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‘The entire house
was shaking’
By Katy Savage
LUDLOW—It felt like an earthquake or a
hurricane and sounded like dominoes falling
down on top of each other. All they could see
was a cloud of dust.
“The entire house was shaking, the walls and
ceiling were caving in,” said Leone Powers.
A truck carrying wood pallets crashed into
the house on Route 100 at a speed of about
50 miles per hour Tuesday afternoon, July 31,
Ludlow Police Chief Jeff Billings said.
The truck driver sustained a concussion
while Powers’ eldest child Katelin, 19, had a
broken wrist and and a cut under her eye.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
This was the third accident on that hill in the
last 15 years, Billings said. A log truck destroyed
a home around 2003 and another truck crashed
into a home in 2008.
The steep road requires a truck to use brakes,
said Billings. If a driver doesn’t know the road,
“their full loads can lose their brakes pretty
quickly,” he said.
Route 100 is maintained by the state. Ludlow
Town Manager Scott Murphy plans to send a
letter to the Agency of Transportation, urging
them to put more safety signs. “We’d like to see
some higher level of warning,” Murphy said.
There’s a warning sign at the top of the hill,
informing truck drivers of the steep grade, he
said, but nothing at the middle and bottom
steep section of the hill.
The speed limit on Route 100 drops from
55 miles per hour to 40 to 25 as it enters the
residential neighborhood where the accidents
had occurred.
“Trucks at that point have lost their brakingpower,”
Murphy said.
The front half of the home is demolished.
Half of the family’s new Nissan Rouge Sport
they purchased in June is gone.
The Powers family is still in shock.
Powers family, page 7
By Karen Freeman
A home on Andover Street in Ludlow was
demolished by a tractor trailer July 31.
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Colleges count gaming as a sport
By Katy Savage
CASTLETON—Sitting
before a screen may not
seem like a sport, but colleges
and universities are
starting to offer gaming at
the varsity level.
The College of St. Joseph
added esports to its list of
varsity sports last year while
Castleton University announced
it will offer esports
as a club sport for the first
time this fall.
“It’s had tons of success
around the world, tons of
interest and something
that a lot of students can
participate in,” said Castleton
University Dean of
Spinning obstacles
Amelia Hurd, age 9, from Killington hops across an obstacle with spinning saucers inside the
Wrecktagle at Killington Resort’s Adventure Center earlier this summer.
Starbucks, Five Guys could soon
be coming to Rutland
By Curt Peterson
RUTLAND—Two international brands
have found Rutland an interesting site for
their franchises.
Both Starbucks and Five Guys Burgers have
approached officials with proposals to open a
new location in town.
With a population of 16,595 and ranked the
third largest municipality in the state after
Burlington and South Burlington, according
to the most recent census, Rutland seems a
natural for franchise development, and the
Advancement Jeff Weld.
About 60 colleges across
the country offer esports
programs. Most of the
students play and compete
in a game called League of
Legends, an online game
that has championship
matches and tournaments
with players around the
world.
“It’s very new to the collegiate
world,” Weld said.
The program at Castleton
is spearheaded by Chief
Technology Officer Gayle
Malinowski and sophomore
student Jac Culpo,
who has been playing video
city is actively pursuing new businesses.
The Starbucks franchise, with 24,000 stores
in 70 countries, would replace the building
previously operated as Royal’s Hearthside
Restaurant since 1962 at 37 North Main
Street, at the corner of Routes 4 and 7. The age
of the building is a question – records have it
built in either 1800 or 1900. It is on the Historic
Register.
Some town officials hope Starbucks would
preserve the structure, but others say it has
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games since he was 4.
“That’s my primary hobby,”
said Culpo.
Culpo spent about 50
hours a week playing video
games in high school. Respected
players play up to
nine hours a day, he said.
“It’s a sport in the same
way I would say chess is a
sport,” said Culpo. “It’s a
game that maybe doesn’t
require a ton of physical
exertion, but it requires an
insane amount of mental
focus and strategy.”
The 19 year old, who is
studying communication
with focus on sports, wants to
The sport of gaming, page 27
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LOCAL NEWS
2 • The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018
By Curt Peterson
Welch tours Rutland County ahead of election
RUTLAND—Congressman Peter Welch began his July
30 campaign tour in Rutland County with a visit to the
newly renovated Emergency Services Facility at Rutland
Regional Medical Center.
Welch is Vermont’s only representative in the United
States Congress, and he is up for reelection this November.
Emergency Room Director Thomas Rounds led Welch
through the hospital’s newly-renovated ER facility. He said
they can accommodate two helicopters at the same time,
and described renovations to the psychological section.
“In case they might ‘act out,’ we’ve done everything for
the safety of the psych patient and caregivers,” Rounds
told Welch. “We try to make the patients as comfortable as
possible. Some of them are here for up to a week waiting
for evaluations and care.”
Rounds said the facility is a model for other hospitals in
the state.
New RRMC CEO Claudio Forte introduced Welch to the
audience of 50 people in a large conference room.
Welch, who once served on the Board at Mt. Ascutney
Hospital in Windsor, said America’s challenge is to make
healthcare “accessible, sustainable and affordable”.
He said the Affordable Healthcare Act, a.k.a.
“Obamacare,” has gone a long way toward meeting that
challenge, in the face of what he called a “dis-spiriting
debate” in Congress.
“We were asked to vote to kill Obamacare dozens of
times. The only alternative Republicans offered would
have taken healthcare away from 24 million Americans,”
Welch said. “We seem to have lost our way down in Washington.”
“Price-gouging” by pharmaceutical companies, Welch
told listeners, is a major problem.
“They develop great drugs, and are awarded patents
that provide a monopoly on them,” Welch said. “They
can charge hospitals whatever they want, and there’s no
competition.”
He said, “Reasonably-priced pharma products could
make the difference between red ink and black ink” for
many hospitals, keeping them viable, adding ceded profits
represented by the discount amount to less than 3 percent
of overall pharma profits.
Decades old ACT 340B is under attack from the pharma
companies, Welch said. “Manufacturers participating in
Medicaid agree to provide outpatient drugs to covered
[non-profit] entities at significantly reduced prices,” according
to hrsa.gov.
Pharma wants to provide discounts to individuals instead
of to the non-profit institutions, Welch said, claiming
hospitals use the savings on other expenses.
Welch’s spokesperson later told the Mountain Times
the drug companies are hoping to slash the Medicaid drug
discount program.
Congressman Peter Welch toured Rutland County, meeting with various business owners, July 30.
Under Medicare, the federal government is legally prohibited
from negotiating discounts on drugs.
“My wife had cancer,” Welch said. “I get it. These drugs
are important. But pharmaceutical companies are abusing
the pricing power patents give them.”
Asked what he thought about increasing the minimum
wage, Welch said it was illogical to ask people to work a full
week for less money than they need to live, and make up
for it with food stamps, subsidies and welfare.
“Last year the percentage of profits made in the United
States was the highest it’s been since the Great Depression,”
Welch said. “At the same time, the percent of profits
that went to labor was the lowest during the same period.”
From the audience Rutland State Representative Mary
Howard said she and her colleagues heard 72 testimonies
before passing a bipartisan minimum wage increase bill,
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only to see Gov. Phil Scott veto it.
Responding to a question about the tax cut bill signed
by President Trump, Welch said it had two effects.
“Its goal was to increase re-investment in the economy,”
he said. “But in reality, it inspired the largest stock buyback
activity in history.”
And, it added a trillion dollars to the national deficit
over 10 years,” he continued, “which put the brakes on
much-needed investment in infrastructure.”
He said Republican leadership in Washington is planning
to finance the loss in revenue by cutting Social Security
and Medicare right after the midterm elections.
“The American people are going to want a reset button,”
Welch said.
Welch later toured the Omya plant in Florence, and
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LOCAL NEWS
The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018 • 3
Hallquist promises progressive innovation
By Xander Landen/VTDigger
In 2005, when Christine Hallquist was
named CEO of the Vermont Electric Cooperative,
the utility was veering toward
bankruptcy. It led the state in the number
of power outages, a dubious distinction.
Its rates were among the highest in
Vermont. The Public Utility Commission
considered revoking the co-op’s license
to operate as a public utility.
Hallquist said that may be why she got
the job.
“I think the only way a person with my
experience could get into utilities was to
go into one that was just about bankrupt,”
she said.
Hallquist, 62, had worked for the cooperative
for seven years as an engineer.
She had been employed before that as
a manufacturing manager at Digital
Equipment Corp. A major player in the
American computer industry until the
1990s, Massachusetts-based Digital
had a plant in Burlington. She was also a
consultant for large corporations like the
Miller Brewing Co., the Keebler Co., and
Honda Motor Co.
Hallquist had no experience as a CEO.
Nevertheless, she turned the struggling
utility into a thriving rural electric cooperative
with national name recognition
for cutting-edge business practices.
Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson, a
Democrat who served on VEC’s board
for three years, said Hallquist’s financial
management, strategic investments
and focus on customer service turned
the utility around. The co-op is now the
state’s second largest electric power
provider, serving 32,000 households in
the state’s most rural northern counties
along the Canadian border.
It’s not unlike the situation she is in
now. Hallquist, who left the Vermont
Electric Co-op earlier this year, has never
held statewide public office. Her government
service consists of commitments
to several local boards and her annual
role as town moderator in Hyde Park
where she resides.
That lack of experience hasn’t deterred
her. The Democratic gubernatorial
candidate said she saw no reason not
to go for the state’s top job.
The governorship is similar to running
a business, Hallquist said. And that’s a
role to which believes she is well-suited.
“The residents are hiring me to do a
job,” Hallquist said. “And the job is what’s
the reputation of our state? Do people
like to move here? Do people like to live
here?”
“Do we have the money to get things
done? Are we adequately funding our
“THE GOVERNORSHIP IS
SIMILAR TO RUNNING A
BUSINESS,” HALLQUIST SAID.
water cleanup, are we adequately funding
everything we need to do?”
In recent weeks, Hallquist’s campaign
has gained momentum. Though hardly a
household name in progressive politics
— Hallquist said she voted in the 2016
election for Republican Gov. Phil Scott —
she won the endorsement last month of
Justice Democrats. The national progressive
political organization backed
the campaign of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
the 28-year-old activist Democrat
who beat incumbent New York City
congressman Joe Crowley in a stunning
primary upset in June.
Hallquist also is making political history
of a more personal nature. Having
begun a well-publicized transition from
David to Christine, in 2015 while she was
still head of VEC, she is the first openly
transgender candidate to run for governor
in the United States.
Even so, a VPR-Vermont PBS poll
released in July showed that only 41
percent of Vermonters had heard of her.
While she fared better than her Democratic
opponents, the low name recognition
is an obstacle for her candidacy.
As governor, Hallquist said she would
support a number of progressive policies,
including a $15 minimum wage and
paid family leave, and that she would
pave the way for a universal health care
system.
One feature of her platform that
distinguishes her candidacy from that of
her competitors is a bold plan to expand
high-speed internet to every home
and business in Vermont. According
to Hallquist’s plan, installation would
be turned over to electric utilities that,
unlike telecommunications companies,
already have the equipment, the staff
and the expertise. It would cut the cost of
installation by a third, she said.
“These small companies are losing
money on their infrastructure,” Hallquist
said of rural telecom businesses. “If you
can cut those costs by two-thirds and put
them on someone else’s books, now you
can compete.”
It’s this kind of out-of-the-box thinking
that gives Hallquist her reputation as
a shrewd business leader.
When she first took over as CEO, she
made a decision to abide by the same
union contract as her employees — she
received the same raises, and negotiated
her benefits.
“That’s the way it should be,” she
said. “That’s the way you’re going to get
maximum engagement. Because we’re
all truly pulling together.”
She said she encouraged her employees
to take risks, which spurred innovation.
VEC was one of the first electric
utilities to install smart meters, she said
SHE DIRECTED AN EXERCISE
THAT HAD TOP EXECUTIVES
THROWING RUBBER
CHICKENS TO ONE ANOTHER.
by way of example, which allow ratepayers
to track how they use energy.
“She managed from the bottom up,
so everybody is involved and has a say,”
said Val Davis, an IT specialist at VEC.
“She directs people and leads but gets
out of the way.”
“When people feel like they’re being
lorded over and there’s ego that drives
everything, it’s counterproductive to
people being their best,” Davis said. “She
empowers people by listening.”
