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Don't swim hereJune 11,2014
We would appreciate it if The Times Argus would print this warning about the danger of the swimming hole on our property in Putnamville, just south of Worcester village, known as the Putnamville Falls.
Saturday an adult man drowned at the falls after spending the day there with friends and family. The only blessing in this tragedy is that his 10-year-old stepson, who was also caught in the current under the falls, at the same time, survived. But the events of Saturday resulted in this family and their friends losing a partner, a father and stepfather and a friend. Their lives are now irreparably changed by tragedy.
This is the second time my husband has pulled a drowning victim out of the falls awaiting the arrival of rescue squads and state police, and my first. Having multiple people lose their lives in separate traumatic events on your property is impossible to describe and, sadly, has become a part of our sense of home. This feeling for us will never compare to the tragedy and loss experienced by the family members of those who have drowned here. Our hearts are with this family and their friends. We will never forget what happened to them here and the impact it will have on their lives.
We've made great efforts to keep people from coming to the falls over the years, spreading the word that the falls is closed to swimming, posting "No trespassing" and "Danger" signs, which are torn down, to writing letters to the Wrightsville Reservoir beach, where many people access the falls by kayaking or canoeing up the reservoir and river and then onto our property to access the falls, asking them to remind people it's a very dangerous place. None of these has made much difference. People still come to the falls, to swim, party or just hang out. They may or may not understand that they're trespassing or that there's very dangerous currents in the pools of the falls that have taken multiple lives.
We feel a strong need to be clear about the falls after this latest tragedy. Most importantly, this is not a safe place to swim, to bring children to, or to party at. Both of the pools at the falls have a very strong circular current that sucks a swimmer in and traps them underwater. The location of this current changes with the rising and falling water levels of the river, making it unpredictable to even those who feel familiar with it. Every summer there are incidents of people getting caught in this current. Most of them are pulled out safely or get out of it on their own. Others do not, and they lose their lives.
Please don't come to the Putnamville Falls. There are many beautiful places to swim and hang out in central Vermont that are safe and public. The falls is not one of them. It's surrounded by the private property of the homeowners of Putnamville. These events happen in our yards and backyards. We recognize that navigable waterways in Vermont are public domain. The falls is not a navigable waterway.
For those people who come to the falls from the Wrightsville Reservoir, we request that you stay well below the falls, their pools and the rock outcroppings that surround them, in the flat and safe area where the river ends as it approaches the falls to the north. We are recommitted to asking anyone who comes onto our property to access the falls to leave, and we ask central Vermont residents to understand and respect this.
Richard and Genevieve Drutchas
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Proud day for BarreJanuary 31,2013
Barre had a good day Wednesday. There was consensus that City Place, the vision of Mayor Thomas Lauzon, has become the springboard for the next stage of the citys renaissance.
Despite the necessary glad-handing and photo ops with leaders in hard hats, Wednesday mornings groundbreaking actually secured many of the citys hopes and dreams for the near future. Concerns that City Place might not happen vaporized. The groundbreaking brought home not only how important the project is for Barres Main Street, it reiterated just how much Main Street remains the backbone of any viable community.
Gov. Peter Shumlin made a point of explaining how Barres reinvestment in its downtown in such a profound way was actually unique among developments taking place across the nation. He suggested Barres revitalization is the envy of other communities, many of which are hoping the model for progress can be re-created along other struggling Main Streets.
Shumlin praised Lauzon and city officials for their dogged pursuit to keep City Place in play; Lauzon praised Shumlin and state leaders for providing opportunities (including promises of jobs) and support. Praise was given to the buildings tenants, as well as the scores of individuals who made the bricks, mortar, steel and financing a reality. Politics certainly play a role in ventures of this magnitude, yet the right dealmakers were able to strike a balance for both the short and long term. It was obvious City Place was a win for all.
Now, over the next year and a half, the actual measure of the citys success will be determined by the progress of the 80,000-square-foot City Place, which is scheduled to be completed in spring 2014. Its construction by DEW Properties LLC of Williston will stand as a daily reminder of how a community, a state, and countless citizens and leaders believed that a four-story building was the key to the economic development and long-term sustainability of a city that has spent too long looking down at its feet.
Lauzon used Wednesdays ceremony to point to Barres growing community pride through a series of telling examples: the continued success of the granite industry; a series of recent building developments filling Main Street; the completion of the Big Dig; as well as the new campus for the Central Vermont Community Action Council. Each of these represents jobs, as does City Place, which points to economic growth and more development, vision and change.
Barres leaders would not take no for an answer. City Manager Steve Mackenzie and others kept the vision in line and on task. When obstacles and there were many were presented, the city showed the courage to come up with creative ways to proceed, be it through financing, planning or partnering.
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Nationwide Preview for Daytona International Speedway
July 2, 2013
NASCAR Nationwide Series News and Notes
Race: Firecracker 250
Date: Friday, July 5, 2013
Location: Daytona International Speedway
RCR's NASCAR Nationwide Series History at Daytona ... In 52 previous NASCAR Nationwide Series appearances at Daytona International Speedway, RCR has five wins at the famed restrictor-plate track, including victories in July 2010 and Feb. 2002 with Dale Earnhardt, Jr., wins with Clint Bowyer in July 2009, Kevin Harvick in Feb. 2007 and most recently with Tony Stewart in February 2013. RCR has 25 top-five and 36 top-10 finishes at Daytona International Speedway, along with two poles (Bowyer in July 2009 and Harvick in July 2005).
Averages ... RCR boasts an average starting position of 10.6 and an average finishing position of 9.9 among all Nationwide Series races the organization has contested at DIS. RCR drivers have completed 98.9 percent of the laps attempted at the 2.5-mile speedway (5,776 of 5,839 laps), with 469 laps led.
RCR in the NNS ... In 914 Nationwide Series starts through the last 15 years, Richard Childress Racing has earned 65 wins, 307 top-five, 511 top-10 finishes and 47 pole awards with a 12th-place average starting position and an average finishing position of 12.5 among all races contested. RCR earned the Nationwide Series driver point championships in 2001 and 2006 with Harvick and in 2008 with Clint Bowyer. The Welcome, N.C.-based team earned the owner's title in 2003 with Johnny Sauter and Harvick, and again in 2007 with Jeff Burton and Scott Wimmer.
The Season So Far ... In the 15 races contested this season, RCR has earned one win in the Nationwide Series, with Tony Stewart at Daytona International Speedway, along with 10 top-five and 23 top-10 finishes. Austin Dillon has earned five pole awards at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Michigan International Speedway and Kentucky Speedway, setting the all-time pole award record in the Nationwide Series with four consecutive poles. The organization has led 496 laps in 2013.
Get to the Points ... Austin Dillon is ranked fifth in the Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, trailing point leader Regan Smith by 20 markers, while Brian Scott is ninth, 55 points out of the lead. In the Nationwide Series owner championship point standings, the No. 3 Chevrolet team ranks seventh, while the No. 33 team ranks eighth and the No. 2 team ranks 13th.
