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...Turn to page 2to read more on this drama

By Lou [email protected]

ThereÕ s always something exciting about being in the audience of a high-school dramatic production. Perhaps it stems from my own high-school memories of variety shows and one-act dramas or it may be the energy levels of young actors eager to turn in the performance of their budding stage Ò careersÓ ? Who knows, but in the case of Springfi eld High School, thereÕ s always something for an audience member to antici-pate on stage.

Of course not every high school student is moved to pursue a career in the theater artsÑ itÕ s a rough road to fol-low, but a few, I am sure, will get the performance bug after being involved with the excel-lent SHS Drama Club.

Even if a SHS dramatic alumnus didnÕ t go on to ap-pear in a local community theater show, SHS has done its part to offer excitement in the local stage arts.

For example, last year Õ s SHS spring production of “How to Succeed in Busi-ness...Ó was a delight. The stu-dent cast was well rehearsed and the performances were better than ever.

Throughout the school year, the SHS Drama Club keeps busy honing its collective stagecraft skillsÑ that knowl-edge is passed on to the next crop of rising student actors. Even the SHS prop crew de-serves mention here for their seemingly endless creative ability to produce cool sets that look great, even if manu-factured on a low budget.

But SHS Drama Club isn’t just a little local high school drama. This high school club has been noted by school drama clubs around Vermont. In fact, 2011Õ s Vermont State Drama Club will be hosted by SHS in April; that’s a nice bit of recognition for a very dedi-cated group of teens.

So, never shying from a dramatic challenge, the SHS

SHS presents “The Crucible”

...Turn to page 2 to read more on Maxx Broderick

Maxxwell Broderick, 5, was happy to be the center of attanetion at a recent West Rutland ATV Sportsman’s Club Bene� t Ride for the boy injured in an auto accident.

The West Rutland ATV Sportsman’s Club held a special benefi t ride for Maxxwell Broderick, 5, recently. WRASC invited Vermont ATV Sportsman’s Club members from across the state to the Danby Dutch Hill Trail System for a day of riding, food, caring, and fun.

Each rider made a donation to ride as well as several of the atv clubs from across the state made club donations to the fund.

Ò We were very proud and impressed at the generosity of our fellow atv riders and enthusists,Ó according to Ray Cole Jr. WRASC president. “WRASC was able to raise about $1500 for Maxxwell’s family.”

Broderick is a 5-year-old boy who was a victim of a drunk driving accident in Orwell last year. He is paralized from the arms down and is now home from the hospital; he will require alot of medical attention throughout his growing years.

Ò We were introduced to his family this summer and we adoped them for our outreach projects we do each year. We hope that the money raised will make it easier for the family to afford the trips to doctor locally and in Boston that Maxxwell requires,” Cole said.

Helping Maxx: Riders raise funds for 5-year-old

Audrey Bridge of the Black River Good Neighbors Services stands before a crowded food shelf at the agency’s old location in Lud-low. The non-pro� t, which operates a Windsor County food shelf and thrift shop, moved to the Ludlow Armory Tank Garage.


ItÕ s Thanksgiving time and many of VermontÕ s less fortunate emerge from the shadows to seek help in giv-ing thanks with all the trimmings. But while many will not ask for help, remaining in the shadows even during the holiday season, one local service organization will be there to help. This organization—Black River Good Neighbors ServicesÑ plays a valuable support role for those residents who are in need of food and clothing for the holidays and beyond.

Audrey Bridge, who spends many busy days coordi-nating volunteers while answering thrift shop custom-er questions at Black River Good Neighbors Services in Ludlow, helped coordinate a big move to the tank garage at the Ludlow armory site recently. She said

relocating enabled BRGNS to provide more food for persons in need while expanding its nifty thrift shop.

“We will have gained 1,000 square feet in the new locale,” Bridge said before the move.

Bridge oversees the non-profi t agency that provides confi dential, temporary food, clothing and fi nancial as-sistance to those in need to help them return to self-suffi ciency. The agency serves Ludlow, Cavendish, Proctorsville, Mt. Holly and Plymouth.

Originally housed in the Ludlow United Church, BRGNS moved when a building was donated to the agency by Neil Hammond in 1995.

“But we outgrew the space in 15 years,” Bridge said.According to Bridge, the food shop and thrift shop

are primary operations.“But we also provide rent, heat and other assistance

for those who meet our guidelines,Ó she added.

Good Neighbors: needed now more than ever

Taking Aim Biathlon World Team Challenge 2005: Now New England biathletes can train in southern Vermont throughout the year. For the full story, turn to page 7.

...Turn to page 2 to read more on Good Neighbors

DramaFrom page 1

Drama Club will tackle one of the stage’s most compelling dramas—playwright ArthurMiller ’s “The Crucible”. The club’s performances are scheduled for Friday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m.,Saturday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m.

According to instructor Rebecca Skrypeck’s SHS website page, “Not only am I an Eng-lish teacher, I am the drama teacher/coach!” We can only imagine her multi-tasking skills.

Juggling a busy fall classroom schedule, Skrypeck is also busy skillfully guiding her stu-dent actors when the curtain goes up next week on “The Crucible”.

According to Skrypeck’s recent news announcement about the SHS play dates, ArthurMiller ’s drama focuses on a young New England farmer, his wife, and a young servant-girlwho maliciously causes the wife’s arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to courtto admit the lie and it is here that the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifying-ly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraftand ultimately condemned with a host of others, according to Skrypeck. But enough plotspoilers for those unfamiliar with this powerful drama.

This year ’s SHS production will take place at the Springfield Community Players’ Stu-dio on South Street. This is the club’s first show at the 80-seat capacity studio.

So, now the actors move into their positions in stage. Slowly, the curtain begins to rise...Check It Out: “The Crucible” was the winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play. The

SHS drama, about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem, Mass., is both an historicalplay and a parable of contemporary society. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for stu-

dents/seniors. There will be no reservations. The doors ofthe Springfield Community Players’ Studio on South Streetwill open at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 1:30 p.m.on Sunday.

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The new year is rightaround the corner andthe Rutland CountyHumane Society(RCHS) 2011 Wall Cal-endar is now availablefor sale.

With over 75 picturesof adorable pets, in-cluding dogs, cats, rab-bits, guinea pigs, birdsand other animals, it’sperfect for family andfriends.

Each calendar is only $13 (two for $25) andall proceeds support the animals and pro-grams of RCHS.

Calendars are available for sale at theRCHS shelter in Pittsford, the Pet Cage inRutland, Rutland Veterinary Clinic & Surgi-cal Center in Rutland and Rutland Veteri-nary Clinic at Castleton Corners.

For more information please contact theRCHS Business Office at 802-483-9171 or vis-it the website at www.rchsvt.org. Don’t for-

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Founded in 1959, forover 50 years the RutlandCounty Humane Societyhas been dedicated to ad-vocating for and workingtowards a responsibleand humane community.RCHS provides shelterand adoption opportuni-ties for pets who arehomeless and promotes

animal welfare through community pro-grams that benefit both animals and people.RCHS is a private, non-profit organizationserving the communities of Rutland Coun-ty, Vt.

RCHS receives no financial support fromany national or local humane organization.Programs are supported solely by dona-tions, memberships and fund raising events.

For more information, please contact theRutland County Humane Society at 802-483-9171 or visit www.rchsvt.org.

