Mountain Times - Volume 50, Number 6 - Feb. 10-16, 2021

Mou nta i n Ti m e s 

Vol. 50, No. 6 

CELEBRATING 

VALENTINE'S 

What are you going 

to do this Valentine's 

Day? Get creative! 

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Courtesy of KTV 

AMBASSADOR 

APPRECIATION 

Hundreds of 

volunteers at 

Killington Resort 

work to improve the 

experience for guests 

on and off mountain. 

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YEAR OF THE OX 

The Chinese New 

Year is Feb. 12. It's the 

year of the Ox. Career 

advancement, success 

in business, prosperity 

and wellness are 

forecast. Beware 

anxiety, negativity. 

Living 

ADE 

ARTS, DINING & 

ENTERTAINMENT 

Need to get out? Read 

about featured events 

happening this week 

in Central Vermont. 

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FREE range news — authentic community reflections, no coinage necessary. Feb. 10-16, 2021 

WCUD narrows 

superintendent 

search to two 

Former Sec. of Ed Rebecca 

Holcombe and interim Super. 

Sherry Sousa are finalists 

The former Vermont secretary of education (2014-2018) 

and gubernatorial candidate in 2020, Rebecca Holcomb, is 

a finalist for the Windsor Central Unified District (WCUD) 

superintendent position. 

“We are enthusiastic about presenting two finalists for the 

position, Sherry Sousa, MA and Rebecca Holcombe, PhD,” 

wrote the search committee in a press release, Feb. 8. 

Sousa is the currently the interim superintendent. 

WCUD has undertaken an extensive recruitment process 

for the position. As tasked by the WCUD board chair, the 

superintendent search committee comprised of four board 

members, a senior leader in the district, a teacher, support 

staff and a high school student. 

The committee 

received 22 applications. 

Eight candidates 

were asked 

to submit video 

presentations 

based on directed 

prompts about 

their approaches 

to leadership, a 

By Brian Mohr/EmberPhoto, courtesy of skiandride.com 

Backcountry legend lost 

Ian Forgays, an expert skier based in Mad River, was known for finding deep snow in the 

backcountry. He was killed in an avalanche, Feb. 1. See story, page 11. 

“We are enthusiastic 

about presenting 

two finalists for 

the position," the 

committee stated. 

Toddler snowboard sensation 

cuts his teeth at Killington 

By Victoria Gaither 

At 3 years old, Harley 

Ruffle, known locally as “Lil 

Homie,” is a snowboard 

sensation. His mother, Jill 

Ruffle, just laughs. “I’m 

amazed he is so good. He 

can barely talk,” she said. 

Harley started walking 

and skateboarding at the 

same time, explained his 

father, Gary. “He has good 

balance, and Tucker Zink, 

general manager at Darkside 

Snowboards, put him 

on a snowboard. Harley 

took off.” 

“He has the potential 

to go far,” Zink said of his 

young prodigy. 

The toddler is in the 100- 

day ski club at Killington— 

meaning he skied 100 days 

in a single ski season. And 

he achieved that goal in the 

Covid-shortened 2019- 

2020 season. This year he’ll 

likely make the club again 

and Jill said, “He is doing 

more tricks on his snowboard 

and talking.” 

This father is especially 

amazed how many fans fol- 

plan for their first 90 days in the district and their passion 

for education. From there, four semifinalists were virtually 

interviewed, and two candidates (Sousa and Holcombe) 

have been asked to present for final interviews and an opportunity 

to meet district staff and students. Lil Homie > 5 

Liquor stores see 

surge in sales 

despite bar closures 

By Katy Savage 

With the closure of bars, people are drinking at home 

like never before. 

Liquor stores across the country and locally have seen 

record sales since the start of the pandemic last March. 

The week after a national state of emergency was 

declared, alcohol 

sales jumped 54% 

from the previous 

year, according to a 

report an industry 

from Nielsen, while 

online alcohol sales 

jumped 262%. 

“The general public 

is outdrinking the 

restaurants by 

far,” Hillgrove said. 

In Vermont, retailers saw a record-breaking $87.9 million 

in liquor sales in fiscal year 2020, (extending from July 

1, 2019 to June 30, 2020), up from $82.2 million in fiscal 

year 2019, according to an annual report released by the 

Department of Liquor Control in January. 

Liquor sales contributed $31.8 million to the state’s 

general fund, up 12.25% from the previous year. 

While the sale of liquor has generally climbed every 

year statewide, the report said the closure of bars and 

Liquor > 17 


Harley Ruffle (a.k.a. Lil Homie) poses for a picture with his 

favorite snowboard in front of Mountain Green Condos.

2 • LOCAL NEWS 

The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 

$100,000 grant aims to break down barriers to 

social services; Rutland to pilot project 

By Emma Cotton/VTDigger 

Four and a half years ago, a single mom 

moved to Rutland and started her life 

over from scratch. 

After breaking away from domestic 

violence, she found herself in a new city 

with a few bags of clothes, two hours 

away from anyone she knew, with no job 

or connections and two kids under her 

care. 

She found emergency shelter at the 

NewStory Center, which connected her 

with Rutland County’s Homeless Prevention 

Center. There, an employee helped 

her map out a few initial, intricate steps 

into a system that eventually helped her 

achieve stability. 

“My homeless prevention worker was 

able to help me do a lot of it,” she said. 

“She understood, whereas I was just kind 

of sitting there baffled. I didn’t know what 

to do.” 

With a $100,000 grant, a team of social 

workers in southwestern Vermont will 

soon begin a pilot project that aims to 

make a complex web of social services 

more accessible and easier to navigate to 

the people who need them most. 

As soon as the mother, who requested 

anonymity, sought emergency shelter, 

she became part of a system that, as one 

social worker described it, “looks like a 

cat got ahold of a ball of yarn.” 

While caring for her family and settling 

into a new place, she was faced with 

untangling the yarn. 

She worked with Reach Up, a staterun 

jobs program that gives temporary 

financial support to families in transition. 

BROC Community Action, home 

to several area food shelves, gave her 

access to food. She connected with the 

Rutland County Parent-Child Center, 

which provides resources for parents in 

poverty. Later, she qualified for Section 8, 

a housing-subsidy program that enabled 

her to choose housing suitable for her 

family. 

Each of these programs came with 

separate qualifications and requirements, 

numerous case managers and 

paperwork. 

Challenges and backgrounds that 

bring people to the point of homelessness 

or poverty are diverse. But when 

they reach that point, a common thread 

forms: an extensive list of agencies to 

which they are beholden. Communicating 

effectively with case managers becomes 

a necessity — sometimes housing, 

a job or child custody is at stake. 

The mother was glad, she said, to find 

a case manager at the Homeless Prevention 

Center who helped her find her way 

with some of the agencies. But people 

experiencing homelessness or poverty 

don’t always find someone like that, local 

social workers say, and they can slip 

through the cracks of a complex, repetitive 

system. 

“Every time you go in and meet with 

a new case manager, you’ve got to go 

over your whole mess again,” said Steve 

Harrington, who works at the Rutland 

County Parent-Child Center. “They’re 

reliving trauma every time they have to 

explain their story to someone else.” 

Consequently, many costly programs 

aren’t making the kind of change they’re 

designed for. 

Erin Oalican, director of the state’s 

Reach Up program, which provides 

cash assistance to families in need, said 

without continued, streamlined support, 

many families who have gone through 

the temporary program once return to it 

later. 

The program has shifted to a more holistic, 

goal-oriented approach in recent 

years, but many families still work with as 

many as six or seven other service providers 

at one time. 

Oalican, Harrington and others are 

part of a team of Vermont service providers 

— and a growing number of social 

workers around the world — who see a 

flaw in that system. 

Hillary Cottam, a British social worker 

who has lived with families in different 

parts of the world to understand why 

social services weren’t helping them, described 

the current system in a Ted Talk as 

“a costly gyroscope that spins around the 

families, keeping them stuck at its heart, 

exactly where they are.” 

“What I would love to see is for families 

to be able to say, ‘this is what I want,’ or 

‘here’s the person I want to help guide me 

on this journey to wherever I’m going,’” 

Oalican said. 

A new approach to social work 

At Reach Up, Oalican mostly works 

with families whose earnings are below 

50% of the federal poverty line. In the 

Rutland area 379 families qualify; in the 

Bennington area, 289 families qualify. 

These “families are experiencing deep 

poverty,” she said. 

In recent years, Oalican has become 

interested in approaching social work 

holistically. She’s become an advocate for 

a movement called “2Gen,” or two-generation, 

an approach that looks at families 

more holistically. 

“They’re reliving trauma every time 

they have to explain their story to 

someone else,” said Harrington 

Mary Feldman, executive director of 

the Rutland County Parent-Child Center, 

has spearheaded that approach on a 

local level, too. The center was formed 

to provide resources to teenage parents 

and their children, but Feldman took a 

bigger-picture approach when she took 

the helm four years ago. 

“We’re not poverty services for poor 

people; we’re removing the barriers that 

perpetuate poverty,” she said. “We think 

that people are poor because systems 

By Emma Cotton/VTDigger 

Steve Harrington and Mary Feldman of the Rutland County Parent-Child Center, along 

with a team of Vermont social workers, recently won funding for a project they think will 

make the system of social services easier to access for the people who need them most. 

keep them that way.” 

Feldman requires case workers 

from her agency to communicate with 

case workers in other agencies, cutting 

through bureaucracy that is often difficult 

for families to navigate on their own. 

Denise Main, executive director of the 

Sunrise Family Resource Center in Bennington, 

has a similar approach. Along 

with providing early childhood education, 

which has been a cornerstone of the 

agency for 52 years, it offers a high school 

diploma program for pregnant and 

parenting teens, along with a number of 

other social services. 

Representatives from these organizations 

have participated in a New Englandwide 

initiative, called the Whole Family 

Approach to Jobs, that explores and 

attempts to expand 2Gen-centered social 

work. The goal, according to the organization’s 

website, is to “improve family wellbeing 

while also increasing economic 

security through employment.” 

At a workshop in Providence, Rhode 

Island, the Vermont team met Marci Lu 

from the William J. and 

Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation, 

an organization trying 

to end the fragmentation of 

social services. The foundation 

operates only in 

communities where family 

members of its founder live, and one of 

those family members recently moved to 

southwestern Vermont. 

“He quickly noticed there were great 

disparities, particularly in the smaller 

towns and cities that have high rates of 

multigenerational poverty,” Lu said. 

In 2018, the O’Neill Foundation gave 

its first Vermont-based grant to Let’s 

Grow Kids, an organization that works to 

expand access to early childhood education. 

The project created 370 new child 

care spots in the two counties. 

Lu invited the Vermont team — which 

included BROC Community Action, 

officials from the Dept. of Children and 

Families, the parent-child centers and 

others — to apply for a grant. 

Harrington, at the Rutland County 

Parent-Child Center, said the funding 

availability matched up with the work 

already being done locally, and with the 

need that exists in Rutland and Bennington 

counties. 

“There was sort of a constellation of 

factors that made it ripe for doing this 

sort of project,” he said. 

Picking a navigator 

The Vermont team was awarded 

$100,000. It proposed what’s now casually 

referred to as the “navigator” project, 

aimed at providing one specific service 

that will cut through all the others. 

Before the team outlines the details of 

the project, which will be in pilot mode 

for the next year, it will survey families 

who have relied on social services to determine 

what would help them the most. 

In Bennington, Main said 100 families 

have already responded to the survey, 

which asks questions like, “Have you ever 

tried to access supports and services you 

needed, but stopped trying because you 

got discouraged?” 

Another question asks, “Which supports 

and services have you needed and 

been able to access? Please check all 

that apply,” then paints a picture of the 

potential complexity of one person’s web, 

listing 13 different services, along with an 

“other” fill-in-the-blank option. 

Harrington, who has spearheaded 

much of the grant writing and organization 

of the pilot project, imagines one 

likely solution. 

Of all their case managers, a family 

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The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 LOCAL NEWS • 3 

Courtesy of Okemo 

Two snowboarders ride Okemo Mountain Resort's superpipe. It was the first in New England to open this past Sunday, Feb. 7. The 375-foot long pipe has 18-foot walls. 

Okemo superpipe opens, first in New England 

By Karen D. Lorentz 

Okemo opened Vermont’s first-of-the-season halfpipe 

on Sunday, Feb. 7. The superpipe was the first to open in 

New England (the only other one open by Feb. 7 was in 

Pennsylvania). 

One of the factors that has delayed halfpipe builds was 

the need to make snow on ski trails first so more terrain 

could be open. While Vermont received major snowfalls 

in December, the statewide Christmas meltdown affected 

the need to focus snowmaking on trails first versus terrain 

parks and pipes. 

January’s consistent snowfalls and cold temperatures 

changed the picture with more parks opening, but only 

one or two halfpipes are currently planned elsewhere in 

Vermont, 

According to Okemo Senior Director of Mountain Operations 

Eb Kinney, building the 375-foot long pipe with 

18-foot walls and 300 feet of vertical elevation required: 

4 ½ days of snowmaking with a total of 10 days to build and 

120 worker hours using an excavator, groomers to form 

decks, and a groomer with a Zaugg pipe cutter. 

Kinney, who has been involved in building the pipes at 

Okemo since 2005, has seen all versions and different ways 

of building them. 

“Since the 2009-10 season, we’ve come up with a pretty 

consistent way to build the pipe. The time consuming part 

is pushing the snow with a snowcat and building the walls 

in one-foot lifts. We use lasers with a specially engineered 

instrument that gives us grade and alignment, so the 

pipe is nice and straight and up to grade,” he said. “Everyone 

worked really hard to get this built and open — the 

snowmakers and John Boudro’s team deserve the credit 

for building it. I’m very proud of their can-do attitude,” he 

added. 

“Last year we built a 13-foot pipe so we had something 

for our guests. This year we wanted to build a superpipe as 

we have done in the past. We have put a lot of great athletes 

through our pipes over the years,” Kinney said, noting part 

of attraction is having The Pull T-bar, which runs up along 

the edge of the pipe and services the Zone Park and its pipe. 

Addressing the significance and cost of offering a 

superpipe, Okemo Vice President and General Manager 

Bruce Schmidt said, “Having a superpipe sets Okemo apart 

from other resorts and helps us continue our support of 

the Okemo Mountain School athletes as well as the Okemo 

Mountain Freestyle program. There is a cost associated 

with the construction of the superpipe, but we also use 

the pipe to store snow for our lower Arrow and Lower 

Mountain Road trails heading into the spring season. We 

also do ground work to prepare the pipe so we can use less 

snow. While we are not always able to build one every year, 

Superpipe > 19 

The Stash opens at Killington: part of awesome Woodward network 


Killington is a massive 

mountain — its variety of 

terrain is its most distinctive 

and renowned feature. 