Hallquist admits that her leadership
style, at VEC and in previous positions,
could be seen as unconventional. As
an example she cites an interview with
Honda Motor Co. — for consulting work
in corporate leadership — during which
she directed an exercise that had top
executives throwing rubber chickens to
one another.
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Barnard school seeks independence
By Curt Peterson
BARNARD—The Barnard
School Board expects
the Vermont Board of
Education (BoE) to accept
recommendation by the
Agency of Education (AoE)
to force the school to join
the Windsor Central Modified
Unified Union School
District.
A decision is due Nov. 30.
Pamela Fraser asked
district board members on
July 31 to consider renegotiating
the Articles of
Agreement, to which the
five participating towns
agreed when forming the
new district.
“We are not calling for
a vote to revise the articles
this week, but for a vote
to develop revised ones,”
Fraser wrote in an email
to board leadership. “If we
are able to do that, those
would be voted on, first by
the merged board (to put
on ballots), and then by the
electorates of each (participatin)
town.”
Fraser cited specific
changes Barnard would
like the board to reconsider:
Deeding their school
to the district which, they
fear, might be closed and
returned laden with additional
debt, reconfiguring
and moving grades within
the district, protection
against school closure, and
the make-up of board representation,
which Barnard
feels unfavorable to smaller
towns within the district.
She cited “suggested default
Articles of Agreement”
the AoE was expected to
post by early this week,
which were presented
by AoE Budget and Management
Analyst Donna
Russo-Savage at a July 18
meeting. The default Agreements,
Russo-Savage said,
will address issues brought
up by many smaller towns,
specifically, protection
against school closures
and reconfiguration of
grades, equal representation
on district boards
regardless of the size of
participating towns, and
which Article amendments
can be changed by boards,
and which must go to the
voters.
Board members Matt
Stover and Justin Shipman
agreed that the discussion
should be pursued, but it is
too early to be talking about
it now, before Barnard’s
status is determined.
The district board voted
to table Fraser’s request,
pending legal advice
regarding which proposed
agreement changes could
be granted by the Board,
and which would have to
left up to member towns’
voters.
The board superintendent
Mary Beth Banios set
Dec. 17 as the date for a
special meeting to discuss
whether or how the Articles
of Agreement might be
amended.
Although Barnard
middle and high school
students currently attend
Woodstock schools, the
town feels loss of their
pre-kindergarten through
sixth grade local school will
make the town unattractive
to young families.
Barnard had presented
their case for remaining
independent to the AoE,
which ultimately recommended
to the BoE that
Barnard be merged with
the district.
Fraser told the Mountain
Times that attorney Mark
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Pamela Fraser stands up in a July 31 meeting.
Oettinger, engaged by the
Barnard Select Board for
advice, believes Barnard
would have a good chance
of keeping ownership of the
school, because the forced
merger makes it a “taking,”
requiring “due process.”
In another proposal,
Barnard would close their
own school, ask voters to
approve making Barnard
a “choice” town – students
could choose whatever
school they want to attend
- then re-opening Barnard
Academy as a private
institution. The plan assumes
most or all Barnard
families would choose to
send their children to the
new private school.
According to Fraser,
Oettinger believes it is
too late in the process for
Barnard to “take its school
private.”
“Another attorney told
us Oettinger is incorrect,
that we can still make it
happen,” Fraser said. “Our
heads are spinning with
all the information we are
getting.”
The Select Board and
School Board had planned
to hold an Aug. 7 public
information meeting to explain
the current situation
and the privatization idea,
but, Fraser said, with the
proposal in question the
meeting might be a waste
of time.
Barnard School Board
members will have an
opportunity on Aug. 15
to convince the BoE to
accept Barnard’s proposal
to remain independent,
during a public hearing in
Montpelier.
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Castleton U enrollment up 20 percent
Last spring’s seemingly gloomy outlook for Castleton
University’s future seems to have been premature. New
president Dr. Karen Scolforo.
Arriving on the campus eight months ago, said she
saw enormous potential and eager backing from both
professionals and the Castleton community. She began
identifying and implementing cost savings, efficiencies,
re-sizing, and resource allocations.
The results are showing.
Enrollment is up 20 percent
over last year at this time.
More than 100 additional
students are coming from
14 states and 16 countries.
The geographical scope widened, Scolforo told the Rutland
Herald, with the arrival of her contact list of more
than 400 worldwide associates. Castleton will continue
to expand in the coming years, reaching out to international
schools with an English-language curriculum.
Some of the credit for increased enrollment lies in the
Spartan Opportunities Scholarship initiative to reach
those who demonstrate potential for academic success.
Nonresident enrollment is 41 percent greater than last
year’s, the result of articulation agreements with SUNY
Adirondack and SUNY Orange, seamlessly bringing in
students with completed associate degrees.
Vermont resident enrollment is 8 percent greater than
last year’ a result of heightened communication with
Vermont high schools and CCV, as stated in a message
from Scolforo published in the Spartan Insider (the CU
school newspaper).
Scolforo said one task force is studying what future
MORE THAN 100 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS
ARE COMING FROM 14 STATES AND
16 COUNTRIES.
needs will be and how Castleton can best serve the
region. Another focuses on strengthening courses and
offerings, and creating cross-disciplinary opportunities
for students.
A third task force is working on developing new delivery
models that focus on students’ needs. It is working
with the New England Association of Schools and
Colleges to offer full programming online, and adding
occupational and physical
therapy accreditation
programs. Also scheduled
to launch are the Master
of Arts program and the
Vermont Academy of Fine
Arts to bring in young students through the Early College
program.
Underway also is the strategic plan, Castleton on
the Move, formed in 2013 and intended to stay in place
until 2023. The mission, pillars, and priorities were
recently revised and will be submitted to returning
faculty this autumn. If approved, it will go before the
board of trustees by semester’s end, and will then be
revealed to the public.
Under consideration is establishing schools within the
university, Scolforo outlined. Each school will have more
autonomy to develop innovative programming.
With the formation of a student advisory council, the
students will have more voice in governing their education
and environment. Scolforo said she could not have
accomplished so much without Wolk’s team building at
Castleton, building a dedicated combination of faculty,
staff, community supporters, and students.

STATE NEWS
The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018 • 5
Clarkson seeks
Senate seat
By Stephen Seitz
WOODSTOCK—
Democrat Alison Clarkson,
who is on her first
term in the state Senate,
is eager for more.
“I love the Senate,” she
said. “I love this job, and
I’d love to be returned to
the Statehouse.”
Clarkson added
working together is how
things get done.
”Legislation is a team
effort,” she said. “The
challenge is to have bills
taken up, but also voted
on, and it takes a team
effort to be effective.”
This year, Democratic
incumbents Clarkson,
Alice Nitka (Ludlow),
and Dick MacCormack
(Bethel) will face Republicans
Randy Gray
(Springfield), Jack Williams
(Weathersfield),
and Wayne Townsend
(Bethel).
Economic development
for Windsor
County is one of her
chief priorities, Clarkson
said. She serves on the
state Workforce Development
Board and is
vice chair of the senate
Committee of Economic
Development, Housing,
and General Affairs.
“There are so many
things we need to be
working on,” Clarkson
said. “We have to expand
workforce development.
Low income families
have not been seeing a
steady rise in income.
Vermont salaries have
not kept pace with with
the rest if the country.
That’s a real challenge.”
Pay equity is part
of the challenge, she
added.
“I believe in fair and
equitable pay,” Clarkson
said. “We have to get
women’s pay equal to
men’s. That alone could
By Stephen Seitz
WALLINGFORD—
Democrat Ken Fredette
is one if the three candidates
vying for the two
seats in the Rutland 2 legislative
district, comprising
Clarendon, Proctor,
Tinmouth, Wallingford
and West Rutland. The
other two are incumbent
Democrat Dave Potter
and incumbent Republican
Tom Burditt.
“I ran for the House six
years ago,” said Fredette.
“I lost by 181 votes out of
nearly 7,000 cast.”
Fredette has held
plenty of local offices over
the years, having spent
15 years representing
Wallingford on the Rutland
Regional Planning
Commission and about
Alison Clarkson
have a $1 billion effect.”
Clarkson said she’d
like to see some reform
in hiring practices.
“I’d like to see an end
to asking for salary history,”
she said. “That gives
potential employers a
chance to see if you’ll
work for less because of
being used to a certain
level of income.”
Clarkson said she’d
like to see more of a
public safety approach
to gun violence. ‘
“Domestic violence is
seen as a family affair,”
she said, “ and a lot of
women are affected by
that. There is also the
problem of teenage
suicide.”
The Vermont Domestic
Violence Fatality
Review Commission
Report reported in 2015
that, “Between 1994
– 2014 in Vermont, 57
percent of domestic
violence homicides & 77
percent of the murder/
suicides were committed
with guns.”
Clarkson said she’d
like to see more of an
effort to promote early
childhood education.
“We should spend
more on childhood
education,” Clarkson
said. “That gets children
started on the right foot.
Such a move now could
save $17 million in corrections
later.”
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Sandy Haas
running again
By Stephen Seitz
Fredette tries again for Rutland-2
20 years serving on the
school boards for Wallingford
Elementary, the
Rutland South Supervisory
Union, and most
recently the board for the
Mill River Unified School
District.
Fredette said education
is one of his chief concerns.
“I’m in favor if Act 46,”
he said. “I was promoting
something along the
same lines in 2006. The
merger for Mill River was
pretty seamless. It’s good
for the kids, and frees up
education professionals
to focus on the kids.”
Elaborating in an
email, Fredette wrote,
“I do not cotton to the
way things have gone in
ROCHESTER—Progressive
House member Sandy
Haas seeks to continue
representing the Windsor-Rutland
district, which
comprises Bethel, Pittsfield,
Rochester and Stockbridge.
If re-elected, Haas said,
“My top priority continues
to be getting better education
funding, to make it fairer
across across the income
Sandy Haas
brackets. As it stands now,
the middle class is paying the most.”
To that end, Haas said she vigorously opposed Act 46,
the state law offering incentives to consolidate school
districts with the goal of reducing education costs.
“Now it’s a fact of life,” she said.
In 2017, Rochester and Stockbridge voted to merge. The
move forced Rochester to close its middle-high school and
tuition those students off to other schools. Rochester kept
its elementary school; Stockbridge already tuitioned its
middle and high school students.
When it came to climate change, Haas said the state
could be doing more.
“We talk about climate change, but we don’t seem to
do much,” she said. “We need to work out regulations and
priorities, with pricing that reflects the true costs of generating
energy.”
Haas said she’d think about a carbon tax to reduce emissions,
depending on how it’s structured.
“Tropical Storm Irene was a carbon tax,” she said.
“That was an after-the-fact cost for what we’ve been doing
wrong.”
The current work force climate in Vermont favors
younger workers, a group the state is trying to develop and
grow. Older workers, however, are having a harder time of
remaining competitive.
Haas said the state is already drawing younger workers.
“We already attract young people from out of state with
our colleges,” she said. “We need to make Vermont a place
they want to stay.”
Haas said the Vermont Chamber of Commerce had
programs intended to keep older workers competitive.
“Workers over 60 have developed incredible life skills,”
she said. “They have plenty to contribute.”
Possession and consumption of small amounts of
marijuana are now legal in Vermont. Haas said she’d like
the Legislature to develop a system for distribution and
taxation, adding that legalization prevents money from
going to the black market.
“Colorado passed its law by referendum,” she said. “I
favor a legislative process. I don’t want to tax it just for the
money. Tax revenue should support treatment.”
Sandy Haas is a retired private attorney and proprietor
of the New Homestead Bed and Breakfast. Long active
in public affairs, she has served on Rochester’s Planning
Commission since 1982. She also served as Rochester’s
Trustee of Public Funds from 1987 to 2003, and previously
served in the state Legislature from 2005 to 2014.
Montpelier for the past
couple of years: Holding
back monies approved by
voters for school districts
across the state, using
‘notwithstanding’ to
skirt around existing law;
last-minute deals cut by a
handful of people behind
closed doors; the vetoes
and override votes, putting
political posturing
above needs of Vermonters
on the ground.”
When it comes to
increasing school safety,
Fredette wrote, “Lock the
doors. Seriously. When
the shooting at Essex
Elementary happened in
2006 we looked at building
security at Wallingford
Elementary. At the time
classrooms could only
Ken Fredette
be locked with a key from
the outside, leaving the
teacher out in the hallway
with whatever the danger
was, and with a key to the
classroom full of kids. We
remedied that right away.