Social Media ... To keep up-to-date with the latest news, information and to view exclusive content, visit RCR's Twitter page - @RCRracing, RCR's NASCAR Nationwide Series team Twitter pages - @RCR2BScott, @RCR3ADillon and @RCR33NNS, RCR's NNS driver Twitter pages - @BScottRacing, @AustinDillon3, and @TyDillon and the official Facebook fan pages - facebook.com/BScottRacing, facebook.com/austindillon3 and facebook.com/TyDillonMotorsports.
Catch the Action ... Flag-to-flag coverage of the Daytona250 will be televised on ESPN beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 5 and broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Satellite Radio.
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This Week's Rain X®/Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet at Daytona International Speedway ... This week, Brian Scott and the No. 2 Rain-X®/Advance Auto Parts crew hits Daytona Beach for night racing at The World Center of Speed. Scott will pilot chassis No. 499 from the Richard Childress Racing Nationwide Series stable in the Firecracker 250. This workhorse made three superspeedway starts in 2012 having earned one pole (Talladega Superspeedway), one top five and three top-10 finishes.
Scott's Daytona Past ... The Boise, Idaho-native has seven starts at the 2.5-mile track, notching his best start of ninth in this event last July, and best finish of sixth with five-laps led in the season opener. Additionally, the 25-year-old Nationwide Series competitor has two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the famed superspeedway, where he led four laps and earned a ninth-place finish in the 2009 event.
Beating the Rain ... The Nationwide Series has battled the weather elements each weekend for the last month. Therefore, the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing team has come prepared to battle the rain. Scott will pilot the yellow and blue Rain-X®/Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Friday evening. For the second-consecutive year, the automotive aftermarket leader in water repellency and wiper blades joins RCR for on track excitement. Rain-X® has provided drivers with products to help them outsmart the elements. With products such as Original Glass Treatment™ water beading technology, Wiper Blades and Glass Cleaners; Rain-X® leads the automotive aftermarket in glass care.
Meet Brian Scott ... Fans can meet the driver of the Rain-X®/Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet on Wednesday afternoon. Scott will be signing autographs at the Advance Auto Parts located at 1309 Beville Rd. Daytona Beach, Fla., beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Race fans will have the chance to win Rain X® prizes and race weekend gear.
Saluting America ... This weekend in Daytona, Rain-X® and Advance Auto Parts will "salute" America and military families by participating in NASCAR's American Salute program. In a patriotic initiative to unite the NASCAR industry to celebrate America and support our military and their families, the No. 2 Rain-X®/Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro will feature patriotic red, white and blue colors.
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Make it Rain with Nationwide Insurance ... Friday night, Scott and his competitors will not only vie for victory, but qualify for Nationwide Insurance's "Dash 4 Cash". If Scott finishes among the top four Nationwide Series regulars, he will have the chance to compete for a $100,000 bonus next Saturday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Follow Along ... Follow Rain-X® and Advance Auto Parts on twitter @OfficialRainX and @AdvanceAuto as well as on facebook at facebook.com/RainXOfficial and facebook.com/advanceautoparts.
How is racing at Daytona (International Speedway) in July different than February? "Each superspeedway race this season we've had really cool temperatures. In the Nationwide Series we're still able to tandem draft, therefore the cooler temperatures allow us to draft for much longer, giving us a greater benefit. Where it really pays off and you break away from the pack is by being able to do it for multiple laps. When we go back this week, we probably won't be able to hold the tandem draft as long. If you can't do that you'll see a lot more pack racing, making it a different complexion of a superspeedway race."
What do you have to do special to stay cool in Daytona? "Be lucky or wear your lucky socks... Superspeedway racing is always about making it to the end. There's so little that depends on handling. The draft is such an equalizer, so as long as you have the basics of a good motor and body you have a shot to win. Namesake comes into play, those who are known to be there at the end will always have someone to go with them. For someone like myself it's always a chess match, you have to make friends throughout the race in order to be in contention."
Austin Dillon
No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's AdvoCare Chevrolet at Daytona International Speedway ... Austin Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 128 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable. This is the same Chevrolet Dillon drove to a 10th-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway in May.
Dillon at Daytona International Speedway ... Dillon has three previous Nationwide Series starts at Daytona International Speedway, finishing fifth in February 2012, fourth in July 2012 and 21st in February 2013. He also made his Daytona 500 debut in this year's Great American Race and has two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the track.
The Season So Far ... According to NASCAR's Loop Data Season-to-Date Statistics, Dillon leads the Nationwide Series in Average Starting Position (4.4), ranks second in laps in the Top-15 (88.2 percent), has led the second-most laps (336), ranks fourth in Fastest Laps Run (139), fourth in Average Running Position (9.671) maintains the fourth-best Driver Rating (99.5) and is the fourth-Fastest Driver on Restarts (8.733). He currently ranks fifth in the driver championship point standings, 20 markers behind leader Regan Smith.
AdvoCare in Red, White and Blue ... Dillon and the RCR team will sport a special red, white and blue "American Salutes" scheme in recognition of Spark, one of the most popular products of award-winning premier health and wellness company AdvoCare, on the No. 3 Chevrolet at Daytona International Speedway. AdvoCare offers nutrition, weight loss, energy and sports performance products of the highest quality developed through comprehensive research and backed by a Scientific and Medical Advisory Board. Dillon trains with AdvoCare products throughout the week and is a distributor as well. For more information about Dillon's favorite products, including Spark, Rehydrate, meal replacement bars and Post-Workout Recovery, visit http://www.AdvoCare.com.
AdvoCare Supporting the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma ... If Dillon wins this weekend's Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway, AdvoCare will make a $5,000 donation to the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma. The health and wellness company will pledge $2,000 to CIPT for a top-five finish and $1,000 for a top-10 finish. So far this season, the No. 3 team has raised $12,000 towards the cause. The Childress Institute invests resources in research, education and awareness to improve the treatment for critically injured children in the U.S. and AdvoCare's generous donations are aimed at helping to raise awareness for pediatric trauma, the No. 1 killer of children in America. You can help save the lives of injured children by making a contribution to the Childress Institute in two ways: donate $33 in honor of Dillon via his website, or text WIN to 80077 to make a $10 donation.
Show Me the Money ... As one of four Nationwide Insurance Dash 4 Cash Qualifying drivers, Dillon will sport a blue spoiler on his Chevrolet Camaro Friday and will win a $100,000 bonus if he finishes ahead of fellow contenders Elliott Sadler, Kyle Larson and Brian Vickers this weekend. Furthermore, if Dillon is one of the four highest finishing fulltime Nationwide Series championship point contenders at Daytona, he will have another chance at a $100,000 bonus at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Other races in the D4C program include Chicagoland Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where one driver could win a Million dollars (*by winning all four D4C races plus a $600,000 bonus for winning Indianapolis race outright). Fans have the opportunity to participate in the action by entering the Nationwide Series $100,000 Sweepstakes at www.nascar.com/dash4cash.
