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Vol. 4 No. 38 • September 26, 2012
Community News, Sports, Arts, Entertainment and Food for Rutland and Southern Vermont
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com SPRINGFIELD — For the first time since the founding of Springfield High School in 1895, the school has canceled its varsity football season. The remaining games on the calendar of the 2012 were scrubbed, according to school officials, because of safety reasons. Springfield High School Head Coach Kevin Tallman told parents and students last week that the SHS Cosmos didn’t have “the depth” required for even an average high school varsity football team. Principal Bob Thibault said he felt bad about the decision but that it was the right thing to do. “It’s what’s best for the kids—not winning or losing,” Thibault said. “Getting concussions and other injuries is a big concern. In good conscience, SHS is not equipped to play Division II football.” Thibault said the Cosmos will continue to field its junior varsity team. Athletic Director Joe Brown met with varsity players to apologize. “I applaud the team for sticking through when others gave up,” Brown said. The decision to cancel the varsity Cosmos season was likely due to recent, large and embarrassing losses against Otter Valley and Fair Haven. The final Cosmos game against Lyndon Institute was forfeited.
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Utility to turn Eastman property into energy center Downtown site will include offices, energy exhibits
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — Green Mountain Power ’s plan to turn a blighted downtown Rutland property into a corporate Energy Innovation Center is a major step on the way to transforming Rutland into its anticipated Solar City status Both city and utility officials agree — it’s time for the downtown's largest, empty, and arguably most blighted property to be turned into a tax producing and employment generator. See POWER, page 12
Green Mountain Power President and CEO Mary Powell: “We will create a place in Rutland where customers can learn about energy and the environmental impact of energy decisions. The center will help our customers envision a new world of energy choices.”
Rutland-based ‘Pure Water’ wins humanitarian award By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — Few people have heard of the Rutland-based non-profit orientization Pure Water for the World. The low-profile humanitarian organization doesn’t really have a bricks-andmortar address in town, just a post office box
number. Founded in 1994 by a Brattleboro dentist, Pure Water is hard at work at its mission to bringing safe drinking water to impoverished communities, notably Haiti and Honduras. On Sept., 21, the Rutland organization was presented with a Classy Award for Excellence in the Humanitarian, Nonprofit Field. Classys are to the charity field what Oscars are to motion picture
arts and sciences. Pure Water staff members made the trip to San Diego, Calif., the receive the honor in person. The award singled out Pure Water for the World’s outstanding assistance in disaster relief and international aid in Honduras and Haiti. “Being selected as the regional Classy winner See PURE WATER, page 6
Rutland coworkers win Outlook’s $1,000 ‘Grand Prize’ Chris Howe was 2011 winner, too By Lou Varricchio
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Chris Howe of Pittsford, and Dan Probst of Rutland, discovered this year’s Outlook Grand Prize. The men successfully solved the clues indicating where a $1,000 certificate was hidden on a mountainside in the Mendon area. The clues and their meanings will be published next week.
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RUTLAND — Chris Howe of Pittsford and Dan Probst of Rutland are this year ’s Grand Prize winners. The men are employees of Garden Time in Rutland and followed the clues faithfully. Howe and Probst found the prize at the dead end of Killington Road, on East Mountain in the Mendon area. Howe was also last year ’s Grand Prize winner. Was it simply good work or hard work involved in finding two Grand Prizes back to back? “I got the hang of the game last year,” Howe said. “This year I really got into the clues and what they meant exactly. It really takes you on a wild ride in search of $1,000.” Howe will split the $1,000 with Probst, his coworker and fellow game player. Both men played a part in their ultimate success. “We’ll do it all over again next year,” Probst said. The Outlook will publish all the 2012 Grand Prize clues, and their various meanings, in the Oct. 6 issue.
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