Part of that is the variety 

of trails, but for freestyle 

skiers and riders, it is the 

dedication to providing 

terrain parks that makes 

the mountain their favorite 

winter playground. 

That dedication was 

rewarded with skiers and 

riders voting Woodward 

Killington “Best Terrain 

Park in the East” in Snowboarder 

magazine’s Park & 

Ride 2020 Awards. 

The Stash, which harks 

back to a 2008-09 debut 

and opened for this 

season on Feb. 4, has 65+ 

features for freestylers, 

both in the woods and on 

trail. The medium and 

large elements like log 

rails, rainbow trees, and 

wall rides are located on 

Bear Mountain and it’s the 

only Burton Stash Terrain 

Park in the East and only 

one of six in the world. 

The Stash is part of the 

network of Woodward 

Mountain Parks at Killington, 

“A network of featured 

terrain zones that offer an 

on-mountain experience 

for all ages and abilities 

through an artfully 

constructed progressionbased 

design,” noted 

Killington spokesperson 

Courtney DiFiore. 

Woodward at Ramshead 

The Ramshead mountain 

area contains a variety 

of parks suited for newbies 

to experts. 

Located at the Rams- 

Woodward > 18 


A Woodward sign greets skiers and riders at the top of the Ramshead quad.



VTrans funds Center Street scoping study 

By Brett Yates 

The Vermont Agency of Transportation 

will provide a grant worth $28,800 to 

Rutland City for a “scoping study” that will 

examine potential permanent improvements 

on Center Street between Wales 

Street and Merchants Row. The Rutland 

Board of Aldermen authorized the mayor 

to sign the grant agreement at a Feb. 1 

meeting. 

The announcement of the VTrans 

grant, for which the city submitted a bid 

in September, came two weeks after the 

Rutland Redevelopment Authority received 

permission to apply for yet another 

state grant that, with any luck, will pay for 

a second round of seasonal alterations 

on Center Street, where outdoor dining 

decks, planters, public art, and other 

removable features enlivened 

downtown last summer. 

Looking further down the 

road, the VTrans grant, by contrast, 

will go toward envisioning 

a full, year-round reconfiguration of the 

block, which may incorporate some of the 

features from the temporary makeover. 

Rutland’s grant application called the 

existing design of Center Street “antiquated 

and dangerous,” with wide travel lanes 

that encourage speeding, an excess of 

parking for cars, and sidewalks that don’t 

meet ADA requirements. While the pilot 

program in 2020 narrowed the street’s two 

88% of Rutlanders approved of the 

provisional redesign of Center Street. 

automobile lanes, the city would also like 

to review one-way and pedestrian-only 

configurations. 

According to RRA Executive Director 

Brennan Duffy, it’ll take about “a month 

and half” for the city to select a vendor to 

sketch out the possibilities. The consultants’ 

work could last as long as a year, 

but Duffy hopes to have a finished study 

sometime this fall, following “several public 

engagement meetings.” 

A survey by the Rutland Regional 

Planning Commission suggested 

that 88% of Rutlanders approved of 

the provisional redesign of Center 

Street, which encouraged the city to look 

into a full-time transformation. 

“The feeling was that that was successful 

and well-received, and we’ll try to get 

an idea of the cost and finalize a design 

that would be potentially implemented,” 

Duffy said. 

Killington Police obtain 

arrest warrant for 

theft of services from 

North Star Lodge 

By Curt Peterson 

Killington Police Chief Whit Montgomery told the 

Mountain Times the department has obtained an arrest 

warrant for “theft of services” from North Star Lodge on 

Weathervane Drive in Killington. The warrant names Katie 

L. Safford, 30, who maintains a Rutland address. 

“I feel pretty confident [Safford] will be located and 

cited,” Montgomery told the Mountain Times, Feb. 8. “We 

have put the word out to other agencies as well. She may be 

living in New York state.” 

“When located, Safford will be arrested and arraigned 

for theft of services greater than $900,” a KPD press release 

stated, “a felony in the state of Vermont.” 

If Safford is convicted, she could face jail for up to 10 

years and/or a fine of as much as $5,000. 

“On Oct. 26, 2020, Safford secured one suite with a debit 

card and told [North Star staff] she would be paying with a 

new card when it arrived in the mail,” according to the press 

release. “She rented a second adjoining suite as her family 

was in need of temporary housing.” 

Lodge staff saw Safford and her family drive off on Nov. 

6 without paying the balance of her bill, which was over 

$2,000. Room damage was discovered when Lodge employees 

entered to service the suites. 

On Jan. 7 the Killington Select Board received a letter 

from Dean Romano, general manager of the North Star 

Lodge, describing the theft – $2,300 due on their bill plus 

damages to their rooms equating to approximating $3,000. 

Carpets and two screens had been damaged, Romano 

said. He was going to see if the carpets could be cleaned. 

KPD officer Matthew Hoffman was given a description 

and license plate photos from the accused’s vehicles, and a 

Rutland address provided by Safford. 

Chief Montgomery told the Mountain Times Romano 

reported a woman who said her name was “Katy” and her 

friend “Roger,” checked into two rooms with four minor 

children on Oct. 26. 

One car had New York plates and the other had temporary 

Kentucky plates. 

Montgomery told the Mountain Times KPD located 

the registered owner of the New York car, who said he had 

sold the car last summer to someone not among the North 

Star guests. “For the most part, temporary plates can’t be 

[traced],” he said. 

The man who accompanied Safford at the Lodge, who 

called himself “Roger,” has not been identified. 

“He would not be liable for theft of services since he did 

not make the reservation,” Montgomery said. “He could be 

listed as a witness, though.” 

WCUUSD to decide on moving 5th and 6th graders to 

The Prosper Valley School in Pomfret this fall 

The WCUUSD School 

Board sent a letter to families 

in Pomfret, Reading, 

Bridgewater and Woodstock 

alerting them about 

four meetings to gather 

public input before making 

a final decision regarding 

reconfiguring grades 

among the students of 

the schools of Woodstock 

OBITUARY 

Four community to meetings take place this week to gather input 

Wendy A. Witherell Hill, 87, died 

peacefully in her sleep on Feb. 3, 2021, 

following the effects of a stroke. 

Born Oct. 7, 1933, in Troy, New York, 

Wendy Witherell Hill graduated from 

Emma Willard School in 1951, and 

Cornell University in 1955. She and 

her husband Robert wed in 1955 and 

enjoyed 65 years of marriage together. 

A lifelong athlete, Witherell Hill was 

a waterskiing pioneer and national 

champion in her early years, as she 

spent every summer on Lake George, 

New York. The family’s camp became 

the heart of five generations of her 

close-knit family, gathering for summer 

adventures on the water and in 

the surrounding mountain trails. 

In the late 1960s, she became one 

of the first female professional Alpine 

ski instructors in the U.S. and worked 

as a ski instructor and racing coach for 

nearly five decades at Killington, becoming 

a respected mentor for many. 

She volunteered as chief gate judge 

at countless frigid ski races and was a 

founding board member to establish 

the Killington Mountain School. She 

remained a top competitor in her 

U.S. Alpine Masters age-group for decades, 

even into her 70s, and became 

a national champion. 

With her unassuming nature she 

deflected her accomplishments as 

she focused on doing as much as she 

could for others, saying she was in it 

Elementary and Reading. 

The Prosper Valley School 

(TPVS) will reopen in the 

fall after having addressed 

various building issues, 

thus the WCUUSD School 

Board will be voting in 

March to decide which 

students will be continuing 

their education at 

TPVS. 

A survey will also be 

conducted with further 

information for the Board 

to consider. 

The public meetings 

will be held on the following 

dates and times and 

are open to all regardless 

of town. 

• Reading: Feb. 9, 

2021 at 6:30 p.m. 

Wendy A. Witherell Hill, 87 

Submitted 

Wendy Witherell Hill 

for “the challenge, the thrills, and the 

friendships.” 

Witherell Hill remained an active 

member of the Rutland Garden Club 

for many years, sharing her love of 

flowers and gardening with her community. 

In yet another expression of 

her love of nature, she spent countless 

days with her husband Bob managing 

timber and firewood and wildlife 

habitat on their beloved Tree Farm in 

Middletown Springs. 

Her love of travel and the outdoors 

was unstoppable, as evidenced by 

her years of camping, canoeing, 

• Woodstock: Feb. 9, 


• Pomfret: Feb. 23, 


• Bridgewater: Feb. 

23 , 2021at 7:30 p.m. 

Meeting IDs, passcodes 

and links can be found on 

the school board calendar 

at wcsu.net. 

Pomfret > 16 

windsurfing, hiking, horseback 

riding, biking, and skiing trips with 

family and friends. Having earned 

her pilot’s license and instrument rating 

in her late 30s, she flew a Cessna 

Skylane on countless crosscountry 

excursions with her husband, a former 

Air Force pilot. 

Only health issues in her 80s could 

slow her down, as her adventurous 

spirit never faded. 

Her family will always hold her 

dear as the beloved wife of Robert L. 

Hill; cherished mother to their sons, 

Robert and David Hill, and daughter 

Linda Harris; loving grandmother to 

Sarah Long, Molly West, Jeremy and 

Alison Hill; and proud great-grandmother 

to Lilly West. 

Witherell Hill’s siblings shared her 

passion for competitive sports; she 

was predeceased by her brother Warren 

Witherell, and is survived by her 

siblings Fayette Witherell, DVM, and 

Charles Witherell. She leaves many 

loving nieces and nephews, extended 

family and lifelong friends who 

remember her kindness, good humor, 

and boundless energy. 

A celebration of her life will be 

scheduled at a later date. In lieu 

of flowers, the family would like 

to honor Wendy Witherell Hill’s 

generosity with contributions to 

Franciscan Children’s Rehabilitation 

Center,(franciscanchildrens.org).


Killington considers new town center 

By Curt Peterson 

The Killington Planning Commission 

discussed creating a “new town 

center” on Killington Road on Feb. 3. 

Its hope is to qualify for Tax Increment 

Financing (TIF) from the state, 

a program by which the town might 

“claw back” education taxes paid 

because Killington is designated a 

“gold town.” 

According to commission 

member Jennifer Iannantuoni, the 

amount available might be between 

$12 million and $14 million. Town 

Planner Preston Bristow said 

the previously planned work 

on Killington Road will cost 

around $8 million, and the 

TIF money should allow the 

town to recover most of that, 

if the town project qualifies. 

Ed Bove, executive director 

of the Rutland Regional Planning 

Commission, assured the commissioners 

that TIF financing would not 

mean any money would be taken 

from school operations or education. 

“You must have either a state designated 

downtown center (which Killington 

does not …) or a state designated 

new town center in order to get 

TIF financing,” Bristow explained. 

“Hence, we are considering.” 

When Bristow listed the eligibility 

requirements for a new town center 

in Killington, some challenges became 

evident. 

A town must establish “architectural 

standards,” including a 

design review board to approve 

new structures, or other codified 

requirements; “on-street parking,” 

which Bristow said the Killington 

Road master plan accommodates 

via side-street parking; and “walkable 

streets,” which Bristow said 

is also satisfied in the Killington 

Road master plan. However, it also 

requires “mixed income housing,” a 

“a public water system” (or at least 

a commitment to build one), and a 

“civic building,” or town offices and 

community center within the area 

— harder criteria to satisfy, many 

noted. 

“We were hoping the Killington 

“There are only seven approved 

TIF programs in the state, and 

none of them are like Killington 

Road," Bove said. 

Elementary School could be the 

civic building,” Bristow wrote in an 

email to the Mountain Times. “It’s 

possible we could change the shape 

of the new town center to include 

the new public services building 

(fire station). Or, we could have a 

plan to move the town offices to the 

new town center.” 

As far as the “mixed income housing 

... we’re not sure what that will 

look like,” Bristow added, “but it will 

have to be included.” 

Bristow said the new town center 

program has been in existence for 

18 years, but only two projects have 

been approved. 

“Berlin’s submission review is 

still in process, and they have been 

working on it for five years. Their 

proposal is 159 pages long,” he said. 

It’s apparent that Killington will 

have to invest money to achieve 

eligibility, and that the cultural 

changes, i.e., architectural design 

reviews, possibly moving the town 

offices to Killington Road, building 

a public water system, and meeting 

other requirements, may be 

significant. 

Brandy Saxton, owner of 

PlaceSense, a land use planning 

consulting firm in Windsor, is preparing 

an estimate of what it would 

cost Killington to prepare its 

new town center application, 

Bristow said. 

Commission member 

Chris Karr, who owns three 

businesses on Killington 

Road, asked: “What is the 

driving benefit to creating a 

new town center?” 

Bove said a TIF-designated area 

would generate more taxes from 

businesses and new housing and 

pay for infrastructure that would 

benefit those businesses, residents 

and the municipality. 

“However,” he added, “there are 

only seven approved TIF programs 

in the state, and none of them are 

like Killington Road.” 

They are all traditional-looking 

villages, rather than ski resort towns. 

The idea is to create a growth area, 

Bove said. “What we need is numbers, 

quicker than anything else,” Jennifer 

Iannantuoni said, referring to the cost 

of applying for the new town center 

designation and expected benefits. 

Steve Selbo, commission mem- 

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State news.....................................................................8 

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Calendar......................................................................22 

Puzzles........................................................................26 

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Lil Homie: 3-year-old snowboard prodigy is encouraged and supported by Killington community 

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low him on Instagram. “He’s 3 years old, and big names 

in the industry follow my kid,” he said. @lilhomie802 

has 1,077 followers, who are treated to almost-daily 

videos of Harley shredding Ramshead or the Dark Park 

at Darkside. 

“If it weren’t for the Killington community helping us 

and teaching Harley, he wouldn’t be this far, because Jill 

and I are skiers,” Gary said. 

Jill had much praise for Darkside Snowboards. “They 

are the best, and Harley got his nickname ‘Lil homie’ 

from the shop,” she said. 

“If it weren’t for the Killington 

community helping us and teaching 

Harley, he wouldn’t be this far, because 

Jill and I are skiers,” Gary said. 

Asked how to manage a toddler superstar as a father, 

Gary laughed. “He’s only 3, so as long as he wants to 

snowboard, we will let him. And the day he says no 

more, then we’ll go with it.” 

For now, Lil Homie is almost off his bottle, talking 

non-stop, and on the slopes daily. Big sister Finley believes 

he’ll go all the way someday, but for now, she simply 

exclaimed, “It’s crazy,” referring to her baby brother, 

the snowboard sensation. 


