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Vol. 3 No. 14 • April 6, 2011
Petition to revote on Giorgetti Rec Center
Local college is no. 1 ‘cool school’
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — Hold on to your hats. The City of Rutland is gearing up for another controversial bout over the Gior getti Arena bond—this time, a group of city voters have called for a r evote on the controversial r ecreation center. A group of Rutland voters c alled f or t he r evote on the bond late last month. As a r esult, their petition may for ce the issue b ack t o t he v oters i n order to decide the fate of the $3.9 million bond. The Town Meeting Day bond vote would expand the current Giorgetti facilities into a recreation center. The revote petition was completed in less than two weeks. Many angry r egistered city voters signed the petition A petition to trigger a revote on any bond within the City of Rutland first requires signatur es from nearly 600 registered voters. At pr ess time, it appeared r evote petitioners had gather ed 750 voter signatures by the Mar ch 29 deadline. Rutland City Clerk Henry Heck is the city officials char ged with accepting or r ejecting the petition. Heck told reporters last week that he did not r emember when the city last had a r evote call, howwver, Mayor Christopher Louras said the city’s last petition for a r evote was over a contr oversial municipal water fluoridation plan back in 1982. Heck cautioned that he and his staf f will need to inspect all the petition signatures before confirming the result; if the names are all valid, then a special election will be called within 60 days of the petition deadline.
GMC is ‘Sierra’ winner Teachers Leon Syme and M argaret Mulvey of Dar win, Australia, are visiting the Br andon area. Their children are attending the Neshobe Elementary School and Otter Valley High School. At home the husband and wife team teach in in an Aboriginal school in the humid Northern Territory. Photo by Lou Varricchio
It’s a small world at Neshobe School Australians, Chinese at home in school
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com BRANDON — For teachers, staf f and students enrolled at the Neshobe Elementary School this year , the world has come to their doorstep. The Brandon school com-
munity has enjoyed befriending a visiting Australian student, his teacher par ents, and a special guest Chinese teacher . And for this r ural school, these for eign faces have been a stur dy bridge of friendship across many thousands of miles. Australian married couple Leon Syme and Mar garet Mulvey , of Humpty Doo, N.T., along with their childr en Neva and Charlie Syme, have been in residence here See NESHOBE, page 11
POULTNEY — Green Mountain College has earned the title of greenest college in the nation fro m Sierra magazine in its annual “Coolest Schools” survey. GMC earned a score of 88.6 out of a possible 100 in the assessment, which ranks colleges and universities in categories including ef ficiency, food, academics, pur chasing, transportation, waste management, administration and financial investments. In a recent cover story, the magazine lauds GMC as the MVP when it comes to creativity in sustainability. The story cites the college’s combined heat and power biomass plant and participation in Central V ermont Power Service’s Cow Power pr ogram as innovative methods that reduce the campus’ carbon footprint. GMC tops a list of 100 colleges and universities fr om across the country recognized for their work on behalf of the planet. The issue of Sierra magazine which featur es GMC includes the “Cool Schools” survey and an article, titled “Quantifying Cool.”
Gov. Peter Shumlin: taking on tough battles
Gov. visits Poultney
By Catherine M. Oliverio Catholiverio@aol.com
POULTNEY — The sixth annual Rotary Club Community Dinner highlighted keynote speak er Gov. Peter Shumlin at Gr een Mountain College’s Withey Hall, March 26. Club Pr esident Jon Mathewson welcomed a sold-out event after the social hour . He jokingly said, “Jeanne Root is fantastic, but please don’t tell Gr een Mountain College President Paul Fonteyn that she runs the college.” See SHUMLIN, page 12
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin joined Poultney Rotarians at a recent dinner at Green Mt. College to discuss Vermont business and energy prospects, as well as how to grow opportunities for young people. Photo by Catherine M. Oliverio
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