Views of Dummerston - 2012#2 - Spring

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Two Dummerston Businesses Celebrate Anniversaries Vermont-New Hampshire Veterinary Clinic Brattleboro KOA Celebrates 60 years in East Dummerston Celebrates Multiple experience and facilities to treat patients Anniversaries

By Jerilyn Jacobs Vermont-New Hampshire Veterinary Clinic is celebrating its 60 th anniversary this year. The veterinarians and staff have been providing friendly, comprehensive veterinary care in southern Vermont since 1952. Vermont- New Hampshire Veterinary Clinic has been serving the people and animals in the tri-state area from its current location for 60 years. The six doctors and staff at the East Dummerston clinic use their

from parakeets to Percheron horses. In honor of the Clinic’s 60th anniversary there will be many special promotions and events throughout the year.

Founded by Dr. David Baldwin, VMD in 1952, the practice now employs six full time doctors and twelve support staff. The clinic is located just off Route 5 on East-West road in East Dummerston. The white farm house, that once housed the first Post Office continued on page 9

Household Hazardous Waste Sites, Dates Announced

By Michelle Cherrier As detailed on the Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) website (http://www.windhamsolidwaste.org), all WSWMD residents can bring household hazardous waste (HHW) to collection points according to the following schedule. HHW collection is subsidized for all residents of WSWMD towns.

There is a 10-gallon limit. Latex paint is not considered hazardous waste and can be thrown in the daily trash if dried out. Empty paint cans can be recycled in any scrap metal collection bin at your local transfer station, but not in the 24-hour drop off recycling containers!

Whitingham: 11 a.m. to noon, transfer station on Route 100 Halifax: 1–2 p.m., town office Saturday June 16th Westminster: 9–10 a.m., Westminster Center School Brookline: 11 a.m.–noon, Brookline Elementary School Putney: 1–2 p.m., Putney Fire Station

Annual Held on the first Saturday in November. All residents from WSWMD member communities can bring their waste to the following locations: Saturday November 3 Brattleboro: 9 a.m.–noon, WSWMD Facility on Old Ferry Road Townshend: 9–11 a.m., Townshend Town Barn Rural Rovers Held on the third Saturday in Winhall: 9–11 a.m., transfer station May and June. All residents from WSWMD member communities can bring their waste to The following items have a fee: the following locations: Ballasts with PCBs $6/ballast Saturday May 19th Compact Fluorescent Bulbs $1.25/bulb Wilmington: 9–10 a.m., tennis courts on Fluorescent Light Tubes $0.125/ft Beaver Road Exceed 10-gallon limit $4/gallon

By Beverly Kenney The property at 1238 US Route 5, today known as the Brattleboro North KOA Campground, has been a tourist based business since 1942 when it was known as the Coolidge Highway Gift Shop. The history of the business mirrors the changes in roadways in Vermont and the favorite American pastime of travel.

This year we celebrate the 70th year of the gift shop, the 40th year of the campground and our 5th year of ownership. One of our frequent cabin guests, Larry Larned from South Chatham, MA, researched the history and wrote an article from which I quote here: “The ‘lure of the American road’ culminated in a huge new industry being established along the nation’s highways to satisfy the needs of the automobile age. By 1900, travel by automobile was displacing travel by rail with overnight stays in city hotels. People traveling by car sought freedom from city habits including wearing “proper dress” to formal hotel dining rooms.

The car allowed a more relaxed mode of travel but finding overnight accommodations beyond city limits as the sun was setting became a challenge. Many pitched tents along the road and caused conflicts with property owners while others sought guest houses offering meals and a decent bed. By 1920, between 3,000 and 6,000 municipal auto -camps had been established nation-wide to alleviate trespassing on private property along well travelled roads. Entry was free and ‘facilities’ included grills, fresh water and privies. A rule of thumb at the time was an average small town camp on a main road could expect 50 to 60 cars a day. continued on page 10

2 • Spring , 2012 • Views of Dummerston • The Views of Dummerston is a quarterly publication of The Dummerston Community Center, and the citizens of Dummerston.

The steering committee for the Views includes: Roger Turner, Roni Byrne, Jody Normandeau, Michelle Cherrier, Fred Lee, and Jean Newell.

Subscriptions: The Views is mailed free of charge to all Dummerston residents who are registered voters. If you are not a registered voter in the town of Dummerston, you may subscribe to the Views by sending a check in the amount of $5, made out to the Views of Dummerston, with your name and mailing address, to: Jody Normandeau, 250 Tucker Reed Road, Dummerston, VT 05301.

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The Chief’s Corner by Richard Cogliano, Captain,

west dummerston volunteer fire department

Carbon monoxide is known as the silent killer. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), an average of 439 persons died annually between 1999 and 2004 from carbon monoxide poisoning. There are many more cases of carbon monoxide poisoning every year. In Dummerston, we respond to carbon monoxide alarms every month of the year; but what is it?

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that attaches to your red blood cells. The oxygen in your body gets replaced by the carbon monoxide which leads to tissue damage and in high amounts, death. Carbon monoxide is the result of combustion, the burning of carbonbased materials such as gasoline, propane and oil. It may be given off from malfunctioning or poorly vented appliances, such as a generator, stove, heating unit, or even a vehicle.

Luckily, there are ways to detect and prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide poisoning is best prevented by having all of your appliances installed, maintained, and serviced by qualified technicians. When running a vehicle or generator, do not run them indoors and ensure that they are run far enough away from enclosed areas so the fumes do not build up. Carbon monoxide may still be produced by properly operating equipment, so take steps to ensure that this equipment is properly vented to the exterior of your home.