The Ruffle family (parents Jill and Gary and older sister 

Finley) supports 3-year-old Harley’s efforts to snowboard. 

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Youth and school sports games to 

resume Friday, Feb. 12 

By Erin Petenko/VTDigger 

School and youth leagues will be able to resume competitions 

Feb. 12, state officials said at a press conference 

Friday, Feb. 5. 

The games will have some restrictions, such as limiting 

the teams to two 

games a week and forcing 

competitions to be 

spaced three days apart, 

said Julie Moore, head 

of the Agency of Natural 

Resources. Parents will not be able to attend games, and 

any referees or observers must follow a mask order. 

“We recognize that this will come as a disappointment 

to parents and fans of local teams, but minimizing 

the number of people present is essential to appropriately 

managing the risk associated with indoor sports 

events,” Moore said. 

Price Chopper and Tops to merge 

Price Chopper/Market 32 and 

Tops Markets announced on Feb. 8 

they have entered into a definitive 

merger agreement that creates an 

alliance between the two storied 

independent grocery chains, as it 

nearly doubles their collective footprint 

in the Northeast. 

This transaction unites 

two New York-based grocery 

chains with deep ties to local 

communities and shared 

commitments to service, 

savings, and convenience, 

according to a news release. 

With increased scale across 

their almost perfectly contiguous 

footprints, the merged 

companies are expected to be 

better positioned to compete 

and offer more value and services to 

their customers across the Northeast. 

Scott Grimmett, Price Chopper/ 

Market 32’s president and CEO, will 

be CEO of and serve on the board of 

directors of the new parent company, 

which will oversee the operations 

of nearly 300 Price Chopper, Market 

32, Market Bistro and Tops Markets 

stores, which collectively employ 

more than 30,000 people. 

The new parent company will be 

headquartered in Schenectady, New 

York. The Price Chopper/Market 32 

and Tops Markets businesses will 

retain main offices in Schenectady 

and Williamsville and will continue 

to be managed locally by their respective 

leaders. 

“This merger marks a major step 

Officials said their decision was based on contact 

tracing data from the current reopening phase of school 

sports, which allows indoor practices, Moore said. 

“Over the past two and a half weeks, while there have 

been close contacts 

identified within teams, 

we have not seen 

evidence of teammates 

transmitting the virus to 

one another,” she said. 

Some health experts have raised concerns about a 

fuller reopening of sports because of the nature of their 

close contact and physical exertion. 

Gov. Phil Scott used the reopening news Friday to 

remind Vermonters to be careful to follow social distancing 

guidance, particularly on Super Bowl Sunday. He 

said to parents, “Don’t ruin it for your kids.” 

"We have not seen evidence of 

teammates transmitting the virus to 

one another,” Moore said. 

forward and collectively elevates 

our ability to compete on every 

level,” said Grimmett. “It leverages 

increased value for our customers; 

advances shared opportunities 

for innovation; fortifies the depth 

of our workforce, community and 

trade partnerships; and ultimately 

accelerates our capacity to deliver 

a distinctively modern and convenient 

shopping experience. Given 

the vital role that supermarkets and 

their workforces play in our communities, 

particularly this past year, 

I am excited to lead the parent company 

of these two historic grocery 

retailers.” 

Frank Curci, Tops Markets chairman 

and CEO, agreed. 

“We have long believed that this 

merger makes sense both 

strategically and based on the 

similar ways in which we each 

put customers first, go to market 

and treat our people,” said 

Curci. “We look forward to 

working closely with the Price 

Chopper/Market 32 team and 

together becoming an even 

stronger competitor with 

more scale, as we continue 

serving our customers and 

communities.” 

With formative roots dating back 

to the 1920s, both Tops Markets 

and Price Chopper/Market 32 have 

grown exponentially over the last 

century, building and acquiring 

stores across upstate New York and 

throughout the Northeast. 

The transaction is expected to 

close in the coming months, subject 

to regulatory approval and customary 

closing conditions. Financial 

terms of the transaction were not 

disclosed. 

PreK registration now open at Killington Elementary 

PreK applications for Killington Elementary School will open Feb. 8 and close on March 8. 

Under Vermont’s Act 166 Universal Prekindergarten, these programs are open to Vermont students who have 

reached the ages of 3, 4, or 5 years old by Sept. 1 of the year of entry, and who are not yet enrolled in Kindergarten. 

Any student currently enrolled in the program will automatically be moved up to the next grade for the following 

year. You do not need to reregister or do a pre-Kindergarten application. 

For more information visit: wcsu.net/prek 

In the fall of 2018, the Windsor Central Unified Union School District (WCUUSD) began offering elementary 

school choice for parents and guardians of students entering grades K-6 that reside within the district. The choice 

of the school venue is guided by the needs of students, parents, and the district, and will adhere to the WCUUSD 

process and guidelines. 

The Intra-District Elementary School Choice window opens Feb. 15 and closes March 15. See the link below for 

FAQs and the K-6 School Choice Timeline. The information contained on the WCSU website can guide you through 

who should and should not apply: wcsu.net/schoolchoice. 

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Under Vermont law, the governor 

can make certain changes to how the 

executive branch is structured through 

an executive order 

by Jan. 15 in the 

first year in a new 

term. The Legislature 

then has 90 

days to intervene 

if it chooses. If the 

Legislature takes 

no action, then 

the restructuring 

takes place. 

By Rep. Jim 

Harrison 

Scott issued two 

100,000 

orders restructuring 

part of the executive branch. 

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The first restructured the Natural 

Resources Board to be comprised of three 

warranty 

full-time professional members, to increase 

predictability and uniformity with 

other state regulatory programs. This 

Strike two 

might be characterized as “one-stop” 

shopping for major Act 250 projects. 

The second established an Agency of 

Public Safety, which would then comprise 

the current Dept. of Public Safety 

(including state police), motor vehicle 

enforcement, the E-911 center, the 

Criminal Justice Council and training 

facility, and the Division of Fire Safety and 

Emergency Management. 

The first order with the Act 250 

changes were rejected by the full Senate 

on a 22-8 vote on Thursday – Strike One. 

On Friday, the full House rejected the reorganization 

of Public Safety on a 108-40 

vote – Strike Two! 

Perhaps it is fortunate the governor 

didn’t go for three…. 

A bit of partisanship was evident 

during the House floor debate when a 

Republican member reminded us that 

Scott received 68.5% of the votes last November 

and we should trust him enough 

to make certain changes to the executive 

branch. That was countered by a Democratic 

member who indicated Vermonters 

also put twice as many of one party 

(Democrat) as another (Republican) in 

the Legislature. A bit of an olive branch 

was included in the House resolution 

offering to work with the administration 

on some of the proposed public safety 

changes through legislation. 

Meanwhile, the Vermont Dept. of 

Labor announced that thousands of 1099 

forms that were sent to those receiving 

unemployment benefits last year, may 

have contained other claimants' information. 

Several steps were quickly taken 

#11 Last month, by the administration to address #12 the 

breach of personal information, but most 

of the damage was done. Within a day of 

the announcement, a Senate committee 


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warranty 

brought in Labor Commissioner Michael 

Harrington wanting to get answers. Separately, 

the governor has asked the auditor’s 

office to investigate the cause and 

has appointed his deputy chief of staff to 

oversee improvements and appointed a 

new deputy commissioner for the Dept. 

of Labor to assist Commissioner Harrington. 

The department has issued a mass 

recall of the 1099-G documents. They 

will be mailing claimants instructions 

(including a prepaid self-addressed 

envelope), so claimants can mail back the 

documents they erroneously received. 

There will also be credit monitoring 

services offered to impacted claimants 

at no charge. A list of FAQ can be found 

at: labor.vermont.gov/document/1099- 

incident-faq-2521 

Other issues of note: 

Human Services Secretary Mike Smith 

announced that vaccinations for homebound 

Vermonters is beginning. Vaccinations 

will be administered through a 

partnership between local Home Health 

and EMS agencies. 

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and rejection of EO restructuring 


Given all that the Vermont Dept. of Labor 

(VDOL) has experienced with processing 

the vast numbers of Covid Unemployment 

claims, it was very 

discouraging to 

have the VDOL 

face a significant 

data security 

breach early last 

week. VDOL had 

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the 90,000 forms 

Clarkson 

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subjecting approximately 44,800 people 

to having their identities compromised. 

A significant number of people discovered 

that their names were mismatched with 

social security numbers and addresses. 

The VDOL has issued a mass recall of 


these 1099G tax documents. If you are one 

of the people affected, you should have 

already received an email from the VDOL 

outlining steps to take immediately: 

1) If your name, address or social security 

numbers do not match, save the tax forms 

and a pre-stamped return envelope will be 

sent to you in which to return the 1099G; 

2) Freeze your credit accounts; 

3) A 1099G hotline has been established 

in the VDOL’s Claimant Assistance Call Center 

at 1-877-214-3332 to answer questions; 

4) VDOL will be offering credit monitoring 

services at no charge to protect those 

claimants whose identity may have been 

compromised. They are currently exploring 

these options and will be in touch asap 

with how to enroll; and 

5) all of the affected UI claimants will 

be receiving a new, clearly marked, 1099G 

form as soon as possible. 

The VDOL has a new FAQ document 

and the link to that is: labor.vermont.gov/ 

document/1099-incident-faq-2521 

There is a robust investigation now 

underway. It is clear the data somehow got 

jumbled between being verified at VDOL 

and the printing and mailing of the 1099Gs. 

The Legislature and the administration 

are focused on how to fix the problem 

going forward, improving quality control 

and making sure it doesn’t happen again. 

Action plans are in place to recapture the 

1099Gs, protect the claimants and re-issue 

new 1099Gs. We cannot afford to have this 

happen again. 

On a different topic, last week the Senate 

voted to support Senate Resolution 

6 and reject Executive Order (EO) 02-21, 

which aimed to reorganize Act 250 Natural 

Resources board and district commissions. 

Our only option was to approve or reject the 

order as executive orders may not be altered 

in any way. This order made significant 

changes to the Act 250 review process without 

the benefit of any input from the public 

or the Legislature. 

There is work to be done updating Act 

250 but the Senate Natural Resources 

Committee and the Senate felt that would 

best be done with full legislative scrutiny. 

The committee was concerned about the 

unintended consequences and the budget 

increases assumed in this EO. 

There is precedent for the Senate’s 

action. Several years ago the Legislature 

rejected the EO that merged the departments 

of liquor and lottery. Instead, the 

Legislature accomplished the same goal 

but after thoughtful review, with input from 

all stakeholders. The Legislature expects 

to bring forward a bill that updates many 

aspects of Act 250, but only after the Legislature 

has had the opportunity to review 

the complex issues involved, considers the 

recommendations of the Act 250 Commission, 

and its research and analysis, and 

goes through the productive work of a full 

legislative committee process. 

Alison Clarkson is a state Senator from 

Windsor County, aclarkson@leg.state.vt.us. 

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The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 STATE NEWS • 9 

The River Road Covered Bridge caught fire then collapsed into the Missisquoi River after a snowmobile broke down mid-way. Pictured are both sides of Veilleux Road. 

Covered bridge destroyed by snowmobile fire 

By Brooke Geery 

On Feb. 6 at 11:06 a.m. a 

911 call was received regarding 

a snowmobile fire on the 

River Road Covered Bridge 

on Veilleux Road in Troy, a 

small town on the Vermont/ 

Quebec border. Several local 

fire departments responded, 

and the Troy Fire Chief, Robert 

Jacobs, contacted the Dept. of 

Public Safety Fire & Explosion 

Investigation Unit for an origin 

and cause investigation. 

The investigation revealed 

a group of snowmobilers were 

traveling across the bridge 

when one of the snowmobiles 

broke down mid-bridge. 

The operator noticed there 

was fire coming from the right 

side of the snowmobile and 

attempted to put it out by 

throwing snow on it. He also 

attempted to remove the machine 

from the bridge, melting 

his gloves and burning his 

hands slightly, but his efforts 

were for naught. 

The fire continued to grow 

out of control until it eventually 

caught the wood frame 

covered bridge on fire, too. 

The bridge burned to the 

Medley said. 

“Everybody wants 

to see it rebuilt.” 

point it collapsed into the Missisquoi 

River and is no longer 

able to be driven across. 

The 111-year-old latticestyle 

truss bridge was built in 

1910, and placed on the Nation 

Register of Historic Places in 

1974. It was the only surviving 

covered bridge in Troy from 

the historic period of covered 

bridge construction. 

Troy Town Clerk Terri 

Medley said town officials 

met Monday, Feb. 8, to discuss 

the first step of safely and 

properly removing the debris. 

Then they will make a plan to 

rebuild the bridge, as it is the 

only crossing for vehicles over 

the river for miles; however, 

Courtesy VSP 

the timeline is unclear. 

“Most of us are hoping it’s a 

covered bridge,” Medley said. 

“Everybody wants to see it 

rebuilt.” 

It is not yet clear what funds 

might be available to build 

another covered bridge. 

Anyone that has information 

regarding this fire or circumstances 

around it is asked 

to please contact Det. Sgt. Todd 

Ambroz of the FEIU at 802- 

878-7111 or by email at todd. 

ambroz@vermont.gov . 

Man cited faces charges after fleeing 

on his snowmobile 

Vermont State Game Wardens have charged Christopher Thomas, 29, of Springfield, 

in connection with a snowmobile violation that occurred Friday, Feb.5. 

A Fish & Wildlife warden was conducting a snowmobile safety checkpoint at the CCC 

Camp in Grafton. At about 8 p.m. the warden was approached by three snowmobiles 

while displaying his flashing blue light to indicate the checkpoint. One of the three, an 

older model green Arctic Cat, did not stop and fled east on V.A.S.T. trails. 

The warden determined that the riders had started riding from a residence in Rockingham 

and went there with the assistance of state police. 

A snowmobile matching the description of the one that had fled from the checkpoint 

was found parked in the garage of the Rockingham residence with fresh tracks 

leading into the garage. The snowmobile was seized as evidence and Thomas eventually 

admitted to not stopping at the checkpoint. 

Christopher Thomas faces a maximum two years in prison and more than $2,500 in 

fines. He was cited to appear in Windham County Superior Court on March 30 to answer 

to the charges of attempting to elude on a snowmobile, providing false information 

to police, and having a modified muffler on his snowmobile. 

Woman dies in snowmobile 

accident on Lake Dunmore 

On Feb. 6, at 6:58 p.m., police responded to Lake Dunmore in the area of Rustic Lane in 

the town of Salisbury (near Songadeewin camp) for a snowmobile crash. While enroute 

troopers were notified of an unresponsive female. 

