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Vol. 4 No. 47 • November 28, 2012
Community News, Sports, Arts, Entertainment and Food for Rutland and Southern Vermont
Rutland police, fire chiefs issue blood drive challenge By Lou Varricchio
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Carthusian monks walk in solitude inside the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration monastery located in an isolated area at the foot of Mt. Equinox in Vermont. Photo by Sandi Switzer
Film to feature Mt. Equinox monks By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — The first public screening of “And They Kept Silence”, a religious documentary about the monks of the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration on Mount Equinox, located in Manchester, will be held Friday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m., at Tuttle Hall at College of St. Joseph in Rutland. The documentary, produced by Video Unlimited with Sandi Switzer in collaboration with Scott Switzer, Robert Gershon, and Marquis Walsh, features the first footage ever shot inside the only Carthusian monastery in North America. The film explores a world of spiritual silence and solitude. The screening will be followed by a question and answer session with the documentary’s producers and Roman Catholic Rev. Stephen Rossetti, a New York Times best-selling author, and the executive director of the monastery’s foundation. The event is free and open to the public with light refreshments served.
RUTLAND — Rutland’s Gift-ofLife Marathon Blood Drive has become a big deal. In addition to seriously helping the American Red Cross meet the region’s blood needs, the annual drive stimulates some healthy competition for a good cause. The lead volunteers of this year ’s drive want to break the one-day national blood drive record of 1,968 pints. And judging by the level of volunteer commitment in the Rutland area, the number-of-pints goal is definitely within grasp. Both Rutland City Police Chief James Baker and Fire Chief Robert Schlachter have issued challenges to local police and firefighters, as well as emergency and public safety personnel in Rutland County, to step up and donate blood Thursday, Dec. 18, the day of the drive. “Sadly, we deal with life’s emergencies every day, and we understand the importance of a safe and stable blood supply,” Baker said. “Through the Gift-of-Life See BLOOD DRIVE, page 6
Rutland’s Gift-of-Life Marathon Blood Drive has become a big deal. In addition to seriously helping the American Red Cross meet the region’s blood needs, the annual drive stimulates some healthy competition for a good cause. Pictured: Gift-of-Life donors at the Paramount Theatre in 2011. Photo by Steve Costello
Unemployment rate increases in the state of Vermont By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY — Figures don’t lie and the October unemployment figures, released by the Vermont Department of Labor Nov. 20, demonstrate
that the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for October increased over September. The jobless increase was by one-tenth of a percent with 5.5 percent of those residents reporting are unemployment. The percentage is probably
higher with the longer-term unemployed dropping off the radar screen. Mathew Barewicz, Labor Market information chief at the Vermont Department of Labor, reported that the Vermont total labor force See UNEMPLOYMENT, page 7
Spartan teams finish second in NAC
Castleton used an early second-half run to take the lead from Plymouth State College and made enough buckets down the stretch to finish with a 95-89 win over the visiting Panthers last week at Glenbrook Gymnasium.
CASTLETON — The Castleton State College men’s and women's basketball team were selected to finish second in the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) preseason poll, in a vote of the conference’s coaches released by the NAC last week. The Castleton women’s basketball team was selected to finish second in the North Atlantic Conference preseason poll as well, in a vote of the conference’s coaches released by the NAC on Tuesday. Castleton women received three first-place votes and seven secondplace votes to finish just behind ColbySawyer, who had 97 total points and seven first-place votes. The Spartan men actually received five of a possible ten first-place votes and finished with 86 points, just four behind Husson. The Eagles earned four first-place votes and 90 points total as they return ten players from last year ’s squad, which lost in the semifinals of the NAC tournament last year.
Last year, the Spartans were the second-highest scoring team in the nation averaging 92.8 points per game, while also ranking seventh in both assists (18.0) and assist-to-turnover ratio (5.9). Reigning NAC Player of the Year Mark Comstock leads nine returners from last year's squad. Comstock led the conference in field goals and free throws made, while ranking among the top-ten in both field goal and free throw percentage. Comstock also led the league in points per 40 minutes, flourishing in 2012 NAC Coach of the Year Paul Culpo's high-scoring offense. Colby-Sawyer received the final first-place vote after reaching the NAC Championship a season ago. University of Maine at Farmington and Thomas College rounded out the top-five respectively. The season begins in earnest Thursday-through-Saturday with nine out of ten teams playing, while the conference slate is scheduled to start on Nov. 29.
Photo courtesy Castleton State College
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