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Pine Hill Park: the yen to trek
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DONKEY TRIO — Mmm, so should we call this “tri-burro” area of Rutland County? Well, not exactly. These cute miniature donkeys—named —Willie, Millie, Connie—live next door to Gloria’s Pantry in Cuttingsville. The donkeys, akin to the Mid East donkey breed described in the Bible, are pets. Photo by Mary Moeykens
LUDLOW — Veterans, families and friends of Rutland and Windsor counties—and several communities in nearby southern Addison County—will observe Memorial Day with a mix of small parades and memorial ceremonies. Rutland County’s lar gest seasonal parade, the Loyalty Day Parade, was held in the City of Rutland earlier this month; it acted as the city’s patriotic commemoration of the Memorial Day spirit. The public is invited to all the following events. All parades See OBSERVANCE page 5
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newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — You could call it was the biggest energy r elated summit in V ermont in years. On hand was a cross section of Vermont’s key business and political leaders, north and south, were on hand to learn General Electric Aviation’s secrets about its amazing energy reduction and cost savings efforts at its Rutland jet-engine manufac-
turing facility. G.E. Aviation's Rutland facility shared its energy reduction strategies with leading Vermont industrial businesses along with state and Congressional leaders at a special meeting May 18 at the G.E. Aviation Rutland facility. Since 2 006, t he G .E. Aviation R utland f acility and Efficiency Vermont have worked together to identify and implement energy savings programs at the 400,000-squar e-foot W indcrest Road and 100,000-square-foot Columbian Avenue locations.
The team has completed 16 projects that have reduced the annual electrical usage by more than 15 million kWh and reduced CO2 emission by close to 8,000 tons.GE Aviation estimates its annual electrical cost savings is more than $1 million for both Rutland locations. Examples of energy savings projects include: Lighting upgrades: Changing lighting fr om high pr essure sodium fixtur es to high performance T8 high bay fixtures. Annual savings of close See G.E. page 13
Patriot Flag to wave downtown West Rutland vet gets credit for tour
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RUTLAND — Question: What’s big, red, white and blue and touring the nation? Answer: The famous Patriot Flag, a giant 55-foot-wide, 75pound United States flag. The Patriot Flag, which has been touring the nation since last summer, is a dynamic memorial to those who lost their lives during the Sept. 1 1, 2001, terr orist attacks. The stars and stripes will pr oudly str eam outside
Rutland C ity H all o n Tuesday, J une 28. To honor the flag and the fallen, Merchants Row downtown will be closed while the flag flies, 3-6 p.m. The mobile exhibit, operated by the “United We Stand” World Memorial, was actually inspir ed by the 2010 death of ex-West Rutland resident and U.S. Navy veteran Alex Kapitanski. As a youth gr owing up in Rutland County, Kapitanski was an active Boy Scout. As a scout he learned to love the U.S. Flag Code as well as proudly flying the stars and stripes. While living in California in his SeeFLAG page 5
Ex-West Rutland resident, Alex Kapitanski, died in 2010. His patriotic flag work inspired the Patriot Flag memorial. Photo courtesy of Rusty Sage
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RUTLAND — Pine Hill Park: Ther e r eally isn’t a city park like it within 100 miles. Located within the city limits of Rutland, Pine Hill Park is a 300-acre preserve dedicated especially for mountain bikers, joggers, snowshoers, and a variety of ramblers. If you talk to veteran mountain bikers like P .J. Ewanos and Aaron Mouton of Killington, Pine Hill Park is a treasure the City of Rutland doesn’t do a whole lot to promote. “The wor d of mouth is spreading about Pine Hill,” said Ewanos. “If you’re on the New England-New York mountain bike circuit, you’ve probably hear about.” Ewanos and Mouton had just comp leted a 10mile circuit of a portion of the Rutland city park before a heavy downpour of rain found them back in the parking lot. “It’s an awesome park,” said Mouton. “It has easy access, well-maintained trails with lots of jumps, banked turns, and mor e. There’s nothing like it anywhere near here.” Vermont’s other wellknown bike parks—Millstone in Barre and Kingdom T rails in the far north—are fine, but they’re commer cial and not inexpensive to use on a r egular basis. Pine Hill Park is different—it’s free. There’s also a bike shop on site if you need technical help or just like to browse. Thanks to the hard work of the non-pr ofit volunteer organization Pine Hill Partnership, the 300-acr e Sherwood Forest-like preserve will serve today’s, and future generations, of bikers and hikers. “Through t he c ooperation of the Rutland See PINE HILL page 5
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