Meet Dillon ... Dillon is scheduled to participate in the Nationwide Series autograph Session on Friday, July 5 from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. in the Sprint Fan Zone in the Daytona International Speedway Infield.
What did you learn about these cars at Daytona International Speedway and that style of racing in February? "You can be leading or running 25th on the last lap and you don't know where you're going to end up. It's just wild racing. It's a tight pack where anything can happen. You see a little bit of pushing and a little bit of tandem drafting, but with it being hotter at Daytona International Speedway in July than it is in February, I think you will see less tandem drafting and more pack racing. You never know what can happen with that big pack."
Where do you want to be on that last lap? "I want to be out front. I think that's the best place to be, and leading the pack. Or actually ... probably about the second or third tandem if it's tandem at the end then you want to be in the second or third one and have that run coming off of turn four."
Do you enjoy restrictor plate racing, whether it's at Daytona or Talladega? "I think you have to. It is fun while you're doing it., it's just a big time bummer when you wreck after you have a good day and a fast car."
Ty Dillon
No. 33 Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet at Daytona International Speedway ... Ty Dillon will pilot chassis No. 123 from the Richard Childress Racing stable in Friday's NASCAR Nationwide Series event. Tony Stewart drove this RCR Chevrolet to victory lane in the Nationwide Series season-opener at Daytona
Daytona Nuggets ... Friday's 100-lap affair marks Dillon's first appearance at Daytona International Speedway in the Nationwide Series. Although, Dillon has made two starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the historic 2.5-mile superspeedway earning top 10 finishes in both events.
Pizza Pie ... Dillon will sport the colors of Hunt Brothers Pizza as the Nationwide Series heads to the Sunshine State. With more than 6,800 locations in 28 states, Hunt Brothers® Pizza is the nation's largest brand of made-to-order pizza in the convenience store industry. Perfect for today's on-the-go lifestyle, Hunt Brothers Pizza offers original and thin crust pizzas with All Toppings No Extra Charge®, breakfast pizzas, plus Hunt Brothers® Wings and WingBites®. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Hunt Brothers Pizza is family owned and operated with 50 years of experience in offering all of the food products, marketing programs, equipment and training for convenience stores to operate their own turnkey pizza program. For more information, visit huntbrotherspizza.com.
Luau with Hunt Brothers ... In honor of their first-ever Hawaiian Pizza, Hunt Brothers Pizza is sending a family of four on a five-night Hawaiian vacation that includes airfare, hotel accommodations, a helicopter tour of the island and more. Contests participates can enter to win the once-of-a-lifetime vacation experience at huntbrotherspizza.com. All online entries must be received by August 31, 2013 to be eligible to win.
Winner, Winner ... Dillon earned the victory last weekend in the Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway. The 21-year-old drove through the field from the 22nd position and passed NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, Kyle Busch, for the lead on lap 125. Never looking back, Dillon took the checkered flag in the Bluegrass State marking his first Truck Series win of the 2013 season.
Meet Dillon ... Fans will have the opportunity to meet Dillon at the Nationwide Series driver autograph session on Friday, July 5 beginning at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The autograph session will be located in the Fan Zone in the infield of Daytona International Speedway under the Goodyear awning.
It's been a few weeks since you've run in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. What are your thoughts heading into this Friday night's race? "I'm really looking forward to racing in the Nationwide Series race this weekend in Daytona. I'm honored to be able to race the Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevy with the No. 33 team. I haven't raced at Daytona in a Nationwide (Series) car before, but I've made quite a few laps there in the (NASCAR Camping World) Truck Series. With Ernie's experience calling the shots, I know we'll have a fast car and can compete upfront."


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A little pampering for moms-to-be
By Pure Matters
You treat yourself to some gentle exercise a few days a week. You make sure to get enough sleep. And you're devoted to taking your prenatal supplement. What else can you do to treat yourself right during your pregnancy?
Many spas now offer pampering treatments designed especially for moms-to-be, and some -- including Becoming Mom in Mason, Ohio; Mama Spa in New York City; and MaSpa at Ocean Oasis in Santa Monica, California -- are devoted exclusively to new moms and women who are expecting.
Prenatal treatments help you relax, ease backache, and relieve other discomforts, says obstetrician Lisa Masterson, MD, founder of MaSpa. To make sure your indulgence is safe, she and other experts suggest these precautions.
Avoid heat. Saunas, steam rooms, hot tubs, and body wraps raise the body's core temperature, which is dangerous to your baby. Say no, too, to any treatment that applies heat to the abdomen or your back/hip area.
Be gentle. Insist on mild products, like unscented grapeseed massage oil or fine sugar for a body scrub. During pregnancy, skin may be especially sensitive, and ingredients such as essential oils can cause itching, burning, and breakouts.
Ask for modified massage. Soothing strokes to your back, shoulders, and legs are safe while lying on your side or seated and leaning forward on cushions. But don't lie flat on your back for prolonged periods after the first trimester. Lying facedown on a special pregnancy table, which has a netted opening in the middle that supports your belly, may be fine early in pregnancy. After five months, however, this position can strain ligaments in your midsection.
Check her skills. Your massage therapist should be certified in prenatal massage and know to avoid pressure points in the lower legs, ankles, and hands, which are thought to stimulate the reproductive organs and bring on labor.
Now it's time for the TLC!
Source: http://resources.purematters.com/healthy-body/pregnancy/a-little-pampering-for-moms-to-be


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AJ Bombers, Comet Cafe, Frank's Diner, Saloon on Calhoun on bacon show Dec. 30
With stops in Milwaukee, Brookfield and Kenosha, the premiere of "United States of Bacon" on Dec. 30 on the Destination America channel should look familiar.
The show stops at AJ Bombers downtown for a look at the Barrie Burger -- with peanut butter and bacon -- and at Comet Cafe on the east side for its bacon-wrapped meatloaf sandwich and bacon-cheddar apple pie. It takes in the Saloon on Calhoun in Brookfield for bacon happy hour and bacon-wrapped pork "wings." »Read Full Blog Post
Rusty Chain Cafe a coffee bar on wheels
Rusty Chain Cafe photo »Read Full Blog Post
Wilson Center announces new Guitar Competition and Festival for Aug. 15 to 17
A total of $22,000 worth of cash prizes and a show by Phil Collins' lead guitarist, Milwaukee native Daryl Stuermer are among the highlights for the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts' first Guitar Competition & Festival, taking place Aug. 15 to 17.
Juiced! juice truck will open a store on Farwell
A little more than a year after his Juiced! Mobile Juice Bar first hit the streets of Milwaukee, Jason Lannoch will be opening a shop at 1749 N. Farwell Ave.
