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1. In 2019, Pittsburgh’s Josh
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other two to do it.
2. When was the last time
before 2018 (Cincinnati’s
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the month of April?
3. How many years went by
before the Buffalo Bills
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in the 2017 season?
4. When was the last time
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5. How many times have the
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How Seniors Can Safely Stay Behind The Wheel
A greater sense of independence is often cited as the reason
so many young people anxiously await the day they earn
their drivers’ licenses. But the connection between driving
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Aging can take its toll on drivers, prompting such drivers’
families to feel as if their loved ones’ ability to safely operate
motor vehicles has been compromised. However, many
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do can take steps to ensure they’re as safe as possible behind
the wheel.
• Avoid driving on days when aches and pains are strong.
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Helliwell Takes Advantage of Late
Tangle to Win Midsummer 250
Dover, NH’s Wayne Helliwell captured the $10,000 top prize in the
Midsummer 250 after the leaders tangled with four laps to go. (Mark
Alan Sumner photo)
Dover, NH’s Wayne Helliwell
Jr. was in the right place
at the right time to score the
victory and the $10,000 top
prize in the American-Canadian
Tour (ACT) Midsummer
250 at N. Woodstock,
NH’s White Mountain Motorsports
Park (WMMP) on
Saturday, August 3. Helliwell
took the lead with four laps
remaining after Jimmy Hebert
and Scott Payea tangled
on a restart, then held off a
last-lap bid by Graniteville,
VT’s Stephen Donahue for
the win.
Helliwell’s sudden rise to the top spot was
just the latest twist in a race that was full of
them. The three-time ACT champion had
been running in the top-five through the late
stages, but Hebert seemed to have the race in
hand as the laps wound down – a feat made
even more impressive by going the whole
way on the same four tires.
But Trent Goodrow spun in turn two to
bring out the event’s 11th caution on lap 246.
The yellow allowed Payea – who had already
led 40 laps after starting 23rd – to draw to Hebert’s
outside. The first two attempts at the
restart were waved off, and on the third try,
the lead duo got together entering turn two.
Payea spun and both drivers were sent to the
rear. That put Donahue and Helliwell on the
front row for the restart, and when the green
flag waved again, Helliwell made the outside
groove work to grab his 12th career ACT
Late Model Tour win.
Donahue was the dominant driver early,
taking the lead from polesitter Scott Dragon
on lap four and staying out front for more
than 70 laps. A competition caution for a fuel
stop on lap 75 closed the field back up, and
after the caution came back out three laps
later for Jonathan Bouvrette’s spin, Groveton,
NH’s Quinny Welch drove past him to take
the top spot. During the caution, ACT point
leader Rich Dubeau was one of a handful of
drivers to change tires as strategy began to
play itself out.
Donahue and Welch swapped the lead
twice more after another pair of quick cautions
before the field settled into a long green
flag run. Welch, the WMMP Late Model
point leader, proceeded to lead 87 straight
laps before Mark Jension hit the turn-two
wall on lap 170 to bring out the sixth caution.
During that yellow, all lead-lap cars except for
Hebert, Dubeau, and Adam Gray came to the
pits for tires. At that point, Williamstown’s
Hebert was the only driver in the field still
on the same tires he started with, and he assumed
command for the restart.
Hebert led the next nine laps until another
yellow flew for Gray’s turn-two crash. The
outside had been the place to be on restarts
all night, and this time, it was Payea’s turn to
ride the rim, completing his drive to first after
needing to qualify through the B-Feature.
Payea led the next 40 laps, but on the race’s
next restart at lap 219 for Jesse Switser’s spin,
Payea succumbed to the inside curse as Donahue
took the lead back.
During this time, Hebert had hung with
the leaders even on his old tires. As Donahue
and Payea diced for the point, Hebert
saw a chance and made a daring three-wide
move into turn three with 22 laps to go. Just
seconds after Hebert crossed the line in first,
Corey Mason spun in turn two to bring out
the ninth caution, locking the pass into the
record books. Mason was subsequently disqualified
from the event for intentionally hitting
another car under the caution.
All the while, Helliwell was lurking. The
veteran started 15th and spent the first twothirds
of the event hanging around the back
half of the top-10. Once the mass tire stop occurred
on lap-170, he started creeping closer
and closer to the front. Helliwell broke into
the top-three for the first time on lap 206 and
bounced between the third and fourth spot
for the next 40 laps, waiting for an opportunity
to strike.
