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Vol. 4 No. 27 • July 4, 2012
Community News, Sports, Arts, Entertainment and Food for Rutland and Southern Vermont
Buster Keaton comedies will kick-start a new silent movie series presented by FOLA at Ludlow Town Hall starting in August.
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State ponders ban on taser weapons By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com MONTPELIER — At a news conference held June 27 in Montpelier, the progressive Vermont Mental Health Law Project strongly encouraged a ban on taser weapons in Vermont. The news of the proposal has created a stir within Vermont’s law enforcement agencies. According to a special public response about the proposal by Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn, law enforcement officals may not be too quick to embrace the See TASERS, page 2
Silent Movies next big FOLA Spoonerville Brook water checks under way project By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com
By Lou Varricchio newmarket@denpubs.com LUDLOW — Everything old is new again, as the “All That Jazz” movie tune goes. And so it goes with Ludlow’s outstanding FOLA film series at Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium. Something very old will be new to local movie audiences. The FOLA film series, with help from President Ralph Pace, continues to bring some outstanding motion pictures to the local big screen via its First Thursday offerings. Now FOLA is expanding it’s celluloid fair with something different— silent film. “In a break with precedent, FOLA has announced its intentions of sponsoring two different kinds of film genre, all with one common feature—the movies will be silent,” Pace said. “Movies first began simply as moving images with no sound,” he added. “Back when movies were first displayed, they contained no special effects, no See FOLA, page 2
SPRINGFIELD — The Black River and its tributaries are receiving more attention as concerns about water quality grow. BRAT, the Black River Action Team, is conducting a new, all-volunteer water quality monitoring program that started this month. One of the prime
BELLA ELLA — You love her music. Now, get to know the legend like never before. The late, great Ella Fitzgerald comes alive at the Weston Playhouse Theatre’s 76th anniversary season July 12-28. Local talent Joilet F. Harris, seen here at rehearsal last week, leads the cast singing “How High the Moon,”“That Old Black Magic”, “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”, and more. For tickets, call 824-5288 or visit the theatre’s website at westonplayhouse.org. Dinner is available by reservation at the theatre’s Cafe at the Falls restaurant.
focuses of the group is Spoonerville Brook, a tributary to the Black River in North Springfield. "It's been a long time coming,” said BRAT’s Director Kelly Stettner. “The program is the result of numerous elements coming together. Scott Bradley of Aquacheck Labs, Inc in Perkinsville is donating the testing costs of nearly half the samples; the state of Vermont's water quality lab approved the BRAT for a LaRosa Partnership, which
will cover the testing costs of the rest of the samples.” Stettner announced that Bill Manner, who recently retired to Springfield from the State of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Conservation where he was the Watershed Program Coordinator for many years, is in charge of the volunteer effort. See WATER, page 2
Sun boxes to sprout at Camp Plymouth State Park By Lou Varricchio
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A test of Craig Calorusso’s sun boxes at Camp Plymouth in Ludlow last year. The boxes return Aug. 2-5.
LUDLOW — This August, visitors to Camp Plymouth State Park in Ludlow are in for a treat. A display of unusual “sun boxes” will sprout in various areas of the park. The unusual boxes, which will combine art and science, will appear at Camp Plymouth Aug 2-5. Vermont sound artist Craig Calorusso is the man behind the sun boxes. Calorusso was invited to bring his latest musical creation to five state parks for five weekends during the summer months. “It's comprised of twenty speakers spread over a large, open lawn operating independently, each powered by the sun via solar panels,” according to Rochelle Skinner, sales and service manager of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation. “Inside each sun box is a P.C. mother board that has a recorded musical programmed to play continuously in a loop. Because the loops are different in length, once the piece begins they continually overlap and the piece slowly evolves over time.” Skinner said the idea is to encourage park visitors to walk around the solar-powered speaker boxes. “Certain speakers will be closer and, therefore, louder, so the piece will sound different to different people in different positions throughout the array,” Skinner said. “Allowing the audience to move around will create a unique experience for everyone. In addition, as people wander through the speakers, they alter the composition. Given the option, two people will take different paths through the array and hear the composition differently. Sun boxes is not just one composition, but, many.”
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