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Big fish, big cash!By Derek Liebig

The elder statesman of fishing derbies returns to

the Lakes Region this weekend as the Fair Haven

Rotary club hosts the Great Benson Derby on

Saturday and Sunday, Feb.

25 and 26.

“It’s the granddaddy of

fishing derbies,” said

Rotary club member Jeff

Larson. “It’s become a pop-

ular event and the fisher-

men just love it.”

This year’s event is the

40th incarnation of the

derby and although any big

plans to celebrate the occa-

sion unraveled with the

lack of winter conditions,

Larson said there’s plenty

of ice for fishing.

“It’s been a bit of a challenge, but the ice condi-

tions this past weekend were good. There was any-

where from five to 11 inches of ice on Lake

Bomoseen,” he said.

The derby’s renown is partially due to its large

purse. Organizers will give away over $10,000 in

cash prizes and raffles.

Larson said $5,800 in big fish prizes and $4,500 in

raffle prizes will be given out.

See FISH, pg. 2

Benson Fishing Derby features more than $10,000 in prize money

Frosty Derby still undecided

The Slate Valley Museum will celebrate Welsh heritage with a celebration of St. David -- the patron saint of the Welsh -- on Saturday, March 3. The event will feature Welsh food, crafts and activities. There also will be two movies: "How Green Was My Valley" and "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain." See story on page 3.

Jeff Larson

See story on page 2

Vermont Public Television, as it does every

year, will take part in the madness that is the

maple season by inviting local producers and

cooks to join VPT on a live special called “VPT

Cooks: Maple Madness” from 2 to 4 p.m.,

Saturday, March 3.

Poultney featured on

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See MAPLE, pg. 4

Local food potluck

and meetingThe Stone Valley

Community Market

cooperative is having its

annual meeting on

Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m.

at the Young at Heart

Senior Center on

Furnace Street in

Poultney.

The event is a pot-

luck for the co-op, whose

membership is nearing

350 after just one year in

operation. The market

features meats, vegeta-

bles, cheese and other

dairy from local farms.

Bus trip to meet

the governorThe Rutland Region

Chamber of Commerce

is hosting its annual

bus trip to Montpelier

on Thursday, March 1.

The trip affords busi-

nesspeople a chance to

meet legislative leaders

as a group and discuss

issues of importance to

the business communi-

ty.

The bus departs the

Chamber offices, 50

Merchants Row, at the

intersection with West

Street in Rutland, at

7:30 a.m. sharp and

arrives back at 5 p.m.

The trip, cosponsored

by Omya and the

Rutland Economic

Development Corp.,

costs $15 including cof-

fee and snacks at the

Chamber offices at 7

a.m., luncheon at the

Capitol Plaza in

Montpelier and return

coach transport.

Call 802-773-2747 to

reserve a seat.

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Another large attraction is

the derby doesn’t limit itself to

one body of water, making the

derby more appealing on a

regional and state level.

“Anglers can fish all waters

within Vermont,” Larson said.

This allows anglers to fish

their favorite lake or “honey

hole,” or seek out bodies of

water that may be more prolific

than others when it comes to a

particular species of fish.

Larson said the derby attract-

ed more than 600 people last

year and have hit a high of 900

in the past. Organizers are cau-

tiously optimistic that they will

enjoy good participation this

year.

For those anglers who have

participated in the event in the

past, not much has changed

since last year, but that doesn’t

mean, however, that the event

hasn’t evolved over the years.

The derby has always been in

the hands of the Rotary. For

that matter, the derby nearly

predates the club itself which is

only several years older than

the annual fishing tournament.

Larson said the derby was

originally held at Benson

Landing, thus the inclusion of

Benson in its title. Today, the

derby is headquartered at

Crystal Beach on Route 30 in

Bomoseen.

Despite its changes in venue,

the event has always served as

one of the Rotary club’s largest

fundraisers.

“It has continued to make us

money and fuel our charitable

endeavors since its inception,”

Larson said.

Proceeds generated from the

event help fund the club’s schol-

arship programs, support local

food shelves and organizations

like the Castleton Area Seniors,

Fair Haven Concerned, and

Special Olympics. It also sup-

ports Rotary’s international

goal of eradicating polio and

helps with school building and

clean water initiatives in Latin

America.

Tickets for the derby will be

$25 and include an automatic

entry into the raffle drawing.

Any adults who prefer to let oth-

ers do the fishing but would like

a chance to win some cash can

purchase raffle tickets for $20.

Children 12 and under can

purchase a derby or raffle ticket

for $5.

Tickets can be purchased at

most local bait shops or at derby

headquarters until noon on

Saturday. Raffle tickets will be

available until noon on Sunday.

Prizes will be award for the

first, second and third place fin-

ishers in several categories

including: northern pike, lake

trout, other trout, bass, and

walleye. A cash prize will also

be awarded for largest “other”

and to the top five children with

the largest stringer of three

perch.

All Vermont fishing regula-

tions will be in effect and fish

need to be at Crystal Beach just

prior to 3 p.m. on Sunday to be

considered for any prizes.

There will also be food con-

cessions available at derby

headquarters.

Anglers are encouraged to

use caution when entering and

leaving the ice.

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The Lake St. Catherine Fund,

Inc., will host a public meeting

beginning at 10 a.m., Saturday,

at the Wells Village School.

The presentation will include

an explanation of current con-

ditions and options for restor-

ing the lake. All those interested

are invited to attend. Members

of the fund said they have been

told the Vermont Agency of

Natural Resources has

announced a permit has been

issued to the group to run a

demonstration of aeration in

Little Lake. There will be time

for questions and answers at

the meeting.

For further information,

please go to www.lakematters.

org.

Meeting to address lake issues

Fellowship Bible Church on

Route 30 in Castleton will be

having a free showing of the

inspirational film “Courageous”

on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m.

and again on Friday, March 9 at

6:30 pm. All are invited.

“Courageous” looks at four

law enforcement officers strug-

gling to succeed at the jobs, at

fatherhood and in their faith.

A benefit dinner is sched-

uled next week for Granville

resident Charlie Brown, who

has been hospitalized since

November because of several

illnesses. It will help pay for

medical bills and to help do

major restoration, which will

be required on the family’s

home.

The benefit spaghetti dinner

will be held, Monday, Feb. 27, at

Bernardo’s. Dinner is $5 to eat

in and $6 to take out. Seatings

are at 5, 6 and 7 p.m. For tickets,

please contact 796-4796.

Benefit dinner Monday at Bernardo's

Castleton church hosts film

While local anglers are pre-

paring for this weekend’s Great

Benson Derby, the Poultney

Fish and Game Club has yet to

make a final determination of

whether it will hold the regu-

larly scheduled Frosty Derby

on Lake St. Catherine.

The mild temperatures this

week have the club taking a

wait and see approach.

“As far as we know, we are

still on, but we’re waiting until

Monday before we make a deci-

sion,” Henry Panoushek, a

member of the club said. “We

want to make sure its safe.”

