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NEWS April 2, 2008

P.O. Box 1265 Manchester Center, VT 05255

Auditions for Les Mis Inside

Vol 48 No 15

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Far left: Trey Spencer is offering the first of several Deals on Wheels to benefit the Community Food Cupboard ...see page 10 for details Laura Gatewood asks if You are Ready for transition? ...story on page 14

AP art students from Arlington Memorial High School (front row: Stephanie Holland, Lizz Ferruolo; back row: Paul Morgan, Rachel Brown, Anabel Dwyer, and Stephanie Pinsonneault) will be exhibiting their art... details can be found on page 35

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OUR READERS’ LETTERS ...thank the voters...

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Dorset Historical Society, I would like to thank the voters in the Town of Dorset for approving our request for support at the March 4, Town Meeting. Although I have been a frequent audience member at the DHS’s programs, I didn’t know much about the society, its collections, its historians or its behind-the-scenes activities before becoming a board member in 2006: Here are some of the treasures therein: -Biographies and art work from such artists as: Elsa Bley, Cleade Enders, Wallace W. Fahnestock, Dean Fausett, Arthur Jones. -An extensive collection of stencils and patterns collected and developed by Jessica Bond -MARBLE – a three dimensional map model of quarries, photos, etc. -Fenton Pottery – made in Dorset area from 1800 to 1835. -Town reports back to the late 1800s. - Hundreds of post cards, many with photos taken by Hunt P. Gilbert.

-Pictures and histories of the railroads serving Dorset. -Maps showing houses, businesses, schools, quarries from 1750s on. -Genealogies complied by Rev. Parsons Pratt for all the families in the Congregational Church 1856-1896. And, so much more. Thank you, our Dorset community, for your interest in and support of preserving this heritage. Please come visit: www.dorsethistory. com —Ruth Stewart DHS Board member, Dorset, Vt.

...water resources...

Our Vermont legislature is in session and, on behalf of all Vermonters, I urge concerned citizens to contact their state representatives, asking them to support and help enact into law the important water bill S. 304. This bill declares Vermont’s groundwater (our drinking water) to be a “public trust” and finally puts in place much-needed legislation safeguarding our most valuable natural resource — our water.

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With the appearance of a growing, lucrative water bottling industry in our state, and other sizable extractions, Vermont towns are becoming increasingly vulnerable to some unscrupulous groundwater depletion — with wells running dry, trout farms and streams being impacted, and the threatening occurrence of source contamination. Laws must be implemented NOW to protect the health and welfare of Vermont’s citizens, and your help is needed. Please contact your state representatives to help support this bill by writing to them at the following address: The State House, 115 State St., Montpelier, Vt. 056335201, or you may leave a message for them at the Statehouse by calling 802-828-2228, or tollfree, 1-800-322-5616. For a copy of the complete bill S. 304, please call 802-223-2328, ext. 112. — Joan Menson, Dorset, Vt.

IN THIS ISSUE:

Antiques & Auctions........... 36 Automotive......................... 50 Classifieds........................... 46 Creatures/Environment....... 33 Entertainment..................... 37 Fine Arts/Crafts................... 35 From my Corner...................15 GNAT-TV Schedule...............10 Mind & Body....................... 27 Restaurants......................... 38 Service Directory................. 45 Sports................................. 22 Job Connection................... 52 Weekly Almanac................. 38 Worship.............................. 44

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LETTERS ...huge success... Well, another year has passed and once again, Mettawee Mania was a huge success. Even though the weather was less than desirable, more than 250 folks braved the icy conditions and supported this annual event. To the performers, great job!!!! I am always amazed at how the show comes together and the performances just seem to flow and get better every year. To the Miss Vermont organization, your continued interest in helping us out has become a wonderful partnership. To the volunteers, these people just get the job done and make Mania professional and smooth running. To Linda Maness and Vermont News Guide, the press leading up to Mania was thorough and precise. Finally, the community embraces Mania each and every year and without their help, none of this would be feasible. Many thanks to all!!! It is a pleasure to work with and for all of you. — Rod Hawkins Director/Producer of Mettawee ManiaA Talent Extravaganza

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CFC Wish List for April

It’s Spring! Donations of basic cleaning products will help families get their spring cleaning done! Some needed items are: dish soap, paper towels, sponges, laundry detergent and bathroom cleansers. All donations to CFC are appreciated, and may be left in the collection box at Shaw’s Supermarket or in the hallway of the Manchester Town Office Building. ____________________ April 2, 2008

Meals on Wheels

Suggested donation of $3.00 per meal For Reservation or cancellation, call 362-3714 Wednesday, April 2 Beef Stew, Roasted Potatoes, California Mixed Veggies, Bread, Pudding w/ Fruit, and Milk Thursday, April 3 Veggie Lasagna, Sliced Yellow Squash, Garlic Bread, Pears and Milk. Friday, April 4 Baked fish w/Tartar Sauce, Brown Rice Pilaf, Carrots, Bread, Applesauce and Milk. Monday, April 7 A MEAL IN PARIS Broccoli/Ham Quiche, Creamed Corn, Stewed Tomatoes, Bread, Pudding w/ Peaches and Milk. Tuesday, April 8 Baked Stuffed Chicken w/ Rosemary Sauce, Parsley Herb Potatoes, Peas, Bread, Strawberry Cream Pie and Milk.

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Air Force Airman Stephen R. Vumbaco has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations. In addition, airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. He is the son of Ross and Becky Vumbaco of Killington Avenue, Rutland, Vt. Vumbaco is a 2007 graduate of Rutland High School. ________________________________________________

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The Peace and Justice Center is touring former UN Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter, at three Vermont colleges. Ritter has been a searing critic of the occupation of Iraq and the dangerous march to war with Iran. He will be speaking at Johnson State College on March 31st, Middlebury College on April 2 and St. Michael’s College on April 3. All talks will start at 7:30 p.m. The Vermont Tour is one of many educational activities that the Peace and Justice Center is hosting around the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq. The center’s goal is to bring different voices to the table to discuss the local, national and international costs of war. Ritter’s tour is specifically intended to promote public dialogue on Iraq and Iran in the context of his recent trip to the region, U.S. elections, and the lack of media scrutiny around the war. Scott Ritter is the author of “Iraq Confidential, Target Iran and Waging Peace”. Ritter’s first hand experience, including a tour as chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq throughout the 1990s, has empowered him to expose the distortions and lies that led our country into war. Ritter asserts: “The only policy direction worthy of consideration here in the United States concerning Iraq is the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of American forces...the fact that this option is given short shrift by all capable of making or influencing such a decision guarantees that this bloody war will go on, inconclusively and incomprehensibly, for many years.” At the heart of his critique is the understanding that policy-makers and the media have consistently failed to understand the complexities of the region and that the national security policy underlying all of our government’s actions there is fundamentally flawed and a danger to the very peace and security it purports to protect. The mission of the Peace and Justice Center is to create a just and peaceful world. To this end, we work on the interconnected issues of economic and racial justice, peace, and human rights through education, training, advocacy, non-violent activism, and community organizing.

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Operation Smile

Operation Smile is a worldwide medical volunteer organization that provides free surgery for children born with facial deformities. In Malibu, a self-centered 17-year-old blond is given the opportunity to volunteer for a trip with a similar organization. While considering the opportunity, she finds the portfolio of a girl in China with a severe deformity. As they share the same birthday, the teenager is intrigued and applies for the program. “Smile” tells the tale. The story is straightforward, the spoiled bimbette is redeemed by her exposure to real problems and the Chinese girl is given a face she doesn’t have to hide. Because this is based on an existing program and the child patients are real, the film transcends the plot. Shot in Malibu and Shanghai, there are strong contrasts and parallels between our cultures. In one a high school girl struggles with the impact of parentally provided birth control and in the other a newborn with a cleft palate is left by the wayside to die. This 2005 PG-13 film runs 108 minutes and will be shown with closed captions. It was loosely based on the director’s daughter’s experience and won no awards. I’m sure the director found making the movie a reward of its own. Smile will be shown April 8, the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m., at the Pawlet Public Library. Come early to see and be seen. Admission is free and the library provides free popcorn and punch. The folding chairs are more comfortable with a cushion. Feel free to bring one. For more information call the library at 325-3123. ________________ April 2, 2008

Local Professional Earns Designation

The softening real estate market in Vermont is increasing homeowner demands for tools to help bring a profit in the sale of their homes. Home Staging has become one such tool. By properly cleaning, declutering and preparing a house before it is listed on the market, homeowners have a better chance of selling their home at or above list price. Danielle Badger and Serendipity Home Staging are now serving the southern Vermont area as an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP). Danielle is among the network of more than 15,000 real estate agents and professional home stagers worldwide, who are providing sellers with the knowledge and tools they need to sell their homes faster. To have your property staged, please contact Danielle Badger at 802645-0450 or serendipity homestaging@live.com/

McDonald’s and Mountain School Beneﬁt

McDonald’s in Manchester is holding a fund-raiser to benefit the Mountain School at Winhall on Wednesday, April 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. Eat inside or use the drive-thru if you’re in a hurry. All of the sales count. Twenty percent of the total sales during that time will benefit The Mountain School at Winhall.

