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Vol. 2 No. 14 • April 14th, 2010

River steward for the Connecticut on how to enjoy this great river ...

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Slush Run Okemo Resort’s Slush Cup Pond Skimming Competition was a great success See page 10

Go Wild at Wildlife Fest!

Herrick’s Cove will play host to its 11th annual Wildlife Festival this spring with hawks, a wallaby, a treasure hunt and more

...Turn to page 13 for more details about this event

Utensils In The Still Life Tradition Check out the Outlook’s profile on Bellow Falls’ artists Elissa Descoteau and Roberto Gautier. ...Turn to page 13 for more about these two local artists

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High School Spring Sports

Student of the month Marissa Smith has been named the Elk’s Student of the Month for Bellows Falls Union High School.

Spring is in the air as all our local high schools take to the field in search of a coveted state championship for their school and community. Outlook Sports Editor Joe Milliken takes a look at seven area schools as our student-athletes look to make their mark this season. Turn to page 16 for all details and photos. Above, Springfield High School sophomore Jenna Paul readies to fire a pitch against Chester’s Green Mountain High School.

Photo by Joe Milliken

...Turn to page 7 for more about Marissa

The crew from Lisai’s Supermarket are making great progress renovating their new store in Bellows Falls. ...Turn to page 7 for an update on the project

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Observing the Wet and Wild World of the Connecticut River Submitted by David Deen, River Steward for the Connecticut River Watershed Council, Photo by Robert F. Smith – Editor Numerous travel guides praise the Connecticut River but the acclaim can be a double-edged sword. On one hand the Connecticut River has advocates at local, state, regional and federal levels mindful of resource protection and sustainable development in order to protect this treasure. All of this work has resulted in a cleaner river and a waterway that harkens one back to times past.

On the other hand, the beauty and accessibility of the river attracts us and thousands of visitors year round. Along with the explosion in motorized boating, kayaks and canoes travel through areas not accessible to motorized boats create an illusion

approximately 200 feet between you and any animal. When traveling in groups, double that distance and save your talk for the ride home afterwards. Move slowly and quietly but do not sneak up on animals or birds. A startled animal is a stressed animal.

Learn the signs of stress in wildlife when you move too close to them or their young. Threatened animals will walk, run, crawl, slither or hop away; cease foraging and watch you intently and may point their ears at you. They may make sudden nervous movements in place or conversely stand still, adopting an “invisible” posture; display specialized behavior such as deer stamping their feet or beavers slapping their tails on the water.

Birds too offer stress signals and with few exceptions they will take flight; ospreys and herons will cry out; least terns, swallows and willets may dive bomb when you come to close to their nests and killdeer will make loud keening calls and fly off but circle back and keep calling.

There are some simple steps you can take to put our wild neighbors at ease. Purchase a & COSMETIC DENTISTRY good pair of waterproof binoculars and/or a spotting Adult Cosmetic Braces scope so rather than moving closer you can observe from a distance. When you are canoeing learn to paddle quietly or simply drift with the current. In all cases avoid sudden movements and don’t stop to watch wildlife face-on. To birds and animals, this is an aggressive predatory stance that puts them on high alert.

Then there is the whole wet world. Wear polarized sun glasses and a peaked cap when you are on the water.

Fishing guides depend on them. They will allow you to see into the water by cutting down on the overhead and surface glare. You will be amazed at what you see with a little patience and you will become aware there is a thriving biosphere in healthy water.

Become an “over the side of the bridge” watcher by moving slowly into position and waiting a few minutes. You will be surprised at what will swim into view. It does not matter the size of the stream either; even the smallest of our brooks host several species of fish including brook trout.

Look to see if there are any caddis fly cases attached to the rocks. Their underwater homes could be shaped as small roundish gravel disks; small rock jumbles attached to larger cobble stones, inch long wood stick casings or cocoons of gravel. With luck when you are moving through shallow Take the first step towards improving your smile, water you will see sculpins dart under rocks, crayfish your confidence, and your life: shooting backwards away from you to find a hiding place under another rock and that dinner plate sized light colCall 802-885-3191 to schedule a no cost, no obligation ored hollow on the bottom of consultation to see if 6 Month Smiles is right for you. the river, it’s a fish nest (redd) so do not walk on it.

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Keep in mind though we are not alone and these quiet places are home to other creatures. We should offer them the same courtesy we would expect of a visitor in our own home. We would not appreciate strangers peering in our windows while preparing dinner, getting ready for bed, teaching our children, or cuddling with a loved one. You would not want beverage containers, food wrappers, or cigarette butts dumped in your living room either.

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News, Notes & Announcements for the Springfield Region Community Church Potluck Dinner The Perkinsville Community Church will be hosting a potluck lunch on Tuesday, April 20 at noon.

The program will be the Importance of the American Chestnut by Grace Knight. All are welcome. Bring a dish and a friend.

Spring Rummage Sale The Female Charitable Society of the United Church of Acworth, NH will be holding their spring rummage sale on Saturday, April 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Church on The Hill. They will be selling clothes, household goods and white elephants.

For more information, call 603-835-2819.

Walk for Hope & Remembrance Share Southern Vermont, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support is hosting their 2nd annual Walk for Hope and Remembrance on Saturday, May 8 along the Toonerville Trail in Springfield.

This annual walk provides families who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of an infant an opportunity to remember their angel babies publicly. Last year, more than 80 participants came out for the memorial service and three mile walk.

Although there was no registration fee the generosity of their donations raised over $1,500 for loss support.

Day-of registration begins at 9 a.m. with the memorial commencing at 10, followed by the walk and a complementary lunch. Pre-registration is highly recommended.

The first 200 pre-registered walkers receive a free water bottle. Event t-shirts, memory bands, and other memorializing items will be available for purchase.

Donations and sponsorships are always gratefully accepted.

To pre-register call 226-7231, email sharesouthernvermont@gmail.com, or download and send in the form from www.sharesouthernvermont.blogspot.com.

CCV Summer Course Schedule Online The Community College of Vermont’s (CCV) complete summer course schedule is now available on the College’s website, www.ccv.edu. CCV’s flexible schedules and affordable tuition provide students with a wide range of day, evening, and weekend classes they can work into their busy lives.

Summer courses begin the week of May 24.

Through its open admissions policy, CCV welcomes students of all ages and backgrounds, degree-seeking as well as non-degree, creating a vibrant learning environment. In addition to inclassroom courses, the college offers almost 200 online courses each semester in a wide range of subject areas. Online courses offer greater flexibility in scheduling and save time and money in commuting costs.

Students new to the college may begin the admissions process at www.ccv.edu. There are no application fees, SAT scores or essays required.

Academic advising is available to prospective, new

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and returning students, who may call 885-8360 to speak with an academic advisor about course selection, degree programs and transfer options.

Financial aid is available to eligible students.

Anyone interested in applying for financial aid should call 885-8360 to make an appointment with a financial aid advisor. CCV maintains the state's most affordable tuition rates at $199 per credit.

Once enrolled in the college, students may register for courses in person or on the website beginning on Monday, April 26. With an average class size of 12 students, early registration is advised to ensure the availability of preferred courses. Degree-seeking students can choose from 18 associate degrees and 12 certificate programs.

For more information on course and degree offerings, enrollment, and registration, visit www.ccv.edu, call 885-8360 or stop by 307 South Street in Springfield.

Raptors & Bugs at Springfield Library Kids of all ages are invited to attend “Raptor Encounter” presented by the Vermont Institute of Natural Science at the Springfield Town Library on Wednesday, April 21 at 10 a.m. Learn all about these beautiful birds and meet three live raptors.

Celebrate Earth Day with a Bug Hunt on Thursday, April 22 at 1 p.m. Discover mini and micro critters in pond water samples using your own eyes or our new microscope courtesy of the Winnie Belle Learned Fund Grant.

For more information, call the library at 885-3108.

Class of ‘71 Plans Reunion Activities Springfield High School Class of 1971 is having a 40th reunion planning meeting to be held at the Springfield Library, 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 17.

The class has already been surveyed and decided we will have a cocktail party on Friday night, then a Saturday afternoon barbeque with music and dancing in the evening.

The agenda for the April 17 meeting is to develop a list of tasks.

Many classmates live out of state but want to help make our 40th reunion a memorable get-together.

The task list will be sent to everyone asking them to sign up for specific duties.

If you would like more information, call Kathy Belisle at 978-902-3952.

Reiki Public Open House and Share The public and Reiki practitioners are invited to an open house and Reiki share on Sunday, April 18 from 1-4 p.m. at Studio Time and Space on Main Street in Springfield in the left back of the old Furman's building.

Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive energy therapy that helps healing of all kinds as well as reducing stress and promoting relaxation. Reiki is administered to a client fully clothed on a Reiki table (like a massage table,) or in a chair.

Free will donations will be accepted to help the studio bring other healing programs to our area.

Please call Kathleen O'Donnell at 591-0991 or Lauren Potter at 591-0507 for information.

Apple Blossom Cotillion Art & Event Portraits of Apple Blossom Cotillion Queens are currently on display in the art exhibit space at Springfield Hospital.

This exhibit includes the 33 formal portraits of Apple Blossom queens since 1977 and five private portraits donated by queens from 1957 to 1976. A total of 38 of the 53 recipients of this coveted title are featured.

The 54th Apple Blossom Queen will be crowned on Saturday, May 1 at Riverside Gymnasium in Springfield. The theme of this year ’s Cotillion is “Summer Daze,” and features songs from summers real and imagined.

Tickets for the Friday, April 30 performance cost $10. Tickets for the Saturday, May 1 performance cost $12 in advance, $15 at the door. All tickets may be purchased in advance at Tina’s Hallmark and the Corner Gift Shop and Information Desk in the hospital lobby as well as from the Foundation office.

For more information, please call Larry Kraft, 8857644 or e-mail lkraft@springfieldmed.org .

