & Wed. services. J.A.M. Sessions for teens bi-weekly Fridays at 7p.m.

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Women’s Bible Study Tuesdays at 10:30a.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church - 117 West Street.

Sunday Services through August 22 begin at 9:30a.m. No service on Sept. 5. Rev. Erica Baron. For further info call 802-775-0850.

United Methodist Church - 71 Williams St., 773-2460.

Sunday Service in the Chapel 8 and 10a.m.

United Pentecostal Church - Corner of Rt. 4, Depot Lane, 773-4255. Sunday Services 9:30a.m. and 6p.m., Evangelical Service 5p.m.

Wellspring of Life Christian Center - 18 Chaplin Ave., 773-5991. Sunday Worship 11a.m.

BRANDON Brandon Congregational Church - Rt. 7 Sunday Worship 10a.m.

Brandon Baptist Church - Corner of Rt. 7 & Rt. 73W (Champlain St.) Brandon, VT 802-247-6770. Sunday Services: 10a.m. Adult Bible Study, Sunday School ages 5 & up, Nursery provided ages 4 & under. Worship Service 11a.m. *Lords supper observed on the 1st Sunday of each month. *Pot luck luncheon 3rd Sunday of each month. Wednesdays 6:30p.m., Adult prayer & Bible study, Youth groups for ages 5 and up Grace Episcopal Church - Rt. 73, Forestdale February-April: 9am, Holy Eucharist; 9a.m. Sunday Morning Program for children preschool and older. 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership LifeBridge Christian Church - 141 Mulcahy Drive, 247-LIFE (5433). Sunday Worship 9a.m., www.lifebridgevt.com, LifeGroups meet weekly (call for times and locations) Living Water Assembly of God - 76 North Street (Route 53), Office Phone: 247-4542. Email: LivingWaterAssembly@gmail.com. Website: www.LivingWaterAOG.org. Sunday Service 10a.m. Wednesday Service 7p.m. Youth Meeting (For Teens) Saturday 7p.m.

St. Mary’s Parish - 38 Carver St., 247-6351, Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday Mass 9:30a.m.

St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church - Rt. 7, Brandon Village. February-April services will be held at Grace Church, Rt. 73 Forestdale: 9a.m., Holy Eucharist; 9a.m. Sunday Morning Program for children preschool and older. 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership United Methodist Church - Main St., 247-6524.

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CASTLETON Castleton Federated Church - Rt. 4A - 468-5725.

Sunday Worship 10:30a.m.

Church of Christ - Bible study & services Sunday 10:00a.m.

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Faith Community Church - Mechanic St., 468-2521.

Sunday Worship 10:45a.m.

Fellowship Bible Church - Rt. 30 North, 468-5122. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. & 6p.m.

Hydeville Baptist Church - Hydeville, Rt. 4A Sunday Worship 9:30a.m. 265-4047.

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday 8:30a.m.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church - Main St. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. third Sunday of the month.

CHITTENDEN Church of the Wildwood United Methodist Holden Rd., 483-2909. Sunday Service 10:30a.m.

Mt. Carmel Community Church - South Chittenden Town Hall, 483-2298. Sun. Worship 5:30p.m.

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CLARENDON The Brick Church - 298 Middle Rd. 773-3873. Sunday Worship 10a.m. Nursery Care Available. www.brickchruchvt.com Reformed Bible Church - Clarendon Springs, 483-6975. Sunday Worship 9:30a.m.

FAIR HAVEN First Baptist Church - South Park Place, Sunday Worship 11a.m.

First Congregational Church - Rt. 22A Sunday Worship 10a.m.

Our Lady of Seven Dolors - 10 Washington St. Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday 8 & 9a.m.

St. Luke’s - St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Sunday Worship 10:45a.m.

United Methodist Church - West St., Sun. Service 8:30a.m.

FORESTDALE Forestdale Wesleyan Church - Rt. 73 Sunday Worship 11a.m.

St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church - Rt. 7, Brandon village: 8 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 (traditional language). 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 (contemporary language), with music. “Sunday Morning Program” for children preschool and older (during school year). Telephone: 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership Grace Church - Rt. 73, Forestdale - part of St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church: May-July services held at St. Thomas, Brandon village (corner of Rt. 7 and Prospect): a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 (traditional language.) 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 (contemporary language), with music. “Sunday Morning Program” for children preshcool and older (during shcool year.) Telephone: 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership.