The next step in preventing carbon monoxide poisoning is to be able to detect it when it is present. Carbon monoxide detectors can be found at any hardware store in a range of makes and models. Some of the higher end models contain digital readouts so that you can see how much carbon monoxide, if any, is in the atmosphere. There are hardwired models which are powered by your home’s electricity, battery models which run solely on battery, and plug in models, which are plugged into an outlet. Both the hardwired and plug in type have a battery backup. There are even combination smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The life span of a

carbon monoxide detector is five to ten years, so make sure that you replace them at the frequency recommended by the manufacturer.

If your carbon monoxide detector does alarm here are some steps to take: Call 911, let the dispatcher know what is going on, then go outside and wait for the fire department to arrive.

If anyone is feeling ill, such as with a headache, nausea, dizziness, or chest pain, let us know immediately and we will get an ambulance dispatched. Due to the toxic nature of carbon monoxide, any illness associated with carbon monoxide should be treated immediately.

Do not ventilate your home, this will allow us to measure any carbon monoxide built up in your home.

When we do arrive at your residence we will search your home with multi-gas meters. This will show us the level of carbon monoxide in your home as well as the levels of oxygen, hydrogen sulfide, and explosive vapors. If we detect less than 10 parts per million of carbon monoxide, there is no danger. With concentration greater than 10 parts per million we look for the cause, whether it is a heating unit, cooking appliance, or vehicle exhaust. If we find the source we will let you know and have you contact a proper repair company so that it can be fixed. At levels above 80 parts per million, carbon monoxide can be lethal. We will strongly recommend that any repairs be made before you reoccupy your home. Yes this may be an inconvenience, but it is a safety measure to ensure that you and your families are safe.

Carbon monoxide is one of the most lethal gasses that can be found in a home. For more information on how you can protect yourself and your family, you can go to the CDC website for carbon monoxide at: http://www.cdc.gov/co/ faqs.htm. As always, the West Dummerston Fire Department is there to help you, whether it is a 10 a.m., 10 p.m. or any time in between. You can leave a message for us at (802) 254-2793 or in an emergency call 911.

Got a good photo you wish to share?

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Photographs now being accepted for consideration for the 2013

Dummerston Historical Society Annual Calendar If you are willing to share your Dummerston photo (no vertical pictures, please) Please contact Muriel Taylor before June 15, 2012 257-9358 • Kidssing2772@svcable.net

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town government

Selectboard Glabach Welcomed to Board, White Becomes Chair

By Tom Bodett

The board welcomed new member Steve Glabach to the five-headed table and Steve has gotten right down to work with our very heavy spring schedule. Our first order of business was to reorganize the selectboard and appoint officers. Lewis White agreed to take on the role of chair, Zeke Goodband is the vice chair and Bill Holiday will take on the duties of clerk.

There are many comings and goings on our various committees and commissions and we are in the process of interviewing many good candidates for new appointments and re-appointments. Many thanks, as always, to the folks who step up to help with everything that goes into the general housekeeping and repair of our Dummerston home.

As was announced at town meeting, Charlie Richardson has decided that 125 years (more or less) was long enough to be the town tree warden and he declined to be re-appointed.

Godfrey Renaud, aka the taller half of Turner & Renaud Tree Service, agreed to the post and he was unanimously appointed at our March 7th meeting. Give these gentlemen a big wave and a smile the next time they drive by.

The proposed gravel pit on the Renaud property behind the Hidden Acres campground on Route 5 is moving carefully toward its permitting phase. Additional archeological work has been ordered by the state after several artifacts of interest were discovered. As that work is being completed the noise study will be conducted and we will stay in close discussions with the neighbors on how to keep this project well below their threshold of tolerance.

It is estimated that, once begun, the work to repair and replace the wing walls on the covered bridge will take approximately onetenth as long as it took to get permission to do it. Accepting federal dollars administered by state agencies is every bit as much fun and time saving as you imagine it would be. Still, we hope to get bids out by the end of May and

have the work done before school starts in the fall. We reserve the right to be completely wrong about that.

We wish you all a safe and prosperous summer. Please keep your eye on our meeting agendas and minutes posted at dummerston. org. We’d rather see you at a meeting that involves your personal interests than have to make peace with you the meeting after that.

And, as ever, you can call any one or three or five of us if you have any questions or concerns.

Sponsors Alvino & Bea Fantini Allan & Sally Seymour Milt & Barbara Gilmore Sam and Gincy Bunker Dorothy Rostov

Dummerston Energy Committee

Doucette Replaces Derby on Energy Committee

By Jerelyn Wilson Chris Derby completed a second term on the energy committee and we thank him heartily for his contributions as one of the founding committee members. Larry Doucette stepped forward and has been appointed by the selectboard to fill the open seat. In his thirteen years as a Dummerston resident, Larry has been an active volunteer with Rescue, our local fire department, and elementary school. He worked with members of the DEC on the relighting of the covered bridge over the West River. Jerelyn Wilson and Bill Conley have been reappointed to serve 3-year terms. Jerelyn will continue as chair and Diana Lischer-Goodband will serve as vice chair.

Community resilience and our town’s ability to safely endure major weather events and extended power outages is a current focus of the energy committee. Gathering data on how residents heat and power their homes will help

the committee prioritize its efforts as well as fill in the data that supports our town in meeting its energy saving goals as articulated in our town plan. Dummerston residents can expect a survey in the next few months. Please take the time to fill it out and return it.

On the energy page of the town website you can read about the GoVT program. We encourage all residents to register with GoVT and take advantage of the alternative transportation efforts that exist in our state.

Sponsors John & Karen Abel Arnold & Roberta Garland Althea McBean Susan Talbot & Herbert Rest Orly Munzing & Bob Dunbar

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town government Dummerston Conservation Commission

State Scientist Discusses Post-Irene Stream Issues John Anderson Winter is again behind us. By the time you read this, I will be out roaming the woods and fields, identifying wildflowers and learning the terrain in obscure corners of town. Once you start rambling you can never be sure where you will end up or what you will discover. And on inclement days, writing up the conservation commission news keeps me occupied.