Talent Show to Benefit Family Center

The Springfield Family Center Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 15, beginning at 5 p.m. Dinner will be served. Guest speaker will be John Sayles CEO of the Vermont Foodbank. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

The Family Center is looking for volunteers to prepare bag lunches for Lunch at Home during April vacation April 19-23. Volunteers must be at the Center at 7 a.m. and will be finished by 9 a.m. each day. Please call Diana Gould at 885-3646, ext. 1009 if you can lend a hand.

Spring Community Dinner is Saturday, April 24 at

Springfield Medical Care Systems is holding its 5th Annual Talent Show to benefit The Family Center in Springfield at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 16 at the Springfield High School auditorium.

This year's show will include a variety of talents including singing, dancing, and skits. In addition, guests will be entertained by a variety of muscial performances including West African drums, piano, cello, and banjo. Larry Kraft, Director of SMCS Foundation, is volunteering as Master of Ceremonies.

Donations of non-perishable food items or cash will be graciously accepted at the door to benefit The Family Center of Springfield which operates a local food pantry.

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Springfield Medical Care Systems will begin its free car seat check-ups on April 23 in the Springfield Shopping Plaza. Inspections are scheduled to be held on the 4th Friday of each month, from 2 -6 p.m. in Springfield Shopping Plaza, April through October.

In addition, appointments can be made by calling Sandy at 885-7686 or Holly Trail at 885-7511.

For more information, please visit www.springfieldmed.org.

Button Up Energy Saving Workshops The second in a series of free Button Up Workshops will be held at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield on Thursday, April 22 from 6– 9 p.m.

A presenter, trained in energy efficiency and auditing, will lead the workshop and answer your questions. You will leave the workshop with costeffective tips for improving your home’s energy use.

The workshop is brought to you by Springfield’s Energy Coordinators and Energy Support Group.

RSVP for the workshop by calling Tara Thomas of the Southern State Correctional Facility at 885-9802.

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Robert McBride on the Loss of Sam’s in BF

Thanks from Neighborhood Connections Editor, the Outlook: The staff of Neighborhood Connections would like to extend our heartfelt thank you to the Towns of Londonderry, Landgrove, Peru, Weston, Andover and Windham for your generous contributions to our organization. Neighborhood Connections is a local nonprofit organization serving the towns and surrounding area with preventive health care and social services.

Your support of our outreach is greatly appreciated and will enable us to continue to provide the services which benefit many of our neighbors.

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Praise for Springfield Hospital Editor, the Outlook: In the last month I have had the opportunity to utilize Springfield Hospital and its services. While no visit to the Emergency Room is a pleasant experience, our visit was made much more comforting because of the professionalism and compassion of the staff.

I cannot say enough thanks to Ben Holobowicz PA- C and Jeremy Fitzgibbons RN in the care of my son. You showed great compassion and empathy toward him. I also want to thank Dr. Rick Marasa, Cathy Howland RN, Jan Sherer RN, and Maria Fiallos RN, for their support and compassion during an extremely difficult time.

They sure made it much easier for a very scared mom.

I would also like to thank my own ER team: Will Hoser PA-C and Bill Blanchard RN. I couldn’t have asked for more professional co-workers who again showed much empathy and compassion.

More Kudos are sent to Jessica Lucas, Cardiopulmonary Tech and Rich Talvenhiemo, Nuclear Med Tech; you both made me feel at ease against the fear of the unknown.

There are so many more people to thank and unfortunately I cannot mention them all. Your care and concern during this difficult time has been graciously overwhelming.

I just want you all to know that I am proud of this hospital because of all of you. I am blessed to have so many wonderful co-workers. Thank you each and every day for all you d Sandie Fischer, Surgical Suite Coordinator, Springfield Hospital

Editor, the Outlook: I was recently saddened to hear that Sam's would be closing its store in Bellows Falls. It has been one of the retail anchors of the downtown for over 40 years. It has seen the best of times and the worst of times in downtown Bellows Falls. Probably the lowest point was in the late 80's and early 90's when there was vacancy, vacancy and vacancy.

Sam's has kept consistent, regular hours seven days a week through out it all and has been a model to many businesses, demonstrating that it’s all about hard work, customer service, good products and regular hours.

I am sure that closing his store in Bellows Falls was not an easy decision for Pal Borofsky to make, a store that over the years has played an important part of his business life. I wish him well in his new store in Hadley.

I know that that community is lucky to have him join their retail mix.

Bellows Falls is situated between two exits off I-91, and access from NH off Route 12. The designated downtown area centered in the square with the brick Italianate styled Town Hall, complete with clock tower, belies a rich industrial history shared with other communities along the Connecticut River, Brattleboro, Windsor and White River Junction. But that millindustrial engine failed long ago. The challenge for our communities once dominated by the mill model of industry is to find our way to economic stability and perhaps not try to adopt a formula, rather organically evolve.

Downtown Bellows Falls of 2010 has not resurrected itself as the downtown of the 1960's mill town. The profile of business and economy has dramatically changed since then with the advent of the interstate, big box stores and the fact that families who might have had one car now routinely have two or three and add to the equation the internet and buying online. People are people; they still need to shop but there options: where, what, from whom and how have radically changed.

Three projects helped jump start Bellows Falls “renaissance”. The Exner Block renovation which will be celebrating it 10th anniversary this October was a bricks and mortar kick off project done in collaboration with Housing Vermont (HV), the Rockingham Area Community Land Trust (RACLT), the Town of Rockingham and the Rockingham Arts and Museum project (RAMP) as sponsor, providing 10 affordable live-work spaces with a preference given to artists and six retail spaces.. That project was followed by the Howard Bk with HV and RACLT and the Bellows Falls Downtown Development Alliance (BFDDA) as sponsor and the Bellows Falls Visitors Center built as part of the CT River National Byway connecting 13 communities up and down the CT River in VT and NH. The result of

these projects and partnerships over about a five year period was an investment of over $5 million dollars in the downtown.

Our diverse, compact downtown serves a year-round population of about 15,000 in a 10-15 mile radius and with almost every storefront, as well as the second floor commercial spaces filled provides good mixture of affordable and fair market housing, two bookstores, a variety of retail and services, a family owned hardware store, a 500 seat renovated movie theater/performance space in the Town Hall, several eateries, jewelry store, a drugstore, florist, barber, tailor, office supplies, library, Amtrak station, post office, a weekly newspaper, banks, insurance agencies,health center as well as social clubs, parking, access to public transportation, and a Visitor's Center. Sovernet's headquarters are in the downtown which also serves a healthy industrial park 1.5 miles away.

When Buffum's supermarket closed about 10 years ago it left a big gap in our community, this fall Lisai's, a Bellows Falls run butcher and grocery, is opening up a supermarket at the north end of town. Another significant project in motion is the renovation of the Hotel Windham.

Bellows Falls is one of 23 of Vermont's designated downtown and the home for the Great Falls Region Chamber of Commerce. The Vermont Community Foundation, Preservation Trust of VT, The Vermont Symphony Orchestra, The Vermont Council on Rural Development and the Vermont Historical Society have all found it's a great place to host conferences and concerts. Bellows Falls has been featured on several Chronicle programs as well as Good Morning America and been the subject of Boston Globe and NY Times articles, Three years ago Vermont downtowns were selected as a finalist for an international responsible tourism award, pitting the Green Mountain State's eclectic, restored downtowns against Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Ireland's Green Box ecotourism package. On many trips I take around the country there are not downtowns left that exist like ours. VT downtowns are a unique attraction in themselves.

Sure there are challenges, but who amongst us getting older does not have aches and pains? We deal with them! Bellows Falls is not for the faint of heart, or someone trying to make a quick buck.

But if you like to make a difference and like walkable communities with a rich industrial history then check us out.

So as we bid a farewell to Sam's, knowing that Hadley is lucky to have them join their retail mix, we must prepare ourselves to welcome a new business that will join our retail mix.

Robert McBride, Founding Director Rockingham Arts and Museum Project

Third Annual Business Plan Competition Seeking Competitors – Top Prize up to $7,000, April 15 Deadline Time is running out for participants to get their entries Existing businesses must have annual revenues of less in for the 3rd annual Business Plan Competition than $500,000.

Each submission will be reviewed and judged based sponsored by the Southern Windsor County Incubator.

The top prize is up to $7,000 and the contest is for on such criteria as: likelihood of success, potential for existing small businesses as well as those looking to job creation, impact on the local economy, leadership start a new business. The entry deadline is 4 p.m. on quality, and financial clarity. The winner of last year ’s Business Plan Competition was MacLaomainn’s Thursday, April 15.

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Those finalists will prepare complete business plans to submit in late May. In order to be eligible, the current or proposed business must be physically located within the municipalities of Cavendish, Chester, Ludlow, Springfield, Weathersfield or Windsor.

More information about eligibility, rules, registration, judging and other details is available by contacting SWCI. Also, SWCI can provide access to free resources to help in the preparation of the executive summary and business plan through such organizations as the Small Business Development Center and SCORE. For details go to twww.SWCIncubator.org, call 8853061 or email info@swcincubator.org.

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Confused by the Conflicting Claims About the New Health Care Bill? AARP Offers “Get the Facts” Website As a part of its efforts to help older Americans understand the impact of the recently enacted health reform package, AARP has launched new on-line resources for people with questions about the new law.

The AARP Bulletin’s new “Health Care Reform Explained” column – available at www.aarp.org/getthefacts – provides practical answers and charts that detail how the new law will impact older citizens. It also directly addresses questions submitted by visitors. Each week, AARP is answering the top questions about the new health care reform law emailed by readers to HCRquestions@aarp.org.

“Older Americans have a lot at stake as the new health reform package rolls out, and they’re having a hard time getting complete or consistent information about how it will affect them,” said AARP Senior Vice

President Drew Nannis. “This new resource is just the latest part of our efforts to make sure they have straightforward, reliable information to make the best decisions for themselves and their families.”

AARP’s Get the Facts website hosts a user-friendly guide to understanding the benefits of the new health care law, as well as fact sheets in plain language on various topics including prescription drugs and longterm care. The page offers information both for people in Medicare and for those with private health insurance.