He said several members

have fished or worked near the

lake and the ice remains viable

for fishing, but they need to

wait and see how it fares over

the weekend.

If the ice is good and the

decision is made to hold the

derby, the event will be held

from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday,

March 4.

Derby headquarters will be

located at Lake St. Catherine

State Park.

Categories will include will

include trout, perch, bass and

pike; and awards will be pre-

sented in both adult and chil-

dren’s divisions. Anyone

under age 15 is considered a

child.

Derby tickets are $10 for

adults and $5 for children and

can be purchased at local bait

shops, the Original Vermont

Store and Marty’s Sporting

Goods in Poultney. They can

also be purchased from any

fish and game club member.

The club’s decision and

more information on the derby

will be included in next week’s

edition of the Lakes Region

Free Press. You can also con-

tact any fish and game club

member after next Monday for

more information.

Frosty Derby plans still undecided

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The Circle of Hope K9 Rescue

is seeking donations for its lawn

sale next month.

The organization will be

accepting donations of lawn

sale items to be sold March 31

and April 1 at 1991 Main St. in

Castleton. Items can be dropped

off at the site of the lawn sale

anytime.

The group is also looking for

donations of supplies that can

be used at the rescue. Dog and

cat food, leashes, collars, blan-

kets, sheets, towels, dishes and

other supplies are all needed.

You can also help us out by

donating your bottles to the

Castleton Redemption Center at

the Castleton Four

Corners. Just let then know

that they are for Circle of Hope

K9 Rescue.

For more information, call

Angela at 802-468-5298.

Biker swap meet in Rutland

The Fat Tom’s annual motor-

cycle swap meet will be held

April 15 and vendors are want-

ed.

The event, to be held at the

Royce Mandigo Arena at the

Vermont State Fairground, will

feature 10 classes of motorcy-

cles on display. Trophies will be

awarded.

Also, there will be a tattoo

contest with four divisions for

prizes.

Vendors interested in rent-

ing space should contact Tom

Wiese at 802-468-5877 or email

[email protected]

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The Lakes Region FreePress - February 24, 2012 - 3

By Bill Toscano

When Kate Weller, the direc-

tor of the Slate Valley

Museum, speaks with visitors,

she often talks about how the

slate quarries pulled immi-

grants from Ireland, Italy,

Wales and parts of eastern

Europe to the New York-

Vermont border, beginning in

the 1850s.

“They know all about the

Irish and the Italians, even the

Poles and Slovaks, but a lot of

people don’t know anything

about Wales, and we really had

an influx of Welsh here.”

So when the museum

begins its month of programs

on immigrants to the Slate

Valley, it will start with a cel-

ebration of St. David – the

patron saint of the Welsh –

on Saturday, March 3.

“What we see in the history

of the Slate Valley is that the

Welsh community really held

on to its traditions,” said

Weller, who noted that the

Welsh began coming to the

region around 1850 and contin-

ued arriving after 1900. “When

we did our Civil War exhibit,

we found that many of the

Welshmen in the Union Army

were coming from Vermont

and were part of the 14th

Vermont Infantry.”

The March 3 event will run

from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is a

family event. The museum will

be decorated for spring with

daffodils, and visitors will be

able to bring daffodils home

after their visit. Food for the

day will include samples of tra-

ditional leek soup and cacen

gri, which are Welsh cookies.

Welsh-inspired crafts and

activities will be available for

children all day.

There will also be two mov-

ies scheduled for the event. At

10 a.m., the museum will have

its annual showing of “How

Green Was My Valley.” The sec-

ond movie, at 2 p.m., will be

“The Englishman Who Went

Up a Hill but Came Down a

Mountain,” which is a 1995 film

based on a story heard by

Christopher Monger from his

grandfather about the real vil-

lage of Taff ’s Well (Ffynnon

Taf in Welsh), Rhondda Cynon

Taff, Wales and its neighboring

Garth Hill.

“How Green Was My Valley”

is a 1941 drama film directed by

John Ford. The film was pro-

duced by Darryl F. Zanuck,

written by Philip Dunne, and

based on the Richard Llewellyn

novel of the same name. The

film stars Walter Pidgeon,

Maureen O’Hara, Anna Lee,

Donald Crisp and Roddy

McDowall, and won five

Academy Awards, including

best picture.

The film tells the story of

the Morgans, a close, hard-

working Welsh family at the

turn of the 20th century in the

South Wales coalfield at the

heart of the south Wales val-

leys. It chronicles a socioeco-

nomic way of life passing and

the family unit disintegrating.

On March 17, the museum

will host a St. Patrick’s Day

event, which will focus on the

Irish in the Slate Valley, and on

March 31, it will have a special

day focusing on Italians in the

region.

For more information, call

the museum at (518) 642-1417.

For the most up-to-date infor-

mation on programs and

events at the Slate Valley

Museum, follow it on Facebook

and Twitter.

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Slate Valley Museum honoring region's Welsh heritage

The Poultney St. David’s

Society will hold its annual St.

David’s Day dinner at 12:30

p.m., Sunday, March 4 at A.J.’s

Restaurant on Quaker Street in

Granville. The dinner, part of

the 24th anniversary year of

the Gathering of the Clans

event, is held in honor of St.

David, patron saint of Wales.

There will be three choices

of entrée – roast lamb, haddock

or chicken. The cost is $16 per

person and the dinner is open

to St. David’s Society members

and guests.

Prepaid registration to

Poultney Area St. David’s

Society is required no later

than Monday, Feb. 27. The mail-

ing address: PASDS, 60 Norton

Ave., Poultney, VT 05764-1029

USA.

For more information con-

tacts include: Helen Jones (802)

287-9729, Nancy Williams (518)

642-0709, and Jan Edwards (802)

287-5744. Registration forms

are also available by email

[email protected].

The Poultney Area St.

David’s Society, Inc. was found-

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the late Eleanor (Evans)

Williams McMorrow. For more

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of Commerce is hosting a

“Spotlight on Business Forum”

that provides local businesses

an opportunity to showcase

their services and products and

is accepting applications from

those who would like to partici-

pate.

Member of PACC can rent

table space for $25 while non-

PACC members can rent space

for $75. Participants will be

asked to provide their own

tables. Those who do not have a

table but would like to partici-

pate can provide business cards

and brochures that will be dis-

played on the chamber’s official

table.

The event is scheduled to be

held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on

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mation, call Valerie Broughton

at 884-8136 or Mary Lee Harris

at 287-4114.

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King LionJohn D. Burke, president of the Castleton Lions' Club, sells 50-50 raffle tickets during the weigh-in of fish at last weekend's Lake Bomoseen Ice Fishing Derby.

A course for adults and

teens on five Friday evenings

in Lent will be offered at St.

Paul’s Episcopal Church, in

Wells. Each session begins

with a short video presenta-

tion by the popular lecturer

and historian Phyllis Tickle,

who will consider how

Christianity has changed

through the centuries.