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Good NeighborsFrom page 1

In these difficult economic times, more and more Ver-monters are meeting those guidelines, unfortunately.

BRGNS Board President Jim Fuller said, “As a 501-c3 non-profit organization, which takes no government funding,we need to explore new ways to raise money. Money raisedwill go to cover the ever increasing demands for food, rent,and utility assistance which we provide to our neighbors inneed.”

Maxx BroderickFrom page 1

“The West Rutland ATV Sportsman’s Club would like tothank everyone that made this event a success and that do-nated to the fund. Our club and the family appreciate yourgiving in the hard times,” he said.

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The Wejuk Files: In search of Bigfoot

By Lou Varricchio

Conclusion:A group of dedicated researchers are searching the north

woods of Vermont and New York for a strange creature longthought to be extinct—known in folklore as Bigfoot orSasquatch. In the North Country of New York, New Englandand Quebec, the creature is known by its regional Indianname, correctly spelled Wejuk (wee-juck).

Bigfoot or Wejuk sightings are the focus of NSRS, the North-ern Sasquatch Research Society based in Hudson Falls, N.Y. Itsmembers include Frank Siecienski of Hubbardton, Brian Gos-selin of Whitehall, Cliff South of South Glens Falls, and JohnPearson and Bill Brann of Glens Falls.

In this final installment of our six-week-long Wejuk Files se-ries, we talk with Sasquatch investigators Siecienski and Gos-selin. Both men are members of NSRS.

L.V.: Frank, you’ve spent time researching supposed Wejuksightings in Vermont. I know a lot of your work has focused onthe Vermont side of the Poultney River. That seems to be a “hotspot” of sightings. Is that correct?

Siecienski: Yes. Not too long ago, I interviewed several fish-ermen who had been along the Poultney River. One of the mensaid he would never fish there again. I asked him, ‘well, whynot?’ He was reluctant and said he didn’t want to tell me. Butthen he opened up a bit. He told me that he and his wife hadbeen fishing along the river in West Haven, Vt., in September1996. They set up a camp for the night and relaxed with campchairs and a bonfire. They were feeling good and catching a fewperch and catfish. Well, at one point they were fishing and ob-served a splash in the water, right next to their fishing lines.

L.V.: Maybe a fish jumping in the river?Siecienski: They thought some kids were fooling around

nearby and throwing stones at them. Then it happened again.A stone dropped in the water—splash! Well, now the man be-came a little upset. Next, a very large rock—a boulder—cameflying across the river. This time, the object hit the couple’s Fordtruck. So, the man was extremely upset at this point. He in-spected the truck and saw that the fender had big dent in it. Healso noticed the boulder on the ground near the truck. He thenlooked across to where the rock must have been thrown fromand observed that no human could have possibly thrown aboulder from that distance. After seeing this, the couple decid-ed to pack up all their gear and get out of there.

L.V.: So they were clearly spooked by the invisible rockthrower?

Siecienski: Well, they knew that this area (near West Haven)

has been the centerof strange happen-ings.

L.V.: What otherincidents have youinvestigated in thisarea?

Siecienski: Onceagain, in 1996, onthe West Havenside of the PoultneyRiver—across fromWhitehall, N.Y.—aman reported to methat he had beenfishing at the oldiron bridge. Heheard some splash-ing in the water. Hedidn’t think muchof it at first, but thendecided to take acloser look. There—he claims—was a

thing that looked like a gorilla, standing up to it’s so-calledknees in the river. He said it was picking up water like it wastrying to drink, making all kinds of sounds. It terrified him somuch, he picked up his fishing gear, got in his car, took off, andcrossed the bridge. He said he never looked back and won’tever go fishing there again.

L.V.: Do you know where this thing, if it exists, might live?Siecienski: Well, this is an area with very dense woods and

swamps. Brian likes to describe it as being like the Amazon.Gosselin: Yes, it’s like going to the Amazon. From there (West

Haven), and once you cross Lake Champlain (and South Bay),you have a stretch of forest that goes clear up to Ticonderoga—and that’s just one mountain range. Northeast of Whitehall,East Bay stream is like the Amazon. There are miles and milesof wilderness and big swamps. Mountains, caves. There’s asawmill along the Poultney River and I am not even countingthe 5,500 acres of that operation.

L.V.: I guess that if rare but intelligent mammals were tryingto survive in the Vermont-New York region, there are plenty ofsecretive, remote wilderness places in which to escape from theprying eyes of humans.

Thank you, gentleman, for a fascinating discussion about We-juk or Bigfoot sightings in our area. I hope this newspaper se-ries will produce some fresh leads for your research.

Check It Out: If you’ve seen Bigfoot or Wejuk in your area, havesomething unusual to report, or are simply interested in learningmore about Wejuk research in Vermont and New York, contact BillBrann of NSRS at [email protected] or call 518-747-9134.All sighting information is kept strictly confidential.

Northern Sasquatch Research Societymembers include Frank Siecienski ofHubbardton, Brian Gosselin of Whitehall,Cliff South of South Glens Falls, andJohn Pearson and Bill Brann of GlensFalls.

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Not unlike Lawrence-of-Arabia crossing the broilingSahara Desert on a camel, an astronomer riding herdon a CCD astrocamera, can see—with the aid of this

time-exposure digital photographic technology—the weird op-tical effects of mirages, too. What an astronomer sees in deepspace are mirages caused by a phenomena known as gravita-tional lensing.

Gravitational lensing is a result of a heavy gravity object,such as a galaxy, bending light waves coming from a more dis-tant object (or objects) located far behind it. This effect can cre-ate duplicate, triplicate, or even more “copies” of the distantobject or objects.

So, where one distant quasi-stellar object—QSO or quasar forshort—exists, gravitational lensing produces two quasars in theobserver’s eyepiece. Such lensing phenomena was predicted byEinstein’s General Theory of Relativity.

According to astronomer Bill Keel of the University of Alaba-ma, “If gravity can be properly viewed as a bending of spaceproduced by mass, then light rays should change their directionupon passing a massive object. In extreme cases, we might ex-pect to see multiple images of the same object, formed by lightthat has gone around opposite sides of the intervening mass.”

Keel notes that the world’s first example of gravitationallensing involved the odd double quasar known as QSO0957+561 located in the constellation Ursa Major.

At the time of its discovery in 1979, 0957+561 was a majordeep-space find—two identical quasars just a few arcsecondsapart appeared in the telescope eyepiece. Indeed, while findingsuch a literal “twin quasar” would have been a sweet scientificdiscovery (sadly, none have been found to date), it turned outthat the 0957+561 duo was, in fact, the same quasi-stellar ob-ject—optically “Xeroxed”, so to speak.

I guess you could say finding “Xeroxed” quasars may bestranger than finding a real-life twin quasar. At the very least,the discovery verified Einstein’s prediction about gravity affect-ing space.

Astronomers Dennis Walsh, Bob Carswell, and Ray Wey-mann showed that 0957+561 has identical redshifts and electro-magnetic spectra; a gravitational lens, they said, created by anunseen giant galaxy (between the quasar and the astronomers)cuased the optical illusion of two quasars from one.

“A luminous (unseen) galaxy almost in front of one quasar

image, and a surroundingcluster contributes to the lens-ing,” said Keel. “This systemhas given us more to workwith, in analyzing its proper-ties and the mass of the lens-ing galaxies, than any otherlensed QSO.”