Living Water Assembly of God - 76 North Street (Route 53), Office Phone: 247-4542. Email: LivingWaterAssembly@gmail.com. Website: www.LivingWaterAOG.org. Sunday Service 10a.m. Wednesday Service 7p.m. Youth Meeting (For Teens) Saturday 7p.m.

HUBBARDTON Hubbardton Congregational Church - Sunday Worship 10a.m. • 273-3303.

East Hubbardton Baptist Church - The Battle Abbey, 483-6266 Worship Hour 10:30a.m.

IRA Ira Baptist Church - Rt. 133, 235-2239. Worship 11a.m. & 6p.m.

LEICESTER Community Church of the Nazarene - 39 Windy Knoll Lane • 9:30a.m. Worship Service, 11:00 a.m. Bible School, 6:00p.m. Evening Service. Wed. Evening 7:00p.m. Dare to care and Prayer. 3rd Sat. of the month (Sept.-May) 8a.m. Men’s breakfast St. Agnes’ Parish - Leicester Whiting Rd, 247-6351, Sunday Mass 8a.m.

MENDON Mendon Community Church - Rt. 4 East, Rev. Ronald Sherwin, 459-2070. Worship 9:30a.m., Sunday School 11:00a.m.

NORTH SPRINGFIELD North Springfield Baptist Church - 69 Main St., N. Springfield, VT • (802) 886-8107 Worship Services Sunday 10a.m.; Faith Cafe (discussion group) Sundays 11:15a.m.-12p.m.; Sunday School for children K-4; Bible Study Fridays 9:30a.m.

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St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Church - West Pawlet.

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The United Church of West Pawlet - 645-0767.

Sunday Worship 10a.m.

PITTSFORD Pittsford Congregational Church - Rt. 7, 4836408. Worship 10:15a.m.

St. Alphonsus Church - Sunday Mass 9a.m.

POULTNEY Christian Science Society - 56 York St., 287-2052.

Service 10a.m.

St. David’s Anglican Church - Meet at Young at Heart Senior Center on Furnace St., 645-1962. 1st Sun. of every month, Holy Eucharist 9:30a.m.

Poultney United Methodist Church - Main St., 287-5710. Worship 10:00a.m.

St. Raphael Church - Main St. Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday Mass 10a.m.

Sovereign Redeemer Assembly sovredeemer@gmail.com • Sunday Worship 10a.m.

Trinity Episcopal Church - Church St., 287-2252.

Sunday Holy Eucharist 10:45a.m.

United Baptist Church - On the Green, East Poultney.

287-5811, 287-5577. Sunday Worship 10a.m.

Welsh Presbyterian Church - Sunday Worship 10a.m.

PROCTOR St. Dominic Catholic Church - 45 South St. Sunday Mass 9:15a.m.

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church - Gibbs St. Sunday Worship 9a.m.

Union Church of Proctor - Church St., Sun. Worship 10a.m.

SHREWSBURY Shrewsbury Community Church - Sun. Service 10:30a.m.

SUDBURY Sudbury Congregational Church - On the Green, Rt. 30, 623-7295 Open May 30-Oct. 10, for Worship (No winter services) & Sun. School 10:30a.m.

WALLINGFORD East Wallingford Baptist Church - Rt. 140, 2592831. Worship 11a.m.

First Baptist Church - School St., 446-2020.Worship 11a.m.

First Congregational Church - 446-2817.

Worship 10a.m.

St. Patrick’s Church - Sat. Mass 5p.m., Sun. 10:30a.m.

Society of Friends (Quaker) - Rotary Bldg., Rt. 7 Sunday meeting for worship 10a.m.

South Wallingford Union Congregational Church - Sunday Worship 9a.m.

WEST RUTLAND First Church of Christ, Scientist - 71 Marble St., Sunday School & Service 10a.m., Wednesday Evening Service 7:30p.m.

St. Bridget Church - Pleasant & Church Streets Saturday Mass 5p.m., Sunday 9a.m.

St. Stanislaus Kostka Church - Barnes & Main Streets, Saturday Mass 4:30p.m., Sunday 9a.m.

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