The new “Health Care Reform Explained” column follows the model of the AARP Bulletin’s “Ask Ms. Medicare” column, which has become the go-to consumer information resource for millions of people who navigate the in’s and out’s of the Medicare program. Since announcing the new effort in an email

Grace Cottage Hospital Offers “A Matter of Balance” Classes for Seniors If you’re worried about the chance of falling and the injuries that could result, you may benefit from a new class at Grace Cottage Hospitalon six Thursdays, beginning April 29, from 1-2:30 p.m.

Research has shown that many seniors are afraid of falling and therefore restrict their social and physical activities. The six-week “A Matter of Balance” program is designed to help participants develop practical strategies to reduce this fear and to increase their activities. Participants learn to view falls and fear of falling as controllable.

Through instructional videos, group discussion, and exercises, class members develop coping strategies and

increase coordination and balance. Participants also learn how to do a home-safety evaluation to help identify places where they may be at risk.

The program was developed at the Roybal Center at Boston University. Research has shown that this class can help participants reduce the likelihood of falling and improve activity levels for up to 12 months after the class.

“A Matter of Balance” is a free program offered through the Grace Cottage Hospital Wellness Program.

The class size is limited to12 participants. Preregister by Monday, April 26. For more information or to pre-register, call 365-3649.

to members late last week, more than 30,000 people have visited the page and submitted hundreds of questions.

Nannis added: “AARP will use all of our communication channels – from our publications and website to in-person events – to make sure that our members and all older Americans have reliable information about what they can expect – and how they can benefit – from health care reform.”

AARP’s web site will be continually updated with answers to the latest questions sent in to HCRquestions@aarp.org, as well as other useful information to help older Americans get the most out of the new health care reform law.

Print materials explaining the new law are also available at AARP Vermont’s office in Burlington by calling 866-227-7451.

Reiki II Certification Class in Ludlow A Reiki II Certification Class will be held on April 17 from 8:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. at Mountain View Physical Therapy at 60 Bixby Road in Ludlow.

Join Lauren Potter, Reiki Master Teacher/Practitioner and conscious angelic channeler for a life- affirming, enjoyable day where participants will learn mental/emotional healing, distance healing and empowerment techniques.

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Home-Grown Tomatoes — Straight From Your Patio

by Robert F. Smith – Editor After last year’s tomato blight destroyed many a home gardener’s tomato crop, area gardeners are wondering what they should do about growing tomatoes this year. The answer might be found in using containers to grow your tomatoes.

Edible gardening has become a cultural phenomenon.

The need to save money at the grocery store and the desire to have better-tasting fruits and vegetables has sparked an increase in home gardening. According to the Garden Writers Association, 41 million U.S. households have a vegetable garden and 37 percent plan to expand the size of their edible garden this year.

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News & Notes for the Chester Region Poets Gottshall & Margolis at Misty Valley Karin Gottshall and Gary Margolis, two poets from Middlebury, will be at Misty Valley Books on Sunday, April 18 at 4 p.m. in honor of National Poetry Month.

For details call 875-3400 or visit www.mvbooks.com.

Texas Hold’Em at Gassetts Grange The Gassetts Grange in Chester will host a Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament on April 18. Buy-in is $90. Registration/open poker 11 a.m.-noon. Starting chips 8000, register before 10 am April 18 and receive 2000 extra chips. To register call 299-5014.

Chester Senior Luncheon The Chester Senior Citizens Club luncheon is at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, April 19 at the First Baptist Church on Main Street. We are playing bingo. Don’t forget your dish to share and place setting.

The Honey Dew/Do List Photo and text submitted by Ron patch of the Chester Historical Society Did you know that President Teddy Roosevelt once visited Chester, in September 1905? Here, the President is seen on the steps of the Pollard House, which is next to the town library in Chester. Most recently the house was the home of the Chart House, but is now a private residence.

Lisai’s Progressing on New Store

Text and Photo by Robert F. Smith – Editor In the photo on the cover, Gary and Mike Lisai are hauling a truckload of walk in freezer and cooler sections into their new store location in the former Green Mountain Power and Cornerstone Pediatrics building at the junction of Atkinson and Rockingham Streets in Bellows Falls.

The new 9000 square foot building has been completely gutted, as in the photo above, and the Lisai’s and several local contractors are busy getting the new space ready. Mike Lisai said they will still have a store of some sort in their current building on Atkinson Street, where three generations of the Lisai family have run the store for several decades. The new building has the advantages of much more space, wider aisles and plenty of parking, he noted.

Cornerstone Pediatrics has moved to a new location in the former Framery building just off The Square in Bellows Falls.

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Marissa Smith is Elks’ Student of Month Submitted by Holly Falzo It is a pleasure to announce that Marissa Smith has been named the February Elk’s Student of the Month for Bellows Falls Union High School. Marissa, a senior, is the daughter of Doug and Christina Smith of Bellows Falls.

Always polite and Marissa Smith respectful, Marissa is a hard working student who cares about doing well.

She completes detailed work in a timely manner, and even goes above and beyond by investigating honors assignments and academic opportunities. Her outgoing personality and positive attitude make her a great addition to any class or group.

Throughout her high school career, Marissa has actively participated in three sports, soccer, basketball and track and as a senior, served as captain on all of these teams. She has been a member of the BFUHS Drama Club, the Jesse A. Judd Chapter of the National Honor Society and the chorus. Clearly her responsibility and hard work doesn’t end in the classroom.

Always conscientious about serving others, Marissa continues to work with the local Girl Scout troop and played a vital role in planning their trip to New York City in June 2008. She also helps out at her church by volunteering at church dinners and in years past has helped out with Sunday school. Over the past five years, she has been a volunteer at a benefit concert "Music in the Meadow” in Chester which raises money for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure for breast cancer research. Last summer the concert raised $5000.

Marissa is a positive role model to others and BFUHS is proud to have her represent us with this award.

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April 14-20, 2010

News, Notes & Announcements for the Rockingham Region From writing the script, recruiting actors, locating Nature Museum Fairy House Slide Show SEVCA Micro Business Start-Up Training shooting locations, and organizing materials, to

The Nature Museum invites all ages to a Fairy House Slide Show on Sunday, April 18 from 1-3 p.m. at the Museum at 186 Townshend Road in Grafton.

Members free; non-members $5. The slide show will include pictures of some of the fairy houses constructed last September at the Museum’s Fairy House Tour and also others from tours and constructions elsewhere. Some of the actual entries from last fall will also be on display at the Museum. After getting inspired by the works of others, program participants will go into the Museum’s garden, weather permitting, to test out some new designs they may have devised.

Building fairy houses or structures for gnomes, elves, or pixies engages all ages; sparks close scrutiny of plants, trees, rocks, and other natural features; promotes creativity and engineering; and gets young and older outside in nature for a most enjoyable activity that encourages dialogue, reading, and scientific investigation. The next Museum Fairy House Tour is scheduled for September 25 and 26.

For more information visit www.naturemuseum.org or call 843-2111.

Vermont Reads Book Discussion at RFPL On Monday, April 26 at 5 p.m., the Rockingham Free Public Library will be hosting a Book Discussion of the 2010 Vermont Reads selection, The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson. It will be led by Vermont Humanities Council scholar Eric Bye, M.A. Appropriate for Middle School students through adults.

Start reading and join the discussion! Books are available to borrow at the Library or Village Square Books in Bellows Falls. Sign ups are necessary. Please call the Library at 463-4270.

SEVCA is also offering its Micro Business Start-Up Training Program to accommodate the needs of potential entrepreneurs to manifest their dream of starting, growing , and sustaining a business that they can call their own.

The program is designed to explore and research all dimensions of entrepreneurship with the end goal to develop a well constructed, research based, and financially viable Business Plan. The program will run for 11 consecutive Wednesdays from 9 a.m.–noon at the Marlboro College Graduate Center in Brattleboro beginning Wednesday, April 21 and ending June 30.

For further information contact Guy Payne at 722-4575 ext. 154 or gpayne@sevca.org.

6th Annual Compass Students Film Festival A dozen 11th and 12th graders at the Compass School have spent the past six weeks studying films, writing screenplays, and then producing their own short films.

This week, they are putting final touches on their films and creating blooper reels in preparation for the 6th Annual Compass Student Film Festival on Wednesday, April 14 at 7 p.m.

Professional film-makers serve as judges for the films, which brings a touch of competition and added pressure on the students to make films with wide audience appeal.

This interdisciplinary course is a popular elective at the school, led by humanities teacher Julia Taylor and science/technology teacher, Eric Rhomberg. Taylor and Rhomberg enjoy team teaching the course because the students are completely invested in their films throughout the process, working well beyond school hours to edit, perfect, and complete their projects.

Rhomberg says, “This is one of the most complex, creative and organizationally- challenging projects these students have ever taken on.”

adding sound, editing, and continual reworking, film making requires students develop strong skills of problem solving and management.

As 11th grader Connor Kloster observes: “Organization has been the key aspect needed because of the limited time we have.” His film tells the story of a lonely, regimented middle-aged man, who closes out the world until presented with a chatty woman who draws him out of his safe routine.

The course allows for close analysis of films as well as lots of hands-on practice with the camera. On the first day of Rhomberg’s class, students are required to make a 1-minute film that tells a story. They then make 2-3-minute silent films over the course of a few days.

In the meantime, in Taylor ’s humanities class, they discuss qualities of a good story, watch film clips for both analysis and inspiration, and learn screenplay formatting. Eventually, all students write and “pitch” their screenplays, and the students as a team choose what films they want to produce in the final weeks of class.

The film festival, held at the school on Route 5 just south of Bellows Falls, is open to the public, with a $3 suggested donation.

The Compass School is an independent school for students in grades 7-12.

For more information visit www.compassschool.org.

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Submitted by Suzanne Groenewold Teachers understand how education can change lives. Thanks to Craig Divis, who teaches at Bellows Falls Union High School, one promising local student, senior Kayla Coburn from Bellows Falls Union High School in Bellows Falls, now has the opportunity to take her education to new heights — through a full-tuition undergraduate scholarship at University of Phoenix.

