The World 12-13-17

33rd Annual Holiday ARC/FUN
Winter Dance with Jim Miller & Santa
this Saturday at Bethany Church
The Annual Holiday Dinner
Dance, a fun holiday event coordinated
by the Central Vermont ARC
and Families and Friends United
(FUN), will take place this
Saturday, Dec. 16, 6-9 p.m. at the
Bethany Church in Montpelier.
The “potluck affair” will start at
6 p.m. and draw members of the
ARC/FUN plus family, friends,
supervisors, supporters from other
associations, and even Santa for
the first time, will enjoy DJ music
from 7-9 p.m., including live
accordion songs from the master
of ceremony, Jim Miller.
A fabulous sound system was
donated for use by Eric Gentl of
Goodfellows Jewelry.
Miller, a Barre native, is a well
known multi-media rock musician
and producer. He has been helping
with monthly events for ARC/FUN for 32 years, and again
will have the dual role of being the DJ and MC.
“I always have the greatest feeling after this event, and I
know it’s the same for everyone else,” Miller said, who is currently
mixing over 30 years of unreleased music.
“Jim thoughtfully and successfully involves the audience in
parts of his performance and they respond with great enthusiasm,”
says Jim Lund, Executive Director of ARC.
Montpelier Native Honored as
Distinguished Leader Of The Law
Atty. Katie Mesner-Hage of the
Bridgeport, CT-based law firm Koskoff
Koskoff & Bieder has been named a
Distinguished Leader of the Law, her
firm announced.
Nominated by her peers in the legal
community and selected by an outside
panel, Mesner-Hage was awarded the
title earlier this fall by the Connecticut
Law Tribune at the publication’s annual
Professional Excellence Awards celebration in Hartford.
Along with co-counsel Josh Koskoff, who has been named
Attorney of the Year, Mesner-Hage tried a case last year that
resulted in a $25 million verdict –the highest verdict in the
state for 2016 and one of the top 100 nationwide. The case
involved a young Ansonia woman who lost her left leg below
the knee because of a misdiagnosed blood clot.
Also last year, she and Koskoff obtained the state’s third
highest verdict: over $12 million in New Haven for the suicide
of a man who was not treated properly for dependence on
his anxiety medication.
Earlier, Mesner-Hage had been recognized by the
Connecticut Law Tribune in its 2015 Personal Injury Hall of
Fame for her work with Koskoff in obtaining an $8 million
verdict against a physician who failed to diagnose and treat a
patient’s depression, resulting in his suicide.
She currently serves as co-counsel with Koskoff in representing
several Sandy Hook families in a high-profile suit
against the manufacturer, distributor, and seller of the weapon
used in the shooting.
Mesner-Hage began her career at Koskoff, Koskoff &
Bieder in 2013 as the firm’s first Theodore I. Koskoff Public
Interest Fellow and joined the firm as an associate in 2015.
She received her J.D. at Yale Law School, after attending
Macalester College in Minnesota. She is a member of the
Conn. Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association
of Justice.
Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder has offices in Bridgeport,
Danbury, and New Haven. The nationally known law firm has
achieved record verdicts for people who suffer serious personal
injuries or economic harm from medical malpractice,
violation of their civil or constitutional rights, dangerous
products, negligence, drunk drivers, corporate or governmental
abuse and commercial misconduct.
Two New Members Added to VPR’s Board of Directors
Joyce Judy of Waterbury is president of Community
College of Vermont, having previously served as dean of students
and provost of the College. She is recognized as a
statewide leader in the development of Vermont’s Dual
Enrollment Program for high school students, and she has
overseen the broad expansion of CCV’s workforce education
initiatives, including the Governor’s Career Ready Certificate
program.
Willemien Dingemans Miller of Norwich is a trusts and
estates attorney with the law firm of Downs, Rachlin and
Martin. She has served on boards and committees of nonprofit
organizations in the Upper Valley and the Northeast
Kingdom. Willemien grew up in the Netherlands.
The board also elected two non-board members to serve on
a board committee in FY18. Pennie Beach of Vergennes is
L-R: Jim Miller and Resource Store Managers, Terry Wendelken and Dan Frost, pick out prize
items for this year’s Holiday Dance.
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Always receiving great support from the community for
these monthly events, Miller noted for the fourth time that the
Holiday Dance will have many donated Christmas raffle items
from ReSOURCE household goods and building material
store in Barre.