That opportunity finally arrived with four
laps to go. Hebert had managed to make the
inside work on a lap-236 restart from a debris
caution, but Goodrow’s spin put Hebert and
Payea side-by-side one more time with Donahue
and Helliwell right behind. The contact
between the leaders opened the door for
Helliwell, and while Donahue tried to sneak
back through in the final corners, “The Punisher”
brought home the win. It was Helliwell’s
second straight victory at WMMP after
taking the New Hampshire Governor’s Cup
the week before.
Donahue earned an ACT career-best
second-place finish. Barre, VT’s Jason Corliss
was quiet most of the night but also took
advantage of the late tangle to come home
third. Milton, VT’s Scott Dragon took fourth
with Plainfield, NH’s Dubeau rounding out
the top-five. Welch, Ryan Kuhn, Payea, Joel
Hodgdon, and Hebert finished sixth through
10th.
Jonathan Bouvrette, Dylan Payea, and Dubeau
won the qualifying heats. Helliwell and
Christopher Pelkey were victorious in the
consolation rounds while Cody LeBlanc captured
the last-chance B-Feature.
The ACT Late Model Tour next travels to
Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway on Saturday,
August 24. The Oxford Plains 150 is part of
the “Night Before the 250” that also includes
events for the Tri-Track Open Modified Series,
North East Classic Lites, NELCAR
Legends, Oxford Street Stocks, and Wicked
Good Vintage Racers. Post time is 4:30pm.
For more information, contact the ACT offices
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Governor Phil Scott, State Agencies Join Forces
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It’s June! As we finish up planting our vegetable and
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you will address your inevitable garden problems and questions
that pop up each year like weeds.
Fortunately, Vermont has incredible resources right at
your fingertips.
One excellent place to start when you’re stumped is the
free University of Vermont (UVM) Extension Master
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(tiny holes in the leaves) was minor, so I didn’t need to
do anything in the short term. In the long term, I looked to
online Cooperative Extension resources to understand the
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future seasons.
To find answers to my garden questions online, I strategically
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most relevant and scientific results.
For example, last year I planted strawberry plants.
Strawberry plants do their best fruit production in the second
year, so I needed to know how to care for them during
the first year to ensure a great strawberry harvest. I typed
“strawberry extension Vermont” into the search bar.
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by the UVM Extension. I quickly found that I needed
to pinch all of the flowers off the strawberry plants during
their first year.
The idea behind structuring a search like this is to find
Preliminary spring data is in from the
Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food &
Markets (VAAFM) and Vermont
Department of Health’s systematic tick surveillance
program. A total of 1,924 ticks were
collected in this year’s spring sampling.
“Tickborne diseases are on the rise in
Vermont,” said Governor Phil Scott. “Any
time a tickborne illness appears in a community,
it’s a cause for concern. The good news
is we can still enjoy outdoor activities by
knowing how to protect ourselves from tick
bites.”
The systematic tick surveillance program
was initiated in 2018 by the Health
Department in partnership with VAAFM to
track blacklegged ticks and the pathogens
they carry around the state. In 2018, a total of
1,239 ticks were collected during the spring,
although due to a change in the way ticks are
collected, data from 2018 can’t be compared
to this year’s figures.
The program focuses on the blacklegged
tick, which is responsible for transmitting
over 99% of all tickborne diseases reported
in Vermont. Through this program, ticks are
collected in the spring and fall from locations
around the state. Once all data has been collected,
VAAFM and the Health Department
collaborate to calculate blacklegged tick densities,
in order to determine the likelihood of
human encounters with ticks that can transmit
disease.
After each collection period, ticks are sent
to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) for identification and
testing of blacklegged ticks for five tickborne
pathogens: Borrelia burgdorferi (the pathogen
that causes Lyme disease), Anaplasma
phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Borrelia
miyamotoi, and Powassan virus. Pathology
results from the CDC for 2019 are pending.
The best way to prevent tickborne diseases
is to prevent tick bites. VAAFM and the
Health Department encourage farmers, outdoor
workers, recreationalists, and all
Vermonters to “Be Tick Smart.”
Prevent tick bites
• Wear an EPA-registered insect repellent
(choose the right one for you) and talk with
your veterinarian about tick prevention
products for your pets.
• Wear clothing treated with permethrin,
which kills ticks on contact and protects
through several washings.
• Do a daily tick check after outdoor activity.
• Shower soon after being outside.
• Place clothes in a dryer on high heat for 10
minutes to kill ticks on clothing.