Now we only have one
entrance to the building
available once the kids are
in for the day. Of course,
Fredette, page 32
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Opinion...................................................................... 6
Calendar..................................................................... 8
Music Scene............................................................. 11
Just For Fun.............................................................. 12
Switching Gears....................................................... 14
USO of MTB Recap.................................................. 15
Living ADE............................................................... 18
Food Matters............................................................ 23
Sports....................................................................... 26
Pets........................................................................... 28
Mother of the Skye................................................... 29
Classifieds................................................................ 30
Columns................................................................... 31
Service Directory..................................................... 32
News Briefs.............................................................. 34
Real Estate................................................................ 38
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Opinion
The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018
OP-ED
If Trump were
a Democrat!
By Angelo Lynn
If Donald Trump were a Democrat and president, can
you imagine how outraged Republicans would be?
Let’s count the ways:
Trump took a knee in Helsinki, essentially kowtowing
to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and trashing our own
intelligence team and, by extension, our armed services.
After years of counting Russia as their mortal enemy,
Republicans before Trump would have been apoplectic.
Even Veteran groups protested Trump’s weakness and
defended the truthfulness of America’s press.
One political cartoon aptly showed Trump’s head with
his trademark red baseball cap on, but with the words:
“Make Russia Great Again.” Since Trump’s election that
has seemed to be his goal, while also weakening America
and the western alliance. Some Republicans with integrity,
such as Sen. John McCain, are up in arms. But they are few
and far between.
Trump’s trade war is going just as the pundits and
economists said it would: Poorly, with American farmers
and many industries paying a high price for Trump’s ego.
His recent move to give Midwestern farmers $12 billion
in government handouts is Trump’s own admission that
Americans are going to suffer. Recent news suggests a
truce with America’s European partners, which basically
means no further escalation of the harm done by Trump.
It’s no victory for Trump or America, but at least Trump is
backing down from earlier threats to make things worse.
“STICK WITH US,” AND BELIEVE THE
LIES WE TELL YOU, THE PRESIDENT
TOLD HIS SUPPORTERS AT KANSAS CITY.
Free-trading Republicans are not pleased; if Trump were a
Democrat they would be livid.
That $12 billion, by the way, adds to the $1-plus trillion
in projected deficit spending thanks to Trump’s tax cuts
and increases in government spending. As several Republicans
congressmen have complained: Farmers don’t want
government handouts, they want trade policies that deliver
markets with free trade, which is what they had — and
were benefiting from — until Trump started his trade war.
Dairy farmers, by the way, aren’t in line for those handouts,
but they’ll help pay for it, as will the rest of us.
In short, federal deficits are soaring and Trump’s plan
is to add more tax cuts; free trade has been disrupted and
Trump’s answer is to impose even more tariffs; Trump has
kissed the ring of Putin, embarrassed America in the eyes
of the world, and continues to double down on support for
Putin; he’s paid off porn stars, suppressed news accounts
of another affair by giving the woman hush money, then
lied about it; he’s vulgar, lewd and unprincipled; he lies,
cheats and suppresses information (like his tax returns)
that every other modern president in U.S. history has
complied with for the sake of transparency. It is also highly
likely his allegiance to this country is compromised by
information the Russians have on him, and legal scholars
already suggest the president has committed high crimes
and misdemeanors suitable for impeachment proceedings.
If Trump were a Democrat, who doubts those proceedings
would be underway and the main headlines going
into these mid-term elections?
How, then, can Republicans stand by this “sad, embarrassing
wreck of a man,” as conservative columnist and
long-time Republican George Wills recently wrote?
Fear and ignorance, are two reasons. Greed is another.
Republican Congressmen and women know better, but
they are afraid Trump will turn his followers on them and
they might lose their seat beside the throne. And while
much is wrong with Trump, they’re winning the shortterm
game, even if the nation loses.
For avid Trump followers, the only explanation is that
they believe the propaganda he has been feeding them for
the past two years. But to those who don’t believe Trump
employs a disinformation campaign similar to Putin’s Russia,
perhaps they might reconsider: On Tuesday this week
at a speech in Kansas City about the detrimental impacts
Democratic Trump, page 13
LETTERS
Dear Editor,
It’s easy to find story
after story about Russia
and Trump. It’s harder
to connect all the dots
between Russia, Trump,
and the die-hard core of
Trump’s support. That
information is much more
spread out, often in sources
that casual followers
Vote for Jim
McNeil
Dear Editor,
I have known Jim
McNeil for 27 years and
have good reasons why
you should consider voting
for him for Rutland
County Senator. One of
the many discussions
we had over the years
has been our concern
for Vermont’s tax burden.
I am personally
frustrated with our out
of control spending and
the many programs and
new boards that pop up
each year that we just
can’t afford. Once these
programs are initiated,
we know they will never
be cut.
Some interesting data:
Forbes lists Vermont as
the 47th least friendly
state for business. USA
Today published results
that Vermont is in the
top 10 “most tax burden
states.” At the same
time, USA World and
News Report lists us as
52nd in our states and
territories as having the
lowest gross domestic
product. Alarming isn’t
it? We just don’t have
the money for all of this.
Vote McNeil, page 10
By Rick McKee, The Augusta Chronicle, GA, caglecartoons.com
Trump’s die-hard base loves Russia, too
of the news don’t consult.
But if you don’t connect
those dots, you really miss
the important picture.
Simply put, Russia is
the new moral beacon for:
(1) the racial extremists
that get labeled white
nationalists these days;
(2) the religious extremists
We are in
need of
change
Dear Editor,
As the election season
nears, it is vital that we vet
the candidates running
for Governor to determine
who has the best plan to
restore economic prosperity
to the Vermont we
so dearly love.
We are in desperate
need of change. We can no
longer continue down the
current path of government
mismanagement
for which we pay the price
with ever-increasing
taxes.
We need a leader who
makes our state’s economic
recovery his actual
top priority. We need a
Governor who will not violate
his oath of office for
personal political gain. We
need a leader we can trust.
I am supporting Keith
Stern for Governor in the
Aug. 14 primary because
he is not running to secure
a political legacy. He
is running to rightfully return
power to the people.
I hope you will join me in
giving your vote to Stern.
Michele Mauti Lindberg,
Cavendish
called evangelicals; (3)
gun extremists exemplified
by the NRA.
A partial list of extremists
who have favorably
compared Russia to
America: Franklin Graham;
Pat Buchanan,
former presidential candidate;
Pastor Rick Joyner,
Vote wisely
Dear Editor,
In the recent Vermont
Public Radio political
poll, 47 percent of Vermonters
polled approved
of Peter Welch’s
(D) job performance as
Vermont’s sole representative
in Congress.
Also, 47 percent of those
polled know someone
personally affected by
the opiate epidemic.
I wonder how many
Vermonters would
approve of Peter Welch’s
job performance if they
knew he was both heavily
invested in companies
selling opiates in Vermont
as well as taking
campaign contributions
from these companies?
Governor Phil Scott
also takes campaign
contributions from big
pharma and specifically,
Johnson and Johnson, a
Vote wisely, page 7
(Russia has more freedom
of religion); Brian Brown,
of the National Organization
for Marriage (Putins’s
a “lion of Christianity”);
Larry Jacobs of the World
Congress of Families
(WCF) (hopes evangelicals
and Russians can be
“true allies” in fight for
Trump, page 7
Please support
Nicole McPhee
Dear Editor,
I write to express my
whole-hearted support of
Nicole Peck McPhee for
Rutland County Probate
Judge.
Having practiced law
in Rutland, Vermont for
several decades, I have
had the opportunity to
interact with numerous
attorneys throughout
Rutland County and the
State of Vermont. The
focus of my practice is
Workers’ Compensation
and Personal Injury.
When my clients’ need for
a probate attorney arises,
I refer them to Nicole Peck
McPhee. In my many
years of working with
Nicole, I have found her to
not only be a very skilled
and professional attorney,
but have also witnessed
first hand her compassion
Vote Nicole, page 7
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CAPITOL QUOTES
The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018 • 7
DEGRESSION
CAPITOL
QUOTES
“Trump is essentially
a Maduro wannabe,”
Former Vermont Gov.
Howard Dean tweeted
Aug.6., after Venezuala
President Nicolas Maduro
was apparently nearly
killed by a flying drone
during a televised series.
“Today, President Trump
threw into reverse decades of
fuel efficiency progress. This
decision earns him the dubious
distinction of being the most
anti-environment president in
modern times. It’s the icing on
the cake of his pro-industry,
anti-science agenda and defies
common sense,”
Said Rep. Peter Welch in a
statement Aug. 2 after the Trump
administration’s proposal to gut
longstanding federal policy that
reduces vehicle emissions harmful to
the environment and block Vermont
and other states from imposing
emission standards stricter than the
federal government.
“The Senate must act as a
coequal branch of government
in defending against a threat
to our democracy. The threat
is very real. Our intelligence
community unanimously
agrees that Russia interfered
in the 2016 elections, and that
there is an imminent threat
to the 2018 elections. Just last
week, we learned that Russian
hackers targeted the office of a
sitting United States Senator.
We cannot ignore a threat
that has reached this very
chamber, and we must take
immediate action,”
Said Sen. Patrick Leahy in a
statement July 31.
“The true aim of cyber bad
actors attacking our elections
is to sow chaos and discord,
and to pick at the fibers of
public trust in the integrity of
our elections, which makes up
the weave of our democracy,”
Sec. of State Jim Condos tweeted
Aug. 2.
Vote Nicole:
continued from page 6
toward and dedication
to her clients. For this
reason, I refer my clients
to Nicole Peck McPhee for
assistance with matters in
her area of expertise.
In addition to her extensive
experience as an
attorney, Nicole has also
served the community
over the years as a member
on various boards and
committees. Through
this public service she
has demonstrated her
Vote wisely:
continued from page 6
company which profits from the sale
of opiates in Vermont.
These duplicitous politicians go to
great extremes with all kinds of virtue
signaling during election years.
They say they care about Vermonters
but in reality they are profiting off
the hardship of their constituents.
Christian values); Richard
Spencer, prominent white
nationalists; “alt-right”
marchers in
Charlottesville
(who chanted
“Russia is our
friend”).
They share Russia’s hostility
to gays, abortion, and
women’s rights (as of last
year, domestic violence is
only a crime in Russia if it
causes “substantial bodily
harm” or occurs more
Powers family:
continued from page 1
The entire family was
home and they were planning
to go to Maine on
Wednesday for vacation,
the day after the accident.
Jessie, 17, and Colline,
12, were upstairs. Jesse
was playing video games
in his room while Colline
was playing with toy horses
in her room.
Katelin was on the
couch reading a book
beside her father and
mother. Her mother had
just gotten up to use the
bathroom when the tractor
trailer went through
their home.
Katetlin was thrown
about 6 feet in the air,
landing on the other side
of the couch beside her
father.
The other children were
trapped upstairs and she
was trapped on another
side of the house, unable
to get to them, Leone said.
“As a mother, wife and
nurse it was the worst feeling
in the world not being
able to help,” Leone said.
Jessie and Colline had
no injuries while Leone
and her husband Larry
had minor bruises.
“They were covered in
wall particles and debris,”
Rutland attorney has immense experience
dedication and commitment
to our community.
Through her private
practice and extensive
work in the Probate Court,
she has gained the skill
set necessary to provide
Rutland County residents
with a superlative Probate
Judge. Whether it be a
matter involving a will,
estate, guardianship, or
adoption, Nicole Peck
McPhee has concretely
established her ability
Look at the numbers before hitting the polls
than once a year).
The NRA is, as we now
know, up to it eyeballs
in Russians and Russian
influence and may well
have funneled cash to the
Trump campaign.
We have both a president
and a large number
of supporters who prefer
Recover after losing home in tractor trailer crash
Leone said of her children.
The family isn’t sure how
many of their belongings
are salvageable. They had
rented the house from
owner Aaron McCarthy for
the past four years.
Larry Powers said he had
heard about the accidents
to be professional and
objective. These qualities
make for a fair and impartial
judge.
Based on both my
personal and professional
interaction with her, I
strongly endorse Nicole
Peck McPhee as Rutland
County’s next Probate
Judge and encourage the
community to vote for her
in the upcoming primary
on Aug.14,
Todd H. Kalter, Rutland
The primary election is Tuesday,
Aug. 14.