Amanda Warren,43, of Salisbury, had been operating a snowmobile on Lake Dunmore 

with passenger/victim Kristle Humiston, 39, of Brandon, according to police. 

Investigation revealed Warren was operating the snowmobile at a high rate of speed 

across Lake Dunmore with Humiston riding on the back. Warren failed to stop the snowmobile, 

collided with an embankment and proceeded to strike several trees. Warren sustained 

multiple injuries during the crash. Humiston was pronounced deceased on scene 

by members of Middlebury Regional Emergency Members. 

Warren was transported to Porter Hospital in Middlebury and later transferred to the 

University of Vermont Medical Center due to injuries sustained. 

This is an ongoing investigation and alcohol impairment is suspected to be a contributing 

factor to this crash. Neither Warren or Humiston were wearing helmets at the time of 

the crash. 

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call 802-388-4919. 

Snowmobilers: Patrollers are out, stay on the trails or get a $300 ticket 

This winter, Vermont law 

enforcement is cracking down 

on unlawful off-trail riding for 

snowmobilers. And they're 

ticketing violators. 

"So spread the word," 

Vermont Association of Snow 

Travelers (V.A.S.T.) stated in a 

recent news release. 

In Vermont 80% of land is 

privately owned and those landowners 

get no compensation for 

allowing recreational trails and 

access to their property, so it is 

important everyone follow the 

rules in order to ensure continued 

access. 

Off Trail Riding (technically 

known as “operating on 

private land without permission”) 

equates to a $300 fine in 

Vermont. VAST offers 5,000 of 

miles of on-trail riding in the 

state, so there is plenty of terrain 

to ride without straying off-trail.

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The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 STATE NEWS • 11 

Avalanche on Mt. Washington: Skiin’ Ian’s final run 

By Lisa Lynn/VT Ski & Ride 

Ian Forgays was a backcountry skier: "Skiin’ Ian" as 

he was known and, on social media, “Lincoln Lynx.” 

He wasn’t the type of guy you would see on chairlifts, 

unless it was the single chair at Mad River Glen where he 

worked as a liftie, manning the summit station. 

You might catch glimpses of him between the trees, 

a yellow or red jacket charging straight down a drainage 

off the spine of the Greens, a plume of powder shooting 

up behind like white smoke. 

That white smoke was an elixir. 

It was what Forgays, 54, was after when he set out 

from his home in Lincoln, Vt. for the White Mountains 

early Monday morning, Feb. 1. 

Forgays knew the White Mountains almost as well as 

he knew the Greens. Born and raised in Vermont, he had 

hiked the Long Trail three times, skied the Catamount 

Trail and ridden the Cross Vermont “XVT” bike packing 

route —300 miles of off-road riding covering the length 

of the state from Massachusetts to the Canadian border. 

He made that trip and the Catamount Trail journey in 

the same year, 2015, completing the “triple crown” of 

Vermont trails. 

Forgays often adventured to the Whites, the Chic 

Chocs and other high alpine terrain around the Northeast 

with friends. He was a frequent ski “model” — if 

you can call the wild-haired guy with a goofy smile 

and a willingness to charge anything, a model — for 

Moretown photographers Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson. 

Their adventures and photos of Forgays made it 

into Powder and Outside magazines, as well as VT Ski + 

Ride and Vermont Sports (as pictured right). 

The backdrops were the deep untracked woods, the 

ridgelines and ravines, the abandoned ski areas and 

snowed-in riverbeds of northern New England. 

Ammonoosuc Ravine was one such ravine Forgays 

loved to ski. On Sunday night, Jan. 31, he texted friends 

telling them that on Monday he “might ski Monroe 

Brook depending on how the Ammo looks.” 

Heading into Ammo 

In the definitive guidebook, "Best Backcountry Skiing 

in the Northeast," David Goodman describes Ammonoosuc 

Ravine, located on the western slope of Mt. 

Washington as such: “When 

it is fully covered, Ammo 

offers one of the longest skiable 

descents in the White 

Mountains—nearly 3,000 

vertical feet of continuous 

skiing. The top of the 

ravine can be a mile-long 

snowfield that funnels into 

the Ammonoosuc River…. 

The Ammo slopes have a 

sustained 30-degree pitch, 

getting steeper at the bottom.” 

On Monday, Jan. 31, the weather at Mt. Washington 

was fair and the avalanche danger was rated low. 

Temperatures ranged from 8-15 degrees F. Winds were 

unusually light with the highest gusts hitting 25 mph. 

The week before, it had been a different story. For 

three days, winds had been gusting well over 100 mph, 

hitting a high of 157. 

But conditions on Monday looked fine. According 

to the accident report filed by the Mt. Washington 

Avalanche Center, they included: “a mix of snow surfaces 

ranging from ice to rimed snow to firm wind slabs, all of 

which are commonplace in the wind-raked high alpine 

areas and steep ravines. Snow surfaces and layers beneath 

included a widespread, wind-hammered surface 

created by a wind event the week before. It was dubbed 

the ‘157 Layer’ after the 157-mph peak wind speed on 

Jan. 24, which helped create it. Above that layer was 

another, softer wind slab layer that was described in the 

forecast as …smooth, hollow-sounding slabs [that] are 

easy to identify and are generally worth avoiding due to 

"Avoiding trouble throughout 

a lifetime of playing in the 

mountains is a tremendous 

challenge for anyone, even for the 

most experienced, like Forgays," 

the incident report stated. 

By Brian Mohr/EmberPhoto, courtesy of skiandride.com 

Ian Forgays explores an abandoned bullwheel on Mount Cardigan, New Hampshire, as he skins up the hill. 

low skiing quality and post-holing on foot if not due to 

the elevated avalanche risk.” 

The snowpack on Monday was not deep. Only 3.4 

inches had fallen on the summit between Jan. 23-29, 

and the Hermit Lake snowplot measured 8 inches. Monday 

was a calm day before another storm would set in 

on Tuesday, with heavy snow falling and winds gusting 

again back over 100 mph at the summit. 

A fine day to ski 

Forgays got an early start that Monday. He was well 

equipped, carrying an avalanche transponder, usual 

safety equipment and a cell 

phone. By 9 a.m. he had 

reached treeline on Mount 

Monroe, and by 11 a.m. 

he was near the summit of 

Mount Washington. 

From a point above 

treeline, he texted a photo 

to Brian Mohr, who was 

camping in Costa Rica with 

limited cell phone service. 

“Miss you bud,” he wrote. 

Forgays sent a few other photos and texts to friends and 

then began his descent. 

At some point, he triggered a small avalanche. 

As the Mt. Washington Avalanche Center incident 

report stated: 

"It is likely that Forgays triggered one of these 

[wind] pockets and was carried into the bowl-like depression 

where the snow was stopped by an overhanging 

cliff that was angled upslope. The debris pile here 

was deep, but fairly narrow, fanning out from a 10-foot 

strip to about 25-feet wide by 40-feet long." 

The report continued: 

“Finding a triggerable slab in mostly safe avalanche 

conditions is rare but not unheard of, especially due to 

our spatially variable, wind slab avalanche problem. 

Accurately assessing snow and terrain and avoiding 

trouble throughout a lifetime of playing in the mountains 

is a tremendous challenge for anyone, even for 

the most experienced, like Forgays. Most of the time, 

we survive to ski another day. Other times, simple bad 

luck catches up to us when our margin for error disappears." 

On Monday, bad luck caught Skiin’ Ian. The small 

slide into the terrain trap formed by the cliff was 

enough to bury Forgays. Tuesday’s blizzard sent more 

snow tumbling down the ravine. 

The search 

Forgays was well-known in Vermont’s backcountry 

skiing community and when he didn’t respond to calls 

on Tuesday, friends began to worry. By Tuesday evening 

they had alerted New Hampshire Fish & Game that 

Forgays was missing. 

Using cell phone telemetry from cell phone towers 

in Littleton and Jackson, search and rescue personnel 

were able to confirm on Tuesday that Forgays was 

somewhere in the vicinity of Mount Monroe. They 

began looking for his car in parking lots on both the 

east and west sides of Mt. Washington. Snow and high 

winds had filled in on Tuesday, making search conditions 

difficult and covering any tracks. 

The Ammonoosuc Ravine trailhead was unplowed 

and, with weather moving in, was not checked until 

Wednesday morning. At 9:45 am, Forgays’ car was discovered. 

Teams from New Hampshire Fish & Wildlife, 

Avalanche > 54 

By Ry Young, courtesy of skiandride.com 

The marquee at Mad River Glen where Forgays worked as 

a lift operator for decades.

Opinion 

12 • The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 

OP-ED 

CU should remain 

separate from 

VSC merger 

By John Casella, president, and Lyle P. Jepson, 

executive director of CEDRR 

The following is a letter to the Vermont State Colleges 

(VSC) board of trustees dated Feb. 2, from the Chamber & 

Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) 

representing its membership of approximately 400 Rutland 

County businesses, as well as many municipalities. 

This letter is being sent to you out of concern for the 

sustainability of the Vermont State College system, as 

well as for the impact on the success story that Castleton 

University has become. 

The report provided by The National Center for 

Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) is 

well researched and confirms the dire financial situation. 

There is little to debate about the need for immediate 

change. Now is the time to acknowledge the problem 

and boldly take action. 

In the work that we do, we recognize that there are 

times that branches of a business may need to consolidate 

and even close in order to preserve the corporation. 

As you consider bold action, we encourage you to keep 

in mind the following. The VSC faces a fiscal crisis for two 

reasons: the declining number of college-age students 

in New England and the level of funding from the State 

of Vermont. We do not see how the unification proposed 

by the Trustees will solve these two key issues. 

There is no reason to think that a merger will solve 

the demographic challenge, which is that there are not 

enough college-age students in New England to support 

four residential colleges in Vermont. And, there is very 

little evidence that a merger will achieve the cost savings 

CU > 14 

Taking issue 

Editor’s note: This is a commentary by the Rutland 

Herald/Times Argus editorial board, republished here 

with VPA permissions. 

Something is way out of whack. 

Isabel Jennifer Seward, a teenage driver, was fined $220 

for her part in a double-fatal vehicle crash that killed an 

elderly Ferrisburgh couple last fall in Charlotte. 

Were it not for a freelance journalist, we never would 

have known where to place our outrage. 

Chet and Connie Hawkins died in the head-on crash, 

after Seward, who was 16 at the time, crossed the double 

yellow-line, striking them. 

Seward received a civil traffic ticket for an offense listed 

as “driving on roadways laned for traffic.” She pleaded no 

contest to the civil traffic ticket and was assessed $220 by 

the Vermont Judicial Bureau. Her mother paid the fine. 

Sure, you can be angry a fine was issued in light of the 

death of two individuals. Or you can be angry about the fact 

many efforts were made to conceal Seward’s identity from 

the public eye. 

The fine was only made public after reporter Michael 

Donoghue made a public records request, which Vermont 

State Police ignored for more than a month. Vermont’s 

records law requires a prompt response — but also allows 

up to 10 days for delays in special cases. 

When state police finally filed a response, it had redacted 

several parts of the civil ticket — including Seward’s name 

and hometown, Atlanta, Georgia. 

And yet, Seward’s fate started with the state police. 

They issued a news release the day of the crash, withholding 

Seward’s identity. Two days later, the VSP eventually 

Transparency > 15 

LETTERS 

VSC Plan and 

Castleton 

University 

Dear Editor, 

The Castleton University 

Alumni Association 

Board of Directors, who 

represent over 18,000 living 

alumni members, oppose 

any name change from 

Castleton University to Vermont 

State University. The 

historical significance of 

Castleton’s name cannot be 

The historical 

significance 

of Castleton’s 

name 

cannot be 

overstated. 

Kids matter in 

the 'village' of 

Rutland City 

Dear Editor, 

Kids are one of our 

resources. Just like the 

overstated. Castleton was 

founded in 1787 four years 

before Vermont became 

the 14th state in the Union. 

Castleton University, having 

educated students for 

234 years, is the oldest institution 

of higher learning 

in Vermont, and the 14th 

oldest institution of higher 

learning in the U.S. 

The Castleton University 

Alumni Association Board 

of Directors understands 

there are proposals for an 

institutional overhaul to 

right the VSC financial ship 

and make high quality edu- 

Preserving CU > 14 

farmers and farming and 

farms, Rutland is abundant 

in natural resources but 

our children are in trouble. 

The data collected prior to 

Covid showed that over 40% 

of Rutland children believe 

nobody cares about them. 

It gets worse from there. 

The 2017 Vermont 

Youth Risk Behavior Survey 

reported that 1,215 middle 

schoolers and 2,074 High 

schoolers felt that way. 

Only 25% of Rutland 

middle schoolers strongly 

agree they matter to people 

in their community. 25% of 

middle schoolers felt sad 

or hopeless this past year 

with 22% seriously thinking 

about killing themselves. 

Only 17 % of Rutland 

of high schoolers strongly 

agree they matter to people 

in their community. 

My parents taught me 

that it was our responsibility 

to leave a better world for 

our kids. Our young people 

are our greatest resource. 

How many Rutlanders and 

their kids are going hungry 

if not in school? Who is 

looking? Do we know? We 

better find out. 

Kathleen Krevetski 

Candidate for Mayor 

Avoiding conviction by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, NY 

Thayer 

announces 

candidacy for 

Rutland City 

assessor 

Dear Editor, 

As you may know, I am 

running for Rutland City 

Assessor on Town Meeting 

Day, March 2. 

I am not into political 

endorsements. I will run 

on my proven experience 

in Real Estate mortgage 

financing, my experience 

doing title searches and RE 

closing settlements and 

my experience as a banker. 

My work in accounting, tax 

and auditing. My experience 

being a professional 

business office leader and 

manager for 30 years. As 

well as, my master’s degree 

in business administration 

with a concentration in accountancy. 

Lastly, my years 

in City government and on 

the Board of Aldermen. 

I seek your endorsement 

on election day with 

your vote! 

Thank you, 

town of 

Killington 

Dear Editor, 

It is with tremendous 

gratitude that I write this 

letter to the residents of 

the town of Killington. It 

has been my great pleasure 

and honor to serve as 

your School Board member 

for the last 15 years. 

I joined the Board 

before my son entered 

the Killington Elementary 

preschool and he will 

graduate from Woodstock 

High School next year. Our 

Killington Elementary 

School is thriving thanks 

to the efforts of our wonderful 

teachers and staff 

and families who continue 

to recognize what a treasure 

we have in our local 

public school. 