Participants will be invited to

respond by discussing what

might lie ahead for Christians

in the years ahead.

The first session of the

course takes place in St. Paul’s

Parish House beginning at 5:30

pm on Friday, March 2. The

next four sessions will be on

the Fridays following. Each

session begins with a simple

meal of soup and bread and

ends with the brief service of

prayer (Compline). People of

all faith traditions and those

who may be seeking are wel-

come. For more information

or to register for the series,

please call The Rev. William

Davidson at 518-499-1850. The

church is located at the village

green at East Wells Road.

Wells church offers Lenten discussion

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Call 800-354-4232 to advertiseIn the Feb. 17 edition of the Lakes Region Free Press, it

was reported that the Slate Valley Teen Center in Fair Haven

received a $20,000 grant from the Charles R. Wood Foundation.

While the teen center did receive the grant, it was distrib-

uted last August and the board has begun the process of

applying for this year’s round of grants.

The teen center, which is called Loft 89, is located at 89

Main St. in Fair Haven and serves 11 communities in the

Lakes Region.

Correction

Tyke’s Kids Fishing Derby

will be held from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

on Sunday, March 4.

The annual derby was found-

ed by the late Stephen “Tyke”

Phillips more than 30 years ago.

Although Phillips died in

2008, his family has continued

to carry the torch and the derby

continues to attract young

anglers from Whitehall and

beyond.

Every child who participates

receives a prize and food and

refreshments will be available.

Anyone who would like to

make monetary donation to be

used to purchase prizes and

food is encouraged to contact

Elaine Phillips at 282-0034.

Tyke's Kids Fishing Derby March 4

Host Sean Buchanan and

guests demonstrate favorite rec-

ipes featuring Vermont’s signa-

ture flavor.

Ann Rose of Ludlow, with

her daughter Jessica Oberg and

granddaughter Jacquelyn

Oberg of Poultney, will be on

the show representing Green

Mountain Sugar House with

their maple pecan pie with

maple whipped cream.

Ethan Ward of Poultney was

also invited for his maple

rosettes.

A booklet of recipes demon-

strated in the show and others

from local cooks will be offered

as a thank-you gift for contribu-

tions made during the program,

which is part of VPT’s spring

fundraising campaign. The

producer of “VPT Cooks” is

Neil Hilt. The program is pro-

duced in partnership with the

Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’

Association and member coun-

ties.

Repeat broadcasts are sched-

uled for 9 a.m., Sunday, March 4,

on the VPT main channel and

on the VPT Create channel at 1

p.m., Monday, March 5, and 7

p.m., on Wednesday, March

7. The program will also be

webcast on vpt.org.

MapleContinued from front page


Fort Ticonderoga has

announced a new program

designed specifically for Cub

Scout and Boy Scout groups.

In “Planting the tree of lib-

erty: the beginnings of the

Continental Army at Fort

Ticonderoga,” scouts partici-

pate in a program based on the

daily routine of soldiers at the

fort in the weeks following its

capture from the British by

Ethan Allen and Benedict

Arnold in the spring and early

summer of 1775.

During the approximately

two-and-a-half-hour program,

scouts learn more about what

soldiers ate and where they

slept, witness a musket demon-

stration, build a brush shelter,

and take part in fatigue duty.

This program is available by

advance reservation most days

during the 2012 season (May 18

to Oct. 18) and by special

arrangement other times of the

year.

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LaFlamme’s, Inc. will cele-

brate the opening of its new loca-

tion in Whitehall with a ribbon-

cutting ceremony and grand

opening event this weekend.

The event will be held from 9

a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24,

and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on

Saturday, Feb. 25. The ribbon cut-

ting is to take place at 11 a.m. on

Saturday.

Supervisor George Armstrong

and Dana White, vice president

of the Whitehall Chamber of

Commerce, are expected to take

part in the festivities, and mem-

bers of Whitehall Boy Scout

Troop 83 will perform a flag-rais-

ing ceremony.

The new store is located in

the former Aubuchon Hardware

building at 192 Broadway and the

7,200-square-foot space has

undergone a number of renova-

tions – both interior and exterior

– over the course of the last few

months.

“We are very proud of the

new store,” said Christopher

LaFlamme Jr., owner of

LaFlamme’s, Inc. “This is our

third store in Washington

County and we have put a great

deal of effort into making it

look fantastic for our customers.

“We’re very excited about the

grand opening and being part of

the Whitehall community.”

LaFlamme announced in

October that he was moving his

store from its location at 120 Main

St. to the former Aubuchon build-

ing.

At the time he said he had

been looking to expand his

Whitehall operation so it was

comparable with stores he owns

in Granville and Cambridge.

The new store is more than

twice the size of the old store, and

allows LaFlamme to carry a more

encompassing and diverse line of

products, such as a full line of

upholstery, flooring, bedding and

appliances and a revamped elec-

tronics section.

Visitors to the Whitehall store

will be treated to coffee and light

refreshments during the event

and Joe’s Pizza will be serving

samples of its fare Friday and

Saturday.

Robert Wuagneux will play

live music beginning at noon on

Saturday.

Special grand opening sale

prices will be available until

March 10. The Cambridge and

Granville stores will also offer

specials and will undergo their

own renovations in the coming

months.

For more information, call the

Whitehall store at 499-2513.

LaFlamme's grand opening event this weekend

Ft. Ticonderoga unveils program just for Scouting groups

By Bo Young

I managed to lock my keys

in my car, which was running

to warm up one morning last

week. The fine people at

Warner’s came to my rescue.

We got to talking and First

Friday came up and Tim

Thomas said the nicest thing,

“I’ve known some of the people

who appear at First Fridays for

years and I never knew they

were doing such interesting

things!”

We have been saying it for

the past year and a half, now:

You don’t have to look far to

find people doing interesting

things in Washington County.

And sure enough, just down

the road on Route 22 a bit, in

Salem, is the Salem Art Works,

a nonprofit art center and

sculpture park founded in 2005.

Like First Fridays in

Granville, Salem Art Works is

dedicated to supporting emerg-

ing and established artists in

the creation of new and pro-

gressive work, as well as pro-

moting the appreciation of

contemporary art in the region.

First Friday will be featuring

three artists from Salem Art

Works, also known as SAW.

Melissa Sclafani works in

slip-cast porcelain, and is the

artist program coordinator at

SAW. We will be showing her

works in porcelain reproduc-

tions of milk jugs and canning

jars. “Living on a former dairy

farm turned artist community

in upstate New York,” says

Sclafani, “I have seen people

forget its history. Daily, we

walk by old milking jugs, cow

stalls, and dilapidated barns

and think nothing of how it

used to be.” Sclafani’s works

are slip cast in porcelain and

fired in an anagama wood kiln

at SAW.

Artists Mason Hurley, Gator

Dunnington, who works in oil

pastels, and Gary Humphries,

who works in steel, will also be

included in the show.