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Spend an evening with acclaimed poet/playwright David Budbill at the Mark Skinner Library on Friday, April 11, at 7 p.m., in celebration of National Poetry Month. Budbill will perform poems from his two most recent books, “While We’ve Still Got Feet “, and “Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain Recluse”, and from a current manuscript of new poems called “Happy Life”. He will also play shakuhachi and ringing bowls, bells, gongs and other percussion to accompany himself. Budbill is the most frequently read author on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac. He is the poet/playwright of “Judevine”. The play “Judevine”, has now been produced 51 times in 24 states. Among David Budbill’s prizes and honors are a National Endowment for the Arts Play Writing Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry and The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award for Fiction. The Los Angeles Daily News says that David Budbill writes “with rare honesty, affection and grace – and with language so precise and descriptive you will know immediately you’re soul-deep in something extraordinary.” The Chicago Sun Times has described Budbill’s writing as “Wrenchingly real, fiercely emotional and unexpectedly funny.” A reception will follow the performance. The evening is free and open to the public. The library is located at the intersection of Rt. 7A and West Road in Manchester Village . For more information, contact the library at 362-2607. _________________________________________________

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Bob Bardwell Beneﬁt

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WINHALL Gracious log home on 12 acres edging the National Forest. 4 BRs (2 suites), den, gourmet kitchen, cherry floors, hot tub. Access to trails from your doorstep. Great location. Manchester Office $1,295,000

MANCHESTER VILLAGE Classic elegance on over 9 pastoral acres right in town and overlooking mountain views, offering historical details, stone work and gracious landscaping. Manchester Office $1,900,000

A Benefit for Bob Bardwell will be held on Sunday, April 13, at the Old Red Mill Inn, Wilmington, Vermont. There will be a potluck dinner (please bring a dish to share), as well as live music featuring Gary Henry and Friends, including Skip and Laraine Morrow, Sue Andrea, Peter Miles, Jean Chaine, Colby Dix and others. A Chinese Auction will also be held as well as a 50/50 raffle. Please join the community in an effort to support the Bardwell family at this time. All proceeds will help with medical expenses. For more information contact Steve Wrathall 368-7147 or Mary Pike-Sprenger 464-9034. ____________________

Ballet Manchester Spring Fund-raiser

MANCHESTER This converted barn condo has been renovated inside and out. Open and bright floor plan with superb views, fireplace and garage near town amenities and ski resorts. Manchester Office $695,000

HALIFAX Exceptional Sturbridge Village replica on 10+ acres with pond, views, wide-plank floors,gas fireplace, family room & kitchen with woodstoves and two-story, two-stall barn! Manchester Office $499,000

SUNDERLAND Varied lots with mountain views or stream in exceptional new subdivision, just 6 miles from Manchester Center in quiet country setting with septic designs & underground power.Manchester Office $99,000

MANCHESTER This 3-level end unit in Riverside offers a walk-out lower level and deck, overlooking the Battenkill River and seasonal mountain views in a convenient walk-to-town location. Manchester Office $235,000

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Ballet Manchester will hold its first annual spring fund-raiser on Friday, April 4, at Ye Olde Tavern in Manchester, Vermont. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with a cash bar. A full course dinner will follow at 7 p.m., featuring cranberry fritters, salad, a choice of entrée, and dessert. The theme for this event is “black and white, with a splash of color” for spring. Have some fun, wear something black and white (fun, not formal), add a little color! This event will support Ballet Manchester’s non profit mission of bringing “world class dance” during the summer to the southern Vermont area. The cost for this event is $36. For more information or to make a reservation, please call Ballet Manchester at 362-0759. ____________________

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Deals on Wheels

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If you believe it, it will come. We’re talking King of Spring here, even though there is still snow on the mountains. A typical sign of spring, along with robins and muddy roads, is the first Deals on Wheels for 2008 to be held on Sunday, April 6, at Battenkill Sports in Manchester from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This event offers people the opportunity to sell or buy a good used bicycle or cycling equipment. Potential sellers are asked to come in no earlier than 9 a.m. Sunday to register their item(s). The public is welcome to browse the selection beginning at 9:30 a.m. to look for the deal you just can’t pass up. There is no fee to attend or commission charged on sales. All successful buyers and sellers are asked to make a small cash donation which goes to the Community Food Cupboard in its entirety. As always, during the month of April, all cash donations to community groups like the CFC become eligible for matching funs from the Feinstein Foundation of Rhode Island’s yearly commitment to share one million dollars nationwide in the fight against hunger in America. Enjoy the tail end of winter on Saturday, and then come to Deals on Wheels on Sunday, April 6. Get back into biking! For further information, please call Battenkill Sports at 362-2734 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. any day. _________________________________________________

GNAT-TV WEEKLY SCHEDULE ~ Your Voice Heard!

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ALL TIMES A.M./P.M.

_______________________________________________________ CHANNEL 15 COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING*

1:00 T-TH The Valyou Freedom Show 1:00 F-M Roman Catholic Mass 2:30 T-TH Words of Peace 3:00 All Jerry Tyler Country Music 4:00 All Girls’ Night Out 5:00 All Pets of the Week 5:30 All Simple Solutions 6:00 All Kaleidoscope 7:00 All Bob Stannard’s Q & A 8:00 All Girls’ Night Out 9:00 T-TH TBA/Special programming 9:00 F-M The Bible & You 10:00 All Celebrate Ourselves! 10:30 All The Forgotten Touch 11:00 T-TH Instant Coffeehouse/Kingdom Sound 11:00 F-M This is the Day! 12:00 All Kaleidoscope *Community Bulletin Board shown 24/7 between programming

CHANNEL 16/EDUCATIONAL & ARTS PROGRAMMING

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All BBA Feed All Manchester School Board Meeting All Dartmouth Hitchcock Series *TBA/Special Sports Programming. Community Bulletin Board shown 24/7 between programming

CHANNEL 17/GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMING

6:00 All Manchester Selectboard 8:00 All Gov. Douglas Press Conference 10:00 All Sen. Bernie Sanders *Classic Arts Showcase shown 24/7 between programming Contact GNAT-TV at 802-362-7070; gnat-tv@comcast.net or visit the website at www.gnat-tv.org

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Haystack Hustlers

Haystack Hustlers Seniors will meet on Monday (note change of day and time from usual monthly schedule) April 7, at 10:30 a.m., at Pawlet Church for their “Brain Gym” program with Zohara Zarfatti. If you missed our last session with Zohara, you surely won’t want to miss this one! Be sure to bring a bottle of water with you. There will be a Pizza Party provided after the program. April 22, enjoy lunch at Mettowee Community School at noon. Reservations are due to Phyllis at 325-3196 by April 16. Watch the newspapers and the Pawlet New Paper for information regarding the AARP Senior Drivers Program. This will require prior registration as the number for the class will be limited. Note that all area seniors are invited to the local meals and activities. _____________________

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The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 1938, Poplar Avenue, Valley Falls, New York, will hold its monthly breakfast on April 13, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., at the post rooms. It’s an all-you-can-eat menu that includes bacon, sausage, eggs, pancakes, French toast, sausage gravy on biscuits, fruit, coffee and tea. Adults, $6; children under 12 years old, $3; and under 5 years of age, no charge. Please bring donations for overseas boxes that we send to our deployed men and women in the military. The Ladies Auxiliary will be holding a “Cash and Carry” Tupperware Fundraiser on April 13, from 9 a.m. to noon. Funds earned will help the “Support the Troops” fund, as postage is a major cost. ____________________

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Breakfast in Valley Falls

Have you ever been to a real sugarhouse dinner? No? You can enjoy a real maple feast that will more than adjust your taste buds on Saturday, April 5, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Wells United Methodist Church, Wells, Vermont. This is their third annual Maple Dinner creation. You will start off with a complete salad bar, topped off with a choice of four of Sue’s diverse maple dressings. At your table, you will be presented with maple glazed smoked ham. Charlotte, Estelle and Phyllis will then offer you their delicious scalloped potatoes, that will definitely get your attention. On the side you will be offered maple baked beans created by Geraldine, Eleanor and Marion. Mary Ann and Bonnie have baked delicious maple brown bread. And completing the meal is Audrey’s maple sap-boiled eggs. To further tang your dinner you will find maple mustard, maple pepper and maple vinegar, as well as maple syrup and maple favors at your table. Beverages will include coffee, maple tea, water, milk, and juice. Dessert is vanilla or butter pecan sundae with a maple topping and maple cookies. Take-outs can be provided. The cost of this compete dinner is $9.50, adults; $5 for children 12 and under; no charge for children 4 and under. The Wells United Methodist Church is located at the Village Park, State Route 30, Wells. For further information, please call 325-3203. You’ll only find a feast like this once in a year! ________________________________________________

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AARP Meeting

The next meeting of the Northshire Chapter of AARP will take place on Thursday, April 10 at the Manchester Town Office. It will begin at 12:30, and participants are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch. The guest speaker will be Erica Marthage, Bennington County state attorney. All those over 50 are welcome to attend these meetings which occur on the second Thursday of each month. The meeting will end with a 50/50 raffle. _____________________________________________

VFW 6471 Fund-raiser Rafﬂe

Turkey season is coming soon. Do you want a new shotgun and or could you just use $400 cash? VFW Post 6471 is raffling off your choice of $400 or a Camouflaged Mossberg Model 835 Pump Turkey Shotgun. Only 200 tickets are being sold at $5 each and the winner will be drawn April 18. Support this raffle and support local youth programs such as Cub Scouts, Little League and the Manchester Loyalty Day Parade. Okay, so you’re not a hunter! We can all use cash, so please stop by the Post to purchase your tickets, or call 362-9840 for more information. ________________________________________________

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Transition Fairs to be Held at BBA and MAUHS & CDC

The Bennington County School and Workforce Partnership and the Council on Youth have planned a “Mini” Transition Fair for Monday April 7, from 2:30 to 5 p.m., at the BBA Cafeteria. There will be representatives from schools, employers, and organizations that can be helpful in providing information that could help youth in exploring college or post-secondary training opportunities, achieving independent living skills, securing employment, and learning about local recreation resources. The event at BBA will be a prelude to the larger fair to be held at MAUHS on Thursday May 8, from 3 to 7 p.m. At MAUHS there will be representatives from schools, employers and organizations, but there will also be interactive workshops presented in half hour increments that will address such things as Financial Planning for College or Vocational School, how to obtain Health Insurance, Negotiating Transportation in Bennington County and Cooking for Life, to name just a few. Both fairs are open to all youth 16 years of age and older and their parents or guardians. Refreshments and door prizes will be available at both events. Both of these events have been generously sponsored by BenningtonRutland Supervisory Union, MAUHS, CDC, Vocational Rehabilitation, and The Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council. Contact Laura Gatewood at 362-2452 for additional information. ________________________________________________

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From my Corner

— Susan J. Coons ...misspoke... You know, I remember the time I was flying from Janesville, Wisconsin to Pottsville, Pennsylvania round trip every weekend,. The Pottsville airport was a short landing strip on the top of a mountain. It was usually foggy, with the landing strip appearing out of no where just at the last minute. One Monday morning, as we were returning to Pottsville, there was a very heavy fog, with warnings coming in from the tower to take extra precautions on landing. Our plane was a five-passenger Twin Beech. We could barely see the lights along the short runway as we approached. We landed safely, but as we disembarked, we noticed the shrubbery surrounding the area begin to move. Suddenly we were surrounded by little green people! They shouted, aimed and fired weapons at us as we ducked and ran for cover! There was no time to think! I’ll never forget that day. It’s experiences like that that qualify me for just about any job! Oh! OH! I’m sorry! I must have misspoken! I’ve been sleep deprived. Hey, it just proves I’m human, right? I mean, the only part of the story that isn’t true is the part about the shrubs, the little green men, the weapons, and running and ducking for cover. _____________________