I thank you for the trust 

that you have placed in me 

as I have always worked 

to support an educational 

system which maintains 

the standards of high 

academic excellence that 

our school and town are 

known for while managing 

a constant concern to exercise 

fiscal responsibility. 

I am happy to support 

Gwen Haggenbarth as the 

candidate to fill the vacant 

School Board position. 

Haggenbarth has lived 

in town for more than 20 

Assessor > 14 Killington SB > 15 

I seek your 

endorsement 

on election 

day with 

your vote!

The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 OPINION • 13 

CAPITOL QUOTES 

On the historic second Impeachment trial of 

Donald J. Trump... 

“We offered President Trump the 

opportunity to testify about the events 

of Jan. 6 and he refused to do so. Despite 

his lawyers’ rhetoric, any official accused 

of inciting armed violence against the 

government of the United States should 

welcome the chance to testify openly 

and honestly—that is, if the official 

had a defense. We will prove at trial 

that President Trump’s conduct was 

indefensible. His immediate refusal 

to testify speaks volumes and plainly 

establishes an adverse inference 

supporting his guilt,” 

said Lead Impeachment manager Jamie 

Raskin. 

COMMENTARY 

How to jumpstart Vermont’s 

small business recovery 

By Shawn Shouldice 

Small business challenges have persisted for years due to wage mandates, health 

insurance premium increases, paid family leave requirements, climate change policies 

that raise energy costs, and higher taxes or trouble hiring due to the state’s aging 

demographics. But when Governor Scott declared a state of emergency on March 13, 

2020, a whole new world of “small business challenges” landed on the backs of those 

small business owners from which they may not recover. 

The pandemic caused small business owners to rethink how they do business. 

Some had to make infrastructure changes like adding Plexiglas barriers and establishing 

traffic flows. They coped with customer capacity limits and ramped up their online 

presence to compete with larger more established businesses. And they implemented 

curbside and delivery services. 

Unfortunately, many others were forced to shut down permanently because implementing 

safety protocols were too costly. Vermont’s small businesses have defined the 

look and feel of our downtowns and community centers, yet the consequences of this 

pandemic have dramatically transformed many into ghost towns. 

Small businesses in Vermont are crucial to the state’s economic recovery. Before the 

pandemic, they provided 157,322 jobs in the state, more than 60% of the state’s workforce, 

according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. Companies with fewer 

than 20 employees created the largest percentage of new jobs. They may be small, but 

side by side they are an economic powerhouse. 

After nearly a year of financial hardship and mandated closures and restrictions, 

Small business > 15 

“Our system only works well if we understand 

the speaker is not responsible for the actions 

of the listener no matter if they are Republican, 

Democrat, or other,” 

said Sen. Rand Paul. 

“Democrats denied President Trump due 

process in the House of Representatives. 

They’re presuming guilt if he doesn’t testify in 

the Senate. They’re trying to remove him from 

office after he’s already left. This impeachment 

is a sham. Just like the first one,” 

said Rep. Jim Jordan. 

“The structure we have agreed to is eminently fair. 

It will allow for the trial to achieve its purpose, 

truth and accountability for trials are designed to 

do if we are going to move forward, heal and bring 

our country together once again," said Senate 

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. 

“President Trump and his counsel are 

pleased that there was bipartisan support on 

how to structure the impeachment trial. We 

appreciate that Senate Republican leadership 

stood strong for due process and secured 

a structure that is consistent with past 

precedent. This process will provide us with 

an opportunity to explain to Senators why 

it is absurd and unconstitutional to hold an 

impeachment trial against a private citizen,” 

said Trump’s legal team in a statement 

The Vermont 

vaccine 

experience 

Dear Editor, 

On Feb. 6 I got my Covid-19 

vaccine. Individual 

feelings about vaccination 

vary, and side effects may 

differ, but the event itself 

was low-key and smooth, 

with lots of supportive 

staff. 

I walked into the CVPS- 

Leahy entrance of the new 

outpatient building at 

Rutland Regional feeling 

ready to meet the unknown. 

Inside the entrance 

a staffer was waiting for 

arrivals and greeted everyone 

with a warm welcome 

and the usual questions 

about possible symptoms. 

As a precaution, the previous 

week I had signed up 

for a free Covid-19 test, 

which was negative. This 

added to my confidence. 

Then we were ushered 

into a section of corridor 

where two young men 

presided over information 

about the vaccine 

(Pfizer-Biontech) and 

a flyer for V-Safe, the 

after-vaccination health 

checker from the federal 

Center for Communicable 

Diseases (CDC). Sign-up 

is voluntary and free, and 

it authorizes the CDC to 

text-message you on a 

weekly basis to see how 

Vaccine > 17 

It takes a riot… or more 

Dear Editor, 

In late December, long 

after the election, columnist 

Don Keelan proposed 

the currently vacant 

Southern Vermont College 

as the site of the Trump 

presidential library. My 

first reaction was laughter, 

which is probably why 

Keelan felt the need to 

assure readers it was a 

serious suggestion. “Vermont,” 

he wrote, “starting 

with the governor, has not 

been friendly to President 

Trump. He has been the 

subject of non-stop criticism; 

the Vermont media 

has been relentless. The 

thrashing needs to end.” 

By late January, Mr. 

Keelan felt otherwise: “In 

a flash, my four years of 

attempting to support the 

Trump presidency was 

stripped from me. Like 

tens of millions of other 

Americans, I was willing to 

look the other way when it 

came to the character accusations 

against Trump 

initially, during his candidacy 

and then his Administration 

since 2017.” 

Between those columns, 

a horde of angry, 

violent rioters attacked the 

US Capitol, killed one police 

officer, injured many 

others, and placed both 

democracy and the lives of 

many elected officials in 

jeopardy. They did it in the 

name of Trump. 

It took the Capitol 

attack to make Keelan 

realize that Trump was 

dangerous to the country 

that I believe Keelan 

sincerely loves. The Big Lie 

of rampant fraud Trump 

peddled for two months, 

fueling the eventual Capitol 

attack, wasn’t enough. 

Trump trying to get the 

Draw the line > 17 

WRITE TO US. 

The Mountain Times encourages readers to 

contribute to our community paper by writing 

letters to the editor. The opinions expressed 

here are not endorsed nor are the facts 

verified by the Mountain Times. We ask submissions 

to be 300 words or less. 

Email letters to 

editor@mountaintimes.info 

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14 • OPINION 


CARTOON 

> 

Preserving CU: Reputation matters 

from page 12 

cation more affordable and 

accessible for Vermonters. 

A unified name change 

could significantly harm 

Castleton University’s 

brand and identity which 

have developed with great 

success in recent years. The 

ability to raise funds and attract 

out-of-state and international 

students would all 

be impacted affecting the 

financial stability of CU and 

the culture, economy and 

the future of the Rutland 

region and Vermont. 

There are two opportunities 

for public comment 

and a dedicated page at vsc. 

edu/transformation. This 

includes a link for submitting 

written comment. 

In addition, on Feb. 17 

from 6-7:30 p.m., the Board 

of Trustees will hear verbal 

public comment. Members 

of the public may sign up at 

vsc.edu/PublicComment to 

speak. The listening session 

will be livestreamed at vsc. 

edu/live. The Castleton 

University Alumni Association 

Board of Directors 

encourages alumni and 

friends of CU to voice their 

opinion. 

Lawrence J. Courcelle, 

vice president CU Alumni 

Association Board of 

Directors 

Assessor: 

> 

from page 12 

Also, I’m not the candidate 

that will stand at or 

have people at the polls on 

Election Day. To me, that 

is your day. Your day to exercise 

your Constitutional 

Right to vote. I may visit the 

polls, but I will not bug you 

in your day. 

If you have any questions, 

please contact at 

802-417-7734 or gmthayer1@aol.com 

I’m very qualified for 

the City Assessor position. 

I hope to earn your vote on 

Tuesday, 2 March. Thank 

you. Respectfully, 

Gregory M. Thayer, 

MBA, MPA, Rutland 

GOP hit by Qupid's arrow by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com 

Party Evolution by David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star, Tucson, AZ 

Impeachment Trial by Jeff Koterba, CagleCartoons.com 

CU: Is sustainable on its own, it won't benefit from merging with VSC 

> 

from page 12 

necessary to remain solvent. The plan 

presented by NCHEMS appears to rely on 

four assumptions: 

1. That the Legislature will give VSAC 

another $5 million a year. 

2. That the colleges will be able to 

cut $5 million per year in each of 

the next 5 years. 

3. That the state will increase its 

regular contribution by more than 

50% (to $47.5 million a year). 

4. That the state will provide onetime 

funding of $77 million over 

the next 5 years to support the 

transformation. 

We are not confident 

that the Legislature 

will find this to be 

a sustainable path. We 

question it, as well. 

Before proceeding 

down that path, we 

ask you to consider 

an alternative. The 

alternative addresses 

the need for a skilled 

and knowledgeable 

labor force to help our state’s businesses 

thrive and grow. We believe that a successful 

combination ofthe talents and expertise 

provided through a merger of Vermont 

Tech, the Community College of Vermont 

and the state’s technical centers will result 

in a highly competitive and efficient 

community technical college system. The 

infrastructure is already in place. CCV 

has 12 locations, each of which has a local 

technical center. Accessing CCV academic 

coursework, in combination with the skills 

of Vermont Tech faculty within technical 

center facilities that are already outfitted 

with the necessary lab space and equipment 

must be considered. Doing so will 

provide equal higher education access to 

all Vermonters in an accessible and affordable 

manner. 

This plan should also include preserving 

Castleton University’s role as the lead 

residential university within the system. 

Infrastructure work completed at Castleton 

University over the past 20 years has 

positioned the facility in a manner that pro- 

This plan should also 

include preserving 

Castleton University’s 

role as the lead 

residential University 

within the system. 

vides the opportunity to deliver education 

well into the future. The programs provided 

are needed for the entire state economy to 

thrive. Diminishing its stature, autonomy 

and brand will not allow Castleton University 

to continue to attract young people to 

move to Vermont and become a skilled part 

of our work force. This hurts us all. 

Ultimately, we are concerned that making 

Castleton University another branch 

of “Vermont State University” will damage 

its brand, a brand that has evolved to a 

point of being essential to its recruiting, 

especially with out-of-state students, each 

of whom is vital to our region’s economy. 

Accordingly, if the 

Board approves a 

merger, we request 

that it take steps to 

ensure that: 

• Castleton can 

preserve its attractive 

brand (name, logo, 

athletic teams, etc.), 

• Castleton can 

retain its residential 

experience and, 

• Castleton can keep its signature 

academic programs (Nursing, Business, 

Education, Communication, Science, 

Resort Management, etc.), each of which 

is critical to our region’s economy. 

Yet, we hope that this is not the path you 

choose. We are not convinced that a reorganization 

and renaming of the schools 

within the system will result in sustainability. 

The time is now, for you to act boldly 

and strategically. It is time to consolidate 

and close a branch or branches of the 

organization that are not fiscally capable of 

surviving on their own merits. It is also time 

to connect the entire K-16 educational system 

in a manner that capitalizes on what 

already exists, which will strengthen the 

system with a community technical college 

system that all Vermonters and out of state 

students can access. 

We stand ready to help make positive 

change. And, we thank you for your 

service to Vermont and look forward to 

learning more about how you intend to 

proceed.

The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 OPINION • 15 

Killington SB: Reflecting on 15 years 

> 

from page 12 

years and her children 

attended Killington 

Elementary School and 

Woodstock Middle and 

High School. 

She taught math for 

years at Woodstock High 

School and acted as Dean 

of Students there. She is 

presently a math teacher 

at Rutland High School. 

Gwen Haggenbarth’s 

many years in education, 

combined with her passion 

for student success, 

will serve her and the town 

of Killington well in this 

position. Please join me in 

supporting her candidacy 

on Town Meeting Day. 

I would like to thank 

you, the taxpayers of 

Killington, as a Board 

Member and as a parent, 

for supporting our 

schools and for helping us 

to create and maintain an 

environment that yields 

such remarkable achievement 

in our students. 

Our children truly 

reap the benefits of being 

educated in a place 

where the teachers take 

such pride in their work 

and where a community 

supports and recognizes 

their success. 

Jennifer Iannantuoni 

Killington 

Small business: The state should first practice "do no harm," then go farther and help businesses 

> 

from page 13 

many Vermont small businesses 

need continued support from customers 

and the government to help 

to get through this unprecedented 

time. 

When Governor Scott announced 

that the first vaccines were available 

and being distributed, a light appeared 

at the end of the tunnel. 

The Governor asked the Vermont 

General Assembly in his inaugural 

speech and budget address to join 

him in focusing on a path to economic 

recovery. NFIB, an association 

representing a thousand small 

businesses in Vermont, supports his 

proposal to dedicate $10 million in 

the amended budget to provide a 

lifeline to Vermont’s job creators. 

It needs to come sooner rather 

than later! 

We ask the focus be placed on 

fulfilling critical needs and mitigating 

impending cost shocks that will 

endanger struggling businesses. 

NFIB’s priorities include: 

• Unemployment Insurance 

Relief — stop increases in 

unemployment taxes employers 

pay when they weren’t responsible 

for the forced layoffs 

or the depletion of the state’s 

unemployment trust fund. 

• Limiting Liability — grant 

businesses protection from 

legal challenges related to 

Covid-19 if they followed all 

the state’s safety requirements 

because paying to defend a 

single lawsuit, even if they are 

innocent, is likely to put them 

out of business. 

• Additional Business Grants 

Pass —Gov. Scott’s proposal 

for economic recovery grants 

to businesses that did not 

receive federal or state aid. 

The key is for lawmakers is to 

“first, do no harm” by avoiding 

mandates and regulations that 

increase small business costs while 

supporting those who desperately 

need help recovering. It will lead to 

the revival of Main Street and a surge 

in jobs and economic growth all in 

the Green Mountain State. 

Shawn Shouldice is state director 

of the National Federation of Independent 

Business (NFIB) which advocates 

for small businesses Vermont. 

> 

Transparency: The public deserves to know the names of those that commit serious offenses in our communities. Gag orders by police defy rights 

from page 12 

disclosed it. (And much later, the Vermont Dept. of Motor from providing any news releases with names of juveniles, 

Vehicles provided Seward’s name, hometown and complete including if they are killed or injured. As written, the order 

crash details in the public accident report filed by VSP.) also appears to restrict public release about child abductions, 

Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George was 

AMBER Alerts, missing skiers, overdue hunters and 

upset with Vermont State Police for releasing Seward’s other cases involving children. 

Schirling’s gag order 

name as the driver in the fatal crash. George did not want 

the name public if there was any chance Seward might remains in effect today. 