In February Shannon Pytlik, river scientist with the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, gave a talk on Stream Morphology.

This was a very timely program, given the devastation that area towns suffered as a result of Hurricane Irene.

The importance of planning as a way to mitigate future flood damage was one focus of this presentation. Poorly sited structures are often damaged or destroyed when rivers and streams flood, change course or do both simultaneously. And, according to Pytlik the meanderings of waterways are normal while stasis is not.

Negative impacts from stream bank hardening (rip-rap), streamside filling, berm construction, and channel straightening were discussed. The tendency for water denied its chosen course to take the channel it needs elsewhere means that the streamside alterations performed in one location will usually result in an equal or greater loss through bank erosion in another location.

Beneficial effects of healthy streams such as flood mitigation, water supply and quality functions, sediment storage, wildlife habitats, recreation, and aesthetics were outlined.

Some of the costs that can result from the improper siting of structures were also discussed: property losses, financial losses, and even the loss of life.

Also mentioned was the fact that the financial costs of flood damage are born by all, which is reason in itself for forethought when siting new structures.

This was an evening of sound and up-todate science, yet it could be summed up quite simply: natural systems are outside of human control and we should plan accordingly. And, here in Dummerston, we were just plain lucky with Hurricane Irene.

In early March the commission hosted a water quality talk with both Marie Caduto of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and Lee Chamberlain of the town’s highway

department sharing their areas of expertise.

Caduto outlined the state’s dual goals of protecting existing high quality waters while working to improve any low quality waters.

Much of her talk centered on how water qualities are measured. Monitoring for levels of phosphorus, nitrogen, and bacteria is performed. Physical characteristics of a stream – the 4 B’s – buffers, banks, bed, and bugs are assessed. And the amount of suspended solids in the water such as silt and plant matter is taken into account. Bugs are a key indicator.

The greater the number of insect species found in a waterway, the healthier the water.

Based on the fairly limited information that the state has garnered regarding Dummerston’s waters, it would seem that we have relatively healthy streams. However, they acknowledge that Crosby Brook – which is badly silt-impaired in Brattleboro – shows signs of degradation up into Dummerston. And the lower end of Stickney Brook is heavily impaired because its waters are siphoned off to supply Brattleboro’s municipal reservoir in Pleasant Valley; being periodically sucked dry severely curtails a stream’s ability to support life. And, after heavy rains, water samples from the West River have tested high for bacteria and marginally elevated for phosphorus, and silt levels are often elevated in all of our streams.

It seems that while there are no immediate drastic water quality problems to be addressed in Dummerston, there are a few worrisome ongoing issues on which we should base future planning. There is room for improvement.

And, since all of the state’s accumulated data was amassed pre-Hurricane Irene, conditions along the West River may now be vastly altered. As Caduto noted, the amount of gravel deposited at the confluence of the West and Rock Rivers was staggering. Who knows what contaminants Irene might have flushed downstream.

Lee Chamberlain talked about culvert and bridge upgrades in town. According to his records, there are close to 700 culverts in the town road system and some 42 structures measuring over three feet in width (bridges and large culverts).

Many of our older culverts are potentially undersized and deteriorating, raising the risk of road washouts resulting in heavy stream siltation. Larger replacement culverts have been mandated and should lessen that danger.

Of course, the sheer number of old culverts and bridges and the budgetary restraints within which the road crew must work, mean that the replacement process will take decades.

Replacement structures – those underpasses over three feet wide – are now built in a fish friendly fashion. They are constructed with gravel bottoms to allow fish to move up and down the waterways for spawning and for access to the cooler upper reaches of streams during hot weather.

One structure slated for replacement in the fairly near future is the old boiler culvert near the north end of Quarry Road which is badly deteriorated and which presents a nearly total barrier to fish and wildlife movements. The new structure will be wider to accommodate more water, and it will be gravel bottomed to accommodate fish and other wildlife. It was good to hear about these practical solutions to some long-term water issues.

As Aldo Leopold said in a Sand County Almanac, “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.” We would do well when dealing with our infrastructure and siting future buildings to bear in mind Leopold’s dictum. It is always applicable. The larger, fish-friendly culverts being built these days would certainly be seen by him as at least a partial restoration of stream integrity. Perhaps we should ask Leopold’s question before ever breaking ground for any project: will this tend to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community, or will it tend otherwise?

Aldo Leopold published his thoughts on the matter in 1948, yet his simple test of rightness has yet to be fully embraced by the one species making questionable choices. We dance around the issues rather than face them head on. Maybe we don’t really want to know the answer.

The final event to report on was Ben Kilham’s presentation “The Social Black Bear, What bears have taught me about being human.” This evening was co-sponsored by BEEC. Kilham has over 18 years’ experience with bears, including the raising of some 90 orphan cubs. The cubs, he says, have the innate knowledge they need; what they lack is experience.

To help them gain experience he plays mama contunued on next page

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town government Dummerston Planning Commission

Commission Faces May Planning Grant Deadline

By Cindy Wilcox As of this writing, the planning commission has been very, very busy, so busy in fact, that it has been meeting and working on the zoning update twice a month since last November. After the zoning bylaw subcommittee disbanded in October, it turned its workload over to the planning commission with careful recommendations for the update of our zoning bylaw, as well as the challenge to come up

with a good working draft by the deadline for the Municipal Planning Grant of May 2012.

To this end, we on the commission have been working on the text closely with John Bennett from the Windham Regional Commission (WRC) for the last five months. More recently, Jeff Nugent of the WRC has been helping us draft the new zoning map.