Let’s Dance Continues Dance Lessons to Beneﬁt CFC

Michael Rodriguez of Let’s Dance So. Vt., is conducting dance lessons every Wednesday night (except April 23 and 30) at Pink’s Alley, located on Routes 11/30, Manchester, in the Avalanche Motel. These dance classes directly benefit the Community Food Cupboard through the May 28 class. The next series will begin June 4 with the selection of a different charity. All fees are per person and couples or solo dancers are welcome. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced will benefit from the dance disciplines, while assisting in fund-raising. Pink’s Alley is open for tapas menu and cocktails (362-5599). Let’s Dance So. Vt dance lessons at two events in February raised $2,000 to directly benefit Hospice of Bennington County and the Windham Symphony Orchestra and All Souls Church. For further information, call Michael Rodriguez 362-1819. ________________________________________________

Tickets on Sale Now for Lions Club Jackpot Rafﬂe

The Manchester Lions are announcing that their fourth annual $10,000 Jackpot Raffle tickets are now available. Only 200 tickets will be sold at $100 per ticket, so your odds for winning are quite good. The first, 50th, 100th, 150th and 189th tickets drawn will each receive $100. The final, 200th ticket drawn will receive the grand prize of $10,000. Tickets can be purchased from any Lions member or from Bob Devenish at 3627570 or mail your check to the Manchester Lions Club, P.O. Box 1189, Manchester Center, VT 05255. All proceeds from the raffle are used to continue their charitable work in the Northshire. Each year, the Manchester Lions provide charitable support for youth projects, individuals needing help with medical care, scholarships and more. Your participation in the fund-raisers makes all this possible. Help them in this service to our community. Your ticket purchase will entitle you to attend the drawing on Sunday, June 8 at 6 p.m. in the Taconic Event Tent at the Equinox Hotel. The drawing will be open to all ticket holders and a guest and will be preceded by a gala cocktail reception. _________________________________________________

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Circus Camp is Coming to Town!!

Calling all K-8 students!! Do you like to make people laugh? Want to impress them with daring feats that will leave them begging for more? If so, Wunderle’s Big Top Adventures Circus Camp is for you!! The camp will be held at Maple Street School April 14 through 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and is open to all area students. Circus skills will be taught by Troy Wunderle, ringmaster of the nationally renowned Circus Smirkus, and will include instruction on a variety of circus equipment. Students will become skilled in the art of juggling, participate in clown workshops, learn gravity-defying human stunts, and perform dazzling magic tricks. In addition, Adrian Sweeney, the art teacher at North Bennington Graded School since 1992 and director of numerous area camps, will be leading the arts and crafts component of the camp. Under Adrian’s enthusiastic instruction, students will prepare a variety of terrific circus props and create a one-of-a-kind set design for the performance that will be held on the final day of the camp. The cost for the camp will be $40 per day, and students may sign up for specific days or for the entire week. Please note that the camp size is limited and is filling up quickly. Don’t delay! Contact Jen Samuelson at 362-5843 for more information.

April is Sexual Violence Awareness Month

All around the nation advocates and their supporters are observing and commemorating the month to show solidarity with victims and survivors of sexual violence. Project Against Violent Encounters (PAVE) and Bennington County residents are well aware of the prevalence of sexual abuse in our community. We are reminded of the violence almost daily in newspapers or on television. Sexual violence can include any unwanted sexual activity and can range from sexual harassment, to verbal or written threats and intimidation, to forced touching, stalking, and to rape and incest. It occurs whenever one person exerts their will over another, or, in other words, when one person does not have the free will to give consent. It would be naïve to think that sexual violence does not occur in our communities — because it does. It happens in our own homes by so-called “trusted” friends or “Uncle” Fred, our new boyfriend, in our schools by the bully or a “concerned” instructor, or in our workplace by a coworker or supervisor who feels entitled to discount and betray us because of our gender. Awareness and action need not be limited to just one month a year. The negative impact of sexual assault and rape is felt by individuals each and every day of every month of the year. Here at PAVE we hope that everyone will think of and act in ways to increase the likelihood that our home, school and work environments will be safer. Remember, if you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call the 24-hour hotline at 802-442-2111. You are not alone. PAVE is here to provide confidential services as long as is necessary. _________________________________________________

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Hildene Hosts Two Open Houses for Prospective Volunteers

On the afternoons of Wednesday, April 9 and Thursday, May 1, Hildene extends a special invitation to the community to get personally involved in the ongoing growth at The Lincoln Family Home. Prospective volunteers may attend one of the two scheduled open house events to learn about opportunities for volunteerism at Hildene in a myriad of areas. Each will be held from 3-4:30 p.m., at the newly renovated Welcome Center. Refreshments will be served. Volunteers are critical to the survival of non-profits across the nation, and Hildene is no exception. There is a special affection for volunteers and the role they play at The Lincoln Family Home. After all, it was a dedicated group of volunteers who began the process of saving this important historic site and community resource 33 years ago. Thanks to their efforts, this year we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the purchase of the Lincoln family’s estate by Friends of Hildene in 1978. The progress has in no small part been due to the scores of volunteers who have contributed their time, energy, and expertise to enrich programs such as house tours, education, events, gardening, floral arranging and wagon rides. Members of the Hildene family invite new volunteers from the community to join those already hard at work as they continue the mission “to advance the Lincoln legacy through education, commitment to community, and active stewardship of the family’s home and land.” For more information or to sign up to become a volunteer at Hildene, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Paula Maynard, at 367-7961 or e-mail paula@ hildene.org. ________________________________________________

Rupert Leisures’

The regular meeting of the Rupert Leisures’ will be held at noon in the Rupert firehouse on Wednesday, April 9. The menu for the Leisures’ welcome to spring luncheon will include baked ham with sweet potatoes, green beans and applesauce. Volunteer dessert makers are invited to surprise diners with any of the wonderful creations they think will go with this meal. A tea cup auction hosted for the benefit of the Leisures’ treasury will follow lunch, supported by the ladies from Dorset. Please help them by bringing any item you can for this fund-raiser. Perhaps you can spare books, candles, lotions, seasonal items or even a packet or two of seeds. Cards and games will meet as usual on Wednesdays at 1 p.m., at the Kittay Library on April 2 and 16. The newest activity, line dancing, meets on Friday mornings at 9:30 at the firehouse. This is good fun and great exercise. Any Leisures’ activity will be canceled if the Salem and Mettawee Schools are closed for inclement weather. For further information, call Ellie Wetterauw at 394-2404. ________________________________________________

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Northshire Nonproﬁt Network

The Northshire Nonprofit Network will be meeting on Friday, April 4, 8 a.m., at the Mark Skinner Library which is located at 48 West Rd. in Manchester Village, Vermont. The topic is Online Giving and Fund-raising and the guest speaker is Jon Gicewicz who has been involved in graphic design since 1994. He graduated from Green Mountain College in 1999 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. Jon founded J.E.G. Design and worked for a number of companies in the greater Rutland area including: Goldfish Productions, Knighthood Merchandise, and Checkmate Productions. Among his many local clients are the Equinox Preservation Trust, The Dorset Inn, and Seychelles Fashion Boutique. Jon will share the basics of Web site design and lead a question/answer time regarding the best ways to use a Web site for fundraising. This meeting is free and open to staff, board members, and volunteers from all nonprofit organizations in the region, as well as other interested people. Refreshments will be served. The meeting generally ends around 9:15 a.m., or so. For additional information about this program or any other upcoming Northshire Nonprofit Network programs, call Ed Cyzewski at 375-2575 or contact him via e-mail at edcyzewski@gmail. com or visit the NNN Web site at www.nnnvt.wordpress.com.

Topics & Tangents at Equinox Terrace

How did you meet your spouse? Terrace residents took up this vital question recently and did some fond reminiscing. One resident, vacationing with a group of girlfriends, met a young man who was also on vacation with his friends. He obtained her phone number and called her at home several times to ask her out, but she didn’t quite remember him, and she brushed him off. Finally she made the connection and agreed to go out with him. He proposed after their second date, but she made him wait six months. A much longer acquaintance was related by another resident, who had known her future husband for several years when he was the delivery boy in her father’s grocery store. A wide circle of friends, who belonged to several organizations and participated in active sports together, provided the setting for another meeting that led to a long and happy marriage. Degrees of separation in two different directions lay between one resident and her future husband. He was the auto mechanic for her sister’s car, and also the son of a friend she had made through helping with Meals on Wheels. One evening, when she was baby-sitting for her sister, he came calling. The degrees of separation collapsed, their friendship flourished, and marriage was the joyous result. ________________________________________________

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Magical Strings Celtic Music Duo Returns To Hubbard Hall

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With dancing hammers and pulsating strings, Philip and Pam Boulding create the distinctive music of Magical Strings, described by The Washington Post as “warm, graceful and sonically gorgeous.” Celtic harps and hammered dulcimers are augmented by violin, cello, pennywhistle, various other instruments from around the world and storytelling. Over the past 25 years, they have drawn a loyal following worldwide, captivated by their energetic arrangements of Celtic music and their own engaging compositions, intertwining Celtic roots with classical/world music influences. Their music and stories have the effect of holding an audience and opening their hearts to a forgotten world well-veiled by the bustle and trappings of modern life. Hubbard Hall Projects is pleased to host this return engagement of Magical Strings in concert at Hubbard Hall on Wednesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling 518-6772495, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets will also be on sale at the door. Hubbard Hall, an 1878 rural opera house, is a community arts center dedicated to bringing the best of the arts to the region with year-round theatre, and music and dance performances and classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels. Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main St. in Cambridge, New York. For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, please visit our Web site at www.hubbardhall.org, or call 518-6772495 or for more information on Magical Strings: www.magical strings.com ____________________

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MMF Awarded Substantial Grants for Music Education

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The Manchester Music Festival (MMF) has received two grants in support of its educational outreach efforts to local schools, for its program entitled “Meet the Music,” designed to galvanize young people’s interest in classical music. MMF’s educational outreach programs, active since 1974, are an important aspect of its overall mission to its community. The “Meet the Music” program was designed in response to feedback from local schools and their music educators regarding their needs for enhanced music education. The Stratton Foundation has awarded MMF a Focus Grant of $5,000. The grant allows MMF to expand its educational outreach program in 2008 to include more hours in local schools to bring classical music education to students. Similarly, the Vermont Arts Council has given MMF a $7,000 Presentation Grant for the “Meet the Music” program. MMF musicians/music educators will visit up to seven area schools during the week of April 1st, including Sunderland Elementary, Currier Elementary, Maple Street School, Northshire Day School, Burr & Burton Axis Program, Long Trail School, Flood Brook School and

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Wallingford Elementary. A quintet of professional musicians – Ariel Rudiakov, violist and MMF artistic director, Joana Rudiakov and Guy Figer, violinists, David Calhoun, cellist, and Dan Lippel, guitarist – will go to the schools, targeting specific age groups chosen by the school’s educators in small classroom settings. In addition, MMF music educator Linda Morrison, violinist, will go into more depth about the instruments and music with the students in separate sessions. Piquing the young students’ interest with a range of American music from Ben Franklin’s little-known string quartet to an arrangement with strings and electric guitar of Jimi Hendrix’ seminal “Purple Haze,” the quintet will also perform works from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis, and Antonin Dvorak, who taught and composed in the U.S., incorporating many American melodies into his works. Some students will also hear the works of two local young composers – Ramsay Eyre, age 8, of Maple Street School and Burr & Burton high-school student Andrew Alden, each of whom have composed a string quartet.