Craig Divis is one of more than 50 educators recognized by the Council of Chief State School Officers as a local Teacher of the Year. Each year since 1952, students, teachers and administrators nominate their favorite educators for this award, which is considered the oldest and most prestigious national program recognizing excellence in teaching.

“We applaud the commitment to student Teacher Craig Divis helped senior Kayla Coburn from Bellows Falls Union High School receive a fullsuccess that every tuition undergraduate scholarship at the University of Phoenix.

Teacher of the Year demonstrates,” said William Pepicello, Ph.D., Union High School.

“Kayla deserves the Teaching It Forward scholarPresident of University of Phoenix. “Our Teaching It Forward scholarship program was developed to give ship because of her academic promise, her interest in these local champions of education an opportunity continuing her education, and her career, personal, to put a student of their choice on track to earning and life goals that she clearly sees a college degree an essential part of,” said Divis. their college degree.”

"She deserves this scholarship and will thrive with University of Phoenix is a leading provider of higher education for P-12 teachers, supporting their this amazing opportunity."

Kayla said in one of her application essays that she learning lifecycle—from initial, teacher-preparation degree programs, to advanced degrees and contin- “was not even thinking about continuing with any uing education for experienced educators. The sort of college education” before she heard about this University further demonstrates its advocacy for opportunity, and she emphasized the fact that a educators through this scholarship program. Each college degree would change her life.

“This scholarship could open new doors that I can Teacher of the Year can “teach forward” their award by nominating a deserving high school senior for the benefit from for the rest of my life,” she wrote. She also spoke passionately about this degree providing opportunity to continue their own education.

Divis teaches high school History at Bellows Falls her the ability “to create a fulfilling life for myself.”

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YMCA Summer Camp – Lower Fees & More The Meeting Waters YMCA, the region’s largest provider of summer camp programming, has announced its plans for the summer of 2010.

It is anticipated that, once again this year, over 300 different youth ages 5-15 from over two dozen Vermont and New Hampshire communities will attend a Meeting Waters YMCA camp this summer.

The regional Y’s camps will take place over an eightweek period from June 28 through August 20.

Two significant policy changes are designed to help parents in these challenging economic times.

Even though its camp fees were already among the lowest in the area — even compared to camps that do not provide transportation — Meeting Waters YMCA has lowered the cost of camp this year.

In addition, it has added more one-week sessions.

It is hoped that both of these moves allow parents to access the regional Y’s high-quality camp programs.

For the 46th consecutive year, Meeting Waters YMCA will once again offer Lewis Day Camp for youth ages 6-13.

Core camp activities include YMCA swim lessons, sports, arts & crafts, free swim, cooperative games, hiking, archery, nature education, and canoeing. All of this takes place on the Meeting Waters YMCA’s beautiful 52 acre property in Springfield. Eight oneweek and four two-week sessions are offered this summer.

Other Meeting Waters YMCA camps include KinderCamp for children entering kindergarten in the fall, Leaders-in-Training for 14 and 15 year-olds, and Family Camp.

Bus transportation is provided to Lewis Day Camp, KinderCamp, and Leaders-in-Training at no additional cost from Bellows Falls, Brattleboro, Charlestown, Chester, Putney, Saxtons River, Springfield, Walpole, and Westminster. .

More information about all of the Meeting Waters YMCA’s camps and financial assistance is available at their camp Open House to be held on Saturday, May 22nd from 10 until noon at their Lewis Day Camp facility on Route 5 in Springfield.

More information, including a downloadable brochure and pre-registration materials, is available at www.meetingwatersymca.org or by calling the Meeting Waters YMCA office nearest you— Brattleboro: 246-1036; Bellows Falls: 463-4769; or Springfield: 885-8131.

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Ball Players Get New Scoreboard

Cota & Cota employees get to work dismantling the old scoreboard at the Bellows Falls Cal Ripken League field.

Cota & Cota, a local heating fuel company, has dangerous piece of equipment from the field. With the partnered with the Bellows Falls Cal Ripken League old scoreboard out of the way, the newer scoreboard is easier to see and work with and the field is safer for to improve the playing conditions of their field.

On April 5 removal of the old scoreboard at the Cal players.

Cota & Cota has been serving the area since 1941, Ripken League field in Bellows Falls was completed.

This scoreboard, nonfunctional for the past two years and partners with local communities to make the and built on an unsteady, rotting wooden frame, was region a better place to live, work and play. falling over, posing a possible hazard to outfielders.

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Okemo Celebrates Slush Cup Success

Above are just two of the many competitors at Okemo’s Jackson Gore base area for the Slush Cup Pond Skimming Competition and The Killarney Splash for Cash. Photos by Donald Dill.

In the under 16 division, Sam Pawlak (aka Dr. Summer-like weather prevailed for the 127 Ireland. In the 13 to 18 division, top honors went to competitors who registered for Okemo Mountain Jill Murray, 14, of Trumbull, CT. Second place went to Disaster), 14, of Windham, won $350 for his maneuver Resort’s annual wacky celebration of spring. On Jack Fitzpatrick, 14, of Brownsville, and Hunter prior to making a big splash. Lyle Murphy (aka Vile Saturday, April 3, a crowd of spectators gathered at Benharris, 16, of Wrentham, MA took third. In the 19 Lyle), of Ludlow went for style points with a detached Okemo’s Jackson Gore base area for the Slush Cup and older division, Andrew Baker, 18, of New cannonball, and went home with $140 in the 16 and over division.

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For more information, visit Okemo.com or call 228Second place went to Pat Ahern, 21, of Brighton, Splash for Cash.

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Eight-year-old Siofra Murdoch, of Dublin, Ireland, CT; David VanHoesen, 46, of Greenwich, CT. “Making it to across the slush pond doesn’t won the hearts of the crowd with her smile and her necessarily make you a winner in this competition,” personality (not to mention her adorable Super said Okemo Events Manager Liam Fracht-Monroe. Woman costume). She won an entire case of fun-sized “The judges award a lot of points for style and gusto.” Snickers, Milky Way and Three Musketeers bars.

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News, Notes & Announcements for the Ludlow Region Fletcher Library 3rd Thursday Programs The Friends of the Fletcher Memorial Library will resume its Third Thursday programs for the 2010 year on Thursday, April 15 at 7 p.m.

A familiar member of the Ludlow community, Nancy Tanzer will present a two part series on Comparative Religions- the Eastern traditions of Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Attendees will discuss the origins, beliefs, sects and rituals of each of these religions.

Among the things that will be analyzed are the scriptures and rituals, as well as the current events and problems existing in the countries in which these religions are practiced. In Islam, particular attention will be paid to the actions of fundamentalists and the conflicts between sectarian dissidents. The only thing necessary for attendance is an open mind.

She is currently a Board Member of the Black River Academy and Museum , the Black River Valley Senior Center and Black River Good Neighbors.

Nancy also serves as a docent at the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation and teaches bridge to Ludlow seniors.

Final Results for Okemo Innkeepers Series It was another winter season of tough competition on the slopes of Okemo Mountain Resort for skiers and snowboarders participating in the Innkeepers Race Series. Following are the official final standings of the series.

Women Senior A: 1st Place: Ann Cherico, 2nd Place: Donna Tedford. Women Senior B: 1st Place: Babs Favale, 2nd Place: Brenda Burns, 3rd Place: Kathy Johnson. Women Pro: 1st Place: Erica Katalia, 2nd Place: Crystal Newbound, 3rd Place: Kristen Snow. Women A: 1st Place: Leslie Bridge, 2nd Place: Terry Dinapoli, 3rd Place: Maggie Hoffman.

Women B:1st Place: Liz Crowley, 2nd Place: Nancy Dipalma, 3rd Place: Alex Racicot. Women C: 1st Place: Deb Pawlak, 2nd Place: Jessica Alberty, 3rd Place: Hawley Johnson. Women D: 1st Place: Amber Nye, 2nd Place: Jennifer Cota, 3rd Place: Diane Rosseau.

Men Senior A: 1st Place: Bill Austin, 2nd Place: Warren Taylor, 3rd Place: Art Branton. Men Senior B:

1st Place: Lee Eastman, 2nd Place: Larry Crainich, 3rd Place: Mort Abramson. Men Pro Plus: 1st Place: Vinnie Dinapoli, 2nd Place: Torin Tofferi, 3rd Place: Jeremy Osgood. Men Pro: 1st Place: Will Nye, 2nd Place: Curt Cowles 3rd Place: Jeremy Smith. Men Pro Snowboard: 1st Place: Andy Ware, 2nd Place: Corey Palmiter, 3rd Place: Ben Haskell. Men Snowboard: 1st Place: Trevor Cyr, 2nd Place: Mike Robinson, 3rd Place: Tom Kupfer.

Men A: 1st Place: Greg McGown, 2nd Place: Peter Crowley, 3rd Place: Lonnie Lisai. Men B: 1st Place: Andrew Lisai, 2nd Place: Chris Saylor, 3rd Place: Joe Karl and Liam Fracht-Monroe tied. Men C: 1st Place: Mark Scott, 2nd Place: Brian Granger, 3rd Place: Raphael Wainhaus. Men D: 1st Place: Richard Farnsworth, 2nd Place: Gene Felder, 3rd Place: Doug Burns.

Chris Kleeman and all the race organizers wish to thank all teams and competitors for another great year at Okemo for the Innkeepers Race Series!

For more information visit www.okemo.com.

Library Looking for Help Moving Shelves The Cavendish Fletcher Community Library is looking for help moving some shelving to make the library ADA compliant. In order for the shelves to be moved, all of the books must be removed from the shelves and then then be placed back on the shelves.

The library will be moving the shelves and books on April 19-21. Lunch will be provided.

To volunteer contact Kata at 226-7503.

Finnish-American Society Meeting The Vermont Finnish American Society will hold its first 2010 meeting on Sunday, April 18 at 1 p.m. at 10 High Street in Ludlow. Veikko Liuska will play all our favorites on his violin. For more information call 875-5319.