He will sell bottled juices at the store, which previously was Sphinx coffee bar, and PJ's Subs before that. »Read Full Blog Post
New Milwaukee show announcements for John Medeski, Sammy Adams and Ghost B.C.
Rapper Sammy Adams and mysterious metal group Ghost B.C. (until recently known simply as Ghost in the U.S.) are coming to Turner Hall Ballroom April 15 and May 15, respectively.
Video: See Jim James perform with the Roots on "Fallon"
Jim James' new album "Regions of Light and Sound of God" is a solo effort, his first, but the My Morning Jacket had a ton of support--21 musicians in fact, including the Roots--when he performed '50s-style love song "A New Life" on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" last night.
Alas, James isn't going to have that kind of support when he performs at the Pabst Theater April 19. But with My Morning Jacket, he's an excellent showman - local MMJ shows made my favorite Milwaukee concerts list the past two years. And "God," which is out today, is a wonderful listen. »Read Full Blog Post
Tony Matelli talks about his process
If you look around, there's a sort of quiet, cosmic war going on all around us. You can see it in the cracks of a sidewalk, on attic junk and down the gradual sag of a face. It's our effort against the beat of time. And it seems to be what, at least in part, Tony Matelli is exploring in his sculptural work at the Green Gallery East.
From the outside of the exhibition space, it may seem like you missed the opening night by a few years. Dusty mirrors propped against walls bear the handprints and doodles of bygone humans. Walking up to them for a moment almost channels a quieting, humanistic experience of a cave drawing. And it is then the liminal space you just trounced in on begins to move into focus. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Miranda Lambert to headline Wisconsin State Fair Aug. 11
Country-music queen Miranda Lambert will headline the Wisconsin State Fair's Main Stage on the final day of the 2013 fair's run.
The fair announced Tuesday that Lambert will perform at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 11, with The Farm opening. »Read Full Article(4)
Harley-Davidson Museum brings champion racers to Milwaukee
Milwaukee's Harley-Davidson Museum will host a number of champion motorcycle racers Feb. 22 at a public program called "Untold Stories: Built for Speed: The History & Evolution of Harley-Davidson Racing."
Three-time and defending NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Eddie Krawiec of the Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines drag racing team and Andrew Hines will be part of the event. »Read Full Article
On Tap Today: Remembering Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters
Howlin' Wolf died in 1976, Muddy Waters in 1983, but there are musicians still around today who played with the blues legends, who are keeping their music alive today. Musicians like Jody Williams, a guitarist who played with Wolf, and Bob Margolin, Waters' guitarist for seven years, and Grammy winner James Cotton, who played with both Wolf and Waters.
Those three musicians, as well as the Fabulous Thunderbirds and multi-instrumentalist Tinsley Ellis, come together for a special Wolf and Waters tribute show, "Blues at the Crossroads II." The show begins at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Potawatomi Bingo Casino's Northern Lights Theater. Tickets are $35 to $45 and available to purchase at the box office, by calling (800) 745-3000 and clicking here. »Read Full Blog Post


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Music Review: Young cellist, Vermont art wow VSO audienceBy Jim LoweAnthony Edwards / Staff Photo
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra performs at the Paramount Theatre on Sunday afternoon.
The Vermont Symphony Orchestras Sunday afternoon concert at Rutlands Paramount Theatre was full of beautiful music, and some gorgeous visual art as well, but theres no question as to who the star was.
Nineteen-year-old Cicely Parnas wowed the audience with a virtuosic and passionate performance of Edward Elgars brooding Cello Concerto in e minor, Opus 85. Parnas, a student of Sharon Robinson at the Cleveland Institute of Music, had no trouble with the virtuoso passages, delivering them with clarity and even finesse. The lyrical slow movement, Adagio, even achieved real tenderness, the most difficult emotion to convey musically as it requires vulnerability.
Missing though was the deep passion that resulted in a deliberateness in her expression in the more powerful passages, but this is achieved only with age and life experience. Parnas is certainly an artist to watch and enjoy.
The VSO and Music Director Jaime Laredo delivered the concertos rich accompaniment not only with sensitivity but deep expressive coloring throughout the orchestra. (The same program was presented on Saturday at Burlingtons Flynn Center.)
Color was also the theme of Zoltan Kodalys 1906 tone poem Summer Evening, not only for the hues of a Hungarian summer cited by the composer, but for the paintings projected above the orchestra during the performance. Four Vermont artists Fran Bull, Ruth Hamilton, Warren Kimble and Don Ross were commissioned by the VSO to create art inspired by this particular piece.
The results, abstract and colorful, were each beautiful in their own right, but the jury is still out as to whether the art was a distraction or complemented the musical experience. The VSO reported responses on both sides, and this reviewer had mixed feelings.
There can be no doubt, though, as to the colors in the music. An early work of Kodalys, lacking his later Bartók-like knottiness, the pastoral nature is underscored with a subtle sense of movement all brought out beautifully by Laredo and the VSO.
The major work, Mendelssohns Symphony No. 5 in d minor, Opus 107, was written only second of his five major symphonies but published last. Written when the composer was only 20, its not a masterpiece of the level of his more popular third (Scottish) and fourth symphonies Italian).
Still, count on Laredo and the VSO to bring out the sheer beauty of this work. Laredo, who has an affinity for Mendelssohn, in particular, delivered the deep and haunting lyricism of the slow movement, Andante. The final movement, Allegro maestoso, reveled in the joy of the Protestant hymn upon which it was based. Although not perfect, it was a compelling performance.
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The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will perform Mozarts Symphony No. 40, plus works of J.S. Bach, Phillip Glass and David Ludwig, with Jaime Laredo, conductor and violin; Jennifer Koh, violin; and Vinay Parameswaran, guest conductor: at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at Burlingtons Flynn Center; and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at Rutlands Paramount Theatre. For tickets or information, call 864-5741, ext. 10, or go online to www.vso.org.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryAs Rutland prepares to welcome Syrian refugees to its community, some are continuing to voice... Full Story
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In harm's way? Montpelier native's decision aboard Bounty subject of hearingsFile photo
This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C. on Oct. 29, 2012. One member of the HMS Bounty's crew died and the captain, Robin Walbridge of Montpelier, was never found.
On Oct. 25, 2012, Capt. Robin Walbridge, a Vermont native, left New London, Conn., with a small group aboard the 180-foot wooden sailing ship Bounty. The tall ship was built for the 1962 movie "Mutiny on the Bounty." Walbridge, 63, and his crew of 16 were headed "home" to St. Petersburg, Fla. The captain wanted to leave early so they could get a jump on a massive weather system coming from the south that forecasters had called "Frankenstorm."
His strategy failed. The ship lost power, putting the Bounty directly in the path of Hurricane Sandy.
The Bounty went down in the early hours of Oct. 29, 2012, about 90 miles off Cape Hatteras, N.C, in a treacherous and unpredictable area known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic," where the cold Labrador Current mixes with the warm water of the Gulf Stream.
The Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16 people aboard from 18-foot seas. Crew member Claudene Christian was found unresponsive 10 hours later, floating in the ocean in a survival suit, but she died later. Walbridge, who was educated and grew up in Montpelier but later moved to Florida, was never found. The Coast Guard ordered an investigation into what happened to the Bounty. The National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating the accident.
For months, a debate has been raging about Walbridge's decision to go to sea with a monster storm looming. At least three tall-sailing-ship captains have said they would not have tried that passage with Hurricane Sandy barreling northward.
Up until earlier this month, the surviving crew members have not publicly detailed what happened. But at a hearing earlier month that concluded Thursday, the details of Bounty's final voyage are emerging, along with some sharp criticism about the ship's seaworthiness and its crew's lack of experience.
The purpose of the hearing is to figure out what caused the Bounty to sink and how to prevent a similar event from happening. It will also examine if there was any misconduct, inattention to duty, negligence or willful violation of the law. Testimony is under oath.
What follows is excerpted coverage of the recent hearing in Portsmouth, Va., by Aaron Applegate of the Virginian-Pilot.
The issue
The Bounty had been taking on water for hours when Chief Mate John Svendsen told Capt. Robin Walbridge it was time to abandon ship.
Walbridge said they had more time.
The wooden sailboat was heeling in 20- to 30-foot seas. The crew stood on deck in survival suits awaiting orders. The lower part of the tall ship was flooded. Water had killed the two engines and two generators. Svendsen watched another wave rush over the ship's rail.
Again, he told the captain it was time to abandon ship. Walbridge, who had skippered the ship since 1995, said not yet.
Svendsen thrust his left arm into his survival suit to show it was time to go. Walbridge agreed, but just then a wave slammed the Bounty onto its side. The crew spilled into the water to fight for their lives.
Svendsen recently related what happened to the Bounty as part of the Coast Guard's investigation into the Oct. 29 sinking of the 180-foot ship that resulted in two deaths.
The hearing in a ballroom of the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel and Waterfront Conference Center has been well attended since testimony began being taken Feb. 13. On the first day, the parents of Claudene Christian, a Bounty crew member who died, were there with a lawyer. Cmdr. Kevin Carroll, chief of the Inspection and Investigations Branch for the Coast Guard's Fifth District Prevention Division, presided.
Robert Hansen, owner of the Bounty, has declined to testify, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Svendsen said the Bounty's crew learned of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 23 while docked in New London, Conn. A Minnesota man with five years' experience sailing on tall ships, he gave this account Tuesday:
Walbridge opted to sail Oct. 25 over concerns raised by Svendsen and other crew members, and relayed to Walbridge by Svendsen, who raised the prospect of staying in port. Walbridge said the ship was safer at sea than in port.
Walbridge called an all-hands meeting on deck to explain his decision to sail and to tell crew members they could get off if they wanted. All 15 crew members stayed.
The plan was to sail south and east offshore to a point where Walbridge could evaluate the path of the hurricane and pick a route.
They left New London around 5 p.m. on Oct. 25. Two days later, Walbridge changed course to the southwest to cut in front of Sandy for the lee of Hatteras Island, where he hoped for better conditions.
"Being a prudent mariner, I was concerned," Svendsen said.
Winds blew about 20 knots. The night passed in relative peace.
The next day, bilge pumps were running continually to keep up with water seeping into the ship. Problems arose. Lots of them.
The port-side engine and generator stopped running. The starboard generator was acting strange, causing lights to flicker. A fuel tank had leaked.
Walbridge had fallen into a table, and his back was in pain.
Down below, crew members worked on the generators and strained debris from the sloshing water so it wouldn't clog bilge pumps.
Svendsen suggested they contact the Coast Guard. Walbridge said to focus on the generators instead.
Around 6 p.m., Svendsen stood in howling wind on the deck with a satellite phone. He had a garbled conversation with the ship's owner, Hansen, and tried different Coast Guard numbers but couldn't be sure he was talking to a real person or leaving a voicemail.
Apparently, Hansen had understood and contacted the Coast Guard.
Walbridge managed to email a Bounty executive and the Coast Guard. He learned the Coast Guard would be sending out a C-130 plane to look for the Bounty and possibly drop pumps.
Down below, water penetrated sections of hull normally above the waterline.
Generators and engines were repaired but failed again. Ship engineer Christopher Barksdale was battling seasickness.
The seas had grown to 25 to 30 feet. The wind was blowing 50 mph.
Around 10 p.m., Walbridge decided the crew needed to put on survival suits. The ship had taken on too much water. The engines and generators were underwater. The boat had no power.
Walbridge estimated the ship could make it until 8 a.m. for a daylight Coast Guard rescue. Overnight, conditions worsened.
Sometime after 4 a.m., Svendsen told Walbridge he thought they should abandon ship. Walbridge said no twice in the span of about two minutes, Svendsen estimated, before a wave rolled the ship, sending the crew into the water.
Svensden radioed the circling Coast Guard plane to say they were abandoning ship.
He climbed out a mast, which was horizontal in the water, and jumped. He got snagged on debris and was pulled under the water several times before getting away from the ship.
He turned and saw Walbridge walking aft on the deck wearing a survival suit and life jacket. He never saw him again.
A Coast Guard helicopter and rescue swimmer reached Svensden just before daylight. He had multiple injuries: trauma to his head, neck, chest and abdomen; broken bones in his right hand, a twisted right knee, hypothermia and an inflated esophagus and stomach from seawater ingestion.
Ship had rot
The wooden set sail toward Hurricane Sandy with an unknown amount of rot in its frame despite warnings from a shipwright that had recently worked on the boat, according to testimony.
Todd Kosakowski, a project manager at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Maine, said the rot was found when replacing two interior planks the Bounty crew targeted for repair.
Kosakowski said that while the ship was in the yard in September and October, he informed Walbridge about the framing damage. Walbridge, he said, decided he would have it fixed the next time the Bounty was hauled out.
"I told him I was more than worried about what we found and voiced my concerns a couple of different times," he said.
Kosakowski said he told Walbridge "to pick and choose his weather and not use the vessel the way they'd used it recently."
He said it appeared as if Walbridge agreed. The Bounty had crossed the Atlantic on a trip to Europe in 2011.
Kosakowski said it was impossible to tell the severity of the rot because Walbridge did not want to open up the ship to inspect for more despite his suggestion to do so. "It was very quickly shot down by the captain," Kosakowski said. "That would have required a significant amount of time and money."
In one section, rotted framing fell out when a plank was removed, he said.
In at least one section, Bounty crew members painted damaged framing with white enamel paint before the new planks were installed, said Kosakowski, who doubted the paint would have any positive effect on the rot.
Kosakowski described Walbridge as "shocked" when he learned the condition of the wood framing partly because the shipyard had replaced it in a 2006 and 2007 overhaul of the Bounty.