We spent a fruitful session with former commission members Bob Wainwright and Elizabeth Catlin to hear more about how the future

State Scientist Discusses PostIrene Stream Issues continued from previous page bear, leading them on daylong forest explorations. This is an 18-month commitment. Yet even after their long association with a human, the cubs are not imprinted. When released they don’t gravitate to people. Bears, it seems, want to be bears. They know how to be bears.

Kilham’s observations, based on research, have also shown that bears are not the solitary souls we have long believed. They form complex social networks with other bears. They cooperate. And they interact with other species.

Bear society is matriarchal and linear. A female, her daughters, and her granddaughters will often share adjoining territories. The food rich areas in one territory thus cooperatively feed both the resident female and females from any nearby temporarily food poor territories.

There is a resource-sharing going on!

Female bears living in a cooperative network are also able to spend less time defending their home territory. They gain more weight. And they reproduce more often. Body fat at denning time is vital to reproductive success.

Male bears – although wanderers on an epic scale – cooperate to meet their own needs. Other than during mating season, a female bear will drive a much larger male off her vital feeding range. However, Kilham’s trail cameras showed pairs of male bears feeding peacefully together in a female’s territory. Apparently two male bears may go where one bear fears to tread.

Another interesting observation Kilham made concerned the malnourished triplet cubs of one of his study subjects. The cubs of a female inhabiting a poor feeding territory may ultimately starve. However, their grandmother

who had produced just a single cub that year adopted one of the cubs. The “adoption” was quick and drama free. And it was to the benefit of all parties.

Bears, according to Kilham, are all about social contracts. They have expectations. And as long as those expectations are met, all is peaceful and complexly cooperative. When expectations are not met, the offender is punished.

Yup. Sounds human to me. Or is that just Ursinepomorphism? But, humor aside, it seems that our genetic driven behavioral similarities are undeniable. Of that we should be proud.

Before I wander off I have one more bit of news. Two stalwart members of the commission are retiring. Forester Charlie Richardson, who has been a member since the commission was formed, well over twenty years ago, is stepping down. And Pat Jaquith, amateur naturalist, keen observer and acting commission secretary for the last several years has announced her resignation. Both will be sorely missed. And on behalf of the commission, I’d like to thank them for their service.

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land use map in the town plan was devised, and learned that it is based entirely on good data and is not a revision of any previous plan or zoning map. With that map in mind as our guide, we then each took responsibility for one of the zoning districts, and each commissioner became the point person for working on the uses, dimensional requirements, and purpose statements for that particular district. Meanwhile, using a model matrix from the former zoning bylaw committee and input from the public, our clerk, Annamarie Pluhar, working with John Bennett, has completed a matrix of uses in each and all the districts which will be a new feature in the updated zoning bylaw.

After two marathon sessions in April there will be a draft suitable for completing the planning grant but not yet ready for our local public hearings.

After town meeting, it was time to re-organize. Long serving commission member Cindy Wilcox wished to step down as chair, and vice chair Sam Farwell was unanimously elected as chair. Rich Cogliano is vice-chair, and Annamarie Pluhar remains as clerk.

We are looking forward to having a new member on the commission, and are looking beyond the zoning update to revisiting the Route 5 and 30 commercial corridors with the expectation of updating the town plan in these areas. Special study of the I-91 Exit 4 area and agricultural overlays are also on the longer term agenda.

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organizations Lydia Taft Pratt Library

Volunteers and Financial Support Keep Library Humming

By Melissa Worden The Lydia Taft Pratt Library would like to welcome our newest trustee, Janet Avery. We are fortunate to have Janet’s talents added to our board for the next five years. We are also fortunate to have a group of volunteers willing to share their time and talents to enrich our community. Many thanks to Barbara Clark, Janice Duke, Laurie Frechette, Krista Jarosak, Bill Menezes, Lori Miller, Jean Momaney, Martha Nelson, Cynthia Patriquin, John Pinkney, Murial Taylor, Winnie Vogt, Lou Zopf, and David Patriquin (our resident carpenter).

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to thank those who financially contributed to our annual letter of appeal. Through cash donations we were able to raise approximately $3,000. These funds make it possible for us to continue to provide our quality services and our quality selection of books, audios, and videos for all ages in our town.

Lydia’s Friends:

4 p.m.—Calling All Teens! Your theme this summer is “Own the Night.” Using Ms. Rago’s summer reading list, we will chill on the floor and have book talks. Come hungry because we will have lots of snacks…and it’s all free!

Free Family Passes:

We have several free museum and park passes that can be checked out for one week at a time.

Passes for the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Vermont’s History Museum, Vermont State Historic Sites, and Vermont State Parks are all available. We also have a pass to ECHO in Burlington that admits up to two adults and three youth for $4 per admission.

Our new “friends” group will be bringing back an old Dummerston tradition…the geranium festival! We also are looking for more people to serve on this committee, as we are a new, work-in-progress group of book lovers.

We need fundraising ideas, program ideas, and any other ideas that you might be able to contribute. Please contact Catherine O’Callaghan Shut In Service: at 257-4673 if you would like to get involved We provide free delivery of library materiin serving our library. als to Dummerston residents who find travel or physical access to the library difficult. We Geranium Festival Fundraiser: are one phone call away, 258-9878.

Please support “Lydia’s Friends” of our library as we host the 2012 spring gera- Recent Acquisitions: nium festival on Saturday, May 19th from Adult Fiction: Barr, Nevada, Rope: An 11 a.m.–2 p.m. You will be able to purchase Anna Pigeon Novel; Berg, Elizabeth, Once Walker Farm’s famous geraniums for your Upon a Time There Was You; Bohjalian, Chris, garden, used books for your pleasure, and Night Strangers; Box, C.J., Back of Beyond; raffle tickets for some amazing prizes. We Brooks, Geraldine, Caleb’s Crossing; George, will have snacks and even an activity table Elizabeth, Believing the Lie; Hannah, Kristin, set up for the kids! All proceeds we earn will Home Front; James, P.D., Death Comes to go toward the operation of the library.