Okemo Collects Tons of Food for BRGNS In a spectacularly successful promotion, Okemo Mountain Resort collected thousands of pounds of food for Black River Good Neighbor Services (BRGNS) food shelf.

On April 1 Okemo Mountain let everyone who

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came with three items of non-perishable food ski for a drastically reduced price of $10. Many skiers took advantage of Okemo Mountain’s generous offer.

Okemo employees and community members who don’t ski donated bags of food as well just to take part in the event.

“So many families will benefit from this tremendous show of support that it’s almost impossible to express our overwhelming gratitude to Okemo and the generous folks who took part in the day’s donation and activities” said Audrey Bridge, Director of BRGNS’s Food Shelf and Thrift Shop.

Jim Fuller, President of BRGNS Board of Directors said “We want the employees of Okemo Mountain to know how much we appreciate their hard work in collecting, loading and transporting the food. And thank you to the Windsor County Youth Services out of Mountain Side House who helped unload and stack the food. Special thanks to Okemo Mountain Resort managers Diane and Tim Mueller.”

If in need of food support, come to the Food Shelf or call Audrey Bridge at 228-3663. The Food Shelf and Thrift Shop is located at 105 Main Street in Ludlow. Store hours are Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Weston Playhouse Behind the Scenes Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Producing Director Steve Stettler will provide a behind the scenes look at the history of Damn Yankees, and this summer ’s Weston production of this long-living hit, at the Book King in Rutland on Friday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. It is the fifth of seven Stage Door Series events connected to this year ’s WPTC MainStage and OtherStages productions.

The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company’s 2010 Stage Door Series is an opportunity to get behind the scenes and explore the theatre’s upcoming season with free community play readings and discussions, film screenings, performances, and more. The Stage Door series is sponsored in part by local libraries, bookstores, The Vermont Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts and an ever growing family of individuals who believe in the impact that the performing arts can have on its community.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN OUTLOOK - 13

Combining Culinary With The Camera

Story and photos by Joe Milliken - Editor The Green Mountain Outlook office recently welcomed the photography work of Bellows Falls residents Elissa Descoteau and Roberto Gautier, whose Utensils In The Still Life Tradition prints are currently gracing the Red Wall Gallery at the Outlook office on The Square in Bellows Falls.

The couple is originally from Brooklyn, where Roberto owned a successful creperie and in fact, appeared on the Emeril Food Network show.

Their "kitchen utensil" photography is unique, bold-yetdelicate and rustic-yet-colorful. "We've been working on this project since 2005," Gautier stated in a recent interview.

"He was teaching a college course in hospitality management on dining room service both front and back of the "house," Descoteau added.

“The students were not able to identify the various utensils, therefore we waited for days when the sun would shine the brightest against an old, chipped ruin of a wall beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.

“Knowing that the light would only last an hour or two, we quickly packed our traveling bag with utensils and cooking implements."

Elissa would use a simple camera to set up the shots against the wall, a red dumpster and a gate with fake grass, propping knives in cracks, hanging eggbeaters from strings, balancing espresso cups on ledges.

“The wall's faded yellow and brick colors had a Mediterranean feel. Everyday objects meant for the kitchen or the stove were placed in a still life world; they were suspended and out of their usual places.

“This was our ode to the kitchen since 2005. Forks posed and became stars. During the process, passerby thought that we were having a sidewalk sale - "How much is that stovetop espresso pot?" Sorry, they're not for sale.”

The couple also offers cooking classes and fresh air tours of Vermont farms and cheese makers, as well as an occasional Trattoria in their home.

The exhibit consists of various striking, still life photographs of various kitchen utensils such as a chef's French knife, a long-handled copper pot, a Turkish coffee grinder or an antique espresso cup.

The Utensils In The Still Life Tradition collection is currently

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The innovative, six-part InkBlot Complex Poetry Workshop aims to lift poetry from the page and reveal how it is a living force in daily life.

Originally taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago to great acclaim, its interactive nature and inclusion of multiple art forms leaves dry, academic notions of poetry behind. The anticipated New Hampshire debut is geared toward high school and college-age participants.

The InkBlot Complex Poetry Workshop is presented by The Starving Artist, and happens every Thurs. in May—6, 13, 20, 27—and the first two in June—3, 10—from 4 to 5 p.m. at Starving Artist, 10 West Street in downtown Keene, NH. $100 early registration, $120 after April 15. Partial attendance negotiable.

Sonya Kitchell & Round Mountain Twilight Music presents folk and jazz singer/songwriter, Sonya Kitchell, and Santa Fe folk and roots music, multi-instrumentalist duo, Round Mountain, at The United Church of Putney on Thursday, April 15 at 7 p.m. Kitchell’s trio includes Conor Meehan on drums and Jon Suters on bass.

The United Church of Putney is located at 15 Kimball Hill in downtown Putney, VT. Tickets for this concert are $18 General / $16 Students and Seniors. For ticket reservations and information, call 802-254-9276. For more information, visit www.twilightmusic.org,

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Japanese Taiko Drummers Stone Church Arts teams up with Vermont Festivals, LLC to co-present Odaiko New England (ONE), Japanese Taiko Drummers at the Bellows Falls Opera House on Saturday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m.

About 21 drummers, including special guests, will be performing in this rare cultural experience.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door; senior and student tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. For more information call 463-3100.

Pedter Eldridge at Open Music Collective On Saturday, April 24 at 8 p.m. Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and composer Peter Eldridge will perform at The Open Music Collective in Brattleboro.

Following a 12 p.m. workshop for singers, Eldridge will perform with drummer Ben Wittman, and bassist Jamie Macdonald.

Concert tickets are available at The Open Music Collective. Admittance to both the concert and the workshop is $40 for adults and $30 for students.

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Following are some of the events, exhibits, and activities that will be at this years festival.

Food will be available. Brian Fox Ellis will be back again with his stories. Rockhopper and AMOS will be back with crawly creatures. Southern Vermont Natural History Museum and VINS will be there with hawks and owls. Jerry Sneider will be there with his butterfly program and decorating t-shirts with the kids. Phil Morgan returns with an oriole feeder to make.

Activities for children and families will include face painting, kids crafts, making collages, and family nature walks. Lets Go Fishing will be here again as will the 4-H trailer. Squam Lake Nature Center will arrive with many of their creatures. Sweet Maple Farm will be back with their alpacas. Vermont Fish and Wildlife will have exhibits.

Smokey the Bear will be roaming the grounds as well.

New this year: Henry Homeyer will be doing a workshop on Wildlife Planting for Birds.

Wildlife Encounters will be there with their wild animals from many continents.

Presented by Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society and TransCanada Hydro and co-sponsored by The Nature Museum at Grafton, Vermont Fish and Wildlife, Luzenac, Ben and Jerrys Homemade, Vermont Country Store, Bellows Falls Rotary, and the Southeast Council on the Arts Entrance cost is $2 per person or $5 per family.

on display at the Green Mountain Outlook's Red Wall Gallery at 51 The Square in Bellows Falls, with office/viewing hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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April 14-20, 2010

News, Notes & Announcements for the Londonderry Region Annual Breast Cancer Conference, Vermont Cancer Komen Awards $464,000 for Breast Health Center, UVM, College of Medicine, Burlington.

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Thanks to funds raised at the 2009 Susan G. Komen Vermont-New Hampshire Race for the Cure, and other monies raised throughout the year, the Vermont-New Hampshire Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure was able to award $464,690 to 19 community-based breast health programs, bringing the total sum of monies awarded locally for breast cancer education, screening and treatment to $5 million since 1992.

Home Health & Hospice Care, Nashua, NH; St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, NH; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua, Nashua, NH; Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Bennington; Green Mountain Community Medical & Social Services, Londonderry; Central Vermont Medical Center, Barre; Rutland Regional Medical Center, Rutland; NH/VT Emergency Fund, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; North Country Hospital, Newport; Northshire Women's Cancer Support Group, Manchester Center; Porter Hospital, Middlebury; New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition, Manchester, NH; UVM, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, (three grants); Vermont Department of Health; Forest Moon, Jacksonville; 10th Annual Stowe Weekend of Hope, Stowe; 13th

“The grant process is the culmination of the Affiliate’s work in both states over the last year” said Terri Hathaway, Grants Chair of the Vermont-New Hampshire Affiliate. “While raising money to support our grant program is a critical focus, we also focus on educating people about breast cancer, connecting patients and their families to treatment information, and highlighting the research being supported by Komen for the Cure at a national level.

Toward that end, we were very happy that we were able to send $116,013 to Komen for research.”

Through events like the Komen VT-NH Race for the Cure, the VT-NH Affiliate has netted more than $6.7 million in 18 years. Of that, more than $1.7 million supported Komen’s research program and more than $5 million underwrote breast cancer education, screening and treatment in Vermont and New Hampshire.

Get more information, volunteer and register for this year ’s race – which takes place at Hildene Meadows, in Manchester, Vermont, on Saturday, July 17 – at www.vtnhkomen.org.

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Are you an area farmer interested in bringing local vegetables, fruits, meats, eggs, cheese, syrup, honey or any other local food to market? Do you create food items using raw materials sourced from local farmers? If so, please consider being a part of Townshend Common Farmers’ Market held Thursday afternoons on the Town Common from 3:30–6:30 beginning June 3.

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Comcast Will Carry BCTV Brattleboro Community Television has announced that it has entered into a contractual agreement with Comcast to provide local public access television to area residents

ming and for the first time in five years, BCTV will receive capital funding toward investment in new equipment and technology.

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Grammar School Art & Films Event Sventh and eighth graders at The Grammar School in Putney will hold a gallery opening and film screening in the school's Dorothy Richardson Exhibit Hall at 69 Hickory Ridge Road South on Friday, April 16 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

The public is invited to view student art, including oil paintings, prints, black & white photographs, and films.

Students did this work during a six week art elective project, organized by art teacher William Chambers and funded by a grant from the Clowes Foundation.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN OUTLOOK - 15

Get In The Game . . . . . A View On Sports By Editor Joe Milliken

The Local Diamond The local baseball and softball seasons are in full swing, with plenty of area high school action to report.