Viewing a gravitational lensis easily within the realm of anamateur astronomer, if the ob-server is patient and has, atleast, a 10” telescope. Before you attempt this deep-space feat,you should be somewhat skilled at CCD astrophotography. (Iam not an astrophotographer, so I will defer to the experts.)

A CCD or charge-coupled device is the major electronic com-ponent of digital-imaging technology. CCD cameras used in as-trophotography require sturdy mounts to deal with wind andother sources of vibrations. Also, long exposures are required tophotograph distant objects such as quasars.

A few years ago, amateur astronomer Michael Purcell suc-cessfully took a CCD astrophoto of QSO 0957+561 using aMeade 10" LX200 (f/6.3) off-the-shelf telescope.

“I normally take a quick 30-second picture of an object to en-sure that its positioning is correct,” Purcell said. “In this case,although the background starfield was what I expected, therewas no sign of the quasar! It was only when I had taken the 15-minute exposure that I actually saw the quasar... I took the pic-ture from my driveway.”

What’s in the Sky: Get ready for a total eclipse of the Moonon the day of the winter solstice, Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 3 a.m. Itwill be visible throughout the United States. There’s an extrabonus this time: the Moon will be full during the eclipse. In De-cember, the southernmost Moon of the month occurs Dec. 6. Onthat day, our nearest neighbor is lowest in the south aroundnoon.

Lou Varricchio, M.Sc., was a senior science writer at the NASAAmes Research Center in California. He is a member of the NASA-JPL Solar System Ambassador program in Vermont. He is the authorof the book, “Inconstant Moon: Discovery and Controversy on theWay to the Moon” and has produced and hosted several science pro-grams for public radio and television.

Quasar 0957+561 and the space-mirage

By Lou Varricchio

Seeing Stars

If you have an appetite for irony, consider the economic foun-dation of the fastest-growing sector of the Vermont personal incomestructure: passive income. It might be based on past personal sav-ings, public- or private-sector-earned pensions, or so-called “in-surance” programs from government, or inheritance.

Whether monies earned in financial-markets-speculation (ortrading, if you prefer) as opposed to real work, are active earned orpassive unearned income, is a philosophical issue beyond my paygrade, for the purposes of this column. Here’s another philosoph-ical point: isn’t money just a compact form of previously createdand stored energy?

And therefore, isn’t the monthly trust-funder income check notmuch different, in origin and function, from coal or oil? Isn’t it –hor-rors—a fossil fuel? And, if they don’t dip into their principal, aren’tsuch monetarily-funded trust-funders spending sustainably? Apair of neat little ironies, there.

All this came to mind with the recent publication of the third edi-tion of “Rich States, Poor States”, an American Legislative Ex-change Council research effort which ranks the States on a varietyof economic indicators ranging from growth in gross state productor Employment (deemed “good things” by ALEC writers) to prop-erty tax bBurden or unemployment (deemed “bad things” by ALECwriters) and, summarized in a Policy vs. Performance score for eachstate.

Vermont scored 49 out of 51. Utah scored no. 1. In the first (2007) edition, Vermont scored a

50, and Utah no. 1. Lots of stats, hard-to-dispute rankings, and one basic logic gap,

which is only hinted at by the “Policy vs. Performance” scoring sys-tem: there was no recognition that Vermont, (with the barely pos-sible accompaniment of Maine or Washington or Oregon) did not-at-all, as a matter of state policy, actually seek to achieve the goalsmeasured in the ALEC study.

Compare, for example, Vermont (49) and New York (50) in thejust-published study, which assumes that both jurisdictions wereeagerly competing in the arenas of economic growth, job creation,capital investment, and in-migration. What if they weren’t?

What if, as seems evident to your humble scribe, New York, (no.3 in population with 19.5 million) inescapably tied to the nationaland global economy in every aspect from shipping and manufac-turing to communications and finance, has been trying really hard(a little edu-speak, there) and deserves points for effort if notachievement in the competitive economic arena? And what if Ver-mont (49 in population with .6 million) and no longer a major pres-ence in commercial agriculture, manufacturing, destinationtourism, or even (see my recent “Road not Taken” column) educa-tion, is now aggressively un-interested (not dis-; quiz your highschool English student on this) in growing its economy, population,wealth, or standard-of-living? ALEC’s study made no such policy-intent distinction. Others have: for a tangential example, considerthe formerly-published Energy User News, which typically print-ed a range of news and numbers and always used the last page fora detailed state-ranking stats chart, one column of which rated reg-ulatory climate.

Vermont typically received a D, and not by accident; as the lateFDR famously observed, “nothing in politics happens by accident”.A state government eager to shut down a third of its electric pow-er can’t be considered, as the ALEC study does, a serious competi-tor in the arena of states looking for citizen prosperity via gains inproduction and productivity, what are still called economically Pro-gressive ambitions, but are certainly not politically Progressive am-bitions.

ALEC hasn’t yet done the study which compares state-by-statesuccess in de-industrialization, “smart-growth”, local-vore-ism,

more green energy and lessmanufacturing, passive-incomegrowth, and, of course “sustain-ability”.

I’d guess that the new Ver-mont would score close to no. 1.

Consider this contrast: a fre-quent letter to the editor writerin Middlebury advocates dis-suading population growth,natural or inmigration, and ap-plauds the job-seeking or tax-fleeing outmigration of recentyears as a welcome population shrinkage toward “sustainable” lev-els. Conversely, ALEC scores net-in-migration as a “good thing”, amarker for economic attractiveness, growth, and prosperity.

Michigan leads in net outmigration, at -7.9 percent of popula-tion; while Utah shows a +0.5 percent. Vermont shows a +0.2 per-cent, caused by, I’d guess, passive-income in-migrants slightly out-numbering active-income out-migrants, but ALEC doesn’t differ-entiate.

In Table 6, Net Domestic Migration, the authors report on thelarge population gains for Florida and Arizona, the middling gainsfor Tennessee and Colorado, the small losses for Connecticut andMassachusetts, and the large flight from California and New York,but doesn’t segregate by active vs. passive income. You can easilyguess.

Consider the middle-class, working-age flight from Californiaand Vermont. These are well-known patterns, the reverse of the re-tiree flow pattern into Florida and Arizona, but we don’t know andcan’t guess the make-up, for example, of the north-to-south patternof the shrinkage in the former Rust-Belt State numbers and the ex-pansion in the former Appalachia. For a really good indicator, I’dpropose the general direction of state K-12 enrollments.

These are all posted in the annual National Digest of EducationalStatistics, a your-tax-dollars-at-work annual Federal publication,which you’re not encouraged to look into by 49 of the 50 state ed-ucation departments (Nebraska excepted) because its pages con-tain the annual NAEP test scores, and not the hired (easier) testsdeployed by each of the 49 to show how “proficient” their chargeshave become under their tutelage. In the just-received 2009 NDES,table 34, you can see the enrollment pattern, 1990 to 2007, for eachstate.

Vermont is down by about ten percent from 105 thousand to 95thousand. Wyoming is down similarly, from 98 to 87 thousand, and,I’d guess, for similar reasons: a growing passive income sector, jobdecline (in different sectors) and departure of active-income-earn-ing young adults who, curiously, take their children with themwhen leaving. Wyoming has no business-hostility reputation:when Energy User News published its regulatory climate rankings,Wyoming typically got an A or B. WY ranks at 6 in Economic Out-look in the ALEC study, compared to Vermont’s 49.