Pemberly; King, Stephen, 11/23/63: A Novel; Landay, William, Defending Jacob; Patterson, Summer Reading Programs James, Private: #1 Suspect; Picoult, Jodi, Lone June 18th to June 22nd, 10:30 a.m. to noon– Wolf; Winspear, Jacqueline, Maisie Dobbs.

Bring your children to our weeklong summer Adult Nonfiction: Greenblatt, Stephen, library camp themed “Dream Big…READ!” Swerve: How the World Became Modern; We will be exploring the night, the moon, the Kahneman, Daniel, Thinking, Fast and Slow; stars, and so much more. Once again, Muriel Lewis, Michael, Boomerang: Travels in the Taylor will be sharing her musical and storytell- New Third World; McDougall, Christopher, ing talents with the children. This program is Born to Run; Mitford, Deborah, Wait for Me: free and geared towards preschool children on Memoirs; O’Reilly, Bill, Killing Lincoln: The up to fifth graders.

Shocking Assassination That Changed the August 7th and August 14th (Tuesdays), 3 to World; Randall, Willard, Ethan Allen: His Life and Times; Smith, Sally, Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch; Walton, Mary, Sponsors Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot; Weiner,Tim, Enemies: A History Bruce & Catie Berg of the FBI; Whyte, John, Is This Normal? The Essential Guide to Middle Age and Beyond Shorty & Mary Forrett Hours: Tuesdays 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Gail & Lew Sorenson Thursdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to noon (volunteer required, no summer Barry & Elsa Waxman service) David & Nina Hutchison Book Drop Off Available Librarian: Melissa Worden: 258-9878

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organizations Dummerston Historical Society

Dutton Pines State Park Talk Upcoming in July

By Cindy Wilcox The Dummerston Historical Society has just completed its most successful exhibit/program series ever, thanks to thirty-five of our town’s talented and entertaining published authors.

The idea of featuring authors originated with Gail Sorenson, who then issued invitations to local writers to participate in both the exhibit and in several sessions of book discussions.

The exhibit, which opened on January 15th, was compiled of short biographies and publicity items from the books themselves. Each author had a “board” and display space for the books. The “opening” was followed by the January 19th quarterly meeting, which featured three of the authors speaking about their experiences with writing and publishing, and what they may be doing in the future. This was so entertaining and successful that Gail then

Community Center

I-91 Coffe Break Donations Sought

By Ann Davis March was a busy month for the community center…

Our annual Pampered Chef party was well attended and we all had a lot of fun. As usual, Kim, our hostess with the mostess did a fabulous job. We have reserved her for next year!

There have been birthday parties, meetings, jewelry parties, and general gatherings – a busy, active month.

We ended the month with our cabin fever tag sale. For those dedicated tag salers, it’s been a long, long winter.

We are now waiting to hear about the date for the Coffee Break at the Vermont Welcome Center. This is one of our biggest fundraisers.

We will be calling on the wonderful bakers of Dummerston to help us with this.

Remember the community center when planning an event, gathering, party or whatever. The center is handicap accessible so everyone can come. We have a playground for children as well. To make your reservation, call Jean at 254-9212.

As always, thank you to all who continue to support the community center.

scheduled four more of these “Meet the Authors” sessions on weekends in February and March, each with three different participants.

The April quarterly meeting became the grand finale for this venture with three more of our wonderful authors.

May and June will be devoted to intensive work on sorting and cataloguing our collections. We will not be doing a garden tour this year, but look forward to the next one in the spring of 2013. If anyone is interested in showing your gardens next year, please contact Cindy Wilcox. The tours are biennial (on the odd numbered years) so feel free to plan for 2015 as well.

In other news of interest, our July 19th meeting will feature Dutton Pines State Park with a

speaker from the state’s forestry department, and the October 18th meeting will focus on Dummerston’s historic bridges over the West River. This will include a new exhibit as well.

We will be doing a calendar again for 2013, so please contact Muriel Taylor if you have scenic photographs of Dummerston that you would like to have considered. Summer photos are especially needed; and all need to be horizontal in format. Finally, we will be showing more motorcycle pictures for our two-wheeled visitors to the Apple Pie Festival concurrently with the Bridge exhibit.

If you would like to contact the board, we are: Cindy Wilcox, Chuck Fish, Jody Normandeau, Gail Sorenson, Tom Zopf, Barbara Clark, Muriel Taylor, and Sallie May.

Evening Star Grange #154

Grange Announces Supper Dates

by Sallie J. May Secretary

Spring has finally arrived, although the last week of winter had us believing that we had lost spring altogether and that summer had jumped into the fore. What a blow to us this week, with temperatures back down in the 20’s and 30’s, and a March wind whistling around the corner of the homestead.

Winter has been a rather slow time for the Grange as well, but soon activities will be picking up as the weather warms and the “busy” season begins. In April the Vermont Theatre Company will be moving in to rehearse Arsenic and Old Lace, which will play the first two weekends in May. Our monthly lunches sponsored by Senior Solutions and the Evening Star Grange will continue to happen, and even a tag sale is in the works, to serve as a fund raiser for a state wide Grange project to help farmers recover from the devastation of Hurricane Irene last fall.

Margaret Evans is busy planning the Grangesponsored Memorial Day Program, but details this early in the spring are still rather sketchy.

More information will be forthcoming and will appear in the Brattleboro Reformer as the date of the event draws near. Mark your calendar for May 30th, probably beginning at 7 p.m., and lasting about an hour. Bring your children so that they might learn about the true meaning of Memorial Day, and help in honoring our

soldiers, past and present.

