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REAL ESTATE 38 • The Mountain Times • June 5-11, 2019 The Outside Story: Spying on a wild turkey nest continued from page 29 eggs. Now she would stay on the nest day and night for 28 days to incubate the eggs, only taking a brief break midday to feed on protein-rich insects. According to the Wild Turkey Federation, only 10 to 40 percent of turkey nests hatch successfully. Ground nests are very vulnerable to predators; raccoons, skunks, foxes, snakes, and many other animals have a taste for eggs. Our dog loves eggs too, so I kept him on a leash when walking past the raspberry patch. The hen would freeze on the nest when we walked by. After a month of seeing the hen regularly, I checked the nest. She was gone, and the nest was full of opened shells. The young must have hatched! I imagined our hen feeling something stir beneath her breast – a chick using its eggtooth to break out of the shell. As the downy chicks hatched, the hen would have brooded them under her wings, keeping them warm. After letting the chicks recover for a day, she’d check for predators, then lead the chicks away from the nest, into the pasture beyond, digging up insects for them to eat along the way. Turkey poults are “precocial,” which means they are well-developed and able to walk soon after hatching. Though the chicks weigh only 1.6 ounces when they hatch, they gain 1.1 pounds per month, said Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Chris Bernier. By summer’s end, they usually weigh several pounds. The hen would have eventually led her brood to an open woodland with overhead protection, but one that wasn’t too thick for them to navigate. At night she would have sheltered them under her broad wings. After 8 to 10 days, the poults would have begun to grow their first flight feathers, and by two weeks of age they’d be able to fly short distances to low branches to roost. Soon their down would be replaced by juvenile plumage, which offers better protection from bad weather. They would undergo two more molts before their first winter, and as adults they’d have 5,000 to 6,000 feathers. During the first four weeks of life, turkeys are very susceptible to weather and predators. Prolonged cold, rainy weather can kill them. A whole host of predators, including hawks and bobcats, will hunt them. Only 25 percent of poults make it past their first month. Throughout the summer, our young turkeys would have followed their mother, scratching in the leaf litter of the woods for tree seeds and catching grasshoppers and other insects in the pastures. By August they would have been able to fly to the treetops to escape danger and to roost. In the fall and winter, the family would join other hens with their broods. They would stay with their mother until the spring mating season. One day in early November, after we’d received a few inches of snow, a group of four juvenile turkeys marched up our driveway. We watched through the window as they fed on green grass where the snow had melted on the south side of our barn. Then they continued behind the house toward the raspberry patch. There’s a good chance they were the turkeys that were born there. Susan Shea is a naturalist, conservationist, and freelance writer who lives in Brookfield, Vermont. The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine. Visit the website at northernwoodlands.org. The column is sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (wellborn@nhcf.org). Rutland chamber: New marketing company takes over continued from page 1 media pages, launched in October 2017. When Mondo announced it was pulling out in December, the company was working on video promotions of Rutland people. Cohen said those videos will continue to be posted while LIFT takes over. “LIFT will assess all of the things that have been done and the data and will develop a new strategy,” Cohen said. Real Rutland started to promote Rutland as a place to live in the midst of headlines attention that Rutland had developed a drug problem. Cohen said Real Rutland is a 10- year plan to highlight Rutland’s assets and increase its population. The budget toward the campaign was $175,000 the first year and $150,000 the following two years. “We take one year at a time,” Cohen said While tracking the success of the campaign is difficult digitally, Cohen said 11 families have moved to Rutland since last fall, which includes a total of 27 people. Meanwhile, 32 people are signed up for Rutland Red Carpet concierge service, which started in February to pair new families in Rutland to old to help new people settle in and network. In another effort to attract new families ,a Stay to Stay weekend is coming to Rutland in June with 11 families signed up to visit Vermont. The Stay to Stay program is part of the governor’s effort to entice people to Vermont. A total of 48 people have signed up for Stay to Stay weekends this year, Cohen said. “These are all really good leads for our marketing (efforts),” Cohen said. Mission farm: Upgrades historic building continued from page 5 The property is home to the stone gothic revival style Church of Our Saviour, built in 1895 by Elizabeth Wood Clement on the site of her father’s homestead. She gifted the entire property to the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. It is also home to Clement’s childhood home (the Josiah Wood House from 1817 Heminway Guest House (formerly a carriage house of 1840, gardens, fields and trails. Today the congregation is doing more than just restoring its historic buildings. It is building new partnerships with the community by offering this bucolic setting as a place for unique social, educational, spiritual, artistic and land-based activities. The Heminway Guest house regularly hosts non-profit groups for spiritual and recreational retreats, and it offers emergency short-term housing for those in need. In collaboration with the Killington Pico Area Association and Killington Recreation Department, Mission Farm is home to the weekly Killington Farmers Market. The church still holds weekly Sunday Services at 9:30 a.m., and as it has for generations, a place for the greater Killington community to experience life milestones like Christenings, weddings, funerals and other blessings. Those who value the beauty and memories of Mission Farm, now have an opportunity to help ensure the use of these buildings for future generations. The Healthy Living Fund will match donations to the 2019 Rehabilitation Fund dollar to dollar up to $27,000. 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REAL ESTATE The Mountain Times • June 5-11, 2019 • 39 “I’ll be happy when I get a promotion.” “I’ll be happy when I’m in a relationship.” “I’ll be happy when I lose 10 pounds.” “I’ll be happy when …” you fill in the rest. It happens to all of us at some point. We are told to set goals and to work hard towards them. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t set goals. You should absolutely have a big scary goal out on the horizon. But, that doesn’t mean you can’t be happy now. I can already hear some people, “Kyle, is this going to be another article where you tell us to just be happy all the time?” Well, kind of. What I have noticed, in myself and in people around me, is that when we are striving for greatness, we can miss the beautiful road we are on that’s taking us there. We all want to improve. Whether that www.KillingtonEventsHall.biz Live better, avoid the ‘happy later’ loop is in the gym or in our personal or business lives, most of us want to be better. However, there’s an issue with this. When we set out our goals, very often we will tie our happiness to that goal. This can lead to an unhappy, dissatisfied state. When we set goals, we HEALTHY HABITS believe achieving them By Kyle finneron will make us happy. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t waste all of our time and effort in achieving them. This doesn’t just pertain to achievements – this can also be the case for physical items. But will they truly make you happy? I have found that most material items offer shallow happiness. Yes, it feels great when we get a new car or that new outfit, but before long we become bored with something we pined over for so long. This has happened to me multiple times. We This unique business opportunity with real estate included, features over 5000 square feet of usable space and is capable of seating 200, including a 50 x 25 auditorium with 25 x 8 stage and a full finished basement. The main structure dates to 1950, but the infrastructure has been completely updated, including new plumbing, electric, underground utilities, cat 5 wiring, new well and new 8BR septic system. The building is ADA compliant and includes 4 handicap accessible bathrooms. With a full caterer’s kitchen and private office space, this property lends itself to a variety of commercial and business uses. Offered at $219,000 put certain items on a pedestal. It can be a certain pair of shoes, a designer handbag or a new car. While these are nice and can be a lot of fun, they hardly make us truly happy. The Oxford dictionary defines happiness as “The state of being happy.” That doesn’t really help. The definition of happy is “Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.” That’s better. In my opinion, happiness is a feeling of ease and peace in your life. When I have felt happiest is when I have a feeling of excitement and overall lightness in my life. It should be pointed out that happy is a state. It is not a trait that we are born with, which mean that just because you may not be happy right now. Here is my biggest question for you: Do you have to wait to be happy? Some people focus on the future so much, they miss the present. While the thought of reaching our goals is a great motivator to keep moving forward, we don’t want to miss the journey. Just because we believe that we will be happier in the future that does not mean we cannot be happy now. I’m not saying that everything should always be sunshine, rainbows and unicorn kisses. There will be times in your life where you will be sad, maybe even depressed. We all have off days and all experience stress that can affect our mood and mindset. The key here is to know that it is okay and perfectly normal to have these off days. Note: I am not a doctor or psychologist! If you feel that you are feeling down most of the time, I would suggest speaking with a licensed GROW YOUR LIFE IN KILLINGTON professional. What I am saying is that no matter what you are going through, or how bad of a day you are having, there is something that you can be happy about. This week I challenge you to take a step back and ask yourself, “Am I postponing my happiness?” If so, what can you be happy about now? Are you healthy? Do you like what you do for work? Do you have friends that support you? Do you have a hobby you enjoy? Do you have the ability to read this? The last question may seem a little off but people tend to forget, there are people that can’t read. There are also people that can’t see. There are people that aren’t able to take the time to read a newspaper or a blog post. While I’m not saying that you should be happy because someone has it worse off than you. I want you to stop and appreciate the things that you do have. We focus on the negative – a lot. When was that last time you were healthy and thought about how easy it was to breathe? Probably never. How about appreciating that fact that you don’t have a headache? Think about the last time you were sick. Did you have a hard time breathing? It was terrible, right? But since you got better, have you taken a second to think about that fact that now you can breathe with ease? Probably not. So take a deep breath and ask yourself, “What can you be happy about now?” www.TheHeightsAtKillington.com www.1894Route4.com You can see videos of all our listings on YouTube! Prestigious townhouse/condominium development project for sale. Phase 1 of this exceptional development is complete with all four townhouse units sold. A 12-acre parcel with frontage on the Killington Road; permits and infrastructure in place for five more buildings, comprising 20 additional high-end townhouse units. Sale includes 22 ERU’s (Equivalent Residential Units/sewer rights), real estate, name and development rights. Alternative investment options will be considered. Offered at $875,000 Comprised of 2.65 acres with a 5376 square foot free-standing metal building. Two showrooms, a workshop, half bathroom and warehouse on the first floor. Upper level has a showroom w/office space and 3/4 bathroom. Interior walls are not weight-bearing, the floorplan and layout can be modified. Building specs include a snow-load rating double the industry standard, Buderus oil boiler w/radiant floor heat on main level and baseboard hot water on second level, spray foam insulation in walls and ceilings, Mitsubishi heat pump and air conditioning system, warehouse w/12-foot overhead door and ADA compliant bathrooms and stairs. Sale includes real estate and 2 ERUs in the Alpine Pipeline sewer system, enough for 900 gallons of wastewater per day. Offered at $479,000 2814 Killington Rd. 802-422-3600 www.KillingtonPicoRealty.com Stage Road, Killington $ 499,000 4193 Route 100A, Plymouth $ 279,000 Lookout Rd, Pittsfi eld $ 198,000 11 Prior Drive Drive Killington $ 328,000 Bret Williamson, Broker, Owner Offi ce 802-422-3610 ext 206 Cell 802-236-1092 bret@killingtonvalleyrealestate.com Daniel Pol Associate Broker Kyle Kershner Broker/Owner REALTOR ® Jessica Posch Realtor Established in 1972 killingtonvalleyrealestate.com for all properties. KVRE_ListingAd_5_14.indd 1 5/14/2019 3:45:52 PM
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