I’d guess, but don’t know, that as a small-population state thatcould, like Vermont, adopt unspoken policies and behaviors to wel-come and enlarge a passive-income economy, it doesn’t want to. Infact, it ranks no. 1 among all 51 jurisdictions for Growth in PersonalIncome per Capita.

Final irony: both state economies, present or future, build on afossil-fuel foundation: old energy, domestic or imported, stored indifferent forms and now being retrieved and spent. More on thisinteresting set of comparisons soon.

Retired Vermont architect Martin Harris observes Green MountainState politics from a safe distance—Tennessee.

The sustainably fossil-fueled Vermont economy

Stick season thanksTo the editor:On behalf of the board of directors of Black River Good

Neighbor Services and the staff at our Thrift Shop and FoodShelf, I want to thank the entire community for their en-thusiastic support of the BRGNS Stick Season Social at Bel-la Luna’s on Oct. 23.

The artists, photographers, craftspeople and businessowners donated wonderful items for the Silent Auction andRaffle. The Book Nook, Peoples United Bank and LaValley’sbecame ticket sales outlets. The local newspapers were greatin helping us spread the word and Bella Luna put out asumptuous buffet and an incredible dessert table. The com-munity responded by buying 147 tickets, a complete sell out.Bidding on the Silent Auction was vigorous, competitiveand fun and as a result the whole community won.

We hope everyone had a good time and our gratitude foryour ardent support is truly heartfelt. Thank you.

Jim FullerPresident of the Board

Black River Good Neighbor Services Ludlow

“Crime scene”To the editor:On Monday, Oct. 18, the forensic science class at Spring-

field High School processed a ‘crime scene’ on campus.Over the summer I buried a fake skeleton and the studentsdug it up, processing all of the evidence to determine whathappened. The law enforcement class at the RVTC alsojoinedus.

Bindy HathornScience Teacher

Springfield High SchoolSpringfield

Community T.V.To the editor:Christopher ’s of Ludlow has given a boost to LPCTV’s lo-

cal fundraising efforts by donating $2,500 to the communi-ty television station. The contribution was made to helpLPCTV in its efforts to raise money for its upcoming con-struction and renovation project in the former Ludlow Ar-mory tank barn.

We are grateful for Christopher ’s generosity. It couldn’tcome at a better time, as we prepare to do our work in thenew facility.

LPCTV will be renovating its new 2300 square-foot spaceduring the upcoming Spring, turning it into a media pro-duction, educational, arts, and performance space for com-munity use. For more information on LPCTV’s new facili-ty plans or its fundraising efforts, call 228-8808 or visitwww.lpctv.org.

Patrick CodyExecutive Director

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Santa’s big scenein Rutland, Dec. 3

The Christmas begins in downtown Rutland Friday, Dec.3, at 6 p.m. when Santa arrives in style in Depot Park. Rut-land City Mayor Christopher Louras will join in Santa’s ar-rival. Prior to Santa's arrival there will be carols, hot choco-late and the announcing of the winners of the 2010 down-town holiday lights contest.

A lucky child will assist Santa and Mayor Louras to lightthe holiday tree. The Green Mountain Boys barbershopquartet will sing carols to add to the festive evening.

Once the holiday tree is lit, Santa will head to the Para-mount Theatre on Center Street. Everyone will get the op-portunity to watch on the big screen the holiday moviesCharlie Brown's Christmas and Mickey's Christmas Carol.Children can visit with Santa in the Brick Box and share theirholiday wishes. Each child will receive a Vermont madecookie cutter courtesy of Ann Clark Ltd. Bring a camera tocapture the special moment.

Santa’s Arrival and Tree Lighting will kick off downtownRutland’s holiday season of fun and events. There will amultitude of shopping opportunities throughout Decemberin Downtown Rutland.

For a detailed schedule of downtown holiday events andother information, call 802-773-9380 or visit www.rutland-downtown.com.

Gould appointed VPGreen Mountain College welcomes Robert J. Gould of Al-

bany, N.Y. as the College’s new vice president for enroll-ment management. Gould has served in a variety of highereducation leadership roles for 19 years, most recently as vicepresident of finance (CFO) and administrative operations atAlbany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS),Albany. In his role at GMC, Gould will provide vision andleadership for the College’s student admissions and enroll-ment marketing operations.

Mount Saint Josephs receivesNEASC accreditation

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges,Inc. (NEASC) has elected Mount Saint Joseph Academy ofRutland to institutional membership and granted MSJ ac-creditation by the association. This election was made fol-lowing the recommendation of the Commission of Inde-pendent Schools.

Mount Saint Joseph Academy applied for NEASC accred-itation last year and, since that time, had been providing in-formation toNEASC in association with its application. Inelecting MSJ into institutional membership the Associationhas determined that MSJ meets fifteen separate standards ofaccreditation set forth by NEASC.

During the past four years, MSJ has seen increased stu-dent interest in the school, with the number of freshmanmore than doubling over that period.

MSJ and Christ the King School have embarked on sever-al science and technology initiatives including adding in-teractive white boards in classrooms, upgrading sciencelabs, and providing incoming MSJ students with notebookcomputers.

Over the past year, MSJ and CKS have spent around$100,000 in science and technology upgrades thanks to thegenerosity of alumni, parents, and friends.

The accreditation by NEASC is in addition to MSJ’s cur-rent accreditation by the State of Vermont.

Mount Saint Joseph Academy is a private, Catholic highschool located in Rutlandspecializing in educating the mindand spirit for more than a century.

MSJ dates back to its founding by the Sisters of SaintJoseph in 1882.

Changes coming for FairPointvoicemail users

FairPoint customers around Vermont are getting a newvoicemail system, one that offers features on a new next-generation voicemail platform.

FairPoint began rolling out the new voicemail this month,starting with Essex Junction customers. Bennington, Brat-tleboro and Rutland will be added this week and the tran-sition to the new system will continue community by com-munity over the next three weeks.

“This new IP-based voice mail platform improves currentfeatures right off the bat and allows for future ‘bells andwhistles,’” said Mike Smith, Vermont state president forFairPoint.

FairPoint customers will receive instructions for the newvoicemail system by mail, which includes a user ’s guide,followed by voicemail messages as the transition date ap-proaches.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS—Windsor County Partners recently announced its official adoption of Springfield’s long-standing StarfishMentoring Initiative at its annual meeting in Windsor this month. School and community mentors from both organizations, picturedhere, were recognized for their commitment to area youth by staff and board members.

Black River Good Neighbor Services held its Fall Rum-mage Sale at Fletcher Farm. Despite a six-inch rainfall onopening day, the total weekend’s results of nearly $10,000raised were cconsidered “outstanding” by BRGNS officials.

“A huge success” is how Audrey Bridge, executive direc-tor of BRGNS Thrift Shop and Food Shelf, described theevent. “We couldn’t believe that we had lines of peoplestanding in the rain waiting for the doors to open on Fridaymorning.”

Jim Fuller, president of the BRGNS board noted that “theflow of customers was brisk from the opening on Friday un-til closing on Sunday.”

Bridge said “we’ve become an event that people look for-ward to. People came from as far as Canada, Maine, NewHampshire, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts andmany other parts of Vermont appeared. They realized thatthe bargains and merchandise quality are hard to beat. Cov-

erage from local papers and mention on local and statewidetelevision was a great help in getting the message about theRummage Sale out and resulted in increased attendance.”

