Mountain Times - Volume 48, Number 21: May 22-28, 2019

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14 • NEWS BRIEFS The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019 RRMC hosts Stop the Bleed training RUTLAND—In honor of national Stop the Bleed Day (May 23) Rutland Regional Medical Center will be offering free, one hour Stop the Bleed trainings on Thursday, May 23 at 8 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. in the CVPS/Leahy Community Health Education Center in Conference Rooms A and B. These trainings will be conducted by Sheena Daniel, RN, BSN, and CEN Emergency Room Manager at RRMC; and Ryn Gluckman, BSN, RN, and CEN. Sign up at rrmcstopthebleed523. eventbrite.com. The FREE! trainings are first come, first served. Stop the Bleed is one of the nation’s largest public health campaigns designed to encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. Its goal is to save lives by training people across the country how to stop traumatic bleeding. For more information visit National- StoptheBleedDay.org. or email rrmcstopthebleed@gmail.com. Wallingford receives $2,500 grant Wallingford was awarded a $2,500 grant from the Vermont Community Foundation’s Spark! Connecting Community grant program. The grant will be utilized by the Communication/Event Committee to bring back Wallingford Day on Saturday, July 20. This time honored tradition was once the biggest annual event in town and will be returning this summer. Wallingford Day is a community celebration with activities and entertainment for the community members and our neighbors. There will be musical acts, local vendors, games, demonstrations from local organizations, tags sales throughout the village and more, ending with a fireworks display. The Spark! Connecting Community grant program puts building and nurturing community front and center. The foundation aims to support the work happening throughout Vermont’s 251 towns that builds social capital. These grants are intended to light the spark that keeps Vermonters healthy and happy. THERE WILL BE MUSICAL ACTS, LOCAL VENDORS, GAMES ... A FIREWORKS DISPLAY. SPORTS The Vermont Community Foundation inspires giving and brings people and resources together to make a difference in Vermont. A family of hundreds of funds and foundations, VCF provides the advice, investment vehicles, and backoffice expertise that make it easy for people who care about Vermont to find and fund the causes they love. STANLEY CUP FINALS Mon., May 27th and Wed., May 29th 8:00 PM • Doors Open at 7:15 OR VS Summer operations to begin Memorial Day weekend at Killington, Okemo This Memorial Day weekend, Killington Resort will open the Bike Park, Adventure Center and golf course for the summer while still continuing the longest season in the East with skiing and riding on Superstar Trail. Guests can get a taste of the Beast 365 All-Seasons Pass this weekend. For $102, adventure seekers will have unlimited access to skiing, golf, Adventure Center and mountain biking from Friday to Monday. Guests who take advantage of this promotion can apply the $102 towards the year-long pass throughout the weekend. Superstar Express Quad will be open for skiing and riding Friday through Monday, the Killington Golf Course, Bike Park and Adventure Center will open JAG: Founder of production company, Jarvis Green, awarded continued from page 13 to engage students in conversations about race in their communities. JAG also partners with Dartmouth College, White River Indie Festival and other area organizations to bring artists for workshops and public panel discussions with topics as varied as the limitations and possibilities of curating Black experiences in white institutions in spite of the white supremacist power structures with which Black artists have to contend, reflecting on the afterlives and the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade through the lens of Black theatre artists and Black queer and feminist artists, and Aretha Franklin’s legacy and her pursuit and love of opera. “It is a great joy for us at Vital Communities to take a moment each year to honor people who have contributed to the vibrancy of the Upper Valley in significant and sustained ways,” said Rob Schultz, director of development and manager of Leadership Upper Valley at Vital Communities. “As we celebrate 25 years of working together Billings Farm & Museum Mountain to Times: cultivate Eighth the region’s Page: 4.82 civic, x environmental, 3.87 and economic vitality, we’re especially pleased to recognize this inspiring group of leaders who have been at the forefront of significant movements for positive change in the Upper Valley. We joyfully include the founders of Vital Communities in this group and will honor them as part of the evening.” This year’s honorees include: Liza Bernard and Penny McConnell, Len Cadwallader, Delia Clark, Ivy Condon, Edgewater Farm, Jarvis Green, Curt and Sharon Jacques, Prudence Pease, Monique Priestley, Stan Williams, Doug Wise, and Chuck Wooster and Sue Kirincich. For more information visit jagproductionsvt.com. Sponsored by: “OUR WINTER SEASON WILL COLLIDE WITH SUMMER AS WE OPEN MOUNTAIN BIKING, GOLF AND OUR ADVENTURE CENTER WHILE STILL SKIING AND RIDING...,” SAID SOLIMANO. Saturday through Monday. “Killington is proud to offer ‘The Longest Season in the East’ with 204 days of skiing and riding already under our belts for the 2018-19 season as we head into Memorial Day Weekend. And once again, our winter season will collide with summer as we open mountain biking, golf and our Adventure Center while still skiing and riding Superstar Trail,” says Mike Solimano, president and general manager of Killington Resort. Current conditions on Superstar Trail have Killington optimistic that skiing and riding will continue into June. For up-to-date conditions, visit killington.com. Okemo Resort is also operating on its summer schedule, with lift-served mountain biking in the Evolution Bike Park, the Adventure Zone, golf, and scenic chairlift rides. Skiing and riding at Okemo ended mid-April. Sheep Shearing & Herding Fri. & Sat., May 25 & 26 • 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Shearing the Southdowns 10:30 • 12:30 • 2:30 Sheep Herding 11:30 • 1:30 • 3:30 30 CENTER ST • RUTLAND, VT • 802.775.0903 PARAMOUNTVT.ORG 802-457-2355 • billingsfarm.org 69 Old River Road • Woodstock, VT
The Mountain Times • May 22-28, 2019 NEWS BRIEFS • 15 MOUNTAIN BIKE CAMPS An unforgettable summer experience, kids will progress their mountain bike skills while enjoying all the Green Mountains and Killington Resort have to offer. New this year, camps are available as single, three and five day options from July 8-August 2. Camps are available as day or overnight. KIDS CAMPS 3 DAY 5 DAY Session 1 July 8-10 July 8-12 Session 2 July 15-17 July 15-19 Session 3 July 22-24 July 22-26 Session 4 July 29-31 July 29-August 2 PRICE 3 DAY 5 DAY With Lift $449 $675 Pass holders $337 $507 Overnight $199 $324 Rental Bike $199 $279 The weekend camp is open to riders of all ability levels, including first time downhill riders. Participants will have the opportunity to develop new skills and friendships in a fun and welcoming atmosphere crafted by our professional coaches. ADULT CAMP 3 DAY PRICE Session 1 August 9-11 With Lift $449 Pass holders $337 Rental Bike $199 Learn more at killington.com/bikepark or call 800-621-MTNS Additional Add on’s include full face helmet and damage waiver.
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