Vermonters have another opportunity
to reestablish their relationship
with their state and federal government.
Please vote wisely.
Stu Lindberg, Cavendish
Trump: It’s difficult to connect the dots as resources are spread out
continued from page 6
GAYS, WIVES, JOURNALISTS
AND CRITICS OF THE REGIME
ARE ALWAYS IN DANGER.
Russia, where gays, wives,
journalists and critics
of the regime are always
in danger, to
America. They
prefer it precisely
because they feel
that those groups
deserve to be in danger.
The real danger to
America right now is why
Russia—and these Trump
supporters—wanted
Trump to win.
Lee Russ, Bennington
Submitted
The Powers family was home when a tractor trailer truck
went through it, destroying the structure.
on Route 100 in the past.
“Someone mentioned
it about two years after we
moved in but they were
laughing and I didn’t believe
them,” he said.
Meanwhile, they’re
renting another home in
the area.

8 •
Calendar
The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018
VERMONT STATE FAIR
AUG. 14-18
By Robin Alberti
WEDNESDAY
AUG. 8
Bikram Yoga **
6 a.m.
Bikram Yoga holds classes Wednesdays: 6 a.m. 60-min. Bikram; 11 a.m.
inferno hot pilates; 4:30 p.m. 60-min. hot power flow; 6:15 p.m. 90-min
Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon. bikramyogamendon.com.
Pilates/Yin
8 a.m.
Pilates mat at 8 a.m.; Yin Yoga at 8:45 a.m., all levels at Killington Yoga
with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744 River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com,
802-422-4500.
Potluck Lunch/Book Signing
11:30 a.m.
Author and filmmaker Walter Hess and his wife Hannah, teacher and author
of Honest Deceptions, are living legends. Both fled Germany as children
in the same era. They will share their stories in Killington at a pot luck
luncheon, book signing, and talk sponsored by VT Pen Women. Everyone
is invited. Call 802 422-3616 or email: jilldyestudio@aol.com for details.
Gathering at 11:30 a.m., lunch at noon, talk at 1 p.m.
Active Seniors Lunch
12 p.m.
Killington Active Seniors meet for a meal Wednesdays at the Lookout Bar
& Grille. Town sponsored. Come have lunch with this well-traveled group
of men and women. $5/ person. 802-422-2921. 2910 Killington Road,
Killington.
Fundraiser for Stephanie Schaffer
4 p.m.
Applebee’s hosts fundraiser for Stephanie Schaffer, 4-9 p.m. when 15% of
dinner sales go towards her medical expenses. Route 4, Rutland.
Bike Bum Race Series
5 p.m.
Killington Mountain Bike Club Bike Bum race series Wednesdays through
Aug. 29 at Killington Resort, all ages - individuals or teams. killington.com.
1807 Killington Rd, Killington.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s Kick Off
5:30 p.m.
Rutland’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s Kickoff Party 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Chaffee
Art Center, 16 South Main St., Rutland. Come sign up for the Walk, sign
up teams and get captain’s packet, and meet with others who want to help
end Alzheimer’s disease. Light refreshments served. Raffle.
Rotary Meeting
6 p.m.
The Killington-Pico Rotary club cordially invites visiting Rotarians, friends
and guests to attend weekly meeting. Meets Wednesdays at Summit Lodge
6-8 p.m. for full dinner and fellowship. 802-773-0600 to make a reservation.
Dinner fee $19. KillingtonPicoRotary.org
Cavendish Summer Concert
6 p.m.
Town of Cavendish summer music series on the Proctorsville Green. Free!
Bring a lawn chair and a picnic to enjoy. Pizza wagon in the park, too. This
week, Jason Cann.
Vt. Adaptive Volunteer MTB Day
6 p.m.
Join Vermont Adaptive 6-8 p.m. on Sherburne Trails, Killington. Seeking
volunteers to help with mountain bike program. Training will happen on
beginner trails and focus on the function and adaptability of bikes, basic
structure of an adaptive lesson, and lesson progression for more advanced
riders. Hands-on experience on handcycles. Experienced mountain bikers
who have their own equipment and are comfortable on single track trails.
No adaptive biking experience is necessary. Email mountainbike@vermontadaptive.org.
Mandala Stone Painting
6 p.m.
Mandala Stone Painting Workshop at Chaffee Art Center, 16 S. Main St.,
Rutland. Fun and relaxing. 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, Aug. 8-29. All materials
included, $20/$25.
Free Knitting Class
6:30 p.m.
Free knitting classes at Plymouth Community Center,
by Barbara Wanamaker. Bring yarn and needles,
U.S. size 7 or 8 bamboo needles recommended,
one skein of medium weight yarn in light
or medium color. RSVP to bewanamaker@
gmail.com, 802-396-0130. 35 School
Drive, Plymouth.
Mendon Mini Golf
6:30 p.m.
Greater Killington Women’s
Club sponsors ladies outing at
Mendon Mini Golf 6:30-8:30
p.m. Mini golf on 18 holes,
putting clinic, refreshments,
raffles. $20 at the door. Route
4, Mendon
Seven to Sunset
Concert
7 p.m.
Seven to Sunset summer
concert series in Rutland’s
Main Street Park, corner of
West and Main streets. Final
week, featuring Satin & Steel.
Free. Bring a chair or blanket
and picnic!
Music at the Riverbend
7 p.m.
Brandon’s Music at the Riverbend
free summer concert series, on the
lawn behind Brandon Inn, 20 Park
St., Brandon. This week, Enerjazz (big
band). brandon.org.
Intro to Kabbalah
7 p.m.
Intro to Kabbalah, taught by Rabba Kaya Stem-
Kaufman. Class 3 of 3. At Sister Wicked, 3 West
Seminary St., Brandon.
THURSDAY
AUG. 9
Bikram Yoga **
6 a.m.
Bikram Yoga holds classes Thursdays: 6 a.m. & 6:15 p.m. inferno hot
pilates; 9 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. 90-min. Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon. bikramyogamendon.com.
Open Swim **
8 a.m.
Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement
Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 8-9 a.m.; 5-7 p.m. 802-773-7187.
Thursday Hikers
9 a.m.
Hike through the wood between Hogback and Romance Mountains in Goshen
to blueberry patch. Moderate. Meet at 9 a.m. at Godnick Center, 1 Deer
St., Rutland to car pool. No dogs. Bring lunch. Contact 802-282-1675.
Playgroup
10 a.m.
Maclure Library offers playgroup, Thursdays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Birth to 5
years old. Stories, crafts, snacks, singing, dancing. 802-483-2792. 840 Arch
St., Pittsford.
Story Time
10 a.m.
Story time at West Rutland Public Library. Thursdays,10 a.m. Bring young
children to enjoy stories, crafts, and playtime. 802-438-2964.
Killington Bone Builders
10 a.m.
Bone builders meets at Sherburne Memorial Library, 2998 River Rd.,
Killington, 10-11 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Free, weights supplied.
802-422-3368.
Mendon Bone Builders
10 a.m.
Mendon bone builders meets Thursdays at Roadside Chapel, 1680 Townline
Rd, Rutland Town. 802-773-2694.
Wednesdays with Farmer Fred
10 a.m.
Wednesdays Afternoons with Farmer Fred at Pres. Calvin Coolidge
State Historic Site. Showcasing historic farming activities and
wagon rides. historic.vermont.gov. 780 VT-100A, Plymouth.
All Levels Yoga
10 a.m.
Chaffee Art Center offers all level yoga class with
Stefanie DeSimone, 50 minute practice. $5/ class,
drop-ins welcome. 16 South Main St., Rutland.
Tobacco Cessation Group
4:30 p.m.
Old Brandon Town Hall, Brandon. Thursdays,
4:30-5:30 p.m.
River Road Concert Series
6 p.m.
Thursdays on the lawn at Sherburne Library, 2998
River Road, Killington. This week, Shananagans.
killingtontown.com. Bring a lawn chair and picnic.
Free, all welcome.
Sip N’ Dip
6 p.m.
Thursday night Sip N’ Dip painting class at Chaffee
Art Center. BYOB for an evening of painting, laughter,
instruction, and a finished canvas. $30/ $25 for members.
Register at chaffeeartcenter.org. 16 S. Main St., Rutland.
** denotes multiple times and/or locations.
WHAT TO DO IN CENTRAL VERMONT
Bridge Club
6:30 p.m.
Marble Valley Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Godnick Center Thursdays,
6:30 p.m. Sanctioned duplicate bridge games. 1 Deer St., Rutland. 802-
228-6276.
Adult Soccer
7 p.m.
Adult Soccer at Killington Elementary School, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays. $2.
Non-marking gym sneakers please. Info, killingtontown.com.
F.H. Concerts in the Park
7 p.m.
Fair Haven Concerts in the Park Summer Series, Thursdays, 7 p.m. Park
open 5 p.m. - bring a picnic! This week, The Hand Picked Band. Refreshments
available. 802-265-3010. 3 North Park Place, Fair Haven.
FRIDAY
AUG. 10
Bikram Yoga **
6 a.m.
Bikram Yoga holds classes Fridays: 6 a.m. 60-min. hot power flow; 11
a.m. 60-min. Bikram; 4:30 p.m. inferno hot pilates. 1360 US-4, Mendon.
bikramyogamendon.com.
Open Swim **
8 a.m.
Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement
Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 8-9 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 802-773-
7187.
Level 1 Yoga
8:30 a.m.
Level 1 Hatha Yoga at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744
River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
High Fives Tournament
9 a.m.
Sixth annual High Fives Tournament at Killington Golf Course. Teams
compete in four-man scramble format to win big prizes, and benefit a great
cause. 9 a.m. registration, 11 a.m. shotgun start. Post tournament putting
contest finals, dinner, and awards. Register at killington.com (includes great
swag).
Story Time
10:30 a.m.
Sherburne Memorial Library holds story time Fridays, 10:30-11 a.m. Stories,
songs, activities. Babies and toddlers welcome! 802-422-9765.
Breastfeeding Support Group
10:30 a.m.
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant leads breastfeeding
support group at Norman Williams Public Library, in the children’s section,
second Friday of month. Share/swap stories. Free, older siblings welcome.
281-731-7313. 10 the Green, Woodstock.
Charity Golf Tournament
1 p.m.
Rutland County Snowmobile Club holds charity golf tourney to benefit The
Child First Advocacy Center of Rutland County and The Vermont Achievement
Center Mitchell Therapy Pool. 1 p.m. shotgun start at Green Mountain
National Golf Course. mounthollysnowflyers.org for info. Barrows Towne
Road, Killington.
Magic: the Gathering
3:15 p.m.
Sherburne Memorial Library holds Magic: the Gathering Fridays, 3:15-4:15
p.m. Ages 8+, all levels welcome. 2998 River Rd., Killington. 802-422-9765.
Divas of Dirt Rides
4 p.m.
Female mountain bikers of all levels welcome to join (every other) Friday
night group rides and happy hour events at Killington Bike Park. 4-6 p.m.
Free with your own bike and valid bike park ticket/pass. Rentals available.
killington.com, 802-422-6232. Killington Resort.
Brown Bag Concert Series
5:30 p.m.
Brown Bag Summer Concert Series on the Woodstock History Center back
lawn, 26 Elm St., Woodstock. Free, donations welcome. pentanglearts.org.
This week, Ashley Storrow Trio, performing acoustic folk.
ART IN THE PARK
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, AUG. 11-12
By Rik Champine

CALENDAR
The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018 • 9
Okemo Music Series
6 p.m.
Okemo’s Jackson Gore Summer Music Series, free Friday night concerts
through the summer. Grounds open 5 p.m. Concert 6-9 p.m. This week:
CK3. Bring lawn chair or blanket. Rain site inside. Dining options. okemo.
com.
SATURDAY
AUG. 11
Point to Point
VSECU’s Point to Point, cycling and running event to raise funds and
awareness for the Vermont Foodbank’s mission to end the growing problem
of hunger in Vermont. Headquartered at Mt Ascutney, 400 Ski Tow Road,
Brownsville. Registration closes Aug. 8: thepointtopoint.org.
GMC Long Trail Day
Join local GMC sections throughout Vermont as they celebrate the Long
Trail with guided hikes and visits to amazing places. Register at greenmountainclub.org/longtrailday/
- visit local breweries hosting hikers after the day!
Bikram Yoga **
7:30 a.m.