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The public may hear the MMF quintet of artists in an informal performance at the Northshire Bookstore on Friday, April 4, at 2 p.m. Composers Eyre and Alden’s works will be presented with a selection of other works described above. For more information on MMF’s educational outreach programs or performances, please call the festival office at 362-1956. ____________________

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SPORTS Northshire Hockey Association Announces Early Registration

Arlington Masons Hold Beneﬁt Supper for Arlington Soccer

Northshire Hockey Association is announcing early registration for the 2008-2009 hockey season. Copies of the pre-registration forms are available at Riley Rink or by e-mailing registrar Karen Grabher at 366-8218, or grabherhockey@com cast.net. The deadline for the $50 discount off next year’s fees is April 30. Check with Riley Rink for summer ice programs and camps to get ready for next season! ________________________________________________

Red Mountain Masonic Lodge #63 F&AM, will serve a supper to benefit Arlington Soccer, on Saturday, April 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. Cost will be $10 per person. The menu will include roast pork and all the fixins’. The lodge is located at 117 East Arlington Rd., in front of the old railroad station, next to Mack Molding. Reservations appreciated. For further information, please call Bill Cotrofeld at 375-6782 or Jack Jamieson at 375-8085. ________________________________________________

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Bennington County Babe Ruth Baseball will be holding final signups and tryouts for Manchester and the surrounding mountain areas on Sunday, April 6, from 12:30 to 2:45 p.m., at Riley Rink in Manchester. Registration/tryouts will be in conjunction with Manchester Little League tryouts. All interested baseball players between 13 and 18 years of age are eligible. There is a registration fee of $55 per player with maximum of $80 per family. Copy of birth certificate is required of all new players. A parent or guardian must be available for a five minute pre-tryout meeting. For additional information, contact Richard Hom at 362-4348. ________________________________________________

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The Northshire Avalanche U-12 girls hockey team concluded there season with a magical state championship run. The state tournament was held over February vacation in the town of Highgate, five miles from the Canadian border. After losing there first game 3-2 of the double elimination tournament, the girls won five games in a row to take home the state AB title. Members of the team are: Kristi Lewicki, Robin Ross, Abbey Marmer, Madison Oliva, Megan Grabher, Daisy Sullivan, Lucy Besselle, Meg Chandler, Kelsey Benson, Emelie Severance, Ryder Ferrone, Melanie Oliva, Angelia Eucker, Mary Leech, Clara Berard, Jordan Harmon, and Margret Zarvis.

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Fisher Elementary Kindergarten Registration

Area Dream Team Women, Training for More

The 2008 Dream Team, Training for More, is ﬁnishing up the ﬁnal days of a 13-week training program to run or walk the More Half-Marathon in New York City on April 6. There are almost 50 area women who have been training through the winter to complete the 13.1 mile race. Congratulations to everyone, and good luck in NYC!

The 30th annual Freihofer’s Run for Women 5K (3.1 miles) race takes place in Albany, New York, on May 31. If you’ve always wanted to run, have been walking but not running, or just want to have fun with a group of like-minded women, join Lynn Grieger’s training group. Grieger is finishing up an extremely successful training program for the More Half-Marathon in New York City on April 6, and will follow that up with a 5K program for women who

are ready to run. You’ll receive a specific training plan designed to move from walking to running, nutrition information, strength training guidance, and everything else you need to run a successful 5K race. There is a per person fee for the seven week program which begins Sunday, April 12. Join Grieger at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, at the Mark Skinner Library in Manchester for an information meeting. For more information, call 362-2810.

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Fisher Elementary School is accepting applications for kindergarten registration for the 2008-2009 academic year. To be eligible to attend kindergarten in Arlington this fall, children must be 5 years old by August 31, 2008. To register a child, parents must complete a current registration form. Children will then be invited to a Kindergarten Screening Session which will include a health screening by the school nurse. A copy of the child’s birth certificate and immunization record are needed at the screening. Registration forms can be picked up and returned to Fisher during regular school hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information about Fisher’s kindergarten registration, call 375-6409. ____________________

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Free Introductory Sessions

Mountain Healing Arts is offering introductory sessions on Sunday, April 6 from 2-4 p.m. Healing Arts sessions are offered by: Deborah Hazelton, CCH, Classical Homeopathy; Inger Johansson, RPP, Polarity Therapy, Reflexology, or Swedish Massage; Claude Emerson, Reflexology, Reiki, Pain management, or Natural Healing for Stress/ Illness/Injuries/Disease; George Glass, LMT(CT), NCTMB, General Swedish “flush” Massage; Julie Hutchinson, Reiki energy work. For additional information or to set up an appointment, please call Dianne at 366-1122. Mountain Healing Arts is located at 231 Bonnet St., Manchester Center, Vermont.

High School Peer Leadership Training a Success

Students from Burr and Burton Academy (BBA) arrived at the first Congregational Church in Manchester, Vt. for The Collaborative’s second overnight High School Peer Leadership Training (HS PLT) on March 14. The Collaborative is a substance abuse prevention coalition with offices in Londonderry and Manchester. Its HS PLT program is an overnight for high school students at which subjects such as drug and alcohol abuse, healthy choices, and natural highs are explored. This year the students were moved by presentations on the risks of drunk driving and real-life stories of local young adults’ own struggles with addiction and recovery, and were entertained with workshops about hip-hop dance, hard qigong, and slam poetry. The BBA students who attended the HS PLT overwhelmingly responded positively. One student said that the participants were able to “come out of their comfort zones to have fun.” Two other students sighted the “closeness” and “togetherness” of the small group of students as their favorite part of the HS PLT. One participant who said she, “Can’t wait to come back,” will be excited to know that The Collaborative, at its new office on Richville Road in Manchester, is sponsoring a high school Coffeehouse on April 25th where students can showcase their talents and experience the natural high of performing. Come on out and get involved! ________________________________________________

Sharing Paranormal Experiences

If you are interested in helping to establish a small, informal group to share para(normal) experiences, be a support to one another, and discuss topics such as spirit/soul communication, positive intention, natural energy healing (reiki, etc.) and similar topics in the Bennington area, please contact Brenda Harris at her e-mail address: pinklight 1960@yahoo.com or call 4473031. ____________________

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Tickets available at the Northshire Bookstore $10 per person includes dinner, bread dessert, and a handmade bowl

April 5th open seating from 5-8 pm at LONG TRAIL SCHOOL All proceeds go to: Meals on Wheels, Bennington Coalition for the Homeless, KIND of MEMS, the Emergency Need Fund & the Community Food Cupboard. For more information, please contact 802.867.5717 x 157 BRIGGS-FOWLER INSURANCE AGENCY

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Empty Bowls at LONG TRAIL SCHOOL Addressing Local Needs Bob’s Diner The Lawyer and the Baker The Spiral Press Café The Equinox Dorset Inn Barrows House Inn at West View Farm The Barn Rupert Rising Breads Three Clock Inn Maxwell’s Flat Road Grill

Simple Coffeeworks Bistro Henry The Gourmet Deli Laney’s Restaurant Manchester Bar and Grill Depot 62 Wayside Country Store Deb MacDonald Meals on Wheels Essex Green Dorset Union

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& Aspen Motel Cole Company, Inc. Cornerstone Fulfillment Service

Finn and Stone, Inc. Hand Motors Manchester Carpet Care Prospect Rehabilitation

Romano Publishing The Mountain Goat Water Works William T. Burns, Inc.

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UCS Offers Workshop on Estate and Guardianship Planning One of the foremost experts in her field, Theresa M. Varnet will present a workshop on “Estate and Guardianship Planning for Families with Dependents with a Developmental Disability.” Theresa M. Varnet is nationally recognized for her dedication and work advocating for persons with disabilities. She is also a certified teacher, licensed social worker, and parent of a disabled adult daughter. Varnet is a director and immediate past president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Association on Mental Retardation and is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and Illinois. Her extensive and up-to-date experience will help participants discuss and learn estate planning strategies. Varnet will lead the workshop

on Friday, May 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Equinox Hotel on Route 7A in Manchester. The workshop is open to the public and includes continental breakfast and lunch. It is free to people with developmental disabilities and their families or $50 per person for professionals and others. Attorneys can receive CLE credits. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The morning presentation on estate and trust planning addresses parents’ concerns about how to preserve inheritance without jeopardizing a child’s or adult’s eligibility for services or support. It also covers home ownership and alternative housing options. The afternoon session addresses alternatives to guardianship and the durable power of attorney.