For more information, or to register for this public event,
contact James Lund, Executive Director of ARC/FUN at 802-
223-6149.
VMEC Hires Carla Wuthrich as
Professional Manufacturing and
Business Growth Advisor
The Vermont Manufacturing
Extension Center (VMEC) is pleased
to announce the addition of Carla
Wuthrich to its statewide team as a
VMEC Professional Manufacturing &
Business Growth Advisor.
Carla joined VMEC in October 2017
after 25 years of experience working at
IBM and GlobalFoundries in engineering,
management and transformation.
As Lean Transformation Core Team Manager, her areas of
direct influence included manufacturing engineering and
operations, development, characterization and test, quality
management systems, finance, supply chain and value stream
management. While at IBM, she led and aligned the enterprise-wide
continuous improvement and leadership development
for the IBM Microelectronics Division for over 10
years, reaching more than 5,000 employees and 3 locations.
After actively participating in the transition to GlobalFoundries,
Carla became the Value Stream Program Manager for packaged
ASICs and RF semiconductors, managing the daily,
weekly, monthly and annual processes to exceed the value
stream’s revenue, on-time delivery and inventory objectives.
Carla brings to VMEC her experience leading, facilitating
and coaching from the executive suite through to the front
lines. She partners with leaders and their teams to understand
existing systems and customize approaches to further develop
the knowledge, skills and mindsets that sustain a culture of
innovation and continuous improvement, while solving the
problems that matter today.
Carla has spoken and taught at conferences including the
TWI/HR Summit (Lean Frontiers), Lean Product and Process
Development Exchange, and the University of Oregon’s
graduate program. Topics included Familiar Patterns that
sustain improvement, Enterprise-wide Lean and business
transformation, Lean fundamentals, strategy development and
deployment, structured problem solving and Lean management
system. Her diverse training includes engineering,
Cornell University (BS in Materials Science and Engineering)
& Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Microelectronics
Manufacturing), Lean / continuous improvement systems
(IBM/LSSBB training, VMEC, LEI) and ballet (American
Ballet Company, School of American Ballet) and she is currently
a choreographer for Vermont Ballet Theater. Carla
works from a home office based in Hinesburg, VT. She can be
reached at cwuthrich@vmec.org or (802) 734-1227.
owner and proprietor of the Basin Harbor Club. She will continue
to serve on the Development and Marketing
Committee.
Randy Brock of Saint Albans served as the Vermont State
Auditor and served two terms as a Vermont State Senator
representing Franklin County and part of Grand Isle County.
Prior to entering public service, Randy was executive vice
president for risk oversight for Fidelity Investments. He will
serve on the Audit Committee.
“The VPR Board is exemplary, with a depth of experience
in governance, business, digital, media, philanthropic development,
arts and culture, and leadership,” said VPR President
Robin Turnau. “Board members are passionate about the mission
of VPR and inspire the organization to be innovative and
provide the highest level of public service possible.”
The following honors list is provided from the school. Any
questions or concerns should be addressed directly to the school.
WILLIAMSTOWN
MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL
Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Recognition
120 Hebert Road ~ Williamstown, VT 05679
Phone: 802.433.5350 ~ www.williamstownmhs.org
First Marking Period 2017-18 Honor Roll
High Honors (Average of 3.75 or Higher)
Evan Choquette
Honor Roll (Average of 3.0 or Higher)
Beatriz Andrade, Ryan Ashe, Kayla Briggs, Brody Brown,
Damon Campbell, Vanessa Choquette, MacKenzie
Christman, Blake Clark, Taylor Clark, Nicholas Clayton,
Emily Coletti, Savannah Covey, Nicholas Donovan, Megan
Dow, Eliza Dwinell, Marcus Fleury, Savannah King, Tasia
Lafond, Savannah LaFlower, Kiana Manning, Kate Mascitti,
Dylan McCallum, Brianna McLaughlin, Alyssa Morande,
Natalie Myles, Devin O’Neill, Tyler Orton, Autumn Parrott,
Jacob Peloquin, Julianne Rafferty, Colleen Sheridan,
Natasha Sylvester, Lilly Tassie, Christina Thivierge,
Matelyn Thygesen, Kaitlyn Trottier
Congratulations, Students, on Your Educational Achievements!
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