The Mountain Times - Volume 48, Number 46: November 13-19, 2019

LivingADE
18 • The Mountain Times • Nov. 13-19, 2019
RRMC hosts E-Cigs, JUUL,
and the youth epidemic
What parents and teachers should know
Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. —RUTLAND—According to the Center for Disease
Control, tobacco product use among US youth is increasing, and e-cigarettes
are the main reason. In 2018, there were 1.5 more current youth e-cigarette users
than 2017. Rutland Regional Medical Center is hosting a free event, E-Cigs, JUUL,
& the Youth Epidemic, What Parents and Teachers Should Know, Wednesday,
Nov. 13, from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Rail Room at the Howe Center, 1 Scale Avenue,
Rutland. It will be presented by Sarah Cosgrove, RCP, TTS-M, AE-C, Education
Coordinator at Rutland Regional Medical Center.
Learn the most up-to-date facts around vaping, and e-cigarettes, as well as initiatives
taking place locally and nationally to educate and reduce youth vaping. The
talk also includes current legal and political updates due to illnesses linked to vap-
ing. Refreshments will be provided. Register at 802.772.2400 or at www.rrmc.org.
This week’s living Arts, Dining and Entertainment!
Join Friendsgiving
Thursday, Nov. 14 at 5 p.m.—RUTLAND—Re-imagining the traditional
Thanksgiving feast and celebrating old friends and new. Enjoy creative farmto-table
riffs on fall classics in three courses, hand-selected by chef Donald
Billings at the Annex Private Dining, 58 Merchants Row.
The cost is $50 per person and includes a three-course meal, beer,
wine or soda, with proceeds to benefit the Wonderfeet
Kids’ Museum. Two seatings are available by
reservation at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Limited pre-set menu and family style dining
will not allow for dietary accommodations. For
more information call 802-282-2678 or visit-
WonderfeetKidsMuseum.org.
Woodchucks Revisited to
play Wallingford town hall
Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.—
WALLINGFORD— Woodchuck’s
Revisited brings
together as a quartet
two well-known
duos from Rutland
County. Woodchucks’
Revenge
(Peter and Kristina
Cady) and Heron
Fire (Jon and Peggy
Rishel). Both groups have
been presenting their brand of
music and humor for over 25 years.
Woodchucks’ Revenge has performed
all around New England, upstate New
York and occasionally in the Rocky
Mountain states. Heron Fire’s appearances
run from the Adirondack Mountains
into central New York, through the Pioneer
Valley of western Massachusetts, out
to the Cape and into southern New England.
Their songs range from the Herons’
favorite old light pop and folk standards
to the Woodchucks’ old and new
Western and Celtic ballads, to some
of each group’s (usually) tasteful
parodies.
The audience will
enjoy humor, history
and the variety of traditions
that make up
the American music
scene -including
folk, country, pop and
comedy material on
Nov. 13 at the Wallingford
Town Hall, 75 School St, Wallingford
at 7 p.m.
Suggested donations of $10 to $15 per
person are accepted at the door. A nonprofit
group will host a bake sale. For more
information, call the Town Administrator
at 802-446-2872.
Wine tasting fundraiser to benefit
Rutland Youth Theater
Thursday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. —MENDON—Interested in a night out that includes
wine, cheese, an opportunity to win some cash and prizes, live music and good conversation
all while raising money for an amazing cause?
Join the Vermont Inn for a Wine tasting fundraiser
to benefit the not-for-profit Rutland Youth Theatre, a
program providing quality community theatre for
kids grades K-12 from the Rutland area. The event will
include tasting of a variety of wines, light refreshments,
door prizes, a 50/50 raffle, and live music by Gary Wortman
from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
You must be 21+ to attend. Cost is $35 per person.
Only 50 seats available. For more information call 802-
773-1822.
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