Bikram Yoga holds classes Saturdays: 7:30 a.m. 60-min. Bikram; 9 a.m. 90-
min. Bikram; 4:30 p.m. inferno hot pilates. 1360 US-4, Mendon. bikramyogamendon.com.
AKC Farm Dog Certification
8 a.m.
Mosher Excavating and farm will host American Kennel Club farm dog
certification. Approximately 40 dogs will be certified through a 10-part skill
test. Open to spectators. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 225 Johnson Road, Killington. Off
Route 100.
East Poultney Day
9 a.m.
East Poultney Day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., celebrating town history on the Green in
East Poultney. Historic buildings open for touring, craft fair, farmers’ market,
music, food, raffles, and Evensong services at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal
Church. Main Street. poultneyareachamber.com.
Killington Section GMC
9:30 a.m.
Killington Section Green Mountain Club outing: Long Trail Hike Day! Call
leader to determine: 802-293-2510.
Welcome Home Music Festival
9:30 a.m.
Welcome Home music festival and cookout to honor local soldiers, combat
Veterans and their families, at WRJ VA Medical Center, Veterans Drive,
White River Junction. 9:30 a.m. opening ceremony. 10 a.m. bands begin
(The Ramblers, Chris Kleeman, Brothers Band Together, Ted Mortimer Trio,
Bow Thayer). 11 a.m. cookout begins. Closing ceremony 3:30 p.m. Open to
the public.
Art in the Park
10 a.m.
Chaffee Art Center’s 57th annual Art in the Park Fine Art & Craft Festival, 10
a.m.- 5 p.m. in Main Street Park, Rutland. Fine artists and crafts people, live
music, food, special events for kids, and more. Admission by donation. Rain
or shine. chaffeeartcenter.org, 802-775-0356.
Enlightenment Fair
10 a.m.
The Enlightenment Fair / The House of Compassionate Gratitude at Merchants
Hall, 42 Merchants Row, Rutland. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Readings are first
come, first serve. Limited personal sessions with intuitive medium Brennyn
Molloy. Open to public, entry by donation.
Craft & Flea Market
10 a.m.
5th annual Craft and Flea Market on the Stockbridge Common, 10 a.m.-3
p.m. Spaces available - 802-746-8150.
Taste of Woodstock
10 a.m.
Taste of Woodstock, in the village of Woodstock. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Featuring
live music, local foods, beer, wine, crafts, and fun for all ages. Info, 802-457-
3555. Free!
Magnificent Mammals
10 a.m.
VINS hosts magnificent mammals program 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Meet live
animals, learn about bats and other mammals, see puppet show, more. 149
Natures Way, Quechee. Admission. vinsweb.org.
Open Gym
11 a.m.
Saturday morning open gym at Head Over Heels, 152 North Main St., Rutland.
11 a.m.-1 p.m. All ages welcome. Practice current skills, create gymnastic
routines, learn new tricks, socialize with friends. $5/ hour members;
$8/ hour non-members. Discount punch cards available. 802-773-1404.
Story Time
11 a.m.
Story time with Erin Rounds reading “Charlotte’s Bones” at Phoenix Books
Rutland, 2 Center St., Rutland. Free, open to all ages. phoenixbooks.biz.
Bridge Club
12 p.m.
Marble Valley Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Godnick Center Saturdays,
12-4 p.m. Sanctioned duplicate bridge games. 1 Deer St., Rutland. 802-
228-6276.
Dog Training Program
1 p.m.
Dog trainer Deb Helfrich will demystify dog communication at event at
Castleton Free Library. Learn how dogs express themselves, and how
they communicate with their bodies. Sorry, no dogs at the program. Light
refreshments. 638 Main St., Castleton.
Cooler in the Mountains Concert
3:30 p.m.
Cooler in the Mountains Summer Concert Series at Killington Resort, Saturdays
at 3:30 p.m. This week, The Funky Dawgz Brass Band. K-1 Base Area.
Free! Beverages and food available, or bring your own. killington.com.
Wondergrow Gardening
4 p.m.
WonderGrow Gardening Experience, 4-6 p.m. at Wonderfeet Kids’
Museum, 11 Center St., Rutland. Three-part series exploring gardening.
Help plant the window garden. For ages 4+, with an adult. Pre-register at
wonderfeetkidsmuseum.org.
Taste and Make
4 p.m.
Stone Valley Community Market (the co-op) holds Taste & Make workshop
focused on homemade probiotic foods. This month, learn about benefits
of fermented veggies (like sauerkraut). Tasting and discussion, then walk to
GMC kitchen to make batches to take home. Free. Bring quart or half gallon
glass jar. Register at 802-287-4550 or tisone@greenmtn.edu. 216 Main St.,
Poultney.
Open Swim
5 p.m.
Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement
Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: Tues., Thurs., Saturday 5-7 p.m. 802-773-
7187.
VFW Event
5 p.m.
VFW Auxiliary Dinner, 15 Wales St., Rutland. 5-7 p.m. Menu TBD. Open to
public.
Bingo
5:30 p.m.
Bridgewater Grange Bingo, Saturday nights, doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Games start 6:30 p.m. Route 100A, Bridgewater Corners. Just across
bridge from Junction Country Store. All welcome. Refreshments available.
Open Gym
6 p.m.
Friday night open gym at Head Over Heels, 152 North Main St., Rutland.
6-8 p.m. Ages 6+. Practice current skills, create gymnastic routines, learn
new tricks, socialize with friends! $5/ hour members; $8/ hour non-members.
Discount punch cards available. 802-773-1404.
Opening Reception
6 p.m.
Alley Gallery on Center Street, Rutland, holds opening reception for Ellen
Shattuck’s solo exhibition, “Thirty-six Views of Home,” a collection of prints
about motherhood. 6-8 p.m. Open to the public.
Silent Film
7 p.m.
Silent film series at Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Square, with Jeff
Rapsis playing live piano in accompaniment. This week, “Laurel &
Hardy: A Silent Fine Mess.” Free will donation.
Pond Hill Rodeo
8 p.m.
Pond Hill Ranch Pro Rodeo. A real rodeo complete
with classic events like roping, barrel racing, and
bronc riding. Excitement for the whole family, affordable
admission. 1683 Pond Hill Ranch Road,
Castleton. pondhillranch.com, 802-468-2449.
SUNDAY
AUG. 12
Heartfulness Meditation
7:45 a.m.
Free group meditation Sundays, Rochester
Town Office, School St. Dane, 802-
767-6010. heartfulness.org.
Bikram Yoga **
9 a.m.
Bikram Yoga holds classes Sundays: 9 a.m.
90-min. Bikram; 11 a.m. inferno hot pilates;
4:30 p.m. 60-min. Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon.
bikramyogamendon.com.
Art in the Park
10 a.m.
Chaffee Art Center’s 57th annual Art in the Park Fine Art &
Craft Festival, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in Main
Street Park, Rutland. Fine artists and crafts people, live music,
food, special events for kids, and more. Admission by donation.
Rain or shine. chaffeeartcenter.org, 802-775-0356.
Morning Yoga
10:30 a.m.
Gentle Vinyasa Flow Yoga class with Dawn Sunday mornings through the
summer at Plymouth Community Center, 35 School Drive, Plymouth. $12
or 10 classes for $90. All levels welcome, bring your own mat. 10:30-11:30
a.m. dedicatedyoga@gmail.com.
Benson Burdock Festival
11 a.m.
Benson Burdock Festival & Family Days, with theme Back to the Future.
Parade 11 a.m., other events follow: ATV & Garden Tractor Pulls 1 p.m.
Benson Village, Stage Road and Route 22A.
Discovery Sunday
11:30 a.m.
VINS hosts Discover Sunday: Great Big Bubbles! 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Blow bubbles, and explore how they work. 149 Natures Way, Quechee.
Admission. vinsweb.org.
Wish Kid Appearance/Reading
1 p.m.
Wish Kid Jamie Heath is on statewide book tour reading from her new
picture book “Wishes Are Medicine” at Phoenix Books Rutland, 2 Center
St., Rutland. Free, open to all ages. phoenixbooks.biz.
Hot Dog Cook-off
1 p.m.
Seventh annual Hot Dog Cook-Off at Stone Hearth Inn, 698 Vt Rt 11W,
Chester. 1-4 p.m. Admission: $20/ family; $10 adults; $5 students. All you
can eat hot dogs. Vote for your favorite. 11 chefs compete. 802-875-2525,
Classical Music Concert
2 p.m.
Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill, 145 East Main St., Poultney hosts Joy Pile, violist
with Champlain Philharmonic, performing Vaughan Williams Six Studies
in English Folksong for viola and piano, and more. Joined by Dianna Donat
and Steve Donat. Free, open to public. stonevalleyarts.org.
Author Talk/Book Signing
3 p.m.
Mount Holly Town Library hosts author talk and book signing with Yvonne
Daley and her book, “Going Up the Country.” 26 Maple Hill Road, Belmont.
Free, open to public.
Willie Dunn’s Summer Music Series
4 p.m.
New summer music series at Willie Dunn’s at Okemo Valley Golf Club. All
welcome. This week: Sammy Blanchette. 89 Fox Lane, Ludlow.
Devil’s Bowl Dirt Racing
6 p.m.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway Dirt Track Racing: Devil’s Bowl Speedway Dirt Track
Racing: CCV Night. Sprint Cars of New England Twin 20s. Grandstand
admission applies, kids 12 and under are free. 2743 Rt. 22A, West Haven.
Track line: 802-265-3112.
Meet the Maker Cocktail Dinner
6 p.m.
Red Clover Inn partners with Smugglers’ Notch Distillery of Jeffersonville,
paired with a four-course dinner. Reservations recommended: 802-775-
2290. 7 Woodward Road, Mendon.
Rosh Hodesh Group Returns
7 p.m.
All women are invited to join Rabba Kaya Stern-Kaufman at Elaine’s home,
557 Deer Run, Mendon, for connecting, sharing, learning as we enter new
moon of Elul. 7-8:30 p.m. rabbakaya@rutlandjewishcenter.org.
MONDAY
AUG. 13
Bikram Yoga **
6 a.m.
Bikram Yoga holds classes Mondays: 6 a.m. and 11 a.m., 60 min. Bikram;
4:30 p.m. 60-min. hot power flow; 6:15 p.m. 90-min. Bikram. 1360 US-4,
Mendon. bikramyogamendon.com.
Vermont Open Farm Week
Vermont Open Farm Week, where Vermont farms open their doors to the
public, for an authentic Vermont experience. Get first hand experience in
local agricultural traditions. Dozens of farms participate with tours, tastings,
tractor rides, scavenger hunts, harvesting veggies, collecting eggs, milking
cows and goats, live music, and on-farm dinners. Find participating locations
at DigInVT.com.
TASTE OF WOODSTOCK
SATURDAY, AUG. 11
All Level Yoga
8:30 a.m.
All Level Flow Yoga at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744
River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Chaffee Summer Camps
9 a.m.
Summer camps at Chaffee Art Center, Aug. 13-17, for ages 7-12: Painting,
Printing and Paper Mache, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Art From Around the World,
12:30-4 p.m. $110 each or $180 for both. Register at chaffeeartcenter.org.
16 S. Main St., Rutland.
Killington Bone Builders
10 a.m.
Bone builders meets at Sherburne Memorial Library, 2998 River Rd.,
Killington, 10-11 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Free, weights supplied.
802-422-3368.
Open Swim
11:30 a.m.
Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement
Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 802-773-7187.
Monday Meals
12 p.m.
Every Monday meals at Chittenden Town Hall at 12 noon. Open to public,
RSVP call by Friday prior, 483-6244. Gene Sargent. Bring your own place
settings. Seniors $3.50 for 60+. Under 60, $5. No holidays. 337 Holden Rd.,
Chittenden.
Rutland Rotary
12:15 p.m.
Rotary Club of Rutland meets Mondays for lunch at The Palms Restaurant.
Learn more or become a member, journal@sover.net.
Lego Crazy
3 p.m.
Maclure Library offers Lego Crazy program - free range building. 802-483-
2792. 840 Arch St., Pittsford.
Tobacco Cessation Group
4:30 p.m.
Free tobacco cessation group. Free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges. Every
Monday, 4:30-5:30 p.m. at RRMC Physiatry Conference Room (PM&R)
off Outpatient Physical Therapy Waiting Room. 160 Allen St., Rutland.
SUP
5 p.m.