Paul Brotchie will be play-

ing music and since it’s maple

syrup season, who else would

be showing up with delectable

treats but Rathbun’s Maple

Sugar House! Wendy Rathbun

mentioned something about

maple doughnuts. Sounds great

to me!

The Slate Valley Museum

will be open once again, so be

sure to drop by and see all the

work they’ve done since the

storm last year.

As always, First Friday will

start at 7:00 p.m. and go until

9:00 p.m. at both the Pember

and the Slate Valley Museums.

Come see what your neighbors

are doing.

First Fridays celebration for March features Salem Art Works

Melissa Sclafani's reproduction milk jugs and canning jars done in slip-cast porcelain are among the featured items at March's First Friday in Granville.

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HappeningsWHITEHALL LaFlammes, Inc. will hold a Grand Opening event from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24 and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. An official rib-bon cutting ceremony, will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, there will be live music at noon, and refreshments will be available.

GRANVILLE The Pember Library at 33 W. Main St. in Granville will offer instruction on “How to use your eReader” from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24. Learn how to use SALON, the Southern Adirondack Library’s free, on-demand eReader service. Bring your eReader and its USB cable, and your laptop if you have one. Preregistration is required at 518-642-2525.

GRANVILLE Students ages 10 and older and their parents are invited to the Slate Valley Museum, 17 Water Street in Granville, for a “Slate of Hand: Slate Trimming Designs” activity from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Friday, Feb. 24. Using hand trimmers, create artistic piec-es from slate and take them home. Younger students will use pre-made slate pieces. Cost: $3. Information: 518-642-1417, or www.slatevalleymuseum.org.

POULTNEY The Poultney Public Library on Main Street will offer a Story Time for Toddlers at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24. Dawn and Rebecca will lead toddlers with stories, songs, crafts and more. Information/registration: 802-287-5556.

GRANVILLE A Lenten Luncheon will be held on Friday, Feb. 24, at the Raceville Methodist Church. A prayer service will begin at noon, followed by a soup and bread lun-cheon at 12:30 p.m. Everyone will be welcome.

WHITEHALL American Legion Post 83 at 148 Main St. in Whitehall invites everyone to its Friday fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Feb.24. This meal is served each Friday, with few exceptions. Information: 518-499-2482.

WELLS The Wells United Methodist Church off the green in Wells will host a Family Movie Night featuring “Polyanna” at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24. Pizza and popcorn will be available and everyone will be welcome.

TINMOUTH A contra dance will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, at the Tinmouth Community Center on Route 140. Cost: $9; $7 teens; free age 12 and younger. Wear clean, non-marring shoes. Refreshments will be avail-able and everyone will be welcome (you don’t need to bring a partner). Information: 235-2718, or www.Tinmouthvt.org.

POULTNEY A community break-fast will be served from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Poultney Methodist Church on Main Street. Cost: $1 adults; free age 14 and younger. This break-fast is served by Poultney commu-nity members and everyone will be welcome.

HYDEVILLE Rutland County Forester Eric Hansen and Vermont Fish and Wildlife education spe-cialist Jason Morin will lead a pruning apple trees workshop

from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Edward F. Kehoe Conservation Camp in Hydeville. Free and open to all. Registration is not required but is requested with Lisa Sausville at 802-388-3880, or email [email protected].

WELLS The Lake St. Catherine Conservation Fund will hold a public forum on the future of the lake at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Wells Village School. For more information, please see www.lakematters.org.

RUTLAND The Rutland Family Support Network and other organi-zations will host a “Sibshop” for children ages 7 to 12 who are sib-lings of brothers and sisters with special needs. This event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, in the Education and Wellness Center at Rutland Mental Health, Engrem Avenue and Main Street in Rutland. Cost: $5, includ-ing lunch (scholarships available). Reservations are requested at 802-775-1370, or email [email protected].

GRANVILLE Fireside Stories for Children will be offered at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Pember Library, 33 W. Main Street in Granville. “Manners” will be this week’s theme. Information: 518-642-2525.

RUTLAND “The African Queen,” the 1951 movie classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn, will be screened at 7 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 25, at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland. Information/tickets: 802-775-0903.

MANCHESTER The Hot Chocolate Society will host an Oscar party at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, at The Wilburton Inn in Manchester. The Academy Awards will be broadcast on multiple screens while guests enjoy food creations by local chefs and spe-cialty cocktails, and participate in an Oscar pool. Cost: $45 online at http://thehotchocolatesociety.com, $55 at the door, or call Michael and Carolina Ellenbogen at 802-768-8498.

POULTNEY Monday, Feb. 27, is the deadline to make your reserva-tion for the Annual St. David’s Day Dinner that will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 4, at AJ’s Restaurant on Quaker Street in Granville. The cost for the din-ner, sponsored by the Poultney Area St. David’s Society, will be $16, and this event is open to members and guests. Information/reservations: Helen Jones at 802-287-9729; Nancy Williams at 518-642-0709, or Jan Edwards at 802-287-5744.

GRANVILLE A benefit Spaghetti Dinner for Charlie Brown will be held on Monday, Feb. 27, at Bernardo’s Restaurant on Church Street in Granville. Seating will be at 5, 6 and 7 p.m. Cost: $5 eat in, $6 take out, with proceeds benefit-ing the Brown family’s expenses for renovations so Charlie can come home. Advance tickets: Jane at 518-796-4796. Tickets also will be sold at the door.

DORSET The Long Trail School off Route 30 in Dorset will host a pre-sentation by the Remember Alex Brown Foundation at 7 p.m. on

Monday, Feb. 27. This foundation is conducting a distracted driver awareness campaign to highlight the dangers of texting while driv-ing. Parents and other adults are encouraged to attend. Information: Justin Bendall at 802-867-5717, Ext. 107.

RUTLAND The Vermont Small Business Development Center will offer a “Starting Your Own Small Business” class from noon to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Rutland Economic Development Corp., 112 Quality Lane in Rutland. Business planning, where to find market information, and how to write a business plan will be cov-ered, along with other relevant topics. Cost: $40, including a plan-ning workbook and access to five online workshops. Information/reg-istration: 802-773-9147, or www.vtsmdc.org.

RUTLAND The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice will offer a free program for men who’ve experienced a loss through death. A chili supper pre-pared by hospice volunteers will be served and participants will gain an understanding of the griev-ing process and its impact on everyday life. Meetings will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays beginning on March 1 and continu-ing March 15 and 29, April 12 and 26, and May 10 at the RAVNAH office, 7 Albert Cree Drive in Rutland. Registration is requested with Ann LaRocque at 802-770-1516.

FAIR HAVEN American Legion Auxiliary Unit 49 will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, at American Legion Post 49, 72 S. Main St. in Fair Haven. This auxil-iary meets on the first Thursday each month. Information: 802-265-7983.

POULTNEY Meetings will be held as follows at American Legion Post 39, 689 Granville Street in Poultney: Sons of the American Legion, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1; Ladies Auxiliary, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6; and regular Legion meet-ing, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8. Information: 802-287-5229.