If they are given a license, and the 

undergo confidential proceedings in Vermont Family Court However, the Vermont responsibility to drive, minors deserve 

for her driving. George could file criminal charges in adult Judiciary maintains 

court as well, if warranted. Vermont State Police countered Seward’s name and the rights and responsibilities that come 

that they had relied on the department’s transparency information are public. 

policy and several legal opinions, the Vermont Constitution, 

And Vermont Attorney 

from their actions — especially if those 

the Vermont Public Records Law and the rules of the General T.J. Donovan has 

actions lead to death. 

Vermont Judiciary — all of them siding with transparency stated that he sides with 

for public records. 

public transparency in the Seward case. 

Here’s the wrinkle: Since last July, state attorneys, including 

Police noted Seward might face legal action in Vermont 

George, were directed to send cases involving juveniles Family Court as a juvenile, which would be confidential. 

initially to Family Court, except for the most serious crimes. Vermont Family Court has few options in juvenile cases. 

Once the case is at Family Court, the State’s Attorney is free Vermont closed its juvenile jail last year. A judge could 

to move it to adult Criminal Court, but needs to indicate impose counseling or community service, according to 

the reason for the move is “in the interest of justice.” Adult lawyers and others familiar with family court proceedings. 

proceedings are public. 

The Vermont Dept. for Children and Families would be 

The day after Seward’s name was released by state police, expected to monitor a juvenile long distance for the court. 

Dept. of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Schirling 

We concur with the attorney general that you must come 

directed a gag order on all state police, preventing them down on the side of transparency when it comes to releasing 

names of teenagers involved in fatal crashes. Also, they 

need to be public for serious crimes or providing names of 

children that have been abducted or lost. Period. 

If they are given a license, and the responsibility to drive, 

minors deserve the rights 

and responsibilities that 

come from their actions 

— especially if those actions 

lead to death. 

Earlier this week, an 

18-year-old man fired off 

a round at the University 

Mall in South Burlington. 

His alleged actions 

caused injury. More than likely, he will face a consequence 

far more severe than a fine, and his name has been plastered 

all over the news for two days now. 

What we hope is fourfold: 

We hope that the Seward case will be held up as a transparency 

issue, especially for cases involving minors and 

serious crimes (especially with death resulting). We hope 

Schirling’s gag order will be called out and lifted for being 

short-sighted. We hope when minors commit serious 

crimes, they are held responsible. And we hope — beyond 

all else — that no one’s life is reduced to $110. 

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16 • The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 

New town center: Does Killington Road have what it takes? 

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from page 5 

ber, said: “This just doesn’t line up with the 

town’s ideas for Killington Road.” 

Selbo also sees flaws in the current 

plan for reconstruction of the main artery, 

“This just doesn’t line up 

with the town’s ideas for 

Killington Road," Selbo said. 

including designing traffic flow contemplating 

250 new units in Phase I on the SP 

Land development, a.k.a. the Killington 

Village, when 2,300 units are in the ultimate 

plan. 

Looking to the future, Bove suggested 

rethinking Killington’s contemporary 

single-family housing development 

model, and aspire to something between 

“urban,” like Rutland, and “full-on 

sprawl,” which increases automobile 

dependence, requires more 

infrastructure with insufficient tax 

revenue to build and maintain it. 

Bristow handed out his ideas 

for zoning regulation changes, and 

suggested the formation of three 

joint Select Board/Planning Commission 

working groups, including a Killington 

Road working group, new town center 

working group, and town plan/zoning 

bylaws working group, which will be discussed 

at the next Select Board meeting. 

Senior Living Community 

Independent and Assisted Living 

Pomfret: Should 5th and 6th graders move from Woodstock to Pomfret? 

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from page 4 

The recommendation 

presented by the Configuration 

and Enrollment 

Working Group (CEWG) 

after considering four 

different scenarios was 

endorsed by the district 

board Feb. 1. It is as follows: 

Move grades 5 and 6 

currently at WES to TPVS 

(86 projected students), 

and keep grade 4 Reading 

students in Reading. 

This proposal moves 

the most students out of 

WES to TPVS and allows 

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from page 2 

could choose the one with whom they 

best connect, then ask that person to 

be their designated “navigator,” who 

would be “tied into all aspects of the 

person’s social services experience,” 

he said. 

As an example, Harrington said a 

social worker at the 

Parent-Child Center 

needs separate releases 

from the family in order 

to talk to case managers 

at Reach Up, or at substance 

abuse treatment 

centers. 

But a navigator could 

try to foresee these 

issues and request releases 

in advance. “Or, 

somebody could conceivably give you a 

blanket release,” he said. 

The details still need to be ironed 

out. The new system would need to protect 

family identities, resist additional 

bureaucracy and avoid adding more 

work to an already heavy load for social 

workers. Most members of the Vermont 

team see the “navigator” approach 

as a promising solution to a problem 

that has infected the everyday lives of 

almost everyone they serve. 

“If there is a point person that can 

Reading students to have 

one transition instead of 

a one year move to WES, 

then to TPVS. 

After conducting their 

own surveys and speaking 

with many families in the 

district, CEWG found that 

there was strong support 

for TPVS being a grades 

5-6 school. There was also 

support for RES to be returned 

to a PreK-6 school, 

as well as support for TPVS 

reopening grades K-6. 

The recommendation 

adopted allows for 

the most students to be 

moved from WES to TPVS. 

In considering equity 

of class size, this option 

comes closest to that 

goal, the board stated. 

As district school choice 

happens in early February, 

this could further 

help decrease the enrollment 

issues at WES, noted 

Keri Bristow, chair of the 

CEWG and Woodstock 

representative to the 

WCUUSD. 

Navigator: A grant to fund a pilot program to navigate services may help 

help you navigate the system,” Main 

said, “sometimes it can make or break 

whether a family is able to access the 

needed services to get on a better path.” 

If the project works, the group plans 

to pitch it to legislators and try to influence 

statewide policy. 

“If there is a point person that can 

help you navigate the system,” Main 

said, “sometimes it can make or 

break whether a family is able to 

access the needed services to get on 

a better path.” 

Four years after she arrived, the 

single mother in Rutland is on the 

steering committee for the navigator 

pilot project, providing advice and 

instruction from her experiences when 

she was entering the community. She 

agrees that having a single point person 

is likely the right project to pursue. 

“Being able to pick the person you 

can have stand up for you is going to 

make things a lot less stressful,” she 

said. “It would be amazing, if we can get 

it done.” 

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Harrison: Working through the sixth week of the Legislative session 

from page 8 

state funding for the coming year, up from the normal annual state appropriation of 

$30.5 million. The Scott administration had proposed an additional $25 million above 

the $30.5 million for the coming year, so a gap exists between that and the $50 million 

extra requested by VSC. 

Senate leader Becca Balint, D-Windham, indicated that the Senate did not support 

the governor’s plan to legalize Keno to help pay for additional childcare, but was 

supportive of legalizing sports betting, another of Scott’s proposals. In the past, House 

leaders have been dismissive of any gambling expansions. 

The House Appropriations Committee may jumpstart legislation utilizing some 

of the expected federal funding passed in December and the state’s current one-time 

surplus for pandemic related needs. 

The Senate Appropriations Committee completed its work on the budget adjustment 

bill, which will need reconciliation with the House version, assuming it passes 

the Senate this week. 

The Legislature is now entering week six of what is typically an 18-week session. I 

hope to be able to participate in each district town’s upcoming virtual informational 

town meeting sessions and look forward to seeing you there. 

Jim Harrison is the state representative for Bridgewater, Chittenden, Killington and 

Mendon. He can be reached at JHarrison@leg.state.vt.us or facebook.com/harrisonforvermont.

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Liquor: Local liquor outlets see increase in sales during the pandemic 

from page 1 

restaurants this year has forced new the Quechee Club, many of which have 

patterns of buying behavior, which has remained closed to alcohol sales. 

worked in the favor of local liquor outlets. While bottle sales are up, Hillgrove 

Beverage Brewfest Manager Jared said the sale of bartending accessories 

Mailhiot provides alcohol for about 15 has also “skyrocketed” since restaurants 

local bars and restaurants in Ludlow, including 

closed, with people becoming their own 

Okemo Mountain Resort. He was at-home bartenders. Most people turned 

initially concerned the forced closures toward tequila at the start of the pandemic. 

would deter alcohol sales. 

“We totally expected the initial shutdown 

“Tequila was [selling] 10:1 over 

to slow things down to a snail’s anything else,” Hillgrove said. “People 

pace but it didn’t happen,” Mailhiot said. thought it was medicine.” 

“It was a slow 

increase from the 

start. By the time 

summer hit, it’s 

just been nonstop.” 

Beverage 

Brewfest saw $1.3 

million in sales in fiscal year 2020, a slight 

increase over the previous year’s $1.26 

million, according to the annual report. 

About 25 % of the store’s total sales occurred 

between March and July. 

“There has definitely been some 

impact based on certain [bars] not being 

open at all,” Mailhiot said. “All in all, that 

hasn’t deterred liquor sales.” 

Mailhiot said when people come to his 

store, they’re not just buying a few items, 

they’re stocking up to reduce the number 

of times they have to go out. 

“There are a lot of people who are just 

trying to stay home,” Mailhiot said. 

Mailhiot said an increase in the 

number of permanent residents has also 

helped sales. 

“I think there are a lot of factors to it, 

things are busy,” he said. 

Like Mailhiot, Woodstock Beverage 

owner Clay Hillgrove was nervous at the 

start of the pandemic but those fears 

were quickly eliminated. 

“It went completely the opposite of 

where I thought it was going to,” Hillgrove 

said. “The general public is outdrinking 

the restaurants by far.” 

Woodstock Beverage provides alcohol 

for several large businesses, including 

Simon Pearce, the Woodstock Inn and 

Submitted 

Hillgrove said 

“Tequila was (selling) people have also 

splurged on more 

10:1 over anything else,” 

expensive bottles 

Hillgrove said. “People as those with disposable 

incomes 

thought it was medicine.” aren’t spending 

their money on 

vacationing or entertainment. 

The closure of the state’s borders has 

also worked in Hillgrove’s favor. He’s 

gained more local traffic as people who 

would otherwise cross the border to buy 

alcohol in New Hampshire are staying in 

Vermont. 

Most retailers saw the largest jump 

in liquor sales between March and July 

last year. 

The Killington Deli and Marketplace, 

Killington’s liquor outlet, was closed for a 

period of that time, but reopened in May. 

“Since we opened back up on May 19, 

we’ve been extremely busy through the 

whole summer,” said Valerie Hannan of 

the Killington Deli and Marketplace. 

Killington Deli saw $1.6 million in 

sales last fiscal year, down about 10% 

from the previous year, due in part to the 

number of area bars that have remained 

closed. Some bars reopened over the 

summer under strict guidelines, but 

Gov. Phil Scott ordered bars to close 

again in November. It’s unclear when 

bars will be able to reopen again. In the 

meantime, Hannan said foot traffic has 

been steady. 

“I think everybody thinks if they 

drink they’re not going to get Covid,” 

Hannan said. 

Draw the line: How far will Trump loyalty go over U.S. patriotism? 

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from page 13 

Georgia Secretary of State 

to “find” enough votes to 

make Trump the winner 

of Georgia wasn’t enough. 

Years of Trump offering 

support and solace to 

the same racist, fascist, 

and deluded crowd that 

conducted the riot wasn’t 

enough. Trump drumming 

Alexander Vindman 

out of a distinguished military 

career while embracing 

Mike (The Liar) Flynn’s 

> 

from page 13 

you are doing. (Unfortunately, 

this helpful service 

requires a smartphone.) 

I was also handed a 

blank appointment card 

showing the site of the 

follow-up vaccine, at the 

Holiday Inn on Route 7. 

My age group is the 

over-75 crowd, and the 

room was filled with my 

generation peers, most 

people looking to be in 

good health and attentive. 

We all have been through 

a lot over the years and 

whatever they might have 

been feeling, those in the 

actions in pushing the 

QAnon conspiracy wasn’t 

enough. Trump’s lifelong 

inability to tell the truth or 

even discern that there is a 

difference between truth 

and lies wasn’t enough. 

Belatedly, Keelan has 

drawn the line and chosen 

country over Trump, unlike 

Vermont GOP Chair 

Deb Bilado and her new 

Vermont Republican party 

for whom even the Capitol 

Vaccine: It was easy, smooth and painless! Thanks, RRMC 

room were patient and 

pleasant. After signing 

in at a long table, I was 

shown “my” chair for the 

vaccination. All the staff 

were smiling and respectful, 

and even showed a 

gentle sense of humor (I 

had to lift up my fleece top 

to pull my arm out of the 

sleeve, which we joked 

about). 

And the vaccination 

itself? The tech told me, as 

usual, that I would feel a 

prick ... but I felt nothing! 

It seemed she barely broke 

the skin. It took almost 

literally a nanosecond. 

After putting my arm 

back in my sleeve, I was 

directed to a chair for the 

15-minute observation 

period. The mood in the 

room was still friendly and 

upbeat. 

Finally, when the wall 

clock showed my 15 

minutes were up, another 

staff person at the exit 

door scheduled me for 

the second vaccination in 

three weeks and I was out 

the door. 

Piece of cake! 

Julia Purdy, Rutland 

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to providing you with the support you need. During these trying times, OHF will continue to 

offer financial assistance for health and wellness needs through grants to those living in any 

of our nine service towns. If you, or someone you know, is experiencing financial stress in light 

of Covid-19 or other health reasons, please contact us. We are able to assist with co-pays and 

health service costs as well as any other health or wellness need that may arise. 

The Ottauquechee Health Foundation strives to improve the health and well-being of people 

who live in our core towns through grants, community partnerships, education opportunities 

and support of wellness initiatives. 

attack was not enough to 

break the chain of “loyalty” 

to Trump and Trumpism. 

No matter how often they 

say “America” and “great,” 

what these loyalists want is 

to bring the Trump blend 

of populist impulses, resentment 

politics and cultural 

division to Vermont. 

What the hell is so patriotic 

about that? 

Charlie Murphy 

Bennington 

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Woodward: Terrain park crews at Killington have been developing Woodward Parks across the resort for all abilities to ski and ride and work on progression 

from page 3 

head base, the Start Park is 

a playground with featured terrain 

where first-time skiers and riders 

can experience an introduction to 

park features. 

“Built and designed to effortlessly 

guide users through each 

section, the Start Park features 

slight contours in terrain aimed at 

controlling speed while gradually 

raising the bar, making for the 

smoothest transition in learning,” 

DiFiore said. 