The board of directors and the staff of Black River GoodNeighbor Services thanked community members for themany donations of clothing, house wares and furniture. Thegroup also thanked volunteers and Lucille Evens whocatered healthy food daily to the volunteer ’s lunch. OkemoMountain provided clothing racks for the sale items.

The money that was raised will help cover fuel, food, rentand utility assistance for those who qualify in Ludlow, Mt.Holly, Proctorsville, Cavendish and Plymouth and will helpwith the capital campaign fund for the move to BRGNS’ newlocation, the Tank Barn in Ludlow.

To make donations, or for response to any questions, callAudrey Bridge at 802-228-3663 or visit the Thrift Store at 105Main St. in Ludlow.

Sale raises nearly $10,000 for thrift shop, food shelf

Masons help Springfield Family CenterRecently, Sinai Joes' Clown Unit and St. Johns Lodge No. 41 of the Mason's held a special food drive to benefit the

Springfield Family Center.The clowns and Masons thanked all who gave to this worthy cause for our local food shelf at the family center.

They had planned to fill a trailer with food but what they did collect over three days was considerable. The Masonsplan to make this an annual project for the organization’s membership; the new goal is to fill the trailer to the ceil-ing. Next year's food drive will be held the first weekend of deer hunting season.

Pictured above: Elizabeth Landon presents a box of food to Sinai Joe’s Clowns members Mike Gunn, Paul Laflamme BossClown, Elizabeth, Chick Hammond, Leo Laflamme and Roger Adams during the food drive.


Afew weeks ago, I shared some personal thoughts andopinions about acting, performing and auditioning. Iwrote the column because folks often share with me a

hidden desire to get up on stage and test their ability; I thoughtsharing bits of my prior experiences from the business-of-show,might in some way help them.

Not sure how the column was received by the “lay” actor pub-lic, but I did hear from the artistic director of a well-known areatheater group. He told me he agreed with the thoughts and meth-ods I shared in the piece. His comments left me no choice than tothink the acting-tip column was worth the time. Hence the fol-lowing “test speech” for you tentative, but future thespians, towork on—at your leisure.

The speech below can be performed fast, slow, shouted,screamed, played in full-on turkey apparatus, a pilgrim suit, awheelchair, a wading pool, or on top of an R.V. It can be sung,signed, or spoken in Japanese.

The list of ways you can present this turkey piece is endless;each of those ways can work. But if I were you, before I’d rent theturkey outfit from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade folks, I’dstart by simply reading the piece over, and over, and over, untilany natural ability you have surfaces, allowing you to illuminatethe words without using gimmicks or tricks.

I wrote the bit below to be performed on a radio show. If, as

you read it, you think it’s bor-ing and lacking and pointless...you’re probably right.

Don’t give up. The key thingis that if you put enough timein with a piece—even one thatreads blah—you’ll find it willcome to life through you, espe-cially if you have any ability atall and even if you have no abil-ity whatsoever. All you have todo is put the time in, approachit with simplicity, and be pa-tient. The words won’t let youdown.

Future actors, I leave you thispiece because it worked extremely well when read on the radioby someone with no more ability than any of you. That’s me.

It’s not an easy piece to make work, but give it a shot. I suggestyou buy a set of turkey pepper and salt shakers, and after thisyear’s Thanksgiving meal prayer, place the male turkey front andcenter, and let fly with your rendition of—

Steve the Inconsolable Pepper Shaker:“I’m Steve, the male, and the pepper, of the male and female

salt and peppershakers.“Better looking than she is, Salt. My tail feathers are all fanned

out like a bloomin’ onion. I look good on the table—better ’n Salt.Yet, every Thanksgiving when Aunt Elma asks which is the salt

and which is the pepper, the genius humans at the table say “Thepepper is the one with the tail feathers fanned, the pretty one, thefemale.” The male is the better-looking turkey.

“And, and humans, we fly. We ain’t transcontinental, but wecan get to where we wanna get, when we wanna get there, nofurther, no sooner, which is noble. Yet you genius humans thinkwe don’t fly—ahh!

“And what’s with this: you calling bad movies turkeys? Andyou call tourists turkeys? And beef hamburgers aren’t goodenough, you gotta make turkey burgers now? And let’s see, pep-peroni, meatball, sausage, nowhere near enough meat for ourpizza, throw some turkey on it. And the last time someone calledyou Butterball—did that make you happy? And talk about flus-tered, the liberals got it so they don’t shoot amphetamines in tous anymore, which is a downer; how’d you like it if every timeyou have what seems like might be a perfect sneeze comin’, (dosneeze action with gobble on end of it) you gobble and ruin it?

“And by the way, humans, Jimmy cracked corn and you don’tcare? I care humans. I care.

“Happy Thanksgiving when it comes roun, have fun over-con-suming, and remember, the pepper is the male turkey – the betterlooking, the gorgeous one—I’m the pepper, she’s not the pepper,wouldn’t you like to be the pepper too? I wouldn’t recommendit.”

Rusty DeWees tours Vermont and Northern New York with his act“The Logger.” His column appears weekly. He can be reached [email protected]. Listen for The Logger, Rusty DeWees, Thursdays at7:40 on the Big Station, 98.9 WOKO

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My first upclose look at the biathlon sport was at the 1980Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, N.Y. At the time, Iwas just our of college and editor of a weekly suburbannewspaper in Pennsylvania. I won a state press associationlottery drawing to attend the games—all expenses were paidby the press association.

Aside from covering the biathlon Olympic event, bobsledand freestyle skating events for the paper, I was luckyenough to draw a pass to the USA versus Soviet Union hock-ey game. Yes, I was eyewitness to the sporting event of thecentury. But that’s a story for another day.

Vermont may not be known as a hotbed for biathlon train-ing, but those residents who follow the odd winter sport—which consists of a race in which contestants ski around across-country track, shoot off rifle rounds, then ski on—haveprobably heard of the Grafton Ponds Outdoor Center, arecreationlocated in Grafton.

Grafton Ponds is notable because it has the only top-notchbiathlon course in the state.

Biathletes, and those who have tried the sport, have hadto visit Grafton Ponds during the winter which sounds log-

ical—you can’t ski in the summer, right? Well, now the recre-ation center offers a biathlon training course for both thewinter and summer season. During the snowless summermonths, biathlon specialists will be using mountain bikes oremploying cross-country running on the high-tech, compet-itive course.

According to a recent news statement released by officialsat Grafton Ponds, the year-round course offers 10 laser gunsand a competition series this winter will help pump up Ver-mont biathletes to expand their skill sets and gear up foreven greater competition, in some cases, on the internation-al sporting scene.

There are a few conflicting reports, but it appears the sporthas its roots in the 1860s. The world's first known ski club,called the Trysil Rifle and Ski Club of Norway in 1861 sport-ed a few members who liked to ski and shoot. By the early1900s, Norwegian solders were skiing and shooting as partof military training. But the actual sport, as we knowbiathlon today, didn’t hit the popular imagination until theOlympic Winter Games of 1928. By the 1940s the sport dis-appeared from the world games, but the Soviet Russians de-

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national biathlon championship took place in the AustrianAlps in 1958. While it languished at the Olympics, it re-turned for good to the Olympic venue in 1960. And womendidn’t particpate in the sport until the 1992 Olympic Games.