• Promptly remove any ticks that you find on
your body. Learn more about how to properly
remove a tick.
To learn more about Vermont’s Tick
Surveillance Program, visit https://agriculture.vermont.gov/public-health-agricultural-resource-management-division/planthealth-and-pest-management/ticks.
To review previous reports from the statewide
tick survey, another VAAFM project
that looks at ticks in Vermont , visit VAAFM’s
Annual Tick Reports webpage.
To learn more about preventing tickborne
diseases, visit: http://www.healthvermont.
gov/disease-control/tickborne-diseases/
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~MINTS~SNAKE PLANTS~FERNS~
Keeping Ahead of Powdery Mildew
By Gordon Clark
Extension Master Gardener, UVM
If you’ve ever lost a nice zucchini plant or a
crop of cucumbers or melons to this white
fungus, then you know the heartbreak of powdery
mildew.
It is a plant disease that looks like its name.
It starts as small white circles that look like
talcum powder, circles that will spread and
eventually cover your plant, reducing the
amount of photosynthesis and fruit production
if left untreated.
Powdery mildew is actually not one single
fungus, but a family of closely related fungal
species that affect a range of trees, flowers and
vegetables, including apple, rose, ash, birch,
grapes, zinnia, lilac, beans and tomatoes, but
are particularly fond of cucurbits. Fortunately,
the different family members are fairly host
specific, so that the powdery mildew on your
rose won’t spread to your cukes.
This disease is persistent. It loves to grow in
humid conditions, but the spores also will
spread in dry conditions via breeze or insects.
The best prevention, as usual, starts with
good cultural practices. If you have mildewresistant
strains available, plant those. Make
sure that you plant in a sunny location, water in
the morning so the plants have time to dry, and
space the plants far enough apart so there is
good air circulation. (I am often guilty of overplanting
myself, but leaves laying on top of
leaves is the perfect environment for fungal
growth.)
Inspect your plants regularly. If you see any
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the results to find local (Vermont) resources and resources
that are research-based and developed by an extension
office.
It is best to start by reviewing resources published in your
own state, but if you need more information, looking at
Cooperative Extension websites in states with similar climates
can help, too. What I love about Cooperative Extension
offices is that they present scientifically tested information in
an easy-to-read format, explain difficult scientific concepts
in a simple way, emphasize practical and sustainable methods
and are free to access with a computer or mobile device.
Depending on the topic you are researching, U.S. government
resources also can be very useful, such as the U.S.
Department of Agriculture or U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. Including these in your search may yield some fruitful
recommendations and best practices.
In addition, you can ask the experts at your local garden
center or nursery for answers to your gardening questions
including recommendations for plants and pest and disease
control. Or check out the “Gardening Resources” section on
the UVM Extension Master Gardener website (www.uvm.
edu/extension/mastergardener) or the eXtension website
(https://impact.extension.org/search) that searches hundreds
of Cooperative Extension websites.
So the next time you find yourself standing in the middle
of your garden with a question, try looking into some of the
free, local, extension resources in your area.
small white circles start to form, remove the
affected leaves immediately. You can then treat
the rest of the plant with one of a number of
organic (OMRI-listed) fungicides, including
sulfur, copper and others, as well as horticultural
oil.
Milk solutions have been studied to some
degree and are especially intriguing. It is
thought that these work as a powdery mildew
deterrent by changing the basic pH of the leaf
surface to something inhospitable to the fungus--like
vinegar but in the opposite direction-
-although other studies suggest that other special
properties of milk might be responsible for
its effect.
However, keep in mind that using a milk
solution would actually be an illegal use of the
product, since it has not been reviewed and
approved by the Environmental Protection
Agency. Instead, it is always best to use the
fungicides that have been reviewed and tested
for efficacy. These formulated fungicides also
may contain additives (spreaders and stickers)
that help the efficacy of the spray.
Whichever spray you use, the key is to start
BEFORE you see the circles forming and to
use it regularly. It works best as a preventative,
not a cure.
Spray the plants thoroughly (undersides
too!) once a week, but not before it rains, and
not in midday sun. If the disease does appear,
clip off affected leaves and keep spraying regularly.
Your plants may still succumb eventually,
but you will give them weeks of extra life and
productivity.
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SPORTS & OUTDOORS
Vermont’s Migratory Bird Hunting Seasons Are Announced
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has announced
the 2019-2020 migratory bird hunting season dates and bag
limits.