Intermediate group SUP skills with Karen Dalury. Reservations required,
802-770-4101, killingtonyoga@gmail.com.
Citizenship Classes
Vermont Adult Learning will offers free citizenship classes. Call Marcy
Green, 802-775-0617, and learn if you may qualify for citizenship at no cost.
16 Evelyn St., Rutland. Also, free classes in reading, writing, and speaking
for English speakers of other languages. Ongoing.
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TUESDAY
AUG. 14
Bikram Yoga **
6 a.m.
Bikram Yoga holds classes Tuesdays: 6 a.m. & 6:15 p.m. Inferno hot pilates;
9 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. 90-min. Bikram. 1360 US-4, Mendon. bikramyogamendon.com.
Vermont Open Farm Week
Vermont Open Farm Week, where Vermont farms open their doors to the
public, for an authentic Vermont experience. Get first hand experience in
local agricultural traditions. Dozens of farms participate with tours, tastings,
tractor rides, scavenger hunts, harvesting veggies, collecting eggs, milking
cows and goats, live music, and on-farm dinners. Find participating locations
at DigInVT.com.
Open Swim **
8 a.m.
Enjoy the warm water at Mitchell Therapy Pool at Vermont Achievement
Center, 88 Park St., Rutland: 8-9 a.m.; 12-1 p.m.; 5-7 p.m. 802-773-7187.
Art Workshop
10 a.m.
Hand-in-Hand open art workshop, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Tuesdays at Sherburne
Memorial Library, Killington. Open art workshop - all levels, interests, mediums.
Free. Ann Wallen Community Room. 802-299-1777.
Mendon Bone Builders
10 a.m.
Mendon bone builders meets Tuesdays at Roadside Chapel, 1680 Townline
Rd, Rutland Town. 802-773-2694.
Tuesday Tales
10 a.m.
Tuesday Tales of the Notch at Pres. Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site.
Guided tours with site administrator. historicsites.vermont.gov. 3780 VT-
100A, Plymouth.
Tobacco Cessation Group
11 a.m.
Free tobacco cessation group. Free nicotine patches, gum or lozenges.
Every Tuesday, 11-12 p.m. at Heart Center, 12 Commons St., Rutland.
802-747-3768.
Vermont State Fair
1 p.m.
173rd Vermont State Fair at the fairgrounds, 175 S. Main St., Rutland. Aug.
14-18. Gates open 1-11 p.m. today; rides start at 2 p.m. $10 admission
ages 13+; ages 7-12 $5; age 6 and under and active military, free. Ride
tickets extra. Vendors, agriculture, maple building, rides, contests, arts and
crafts, forestry, and more. Special acts: Dan Tyminski, Tim Brick, Barnyard
Cackle Review, Rosaire’s Racing Pigs, Hocus Pocus Magic Show, Marty
Wendell, Cracked Walnuts, Adirondack Fiddlers. Free parking. vermontstatefair.org.
Gov. Scott names Dan French as
Vermont’s next education secretary
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger
Gov. Phil Scott has named Dan
French, a veteran Vermont schools
superintendent, to be the state’s
next education secretary.
Scott has made cost-containment
his hallmark education
priority, and during a press conference
Thursday, Aug. 2 announcing
French’s appointment, he reiterated
the need to create an education system
that’s “sustainable and affordable
for taxpayers.”
French, he said, was
“the right person with the
right experience at the
right time.”
Scott asked the State
Board of Education to
think outside the box in its search
for a new head of the Agency of Education,
but with French he ended
up settling on a well-known figure
in Vermont’s education community.
The governor said early on in the
process that he wanted a secretary
who shared his views on education,
but said Thursday he applied “no
litmus test” while interviewing the
three candidates forwarded to him
in late May.
French told reporters he agreed
“spending is an issue” and said he
looked forward to working with the
Legislature to find a fix.
“I’m hoping we can partner to
find a solution to this very complex
situation. But we have to do so
rather urgently, because many of
our ideals that we hope for for kids
aren’t going to be possible unless
we figure out a way to make a more
sustainable system,” he said.
FRENCH WAS MOST RECENTLY THE
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
COORDINATOR AT SAINT MICHAEL’S
COLLEGE.
Scott’s focus on education
spending has been a driver of the
tension that has built up over the
past two years between him and
Democrat-controlled Legislature,
brining Vermont to the brink of a
government shutdown during the
most recent legislative session.
The former education secretary,
Rebecca Holcombe, abruptly
resigned on April 1 due to unbridgeable
policy differences with the
governor, according to her husband
TOPS Meeting
4:45 p.m.
TOPS meets Tuesday nights at Trinity Church in Rutland (corner of West
and Church streets). Side entrance. Weight in 4:45-5:30 p.m. Meeting
6-6:30 p.m. All welcome, stress free environment, take off pounds sensibly.
802-293-5279.
Golf League
5 p.m.
Killington Golf Course golf league night, 5 p.m. shotgun start Tuesdays.
9-hole scramble, themed event with contests and prizes. Sign up at 802-
422-6700 by 2 p.m. each Tuesday. killington.com.
Tobacco Cessation Group
5 p.m.
Castleton Community Center, 2108 Main St., Castleton. Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m.
Winter in August
5 p.m.
37th annual Winter in August! 5-8 p.m. on Merchants Row, Rutland. A
recognition of the ski industry’s contribution to the regional economy, and
a food festival and block party drawing hundreds of people. $10 tickets
through Aug. 10 at rutlandvermont.com; $15 at the door.
Level 1 Yoga
5:30 p.m.
Level 1 Hatha Yoga at Killington Yoga with Karen Dalury, RYT 500. 3744
River Rd, Killington. killingtonyoga.com, 802-422-4500.
Heartfulness Meditation
5:45 p.m.
Free group meditation Tuesdays, Mountain Yoga, 135 N Main St #8, Rutland.
Margery, 802-775-1795. heartfulness.org.
Bereavement Group
6 p.m.
VNAHSR’s weekly bereavement group, Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at Grace Congregational
Church, 8 Court St., Rutland. Rev. Andrew Carlson facilitates.
Free, open to the public. 802-770-1613.
Legion Bingo
6:15 p.m.
Brandon American Legion, Tuesdays. Warm ups 6:15 p.m., regular games 7
p.m. Open to the public. Bring a friend! Franklin St., Brandon.
Chess Club
7 p.m.
Rutland Rec Dept. holds chess club at Godnick Adult Center, providing a
mind-enhancing skill for youth and adults. All ages are welcome; open to
the public. Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. 1 Deer St., Rutland.
Castleton Concert Series
7 p.m.
Castleton University’s 23rd annual Summer Concerts at the Pavilion series,
in the Castleton Pavilion. Final week of concerts, featuring Satin & Steel.
Free, open to public. Non-perishable food donations encouraged. castleton.edu/summerconcerts.
62 Alumni Drive, Castleton.
and other education officials —
contradicting Scott, who attributed
her exit to “personal reasons.”
Since stepping down, Holcombe
has been publicly critical of Scott
for what she has characterized as a
heavy-handed, simplistic approach
to tamping down school spending.
But on Thursday, she took to Twitter
to compliment the governor’s pick.
“He is a distinguished and knowledgeable
leader with a
good understanding of the
state,” she wrote. “Congratulations,
Dan!”
French, 54, has masters
and doctorate degrees in
education administration
and leadership. He was most
recently the school leadership program
coordinator at Saint Michael’s
College, and was president of the
Vermont Superintendents Association
from 2010 to 2012. Before
that, he spent nearly ten years as
the superintendent of the Bennington-Rutland
Supervisory Union,
and before that 10 years as a principal
in the Northeast Kingdom.
He’s also consulted extensively
for school districts as they worked
Education secretary, page 33
Vote McNeil:
continued from page 6
Our population is aging,
and our young people
and retirees are leaving.
It is critical to cope with
these challenges and I
believe Jim is the person
that has the common
sense approach and
40 experience with
his business McNeil &
He knows Vermont and its people
Reedy and five years as
representative. He will
take this head on. This is
his approach for us.
Some of our legislators
understand this,
while others I would
like to challenge with
these difficult decisions
without worry of how
it affects their personal
agenda. We don’t need
to sponsor new useless
bills.
We need you to look
at the present and past
bills and review spending
and reign in the
waste. How wonderful
that would be. Again,
consider voting for Jim
he knows and loves
Vermont and its people.
He listens and has
a sound understanding
of the workings and the
directions he wants to
lead us.
Randy Pratico, Rutland

MUSIC SCENE
The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018 • 11
Music scene
by dj dave
hoffenberg
[MUSIC Scene]
WEDNESDAY
AUG. 8
BRANDON
7 p.m. Brandon Inn Lawn
Music at the Riverbend: EnerJazz
POULTNEY
6:30 p.m. Taps Tavern
Jazz Night
RUTLAND
7 p.m. Main Street Park
Satin and Steel
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way
Tavern
Full Band Open Mic: Robby and
Jimmy
THURSDAY
AUG. 9
BARNARD
5:30 p.m. Feast and Field
Market
Afro-Yaqui Music Collective
BOMOSEEN
6 p.m. Lake House
Aaron Audet
FAIR HAVEN
7 p.m. Town Park
The Hand Picked Band
KILLINGTON
6 p.m. Liquid Art
Open Mic with Tee Boneicus Jones
6 p.m. North Star Lodge
Pool
Stash Bros Acoustic
6 p.m. Sherburne Memorial
Library
River Road Concert Series: Shananagans
LUDLOW
5 p.m. Okemo’s Coleman
Brook Tavern
Date Night with Ryan Fuller
6:30 p.m. The Killarney
Irish Session Open Jam with Gypsy
Reel
MENDON
6 p.m. Red Clover Inn
Jazz Trio
PITTSFIELD
7 p.m. Clear River Tavern
Open Mic Jam with Eric and Rhys
POULTNEY
7 p.m. Taps Tavern
Mike Schwaner
STOCKBRIDGE
7 p.m. Wild Fern
Rick Redington
FRIDAY
AUG. 10
BOMOSEEN
6 p.m. Iron Lantern
Jake Geppert
KILLINGTON
7:30 p.m. McGrath’s Irish
Pub
Shananagans
9 p.m. JAX Food &
Games
Ryan Fuller
LUDLOW
6 p.m. Jackson Gore
Courtyard
Summer Music Series: CK3
POULTNEY
7 p.m. Taps Tavern
The Mean Waltons
RUTLAND
7 p.m. Draught Room in
Diamond Run Mall
Duane Carleton
7:30 p.m. Hop ‘n’ Moose
Kris Collettt
9 p.m. Center Street Alley
DJ Dirty D
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way
Tavern
New Whiskey River Band
STOCKBRIDGE
6 p.m. Stony Brook
Tavern
Wayne Canney
7 p.m. Wild Fern
Rick Redington & The Luv August
West Set
WOODSTOCK
5:30 p.m. History Center
Back Lawn
Ashley Storrow Trio
10 p.m. Bentley’s
Dancing after Dark with DJ Andraudy
SATURDAY
AUG. 11
BRANDON
7 p.m. Town Hall
“Laurel & Hardy” Silent Film Festival
BOMOSEEN
6 p.m. Lake House
Kris Collett
EAST POULTNEY
4 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal
Church
Choral Evensong
KILLINGTON
3:30 p.m. Killington’s
Roaring Brook Umbrella
Bar
Cooler in the Mountains Concert
Series: The Funky Dawgz Brass
Band
7:30 p.m. McGrath’s Irish
Pub
Shananagans
LUDLOW
3 p.m. Okemo’s Switchback
BBQ
Evo Summer Concert Series:
Muddy Ruckus
6 p.m. Mojo’s
Miss Guided Angels Duo
6 p.m. Mr. Darcy’s
Wayne Canney
POULTNEY
5 p.m. Cones Point General
Store
Music at The Moose: Whiskey River
RUTLAND
8 p.m. Rick and Kat’s
Howlin’ Mouse
JJGunn with special guest Soul
Shove
9 p.m. Center Street Alley
DJ Mega
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way
Tavern
Karaoke 101with Tenacious T
WOODSTOCK
10 p.m. Bentley’s
Dancing after Dark with Guest VJ
SUNDAY
AUG. 12
KILLINGTON
5 p.m. The Foundry
Jazz Night with Summit Pond
Quartet
9 p.m. JAX Food &
Games
Duane Carleton
LUDLOW
4 p.m. Willie Dunn’s Grille
at Okemo Valley Golf
Course
Sammy Blanchette
POULTNEY
12 p.m. Cones Point General
Store
Music at The Moose: John Lackard
Blues Band
RUTLAND
7 p.m. Hide-A-Way Tavern
King Arthur Junior
7 p.m. Main Street Park
Rutland City Band
9:30 p.m. The Venue
Open Mic
STOCKBRIDGE
12 p.m. Wild Fern
Cigar Box Brunch w/ Rick Redington
1 p.m. Wild Fern
The People’s Jam
MONDAY
AUG. 13
LUDLOW
9:30 p.m. The Killarney
Open Mic with King Arthur Junior
PITTSFIELD
7 p.m. Clear River Tavern
Clay Canfield and Brother John
RUTLAND
9:30 p.m. The Venue
Krishna Guthrie
WOODSTOCK
8 p.m. Bentley’s
Open Mic Night
TUESDAY
AUG. 14
BOMOSEEN
6:45 p.m. Bomoseen
Lodge
Paint & Sip Fundraiser
BRIDGEWATER
7 p.m. Ramunto’s Brick
and Brew Pizza
Trivia Night
CASTLETON
7 p.m. Castleton Pavilion
Satin & Steel
POULTNEY
8 p.m. Taps Tavern
Bluegrass Jam
RUTLAND
9:30 p.m. Hide-A-Way
Tavern
Open Mic with Krishna Guthrie
6 p.m. Iron Lantern
Breanna Thompson
9:30 p.m. The Venue
Karaoke
New businesses:
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been vacant long enough – five years – and the wellknown
coffee shop would be a good replacement.
