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Nat’l DockDogs event returns to Killington
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Vol. 3 No. 34 • August 31, 2011
IRENE HAMMERS RUTLAND REGION
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By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com KILLINGTON — Big Air meets fr esh air this fall, when the Town of Killington hosts the 201 1 DockDogs® National Championships, Oct. 7-9 at the Snowshed BaseArea at Killington Resort. The 3-day competition winds up a full calendar of events taking place during the Fourth Annual Killington Hay Festival, which r uns from Labor Day to Columbus Day. The DockDogs event is expected to bring in over 300 of the most experienced teams fr om all parts of the country—and their fans—to compete for the national title. "We ar e very pleased and excited to bring this unique event to Killington as a highlight of the Hay Festival,” says Seth Webb, Killington's Economic Development and T ourism Director. “This is a tremendous opportunity to pr ovide quality family entertainment, and will surely make Killington the place to be for fall foliage.” DockDogs, as seen on ABC-TV, ESPN, and the Outdoor Channel, featur e distance jumping and r etrieving competitions from the world’s best canine athletes. At speeds over 20 mph, Big Air dogs catapult of f the end of a 40-foot dock into a 2 8,000-gallon p ool to r etrieve a floatable object. Jump distances ar e measured from the end of the dock to where the base of the dog’s tail breaks the water. “This sport is just so much fun for both the dog handlers and their dogs,” says G rant R eeves, D ockDogs CEO. “It’s an ear-toear grins sport for competitors and a wildly
View of the catastrophic failure of U.S. Route 7 south of Rutland near the Cold River. Photo by Nick Johnson
By Steve Costello
from the storm. In Taftsville, on the edge of Woodstock, the Ottauquechee River hammer ed part of a CVPS hydro station building and devastated contr ols for local distribution and transmission lines. “The upstr eam wall of the power house was washed away, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg,” said Gr eg White, CVPS’s dir ector of engineering and system operations. “There is signifi-
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — T ropical Storm Ir ene br ought widespread devastation to roads, bridges, private property and utility systems, pr esenting enormous challenges but also bringing out the best in many Vermonters. Following ar e several stories
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Champlain Bridge arch again connects NY, Vermont Construction deadline expires Dec. 13
By Andy Flynn
andy@denpubs.com PORT HENRY — It was a muggy 65 degrees at 5 a.m. Friday, Aug. 26 in Port Henry, N.Y. Stars glistened in the dark sky and a slim crescent moon hung over Lake ChamA version of this story was plain as r esidents and visitors str eamed into the boat launch adjacent to Velez Mafirst posted rine to watch Flatiron Construction workonline at 6 a.m., Aug, 26 on ers move the Champlain Bridge arc h 2 miles www.newmarketpressvt.com. to its new home at the bridge site between Crown Point, N.Y. and Addison, Vt. Two tugboats moved the 1.8 million pound, 402-foot ar ch, which sat on two barges, one on each end. The trip began ar ound 6 a.m. As the ar ch was pivoted in the bay at Port Henry, onlookers saw three flags hanging from the steel span, a Vermont state flag for the east side of the bridge, a New York state flag for the west side of the bridge and anAmerican flag in the
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cant water damage. W e’ll have to r eplace equipment and rebuild it. “And this story is bei ng r eplayed in several substations, including the Br ownsville Sub, which serves the W est Windsor and Reading areas, Rochester Sub, which serves Rochester , and the W indsor Sub, which serves W indsor and Weathersfield.
Kayakers Cindy Myrick, of Bridport, and her father Bob Payne — formerly of Middlebury and now of Albuquerque, N.M. — watch the 1.8 million pound arch arrive at the Lake Champlain Bridge the morning of Aug. 26. The bridge will connect Addison, Vt. and Crown Point, N.Y. and is expected to open by the end of 2011.
See BRIDGE, page 9
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