A printable copy of the Migratory Bird Syllabus can be
downloaded from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife website
(www.vtfishandwildlife.com) under “Hunt” – “Hunting
Regulations and Seasons.” A printed version also will be
available from license agents and post offices by late August.
A statewide Vermont open hunting season for resident
Canada geese will occur September 1-25. The daily bag limit
is five Canada geese in the Connecticut River Zone and eight
in the rest of the state during this September season. The
purpose of the September season is to help control Vermont’s
resident Canada goose population prior to the arrival of
Canada geese migrating south from Canada.
A second Canada goose hunting season for resident and
migrant geese will be held October 10-November 8 in the
Lake Champlain and Interior Zones with a daily bag limit of
two Canada geese.
In the Connecticut River Zone, the second Canada goose
season will be October 2-November 3, and November
20-December 16 with a daily bag limit of two Canada geese.
Duck season this fall opens on October 10 in the Lake
Champlain and Interior Vermont Zones and on October 2 in
the Connecticut River Zone. The Lake Champlain Zone has
a split season (October 10-November 1 and November
23-December 29). The Interior Vermont Zone has a straight
season (October 10-December 8). The Connecticut River
Zone has a split season (October 2-November 3 and
November 20-December 16).
Vermont’s youth waterfowl hunting weekend will be
September 28 and 29. Resident and nonresident hunters 17
years of age or younger on those dates may hunt ducks and
geese within the Lake Champlain and Interior Vermont
Governor Phil Scott Joins Nation’s Governors to Launch
Outdoor Recreation Learning Network to Promote
Economic Growth Through the Outdoor Industry
The National Governors Association (NGA) announced
Wednesday the launch of the Outdoor Recreation Learning
Network to help governors and their staffs leverage their
unique natural, cultural and historical resources to advance
economic, workforce, health and environmental benefits.
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that the
outdoors industry employed more than 4.5 million people
nationally in 2016, and generated more than $730 billion in
economic impact.
Vermont outdoor recreation accounts for 34,000 direct
jobs and brings $2.5 billion into the economy.
“As my Administration thought about how to grow our
economy, it became clear we could do more by leveraging
our natural and recreational assets – those closely aligned
with our outdoor recreation brand,” said Governor Scott. “In
2017 I established the Vermont Outdoor Recreation
Economic Collaborative by executive order to advise me and
my administration on how to enhance outdoor business
opportunities, improve participation, strengthen our recreation
infrastructure, protect our natural resources, and grow
Vermont’s economy,” Governor Scott said.
“While we have made progress, there is so much more we
can do and we’re looking forward to hearing from other
Governors and States here to learn more because it’s so
important to our economy and the overall health of our communities
– and ultimately a part of our identity as Vermonters”
Governor Scott added.
NGA Solutions: The Center for Best Practices will partner
with state outdoor recreation directors through the network
to convene governors’ office staffs and other state officials.
Through peer-to-peer exchanges, the network will spotlight
strategies states can use to advance outdoor recreation. It
will focus on key issue areas, including conservation, stewardship,
education, workforce training, economic development,
infrastructure, public health, equity and wellness.
Governors launched the network at NGA’s annual Summer
Meeting, where state leaders share best practices and hear
from experts in various fields. This year, the meeting is being
held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from July 24-26. Participants
included Utah Governor Gary Herbert, Maine Governor
Janet Mills, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, Vermont
Governor Phil Scott, Montana Governor Steve Bullock,
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and outdoor recreation
directors from many states. The launch was held at the
Natural History Museum of Utah’s Rio Tinto Center at the
University of Utah and included a guided walk in nearby Red
Butte Garden featuring a narration by Dr. David Strayer of
the University of Utah, a leading researcher in the cognitive
Vermont State Parks Announces New Bike Rental
Partnership at Burton Island State Park
Vermont State Parks is excited to announce a partnership
with Local Motion, Inc. to provide bike rentals at Burton
Island State Park. New for the 2019 season, a fleet of rental
bicycles will be provided for park visitors to use while visiting
the island.
“Burton Island has always been a fantastic place to explore
by bike,” says Ryan Baker Dunn, Marine Operations
Supervisor for Vermont State Parks. “The 253-acre island
has miles of trails and park roads on picturesque Lake
Champlain with views of the Green and Adirondack mountains.
Aside from a few staff work vehicles, there are no cars
on the island, making it a safe, quiet environment for biking.