The visual image for the new Starbucks submitted
by Detroit-based developer Alrig USA, however has not
inspired the Architecture Review Committee, which
was concerned about what they called “the Vermont
vernacular” and the appearance of Rutland’s “gateway”
area. Suggestions have been made regarding possible
design changes.
The Five Guys Burgers and Fries franchise, proposed
by Hyde Park Ventures, hopes to renovate the former
Mobil station at 5 North Main Street, removing the gasoline
tanks, pumps, island and canopy, adding about 450
square feet to the front of the building, and configuring
for 40-vehicle parking.
Another 150 square feet addition would house a
Starbucks and Five Guys look to open new franchises in Rutland
walk-in cooler, and the plans include a sidewalk across
the front of the property, which is owned by MT Associates,
LLC.
This property has been vacant, since December 2017.
The Design Review Board reviewed the 5 Guys proposal
at their Aug. 1 meeting.
Architecturally, Hyde Park plans to add white clapboarding
and brick to the front, and painting the rest of
the building to match.
DRB chairman Mike McClallen instructed the applicant
regarding the approval process, and the meeting
was adjourned on a positive note, according to the
minutes.
The Mountain Times contacted both Starbucks and
Five Guys headquarters, but both companies declined
to discuss details due to unfinished details in their per-

PUZZLES
12 • The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018
just for fun
• SUDOKU
• CROSSWORD
SUDOKU
Each block is divided by its own matrix of nine cells. The rule
for solving Sudoku puzzles are very simple. Each row, column
and block, must contain one of the numbers from “1” to “9”. No
number may appear more than once in any row, column, or block.
When you’ve filled the entire grid the puzzle is solved.
Solutions on page 29
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
CLUES ACROSS
1. Political action committee
4. Where sauces cook
8. Type of horse
10. Heavy sword (Brit.)
11. __ Nui, Easter Island
12. A type of burner
13. Spanish island
15. Rapid alteration of a
musical note
16. Where priests work
17. Most impoverished
18. Tom Petty’s band
21. Luke’s mentor __-Wan
22. No longer is
23. Mandela’s party
24. Legislator (abbr.)
25. A type of “zebra”
26. The common gibbon
27. American icon
34. Hunting expeditions
35. What a princess wears
36. Switched gears
37. Protege to Freya
(Norse myth.)
38. Serves
39. Darken
40. Fencing swords
41. Middle English letter
42. Go slowly
43. A type of flute
• MOVIE TIMES
• MOVIE DIARY
CLUES DOWN
1. One who is rejected
2. Suitable for crops
3. Per __, each
4. Indulges
5. Preoccupy
6. NIN frontman Reznor
7. Posted
9. Infamous Ukraine
village
10. Bizarre
12. One who loves to read
14. The products of human
creativity
15. Extinct flightless bird of
New Zealand
17. Famed Chinese American
architect
19. These can be used to
burn trash
20. Corpuscle count
(abbr.)
23. Pokes holes in
24. Peter’s last name
25. Offered as a prize
26. French river
27. Young woman
28. A pot has one
29. Of the ears
30. Full of parasites
31. Dole out incrementally
32. Citrus fruit
33. Hearty
34. External form
36. Turn violently
Solutions on page 29
By Dom Cioffi
the MOVIE diary
Round and round
I get up every weekday morning between 5:15 and
5:30 a.m. I do this so I can get to work early. I get to
work early so I can leave early. I leave early so I can
golf. (At least that’s what I did this July while my son
spent the month away at camp).
I decided at the start of this summer that July
would be the month that I would finally fine-tune
my golf game and get it to the point I’ve always
dreamed of. Golfers can attest that the only way to
truly improve is to put in countless hours practicing.
And practicing not only means ample time at the
range and putting green, but also out on the actual
course.
I’m lucky because the club I belong to has two
18-hole courses, meaning there is rarely a backlog
of players. This is especially true because I play 99
percent of my rounds later in the day when it tends
to be less busy.
When I arrive on weeknights and later in the day
on weekends, most players are finished or just finishing
their rounds. This means that I can head onto
the course as a single and not worry about getting
stuck behind large groups. The only thing I have to
avoid are the parents who are teaching their kids to
play, which can be tedious (but they’re usually happy
to let you pass through).
My dream scenario is to show up to the course
relaxed, having consumed a good meal that will provide
energy over the next several hours. I will then
hit balls on the range for 20 minutes before doing
15 minutes or so of chipping and putting. Once I’m
thoroughly warmed-up, I will head to the first tee
and begin my round.
Other than a breakfast ball off the first (hitting a
second shot if your first is deemed lousy), I will play
by the rules of the game for the rest of my round.
This means counting every stroke and scoring every
infraction. Traditionally,
for me, this has meant a
final score somewhere
between 85 and 95.
No matter how well I
play, I cannot break into
the 70’s on a consistent
basis. I have had a few rounds of 77, 78 and 79, but
they are extremely rare. It seems that every round I
play, I have at least one or two holes that completely
implode my score.
Sometimes, when the wheels really fall off, I stop
keeping score altogether and simply hit several balls
on each hole, attempting different shots that may
come in handy during a later round.
My goal this July was to find a grove that allowed
me to consistently replicate the correct swing and
thus lower my score. But I also knew that I had to put
IT NEVER QUITE DELIVERS THE
LAUGHS NEEDED TO MAKE IT A
WINNER.
THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME
a lot of focus on another area of the game that most
people overlook.
Practice, commitment and technique are all
important aspects of any sport, but any polished
athlete will tell you that you have to have a strong
mental approach to
a game if you want to
master it.
And so, I also spent
copious amounts of time
this July analyzing my
decision making processes
on the course to see if I could minimize the
bad situations that caused high scores. What I found
was a virtual gold mine of situations where I made
stupid or poorly thought out decisions that lessened
my scoring opportunities.
During every round in July I took on-course notes
with my smartphone, noting when, where, and how
the decisions I made got me into trouble. I would
then review these notes after the round and prepare
bullet lists to review before I teed off the next time
out.
This golf “cheat-sheet” has been my savior, since
I quickly realized how many times I make the same
dumb mistakes simply because the correct thoughts
were not top-of-mind. I now refer to my notes several
times throughout the round to remind myself
what to do and not to do.
After a month of work, I can tell you that my game
has definitely improved. And while I never broke 80,
I knocked on the door enough times to know that it’s
going to happen soon.
This week’s film, “The Spy Who Dumped Me,”
knocks on the door of being a successful comedy,
but never quite delivers the laughs needed to make
it a winner.
Starring Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon as
unsuspecting dupes pulled into an international
espionage crisis, the pair delivery viable chemistry
between their characters, with McKinnon once
again proving she is one of the funniest actresses
working today.
Check this one out if you’re looking for a few
laughs wrapped up in a semi-appealing package.
A sneaky “C” for “The Spy Who Dumped Me.”
Got a question or comment for Dom? You can
email him atmoviediary@att.net.

JUMPS
The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018 • 13
Ski World Cup preliminary schedule announced
The Audi FIS Ski World Cup Tour
descends on Vermont for the third year
in a row in November. Ninety athletes
representing 20 countries are expected
to participate in the slalom and giant
slalom events on Killington’s Superstar
trail. Killington’s World Cup races will be
broadcast to an audience of 2.1 million
people in 60 countries. The preliminary
schedule has been announced:
FRIDAY, NOV. 23
9:30 a.m. – Athlete free ski on Superstar
trail
5 p.m. - Team Captains Meeting,
Killington Grand Resort Hotel - Giant
Slalom
5:45 p.m. – Athlete Bib Presentation
(Giant Slalom), K1 Lodge Main Stage
6:45 p.m. – Mandatory on-course Photographer
Briefing, Killington Ski Club
SATURDAY, NOV. 24
TBA– First Run Audi FIS Ski World Cup
Giant Slalom
TBA – Second Run Audi FIS Ski World
Cup Giant Slalom
5 p.m. – Team Captains Meeting, Killington
Grand Resort Hotel – Slalom
SUNDAY, NOV. 25
TBA – First Run Audi FIS Ski World Cup
Slalom
TBA – Second Run Audi FIS Ski World
Cup Slalom
Killington Softball League:
And the winner is …
The Best of Three
Championship series
is set. Killington Resort
clawed their way out of the
loser’s bracket to earn a
return trip and try to fulfill
their quest for two titles
in a row. Standing in their
way is the OmyaRamas
who won the winner’s
bracket and made it to the
finals in only their second
season in the league. OR
took three of the previous
four games this season, including
a 12-7 win to reach
the finals.
Last week I wrote that
friends shouldn’t let
friends go to New Jersey,
but now the saying is softball
players shouldn’t let
their pitcher go to Virginia.
OR was forced to play without
all-star pitcher Bailey
Peters who was on family
vacation and KR had to
play without his dad, Matt,
who was with him.
Shortstop Dalton
Hotchkiss was brought in
to pitch and immediately
he was lit up for five runs
as KR hit through their
order in the top of the
first. Hotchkiss put his
team on the board in the
bottom after scoring off a
Geoff Bloomer single. Matt
Kinsman delivered the
first “Cold Milk K” of the
game to Brayden Shannon.
Nate Stoodley had a nice
looking sac in the second
to put his team up 6-1.
Jacob “Spyder” Godfrey
drove in a run to put the
deficit back to four. OR
infield had some problems
in the third with a couple
errors that led to two runs
for KR and they stranded
a couple runners in the
bottom. Stoodley blasted a
two-run shot in the fourth
for a big 10-2 lead. Bloomer
drove in another to
make it 10-4, good buddy.
KR was a run-producing
machine, scoring in every
inning. Justin Guth scored
to make it 11-4. OR did
have two sweet web gems
that inning with one by
Spyder but the large deficit
was still there and so was
their lack of scoring as they
went down 1-2-3. One of
those outs was a “CMK” by
Ryan Pfenning. KR put four
more on the board in the
sixth. OR answered with
two off a big home run by
Matt Lorman but also saw
Hotchkiss and Shannon
with back-to-back
“CMKs.” Game one went
to KR: 15-5.
OR started the scoring
in game two after Bloomer
drove in Lorman but
Shannon and Jimmy Mee
each had a “CMK” to keep
it at one. Kinsman was
doing it with his arm and
his bat after he jacked a
two-run shot in the bottom,
all part of a six-run
first inning. OR added two
more in the second, but
stranded the bases loaded
after Pfenning suffered
a “CMK” and Hotchkiss
flew out. OR played some
good defense in the second
and kept KR scoreless
for the first time in a long
time. Lorman scored
in the third to cut the
deficit to two runs. That
two quickly became four
after Dustin Blanchard
knocked one over the
fence. Hotchkiss was able
to deliver his first “Cold
Beer K” of the night to
Chandler “KOS” Burgess
to start KR’s bottom of the
fourth. OR had a chance
to come away unscathed
with two on and two out,
but Stoodley cleared the
bases with a stand-up
double. The scoring in
that inning stopped with
KR stranding the bases
loaded, but they still were
up 10-4, good buddy. OR
had no answer except a
“CMK” by Lorman. They
also had no defense in
the fifth after KR bombed
their way through the
order for seven runs and
a commanding 17-4 lead.
