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Cavendish Fund seeks apps for community grants By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com PROCTORSVILLE/CA V E N D I S H — T h e Cavendish Community Fund has announced that it is now accepting applications for grants that will be awarded this spring. The deadline for applying is April 15. Applications are available on line at www.CavendishCCCA.or g and include instructions on how and where to apply. The fund distributes cash grants to organizations and individuals for educational and cultural projects, programs and events that are available to members of the Cavendish community. The fund has actively supported Cavendish events since its inception in 2007. Last year, awards were given to the Cavendish Community Theater to defray the cost of its 2011 summer production, and to the Proctorsville Volunteer Fire Department for use in their educational programs. Projects, programs or events must directly benefit the Cavendish community in some way. A panel of local citizens reviews all applications and recommends the ultimate grantees based on the quality and feasibility of each proposal. Grants are not expected to exceed $1,000 each and will depend primarily on the number of applications and the amounts requested. For further information on applying, on eligibility or on any other aspect of the grant program, or for help completing the application, please call Peter LaBelle at 226-7250 or Barbara Dickey at 226-7187.
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Vol. 4 No. 12 • March 21, 2012
Welch wants to extend ‘green’ energy tax credit By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com HINESBURG — The Hinesburg headquarters of NRG Systems was the setting for a news conference held by Vermont U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D) March 15. Welch used the factory floor at NRG, an international manufacturer of wind power measurement equipment, as a backdrop to discuss the largely Democrat-backed plan to cut America’s reliance on oil by focusing more on “green” taxpayer subsidies as well as tax credits. Welch was joined by Jan Blittersdorf, NRG CEO, Martha Staskus, chairwoman of the Board for Renewable Energy Vermont and Sanjeev Choudhary, vice president of Draker Labs in Burlington. Each executive took a turn at the podium. Blittersdorf, Staskus, and Choudhary said the alternative energy industry is on a rollercoaster ride when it comes to the ups and downs of consistent Congressional support, especially when it comes to providing tax breaks and taxpayer-financed subsidies. “Events half a world away are hammering hardworking Vermonters and threatening a fragile economic recovery,” Welch was quoted before the conference. “The best way to break the cycle of surging oil prices is to chart a green energy future built on renewable energy and investments in energy efficiency.” During his remarks at NRG, Welch proposed a four-step effort that he believes will benefit Vermont’s “green” See WELCH, page 11
Vermont Congressman Peter Welch (D) at NRG Systems in Hinesburg March 15. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Videomaker finds voter fraud potential in Vermont By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY — A conservative Internet journalist and videographer has recorded evidence of voter fraud in Vermont. James O’Keefe, who
Voter fraud in Vermont: captured on camera.
founded Project Veritas, released a new video that was made during recent Town Meeting Day voting. The Internet video, according to the Big Government.com website, shows how easy it is to commit voter fraud in the Green Mountain State. O’Keefe’s video, a follow-on to another New England-based documentary, titled “Primary of the Living Dead”, shows an undercover Veritas reporter entering several voting places around Vermont last week. In each case, the undercover reporter presents a different name to each polling sttaion official. He is handed a ballot without having to show voter I.D. The practice opens the Vermont voting process to widespread fraud, according to the video. In the video, the agent repeatedly requests, but does not take, a Republican primary ballot. “We wanted to remind viewers this is not a partisan issue. This is a situation wherein anyone–Republican or Democrat–can exploit the system,” O’Keefe said in a Big Government.com news report. O’Keefe’s earlier video resulted in a new law requiring voter I.D. in New Hampshire State Senate. While most New Hampshire voterss applaud the law, the American Civil Liberties Union in New Hampshire said the law was “discriminatory against Latinos, African-Americans, elderly citizens, and others.” “States like Vermont and New Hampshire have to take dead people off voter registration forms and clean up their act, once and for all,” according to O’Keefe’s video.
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