The workshop is being sponsored by United Counseling Service, the Department of Aging and Independent Living, the Mount Laurel Foundation, and the Keelan Foundation. For registration and information, contact Bonnie Jamieson at United Counseling Service, 4425491, ext. 209 by April 28. _____________________

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Family Fair

The Bennington County Child Care Association would like to once again announce their 18th annual Family Fair at the Bennington Elementary School with a free admission on Saturday, April 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be many free activities, an inexpensive lunch provided, and fun for the entire family. Please salve the date and bring the family for a fun day. ________________________________________________

Herbal Study Group Meeting

Want to learn about simple herbal remedies for common ailments, making your own herbal medicine, holistic healing, flower essences and more? Join the Herbal Study Group! Next meeting is Monday, April 7, from 7-9 p.m. at the Circle of Healing in Pawlet. Topic: Herbs for Digestion. Herbalist and midwife, Helena Wu will be your teacher. There is a fee. Call Helena at 235-1512 for more information or to register. Helena offers herbal health consultations and education. ________________________________________________

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CREATURES Co-option

— By Davie Rolnick Cannibalism has been thought to be a good idea by various peoples because eating your enemy diminishes his ability to revenge himself upon you and because you acquire some of his spiritual strength. Whether or not this theory holds true, certain animals have gotten very good at coopting parts of other organisms to enhance their own prowess. There is a bug (a true bug, so it has a hollow beak for drinking fluids) and an assassin bug at that (which means the fluids it drinks are the body fluids of other insects) called Apiomeris flaviventris which lives in the Southwest. It’s quite prettily patterned in red and yellow (indeed its species name derives from “flavus” – yellow – and “venter” - belly); perhaps these bright colors advertise its ability to emit noxious odors and use its beak as a defensive weapon, not merely as a straw for sucking up the innards of prey. There is a plant called Camphorweed (Heterotheca psammophila), which protects itself by coating the surface of its leaves with minute hairs, and having a drop of nasty secretion on the end of each hair. Not many insects can tolerate the secretion, but A. flaviventris is one of them. When they are about to lay eggs, female A. flaviventris go to Camphorweed and harvest the secretion of the plants. Over a period of hours, each female painstakingly scrapes up secretion with her forelegs, transfers it to her middle legs, then onto her hind legs, and finally to the underside of her body, again and again. After laying her eggs, the bug transfers the large quantity of secretion she has gathered from her belly to the outside of the cluster of eggs, making them repellent to predators such as ants. Incidentally, the larvae, April 2, 2008

& ENVIRONMENT when they emerge, reuse the secretion from the outside of the egg mass and put it on their forelegs. Not only may it continue to help them repel predators, but its very stickiness helps them to hold on to prey they have captured. Sea slugs are relatives of slugs and live in the sea. Also called nudibranchs, they are liable to have the most unearthly glowing colors – orange, violet, blue, pink, red, white, black, yellow, and everything in between, in combinations, in spots and stripes and flaps and flanges and tentacles and knobs and protuberances. One sea slug that is fairly drab in comparison with some of its brethren is called Placobranchus, and it feeds on algae. Unlike, for instance, cows, it is able to take the chloroplasts in the cells of its food and reuse them for its own benefit. It stores the chloroplasts on its back (which therefore assumes a vibrant green color) and uses them for photosynthesis. Most of its food is derived from solar power. Perhaps it should be an honorary plant. Other sorts of sea slug (aeolid nudibranchs) eat jellyfish, and are able to reuse the stinging cells of their prey and use them in their own defense. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers are medium-sized black-andwhite checkered woodpeckers with a white cheek patch and, in males, a red dot on the back of the head. They live in pine forests in the South and, besides being wonderful and beautiful, can be an aid to agriculture, eating up to 8,000 corn earworm caterpillars per acre of cornfield. This has not prevented their habitat from being destroyed by logging and development, and they are now an endangered species. The woodpeckers nest in live pine trees, boring into the trunks (especially of trees

whose wood has been softened by a fungus disease called red heart). Around their nest hole, the woodpeckers maintain a ring of holes into the sapwood of the tree. Resin in plenty oozes from the holes and spreads over the bark in a thick, sticky mat all around the nest entrance. The irritating sap deters predators, especially rat snakes, which try to climb the trees and get into the woodpeckers’ nests to eat the eggs and young. The chemicals that lend force to the flavors and effects of tea, coffee, mint, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, pepper, and various other plant products we humans eat were all, ironically, produced by these plants as natural insecticides, intended to stop the plants from getting eaten, not to cause it. Capsaicin, for instance, is found in chili peppers. It stimulates pain receptors in the mouth, causing a fiery sensation (“hot taste” is not in fact a taste at all). To an animal smaller than a human, the chemical could prove noxious or fatal. ____________________

Vins Seeking Fishing Equipment Donations

The Manchester office of the Vermont Institute of Natural Science is seeking donations of fishing poles and tackle to augment our summer camp offerings. Equipment should be in good condition or easily repairable. As you approach Spring cleaning season, please set aside this equipment that will be used by kids to learn about fish biology and freshwater ecology in a fun and exciting manner. Donations can be made by calling Rick LaDue, VINS-Manchester Program Manager at 362-4374. Arrangements can be made to pick up donations at your convenience. ____________________

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Prominent Author and Radio Personality to Address SCAC Annual Meeting

Tracie Hotchner, host of the popular radio shows Dog Talk and Cat Chat and author of best-selling books on dogs and cats, will share her extensive knowledge of canine and feline lore at the 48th Annual Meeting of Second Chance Animal Center. Ms. Hotchner is the author of “The Dog Bible: Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know” and “The Cat Bible: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know”. “The Dog Bible” has been described as the Dr. Spock for dogs and the “Cat Bible” as a cat encyclopedia, covering everything from adoption to yowling. The meeting will be held on Friday, April 11, at the Second Congregational Church on Hillside Street in Bennington. Friends and supporters of Second Chance are cordially invited to attend. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with hors d’ oeuvres, desserts, punch and coffee, and a chance to socialize. A short business meeting will follow, which will include a recap of 2007 shelter highlights and the presentation of annual awards. The topic of the featured speaker will be “Facts and Fiction about Pet Nutrition”. Traci Hotchner, who has appeared on national television shows such as the Today Show and Oprah, will be a guest on the Martha Stewart TV Show on April 15. On her radio programs, which air on Vermont Public Radio, Martha Stewart Living Radio and Sirius Radio, she answers callers questions about their pets, drawing from her extensive research and experience. She lives in East Hampton, Long Island and in Bennington, with her three dogs, Jazzy, Billy Blue and Scooby Doo. Copies of “The Dog Bible” and “The Cat Bible” will be available at a discount for those attending the meeting and Tracie will be glad to autograph them following her talk. For more information, call Second Chance Animal Center at 3752898.

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GMC Killington Section

Saturday, April 5, 5:30 p.m.: Killington Section Annual Meeting, Rutland. Come to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Hillside Avenue for a potluck supper followed by a short business meeting with election of officers and updates on Long Trail issues. Bring a dish to share and your own place setting. All are welcome. For information, call leader, Sue Thomas at 773-2185. _________________________________________________

Pets of the Week

Scotty is a 3-year-old orange and white long haired male. When Scotty originally came to the shelter in 2006 he was difficult to handle. As a result, he was sent to live in an enclosed cat colony. He is now back at SCAC and ready for his new family. Scotty can be a little shy at first, but warms up to be a very affectionate, talkative cat. He would love to have other cat companions in his new home. Scotty would prefer not to live with young children or dogs. Rufus is a handsome, 4-year old-Golden Retriever-Shepherd mix male. He is very friendly, loyal, and playful. Eager to please, Rufus relishes human company and is looking for a lifetime companion. Rufus needs a home with children over 15 years and experienced dog owners. Originally, Rufus was adopted from Second Chance as a puppy, and has returned because of a newborn baby in his previous household. This bright and handsome fellow is strong and energetic. He is somewhat submissive to other dogs. Obedience training would be very helpful as he is very eager to learn. These pets and others are available at Second Chance Animal Center, Route 7A, Shaftsbury, Vermont. Call 375-2898. ________________________________________________

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Darcy Ferrentino, certified Animal-Assisted Therapist through the University of Denver, and also a licensed clinical social worker, will be presenting a workshop entitled, “Therapy Dogs: Teaching Our Dogs to Reach Others”, at the 14th annual Women’s Health Day on Saturday, April 26, at Salem Washington Academy. The workshop will present information on what therapy dogs do, how they are certified, and what it takes to be a good therapy dog. For further information, or to reserve your tickets by April 14, call Ros Bates 518-677-2727 or Kay Tomasi 518-854-7274, co-chairs of the Health Day.

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FINE ARTS SVAC Season Opens with Free Reception

The Southern Vermont Arts Center, Vermont’s longest-established cultural, artistic, educational and entertainment venue, takes the wraps off its latest summer season on Saturday, April 5, with free opening receptions for two exciting exhibitions, Painting the Beautiful: American Impressionist Paintings from the Michener Art Museum, and The Southern Vermont Arts Center: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, both in the Wilson Museum. Painting the Beautiful, on loan from the James A. Michener Art Museum, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, features 25 works by 15 Bucks County School painters including Edward Redfield, Fern Coppedge and Daniel Garber. Expanding the picture of Impressionism in America, Painting the Beautiful illustrates some of the stylistic influences on early Vermont Impressionists such as Edwin Child, Wallace W. Fahnestock, and Lorenzo Hatch. By way of contrast, it also reveals how Impressionist painters responded to a landscape that is quite different from that of the Green Mountain State. Painting the Beautiful is in the Lucioni Gallery through August 11. In Highlights from the Permanent Collection, visitor favorites by, among others, SVAC artists Jay Connaway, Luigi Lucioni and Ogden Pleissner will be featured, along with important works by Alfred Maurer, Reginald Marsh and Grandma Moses. The exhibition will also emphasize recent acquisitions, including several oils by Lucioni. For more information call 362-1405. ____________________

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Student Artists Host Show at Canﬁeld Gallery

Arlington Memorial High School (AMHS) Advanced Placement Art students will have a showing of their selected work at the Canfield Gallery at the Martha Canfield Memorial Free Library in Arlington. The show, “Me, Myself and Eye,” will begin Saturday, April 5, with an artists’ reception from 3-5 p.m., and will continue through Wednesday, April 30, during regular library hours. Admission to the art show is free and open to the community. The student artwork will be available for purchase, and proceeds will benefit the Arlington Arts & Enrichment Program. Light refreshments for the reception will be provided by AMHS Culinary Arts students. Arlington’s Advanced Placement (AP) art class is a rigorous, two-year course designed for the advanced art student planning to attend art school or college who is committed to producing quality work that explores a variety of concepts and media. Arlington AP Art teacher Anabel Dwyer has invited 10 of her most talented juniors and seniors to showcase their art work in many mediums. The Canfield Galley is located downstairs in the Martha Canfield Memorial Free Library at 528 East Arlington Rd. across from the high school. The gallery is open during library hours: Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and 6:30-8 p.m., Wednesday from 9 a.m. -5 p.m., Friday from 2-5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. ____________________

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New Art Exhibit at Dorset Library

The Dorset Library is pleased to have the beautiful works of painter Jan Olmstead on exhibit during the month of April. Jan recently began painting when she lost the ability to fill her life with athletic pursuits. She began to look for a more mindful and soulful way to direct her want for adventure, fulfillment and personal expression. Watercolor presented itself and captured her full attention with its simplistic beauty and dynamic nature. Jan is an avid gardener and gets much of her inspiration from the garden. She paints primarily in watercolor, but has recently started experimenting with mixedmedia and collage. She has lived in Bondville for the last five years with her husband, Jack, having come to the area since the ‘70s as die-hard weekend skiers from Boston. Please join us for an artist’s reception with Jan on Saturday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The exhibit is free and open to the public. For information, please visit www.dorsetlibrary.org or call the library at 867-5774. _____________________