In White River Jct., the Hartford Hurricanes softball team trailed early to Springfield, before a five-run fourth

inning helped propel them to a 8-3 win over the Lady Cosmos.

Rachel Lagasse led the way for Hartford with three hits and two RBI's, while Shea Hurd pitched in with three hits and Stacey Lewis added two hits and three RBI's.

Shelby Yee pitched six innings of four-hit ball (also three strike outs) to get the win, while Kristy McDonald closed it out in the seventh with a couple strike outs.

Ashley Richardson took the loss for the Lady Cosmos, yielding double-figures in hits while striking out three.

-------------------------In Windsor, Lady Yellow Jacket pitcher

Amber Heath went the distance for the win while striking out 11 and also helping her own cause with two hits at the plate.

Mariah Delong pitched in with two hits and two RBI's while Hailey Dunn added two hits, two runs and an RBI. The win put Windsor at 2-1 as they headed into the new week with a tough match up against Green Mountain.

--------------------------In Rutland, the Raiders' Emily Louras had quite a day in leading the Lady Raiders to an easy win over Bellows Falls, 18-1 at Northeast Field.

The senior catcher not

only hit two home runs in the same inning, but also added a triple, five RBI’s and three runs scored to lead the Raiders to victory over the Lady Terriers.

Rutland pitcher Taylor Kresconko also had a big impact in the win, carrying a no hitter into the fifth inning and finishing with a onehitter and 13 strike outs.

The only BF tally came from senior Tia Bilado, who hit a triple to right center field and also scored the Terriers only run of the game.

Kelsey Norman (two hits, three runs), Sam Tuepker (two hits, two RBI’s) and Sara Grabowski all led the

offense for Rutland, who sent 13 batters to the plate in the third inning.

-------------------------In West Rutland, the Lady Golden Horde was holding a 3-1 lead against Mill River, before the Minutemen erupted for 10 runs in one inning to pull away for an easy, 164 win.

Amanda Ley got the win for Mill River, pitching a completegame while striking out 11. Ley also helped her own cause with two hits and two runs scored.

Brooke Griswold and Amanda Harty led the Minutemen offense with two hits each in the win.

-------------------------Staying in Rutland, the

state champion girls’ lacrosse team recently had its’ hands full with Brattleboro, as the two teams finished in a 12-12, double-overtime tie.

The match was tied 1010 heading into overtime, with each team scoring a goal in the first threeminute overtime period, before the official strangely enough, decided to call the game a tie after the second OT. “It was something new to me,” Rutland coach Jane O’Neill told reporters after the game.

“I’ve never played a lacrosse game to a tie in my life.”

Marissa Kiefber led the way for the Lady Raiders with six goals.

Lady Chieftains Knock Off Cosmos In Home-Opener Story and photos by Joe Milliken-Sports Editor In truly a nail-biter throughout, the Green Mountain Union High School softball team finally busted out in the bottom of the sixth inning, scoring eight runs to pull away from the Lady Cosmos in a 103 win at McKenzie Field in Chester.

Green Mountain senior Sara Groshens and Springfield sophomore Jenna Paul dueled it out on the mound for five innings, with the Chiefs leading 1-0 before the Lady Cosmos finally got on the board, scoring two

runs in the top of the sixth sparked by an Amanda Farnswoth tripled to left field to give Springfield the lead heading into the sixth.

However, from there it would be all Green Mountain, sending 13 batters to the plate and scoring nine runs in the process to essentially put the game away.

GM senior pitcher Sara Groshens continued her fine pitching and had her change up working, throwing a four-hitter while striking out 13 Springfield hitters.

In her first two outings of the season, both wins,

Groshens has struck out a whopping 30 batters.

Senior shortstop Lindsey Walton led the offensive charge for Green Mountain with three hits and two RBI’s, while Bailey Stauffer and Groshens also driving in two runs each during the big sixth inning rally.

“We were really prepared to face Richardson (Springfield ace pitcher Ashley), GM coach Howie Paul said after the game.

“We were surprised when she didn’t start, but ready for her when she entered the game.”

Clockwise from upper right; Green Mountain senior Sara Groshens fires a pitch during her complete-game win, Lady Chief senior Lindsay Walton (#5) puts the tag on a Springfield base runner attempting to steal a base and a Lady Chieftain batter looks to surprise with a drag bunt.

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Preview and photos by Joe Milliken - Editor Green Mountain Union High School “The Chieftains” Athletic Director Eric Anderson Baseball: Division III Head Coach - Eric Anderson, second season as varsity coach.

After only losing two seniors to graduation, coach Anderson brings back plenty of players with varsity experience including a cluster of seniors; Ian Furrer, Dominic Strohmeyer, Justin Veysey, T. J. Slade and Michael Cavacas and

Preview and photos by Joe Milliken, Editor Bellows Falls Union High School: “The Terriers” Athletic Director Ian Fraunfelder Baseball: Division II Bob Lockerby, seventh season as varsity coach.

After losing a few key seniors from last years’ team, the Terriers will look to current seniors Ben Hewitt, Dyllon Nardino, Corbin Parker,

junior pitcher/shortstop Jason Albert.

Offensively, the Chiefs probably will not possess a lot of home run power, but they have plenty of contact hitters and speed up and down the line up, that and timely hitting is really all you need to score runs.

Veysey and T. J. Slade will set the table at the top of the line up, with Albert, Stroghmeyer and Furrer being counted on to drive in runs from the heart of the order.

Defensively, Albert anchors the infield at shortstop, with Logan Little stepping in a short when Albert is on the mound.

The corner infielders will be manned by Cavacas at first base and Strohmeyer at third, while the speedy Veysey will anchor the outfield from center field.

The pitching rotation will consist of Albert as the number-one starter, Chaz Carpentino and Chaz Soboleski for leadership and experience, while some of the younger players get acclimated and develop.

Juniors Jarod Kilburn, Luke Brophy, Brendon Hackett and Cooper Long will also be counted on, while sophomores Jeremy Kilburn and Matt Marchica will also look to create an impact.

Coach Lockerby will rely on a core of pitchers that includes senior, season-opening starter Corbin Parker, the junior Kilburn, senior Nardino, and the sophomore Kilburn.

In a rough season home-opener against Brattleboro, the Terriers could not get any offense going against a Colonel starting pitcher Devin

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Slade is the starting catcher with Jacob Walker, who should also see time in right field, as the back up.

Other players looking to create an impact on the field include infielders Howard Colton and Logan Little, and outfielders Tyler Francoeur, Furrer and Skylar Jarvi.

The Chiefs offense should be able to put some pressure on the

opponent by making contact and using their speed on the base paths, but they also need to be aggressive and perhaps even take some chances in order to produce runs.

If their pitching comes through and they can play solid defense, the Chiefs could make some noise come tournament time.

Softball: Division III Head Coach - Howie Paul, seventh season as

Rhodes, who pitched a complete game, five-hit shutout including nine strikeouts.

However the Terriers would bounce back with a big 6-4 win over Woodstock, also on their home diamond in Westminster.

Terrier senior Ben Hewitt pitched 5 1/3 strong innings to get the win, giving up four hits while striking out four.

Luke Brophy got it going in the third with a two-run single, with Cooper Long and Hewitt also pitching in with

lot power, GM will need to show discipline at the plate to generate base runners and manufacture runs.

If they can do this, they have the pitching and the defense to be a serious threat in Division III. After a seasonopening, 8-2 road win against Arlington in which Groshens pitched a one-hitter with a whopping 17 strike outs, the Lady Cosmos followed that up with a home-opening win over Springfield in which Groshens tossed a fourhitter with 13 strike outs.

Trailing 2-1 in the sixth inning, Green Mountain exploded for nine runs on eight hits to put away, what was a very close game throughout.

Senior Lindsay Walton led the offense with three hits and two RBI's while Bailey Stauffer and Groshens also drove in two runs each in the big inning.

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The junior Rentas and sophomores Shaw, Barber and freshman Rhianna Pratt will also be counted on from the pitching mound.

After a tough, seasonopening loss to Brattleboro at home, the Lady Terriers travelled to Rutland, dropping another tough, 18-1 loss against a very good Raiders squad.

Rutland starter Taylor Kresconko had a nohitter going in the fourth inning before Tia Billado slammed a triple to erase the no-no bid, before scoring the Lady Terriers’ only run on a fielder ’s choice from Savana Rentas.

Emma Shaw made the start for Bellows Falls, pitching three innings and taking the loss.

Softball: Division II Head coach - Pete Fry, fourth season as varsity coach.

After losing a few seniors at key positions to graduation, the Lady Terriers will field a very young team that will learn on the fly, with just two seniors on the roster in center fielder Julie Cermola and first baseman Tia Billado, who are both captains.

The third captain is junior catcher Megan LaBeau.

Juniors who will be counted on include Savana Rentas, Ally Davis and Megan Labeau, while a core of sophomores include Ally Barber, Shawna Coutu, Natasha Fletcher, Emma Shaw and Christine

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After only losing a couple seniors to graduation, the Lady Chiefs bring back plenty of experience this season, including the senior starting battery of pitcher Sara Groshens and catcher Britta Kilgus.

Senior Lindsay Walton at shortstop is another key component to the success of the Lady Chiefs, both in the field and at the plate.

Carley and Bailey Stauffer anchor the right side of the infield at second and first base respectively, while junior Laura Hoffman rounds out the infield at third base.

The outfield will see some changes, anchored by speedy newcomer MaKayla Benson, but the one question might be how much offense the Lady Chieftains can produce.

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Preview and photos by Joe Milliken - Editor Springfield High School “The Cosmos” Athletic Director Mike Hatt Baseball: Division II Head coach - Larry Partridge, seventh season as varsity coach.

After losing a few key players to graduation including four-year starter Tyler Albee, outfielder Ben Cox and pitcher Grant White, the Cosmos will look to their returning players to pick

up where they left off last year including seniors Derek Osbourne and senior Brandon Boyle, who played golf last year, and juniors Billy Wheeler and Matt Mitchell.