Kosakowski said he asked Walbridge what he told Robert Hansen, owner of the Bounty, about the ship.
"He said he told Bob Hansen that he should get rid of the boat as soon as possible," Kosakowski said.
Hansen, who was at the hearing, wouldn't comment. He's declined to testify, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Kosakowski described 26 photos he'd taken of the repairs on the Bounty as he flipped through them. The photos were not displayed for observers. He said the photos of the framing showed mold-like material, cracks in the wood and an unusual burned or charred look to the wood.
He said in hindsight he wished he had informed the Coast Guard of the Bounty's condition.
Kosakowski said the rot could have contributed to the Bounty's sinking.
He said, "The strength of the vessel is the only thing that keeps it afloat."
Testimony also shed light on postings to the Bounty's Facebook page that garnered much attention after the vessel was lost.
One of the posts, made before the ship was lost, called the trip that started while Sandy was looming a "calculated decision... NOT AT ALL... irresponsible or with a lack of foresight as some have suggested. The fact of the matter is... A SHIP IS SAFER AT SEA THAN IN PORT!"
Tracie Simonin, an administrator with HMS Bounty Organization LLC, which owns the Bounty, said Jim Salapatek of the Chicago area posted the comments. He's a crew member's father.
Reached at home, Salapatek said he wanted to alleviate concerns that were being raised on the Internet about the Bounty sailing toward a hurricane.
He said he'd sailed on the Bounty, knew the ship and had run the Facebook page for about a year and a half.
He said he wanted to convey that Bounty officials had seriously thought about the decision to set sail.
"I know this isn't a haphazard sail," he said. "It isn't just like cast off the lines and go."
Wrong call
When Hurricane Sandy was forming in the Caribbean, Capt. Dan Moreland decided his square-rigged sailing ship, the Picton Castle, wasn't going anywhere soon.
Weather forecasts showed the late October storm was getting big, and it was impossible to know where it was going. Moreland postponed the Picton Castle's scheduled departure from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, for the South Pacific.
He was shocked to learn Walbridge had taken the tall sailing ship Bounty to sea with the hurricane approaching, leaving New London, Conn., en route to St. Petersburg, Fla., he said.
"I can't imagine there being any reason at all for being out there," Moreland said. "It's mind-boggling."
He testified by phone from Tahiti on Wednesday during the Coast Guard hearing into the Bounty's Oct. 29 sinking about 90 miles off Cape Hatteras.
Walbridge was lost at sea, and another crew member, Claudene Christian died. The Coast Guard rescued 14 people.
Capt. Jan Miles of the Pride of Baltimore II, who also testified this week, said he was stunned Walbridge had set sail. Miles' ship rode out Sandy docked in Baltimore.
He said one of his goals is to expose the Pride II to the least amount of heavy weather as possible.
Both Moreland and Miles said they didn't believe a ship such as the Bounty is safer at sea than at port during a hurricane. Walbridge had told the Bounty crew one reason the ship was leaving was because it would be safer at sea.
Miles wrote an open letter to Walbridge after the sinking, calling his decision to sail "reckless in the extreme."
Moreland said the Bounty probably could have tied up safely in New London or gone to New Bedford, Mass., or Mystic Seaport, Conn., to weather the storm in port.
The purpose of the hearing is to figure out what caused the Bounty to sink and how to prevent a similar event. It also will examine whether there was any misconduct, inattention to duty, negligence or willful violation of the law.
In his defense
Walbridge's friends and former crew members described him as a skilled captain who had a good plan that didn't work because of mechanical problems. The ship lost power, which meant it had no propulsion and could not pump out water, according to the vessel's website.
The surviving crew members have not detailed what happened — at least not until these hearings.
"There are a lot of armchair sailors saying, 'What the hell was he doing out there?'" said Richard Bailey, a captain who worked with Walbridge and has known him for more than 20 years.
"He had a strategy," Bailey said. "Aside from being dead, it makes great sense. I think a professional examination will say it was a good strategy, but it didn't take into account a complete and utter loss of power."
As they watched the ship's route online, some onshore began to question the decision to go to sea even before the Bounty got into trouble.
The administrator of the Bounty's Facebook page on Saturday, Oct. 27, defended it.
"Rest assured that the Bounty is safe and in very capable hands. Bounty's current voyage is a calculated decision … NOT AT ALL … irresponsible or with a lack of foresight as some have suggested. The fact of the matter is … A SHIP IS SAFER AT SEA THAN IN PORT!"
The next day came what appears to be the only direct message from Walbridge, posted by the administrator on the Facebook page.
"I think we are going to be into this for several days, the weater looks like even after the eye goes by it will linger for a couple of days.
"We are just going to try to go fast and squeese by the storm and land as fast as we can."
Bailey said he considers Walbridge a "mechanical genius" and was surprised to hear of the ship's power failure. He said he watched Walbridge perform a complex engine repair in 48 hours, which included working through a language barrier while obtaining specialized parts in a foreign port.
He said Walbridge got his start on the Bounty in the mid-1990s, when the ship's owner hired him to watch over it for two weeks while it was docked in Wilmington, Del.
One night, some guys came out of a bar and cast off most of the Bounty's dock lines. Somehow, Walbridge, who was aboard, managed single-handedly to overcome a swift current, turn the ship around and get it tied up again. He became the Bounty's captain in 1995.
The first sentence of his biography on the Bounty's website says: "According to Captain Robin Walbridge, Bounty has no boundaries. As her captain, he is well known for his ability and desire to take Bounty to places that no ship has gone before."
In an interview this summer in Maine on a public access TV show, Walbridge said he chases hurricanes and downplayed the danger of bad weather.
Interviewer: "Have you ever run into some pretty nasty weather while at sea?"
Walbridge: "Um, actually I'm going to answer that with a 'no.'"
Interviewer: "Really?"
Walbridge: "Yeah, um, we say there's no such thing as bad weather. There's just different kinds of weather."
Interviewer: "OK, I won't say bad weather. Have you run into stormy seas?"
Walbridge: "Um, have we run into stormy seas? Uh, we chase hurricanes."
Interviewer: (laughs) "All right, what's it like when you're chasing hurricanes?"
Walbridge: "You try to get up as close to the eye of it as you can and you stay down in the southeast quadrant, and when it stops, you stop."
Walbridge went on to say that the Bounty's engine is "probably way underpowered for this size of boat. … We sail as much as we can. We just use the engines to get in and out of tight harbors."
Steven Schonwald, a Bounty crew member for 10 years, said he'd never heard Walbridge talk about chasing hurricanes. He described the captain as a calm leader who took every opportunity he could to teach seamanship.
"Robin came across as a very warm and welcoming presence," Schonwald said. "He wasn't distant. He wasn't the type of guy who shouted orders at everybody. He was always teaching you something. He was the kind of guy you felt very comfortable with as a leader."
He said he'd been through several storms with Walbridge.
"I've seen him in action," he said. "Robin had good sense of where to be and what to do. He was not a frivolous man. He did not play with anybody's lives.