POULTNEY Friday, March 2, is the deadline to register for the Poultney Area Chamber of Commerce’s “A Spotlight on Business Forum” that will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, at the Poultney Elementary School. Products and services offered by Poultney businesses will be show-cased. Table space will be free for Poultney Chamber members and $50 for non-member businesses. Information/registration: Valerie Broughton at 802-287-2790, or Marylee Harris at 287-4114.

DORSET The Dorset Theatre Festival is sponsoring its Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition for middle and high school students in the Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union. Nationally renowned playwrights will serve as judges, winners will be announced in September, and professional actors will perform the original works the third week in September. Interested students,

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GRANVILLE Everyone is invited to Lenten prayer services and soup and bread luncheons that will be held at noon on Fridays in Granville as follows: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Bulkley Avenue, March 2; Trinity Episcopal Church, E. Main Street, March 9; Granville Baptist Church, Quaker Street, March 16; South Granville Congregational Church, Route 149, March 23; and United Church of Granville, Methodist Building on Church Street, March 30. Information: Pastor Jim Peterson at 642-2245, or email [email protected].

RUTLAND Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre members will stage “Save Me A Place at Forest Lawn” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3, and 2 p.m. March 4, at the Chaffee Art Center, 16 S. Main Street in Rutland. This show features two one-act plays with four elderly women who possess both wisdom and humor. Cost: $15. Information/tickets: 802-775-0903, www.para-mountlive.org, or at the Chaffee door.

MANCHESTER The Equinox Preservation Trust and the Mountain Goat store will offer a hike to explore the geology of Mt. Equinox and its underlying hydrol-ogy with Dave DeSimone of De Simone Goescience Investigations on Saturday, March 3. Meet at 9 a.m. at the West Union Street red gate parking lot in Manchester. Free and open to all. Information: Rick LaDue at 366-1400, or email [email protected].

GRANVILLE The Slate Valley Museum at 17 Water Street in Granville invites everyone to cele-brate the area’s immigrant Welsh community and St. David’s Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 3. Sample traditional leak soup and cacen gri (Welsh cook-ies), and see the films, “How Green is My Valley” at 10 a.m. and “The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but came Down a Mountain” at 2 p.m. Welsh-inspired children’s crafts and activities, too. Information: 518-642-1417, or www.slatevalleymuseum.org.

WHITEHALL The Tyke’s Kids Fishing Derby will be held from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 4, at South Bay in Whitehall. Each child will receive a prize for coming out and there’ll be hot dogs, ham-burgers and soda. Monetary dona-

tions in support of the derby will be appreciated. Information/to donate: Elaine Phillips at 518-282-0034. WHITEHALL American Legion Post 83 at 148 Main St. in Whitehall invites everyone to its Friday Fish Fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on March 9. This meal is served each Friday, with few exceptions. Information: 518-499-2482.

WHITEHALL Elks Lodge 1491 at 5 Elks Way in Whitehall will host Friday Night Bingo at 7 p.m. on March 9. Featured will be a $500 jackpot special. This bingo is held each Friday, with few exceptions. Information: 518-499-1491.

MANCHESTER The Manchester Rotary Club will host March Money Madness, “an exhilarating evening with a chance to win $10,000,” on Friday, March 9, at Riley Rink in Manchester. Cost: $100, including admission for two, with hors d’oeuvres, four drink tick-ets, and a chance to win money and door prizes. Doors will open at 7 p.m., with drawings starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: Rotary Club members, email MarchMoney [email protected]. or (802) 874-0800.

RUTLAND Joanna Tebbs Young will lead a workshop titled, “Journal to the Self,” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11, at the Chaffee Art Center, 16 S. Main Street in Rutland. Twenty-two journaling techniques will be taught for “per-sonal growth, creative expression, and life enrichment.” There also will be a bus trip to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Cost/registration: 802-775-0356, or www.chaffeeartcenter.org.

FORT EDWARD The Friends of the Washington County Grasslands Important Bird Area (IBA) will host the Second Annual Winter Raptor Fest from 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday the 11th, at the IBA in Fort Edward. Close encounters with owls, hawks and falcons, presentations, vendor exhibits, guided snowshoe walks, horse-drawn sleigh rides, chil-dren’s activities, a photo contest, and more will be featured. Cost: Small fee for raptor programs and sleigh rides. Information: www.win-terraptorfest.com.

WEST PAWLET Mettawee Mania 2012: A Talent Extravaganza will be staged at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, at the Mettawee Community School on Route 153 in West Pawlet. Miss Vermont, Katie Levasseur, is scheduled to

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FAIR HAVEN American Legion Post 49 at 72 S. Main St. in Fair Haven invites everyone to an all-you-can-eat Breakfast Buffet from 8 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 11. Cost: $7 adults; $3.50 ages 3 to 10; free 2 and younger. This breakfast is held on the sec-ond Sunday each month, with few exceptions. Information: 802-265-7983.

RUTLAND The Vermont Symphony Orchestra, with Director Jaime Laredo, will perform an “Orchestral Heroes” concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland. Tickets range from $9 for students to $29, available at 802-775-0903, or www.ParamountLive.org.

GRANVILLE The Sisters of Charity from Scarsdale will lead an ecu-menical Parish Mission at 7 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday, March 11 to 14, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Bulkley Avenue in Granville. Each session, running from an hour to 1.5 hours. All are welcome.

DORSET A free Community Supper will be served from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, at The Dorset Church, off Route 30 at 143 Church Street. Takeouts will be available and everyone will be welcome. Information: Jane at 867-2260.

GRANVILLE Sylvan Star/Skenesborough Chapter 122 will hold a Rummage Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 16, at the Slate Valley Masonic Center, 95 North Street in Granville. Jean MacLeod at 518-260-0460.

FAIR HAVEN A Community Breakfast will be served from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 17, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, cor-ner of N. Main and Allen streets in Fair Haven. Cost: $1; free age 14 and younger. This breakfast is sponsored by the Episcopalians of the Slate Valley Region and every-one is welcome.

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The person has been diagnosed with a terminal ill-ness;

Prognosis written by the physician of 3 months or less;

The person has a do not resuscitate order;

The person understands that Haynes House is staffed primarily with volunteers, 24 hours a day;

The person must be able to be safely and comfortably managed by volunteer staff;

The person does not require any type of intramuscular

or subcutaneous injections;

The person’s admission is not determined by their age, sex, color, ethnic background, or their religion;

The person will be enrolled in Washington County Public Health and Hospice Services when admitted to Haynes House of Hope;

There are no financial requirements;

Haynes House does not receive any reimbursement from insurance companies. No one is denied admission, if they meet the criteria

The person may be placed on a waiting list, based on resident room availability.(A comfort care home is allowed 2 residents.) When bed availability occurs, persons on the waiting list will be reevaluated for admission. Please understand if above criteria is met, resident selection is based on the person that presents the most significant needs and has the least options.

Each case is evaluated carefully and priority is given to those people who are unsafe and not able to main-tain or be maintained safely at home.