Other Cosmos pitchers who will be counted on include Jeremy Currie and the aforementioned Wheeler and Mitchell.

In the season, homeopener against Burr & Burton Academy, the Cosmos got their offense going with nine runs but couldn't could stop the Bulldogs offense either, however the game was called because of darkness with BBA leading, 15-9.

Springfield starter Derek Osbourne started off well, striking out four batters in the first two innings, before the BBA bats started connecting in the third.

With all pitchers available on opening day, Jeremy Currie took over in the third inning, with Mitchell and Wheeler

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also throwing in the game.

Springfield senior Boyle, who will spark the Cosmos offense from the lead off spot, led the way with two hits, a walk, three RBI's and two runs scored.

Softball: Division II Head coach - Andy Bladyka, 12th season as varsity coach.

After losing four seniors to graduation, the Lady Cosmos bring back plenty of varsity experience at key positions, including senior pitcher Ashley Richardson, junior shortstop Sara Vredenburgh, junior first baseman Jessie Haskell, center fielder Alexis Locke and catcher Amanda Farnsworth.

The number-one starter Richardson will be a key component, who has good speed, good control and is coming off a strong junior season,

while sophomore Jenna Paul shows good promise and will be a good number-two pitcher.

Offensively the Cosmos possess some good bats - Richardson, Haskell, Locke, Amanda Farnsworth, Kristen Cook - but they have to be aggressive at the plate and on the base paths in order to manufacture runs.

If the Lady Cosmos get good pitching and if they can play solid defense and not give teams extra outs, they should have enough offense to certainly win their share of games.

In the season homeopener against Burr & Burton, the Lady Cosmos got a great pitching performance from Richardson, a completegame, four-hitter with eight strike outs in a 7-3 win.

Springfield also spread the offense around with seven different players scoring a run, with clutch, RBI-hits coming from Cook and Haskell.

“It was a good, season opening game for us,” Cosmos coach Bladyka told reporters after the

game.

“We scored early, five runs in the first, after that, Burr & Burton played us tough the whole way. They have some good players this year.

“We had six different kids score our seven runs, so we spread the offense around. Jessie Haskell had a big, RBIhit in the fifth inning that gave us a little breathing room.

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Preview and photos by Joe Milliken - Editor Black River High School “The Presidents” Athletic Director Patrick Pullinen Baseball: Division IV Head coach - Jim O’Neil, twenty first season as varsity coach

By Joe Milliken, photos by Doug MacPhee Burr & Burton Academy “The Bulldogs” Athletic Director Kathi Bierwerth Baseball: Division I Head coach - Adam Provost, fifth season as varsity coach.

After losing five players to graduation, the Bulldogs will look to seniors T.J. Oliver, Dan

and Randy Kowalski, first season as coach.

After losing four key seniors to graduation, the Black River High School baseball team will look to returning varsity players such as senior first baseman Chris Kowalski Jacob Covel, Tim Rumrill and David Creser for leadership on the diamond.

Covel and Kowalski should be the top two starters in the rotation and seeing a lot of time on the mound.

Offensively, look for Kawalski, Covel and Rumrill to lead the way at the top of the order.

In the season, roadopener at Poultney, Covell pitched five strong innings to lead the Presidents to a 16-4 win, Favreau and Alex Miskovsky for leadership on the diamond.

The Bulldogs will look to their number-one starter Oliver to anchor the pitching staff, along with Miskovsky and Eddie Lewicki.

The Burr & Burton offense should have no problem producing runs, led by the likes of the speedy Favreau, Oliver, Joel Zoufaly and Miskovski.

Also watch out for sophomore Alex Richardson, who is showing signs of a good stick early on.

In a frustrating seasonopener at Springfield, the Bulldogs offense exploded for 15 runs and held a six-run lead, but the game was called because of darkness in the top of the seventh inning.

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however, also aided by a whopping 11 Poultney errors.

Kowalski led the Black River offense with two hits and five runs scored, while Rumrill added two hits and Covel helped his own cause with three runs scored.

Softball: Division IV Head coach - Luigi Valente, twenty-first season as varsity coach.

After winning three consecutive state titles, the Lady Presidents fell a little short last year, which certainly gives them added incentive heading into this season.

After only losing a few seniors to graduation, Black River returns plenty of varsity experioffense for the Bulldogs with two doubles, a triple and six RBI's, while the starting pitcher Oliver helped his own cause with three hits and three RBI's.

Lewicki and Miskovsky amd Zouflay also pitched in with RBIhits.

The game will be finished up when the two teams play again in Manchester on April 26.

Softball: Division I Head coach - Dan DeForest, twenty-eighth season as varsity coach.

After losing a few key seniors to graduation, the Lady Bulldogs still return several players with varsity experience,

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ence and are poised to make another run at a state title.

It will all start with the pitching as the four year starting combination of senior pitcher Amanda Chambers and catcher Tina Valente, along with junior pitcher Angie Valente, automatically creates issues for the opponent’s offense.

The infield is very solid defensively, anchored by senior Katie O’Neil from the shortstop position, with senior Destiny Cucullo at second base, Kit Kat Thompson at third base and junior Ashley Billings at first base.

The offense possess consistent bats up and down the line up and should have no problems

producing runs.

With strong pitching and good defense, do not be surprised if the Lady Presidents continue their winning ways leading right into another tournament run.

In the season, roadopener at Poultney, starting pitcher Angie Valente pitched five strong innings while scattering four hits to get the win, and also helped her own cause with runscoring double.

Golf: Division IV Boys’ head coach - Ron Bixby.

This year looks promising for the Presidents, with three returning players from last years’ team.

Led by senior Jake Goraj, and juniors Cody Fortuna and Mason Hyjek.

Sophomore Vincent Guerrera and freshman Jake Washburn should give good support to the veterans, as the season moves along.

Also, freshman Brandon Stevens looks to be a promising new comer as well.

Girls’ head coach - Ron Bixby.

The girls’ will have two golfers competiting this year, sophmore Dakota “Kodi’ Chambers and Dominica D’Ottavio, a senior who was on the team two years ago but moved to Florida, and has now returned.

The first matches start the week of April 26 and go through June 8.

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By Joe Milliken- Editor, photos by Doug MacPhee Leland & Gray Union High School “The Rebels” Athletic Director Keith Lyman Baseball: Division III Head Coach - Tom Russell, second year as varsity coach.

The Leland & Gray baseball team is on a roll, coming off back-to-back state championships, with last years title coming under first-year coach Russell, who now begins his second season at the helm.

After losing three seniors to graduation, the Rebels still return plenty of championship experience including seniors Tyler Russell, Zac Peterson, Gabe Pozzi and junior Collin Nystrom, who are also this years' captains.

In fact, nine players on the roster have a state title under the belt and a couple have two, that's some pretty good experience to have heading into the season.

“We have a lot of players on this team that know how to win and have that championship experience under their belts,” coach Russell said in a recent interview.

“That can go a long way when tournament time comes around.

However, I always stess to the players that you still have to go out and work hard and take nothing for granted. And these kids are working hard.”

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“We got some good speed in the line up, therefore we like to utilize that speed and put added pressure on the defense to make plays.”

Nystom and sophomore Brandon Reilley will set the table at the top of the order, with Russell, Pozzi, Peterson and junior VanOsdol filling out the heart of the line up.

Defensively, the Rebels are strong up the middle with Russell behind the plate, Nystrom and James Crowtherat alternating at second base and shortstop and Reilly in center field.

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by Peterson at third base and junior Tyler Miller at first.

Others who will see time in the outfield include VanOsdol, Noah Chapin, and Josh Fontaine. Also watch for freshman Tyler Barnum to get some time in the infield and possibly on the pitcher ’s mound.

The pitching rotation includes Pozzi as the number one guy, with VanOsdol, Miller, Miller and Barnum all getting the chance to make an impact on the mound.

One trump card for coach Russell will also be the return of senior Trevor Howe, who is currently inelligable, but looks to re-join the team early in the season.

Softball: Division III Head Coach - Tammy Claussen, eleventh season as varsity coach.

After losing a few seniors to graduation, the Lady Rebels return plenty of varsity experience and plenty of offense, to go along with sophomore pitching sensation Nicole Sherman and her hardhitting battery mate Aly Marcucci.

However, this team has something to prove, to themselves.

After posting a 14-2 record last year and

earning a number-two seed in the tournament, the Lady Rebels got upset in the first round.

“It was a tough way to end the season last year,” coach Claussen said in a recent interview.

“But I think the players learned from it and are determined to not let that happen again.”

The Rebels should have no problem scoring runs as they possess good bats up and down the line up, including speedy lead off hitter Kayla Joyce, Marcucci, Ashley Goddard, Chelsea Cox, Michaela Tietz and Ashley Meyer.

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with speed and good hitters and can play small ball, however they also possess a little power in the heart of the order as well. Scoring runs should not be a problem.

The sophomore hurler Sherman is already dominant on the mound, therefore if the Lady Rebels can play solid defense behind her, they certainly have enough talent to win a lot of games this season and make a serious run at a title.

After a tough, seasonopening loss, the Rebels bounced back with two impressive offensive

explosions in home wins over Arlington and Woodstock.

Against Arlington, Sherman threw a complete-game, twohitter with 12 strikeouts, in a 15-1 victory over the Lady Eagles.

Aly Marcucci led the offense with three hits (including two doubles) and three RBI's, while Sherman helped her own cause with two hits and two RBI's.

Goddard also pitched in with two doubles while Cox also added two hits in the win.

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Sherman was once again, impressive on the mound, throwing a complete-game, one-hit shut out with nine strike outs and only one walk.

The only hit she gave up, a single in the fourth inning to Woodstock's Emily Koetsier.

Lead off hitter Kayla Joyce led the offense with three hits, three RBI's and four runs scored, while Tietz added two hits and two RBI's.