Our summer supper schedule is the same as always: Chicken Pie on June 9th, Peach Shortcake on August 18th, and Chicken Pie again on September 8th. All meals begin at 5 p.m. and end at 7, and everyone is invited to come and enjoy a home-cooked meal.

As always, non-Grangers are invited to come to one of our meetings, see if we are something you would like to get involved in, and fill out an application for membership.

To remain an active Grange, it takes active members, and everyone is welcome. Call the author at 257-0387, and get involved.

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school news

Latchis Concert Features Dummerston Students

By Jo Carol Ratti As usual, February, March, and April are busy months for the students and staff at Dummerston School. This is the time of year when students attend assemblies, field trips are scheduled and basketball ends, and Girls on the Run, softball, and baseball begin.

Under the direction of music director Hugh Keelan, the Windham Orchestra performed for students in the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union grades at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro on Thursday, March 22. The Music in the Schools Children’s Concert featured Dummerston students’ artwork and an original musical composition by one of our Exploratory Block groups. The Windham Orchestra accompanied both the artwork and an original composition by Dummerston students. Details can be found at http://www. bmcvt.org/orchestra/concerts.

Girls on the Run had a great turnout from the girls in grades 3-5. Rita Ramirez, Elizabeth Catlin, and Carrie Ritson are coaching our girls two times a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Reading Partners (L-R): Morgan Aither (kind.) and Zeb Knapp (grade 2)

through May. The Girls on the Run curriculum addresses all aspects of girls’ development including their physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being.

The third grade snack station is open every Tuesday morning from 8–8:25 a.m. selling homemade snacks. All proceeds benefit the

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The Mitten, performed by Grade 1 (L-R): Charlie-Ella Miller, Tucker Sargent, Forrester Avard, Sierra Lane

Windham County Humane Society.

Spring grade level meetings have started with a focus on the Common Core State Standards Initiative. The standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs.

The standards: • Are aligned with college and work expectations; • Are clear, understandable, and consistent; • Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills; • Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards; • Are informed by other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society; and • Are evidence-based.

For more information about the CCSS, visit https://sites.google.com/site/commoncoreinvermont/home.

Please add www.dummerston-school.com

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to your list of favorite Internet sites. This informative and interactive site is designed to keep parents, students, and community members up-to-date on all the news and current events at our school. It also features links

Third Grade Snack Shack Sellers: Claire Xui Smith (facing left), Dominic Prevett (facing right)

to relevant websites and allows users to check everything from tomorrow’s lunch menu to the school board’s meeting agenda. In addition, it provides online access to documents such as the school handbook, action plan, and state assessment results.

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school news

Eighth Grade Reviews The Hunger Games

By Bridget Dews, Elijah Kapral, Craig death in which there is only one winner. The overall life of luxury. Districts One through Worden, and Claire Thomas, under the winner will receive money, a house, and an Twelve must each send one boy and one girl to participate in the event. The whole series is guidance of Mrs. Reed After a recent field trip to The Hunger Games movie, several eighth grade students wrote this review of the book and the film: The Hunger Games book is fantastic; it is most definitely a ten out of ten. It is about a girl who is in a game of life and death, both figuratively and literally. With skills that kill she must fight to triumph over the other competitors in the Hunger Games, a fight to the

Vermont-New Hampshire Veterinary Clinic Celebrates 60 years in East Dummerston continued from page 1 in Dummerston in 1815, has been modified over the years into a full service veterinary hospital. The current facilities and medical equipment allow Drs. Veenema, Svec, Johnson, Jacobs, McNamara and Abbott to provide full diagnostic work-ups, medical and surgical treatments for cats, dogs, pocket pets, exotics and horses. In addition, the practice offers house calls for small animals and farm calls for our equine patients.

Since 1996, the clinic has been American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) certified. This distinction is granted to clinics which adhere to over 900 standards of medical care and administrative practice. There are only 11 AAHA certified hospitals in the state of Vermont.

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Night Folders

By Lisa Blake Mostly grey haired out on this cold, heart of winter, starry night, we paused to look at the stars before entering our beloved community center our souls connecting first to the Great Good the wonder of its infiniteness. then, casting off our heavy coats to report the births, deaths, repairs to roads, the DRB and who is on what committee.

A new procedure this time, the town hall let us know; stack by zip code. Fold, tape, stamp.

Job done. Off we go, Each to our own baileywick, to wait another three months (the peepers will be out) to meet again; shoulder to shoulder the job gets done mailing the Dummerston Views.

fantastic and is highly recommended for fifth grade and above.

After viewing The Hunger Games movie, we decided the rating was four and a half stars out of five. It was, overall, a fantastic movie and the casting was perfect (except for one or two exceptions). But you should definitely read the book to understand all the symbols there are in the movie and to fully understand the characters and the plot.

This story tied into our Humanities curriculum by helping us learn about revolutions.

The first book in The Hunger Games series doesn’t portray a revolution, but it shows a rebellion igniting. Therefore, it taught us how many revolutions start. Also, most kids in our class finished the entire series so they were able to see how it all panned out. Our class urges you to read the series because it is very enjoyable.

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Brattleboro KOA Celebrates Multiple Anniversaries continued from page 1 “As the numbers grew larger and the public auto-camps became rowdier, private enterprise took notice with farmers constructing barely livable cabins on empty parcels of property along the road to supplement their incomes. These early road side cabins gave way to well-appointed overnight cottages offering comfortable beds, heat, bathrooms and attractive exteriors with roadside appeal located on a small drive or semicircle with ample parking–in essence the ‘motor court’. The transition from simple roadside cabin to motor court cottage was the legacy of the motor court era which morphed into the motel industry.”