"If I'd been in New London and he said, 'We're going to do this. We're going to sea.' I would have been with him."MORE IN Central VermontMIDDLEBURY According to WebMD, Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes a persons muscles ... Full StoryTiffany Briggs and Kayla Jackson eyed each other across the table, clasped hands, and then it was... Full StoryMARLBORO Police are investigating a burglary on Higley Hill Road. Full Story
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Gun owners want to be left aloneJanuary 17,2013
Gun owners want to be left alone
Prompted by efforts to initiate municipal assault weapons bans in Vermont towns, a growing number of residents are organizing to promote competing measures. Today, petitions were posted in five towns requesting affirmation of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The petition specifically states that the Second Amendment is not to be debased as a mere hunting right, a direct rejoinder to recent comments by Gov. Shumlin.
Growing numbers of pedophiles and the violently mentally ill are being turned loose on Vermonters, and our government wishes to restrict our peaceable defense. Our state has some of the most liberal gun ownership and transfer laws in America, and one of the lowest crime rates. We have one of the highest per capita ratios of pedophiles in the country; we rate second nationally in prescription drug addiction.
We do not wish to be dismissed as fringe, paranoid, militia types. Our message is simple: Let us defend ourselves, including against our government.
(The federal government has subverted foreign democracies; deliberately experimented on thousands of GIs with LSD, nerve agents and other bioweapons, and with nuclear contamination; deliberately allowed black men to suffer from syphilis for experimentation; interred Japanese Americans; endorsed reefer madness and some Americans want to trust government with complete military superiority over its citizenry?)
This effort is called Preserving Every Americans Constitutional Heritage. Each volunteer covers a town. By tomorrow afternoon, we expect to have petitions in at least 10 towns. By Monday, we expect to be in Connecticut, New Hampshire and elsewhere.
My name is John Klar. I have formed PEACH. I am a Connecticut attorney, farming in Vermont. I am a sixth-generation Vermonter. I represented Coloradan gun rights protester Rick Stanley before the U.S. Supreme Court. In Connecticut, I currently represent (pro bono) the family of Heather Messenger, who was killed by her husband, David, in front of their child, while she was pregnant.
Look at all of Vermonts most heinous crimes in recent years. Almost all involve mentally ill villains; almost none involve guns; we have had no mass shootings.
Yesterday it was reported that the authorities at Sandy Hook have requested armed security to alleviate anxiety in the children. Millions of us own guns safely and do not wish to be disarmed because of the alienated, self-worshiping nuts encouraged by a societal obsession with television programming so disturbingly focused on serial killers, rapists, cannibalism and people buried alive. The growing numbers of these people are the reason ever more of us are buying guns.
Smarten up, or dont. But leave us and the Constitution alone. We are PEACH, and we feel the same way as those Sandy Hook kids who do not want to be left unprotected.
John Klar
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Montpelier Fire Department budget spat heats up
MONTPELIER Firefighters protested a potential reduction to their department and voiced dismay over last-minute motions Thursday as City Council members cross-examined one another and firefighters over the city budget.
After its final public hearing Thursday, the council approved a $7,145,818 operating budget. If approved by voters in March, the budget would increase the municipal tax rate about 2 cents per $100 of assessed property value.
At the nearly six-hour meeting, several residents voiced concerns. At times, the council seemed confused on how to proceed.
A city firefighter-led effort garnered more than 840 signatures before a Thursday deadline to put a question on the March ballot asking that one proposed unfilled vacancy be funded with $54,669. Due to invalid signatures, the group was one of several ballot petitioners that barely had enough signatures to put their measures before voters, City Clerk John Odum said Thursday before the meeting. The firefighters petition qualified by three votes, he said.
A memo from City Manager William Fraser had identified the effect the added salary item would have on the tax rate. A City Council directive, however, sought to keep the tax rate increase within the rate of inflation. In the Jan. 18 memo, Fraser suggested one possibility was to reduce the overall budget by $54,669 to offset the increase.
The board did just that, but community members, firefighters and multiple City Council members suggested the reduction was inconsistent with the democratic ballot petition process. City Council members Angela MacDonald-Timpone and Anne Watson said they felt uncomfortable with the boards move. Council member Alan Weiss said the board action circumvented the intent of the article.
I have a real problem with this. This is democracy. We have a petition process, MacDonald-Timpone said. I understand its going against our regular budgeting process, but they went to the voters.
Mayor John Hollar, however, said the petition undermined the integrity of the budget process and could set a dangerous precedent, making the council fall to the whim of outside groups seeking to control municipal staffing levels as well as the popularity of individuals or programs.
Other board members said despite the support from the petition, not everyone in the community was in favor of the move. City Council member Tom Golonka said city firefighter Welcker Taylor was looking at the issue in a vacuum and the entire budget had to be taken into consideration. Board members also said no one wanted to make the cuts and if every city spending item were voted on individually, no one would be against any single issue.
Taylor, who gave a brief slideshow presentation to the board with another firefighter, disagreed.
This seems crazy to me. That you are even entertaining this motion seems so wrong, Taylor said. This is what you signed up to do. You really wanted to be elected to the City Council, so you could not listen to what the majority of people want?
Many community members spoke against the proposed firefighter reduction. Resident Vicki Lane, who was watching the meeting at home and drove to City Hall and knocked on the buildings locked doors until someone let her in, said she would have petitioned to keep the police, public works and fire staffers if she had known residents could do so.
The motion to approve the reduction went to a 3-3 tie, with MacDonald-Timpone, Watson and Weiss opposed. Hollar broke the tie, approving the reduction.
As the second budget hearing was occurring and, at some points, seeming to go nowhere, the council noted the budget amount had to be approved so a warning notice could be placed for Town Meeting Day.
The ballot item states the firefighter position is needed to maintain current safety levels.
On Friday, Fire Chief Bob Gowans said the proposed reduction would not affect initial response time. He said it could affect response times on second calls if firefighting or ambulance officials are out and have a second call while the first call is still happening.
Gowans said the department currently has a three-person crew four nights a week and four-person crew three nights a week. Under the proposed cut, a three-person crew will work five nights a week and a four-person crew will be on two nights a week.
What allowed me to feel comfortable going forward was the fact that we were not creating a new staffing situation that did not already exist on three other nights of the week, Fraser said at the meeting. We had proven that we can do it. We understand the risks of it, and we know there is going to be times that there might be a delay on second call.
Hollar said the reduction would affect 10 calls of some 2,000 responses each year. The calculation stems from 52 simultaneous or second calls in 2012, Gowans said.
The city budget as proposed includes four full-time and a part-time elimination. As part of that, a fire department billing administrator is eligible for retirement but has not yet indicated plans to do so, Gowans said. The question that has spurred controversy is how the department will replace a lieutenant supervisor whos involved in responding to fires and will retire this summer.