Gordon Abrams to Exhibit Works at SVC

Artist Gordon Abrams of Manchester will display his paintings at the Burgdorff Gallery in the Everett Mansion at Southern Vermont College in Bennington from April 7 to May 15. The exhibit, titled “The Friendly Visit,” will be available for viewing Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. An artist’s reception will be held on Saturday, April 12, from 2 to 4 p.m. Live traditional Irish music is planned for the event. For more information about the exhibit and reception, contact the Southern Vermont College Communications Office at 802447-6388 or e-mail communications@ svc.edu. ____________________

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Bennington Museum to Launch Nationwide Tour

The Bennington Museum, West Road, Bennington, is pleased to be the first venue in the national tour of Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit, an exciting exhibit of contemporary art. Each work of art has at its visible core a tool that was important for women’s domestic labor from the 18th century through World War II. Each old tool becomes the fulcrum for a new work of art. Artists have placed objects such as a dressmakers’ figure, graters, pots, pans, baskets, hoes, dress patterns, rolling pins, buckets, darning eggs, rug-beaters, and other tools at the center of their work. One piece will incorporate a 19th century distaff, which was used to hold wool during spinning. Sponsored by Bennington

Potters, Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit, along with Tool Aesthetics: Selections from the Permanent Collection, will be on exhibit at the Bennington Museum from April 4 through June 1. The Opening Reception is Friday, April 4, from 6-8 p.m. Be among the first to view this fascinating show, meet the curator of the show, Rickie Solinger and some of the artists, participate in Gallery Talks, and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. Fee for members is $12 and for non-members $15. The approximately 35 pieces of art in this exhibit are on loan from artists that represent all geographic regions of the country. Visit www.benningtonmuseum.org or call 802-447-1571.

Jamaica School Penny Sale

The Jamaica School Club will be hosting the Eighth Annual Jamaica School Club Penny-Sale Extravaganza on Saturday, April 5, at Leland & Gray Union High School in Townshend, Vermont. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m., with the doors opening at 5:30 p.m. Once the fun begins, the rules are simple, if your number is drawn, you win that prize. Your ticket is then returned to the ticket drum to potentially be drawn several more times. For each $1 ticket, you have a chance to win 100 prizes. That’s a penny per chance, hence the term “Penny-Sale”. You may purchase as many tickets as you desire. As in years past, this is truly one of the largest Penny-Sale events in all of Vermont. Bicycles, picnic tables, tools, gardening supplies, local artisan products, school supplies, toys, automotive products, household items, clothing, food and beverages and gift certificates totaling thousands of dollars are just a few of the prizes you can expect to see. At the conclusion of the event, the 50/50 raffle winner is drawn. This raffle is absolutely enormous. For six straight years, the 50/50 raffle winner has left the event with more than $1,000. The winner in 2007 won $1,300. As an added bonus, if the winner of the 50/50 raffle is present at the conclusion of the event when the ticket is drawn, that person will win an additional 10 percent of the total. The Jamaica School Club is a non-profit group of parents, faculty, and community members. ________________________________________________

Pawlett Historical Society Meeting Auction to Beneﬁt Bennington Area Habitat for Humanity

Bennington Area Habitat for Humanity is gearing up for their Second Annual Auction which will be held at “A Safe Place” self-storage in East Dorset on July 19. In addition to the auction, there will be a giant tag sale at the same time and at the same location. While you are doing your spring cleaning please keep Habitat in mind. They will take most things as long as they are in decent shape and auctionable. Starting around May 1, they will be ready to accept auction and sale items. These can be delivered to “A Safe Place” on designated days (to be announced) or arrangements can be made for pick up. For information, call Bill Hoyt at 824-5055.

The Pawlett Historical Society’s first program of 2008 will be a slide presentation on Vermont Folk Art given by Jane Beck, founder of the Vermont Folklife Center and its executive director from 1984 to 2007. The program will take place on Thursday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pawlet Community Church, VT-133, in Pawlet, Vermont. From 1978 to 1982 Jane Beck was engaged in a survey of Vermont folk art which culmi-

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nated in a major traveling exhibition. Since then she has put together more than 30 exhibits that have included a wide range of materials from textiles to carvings and from whirligigs to miniatures, all exquisitely crafted from informal traditions and practices passed down the generations. Of her slide presentation Jane Beck states, “Much of Vermont’s folk art is personal: a stair rug capturing the history of a family, a weathervane symbolizing the artist’s career in the railroad or a quilt representing the memories of farm life. This slide presentation and accompanying lecture will touch on the informal process of learning a traditional art, life crises that spur the creation of folk art.” This presentation is free to the public. For more information please call Stephen Williams at 645-9529. ____________________

April 2, 2008

ENTERTAINMENT Weston Playhouse To Audition Area Youth for Les Misérables The award-winning Weston Playhouse Theatre Company seeks local children to perform in its summer production of the epic musical Les Misérables by Alan Boublil, ClaudeMichel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer. The Weston production, directed by Tim Fort with choreography by Susan Hagan and music direction by Rob Meffe, will be the legendary show’s long-awaited Vermont premiere. The theatre company is looking for boys and girls, ages 8-12, to play Gavroche, Young Cosette and Young Eponine. If possible, the roles will be double cast so that no child needs to be responsible for all performances. Auditions will be held at the Weston Playhouse on Main Street, Route 100, in Weston, Vermont, on Saturday, April 12. Auditionees should arrive by 10 a.m., prepared to sing to material from the production as supplied

and taught by the theatre company. Candidates for the role of Gavroche (vocal range B below middle C to Db a ninth above middle C) should learn “Little People” and candidates for the role of Young Cosette (vocal range A below middle C to C above middle C) should learn “Castle on a Cloud,” in advance, if possible, and should be capable of projecting in a 300-seat theatre. Young Eponine is a non-singing role. Auditionees should bring a recent photograph and a resume or list of any performance credits with complete contact information. All auditions will be finished by noon. Decisions will be made by the following week. Parents with questions about the musical or the audition should contact Weston Playhouse Producing Director Steve Stettler at 802-824-8167 X102 or sstettle r@westonplayhouse.org.

5th Annual One-Act Play Festival

The Dorset Players’ Fifth Annual One-Act Play Festival will be held at the Dorset Playhouse on Cheney Road in Dorset, Vermont on Friday, April 4 and on Saturday, April 5. Proudly sponsored by Express Copy, performances will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door. There will be no reserved seating. Danielle Boudreau, who last Spring directed Burr & Burton Academy’s production of Woody Allen’s one-act play “God,” and most recently, appeared as Constanze in the final two performances of the Dorset Players’ recent production of “Amadeus,” will direct scenes from “True West” by playwright Sam Shepard. Seasoned performers Tom Melcher and Ron Nagle, who appeared as Venticelli 1 and as Count Orsini-Rosenberg in “Amadeus,” respectively, portray two brothers in the drama. Debbie Goldman, who was featured in one of last season’s one-act plays, plays the siblings’ mother. Dom Degnon, who appeared as the Baker and one of Joseph’s 11 brothers in the Players’ 2007 production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” will be directing “Out to Sea” by Slawomir Mrozek, a somewhat flippant take on the choices faced by survivors left adrift on a raft. The cast includes Paul Schreiber, who appeared as Emperor Joseph in “Amadeus,” as well as tyros Claude Delucia, Elizabeth Karet, and Adrian Eberth. The playbill also includes a set of April 2, 2008

Sonny Landreth at Red Fox Inn

Sonny Landreth will be appearing for one night only, Sunday, April 6th at the Red Fox Inn in Bondville, Vermont. The Red Fox has been committed to providing outstanding music of all genres for over 30 years. Do not miss the very rare opportunity to see Sonny Landreth perform his magic on stage in this very intimate setting. Tickets are limited and are being sold in advance. For more information on this very special night at the Red Fox Inn, call 800-2REDFOX or visit www.redfoxinn.com. _____________________ (5th Annual Continued) three short pieces by acclaimed playwright David Mamet: “Two Scenes,” “Yes But So What,” and “Two Conversations.” Directed by Mark Vaughan, the casts include Chris Restino, Todd Houston, and Christy Vogel, who portrayed Mozart, Count Von Swieten, and Constanze, respectively, in “Amadeus.” Anastasia Satterwaite and Amber Rae Mitchinson will be making their on-stage debut with the Players. For more information about auditions, call Sheila at the Dorset Players’ business office at 867-5570. For more information about the Dorset Players’ 80th anniversary season, visit on-line at www.dorsetplayers.org.

An April Musicale!

Don’t let mud season get you down – come lift your spirits at An April Musicale! Selected students of the Michael Rudiakov Music Academy, along with their music instructors, have been working very hard to bring you an afternoon of beautiful music. A feature will be a string quartet composed by 8-year old student Ramsay Eyre. Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 6 at 2 p.m. at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, Vermont. All proceeds of this annual concert benefit the music academy. The suggested donation is $35 per person. The Michael Rudiakov Music Academy is the music school of the Manchester Music Festival. To reserve a seat, or for more information, please call 362-1956 or 800-639-5868. ____________________

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WEEKLY ALMANAC AA • AL-ANON • NA • GA Thursday:

AA meeting, Sherburne United Church, Killington, 12:00 p.m. AA Big Book meeting, Grace Congre-gational Church, Rutland, 12:00 p.m. AA meeting, St. Paul’s CC, Manchester 12:00 p.m. AA, Scars, Bars, Big Book meeting, Rutland Correctional Ctr, Rutland, 4:00 p.m. AA Women’s meeting, Zion Episcopal Ch, Manchester, 7:00 p.m. Gamblers Anonymous, 7 p.m. at Turning Point, 141 State St, Rutland, 1-800-522-4700. Al-Anon meeting, Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro, 7:00 p.m. SMART Recovery: Brattleboro Savings & Loan Building, down-

stairs, 7-8:30 p.m. 254-5568. AA Step meeting, United Methodist Ch, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Church, Rte. 7A (previously Maple Street School) 7:30 a.m. AA Room to Grow, Steel Square Bldg, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. NA Just for Today, 7:30 p.m., Al Ducci’s Cafe, Manchester AA meeting, Congregational Church Rupert, 8:00 p.m. AA, meeting, Jamaica Community Ch, 8:00 p.m.

Friday

Al-Anon meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, 1 p.m. AA meeting, St. Peter’s School, Rutland, 7:00 p.m. AA meeting (step/disc) East Dorset Wilson House, 7:30 p.m.