Ramshead’s Progression 

Parks provide the next step with 

three levels that get progressively 

more challenging, but even a 

granny can enjoy a small roller 

on Easy Street while newbies of 

all ages can experience low to the 

ground features on Lil’Stash. 

Intermediate and advanced 

freestylers have the Woodward 

Killington Peace Park, which starts 

through the woods and resumes 

on the Timberline trail. The popular 

Peace Park’s small, medium 

and large features provide more 

flow, transitions, and options for 

creative expression with rollers, 

jump lines, traditional features, 

and sculpted snow hits. (Also 

designed for the more advanced 

athlete, Bear Mountain’s Dream 

Maker Mountain Park features 

medium and large features with 

jumps ranging from 20 to 40 

feet. Some years a modified halfpipe 

is even built in lower Dream 

Maker Park. 

Red’s Backyard is a hike-to 

park at the base of Ramshead is 

inspired by and built to replicate 

Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard’s 

backyard rail garden. If you 

have a season pass or day ticket, 

you can access Red’s Backyard 

from the Ramshead lift, but you 

can also hike it with a hike-only 

ticket, DiFiore noted. 

Building The Stash 

Terrain Park Supervisor Taylor 

Zink’s explained what it takes 

to build The Stash each season: 

“The Stash build begins in the fall, 

when the bike trails have been 

put to bed for the season. We walk 

through the woods and down the 

main trail inspecting all features 

for splintering, rot, loose fasteners, 

loose/broken deck boards 

and other hazards. 

“Old features are decommissioned 

and knocked down. 

Sometimes fresh logs take their 

place, other times we simply move 

on and find a different location 

to build something new. Mini excavators 

are used to dig the posts 

in, and help hoist the logs into 

place. We work with chainsaws, 

draw blades, planers, sanders, 

and drills. Most features are built 

in place extra tall so they do not 

get buried. We also have a few 

new portable milled logs that the 

cats can move around similar to a 

traditional steel rail. 

“When we begin our terrain 

expansion over to Bear Mountain, 

our snowmaking team lights 

up the guns and begins making 

piles that surround our features. 

This year, The Stash ran with 25 

hydrants for four days around the 

clock. Temperatures were very favorable, 

dipping into single digits 

during the day and below zero at 

night. The team averaged about 

72 man-hours per day to maintain 

the guns and snow quality over 

the 96-hour stretch of run time. 

“Two snowcat operators spent 

the better part of two days moving 

snow around, digging out features 

that were buried under the piles 

of snow, and shaping it all into 

jumps, rollers, and takeoffs to the 

‘natural’ features in the ground. 

“When the cats finished roughing 

it all together, terrain park staff 

rolled in with shovels and rakes to 

do the final shaping and clean up 

areas around the features where 

cats can’t reach. Eight park staff 

worked for nearly two days shaping 

and cleaning everything up. 

“We test new jumps and 

features to make sure the flow and 

speed work well before calling the 

build complete. The operators 

By Devon Gulick 

Tucker Zink blunt stalls on a feature in the Stash at Killington. 

come back in for the final grooming 

passes once hand shaping 

is complete to leave the fresh 

corduroy found in the morning. 

As the sun rises up, hand crew is 

back at it with rakes to clean up 

any bits of rubble left behind and 

give the features another inspection 

before dropping the rope and 

letting the mountain guests have 

at it for the day. 

“During the day, some features 

get used by guests more than others. 

Everything requires ongoing 

maintenance. This is typically all 

done with a rake to smooth over 

any ruts or holes in the trail surface 

but sometimes features need 

some additional work like sanding 

to keep them sliding smoothly 

throughout the season.” 

While the parks and freestyles 

are awe-inspiring, the time, 

effort, and expense in creating 

these specialty parks is equally 

impressive. 

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Terrain park crews at Okemo Mountain Resort use a variety of specialized tools to create freestyle jumps, rails and pipes. 

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Superpipe: It's HUGE and open now — the first in New England and second in the East 

from page 3 

we will always try and are really proud of our accomplishments 

when the superpipe is completed. 

Okemo’s terrain parks 

Peter DeLameter, Okemo’s new terrain park manager, 

grew up in Myersville, Maryland, riding a snowboard in 

the mid-Atlantic mountains of the southern Pennsylvania 

Appalachians. With over 20 years of riding experience, 

DeLameter comes to Okemo from Vail, Colorado. 

He’s a classically trained artist in several disciplines, 

specializes in mechanical engineering, and likes to 

restore vintage snowmobiles and motorcycles in his free 

time. 

“We value every aspect of the skiing and riding experience. 

Terrain parks are an important facet of our culture 

and our community,” DeLameter said. “From the moments 

we share on the lift to the deluge of emotions that 

comes from finally riding away from that one trick you’ve 

worked so incredibly hard on, our sport — our art form — 

fosters meaningful connections between each other and 

the world around us. It gives us purpose; it puts a smile 

on our faces; and it gives us an opportunity to be a part of 

something greater than ourselves — a place to belong.” 

He added that all five of Okemo’s parks have been 

“totally reimagined” for this season. 

“In the beginner-oriented parks on Bounder and 

Hot Dog Hill, skiers and riders can expect to find small, 

easy-to-approach features with low-impact designs as 

an introduction to the discipline of terrain park riding,” 

he said. “Larger offerings will be found on Tomahawk [to 

open soon], Black Out, and The Zone. These features are 

designed to be technically interesting, larger, and more 

aggressive with a focus on a clear line of progression. 

Our competition-caliber halfpipe completes the parks 

picture,” Delameter added, stressing that it takes “many 

talented individuals” to create the parks and pipe. They 

are “dedicated to excellence in an environment where 

accuracy and precision are a necessity to mitigate risk,” he 

said, praising the skills the crews bring to their work. 


A terrain park crew member walks with a rake to fix a rail.

20 • NEWS BRIEFS 


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TO SUPPORT A STRONGER YOU 

The Pines at Rutland 

Center for Nursing & 

Rehabilitation welcomes 

Dr. Rachel Bruce as our 

new medical director. 

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and end-of-life care. 

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Home health agencies and EMS teams begin 

vaccinations for homebound Vermonters 

Feb. 5, the state’s network of non-profit home health 

and hospice agencies, in partnership with emergency 

medical services (EMS) teams, begin home vaccinations 

for Vermonters 75 and older who are homebound 

and unable to go in person to one of the state’s vaccination 

clinics. It's the beginning of the next chapter of the 

state’s work to eradicate the virus. 

“We are deeply honored to be a part of this effort on behalf 

of our clients and communities,” said Jill Mazza Olson, 

executive director of VNAs of Vermont. “Our home health 

and hospice teams have displayed incredible courage and 

resolve going into people’s homes to deliver high-quality 

and compassionate care throughout this pandemic. 

Monroe-Cassel to serve 

as new executive director 

of Aging in Hartland 

Aging in Hartland 

(AiH) announced the 

selection of a new executive 

director. Maggie 

Monroe-Cassel accepted 

the part-time position 

effective Feb. 1. Founded 

over 10 years ago, Aging in 

Hartland is a non-profit organization 

whose mission 

is to support healthy aging 

of Hartland seniors. 

Under the stewardship 

of outgoing Executive 

Director Tom Ripley and 

the hard work of its volunteers 

and two community 

nurses, AiH has become 

recognized as a leader. 

Aging in Hartland Board 

President Rachel Obbard 

said, “We believe that 

AiH has reached a growth 

phase, where we need to 

develop a long-term vision 

and strategic plan for 

defining and achieving our 

objectives. Maggie Monroe 

Cassel has the skills and experience 

to help us achieve 

this transition.” 

Monroe-Cassel recently 

retired from her position as 

executive director for TLC 

Family Resource Center 

Maggie Monroe-Cassel 

serving families in Sullivan 

County, New Hampshire. 

She said, “Much of the work 

is similar to what TLC does 

though serving the senior 

population instead of children 

and families.” 

Prior to taking the position 

in Claremont with TLC, 

Monroe-Cassel served for 

10 years as executive director 

of Santa Fe Habitat for 

Humanity and North Central 

Massachusetts Habitat 

for Humanity. She holds a 

BA from Syracuse University 

and a master of divinity 

from Colgate Rochester 

Crozer Theological Seminary. 

She served churches 

in central and western New 

York as a parish minister for 

25 years. For more info visit 

aginginhartland.org. 

The Pines announces 

Rachel Bruce as new 

medical director 

Local hospitalist joins the team of 

Rutland’s top skilled nursing facility 

Rachel Bruce 

Rachel Bruce, MD is 

the new nursing home 

director for Community 

Health’s nursing home 

service line and takes over 

the position of medical 

director at The Pines at 

Rutland. 

Dr. Bruce, who specializes 

in internal medicine, 

geriatrics, pulmonology 

and end-of-life care, was 

most recently a hospitalists 

at Rutland Regional Medical 

Center (RRMC). 

Dr. Bruce is a graduate 

of the State University of 

New York College of Medicine 

and is board certified 

by the American Board 

of Internal Medicine and 

the Pulmonary Medicine 

Board. 

During her spare time 

she enjoys reading, gardening, 

hiking, skiing and 

swimming with her family. 

“We are very pleased 

to have Dr. Bruce join our 

team,”said Tim Urich, 

Pines administrator. “Her 

vast experience and leadership 

will be a significant 

asset in furthering our 

clinical programs and 

enhancing our medical 

staff.” 

The Pines at Rutland 

is a Five-Star Medicare 

rated facility with a special 

ventilator unit that offers 

skilled nursing for 

rehabilitation patients and 

long-term care residents. 

The Pines at Rutland is 

located on 99 Allen St. in 

Rutland. 

For more information 

call 802-775-2331 or visit 

online at pinesrutland.com. 

The town of Killington debuts its 24/7 short-term 

rental hotline and online complaint form 

On Feb. 4, the town of Killington announced its program 

for residents to report non-emergency issues concerning 

a short-term rental (STR) property via an online 

complaint form or by call the Killington complaint 

hotline. Non-emergency issues may include noise, lighting, 

parking violations, occupancy-limit violations, an 

illegal rental or trash issues, the town stated in the news 

release. 

The 24/7 STR complaint hotline is: 802-308-3659. 

To submit an online complaint 24/7 visit: lodging. 

munirevs.com/complaint/?cityid=880 

The online complaint form allows for audio, video, 

They’ve kept countless individuals in their homes and out 

of hospitals and long-term care facilities, preserving hospital 

space for those who need it most.” 

“This is another example of Vermonters stepping up 

and working together to do something extraordinary in our 

Covid-19 response,” said Secretary of Human Services Mike 

Smith. “We are making great progress in our vaccination 

program with thousands being vaccinated each week.” 

“We know there will be hurdles along the way and our 

teams are ready to work with state leaders to evaluate 

challenges and adjust plans as necessary,” Olson concluded. 

“Vermonters should know, we will get to you as 

quickly as we can. Please continue to be patient.” 

and document upload. 

Access to the 24/7 STR complaint hotline and online 

complaint form can be found on killingtontown.com in 

the Planning & Zoning Department under the heading 

"short-term rental registration and complaints." 

Residents may also file a formal complaint with the 

Killington Town Offices by emailing or calling Preston 

Bristow, town planner, at: planner@killingtontown.com 

or 802-422-3241 ext. 3 during business hours. 

"If you have an emergency, do not call the short-term 

rental complaint hotline – call 911," the release reminded 

residents.

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Calendar 


BILLINGS MAPLE 

CELEBRATION 

SATURDAY, FEB. 13 at 7 p.m. 

Courtesy of Billings Farm & Museum 

WEDNESDAY, 

FEB. 10 

Drive by Pie 

all day 

Drive by Pie will take the place of Pie for Breakfast, Middletown Springs 

Public Library’s annual fundraiser. Pie and library lovers have come 

together for the last fifteen years on the Saturday after Town Meeting 

to indulge in eating pie for breakfast. This year the Library trustees are 

offering whole pies for sale for $18, on Saturday, March 6, by pre-order 

only. Pie orders may be placed online forms.gle/rzQDrLjHuWYUffG98 

or by calling the library (802-235-2435). 

Vermont Student Entrepreneurship Day 

8:15 a.m. 

More than 250 Vermont educators, business advisors, business leaders, 

and students will come together virtually to join the 12th annual 

Vermont Student Entrepreneurship Day free event. To sign up for 

Student Entrepreneurship Day go to: vtsbdc.org/ved/ 

Step it Up with Hartford Parks & Recreation-Snowshoeing 

9 a.m. 

Be prepared for cold temperature and remember to layer up. Participants 

will need snowshoes, gloves, boots, water, beanie, face covering, 

and warm clothing. Transportation to and from is available with HPRD. 

For snowshoeing, meet at the Hartford Town Hall by 9:00am. This hike 

will visit Hurricane Wildlife Refuge. 

Everyone Eats- Fair Haven 

3 p.m. 

Free restaurant prepared meals served up drive-thru style at Fair Haven 

Grade School, 115 N Main St, Fair Haven, VT. Drive through pickup 

behind school. Coordinate by Friday before. 

Everyone Eats- Danby 

3:30 p.m. 

Free restaurant prepared meals served up drive-thru style at Smokey 

House Center, 426 Danby Mountain Rd, Danby. Pickup at Center, 

Coordinate with provider by Friday before. 

Everyone Eats- Chittenden 

4 p.m. 

Free restaurant prepared meals served up drive-thru style at Barstow 

Memorial School, 223 Chittenden Rd, Chittenden. First come, first 

served. 

Everyone Eats- Rutland 

4 p.m. 

Free restaurant prepared meals served up drive-thru style at the Vermont 

Farmer’s Food Center, 251 West St. in Rutland. First come, first 

served. 

Everyone Eats- Poultney 

5 p.m. 

Free restaurant prepared meals served up drive-thru 

style at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church, 251 21 E. 

Main Street, Poultney. First come, first served. 

Everyone Eats- Shrewsbury 

5 p.m. 

Free restaurant prepared meals 

served up drive-thru style at 

Shrewsbury Community Church. 

Coordinate with distribution 

partners by Friday before. 

Kim Wilcox and 

Guest 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at The Public 

House, 5813 Woodstock Rd 

in Quechee. 

Jim Yeager 

6 p.m. 

Performing live at Du Jour 

VT in Ludlow. 

Adult Open Studio 

6 p.m. 

Get muddy on with Rutland 

Rec’s drop-in clay at the art studio. 

This is a great chance to make 

some functional art for yourself or 

as a gift for someone else. This is a 

drop-in program, there is no instruction 

other than peer pottery support from 

fellow drop-in participants. 5 Visit Punch 

Card $20R/$31NR. At Rutland Recreation 

Courcelle Facility, 16 North Street Extension in 

Rutland. 