The department has two operations officers who respond to fires and have side duties: One, which is Taylors position, leads school outreach and grant-writing, and the other maintains the departments equipment. The department has not yet formalized how the lieutenant supervisors position will be filled, Gowans said.
If the ballot item to keep the firefighter passes, the city would not have to reinstate the proposed cut, Fraser said Friday.
Responding to the $54,699 reduction, MacDonald-Timpone made a motion to restore funding for three proposed job eliminations, covering a police officer, public works staffer and firefighter.
The board rejected her motion.
Also during the meeting, the council approved putting a ballot question to city residents about creating a downtown improvement district, with an additional tax on downtown commercial properties. Montpelier Alive, which put forth the plan, had estimated the tax rate increase would be 4.5 cents per $100 of assessed property value. For properties with residential use, the assessment would be pro-rated.
The tax would raise $75,000, and a committee would oversee the money to market the downtown and make streetscape improvements. The City Council would appoint the committee members.
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Barre settling two more lawsuits
BARRE City councilors agreed this week to settle two federal lawsuits one over alleged city police misconduct and the other a class action over a water shut-off policy that was ruled unconstitutional.
Details of the settlements were not released pending court approval, but sources familiar with the terms indicated the citys insurer the Vermont League of Cities and Towns will pay the plaintiffs and their lawyers a total of nearly $140,000.
Those settlements, which councilors approved after a nearly hour-long closed door meeting with VLCT lawyers Tuesday night, come on the heels of a similar payout involving sexual harassment claims that former call firefighter Rachel Wyatt made against members of that department. Wyatt and her lawyers were paid $250,000 in a settlement that was reached a little more than a month ago.
In all three cases the cost to Barre taxpayers is identical: a $500 deductible.
Mayor Thomas Lauzon made that point clear when reading the first of two carefully crafted motions.
The Vermont League of Cities and Towns in recognition of the expense involved in defending the lawsuit has recommended that the lawsuit be resolved, Lauzon read from the prepared motion involving the case David Mares filed against the city, former police officers Zak Winston and Mark Stupik, and Police Chief Tim Bombardier.
One of the conditions of the deal is that the citys share be limited to its deductible of $500, according to Lauzon, who said it should be expressly understood that the city was admitting no wrongdoing.
According to court documents, Mares, who is said to be due $50,000 in the pending settlement, initially alleged that he was handcuffed and intentionally kicked and hit repeatedly by both Winston and Stupik when the two responded to his call June 21, 2010, for emergency medical assistance.
Court records indicate Mares claimed that he told the officers to leave his home while he waited for the ambulance that he had summoned to tend to an injured guest, but was instead handcuffed by Winston and then beaten by both officers.
The excessive use of force by (Winston and Stupik) caused (Mares) to suffer a severe concussion, bruised ribs, multiple lacerations and contusions, and a broken nose, Judge William K. Sessions III wrote recounting the substance of Mares allegations.
After the incident Stupik was the subject of a state police investigation ordered by the Vermont attorney generals office. He was dismissed from the department in 2010, though city officials did not comment then on the alleged misconduct that led to his firing.
Winston was not let go, though he voluntarily resigned after he was arrested in a bizarre burglary in Montpelier in January 2011. Winston was charged with taking a still-boxed 42-inch flat-screen television from a neighbors Elm Street apartment.
In addition to the $50,000 payment to Mares, the settlement will cover his legal fees roughly $18,000, sources said.
The lawyers will pocket the bulk of the second settlement the council approved Tuesday night.
Lawyers for Vermont Legal Aid will be paid nearly $60,000 for their work on the class action lawsuit they filed against the city on behalf of former resident Brenda Brown and one other renter.
Brown will be paid $10,000. The city shut off water to her apartment based on her landlords failure to pay his water bill. Earl Brooks, another renter who received a shut-off notice but never lost his water service, will be paid $500.
Earlier this year Judge Christina Reiss ruled Barres water policy was unconstitutional because it did not provide renters with an opportunity to appeal shut-off notices. The city has modified the ordinance to address that concern.
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Already known for its unconventional flavors, the Vermont-based company has released four new "Core" flavors dubbed as an "all-in-one-sundae."
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Milne reveals drunk driving, drug convictions
MONTPELIER Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Milne revealed to reporters Thursday that he was arrested three times in college and suffered a stroke in 2006.
The arrests, two for driving under the influence of alcohol and one for possession marijuana and cocaine, all resulted in convictions. Milne said in a telephone interview Thursday that the cases were settled as expeditiously as possible without spending money on counsel.
I dont think about them on a daily basis, but my presumption is they are part of the public record, he said.
All three arrests took place during an irresponsible 18-month period about 35 years ago, according to Milne. He said he learned from those mistakes and made lifestyle changes to build the foundation of a life dedicated to personal responsibility and improvement.
Though I was academically successful, I was making poor choices. These were embarrassing and powerful life lessons of which I am not proud, he said in the statement.
Shortly after these incidents, I stopped using drugs and committed to only consume alcohol in moderation.
In 2006, Milne suffered an ischemic stroke caused by a blood clot in his brain. He said he has made a full recovery, suffers very little residual effect and has been cleared by doctors to campaign and serve as governor.
Basically, I have a little bit of numbness on one side of my body and that really is about it, Milne said.
He gave credit for his recovery to his daughter who he said sought immediate medical attention when the stroke occurred.
Milne, who has yet to formally launch his campaign since filing to challenge Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin on June 12, said he wanted the information about his past to out in the open. He said facts about his past might be important and relevant to supporters.
I think we wanted to get it out. If we started to campaign earlier we would have sent it out a lot earlier, he said. It was a consideration when I was weighing whether or not to run.
Milne, in the statement sent to reporters, said Vermonters have a right to a governor who is up front and transparent.
He promised transparency about his personal life as well as the economic challenges and crisis of affordability we face as a state.
He said he hopes sharing the information demonstrates that transparency is more than just a talking point. Sharing the information will also allow voters to fully evaluate which candidate they will elect as governor for the next two years, he said.
Milne said he hopes to put his past behind him ahead of an official campaign kickoff event. Revealing it now may help him avoid having it be part of that story.
Finally, in his statement, Milne said he wanted to diminish the opportunity that my opponent or his partisan apparatus from Washington, D.C., would have to use my health records and youthful mistakes as a political tactic that distracts from the financial burden their policies have imposed on working families.
He said, From this point forward, our campaign will focus on the challenges Vermont faces and on convincing Vermonters that I can better manage state government and be a stronger advocate for job creation, an economy that ensures the economic security of every family and making our state including health care and property taxes much more affordable.
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No romance without finance is an adage that some live by.
And if you are like most people when you think of romance, you think money and lots of it. The Beatles may have sung "Money Can't Buy Me Love," but it sure helps make a downpayment.
Ian Stanczyk, a probability expert, estimates that the average date costs $250. The actual cost of the date is about $130 but he included the cost for one's time because, after all, time is money.
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