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PHYSICAL FITNESS SCHWINN/BOWFLEX excellent condition, $300 518-532-4223

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WILSON ARNOLD Palmer Autographed Golf clubs, register # 6185. 3 woods, 9 irons, great bag. $150. 802-287-4041

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25’ reel of 3/8.050 Oregon Saw Chain 91VXLO25U with connectors. Retails $85 +.

Selling for $65. 518-873-6787

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APARTMENT FOR RENT CHESTER, VT. Exquisite 1-bdrm, large LR, DR & plenty of closet space. HT/HW/trash removal included. $785/mo. Call Neil 802885-6292.

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HT/HW/trash removal included. $795/mo.

Call Neil 802-885-6292

SPRINGFIELD, VT. 1 bdrm apt. Appliances, all utilities included. No pets. Minimum security. 802-886-2703.

SPRINGFIELD, VT. Olive Street. 1-bdrm apt. $575/mo. plus heat & electric. No pets. Call Jake or Gary 802-885-5488.

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2 & 3 BEDROOM apts. & houses avail. in Bellows Falls, Saxtons River & Westminster.

Call 802-869-2400. http: www.rootspropertymanagement.com/ .

MUST SEE.1986 Single wide mobile home in quiet Charlestown park. 3 bay windows, 2 end bedrooms, extra large master w/bath dining w/built-in hutch. Screened porch/carport. Priced to sell at $24,000. Call L. Rounds Century 21 Highview Charlestown, NH 603762-4258

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445 Missing Link Rd. - Has drilled well and driveway in place, 2.8 acres........................................$115,000 Weathersfield 4991 Rt. 131 - 10.8 acres, driveway in place. Perk tested, view, snowmobile trail. Broker/Owner. $99,000 Springfield 20-A Hillside - .34 acres, has town water & sewer, elec. needs updating & a small pad ..............$29,800

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Retail and dining establishments. 877-8803229.

GOVERNMENT JOBS - $12-$48/hr Paid Training, full benefits. Call for information on current hiring positions in Homeland Security, Wildlife, Clerical and professional. 1-800320-9353 x 2100 MYSTERY SHOPPERS! Earn up to $150 daily. Get paid to shop pt/ft. Call now 800690-1272.

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AUTO ACCESSORIES BRAND NEW bed liner for full size, double cab Toyota Tundra. $75 OBO. 518-534-2018

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2004 KIA MAXIMA $ 6,495

1973 NAUTALINE houseboat, 34’, good condition, new engine. $16,500. 518-587-8220, richie5226@aol.com

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2004 DUTCHMAN Sport, M-26L-DSL camper with superslider. Purchased new.

Clean, nonsmokers. Large pass through compartment. Excellent condition. $9,500.

518-236-5814.

DONATE A Car Today To Help Children And Their Families Suffering From Cancer. Free Towing. Tax Deductible. Children’s Cancer Fund of America, Inc. www.ccfoa.org 1-800469-8593

AUTO DONATIONS

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AAAA ** DONATION Donate your Car Boat or Real Estate. IRS Tax Deductible. Free Pick-up/Tow. Any Model/Condition. Help Under Privileged Children. Outreach Center.

1-800-928-7566

DONATE YOUR CAR Help Families in need!

Fair Market Value Tax Deduction Possible Through Love, Inc. Free towing. Non-runners OK. Call for details. 800-549-2791

2005 360 Kawasaki,4-wheeler,4wd,Red, $2300. 518-962-2376

2000 FORD ECONOLINE Ride Away conversion van. 5 door, wheelchair lift, 50K. Mint condition. Must see to appreciate. $17,500.

518-563-5464.

WANTED JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES KAWASAKI,1970-1980, Z1-900, KZ900, KZ1000, H2-750, H1-500, S1-250, S2-250, S2-350, S3-400. CASH PAID. 1-800-7721142. 1-310-721-0726.

HARD TOP for 1985 CJ7. Tinted windows, excellent shape. $400. 518-293-8141.

802-722-4722

09 GOOSENECK Flat Bed 20’ Deck, 4’ Beavertail, used twice $5000; MF Loader/Bucket and 48” Forks Mounts are for Ford 4000-7610 Tractors $1650; Double Rake Hitch $1050; New Steel Hay Racks; JDR Baler 510 $2850; NH 258 Rake $2050; 3 PT. Brillion Cultivators, 6 Row, Real Clean $1075. 518-796-5303 or 518-639-5353

CARS FOR SALE

2004 4WD Jeep Grand Cherokee. 6-cyl. Very good condition. Snow tires available. Reg. serviced. Silver. $6,500. 802-869-1090.

I-91 • Exit 5 • Route 5 • Westminster, VT www.westminsterauto.com OPEN M-F 8AM - 6PM • Sat. 9AM - 3PM

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2002 VW BEETLE GLS $ 7,995

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AAAA DONATION Donate your Car, Boat or Real Estate, IRS Tax Deductible. Free Pickup/ Tow Any Model/ Condition. Help Under Privileged Children Outreach Center. 1-800883-6399.

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DONATE A CAR - HELP CHILDREN FIGHTING DIABETES. Fast, Free Towing. Call 7 days/week. Non-runners OK. Tax Deductible.

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1-800-578-0408

32’ MOTORHOME low mileage. Sleeps seven with one slide-out. $28,900 or best offer 518-335-9272

DONATE YOUR CAR. FREE TOWING. “Cars for Kids”. Any condition. Tax deductible Outreach Center. 1-800-597-9411

FREE JUNK CAR REMOVAL Nationwide!

We haul away your junk CAR, boat, motorcycle trailer, any type of motor vehicle. FREE of charge. 1-800-We-Junk-Cars; 1-800-6758653.

TRUCK OR VAN FOR SALE CHEVY SILVERADO Truck 1500, auto, AC, cap, contractor rack, routine maintenance, non smoker, enhanced sound, 43,000 miles, excellent condition, $13,000. 518-873-6596.

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High Quality Health Care, Affordable, And Accessible To All, Is Not Too Much To Ask…

Our network of community health centers is welcoming new patients. Financial assistance is available. Call today.

Charlestown Family Medicine 125 Main Street, Charlestown, NH

Chester Family Medicine Main Street, Chester, VT

Family Medicine Associates 156 Wall Street, Springfield, VT

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Good health begins with great primary and preventative care.

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Ludlow Health Center 1 Elm Street, Ludlow, VT

Pediatric Network 29 Ridgewood Road, Springfield, VT

Ridgewood Associates In Internal Medicine 368 River Street, Springfield, VT

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Rockingham Medical Group 1 Hospital Court, Bellows Falls, VT

Springfield Internal Medicine 29 Ridgewood Road, Springfield, VT

The Women’ s Health Center 362 River Street, Springfield, VT 52822

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2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser - Blue, #U359..........................$7,465 2006 Ford Mustang - Gray, #U373................................$11,363 2005 Toyota Solara - Tan, #15535A...............................$15,995 2007 Pontiac G6 Convertible/Hard Top - Red, #16169A. .$14,900 2007 Toyota Yaris - Gray, #17213A...............................$10,235 2006 Ford Focus - Blue, #17237A.................................$12,900 2008 Toyota Highlander - Black, #17298A.....................$26,900 2006 Honda Odyssey - White, #18143A.........................$16,995 2007 Toyota Camry (Certified) - Blue, #18165A.............$17,995 2005 Subaru Forester - Silver, #18229B........................$13,900 2003 Toyota Tacoma - Red, #18240A............................$10,900 2008 Honda Element - Silver, #18272A.........................$23,900 2008 Toyota FJ (Certified) - Red, #18279A....................$26,900 2004 Toyota Tacoma - Red, #18283A............................$14,900 2001 Toyota Corolla - Silver, #17259A............................$7,595 2007 Pontiac G5 - Black, #18305A...............................$10,900 2006 Ford Escape - Blue, #17237A...............................$17,910 1997 Ford Escort Wagon - White #U419..........................$2,995 2002 Chevrolet Prizm - White, #U417.............................$4,995 2002 Buick Century - 25K Miles, #U418.........................$6,995 2007 Pontiac G-5 - #18305A.........................................$11,840 2000 Ford Taurus - #U425..............................................$3,995 1999 Nissan Pathfinder - Gold, #U426............................$6,995 2002 Ford Explorer - Green, #U429................................$7,495 2000 Nissan Altima - Silver, #U428.................................$4,995 1998 GMC Sierra X-Cab - 2WD, #18236B........................$4,995 1998 Infinity - Gold, #U440............................................$2,495 1999 GMC Sierra - Gold, #U441.....................................$6,995 1997 Ford Escort - Red, #U442......................................$2,995 1999 Saab 9-3 - Green, #U446......................................$2,995 1998 Mercury Sable - Green, #U445...............................$2,995 2005 Chevrolet Equinox AWD - Silver, #18366A...............$9,995 1999 Toyota Camry - White, #U450.................................$4,995 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier - Gold, #U454............................$1,995 2000 Ford Explorer - Gold, #U456..................................$4,995 1998 Chevrolet Malibu - Black, #U457............................$2,495 2005 Ford Taurus - Maroon, #17405A............................$4,995 2001 Toyota Solara - Gold, #17436A...............................$5,995 2004 Toyota Corolla - Silver, #18350B............................$5,995 1997 Subaru Outback - Green, #18382B........................$2,995 1995 Geo Prizm - Red, #17450A.......................................$995 2003 Oldsmobile Alero - Maroon, #18435A.....................$4,495 2002 Subaru Forester - White, #U460.............................$5,995 2007 Subaru Impreza - Gray, #17270A.........................$15,550 2003 Ford Taurus - Black, #U463....................................$3,995 2004 Toyota Tacoma - Maroon, #18199A......................$11,995 2007 Subaru Impreza - Gray, #17270A.........................$15,550 2004 Dodge Ram Quad - Black, ##18536A....................$15,460 2004 Dodge Dakota - Red, #18389A...............................$9,855 2001 Dodge Dakota - Red, $18395.................................$7,995 1999 Cadillac DeVille - Tan, #U455A...............................$2,995 2001 Dodge Dakota - Maroon, #U466.............................$9,995

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