By Bill Toscano

Two years after it opened, Haynes House

of Hope has established itself as a well-

known part of the community, but two

officials of the Route 149 comfort-care

home for the terminally ill say local resi-

dents still do not under-

stand everything about

the facility.

Director Janelle

Clark and volunteer

coordinator Linda

Vladyka said the public

sometimes does not

understand the home’s

admissions require-

ments, and while there

are plenty of general

volunteers there is a

lack of those for needed positions such as

direct patient care.

“My main goal right now is to have two

volunteers on together per shift,” Clark

said when asked about specific needs at

the two-year mark. “That way it would

allow us to have two residents at the same

time.”

Vladyka agreed. “Our need is for direct

patient care,” she said. “The end-of-life

patient care, that’s a real need for us.”

In the time it has been open, the hos-

pice has hosted 15 residents, ranging from

some who died within hours of being

moved there, to one who was there for

more than seven months. Residents came

from throughout the area covered by

Haynes House, including Granville,

Whitehall, Bomoseen, Poultney, Salem,

and towns as far away as Lake George and

Saratoga Springs.

Still, there are times the house cannot

accommodate everyone who meets the

admission requirements.

Part of that comes because Haynes

House is a “comfort-care home,” rather

than a formal hospice. A home like Haynes

House is limited to two beds, and a con-

tinuing lack of volunteers sometimes

makes it impossible to have two residents

at once.

So there are times people wonder why

someone got in and someone else did not.

“We have very specific rules for admis-

sion, and sometimes people don’t appreci-

ate how tough it can be for Janelle to make

those decisions,” Vladyka said. “We have

specific rules we need to follow, and there

are times it comes down to deciding

between people who both meet the qualifi-

cations.”

While more than 150 volunteers have

worked at the house over the two years,

only one-fifth of those work directly with

residents.

“It’s a hard thing, because some people

want to help, but they are not comfortable

working with residents,” Clark said. “We

appreciate everyone who helps. We could

not be here without them, but we do need

those who can work care shifts.”

The atmosphere is very homey. Visiting

and sitting at the dining-room table seems

just like visiting a friend’s home. Clark is

quick to point out that while the residents

are there for end-of-life care, there are some

positive times.

“People who come here are not always

very, very sick,” she said. “Some of very

full of life. They like to laugh, and they

like to fool around. Not everything here is

depression and seriousness.”

Fund-raising ideas neededOne other thing Clark said Haynes

House needs are some updated fund-

raising ideas.

“We are always looking for new

ideas,” she said. “Our popular events

are declining. We need to change

things up a little.”

Attendance at the annual music fes-

tival has dropped off a great deal, and

even the annual dinner dance did not

do as well as it has in the past.

Clark said one idea is to have fund-

raising events outside the Granville

area. “We serve a large region,” she

said. “We’d like to reach out to those

areas to raise funds.”

For further information on Haynes

House, please call 642-8155 or email to

hhayneshouseof @ roadrunner.com.

Haynes House of Hope after two years

Janelle Clark

What are the admissions criteria for the House of Hope?

The following people were

winners of the Castleton Lions’

Club scholarship tickets. They

are:

Week 1: Kurt Diercksen, $100;

Jay Brown, $50; Si Loomis, $25;

and Peter Diercksen, $25.

Week 2: John O’Day, $100;

Heidi Cunningham, $50; Tracy

Cole, $25; and Jonathan

Mayhew, $25.

Week 3: Scott Welch, $100;

Sharon Lewis, $50; Racheal

Nichols, $25; and Mark

Lamourex, $25.

Week 4: Mark Price, $100;

Patricia Albin, $50; Steve Fish,

$25; and Peter Burhans, $25.

Week 5: Mary Riley, $100; Pat

Albin, $50; Chloe Brough, $25;

and Bruce Milo, $25.

Week 6: Mary Jo Knapp, $100;

Cathy Monty, $50; Maureen

O’Day, $25; and Bruce Young,

$25.

Week 7: Andrea Gabert, $100;

Jeff Larson, $50; Alan Hurd,

$25; and Jeff Flint, $25.

Week 8: Terry Pritchard,

$100; James Gillan, $50; Harry

Broomer, $25; and Dave

Schroeder, $25.

Week 9: Shauna Lee, $100;

Kathy Jensen, $50; Jack Gaither,

$25; and Mary Jo Knapp, $25.

The Lions thank the commu-

nity for its continued support

of this program, which benefits

our area students.

Lions name drawing winners

Grace Church and Castleton

State College welcome

“Essence of Joy” from

Pennsylvania State University

School of Music. “Essence of

Joy”, directed by Tony Leach,

will present an upbeat concert

of African-American spiritu-

als and gospel music. The con-

cert will also feature Grace

Church Festival Choir,

Castleton State College

Collegiate Chorale, House

Blend and Mill River High

School’s Senior Chorus.

The performance will finish

with the combined ensembles

directed by Leach.

The concert will take place

Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m.,

at Grace Church, 8 Court St.,

Rutland.

A free-will offering will be

received. For more information,

please call the church office at

802-775-4301.

Essence of Joy concert at Grace Church

It pays to advertise in the Lakes Region Free Press


A course for adults and teens

on five Friday evenings in Lent

will be offered at St. Paul’s

Episcopal Church, in Wells. Each

session begins with a short video

presentation by the popular lec-

turer and historian Phyllis Tickle,

who will consider how

Christianity has changed through

the centuries. Participants will

be invited to respond by discuss-

ing what might lie ahead for

Christians in the years ahead.

The first session of the course

takes place in St. Paul’s Parish

House beginning at 5:30 pm on

Friday, March 2. The next four

sessions will be on the Fridays

following. Each session begins

with a simple meal of soup and

bread and ends with the brief

service of prayer (Compline).

People of all faith traditions and

those who may be seeking are

welcome. For more information

or to register for the series, please

call The Rev. William Davidson at

518-499-1850. The church is locat-

Wells church offers Lenten discussion

Vermont Actors’ Repertory

Theatre presents two one-act

plays, “Save Me a Place at Forest

Lawn” and “Lemonade” as part

of a collaboration with

the Chaffee Art Center’s 2012:

Women in the Arts on March 2

and 3 at 7:30 p.m. and March 4

at 2:00 p.m. at

the Chaffee Art Center, 16 South

Main St., Rutland.

“Save Me a Place at Forest

Lawn” by Lorees Yerby is a

small but perceptive slice of

the lives of two elderly women

as they lunch at a cafeteria and

face the uncertain interval of

life still remaining.

“Lemonade” by James

Prideaux features a pair of

elderly matrons who seek

relief from the boredom of

middle age by selling spiked

lemonade to highway travelers.

The two trade drinks and their

fantasies to brighten their dull

lives. The Vermont Actors’

Repertory production will be

done in an intimate gallery set-

ting and seating is limited to 45

per performance.

Playwright James Prideaux

was born in South Bend, Ind..