A time line reveals the following events leading to the establishment of the Brattleboro North KOA site: 1937–With traffic volumes increasing beyond expectations and following a large number of serious accidents on the Dummerston section of U.S. Route 5, a project is initiated to relocate the road from Northeast Pines State Park to the intersection of School House Road and present Route 5. A new alignment is designed with a lower grade and an extensive rock cut opposite the Walker Farm. A section of the old road is still visible in the woods above the rock cut.

1939–Route 5 is rerouted to a new location on the west side of the future Coolidge Highway Gift Shop property with East West Road being extended to the east to intersect the new Route 5. 1939–Route 5 is renamed the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Highway.

1941-42–Ralph and Mabel Churchill purchase eight acres of property from Ellen Fitts Manley with frontage on the new section of

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the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Highway. They construct and open the “Coolidge Highway Gift Shop” featuring a high end line of Vermont souvenirs and handmade handicrafts.

1943–The “Coolidge Highway Gift Shop” is temporarily closed with the onset of gasoline rationing during World War II. 1945–At the conclusion of WWII with traffic again on the increase, the “Coolidge Highway Gift Shop” reopens.

1949–The Churchill’s daughter Lovisa and her husband Richard Willard purchase a 50% interest in the business. Four overnight cabins are constructed on the north side of the property containing wood burning stoves for heat but no bathrooms. Guests use the gift shop facilities.

1950–A fifth overnight cabin is constructed to the right of those built during 1949 and a second floor is added to the gift shop building.

1950–A narrow gauge amusement park circular railroad is constructed behind the gift shop and operated by Dick Perry a Brattleboro High School music teacher. Riders are charged 25 cents for the scenic trip.

1955–The Churchills retire and the Willards purchase a full share of the business. The cabins have been updated to include bathrooms. By this time, Route 5 reflects the post-war traffic boom carrying a high percentage of tourist and commercial traffic from New Haven, Connecticut to the Canadian border and to points in between.

1956–The Interstate Highway Act is passed

by Congress to fund the largest public works project in American history: the Interstate Highway System. This Congressional action, in the making for twelve years, becomes a source of concern for the Willards who realize the con-

struction of I-91 through Vermont will bypass through traffic around the “Coolidge Highway Gift Shop” and overnight cabins.

1961–Interstate 91 through Dummerston is opened to traffic on December 6. Through-traffic on Route 5 falls precipitously.

1968–A continuing drop in business encourages the Willards to seek a productive use for the portion of their property behind the gift shop.

1971-72–Recognizing the country’s new found love for recreational vehicle (RV) camping, the Willards open a campground on the rear of their property under a franchise from the Kampgrounds of America, Inc. of Billings, Montana. The campground containing 41 spaces with utility hookups and a lounge and restroom building with television and games is named “Brattleboro North KOA.” 1977–Richard Willard is appointed postmaster of the Putney Post Office. The Willards sell the business to Lynn and Ronald Wright who make updates to the campground, including a swimming pool. Their two daughters Wendy and Kelly assist with running the gift shop and campground.

2007–The campground is sold to Beverly, Ernest and Justin Kenney. The Kenneys make additional improvements including a dog park, the addition of a log cabin, and weekend family activities.

We invite people to stop by the Gift Shop this season and enjoy some enlarged photos of the business through its 70 year history. We would love to learn more about the property so come by and share your stories. In addition, we are planning some special anniversary events this year that you may want to put on your calendars.

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Church Sponsors Alice Loomis Summer Lunch Progam

By Susanna Griefen With the happy flurry of Easter activities behind us, the Dummerston Church is looking forward to a lively spring. The Annual Caring and Sharing clothing give-away will be held on May 19th and May 21st through May 26th. Clothing is given away to any who need it. Donations of good, clean summer clothing for all ages may be left downstairs in the church, but electronics and children’s and baby toys and equipment cannot be accepted. This is a wonderful semi-annual event, a good way to clean out your closet and help your neighbors. The sale hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. All are welcome.

The mission committee is sponsoring a food drive for the Drop-in Center in May, June, and July. We hope to collect 1500 pounds of food.

The church school will weigh contributions each

Community Chest Donations Exceed Expectations

By Jean Newell and Pam McFadden The Dummerston Community Chest wishes to thank everyone who donated to the 2011-2012 campaign which generated $8,588.00. The committee met on March 29, 2012 to decide how to expend the monies. It was a unanimous decision to continue the financial support of all the organizations from last year. The following organizations received monies from the fund: Grace Cottage Hospital, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Friends of the Library, Dummerston ELF Program and Brattleboro Pastoral Counseling Center each received $400.00; Windham County Reads, Dummerston Caring and Sharing, Dummerston Cares and Alice’s Summer Lunch Program each received $500; Rescue, Inc. received $700. With the additional $300 in donations, the committee agreed to increase the following groups by $100: Lydia Taft Pratt Library received $1,000, West Dummerston Volunteer Fire Department received $1,400 and the Dummerston Community Center received $1,400. A grand total of $8,500 was distributed to these very worthy organizations.

This year’s officers include Gladys Miller– President, Pamela McFadden, Vice-President and Secretary, and Jean Newell, Treasurer.

Directors are Art Benedict, Janice Duke, Bob and Margaret Evans, and Laurie Frechette. We also welcome two new directors: Charles Ranney and Lewis White.

Sunday. Food and toiletries and household supplies may be left in the church entrance.

The church will once again sponsor the Alice’s Summer Lunch Program, named for Alice Loomis. The church provides a weekly box of nutritious lunch fixings for children eligible for reduced-priced lunch. Application forms will be available at the Dummerston School, but all families of eligible children in any school who live in Dummerston are encouraged to apply.

Food is included for all children in the family.

Vermont is ranked the 11th hungriest state in the nation and 14% of all Vermont households are food insecure. (Household Food Security in the United States, 2010,” www.ers.usda.gov.) We can do something about that here. Cash donations to help meet the need may be sent to the church. Garden produce may be donated by calling the church to say what is available. This program started small last year with grants from the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ and the Loomis family. We hope to expand this summer to help more families. To find out more, contact the church office.