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AA meeting, St. Luke’s Fair Haven, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting, Pawlet Community Ch, 7:30 p.m. AA New Beginnings (Beginners 6:30), Steel Square Bldg, Rutland, 8:00 p.m. J.S. Open Discussion meeting, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday:

AA Straight from the Heart Group, Mecham St., Wallingford, 9:30 a.m. AA meeting (topic/disc) East Dorset, Wilson House, 2:00 p.m.; 7:30 p.m. AA meeting, Beginners’ Group, Christ the King School, Rutland, 7:00 p.m. AA Living Sober meeting, Manchester Congregational Church, 7:00 p.m. NA Back to Basics Group, Second Congregational Ch, Bennington, 7:00 p.m. AA meeting (speaker/disc) East Dorset, Wilson House 7:30 p.m. AA open discussion group, Sherburne United Church, Killington, 8:15 p.m. H.S. Meeting Book Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 12 noon, Room 6. Teen Support Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m., Rm 6

Sunday:

AA meeting, “As Bill Sees It,” Wilson House, East Dorset, 8:00 a.m. Al Anon meeting 8 a.m. Wilson House, East Dorset, Open discussion. Al-Anon meeting, Serenity House, Wallingford, 10:00 a.m. AA meeting, Weston Priory, Weston, 1:30 p.m.

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Tuesday:

AA meeting, Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, 12:00 p.m. AA Women’s Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, 6:30 p.m. Rutland County AA Men’s meeting, Grace Congregational Ch,

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AA Big Book, Green Mountain Group, East Poultney Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. AA Shoulder to Shoulder, HoJo Inn, Rutland, 7:00 p.m. AA meeting, Federated Church, Castleton, 8:00 p.m. AA meeting, St. James Episcopal Ch, Arlington, 8:00 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, Federated Church, Castleton, 8:00 p.m. monday: Al-Anon Turning Point Club, Bennington, 7:00 p.m. AA Sweet Serenity Trinity Episcopal, Rutland, 12:00 p.m. AA Beginners, Wilson House, East Dorset, 6:30 p.m. AA Beginners meeting, Dorset United Church, 6:30 p.m. AA meeting for Gay/Bi/Lesbian/ Transgendered Persons, 7:00 p.m., Turning Point Club, Bennington AA Start Living Group, St., Peter’s School, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. AA meeting. St. Thomas Episcopal, Brandon, 7:30 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, First Congregational Ch, Newfane, 7:30 p.m. Al-Anon meeting, Baptist Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. AA Big Book meeting, Wilson House, Big Book Study, East Dorset, 8:00 p.m. AA discussion meeting, United Church, Dorset, 8:00 p.m. CoDA Co-Dependents Anonymous meeting, at Wilson House, East Dorset, 7:00 p.m. H.S. Meeting Book Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m.

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Rutland, 7:00 p.m. Al-Anon ACOA meeting, Bennington College, North Bennington, 7:00 p.m. AA Meeting, Serenity House, Wallingford, 7:00 p.m. AA Meeting, Wilson House, East Dorset, Big Book Tapes, mens meeting, 6:30 p.m. AA meeting, Chapel of the Snows, Stratton, 8:00 p.m. Al Anon meeting, 8 p.m. Wilson House, East Dorset, Open discussion AA meeting, St. James Episcopal Ch, Arlington, 8:00 p.m. SMART Recovery: Brattleboro Retreat Cafeteria, 7-8:30 p.m. 2545568. Wednesday: Al-Anon, Burdett Commons, Arlington, noon. AA Big Book Group, Good Shepherd Lutheran Ch, Rutland, 5:30 p.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Church, Rte. 7A (previously Maple Street School) 7:30 a.m. AA Breakfast With Your Higher Power Northshire Baptist Fellowship, Route 7A, across from Warren’s Garage Al-Anon Courage to Change, South Londonderry Baptist Ch, 7:00 p.m. has moved to Main St. in Weston, VT to the meeting room across the parking lot of the Old Parish Church AA Step meeting, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Brandon, 7:00 p.m. AA “How it Works Group” First Congregational Church, Manchester, 8 p.m. AA meeting, Holy Trinity, Danby, 7:30 p.m. H.S. STEP meeting Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m. Bennington Women’s Meeting of AA: 6:30-7:30 p.m., Turning Point Club, 465 Main St., Bennington, VT DA - Debtor’s Anonymous, Wed. 8-9pm, Turning Point Club of Bennington, 465 Main St., Benniington, VT , 802-442-9700

GED • EDUCATION Thursday:

GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. GED Class, Mack Molding, Arlington, 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday:

GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 9:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m., April 2, 2008

6:00 p.m. ESL Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 4:30 p.m. GED Class, Mack Molding, Arlington, 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday:

Dept. of Employment & Training, Veterans Memorial Drive, Bennington (first Wednesday), 10:00 a.m. GED Class, Tutorial Center, Manchester, 3:00 p.m. A Mustard Seed Group St. Peter’s School, Rutland, 8:00 p.m.

MIND & BODY WELLNESS Medicare Assistance, Zion Parrish, Manchester, 10:00 a.m. LaLeche League Support Meeting, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, third Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. Disabled American Veterans Meeting, American Legion Hall, Chester, first Thursday) 7:30 p.m.

a.m.; Manchester Town Hall, 12:301:30 p.m., 447-5693. Blood Pressure Clinic, Second Congregational Church, Londonderry, second Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. Support group for family members of those suffering from mental illness, Third Tuesday at 7 p.m., UCS, 316 Dewey St., Bennington. Clare at 824-3909. Overeaters Anonymous, RRMC, Rutland, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday:

Aerobic INdoor Walking - Beginner, Mon, Wed, Fri.,Bennington Firehouse, River St., 8:15 a.m. 442-6886 Senior Exercise Classes, Hoosick Falls Senior Center, 1-1:45 p.m. 447-5689. Arthritis Support Group, Second Congregational Church, Bennintgon, fourth Thursday, 1:00 p.m.

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Friday:

Wellness Clinic Smith Haven, South Londonderry, third Friday, 10:00 a.m. Blood Pressure Clinic, Robert Milbauer Realty, Newfane, third Friday, 10:00 a.m.

Saturday:

CoDA, 12-step fellowship to maintain healthy relationships, 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., Wilson House, E. Dorset, 362-5524

Monday:

Support group for family members of those suffering from mental illness, first Monday at 7 p.m., South Londonderry Library, Clare at 824-3909 Parents in Crisis, SVMC, Bennington, 7:00 p.m. DA - Debtor’s Anonymous, Every Mon., 6:30 pm, Wilson House, E. Dorset, 362-5524 RSVP Bone Builders: Call RSVP at 447-1545 for info. Free. Arlington, American Legion Hall, Mon and Th, 10:30-11:30; Manchester, Masonic Temple, Mon Wed, 11 a.m .to noon; Manchester Town Hall, Tue 10-11 a.m. & Thur, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

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Tuesday:

Marriage Support Group, Northshire Baptist Fellowship, every other Tuesday, 5769 Main St., Route 7A, Manchester. Call Warren 362-1988 Nice & Easy Aerobics - Beginnier, Bennington Firehouse, River St., 8:15 p.m. 447-5693. All Gain, No Pain Senior Strengthening Class - Bennington Firehouse, River st., 10_3011:15 a.m.; N. Bennington Congregational Ch, 10:30-11:15

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Bereavement Support Group, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 1:00 p.m. Women’s Cancer Support Group, Vermont Country Store, Manchester, First Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. Bereavement/Loss Support Group, SVMC, Bennington, fourth Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. Caregiver Group, Grace Cottage Hospital, Townshend, 6:30 p.m. Bereavement Support Group, SVMC, Medical Office Bldg., Bennington, 6:30 p.m.

Chronic Fatigue Support Group, Red Barn, Rtes 11/30, across from Wessner’s, Manchester, 7:00 p.m. C.H.A.D.D. Informational Meeting, RRMC, Rutland, first Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. THURSDAY: Spiritual Healing from Rosemary Altea’s Healing & Educational Foundation. 7-9 p.m. at Mark Skinner Library, 867-4070. No charge.

MUNICIPAL MEETINGS Thursday:

Granville Town Board Meeting, Town Hall, Granville, NY second

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Monday: Poultney Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, second and fourth Monday, 6:30 p.m. Castleton Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7:00 p.m. Grafton Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, 7:00 p.m. Weston Conservation Committee meeting, Town Office, third Monday, 7:00 p.m. Chester Planning Committee meeting, Town Hall, first and third Mondays, 7:00 p.m. Manchester Village Planning Committee meeting, County Court House, first Monday, 7:00 p.m. Londonderry Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7:00 p.m. Pawlet Planning Committee meeting, Town Hall, fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Jamaica Selectmen’s meeting, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Rutland Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, West Rutland, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Chester Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Rupert Planning Committee meeting, Town Clerk’s Office, first Monday, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Weston Volunteer Fire Dept. Drill, Weston Firehouse, second and fourth Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Sunderland Elementary Planning Commitee. 2nd Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Londonderry Planning Committee, Town Office, Londonderry, second and foruth Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Wallingford Planning Committee, Town Hall, First Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Weston Volunteer Fire Dept, Weston Firehouse, first Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Danby Selectman meeting, Town Clerk’s Office, 1st Thursday, 7:00 p.m.

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April 2, 2008

Stratton Selectmen’s meeting, Towwn Office, second and fourth Monday, 7:30 p.m. Mt. Holly Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, first Monday, 7:30 p.m. Sunderland Selectmen’s meeting, Sunderland Elementary School, first and third Monday, 7:30 p.m. Jamaica Planning Committee meeting, first and third Monday, 7:30 p.m. Shaftsbury Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7:30 p.m. Poultney-Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District Meeting, district Office, Poultney, second Monday, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday:

Fair Haven Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, 7:00 p.m. Weston Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, second and fourth Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Pawlet Board of Selectmen, Town Hall, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Wells Selectmen Meeting, Wells Town Hall, every other Tuesday, 7 p.m. For info. 645-9020 Shaftsbury Zoning Board meeting, Town Office, second & third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Shaftsbury Planning Commission,

Town Office, first & third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Winhall Planning Committee meeting, first and third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Wallingford Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, first and third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Dorset Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Rupert Selectmen’s meeting, 2nd Tue., Town Clerk’s Office, 6:00 p.m. Mt. Holly Selectmen’s meeting, Town Office, second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Winhall Board of Adjusters meeting, Town Hall, second tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

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Wednesday:

Pawlet Board of Listers meeting, Town Hall, third Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. Dept of Employment & Training Information, Veteran’s Memorial Drive, Bennington, first Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. Winhall Regular Monthly Board meeting, 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. Mountain School Parent Council & Mountain School of Winhall Parent Council Meeting at the Mountain School, (second Wednesday) 7:00 p.m. 297-2122 Stratton Planning Committee

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meeting, Town Office, 7:00 p.m. Sandgate Planning Committee meeting, 7:00 p.m. Fair Haven Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, second and fourth Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Castleton Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, first and thrid Wednesday,7:00 p.m. Winhall Selectmen’s meeting, Town Hall, first and third Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Sunderland Zoning Board meeting, Sunderland Elementary school, third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Peru Selectmen’s meeting, Town Center, first and third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Bennington Planning Committee meeting, Town Office, first and third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Peru Zoning Board of Adjusters, Peru Town Center, fourth Wednesday, 7:30 p.m

MISCELLANEOUS Thursday:

Equinox Valley Toastmasters, Ai Squared, 130 Taconic Business Park Rd, Manchester Ctr., 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., info: jshukla@aisquared.com Arlington Lions Club American Legion Room, second and fourth Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Northshire Teen Center Planning Meeting, Mulligans, Manchester Village, first and third Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Red Clover Chapter, Embroidery Guild of America, Trinity Church, Rutland, second Thursday, 7:00 p.m.