He was educated at Ball State

University, in Muncie, Ind., and

University of Michigan. A reg-

ular contributor to Playboy

Magazine, he was a writer of

CBS’s “Secret Storm” for two

years. Prideaux’s TV credits

include “Mrs. Lincoln’s

Husband” on NBC’s

“ S a n d b u r g ’ s

Lincoln”; “Lemonade”; “The

Last of Mrs. Lincoln” on

Hollywood Television Theatre

and “Return Engagement,”

Hallmark Hall of Fame. He

received the New York Drama

Desk Award as “Most

Promising Playwright 1972-73.”

L o r e e s

Yerby saw Greenwich

Village in NYC as a place to

live and work. She found jobs

as assistant writer for CBS in

1952, copywriter for MacMillan

and a free lance reader. In

April of 1951, she was a contes-

tant on “Your Big Moment”

with Mike Dutton, a producer

who asked her for a date. They

were married in 1954

in Vermont. In 1963 “Save Me

a Place at Forest Lawn”

appeared. It is her best-known

work. An accomplished writer

of short stories, plays, screen-

plays and novels, Lorees

received a Guggenheim Grant

in 1976 for the “Our Fathers”

about the pillars of democra-

cy. “Save Me a Place at Forest

Lawn” was filmed

for NET starring Maureen

Stapleton and Eileen Eckhart

– both won Emmys.

The directors are Ilene

Blackman of Ira and Sandra

Gartner of Rutland. Both are

also the company’s producing

directors. The actors in the

production are Eileen Koch

and Elizabeth Humpreys

in “Save Me a Place at Forest

Lawn” and Louise DeCormier

and Winnie Denis in

“Lemonade.”

The play is stage-managed

by Wendy Savery. The proper-

ties design is by Tom Brown,

costume design is by Jennifer

Usher, technical direction is by

Doug Yaremchuk and graphic

design is by Lyz Tomsuden.

For this production Vermont

Actors’ Repertory is collabo-

rating with the Chaffee Art

Center. This collaboration was

made possible by a grant from

the Vermont Chapter of the

National Museum of Women in

the Arts, as well as sponsor-

ships by KeyBank, Carris

Reels, and Celebration Rentals.

Reservations for just the

plays are available by calling

the Paramount Box Office at

802-775-0903. Tickets will be

sold at the door of the

Chaffee Art Center at all per-

formances. Tickets are $15 for

general admission. Seating is

limited. For more information

about Vermont Actors’

Repertory Theatre see www.

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One-act plays coming to Chaffee Arts Center in Rutland“Lemonade” by James Prideaux features a pair of elderly matrons who seek relief from the boredom of middle age by selling spiked lemonade to highway travelers.

In honor of the 25th anni-

versary of the National

Museum of Women in the

Arts, the Vermont committee

highlights the work of women

in the arts in the state

of Vermont by holding events

around the state that feature

and promotes the work of cre-

ative women.

The Chaffee Art Center and

Vermont Actors’ Repertory

Theatre have created 2012:

Women in the Arts, a month

long series of events featuring

exhibits, performances, and a

workshop by Vermont women

artists.

The art exhibit features the

works of 11 women artists:

Miriam Adams, Betty Atwood,

Anna Ayres, Linda Durkee,

Susan Farrow, Juliana

Cassino Fechter, Kerry O.

Furlani, Lois Macuga, Hilary

Neroni, Athena Petra

Tasiopoulos, and Karla Van

Vliet. These artists come from

all corners of Vermont and

their work is varied in medi-

ums. The exhibit will be at

Chaffee Art Center.

Also at the Chaffee ...

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Seniors recently elected Dr.

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directors. Dr. Wright has been a

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Mount Saint Joseph

Academy’s popular arts

series, “Uniquely MSJ,” will

feature guest Sandra M.

Levesque on Feb. 29 with a

discussion of her book “Under

a Fig Tree” and a recent book

release about tropical storm

Irene’s devastation in

Vermont.

“Wrath of Irene,” co-edited

by Levesque, was released in

January and details the

destructive storm and the

community spirit that

Vermonters invoked to over-

come its challenges. Just five

months after Tropical Storm

Irene cut a devastating path

through much of

Vermont, more than 200 pages

and 250 photographs tell the

story of Irene and the White

River Watershed, one of the

hardest hit areas in the state.

The “Wrath of Irene” goes

beyond the storm’s flood and

destruction to record the spir-

it of “neighbors helping

neighbors” with the resilien-

cy and generosity that charac-

terize Vermont community.

Levesque, a 1964 MSJ grad,

will appear at the Bagley

Theater on Wed., Feb. 29, at 7

p.m. Levesque grew up in the

Italian neighborhood sur-

rounding MSJ. She is the

author of “Under a Fig Tree,”

a memoir that provides an

intimate account of the immi-

grant experience centering on

Rutland’s Italian-American

community. The book obvi-

ously has a special signifi-

cance for those with a connec-

tion to Rutland County, but

has found a much wider

national audience; it can even

be found at the Museum Gift

Shops of the Statue of Liberty

National Monument, Ellis

Island Immigration Museum,

and the Tenement Museum in

Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Admission for the evening

with Sandy Levesque is $10.

Tickets are available in

advance at MSJ, Book King,

Annie’s Book Stop, or at the

door.

Levesque’s appearance fol-

lows the inaugural program

on Feb. 1 when Uniquely MSJ

hosted an audience of well

over 125 people to hear

from best-selling author Mary

McGarry Morris, MSJ ’60.

She discussed, among other

things, the creative process

that she undertakes, the mak-

ing of two of her books into

films,and the influence of

MSJ teacher Walter Moore on

her career. The audience and

the author had a wonderful

dialogue, moderated by MSJ

drama director Jennifer

Bagley. Earlier in the day, Ms.

McGarry Morris had engaged

in a very interesting discus-

sion with MSJ students.

The series will continue

with a third Uniquely MSJ

event on Wednesday, March

21, featuring journalists Tony

Marro MSJ ’60, Nick Marro

’62, and A.J. Marro ’66.

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Katie Levasseur, Miss

Vermont 2011, will be the emcee

for “Mettawee Mania 2012, A

Talent Extravaganza” present-

ed by the Mettawee Community

PTO and directed by Rod

Hawkins. It is to be held at 7

p.m., Saturday, March 10 at the

Mettawee Community School.

Tickets are on sale now for

the community-wide, all-ages

talent show. They may be pur-

chased during school hours, 8

a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are $7 for

adults and $5 for seniors and

students (18 and under); for

more information please call

645-9009. In the past, the show

has featured performers from

third-graders to those in their

50s and they have come from as

far away as Whitehall, Hudson

Falls, Rutland, Lake Bomoseen

and Shaftsbury, as well as the

local region.

Each performer is given a

maximum of five minutes on

stage and the show typically

lasts two hours.

Proceeds from the event ben-

efit the Mettawee Community

School Parent Teacher

Organization. But the event is

not a school function. Instead

it’s a community event held at

the school.

