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Vol. 4 No. 30 • July 25, 2012
Community News, Sports, Arts, Entertainment and Food for Rutland and Southern Vermont
Wilkes is new MSJ principal The Vermont Marble Museum will get a new lease on life.
Marble Museum will get elbow room Preservation Trust steps in
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com PROCTOR — The Vermont Marble Museum may not close after all. Museum officials announced earlier this yeat that the famous museum would close after its utility bill forced the upcoming closure. The Preservation Trust of Vermont has offered a hand to help the museum, according to Paul Bruhn, it’s executive director. The Hemm family, owners of the museum, said they will sign an agreement with the trust July 24. The agreement means that the trust would become the steward of the museum until a new owner is found. A corporate sponsor is also expected to be announced soon. The museum had a spike in visitors July 17 with over 400 admissions resulting from a mass visit by the Model T Ford Club. Club members were in the Rutland area for the organization’s 56th annual get together.
RUTLAND — Members of the advisory board of Mount Saint Joseph Academy of Rutland named Sandra Wilkes as the shcool’s new principal. Wilkes’ brings a wealth of experience to the position, including having served as the Assistant Principal of a large suburban Catholic elementary school and as Service Coordinator for 850 students at Lake Catholic High School in Mentor, Ohio. “Mrs. Wilkes is an accomplished administrator and teacher who understands MSJ’s commitment to excellence in academics, extra-curriculars, and service to the community. We are thrilled that she is making the move from Ohio to lead MSJ,” said Andrew Costello, who serves as Secretary of the Rutland
she is the right person to lead and strengthen MSJ's Catholic identity and academic excellence.” As a theology teacher at Lake Catholic, Wilkes taught freshman and sophomore religion courses. Her teaching background also includes teaching middle school Language Arts and Reading in suburban and inner-city Cleveland Catholic Schools. Her educational credentials include two Master ’s Degrees from Ursuline College, Cleveland, Ohio: one in Educational Administration and Leadership and another in Elementary Education. Her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature is from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her resume also includes post-graduate See PRINCIPAL, page 12
Sandra Wilkes Catholic Schools Board and was a member of the committee that conducted a nationwide search for MSJ’s principal. Mona E. Faulkner, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Burlington, said "I am eager to welcome Mrs. Wilkes to the Diocese of Burlington as one of our gifted principals. I am confident that
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com POUTLNEY — On July 11, at approximately 10:19 a.m., members of the Vermont State Police, Castleton Outpost, investigated a burglary to
Drake's Pharmacy on Main Street in Poultney. Investigation revealed that between the hours of 6 p.m. on July 10 and 9 a.m. on July 11 a suspect made forced entry into the pharmacy. Several items were identified as missing by owner John Shipisch, 50, of Salem, N.Y. The suspects also caused damage to property
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com
Robin Callahan and one of the exquisitely hand- painted recycled furniture pieces at her Brandon studio. Above, right: “The Gathering” by Robin Callahan.
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BRANDON—Robin Callahan of Brandon knew she had an artistic gift at an early age. But it took until her 40s to begin seriously tapping into a deep reservoir of creativity which she now expresses as 21st-century folk art on traditional canvas as well an on some rather unusual surfaces—clothing and furniture, to be exact. “I consider myself an improvisational visual artist,” Callahan said. “I never know
what shape my painting will ultimately take.” Callahan said she approaches her art through the object’s personality upon which she will apply acrylic paint. “I contemplate the personality of the thing until a loose idea or theme forms in my head. Then I just allow the paint to flow off the brush and an image begins to take shape,” she said. Callahan’s work appears on both canvas and wood. See CALLAHAN, page 12
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while inside the pharmacy. This investigation is currently ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Vermont State Police at 773-9101 or go to the web link: vsp.vermont.gov/crime_prevention and submit a tip.
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Drake’s Pharmacy in Poultney robbed, damaged
Photos by Lou Varricchio
THIS WEEK
Craftswoman and hand-knit clothing maker Debbie Kirby makes mohair yarn on a New Zealand-made spinning wheel. The wool comes from registered Angora goats raised on her Kirby’s Happy Hoofers Farm located on Forest Dale Road in Brandon. Kirby has a tent at this summer’s Brandon’s Farmers Market featuring yarns and knit items. Kirby’s goats produce a fiber with a staple length of between four and six inches. “Mohair,” she said, “is a truly exquisite fiber. It is referred to as ‘diamond fiber’ within the industry.”
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