Grafton Pond’s nifty biathlon course will be offered dailyfor all ages and abilities, 1-3 p.m.

The nice thing about biathlon, aside from the initial in-vestment in apparel and gear, is that, at least in Vermont,training is affordable.

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RUTLAND All Saints Anglican Church An orthodox Anglo-Catholic Christian Community. Mass & Liturgy offered every Sunday at 4:00p.m. Childcare available. Handicap Accessible. Christian Education. 42 Woodstock Ave., Rutland (Services at Messiah Lutheran Church) 802-282-8098. Email: [email protected] Alliance Community Fellowship Howe Center, Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. Phone: 773-3613 Calvary Bible Church 2 Meadow Lane, Rutland, VT • 802-775-0358. (2 blocks south of the Rutland Country Club) Sunday Worship Service 9:30a.m. Nursery care available. www.cbcvt.org Christ the King 66 South Mail St. - Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:30 & 11a.m. Church of the Nazarene 144 Woodstock Ave., Pastor Gary Blowers 483-6153. Sunday School for all ages at 9:30a.m. Morning Worship at 10:30a.m., Evening Worship at 6:00p.m. & Wednesday Prayer at 7:00p.m., Children’s Church available during Worship Service. Church of Christ 67 Dorr Dr., Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints North Strewsbury Rd., 773-8346. Sacrament 10a.m. Church of the Redeemer Cheeney Hill Center, Cedar Ave., Sunday Service 10a.m. First Baptist Church 81 Center St., 773-8010 - The Rev. Mark E. Heiner, Pastor. Sunday worship 10:30a.m., Sunday school 9:00a.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Hillside Rd. - Saturday Worship 5:30 p.m., Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. Grace Congregational United Church of Christ - 8 Court St., 775-4301. Sunday Chapel Service 8:30a.m., Worship 10a.m. Green Mountain Baptist Church 50 Barrett Hill Rd. , 747-7712. Sunday Worship 11a.m., Evening service 6p.m. Green Mountain Missionary Baptist Church - 98 Killington Ave., 775-1482 • Sunday Worship 11a.m. & 6p.m. Immaculate Heart of Mary - Lincoln Ave. Saturday Mass 4:30p.m., Sunday Mass 8 & 10:15a.m. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Gleason Rd. - Public Meeting 10a.m. Messiah Lutheran Church 42 Woodstock Ave., 775-0231. Sunday Worship 10a.m. New Hope in Christ Fellowship 15 Spellman Terrace, 773-2725. Sunday Worship 10:15a.m. Pentacostals of Rutland County Corner of Rt. 4 and Depot Lane, 747-0727. Evangelistic Service 6p.m. Roadside Chapel Assembly of God Town Line Rd., 775-5805. Sunday Worship 10:25a.m. Rutland Jewish Center 96 Grove St., 773-3455. Fri. Shabbat Service 7:30p.m., Sat. Shabbat Service 9:30a.m. Salvation Army - 22 Wales St. Sunday Worship 11a.m., Praise Service 1:30 p.m. Seventh-Day Adventist 158 Stratton Rd., 775-3178. Saturday Worship 11a.m. St. Nicholas Orthodox Church 8 Cottage St. - Sunday Service 10a.m. St. Peter Church Convent Ave. - Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday Masses 7:30 and 11:30a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church 85 West St., 775-4368. Sunday Eucharist 8, 9 & 10a.m., Wed. 12:05p.m., Thurs. 9a.m., Morning Prayer Mon.-Sat. at 8:45a.m. True Vine Church of God 78 Meadow St., 775-8880 or 438-4443. Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. • Training for Reigning, Wednesdays at 7p.m. Nursery available during Sun. & Wed. services. J.A.M. Sessions for teens bi-weekly Fridays at 7p.m. Women’s Bible Study Tuesdays at 10:30a.m. Unitarian Universalist Church 117 West Street. Sunday Services through August 22 begin at 9:30a.m. No service on Sept. 5. Rev. Erica Baron. For further info call 802-775-0850. United Methodist Church 71 Williams St., 773-2460. Sunday Service in the Chapel 8 and 10a.m. United Pentecostal Church Corner of Rt. 4, Depot Lane, 773-4255. Sunday Services 9:30a.m. and 6p.m., Evangelical Service 5p.m. Wellspring of Life Christian Center 18 Chaplin Ave., 773-5991. Sunday Worship 11a.m. BRANDON Brandon Congregational Church - Rt. 7 Sunday Worship 10a.m. Brandon Baptist Church,

Corner of Rt. 7 & Rt. 73W (Champlain St.) Brandon, VT 802-247-6770. Sunday Services: 10a.m. Adult Bible Study, Sunday School ages 5 & up, Nursery provided ages 4 & under. Worship Service 11a.m. *Lords supper observed on the 1st Sunday of each month. *Pot luck luncheon 3rd Sunday of each month. Wednesdays 6:30p.m., Adult prayer & Bible study, Youth groups for ages 5 and up Grace Episcopal Church Rt. 73, Forestdale February-April: 9am, Holy Eucharist; 9a.m. Sunday Morning Program for children preschool and older. 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in- Partnership LifeBridge Christian Church - 141 Mulcahy Drive, 247-LIFE (5433). Sunday Worship 9a.m., www.lifebridgevt.com, LifeGroups meet weekly (call for times and locations) Living Water Assembly of God 76 North Street (Route 53), Office Phone: 247-4542. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.LivingWaterAOG.org. Sunday Service 10a.m. Wednesday Service 7p.m. Youth Meeting (For Teens) Saturday 7p.m. St. Mary’s Parish - 38 Carver St., 247-6351, Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday Mass 9:30a.m. St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church - Rt. 7, Brandon Village. February-April services will be held at Grace Church, Rt. 73 Forestdale: 9a.m., Holy Eucharist; 9a.m. Sunday Morning Program for children preschool and older. 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership United Methodist Church Main St., 247-6524. Sunday Worship 10a.m. CASTLETON Castleton Federated Church Rt. 4A - 468-5725. Sunday Worship 10:30a.m. Church of Christ Bible study & services Sunday 10:00a.m. All are cordially welcome. Contact Mike Adaman 273-3379. Faith Community Church Mechanic St., 468-2521. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. Fellowship Bible Church Rt. 30 North, 468-5122. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. & 6p.m. Hydeville Baptist Church - Hydeville, Rt. 4A Sunday Worship 9:30a.m. • 265-4047. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday 8:30a.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church - Main St. Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. third Sunday of the month. CHITTENDEN Church of the Wildwood United Methodist Holden Rd., 483-2909. Sunday Service 10:30a.m. Mt. Carmel Community Church - South Chittenden Town Hall, 483-2298. Sun. Worship 5:30p.m. St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church - Saturday Mass 4p.m. Wesleyan Church North Chittenden, 483- 6696. Sunday Worship 10a.m. CLARENDON The Brick Church 298 Middle Rd. 773-3873. Sunday Worship 10a.m. Nursery Care Available. www.brickchruchvt.com Reformed Bible Church Clarendon Springs, 483-6975. Sunday Worship 9:30a.m. FAIR HAVEN First Baptist Church South Park Place, Sunday Worship 11a.m. First Congregational Church Rt. 22A Sunday Worship 10a.m. Our Lady of Seven Dolors 10 Washington St. Saturday Mass 5:15p.m., Sunday 8 & 9a.m. St. Luke’s - St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Sunday Worship 10:45a.m. United Methodist Church West St., Sun. Service 8:30a.m. FORESTDALE Forestdale Wesleyan Church Rt. 73 Sunday Worship 11a.m. St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church Rt. 7, Brandon village: 8 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 (traditional language). 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 (contemporary language), with music. “Sunday Morning Program” for children preschool and older (during school year). Telephone: 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership Grace Church Rt. 73, Forestdale - part of St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church: May-July services held at St. Thomas, Brandon village (corner of Rt. 7 and Prospect): a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 (traditional language.) 9:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 (contemporary language), with music. “Sunday Morning Program” for children preshcool and older (during shcool year.) Telephone: 247-6759, The Rev. Margaret (Margo) Fletcher, Priest-in-Partnership. Living Water Assembly of God 76 North Street (Route 53), Office Phone: 247-4542. Email: [email protected]. Website:

