Mountain Times - Volume 48, Number 21: May 22-28, 2019
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The <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Times</strong> • <strong>May</strong> <strong>22</strong>-<strong>28</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Courtesy CHS<br />
These salad buckets are healthy plant starts of lettuce<br />
varieties available to purchase at the Cavendish plant<br />
sale, <strong>May</strong> 25.<br />
Stock up on veggies, perennials in<br />
time for ‘growing weekend’<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 25, 9 a.m.—CAVENDISH—The<br />
Cavendish Historical Society’s (CHS) annual plant<br />
sale will take place Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on<br />
the museum grounds, 1955 Main St., Cavendish. The<br />
sale is just in time for the official “growing weekend”<br />
across the Northeast. The saying goes, don’t put in a<br />
garden until Memorial Day weekend.<br />
Expect to find hosta and many other favorite<br />
perennials along with container gardens for tomato<br />
plants (sun golds, early girl and cherry), herbs and<br />
new this year: “salad in a bucket.” By popular request,<br />
organizers will have mock orange along with a<br />
variety of annuals.<br />
For more information, call 802-<strong>22</strong>6-7807 or<br />
email margocaulfield@icloud.com.<br />
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National park holds bird monitoring workshop<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 25, 8 a.m.—WOODSTOCK—<br />
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical<br />
Park will host another Working Woodlands<br />
Workshop – Bird Monitoring – on Saturday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 25, 8-11 a.m.<br />
The NPS Northeast Temperate Network has<br />
been monitoring bird populations in the park<br />
since 2006. Come learn about how this volunteer<br />
program is done, as well as some of the<br />
findings revealed by the monitoring. Participants<br />
will also learn how to identify the songs<br />
of some of the common birds of the park’s<br />
forest and then head out for a walk around the<br />
park to look and listen for birds. Bring binoculars<br />
and questions.<br />
A limited number of binoculars will be available<br />
for loan. Please dress appropriately for<br />
extended outdoor activity.<br />
Meet at the Carriage Barn Visitor Center,<br />
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP, Woodstock.<br />
Parking is available in the Billings Farm & Museum<br />
overflow lot, located on Old River Road.<br />
The program is free, but pre-registration<br />
is encouraged as space is limited. To register,<br />
call 802-457-3368 ext. <strong>22</strong>2, or email them at<br />
ana_mejia@partner.nps.gov.<br />
Courtesy NPS<br />
A great crested flycatcher was spotted in a tree in the Vermont forest.<br />
Women’s Club holds 55th annual meeting<br />
Thursday, <strong>May</strong> 30, 6:30<br />
p.m.—KILLINGTON—<br />
The Greater Killington<br />
Women’s Clubis hosting<br />
its 55th annual meeting<br />
and social on Thursday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the<br />
Summit Lodge in Killington.<br />
At the meeting,<br />
members will vote on<br />
award disbursements,<br />
elect club officers and<br />
consider expanding the<br />
scholarship/awards program.<br />
Immediately following<br />
the meeting, members<br />
and guests are welcome<br />
to stay for an informal<br />
social. Refreshments will<br />
be provided and a cash bar<br />
is available. For more info<br />
and to RSVP, visit evite.<br />
me/NGmFdQfCwX or<br />
the club’s Facebook event<br />
page.<br />
At the annual meeting,<br />
club members vote on<br />
annual disbursements to<br />
various local non-profit<br />
organizations, such as<br />
charities and schools.<br />
Club disbursements also<br />
include two annual $1,000<br />
awards which are given to<br />
graduating high school<br />
seniors from the towns of<br />
Killington or Pittsfield. The<br />
first award is the Pat Zack<br />
Community Service<br />
Award for exceptional volunteerism<br />
within our local<br />
community. The second<br />
award is the Sherburne<br />
Academic Scholarship<br />
which is presented to the<br />
Woodstock Union High<br />
School senior who has<br />
demonstrated the highest<br />
weighted grade point<br />
average (GPA). If members<br />
of the community wish<br />
to support these award<br />
programs, please forward<br />
donations to the GKWC/<br />
SWC, P.O. Box #68, Killington<br />
VT 05751.<br />
Potential new club<br />
members are also welcome<br />
to attend the annual<br />
meeting and social, meet<br />
current club members and<br />
officers, and learn more<br />
about the GKWC. To learn<br />
more, visit swcvt.com.<br />
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