Three of them were off
a monster home run by
Evan Anderson. They
each added one more
run, but in the end the
congratulations and the
championship go to Killington
Resort with the series
sweep for the second
year in a row. Series MVP
honors were shared by
Nate “Put that Trophy Way
Up High” Stoodley and
Dustin Blanchard. Stoodley
was five for eight with
three runs scored, seven
RBI, a sac fly, a home run
and a walk. Blanchard was
four for six with six runs
scored, four RBI, a home
run and two walks.
By Robin Alberti
Killington Resort took the championship again this year.
Democratic Trump:
continued from page 6
of Trump’s trade war, he was ever the dictator
when he said: “Just remember, what
you’re seeing and what you’re reading (on
TV and in the newspapers) is not what’s
happening.”
Those truths, he said, are what he considers
the media’s “fake” news. The reality,
according to Trump, is what he says and
wants you to believe.
Shocking, but no surprise. It’s been a
consistent pattern. From those very first
days of his inauguration — when Trump
claimed to have the largest crowd ever,
despite footage showing the crowds were
fall smaller than President Obama had
drawn — he has lied in an effort to create
an alternative reality.
Recently, Trump and his economic
advisers had to retract comments that
the tax cuts were generating a surplus,
and admit that “what they meant to say”
was that they “hoped” they would create
a surplus someday, admittedly that currently
the deficit was tracking at a record
$1.5 trillion.
While Trump’s alternative reality is
dangerous only if others believe it, that’s
what’s disconcerting. Too many do.
“Stick with us,” and believe the lies we
tell you, the president told his supporters
at Kansas City. “Don’t believe the crap you
Supporters are ‘being played as fools’
see from these people,” referring to many
in Congress, most national economists,
and news reports in the nation’s media.
The comment might have been
Trump’s most Orwellian to date. Orwell
is the author who wrote the dystopian
novel “1984,”in which the author writes,
as Washington Post online columnist
James Hohmann astutely recalled:“The
party told you to reject the evidence of
your eyes and ears. It was their final,
most essential command. And if all
others accepted the lie, which the party
imposed, if all records told the same
tale, then the lie passed into history and
became the truth.”
How gullible and passive does Trump
think his followers are?
Enough to now believe Trump when
he says he is being tougher on Putin
than any other president ever, and that
Putin and the Russians are going to
meddle in the mid-term elections by
helping Democrats!
Seriously?
When will Trump supporters realize
they are being played as fools? More
importantly, will they stand up to
protect democracy when it’s needed, or
will they willingly embrace the tyranny
Trump espouses?

14 • The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018
Elemental Bike Park at
Suicide 6 is open
247 Stage Rd, South Pomfret
Map Legend:
SUMMER
SCHOOL
Learn-to-Ride The Beast.
Lift, lesson & rental
starting at $ 100.
killington.com/bikepark
Submitted
This concept map, showing over 6 miles of trails, will be constructed at Suicide Six over the next few seasons. Construction
began on May 15, with approximately half of the trail network open to the public as of July 21. Work continues
on our skills parks, pumptracks, and expert jump lines.
Central Vermont’s newest bike park
SOUTH POMFRET—“Fresh.
Dirt,” is how the Woodstock Inn
& Resort introduced its new
Elemental Bike Park at
Suicide Six. Woodstock
Inn & Resort partnered
with Sinuosity:
Flowing Trails to construct
approximately
6 miles of flow trails
accessible via a new quad
chairlift. In addition, the bike park
has two pump tracks, a strider
park (for the little ones), and a
skills development area designed
to build confidence and take riders
to the next level.
TECHNICAL DOWNHILL-SPECIFIC
RUNS AND FLOWING JUMP LINES
ARE PLANNED FOR FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT.
The resort offers certified
coaches, progressive terrain, and
a premium bike rental fleet – from
the best full suspension bikes for
kids, to the latest in downhill race
machines from Kona and Santa
Cruz – for a complete
experience for families
of all ages and abilities to
enjoy the areas newest
bike park.
Technical downhill-specific
runs and
flowing jump lines are
planned for future development
and they promise to challenge
even the most seasoned riders.

US OPEN OF MOUNTAIN BIKING
The Mountain Times • Aug. 8-14, 2018 • 15
US Open of MTB inaugeral event held at Killington
Staff report
KILLINGTON—More than 5,500 spectators and
250 riders from 11 countries came to the ski town Aug.
1-5 for the US Open of Mountain Biking, according to
estimates from Killington Resort.
Racers braved rain and lightning storms that carried
through most of the event.
“The weather was super challenging,” said event
organizer and co-founder Clay Harper.
It rained about two inches on Friday, he said, creating
a “soupy” ride on the course on Saturday. Some
events, including the best whip competition scheduled
Saturday, was delayed until Sunday due to the
rain.
“The course was really muddy for a race,” Harper
said. “It made for a more challenging weekend for
racers.”
That didn’t seem to phase some of the competitors,
however.
“It made for challenging conditions and a tough
race, although that’s downhill racing,” said professional
rider Dakotah Norton, 26, from Davison, Michigan.
“The rain mixed up the results quite a bit, that’s
why we love the sport. Anything can happen.”
Norton finished in 12th place after a fall in the
downhill men’s open competition.
Neko Mullaly, 25, won that event on the men’s side
with a time of 4:54. This was his second large win in a
row. Mullaly claimed first at the National Championships
in West Virginia just before coming to Killington.
Jackson Frew of Australia took second place with a
time of 5:00.
Frew said going fast was “ tricky,” with the slick
weather conditions.
Vaea Veeback of Canada won the women’s open
downhill competition with a time of 6:59 while local
rider Mazie Hayden finished sixth with a time of 7:52.
In the enduro race, Seamus Powell won the men’s
open with a time of 21:15. Nova Korem of Israel won
the women’s open with a time of 25:55.
Isak Levisson of Norway won the best whip competition.
Race organizers have yet to decide if the US Open
will return to Killington next year.
“We will work with the team of the US Open of
Mountain Biking to recap this year’s event and talk
about the future in the coming weeks,” said Killington
Resort Communications Manager Kristel Fillmore.
Harper was anticipating the event would return to
Killington.
“We haven’t released any news but hopefully we’ll
back at Killington,” said Harper.
By Paul Holmes
Professional and amateur riders race at the US Open of MTB Downhill Saturday, Aug. 4 from the top of K-1 Gondola at Killington Resort.Rain made it a muddy weekend.

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US OPEN OF MOUNTAIN BIKING
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Results: Grom Bomb Downhill
Boys/Girls 7-9 years old
1. Zack Harper, 24th overall, 2:17.45
2. Questwell Phillips, 32nd overall, 2:33.18
3. Kira Livernois, 33rd overall, 2:34.64
4. Maximus Didomenico, 34th overall, 2:35.90
5. Jacob Manning, 35th overall, 2:37.02
Boys 10-12 years old
1. Rory Meek, 2nd overall, 1:59.67
2. Gabriel Johnson, 3rd overall, 2:01.40
3. Lucas Dedora, 4th overall, 2:01.50
4. Anthony Lombardi, 7th overall, 2:05.49
5. Collin Bourque, 8th overall, 2:05.89
Results: Enduro
Men’s Open
1. Seamus Powell, USA, 21:15.40
2. Martin Maes, Belgium, 21:17.30
3. Franck Kirscher, Canada, 21:50.10
4. Keegan Wright, New Zealand, 22:10.01
5. Shane Leslie, USA, 22:27.64
Women’s Open
1. Nova Korem, Israel, 25:55.22
2. Corinne Prevot, USA, 27:41.95
3. Rachel Strait, USA, 28:05.58
4. Frida Helena Ronning, Norway, 28:21.36
5. Rachel Pageau, Canada, 28:26.85
Downhill Results: Fox US
Open of Mountain Biking
Men’s Open Class
1. Neko Mulally, USA, 4:54.75
2. Jackson Frew, Australia, 5:00.98
3. Wyn Masters, New Zealand, 5:09.68
4. Isak Leivsson, Norway, 5:11.06
5. Bernard Kerr, United Kingdom, 5:13.06
6. Kiran MacKinnon, USA, 5:13.79
7.Nik Nestoroff, USA, 5:14.41
8. Warren Kniss, USA, 5:16.95
9. Rafael Gutierrez, Columbia, 5:18.54
10. Connor Fearon, Canada, 5:19.78
Girls 10-12 years old
1. Maddy Doiron, 36th overall, 2:38.26
2. Addison Voyer, 42nd overall, 2:45.39
3. Gabrielle Sterkx, 49th overall, 3:01.45
Boys 13-15 years old
1. Sky Reznik, 1st overall, 1:59.51
2. Ryder Mosley, 5th overall, 2:03.17
3. Ben Stokes, 6th overall, 2:03.75
4. Austin Clarke, 9th overall, 2:06.08
5. Jackson Waters, 10th overall, 2:06.35
Men’s Amateur 14 years old and under
1. Daymien Ide, USA, 26:06.22
2. Barrett Hibshman, USA, 28:39.40
3. Eli Gadbois, USA, 28:40.16
4. Oliver Huntington, USA, 30:37.38
Men’s Amateur 15-34 years old
1. Ben Kelley, USA, 22:23.53
2. David Kahn, USA, 23:50.34
3. Nathan Sterckx, Canada, 23:55.13
4. Mike Buonocore, USA, 24:43.27
5. Adam Wesolowski, USA, 24:48.88
Men’s Amateur 35 years old and older
1. Dj Lis, USA, 24:52.63
2. Ronny Sterckx, Canada, 25:03.72
3. Phil Artese, USA, 25:21.26
4. Brandon Cassell, Candada, 25:33.35
5. Eric Miller, USA, 26:06.81
Women’s Amateur
1. Riley Miller, USA, 31:50.75
2. Sara Ellen Godek, USA, 33:55.01
3. Mariah Palmer, USA, 35:51.46
4. Jennifer Yanazzo, USA, 38:21.34
5. Cheryl Russ, USA, 41:03.18
Women’s Open Class
1. Vaea Verbeeck, Canada, 6:59.23
2. Ella Skalwold, USA, 7:07.31
3. Frida Helena Ronning, Norway, 7:07.96
4. Samantha Soriano, USA, 7:19.43
5. Rachel Pageau, Canada, 7:26.22
6. Mazie Hayden, USA, 7:52.93
7. Heather Munive, USA, 9:49.40
8. Laura Bruneau, USA, 11:06.14
9. Kristin Lenart, USA, 11:40.75
(The remaining five racers did not finish.)
Men’s Amateur Class - 14 years old and under
1. Tristan Lemire, Canada, 5:44.94
2. Lagneau Lucas, France, 5:50.91
3. Toby Meek, New Zealand, 6:13.89
4. Mathis Jacques, Canada, 6:20.06
5. Eric Willetts, USA, 6:23.51
Men’s Amateur Class - 15-34 years old
1. Ben Kelley, USA, 5:26.88
2. Vlad Sherryuble, Canada, 5:31.13
3. Christopher Grice, USA, 5:39.29
4. Chris Sinclair, Canada, 6:04.90
5. Jake Desmarais, USA, 6:05.01
Men’s Amateur Class - 35 years old and older
1. Eric Beauchamp Lachapelle, Canada, 6:14.04
2. Jason Beckley, USA, 6:22.86
3. Nathan Reed, USA, 6:36.23
4. Ian Collins, USA, 6:51.29
5. Brandon Cassell, Canada, 7:05.97
Women’s Amateur Class (all ages)
1. Ivanna Estrada, USA, 9:12.80
2. Abigail Ronca, USA, 11:14.67
3. Vicki Koch, USA, 11:39.66
4. Kylie Budich, USA, 22:55.71
By Paul Holmes
About 250 mountain bike riders attended the USO of MTB at Killington Resort, Aug. 1-5. Some impressive riding was witnessed by crowds of spectators that attended the events.
Postponed just 30 minutes due to rain, Rustic Overtones opened for Fishbone on Saturday night, Aug. 4 for a crowd at the Roaring Brook Umbrella Bars at K-1.
By Robin Alberti