www.LivingWaterAOG.org. Sunday Service 10a.m. Wednesday Service 7p.m. Youth Meeting (For Teens) Saturday 7p.m. HUBBARDTON Hubbardton Congregational Church Sunday Worship 10a.m. • 273-3303. East Hubbardton Baptist Church The Battle Abbey, 483-6266 Worship Hour 10:30a.m. IRA Ira Baptist Church Rt. 133, 235-2239. Worship 11a.m. & 6p.m. LEICESTER Community Church of the Nazarene 39 Windy Knoll Lane • 9:30a.m. Worship Service, 11:00 a.m. Bible School, 6:00p.m. Evening Service. Wed. Evening 7:00p.m. Dare to care and Prayer. 3rd Sat. of the month (Sept.-May) 8a.m. Men’s breakfast St. Agnes’ Parish - Leicester Whiting Rd, 247-6351, Sunday Mass 8a.m. MENDON Mendon Community Church Rt. 4 East, Rev. Ronald Sherwin, 459-2070. Worship 9:30a.m., Sunday School 11:00a.m. NORTH SPRINGFIELD North Springfield Baptist Church 69 Main St., N. Springfield, VT • (802) 886-8107 Worsip Services Sunday 10a.m.; Faith Cafe (discussion group) Sundays 11:15a.m.-12p.m.; Sunday School for children K-4; Bible Study Fridays 9:30a.m. Call us about our youth ministry program PAWLET Pawlet Community Church 325-3716. Sunday Worship 9:30a.m. St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Church West Pawlet. Sunday Mass 9:30a.m. The United Church of West Pawlet 645-0767. Sunday Worship 10a.m. PITTSFORD Pittsford Congregational Church Rt. 7, 483-6408. Worship 10:15a.m. St. Alphonsus Church Sunday Mass 9a.m. POULTNEY Christian Science Society 56 York St., 287-2052. Service 10a.m. St. David’s Anglican Church Meet at Young at Heart Senior Center on Furnace St., 645- 1962. 1st Sun. of every month, Holy Eucharist 9:30a.m. Poultney United Methodist Church Main St., 287-5710. Worship 10:00a.m. St. Raphael Church Main St. Saturday Mass 4p.m., Sunday Mass 10a.m. Sovereign Redeemer Assembly [email protected] • Sunday Worship 10a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church Church St., 287-2252. Sunday Holy Eucharist 10:45a.m. United Baptist Church On the Green, East Poultney. 287-5811, 287-5577. Sunday Worship 10a.m. Welsh Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship 10a.m. PROCTOR St. Dominic Catholic Church 45 South St. Sunday Mass 9:15a.m. St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Gibbs St. Sunday Worship 9a.m. Union Church of Proctor - Church St., Sun. Worship 10a.m. SHREWSBURY Shrewsbury Community Church Sun. Service 10:30a.m. SUDBURY Sudbury Congregational Church On the Green, Rt. 30, 623-7295 Open May 30-Oct. 10, for Worship (No winter services) & Sun. School 10:30a.m. WALLINGFORD East Wallingford Baptist Church Rt. 140, 259-2831. Worship 11a.m. First Baptist Church - School St., 446-2020. Worship 11a.m. First Congregational Church 446-2817. Worship 10a.m. St. Patrick’s Church Sat. Mass 5p.m., Sun. 10:30a.m. Society of Friends (Quaker) Rotary Bldg., Rt. 7 Sunday meeting for worship 10a.m. South Wallingford Union Congregational Church Sunday Worship 9a.m. WEST RUTLAND First Church of Christ, Scientist 71 Marble St., Sunday School & Service 10a.m., Wednesday Evening Service 7:30p.m. St. Bridget Church Pleasant & Church Streets Saturday Mass 5p.m., Sunday 9a.m. St. Stanislaus Kostka Church Barnes & Main Streets, Saturday Mass 4:30p.m., Sunday 9a.m. United Church of West Rutland Chapel St., Worship 10a.m.

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Ludlow 5K to help burnoff turkey, trimmings

On a day when most people are thinking about the next greatway to prepare leftover turkey, and still regretting that extraslice of pumpkin pie, avid runners and families looking for afun way to get a little exercise will head to Okemo MountainResort in Ludlow. The second annual Trot it Off 5-kilometer -long road race and Tots’ Trot fun race for kids takes place onSaturday, Nov. 27.

The cost to enter the Trot it Off 5k is $25 per person and $15for the Tots’ Trot fun race. All proceeds from the event benefitthe Vermont Fuel Dealer Association’s Patch Chit Neighbor inNeed Fuel Assistance Program. The Tots’ Trot, a kids’ fun race,will take place just before the 5k race. The course will take chil-dren, under 12, around the Jackson Gore Inn grounds.

Registration will start at 8 a.m. in Okemo’s Ice House at Jack-son Gore. The Tots’ Trot is slated to begin at 9 a.m. and the Trotit Off 5k will start after the last tot trots across the finish line.Each participant will receive an event t-shirt at registration.

After the 5k race is finished participants of all ages are wel-come to gather in The Ice House for a post-race snack and pres-entation of awards.

Last year, 72 runners and walkers participated in the Trot itOff race and raised $1,000 to benefit the Patch Chit Neighborin Need Fuel Assistance Program.

More information about Okemo Mountain Resort may be ob-tained by calling 802-228-1600 or by visiting okemo.com.

MSJ’s poinsettia sale is hereThe Mount Saint Joseph Academy Development Office

and MSJ students are once again sponsoring a holiday poin-settia plant sale. Deliveries will be Dec. 1-2.

Each poinsettia plant will be a 6.5-inch pot, foiled andsleeved and have several blooms. The available colors arered, white, pink, and marble (pink and white together). Thecost will be $12 per plant and the proceeds will benefit MSJclass treasuries.

Contact any MSJ student to order plants or visit the MSJwebsite at www.msjvermont.org or call 802-775-0151.

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Ongoing - RUTLAND — The Vermont Food Bank, United Way and Community Care

Network (Rutland Mental Health Services) have joined in the fight to keepchildren in need warm this winter. Coats for Kids Bundle-Up Coat Distribu-tion Event taking place Friday, Nov. 19, 4-7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 20,8–3 p.m. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary church (corner of West St. andLincoln streets) in Rutland. Heather Olsen at 802-236-4336 for locations.