Vermont State Parks has also invested in work tricycles to
further minimize vehicles in the park, making Burton Island
a great place for the whole family to ride.”
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Zones during this weekend while accompanied by an adult
18 or older. In the Connecticut River Zone, youth must be
15 years of age or younger on those dates. Both adult and
youth must have Vermont hunting licenses. The adult may
not hunt or carry a firearm. Youth ages 16 and 17 must have
a Vermont Migratory Waterfowl tag and federal duck stamp.
Woodcock hunting season is October 1- November 14
statewide with a three-bird bag limit.
In addition to a hunting license, a waterfowl hunter 16 or
older must carry a current federal duck stamp and Vermont
Migratory Waterfowl tag in order to hunt waterfowl in
Vermont. Federal stamps are sold at post offices, federal
refuges, or online at www.fws.gov/birds/get-involved/duckstamp/buy-duck-stamp.php.
State Migratory Waterfowl
tags are available on Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s website
(www.vtfishandwildlife.com) and from license agents. The
hunter must sign the federal duck stamp.
All migratory game bird (woodcock, ducks and geese)
hunters must also be registered with the Harvest Information
Program (H.I.P.) in each state they hunt. You can register on
Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s website or call toll-free 1-877-306-
7091. After providing some basic information, you will
receive your annual H.I.P. registration number, which you
then need to record on your hunting license.
The hunting season dates, bag limits and related regulations
for all migratory birds are set annually within a framework
established by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and in
coordination with New York and New Hampshire.
Waterfowl season dates and bag limits are set in three
zones: Lake Champlain, Interior Vermont, and Connecticut
River. The New Hampshire Fish & Game Department sets
the season dates and bag limits for the Connecticut River
Zone.
benefits of outdoor recreation.
“This effort hearkens back to the founding of the organization,”
observed Nikki Guilford, NGA interim executive
director and chief of staff. “In 1908, President Theodore
Roosevelt hosted the first meeting of the nation’s governors
at the White House to discuss conserving America’s natural
resources.”
Following that inaugural meeting, governors decided to
form an association through which they could come together
to discuss mutual concerns and act collectively.
The founding sponsors of the Outdoor Recreation
Learning Network include REI Co-op, the Outdoor Industry
Association and the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable.
“At REI Co-op, we believe a life outdoors is a life welllived.
So, we applaud NGA’s launch of the Outdoor
Recreation Learning Network. And we’re grateful to the
dozen-plus states that have created offices of outdoor recreation,
as well as to states considering them,” said Eric Artz,
REI’s president and CEO. “There are tremendous opportunities
for maximizing the social and economic benefits of
time outdoors – whether that’s improving stewardship,
access, equity, youth development or health outcomes.”
“We have seen states with offices of outdoor recreation
take great steps forward promoting and bolstering outdoor
recreation – bringing more jobs and revenue to rural and
gateway communities and coordinating amongst government
agencies while helping to get more children and families
outside and into healthier lifestyles,” said David
Weinstein, state and local policy director for Outdoor
Industry Association. “The Outdoor Recreation Learning
Network will be a great resource for existing outdoor recreation
offices and for states looking to develop new offices to
collaborate on and improve outdoor programs and initiatives
– OIA looks forward to helping build it.”
“Outdoor recreation is a crucial part of America’s economy,
contributing 2.2 percent of the gross domestic product
and growing faster than the economy as a whole,” said Jessica
Wahl, president of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable.
“ORR is proud to partner with the National Governors
Association to launch the game-changing Outdoor
Recreation Learning Network. This partnership will ensure
that the outdoor recreation sector has the support it needs to
continue to grow in states across the country, providing outdoor
access for all, jobs, and health and quality-of life benefits
for generations to come.”
For more information about the Outdoor Recreation
Learning Network, see www.nga.org/outdoors.
Local Motion is a non-profit organization dedicated to
“helping Vermont communities become more walkable,
bikeable, and livable.” Their mission and experience with
bike rentals made them an ideal partner to work with
Vermont State Parks on this initiative.
The fleet of adult and kids bicycles will be available for
half-day, full-day, and multi-day rentals. Bike rentals start at
just $15 dollars for half days and $25 for full days, with additional
days for $15. Rentals will be first come, first served,
and helmets will be provided with each bike rental. Many of
the bikes also have baskets that come in handy for beach gear
or store purchases.
For more information on Burton Island State Park:
https://www.vtstateparks.com/burton.html For more information
on Local Motion: https://www.localmotion.org/
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