“It’s a good opportunity to

see something different. People

really seem to enjoy it. It’s a lot

of fun,” Hawkins said.

'Mettawee Mania 2012' is just around the corner

Don’t forget to mark Sat.,

March 10, on your calendars.

Poultney High School Classes

of 2013 and 2016 will be hav-

ing their second annual bas-

ket raffle. Doors will open at

11 a.m., and the drawing will

begin at 1 p.m. Admission

tickets are $5 a sheet and each

additional sheet of tickets

will be $2. Additionally, a

Kindle Fire and a 42-inch

Sanyo flat screen TV will be

raffled off. You may purchase

these tickets ahead of time

from any 8th- or 11th-grader.

You may also purchase raffle

tickets the day of the raffle.

Tickets for the Kindle Fire

and the TV are $5 apiece or

five for $20. You do not need to

be present to win either of

these prizes.

If you need more informa-

tion or would like to donate

toward the basket raffle,

please contact Kendra Grenier

at 802- 287-5861 or email kend-

[email protected].

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The glitz and glamour of the

Oscars comes to Manchester on

Sunday, Feb. 26, when the

HotChocolate Society hosts its

celebrated Oscar Party at the

Wilburton Inn.

The Academy Awards will be

broadcast on multiple screens

while guests

enjoy and eve-

ning of food,

specialty cock-

tails and fun.

Guests can be

winners as well,

as there will be

awards for the

b e s t - d r e s s e d

woman, man,

and couple.

The event

begins at 5 p.m.

with a pre-show

reception featur-

ing a selection

of Vermont’s

artisanal chees-

es from Taylor

F a r m ,

B l y t h e d a t e

Farm, Grafton

Village Cheese and Woodcock

Farm. Fresh breads and

Vermont Gold Burgers from

Earth-Sky-Time Farm, as well

as vegetables and hors d’oeuvres

will accompany the cheeses. For

those over 21, the reception will

include a complimentary cock-

tail from the Oscar Bar.

Following the reception,

there will be Culinary Awards,

which will feature passed bites

and food stations by local chefs.

“Best Savory Bite” and “Best

Sweet Bite” will be awarde by a

jury of local food professionals.

J.K. Adams Kitchen Store will

provide all awards.

Chefs competing in the

Culinary Awards include Jason

Corrigan of The Grafton Inn;

Gene Rowley and Natasha

Littrell from Crazy Russian

Girls Bakery; Henry Bronson

from Bistro Henry; Dina

Bronson of Dina’s Vermont

Baking Company; Constance

Sturgis of Graze at Manchester;

Victor Tirrito of Fior D’Italia;

Didier Cazaudumec of the

Wilburton Inn; Ana DiTursi of

Ana’s Empanadas; and Nancy

DeBona of Crackers-Crepes &

Crisps.

“The Oscar

Party celebrates

the many talents

from Hollywood,

indie-wood, and

foreign lands

that make mov-

ies,” said orga-

nizer Michael

Ellenbogen.

The event

also features an

Oscar Pool.

Every guest will

receive the

Oscar ballot by

email prior to

the event, which

must be

returned no

later than 11:59

p.m. on Saturday,

Feb. 25. Winners

will be announced and prizes

awarded following the announce-

ment of Best Picture.

The HotChocolate Society is

an event planning company with

a passion for culture, social par-

ties and chocolate that started in

New York City in January 2007

with a HotChocolate Bowl on

Super Bowl Sunday. It soon fol-

lowed with its first Oscar Party.

The group’s events aspire to

gather people together and

introduce them to fine choco-

lates and the talented chefs and

chocolatiers who create them.

Tickets for the Oscar Party

are $55 at the door and $45 in

advance online at http://theho-

tchocolatesociety.com. Ticket

includes food, a complimentary

cocktail, chocolate and the

chance to win prizes. For more

information, call Michael or

Carolina Ellenbogen at (802)768-

8598.

Oscar Party Sunday

at Wilburton Inn

By Edie Mach

A benefit spaghetti dinner for

Laycee, who is a “micro pree-

mie” at Albany Medical Center

fighting for her life. The dinner

is Feb. 25 at the West Pawlet

Firehouse from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

It will include spaghetti, with or

without meat sauce, salad, roll,

drink and dessert. the cost is $7

for adults and $4 for children.

For more information call

Shannon Landon 645-0158.

Running starCongratulations to Alicia

Clark, for earning a full scholar-

ship to UVM . This girl is one we

are all so proud of, winning on

academics and athletics. Alicia

is No. 1 in her class, and last fall

she became the first Granville

athlete to qualify for a national

level competition in any sport.

She is also Granville High

School’s most accomplished stu-

dent. Her grades and the fact

that she lives in Pawlet earned

her a “Green and Gold” scholar-

ship; I hope every one read the

full story in the Free Press. We

are all so proud of Alicia!

Fine art on displayThe work of Tom Torak,

one of Pawlet’s finest artists,

will be at Southern Vermont

Art Center until March 19. The

gallery is open from 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday

and on Sundays from noon to 5

p.m. This is a trip you really

must take. Most of us will not

be bringing one home but you

will be amazed at the fine

work.

Town meetingTown meeting is March 5 at

the Mettawee Community

School at 7:30 p.m. and voting

is at the Town Hall on March 6

from 9 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Mania time!Mettawee Mania is 7 p.m. at

the Mettawee Community

School on March 10. You can

get tickets at the door.

Green Mountain Seniors of Wells presented Our Neighbors’ Table with a check for $500 to purchase a new freezer for the food cupboard. Charlotte Combs is handing the check to Michelle Bates. For information on the new food cupboard call 802-645-0934 or 802-325-3578.

Neighbors news: Pawlet and W. Pawlet

‘... The Oscar Party celebrates the many talents from Hollywood, indie-wood, and foreign lands that make movies.’

Michael Ellenbogen, event organizer

The candidates for Castleton

Select Board are available to

meet the voters on Wednesday,

Feb. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Federated

Church in Castleton.

Meet the voters

in CastletonWells Mission Teacup Auction coming

On Friday, March 9, the

Wells United Methodist

Mission Group will hold a

Teacup Auction at the Modern

Woodmen’s Hall.

The doors will open at 5:30

p.m. Drawings will begin at

6:45 p.m. There will be over 400

items, including grocery and

personal items, and home

baked goods.

There will also be a small

silent auction.

An envelope of 10 tickets

costs one dollar. Skip supper:

Refreshments will be available

for purchase, including ice

cream.

Monday, Feb.27: Chicken-n-

biscuit, mashed potatoes, brus-

sels sprouts, sugar cookies.

Tuesday, Feb. 28: Meatloaf

with brown sauce, mashed pota-

toes, carrots and turnips, oat-

meal bread, chocolate pudding.

Wednesday, Feb, 29:

Birthday lunch; chicken mar-

sala, rice pilaf, winter mixed

vegetables, dinner roll, birth-

day cake.

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