Friday

Success by Six Play Group, Mettowee School, West Pawlet, 9:30 a.m. Dorset Historical Society, open 10:00 a.m. Ladies Fellowship, Missionary Alliance Church, Bennington, 9:30 a.m. Manchester Rotary meeting, Ye Olde Tavern, Manchester, 12:00 p.m. Kiwanis Club of Manchester & the Mountains, first & third Tuesday of each month at Ye Olde Tavern. Manchester, 6:00 p.m. Manchester Community Foundation meeting, Chittenden Bank, Manchester, First Tuesday, 4:00 p.m. Unit 69 American Legion Auxiliary, Legion Room, Arlington, second Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. Cathloic Daughters meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, second Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. Mt. Equinox Grange meeting, Grange Hall, Manchester, third Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. #45 American Legion meeting, Currier Memorial School, Danby, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Dorset Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, Dorset Firehouse, third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday:

Manchester VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Harned Fowler Post #6471, second Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Wantastiquet Rotary, Swiss Inn, Londonderry, 7:00 a.m. Red Clover Award Program K-4, Mark Skinner Library, Manchester Village, 3:45 p.m.

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Southwestern VT Access Television board meeting, SWVT Office, Manchester, first Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Manchester Lions Club meeting, VFW, second and fourth Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus Council 6816 meeting, St. Paul’s Church, Manchester, first Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. ACOA, Second Congregational Church, Bennington, 7:30 p.m.

BRIDGE

Monday:

Duplicate Bridge, 12:15, Manchestser Town Hall, Main St., 7A, Manchester Center, Robert Smith, Director, 362-4224

Tuesday:

Open Duplicate Bridge, 1 p.m. at Equinox Village. Call Elizabeth Von Riesenfelder, Director, at 362-5304. Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m. Zion Episcopal Church Annex, Manchester Center, Director John Conova, 325-6384

Friday:

Duplicate Bridge, 12:15, Manchester Town Hall, Main Street, Manchester Center, VT, Robert Smith, 362-4224

Thursday:

BINGO

Bingo, MWA Hall, Wells, 7:00 p.m.

Friday:

Bingo, Masonic Lodge, Route 30, Jamaica, 7:00 p.m. Bingo, Knights of Columbus Hall, Granville, NY, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday:

Bingo, Granville Hook & Ladder, Granville, NY 7 p.m.

Sunday:

Bingo, MWA Hall, Wells, NOON

Monday:

Bingo, Middletown Springs Fire House, 7 p.m.

Tuesday:

Eagles Bingo, Manchester, 6:45 p.m.

Wednesday:

Bingo, South Wallingford Grange, 7:00 p.m.

FOOD • SENIOR MEALS Thursday:

Townshend Senior Meals, Townshend Church, first and third Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. Manchester Senior Meals Manchester Town Hall, 12:00 p.m. Wells Senior Meals, MWA Hall, Wells, 12:00 p.m. Senior Meals, East Arlington, Bailey Hall, 12:00 p.m.

Senior Meal at Williamsville Community Hall, 4th Thursday at noon.

Tuesday:

Townshend Senior Meals, Townshend Church, first and third Manchester Senior Meals Manchester Town Hall, 12:00 p.m. Wells Senior Meals, MWA Hall, Wells, 12:00 p.m. Senior Meals, East Arlington, Bailey Hall, 12:00 p.m. Senior Meal at Williamsville Community Hall, 4th Thursday at noon. Wednesday: Dummerston Senior Meals, Evening Star Grange Hall, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays at noon.

PRAYER GROUPS Thursday:

Prayer Group, Congregational Church, Chester, 6:00 a.m. Prayer & Praise Service, Chapel of the Snows, Stratton Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Prayer & Bible Study, Truthville Baptist Church, Granville, NY, 7p.m. CommunityBible Study, nondenominational for women, children, 10 a.m. - noon September -May. Bennington. 447-4745.

Friday:

Shabbat Services, Israel

Congregation, Manchester, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday:

Torah Shabbat, Israel Congregation, Manchester, 9:30 a.m.

Monday:

Prayer meeting, Baha’i Faith at 7 p.m. For info., call 802-447-3866

Tuesday:

Bible Study, Congregational Church, Chester, 6:00 a.m.

Wednesday:

Holy Eucharist , St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist & Healing, Zion Episcopal Church, Manchester, 12:15 p.m. Mt. View Baptist Church Serivces, Danby Four Corners, 6:00 p.m. Spiritual Renewal for Busy Lives, Embury United Methodist Church, 41 East Main St., Cambridge, NY, 518-677-3602, 1st, 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7:00 p.m. Bible Study, Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby 4-Corners, 7:00 p.m. Bible Independent Baptist Church, Prayer and Bible Study, Rod & Gun Club, Manchester, 7:00 p.m. Healing Service, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Chester, second Wed. 7:30 p.m.

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Prayer & Praise, Northshire Baptist Fellowship, Muddy Lane, Manchester, 7:00 p.m., 362-1988

WEEKEND WORSHIP Friday

MANCHESTER

Israel Congregation of Manchester, Sabbath Services, 6:30 p.m., Israel Congregation of Manchester, Rte 7A

Saturday:

Israel Congregation of Manchester: Sabbath Services, 9:30 a.m., Israel Congregation of Manchester, Rte 7A St. Paul’s Church, Mass, 5:30 p.m., St. Jerome’s Church, E. Dorset, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday:

Zion Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. (childcare at 10 a.m. Eucharist w/healing Wed. 12:15 p.m.

St. Paul’s, Mass, 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. First Congregational Church, Chapel Service, 8:30; Christian Education classes for all ages, 9:30; Sanctuary Worship, 10:30; nursery and children’s programs beginning at 9:30. Rev. Dr. Steven E. Berry, Pastor, 362-2709; www.firstcongregational http://www.firstcongregational manchester.org Equinox Terrace, Services for Seniors, 10:00 a.m. St. Paul, Danby Holy Trinity Church, 11:30 a.m. First Baptist Ch., ABC, Manchester Center, Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Tuesday Prayer Ministry, 9:30 a.m. 802-362-1555. Rev. Dr. Robert Carpenter Northshire Baptist Fellowship, 5769 Main St., 10 a.m. adult & children’s Bible classes, 11 a.m. Worship service and Children’s Church; 6 p.m. Bible study, 3621988.

Weekday Mass:

Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby Four Corners, Young People’s Group, 6:00 p.m.

ARLINGTON Saturday:

Saturday:

St. Paul’s Church: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, 8 a.m., Thu, Fri, 5:30, p.m. St. Paul’s Church St. Margaret Mary’s, Mass, 5:00 p.m. sunday: St. James Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:00 a.m. Rite I and 10 a.m. Rite II. SS 9 a.m. Childcare available at SS and 10 a.m. service. Rev. Scott Neal 802-375-9952, stjamesarlington. org; stjamesparish @verizon.net St. Margaret Mary’s Church, Mass, 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Federated Church, East Arlington, Services, 10:00 a.m. (SS 10:00 a.m.) Chapel on the Green, West Arlington, Services, 7:00 p.m., last Sunday of the month, 6:00 p.m. covered dish supper.

BENNINGTON Saturday:

Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales, Vigil, 4:00 p.m.

Sunday:

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GRAFTON

Sunday:

Grafton White Ch., Services, 9:00 a.m.

JAMAICA

Sunday:

Jamaica Community Church, Services, 10:00 a.m. (SS 10:00 a.m.)

Sunday:

LANDGROVE

Landgrove Church, Services, 9:30 a.m., June 30 - August 25

LONDONDERRY Saturday:

Saturday:

Our Lady of Mercy, Mass, 8:30 a.m.

CHESTER

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Sunday Services 8 and 10 a.m.; SS, 9:15 a.m. 875-6651 First Universalist Church, Services, 9:00 a.m. Congregational Church, Services, 10:30 a.m. (SS 9:30 a.m.) First Baptist Church, Services, 10:30 a.m. (SS 9:15 a.m.) St. Joseph’s Church, Sunday Morning Mass at 10:30 a.m.

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Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales, Mass, 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 8:00 & 10:00 a.m. (SS 9) First Church of Christ Scientist, Services, 10:00 a.m. (SS 8:45 a.m.) Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 108 School Street, Services, 10:00 a.m., (religious education, child care, 10:00 a.m.) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 9:30 a.m. Sacrament Service; 10:40 a.m. SS; 11:40 a.m. Relief Society & Priesthood. 4470139; 442-8126 St. Joseph’s Church, Saturday Afternoon Mass at 6:30 p.m.

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Sunday:

DANBY

Danby Congregational Church, Morning Services, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Mt. View Baptist Church, Danby Four Corners, Services, 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Holy Trinity, Mass, 11:30 a.m.

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Second Congregational Church, Services, 9:30 a.m. (child care) First Baptist Church, Adult Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10:30, childcare provided. 824-6046

MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS Sunday:

Community Church, Services, 10:00 a.m. 9:05 a.m. all ages Sunday School St. Anne Church, Mass, 8:00 a.m.

MOUNT HOLLY Sunday:

Saturday:

POULTNEY

St. Raphael Church, Mass, 4:00 p.m.

Sunday:

St. Raphael Church, Mass, 10:00 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church, Holy Eucharist, 9:00 a.m. United Methodist Church,Services, 9:30 a.m.; (SS 9:45 a.m.) United Baptist Church, Services, 10:00 a.m. (SS & Nursery care 9:00 a.m.) Welsh Presbyterian Church, Services, 10:00 a.m.

Sunday:

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United Methodist, Services, 9:00 a.m.

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