Wednesday, Nov. 24WEST RUTLAND — Certified Life Coach - Cheryl Fisher

Presents "Creating The Life You’ve Always Imagined” Join me at theHomeownership Center at 110 Marble St. from 6.-7:30 p.m. orTuesday, Nov.30, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. R.S.V.P required. 802-558-7434 or e-mail: [email protected].

Thursday, Nov. 25LUDLOW — Yoga Classes at the Ludlow Town Hall on Thursday 5:15-6:15

p.m. Drop in fee $10. 802-228-2826.

Saturday, Nov. 27PITTSFORD —Christmas Bazaar at Saint Alphonsus, 9-2 p.m. in parish

hall on Route 7. Food and refreshments including jewelry, hand-sewn pieces,canned pickles and jams, fleece, wood and slate; baked goods, antiques andmuch more. Evergreen wreaths, white elephant table, raffle items, silent auc-tions and 50/50 cash raffle.

RUTLAND — American Legion, Post 31 - Saturday Night Dinner andDancing, Serving 5:30-7:30 p.m. Menu Chef’s Delicious Italian Specialties.Live music by “Conrad Samuels band” for only $5 per couple.

Tuesday, Nov. 30SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Church of Christ free community din-

ner at 972 Chester Rd. Serving 6-6:45 p.m., with doors opening at 5:50 p.m.The evening’s menu will be roast beef, mashed potato, carrots, rolls and cake.Beverages will include lemonade, milk and coffee. Any questions should beaddressed to Puggy Lamphere at 886-2670 or Tom Snow at 484-5089. Allmembers of the Springfield area communities are welcome.

Thursday, Dec. 2LUDLOW — Yoga classes at Ludlow Town Hall on Thursdays, 5:15-6:15

p.m.$10. 802-228-2826.

Wednesday, Dec. 3Wallingford—Gilbert Hart Library, Route 7, Wallingford, Tree Lighting and

Carol Sign; 6:30 p.m., followed by cocoa and cookies.CAVENDISH — The Cavendish Fletcher Community Library is raffling off

a brand new 8 G iPod Touch. Tickets are $1 each or 6/$5 at the CavendishFletcher Community Library.

Rutland—The Rutland County Farmers’ Market Christmas Show, 10a.m.–6 p.m.; Dec. 4, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., College of St. Joseph, 71 Clement Rd.Call Bob Murphy at 802-747-4403 after 6 p.m. for details (Dec. 3-4).

Rutland—The Annual Santa's Arrival & Tree Lighting Ceremony in Down-town Rutland Friday at 6 p.m. The tradition continues with caroling, refresh-ments and much much more. After the tree is lit, Santa will visit with childrento listen to their holiday wishes.

Rutland—The Santa Train will be departing the Downtown Rutland, Ver-mont Amtrak station at 5 different departures times throughout the day—11a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. An approximate 45-minute ridewill take you through a magical Santa's Village that you'll never forget. Mrs.Claus and the elves, too. Beautifully decorated Santa Train includes re-freshments, stories, song. (Dec. 4-5)

Cuttingsville-Shrewsbury—Shrewsbury Library's Holiday Celebration &Silent Auction and Cookie Swap. In Great Room, 98 Town Hill Rd., 7 p.m.,802-492-3410.

Poultney—Poultney United Methodist Church holds Spaghetti Dinner atMain Street Methodist Café. Proceeds for Minister's Fund & Poultney FoodShelf, 108 Main St., 5–7 p.m., free will offering, 802-287-9498.

Poultney—Santa Comes to Poultney. Poultney Public Library stories, pa-rade down Main Street, lighting of the memory tree. Singing, refreshmentswith Santa, 802-287-2010.

Wallingford—First Congregational Church of Wallingford holds ChristmasBazaar, 9 a.m. -2 p.m., 802-446-2872.

Wells—Wells Village School 5-6th grade Holiday Breakfast—pancakes,sausage, homefries; funds for school history trip to Boston, 135 Route 30,8–10:30 a.m.


By Gail Grabowski

ACROSS1 Furtive utterance5 “The Stranger” novelist

10 Resided15 Jumble19 Scale sequence20 Stove supplier21 Fiber used for fishing nets22 Org. concerned with

ergonomics23 School founded by Henry

VI24 Like a ruined roux25 Nice thoughts?26 Palindromic time27 1929 song co-written by

Fats Waller30 Monetary policy maker,

informally32 “Gotta go!”33 Time in an ad34 Broad lowlands36 23rd Greek letter38 Snatched violently40 Shell container?44 Tenderloin cut50 Mediation org. established

by FDR52 Express discontent53 WWII photo site, briefly54 Bout of indulgence55 Capital of Delaware?56 Requiem57 Record59 Eleventh hour63 Name on a compact64 Not snookered by65 Fort Erie’s prov.66 Creator of sublime lines67 Blossom bits

68 Longish coat70 False appearance71 Revered Tibetan72 Firmly established75 Tapered transport76 Court addition?77 Pain in the neck81 Year’s record82 “Just passing through”84 Black, to a bard85 Blog comments86 Bit of work87 Helpless, in a way89 Govt. smog watchdog90 Hot pair91 Cheer alternative92 Construction site sight95 Tickle pink97 Buckwheat noodle99 Many a bunt, on a score-

card100 Doesn’t split102 Colorful pet store pur-

chases106 Reach one’s destination110 Its members travel in a

world of their own113 Gulf War defense weapon116 Morlock prey117 Low-tech note taker119 City on the Po120 Damaging downpour121 Pull up stakes, briefly122 Muscat native123 You might get a ticket for

one124 Nerve-wracking exam, for

some125 Finely honed126 Big name in Russian bal-

let127 Has a quick look128 Cross a stream, say

DOWN1 Courthouse entries2 “Socrate” composer

3 Rock4 Old-style photo5 Colombian city6 Not to be missed7 Fast ballroom dance8 Release, in a way9 Greet informally

10 Club with a big head11 Dry riverbed12 Fix, as text13 Alibi, maybe14 Research site15 Well-meaning error16 Since17 Flat, e.g.18 What a student might

raise28 Boom sites29 Lots31 Fathers and sons35 Avoid a strike, e.g.37 Self-destruct39 Consumer application41 Vital supply line42 Silent films idol Conrad __43 Mini exhibits?44 Everydog45 “Bingo!”46 TV series filmed on Oahu47 Qom native48 Daring exploit49 Figure on a pay stub51 Belarusian’s neighbor56 Judge58 Wartime operation60 Get up on61 Shoot the breeze, e.g.62 American of Japanese

descent67 Curfew setters69 Troubles70 Sacred river of India71 Fruit high in vitamin C72 Palatable73 Govt. security74 First name in wilderness

photography

75 Part of a high-tech tangle76 Not active78 Alpine denizen79 “In your dreams”80 Tree trunk bulge82 Prayer object83 “Platoon” setting, for short88 Slate and Salon91 “Don’t worry about it”92 Radio-active sort?93 Swallow something hook,

line and sinker94 Revue with fancy footwork96 Old telecom giant98 Holy Roman emperor,

1209-15101 Primitive projectile103 Itinerary104 Based on __ story105 Unsportsmanlike look107 Jeweled topper108 Tale of an ancient siege

109 “Ally McBeal” lawyer110 Schmo111 S. Grant foe?112 Lacquered metalware114 __ regni: in the year of the

reign115 Room renters118 Brief version of this puz-

zle’s title hidden in eightlong puzzle answers

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