The mission committee is also starting a disaster preparedness team to look at how to help individual members be personally prepared for disaster; to explore how to make the church disaster-prepared in its practices and buildings; and to be prepared to help the community in time of disaster. This is a new post-Irene focus of the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ, and Dummerston pastor Susanna Griefen chairs the conference committee.

The church school has been very active. The youth group meets the 2nd Thursday of the month and at other times for service projects and special events. This spring we will bid farewell to Beverly Kenney as one of our leaders. She has been creative, compassionate, organized and a lot of fun. The group is open to all Dummerston/Putney youth in Grades 7-12 regardless of church affiliation. This spring we helped send Jeff Kahler, from St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church on a service project to Kenya with the Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group.

Education Sunday is June 10th, when we celebrate graduates from every level of education,

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from kindergarten through graduate school.

Please call or e-mail the church with information of graduates who should be included. This is a kind of baccalaureate service, a service of worship in celebration of and thanksgiving for lives dedicated to learning and wisdom.

With the warm weather, the Annual Dummerston Church Strawberry Supper is coming soon. On June 30th, the wonderful cooks of the Dummerston Church, with a lot of neighborly help, will once again provide a delicious meal of rolled ham and home-made salads topped off by old-fashioned strawberry short-cake made with local berries, real whipped cream and cake-sized fresh-cooked short cakes. Cooking begins on Friday and continues through Saturday. Cooks, servers, and dish-washers are most appreciated.

Be in touch with Gladys Miller if you’d like to help. Family-style servings are from 5-7 p.m. and the cost is $10 for all you can eat, and $5 for children 12 and younger.

Community pot-lucks are now held at varying times. Check the sandwich board sign in front of the church or the website for dates. To be added to the church newsletter list for information about all events, contact the church office.

All are welcome to worship and to all church activities. See our ad on page 6 for contact information.

Passings Thomas V. Burdo Albert E. Jaquith

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Dummerston Calendar of Events Ongoing

Historical Society—walkabouts (monthly) Recreation Department—programs Senior Social Hour—Dummerston Cares; Community center reminiscence social hours (monthly) Dummerston Town Calendar—http://townclerk.dummerston.org/tc-cal.html

May 30 Memorial Day program Evening Star Grange, 7 p.m.

June 9 Old fashioned chicken pie supper Evening Star Grange, 5–7 p.m.

16 Household Hazardous Waste collection Putney Fire Station, 1–2 p.m.

18–22 Dream Big…READ! Children Summer Library Camp Lydia Taft Pratt Library, 10:30 a.m.– noon 30 Church Old-Fashioned Strawberry Supper Evening Star Grange, 5–7 p.m.

July 19 Talk on Dutton Pines State Park by VT State Forestry Department Dummerston Historical Society

August 7 & 14 OWN the NIGHT teen library event Lydia Taft Pratt Library, 3–4 p.m.

18 Peach shortcake dinner Evening Star Grange 28 Vermont statewide primary elections Congregational Church (see http:// vermont-elections.org)

At the Dummerston Town Office:

Selectboard 7:00 pm Every other Wednesday Planning Commission 6:00 pm 1st Tuesday Conservation Commission 7:00 pm 2nd Thursday Energy Committee 6:00 pm 1st Monday Development Review Board 7:00 pm 3rd Tuesday

At the Community Center

Community Center meetings 1st Monday

7:00 pm

At the Dummerston Church

Community Potluck Supper 3rd Thursday

6:00 pm

At the Dummerston School

School Board Meeting 6:30 pm 2nd and 4th Tuesday PTFO Meeting 6:30 pm 3rd Wednesday, in the library

At the BUHS Learning Center

BUHS Board Meeting 1st & 3rd Monday

7:00 pm

At the Historical Society

Historical Society 7:30 pm 3rd Thursday of Jan./April/July/Oct.

At the Lydia Taft Pratt Library

Book Club various—call Story Time Every Thursday

6:00 pm 10:30 am

At the Evening Star Grange

Senior Congregate Meal 2nd and 4th Wednesday Information/reservations: Shirley Perkins, 254-2249 Find the calendar of all town meetings at: http://townclerk.dummerston. org/tc-cal.html

150 West Street Dummerston, Vermont 05357

Telephone numbers and contacts: Community Center Jean Momaney 254-9212 Conservation Commission

www.dummerstonconservation.com Council on Aging Ruth Barton 254-1128 Springfield Office 800-642-5119 Dummerston Cares Assistance Shirley Perkins 257-5800 Dummerston School

254-2733 www.dummerstonschool.org Dummerston PTFO dummerstonptfo@yahoo.com Emergency Mgmnt Coordinators

Eric (Rick) Davis 251-1033 Evening Star Grange Ruth Barton 254-1128 or mrgjb@sover.net Fire Chief Rick Looman 258-1731 Fire Warden Marty Forrett (h)387-2180 (w)254-9877 Deputy Fire Wardens Charlie Richardson 254-6963

Laurence Lynch Sr. 254-2517 Wayne Emery (h)254-8708 Fire Volunteers Peter Wrenn 254-8677 Lydia Taft Pratt Library Melissa Worden 258-9878 Hours: Tue. 2:30-7; Thu. 10-5; Sat. 9:30-Noon Meals on Wheels Chris McAvoy 257-1236 Community Newspaper viewsofdummeston@ yahoo.com Selectboard selectboard@dummerston.org Town Garage Lee Chamberlin 254-2411 Town Office Pam McFadden 257-1496 townclerk@dummerston.org Vermont Theatre Company 258-1344 WSESU 254-3730 Websites: Official Town www.dummerston.org Local Interest www.dummerston.com

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