Rutland Mayor Forum 

6 p.m. 

Hosted by Rutland Young Professionals, the mayoral candidates take 

questions. Pre register and more info at rutlandyoungprofessionals.org. 

Al‐Anon and Alateen 

7 p.m. 

A Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is also where Little Lambs Learning 

Center is located, 6 Church Hill Road in Rutland. 

Knot Tying with Alex Sargent 

7 p.m. 

Vermont Adaptive’s winter Wednesday series presents knot tying. 

Whether you want to try rock or ice climbing, or simply want to give 

knot tying a try, come join for this interesting session with Alex Sargent, 

owner of Sunrise Mountain Guides. Register at forms.gle/skYDfRTjKuatFfjv6. 

Parenting Through a Jewish Lens 

8 p.m. 

an opportunity for open exploration of family parenting experiences 

with a group of supportive local parents, tapping into Jewish wisdom 

for reflection on our family lives. Parents of all faiths and backgrounds 

are welcome. The six-week course and conversation will be facilitated 

by Cantor Scott Buckner and Rabbi Jarah Greenfield on Wednesdays 

starting at 8 pm via Zoom with each session lasting an hour. To sign 

up for the free course and join us for the first session on Jan. 20, 

please email office@icmvt.org or call Israel Congregation’s office at 

802.362.4578. 

THURSDAY, 

FEB. 11 

Free Thursday Meditation 

6 a.m. and 6 p.m. 

At Eagles Nest Studio, 2363 US-RT4 in Killington. Please RSVP, 8 

participant limit to: (802) 356-2946 or email: VTeaglesnest@gmail. 

com. 

Writers’ Workshop 

10 a.m. 

Are you working on your memoirs or an autobiography? If so, 

and you’d like to meet people with similar interests to gain 

inspiration and feedback on your writing, please join us for an 

informal, multi-session virtual writers’ group. Advanced registration 

is required. To register, please email Jennie Shurtleff at 

education@woodstockhistorycenter.org. Workshops will include 

snippets from published autobiographies written by local 

people and an opportunity to share your own work. 

Circle of Parents 


Virtual. contact Cindy Atkins, Family Support Programs Coordinator, at 

802-498-0608 or catkins@pcavt.org. 

Story Hour online 


See Miss June’s virtual story time on The Rutland Free Library YouTube 

channel. 

Tai Chi class virtual 


Often described as “meditation in motion,” it is a mind-body practice, 

originating in China as a martial art. This class is a fun, relaxing, and 

enjoyable way to move with mindfulness and enjoy the comradery of 

others while practicing. Call (802)773-1853 or emailaprilc@rutlandrec. 

com for Zoom link. 

Drive-up pick up meals 

12 p.m. 

In place of the Meals on Wheels Congregate Meals, the Godnick Center, 

in partnership with Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging and 

Meals on Wheels, are providing drive-up pick-up meals on Mondays 

and Thursdays at noon at the Godnick Center. If you are interested 

in reserving a meal for pick-up please call 802-773-1853 and leave a 

message with your name and phone number. A suggested of donation 

of $3.50/meal picked-up, but donations in any amount are appreciated 

and not required. Under age 59, meals are $6 each. 

Knitting group virtual 

1 p.m. 

Gather your knitting (or crochet) project and let’s come together virtually! 

We are trying anew way of gathering with our creative interests. 

Call (802)773-1853 or emailaprilc@rutlandrec.com for the Zoom Link. 

Circle of Parents in Recovery 

3 p.m. 

Meets weekly online on Thursdays from 3-4:30 p.m. For information 

and to join a group contact Amber: amenard@pcavt.org, 802-498- 

0603 

NAMI Connection Peer Support Group 

3 p.m. 

Have you been struggling with managing your mental health? NAMI 

Connection Peer Support Group can help. This is a free, 90-minute 

recovery support group for people living with a mental health condition. 

For more specific information, visit namivt.org/support/peer-supportgroups/. 

VWW social hour 

3 p.m. 

Women and gender non-conforming folks are invited to join the conversation, 

co-hosted with the Pride Center of Vermont, on how to foster a 

more LGBTQ-inclusive workplace. More info: vtworksforwomen.org. 

Free Cross Country Skiing 

3:30 p.m. 

Come to the Rec Fields in Bristol to borrow some Cross Country Skis 

for the afternoon and try out the fun winter activity! Catamount Trail 

Association is coming to Bristol to offer this great opportunity to the 

community! 


4 p.m. 



served. 

Everyone Eats- Chittenden 

4 p.m. 

Free restaurant prepared meals served up drive-thru style at North 

Chittenden Grange Hall, 3 Lower Middle Rd., Chittenden. First come, 

first served. 

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SATURDAY, FEB. 13 

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Circle of Parents for Grandparents 

4 p.m. 

Meets weekly online. For information and to join a group contact 

Amber: amenard@pcavt.org, 802-498-0603 

Duane Carleton 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at Moguls Sports Pub. 

The Bubsies 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at Nite Spot Pizza in Killington. 

Sammy B 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at Neal’s Restaurant and bar in Proctorsville. 

Live Music 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at Jax food and games. 

King Arthur Junior 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at the Foundry. 

BYO(Damn) Mic: Open Mic 

6 p.m. 

Join the performance at Du Jour VT. 

VSC Book Discussion: Heavy 

7 p.m. 

Join Vermont Studio Center to discuss “Heavy: An American Memoir” 

by Kiese Laymon. Register at form.jotform.com/203224793059154. 

Virtual Knit Knite 

7 p.m. 

Six Loose Ladies and friends host a knitting circle from Chester via 

Zoom. More info available 

FRIDAY, 

FEB. 12 

Great Backyard Bird Count 

all day 

Count the birds you see this weekend through Feb. 15 and report them 

at birdcount.org. 


9 a.m. 

Get muddy on with Rutland Rec’s drop-in clay at the art studio. This 

is a great chance to make some functional art for yourself or as a gift 

for someone else. This is a drop-in program, there is no instruction 

other than peer pottery support from fellow drop-in participants. 5 Visit 

Punch Card $20R/$31NR. At Rutland Recreation Courcelle Facility, 16 

North Street Extension in Rutland. 

Coffee talk virtual 

9:30 a.m. 

Let’s connect and catch-up with friends. Talk about what is going on, 

share stories, or we can test out some table topics for meaningful 

conversation prompts. Call (802)773-1853 or email aprilc@rutlandrec. 

com for Zoom link. 

Noon Time Hockey 15+ 

12 p.m. 

At Wendell A Barwood Arena. Drop-in Noon Time Hockey 15+ is not 

permitted at this time. You must purchase our daily admission online at 

hartfordrec.com For more information, visit hartfordvt.myrec.com/info/ 

activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30000. 

Public Skate 

1:15 p.m. 

At Wendell A Barwood Arena. Reservations for a daily public skating 

pass is required. You must purchase our daily admission online at 

hartfordrec.com. For more information, visit hartfordvt.myrec.com/info/ 


Kids Comics Class for Ages 9-13 

3 p.m. 

Daryl Seitchik is a cartoonist who loves drawing with kids! She has 

taught workshops at schools and museums throughout New England 

and has enjoyed adapting these classes into a virtual format For more 

information and to register, visit hartfordvt.myrec.com/info/activities/ 

program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30123. 

Friday Funfest with Duane Carleton 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at the Summit Lodge in Killington. 

RUTLAND WINTERFEST 

FEB. 13-21 

Aaron Audet 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at Roots Restaurant in Rutland. 

Sammy B 

5 p.m. 


Jamie 

6 p.m. 


By Krista Johnston 

Chris Pallutto 

6 p.m. 

Performing live at Mogul’s Sports Pub in Killington. 

Super Stash Bros 

6 p.m. 

Performing live at Nite Sport Pizza. 

George Nostrand 

6 p.m. 

Performing live at Du Jour VT. 

Never in Vegas Duo 

6 p.m. 

Performing live at the Pickle Barrel Nightclub in Killington. 

Book Club for Grown-ups 

7 p.m. 

Featuring bestselling author Dan Brown of The Da Vinci Code via 

Zoom. Learn more and sign up for the event at clifonline.org. 

SATURDAY, 

FEB. 13 

Cars and Coffee 

7 a.m. 

Enjoy a cup up of coffee, look at cars and show off your own at Forest 

Dale Grocery in Brandon. 

Rutland Winter Fest 

9 a.m. 

Celebrate winter in Downtown Rutland and at the Pine Hill adventure 

center through Feb. 20. Various events, more info at rutlandrec.com/ 

winterfest. 

Center Street Story Walk 

9 a.m. 

Kick off Rutland Winter Fest at the Center Street Story Walk! Pick up 

a map & scavenger hunt at Phoenix Books and read “Once Upon a 

Winter Day” by Liza Woodruff in the windows of Center Street shops. 

Turn in your completed scavenger hunt and you’ll be entered to win a 

$25 gift certificate to Phoenix Books! 

Winter Farmers' Market 


The Vermont Farmers Market’s winter market at Vermont Farmers Food 

Center, 251 West St. in Rutland. Until 2 p.m. 

2nd Annual Snowmobile Festival 


Come see and show off your new and vintage snowmobile. Judging, 

swap meet and food vendors at the Vermont State Fair Grounds. Free 

entry. 

Using Facebook for Genealogy 

10 A.M. 

Classes for the VT Genealogy Library will be held via Zoom on Saturdays 

at a new time, 12-1:30 p.m. Register at vtgenlib.org. 

Igloo Build and the Science of Winter 

10:30 a.m. 

Join Montshire Science Educator Mike Fenzel for a demonstration, 

as well as instruction on building an igloo—from making 

an initial snow angel to placing the final block on the dome and 

sawing your way out. At Montshire Museum. Pre-Registration 

Required. Space is limited to 12 families per session. formstack. 

com/forms/mms-mms_timed_admissions. 

Jenny Porter 

2 p.m. 


Jamie 

3 p.m. 

Performing live at the Pickle Barrel Nightclub in Killington. 

Duane Carleton 

4 p.m. 

Performing live at Nite Spot Pizza. 

Happy Hour by Silas 

4 p.m. 


Sammy B 

4 p.m. 

Performing live at Outer Limits Brewing. 

Aaron Audet 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at the Bomoseen Lodge and Taproom. 

Jenny Porter 

5 p.m. 


Public Skate 

5:15 p.m. 





Super Stash Bros 

6 p.m. 

Performing live at Moguls Sports Pub. 2360 Killington Rd. in Killington. 


6 p.m. 

performing live at the Pickle Barrel Nightclub. 

King Arthur Junior 

6 p.m. 


Jamie 

6 p.m. 

Catch a live performance at Jax in Killington. 

Aaron Audet 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at Bomoseen Lodge and Tap Room. 

Fiddle Witch 

6 p.m. 


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OMS Virtual Winter Fest 

7 p.m. 

Purchase a household ticket for $30 to join OMS on Zoom for a festive 

evening at home with live music by Sammy Blanchette and special 

guest appearances! More info at okemomountainschool.org. 

Local Music Event 

7 p.m. 

Join BarnArts for a Zoom community event featuring Jack Snyder, 

Bow Thayer & the traditional roots group Trifolium. Includes musical 

performances and live discussion, hosted by Chloe Powell, BarnArts 

Director of Music Programming and a member of Trifolium. Ticketsare 

sliding scale $5-15 and are available at barnarts.org. 

SUNDAY, 

FEB. 14 

RSVP Bone Builders 

9 a.m. 

An Osteo Exercise Program on Mondays/Wednesdays mornings at 

9 a.m., 1 p.m. and evenings at 5:30 p.m. and Tuesdays/Thursdays at 

3:30 p.m. This is a free program through RSVP at the Godnick Adult 

Center. All you need to bring with you is a bottle of water. The weights 

are provided. For more info or sites call RSVP at 775-8220. 

Hebrew Reading Class 

9:30 a.m. 

If you know the Hebrew alphabet and want some practice reading, 

then join Rutland Jewish Center for a 10-week Hebrew reading class. 

Call the synagogue office in order to register and receive the zoom link. 

$15 for members and $25 for non-members. 

Did we miss a local event? 

Email djdavehoff@gmail.com and we’ll be sure to include your 

next musical event on this page! 

If you have another event coming up, email events@mountaintimes.info. 

Public Skate 

2:35 p.m. 





Sammy B 

4 p.m. 

Performing live at Outerlimits Brewing. 

The Valentines Day Drive-In Experience with Rick 

Redington and The Luv 

4:20 p.m. 

At the Wild Fern in Stockbridge. 

Live Music 

5 p.m. 


Tee Bonecusjones 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at Liquid Art. 

Aaron Audet 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at Roots Restaurant in Rutland. 

Shetland Night and Baked Potato Dinner Take-Out 

5 p.m. 

Grace Church hosts beginning at 5 p.m. with a baked potato dinner 

take-out ($5 - please call the church to order a dinner - 802-775-4301. 

The baked potato comes with four toppings (on the side): vegetarian 

chili, shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream and bacon bits). The 

dinners can be picked up from the Grace Church West Street entrance 

from 5-5:30 p.m. At 6:30 pm all are invited to a zoom presentation on 

the Shetland Islands given by Grace Church Minister of Music, Alastair 

Stout. Find the link at gracechurchvt.org. 


6 p.m. 

performing live at the Pickel Barrel Nightclub. 


6 p.m. 

Get muddy on with Rutland Rec’s drop-in clay at the art studio. This 

is a great chance to make some functional art for yourself or as a gift 

for someone else. This is a drop-in program, there is no instruction 

other than peer pottery support from fellow drop-in participants. 5 Visit 

Punch Card $20R/$31NR. At Rutland Recreation Courcelle Facility, 16 

North Street Extension in Rutland. 

Chris Pallutto 

6 p.m. 


MONDAY, 

FEB. 15 

Maker Monday 

10:30 a.m. 

A quick stop at Fletcher Memorial Library is all you need to pick up 

a free Maker Monday STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and 

Math) Grab & Go bag. Each bag contains directions and supplies to 

complete a unique and fun project. These kits may contain small pieces 

and are best suited for ages 5 & up. 

Drive-up pick up meals 

12 p.m. 

In place of the Meals on Wheels Congregate Meals, the Godnick Center, 

in partnership with Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging and 

Meals on Wheels, are providing drive-up pick-up meals on Mondays 

and Thursdays at noon at the Godnick Center. If you are interested 

in reserving a meal for pick-up please call 802-773-1853 and leave a 

message with your name and phone number. A suggested of donation 

of $3.50/meal picked-up, but donations in any amount are appreciated 

and not required. Under age 59, meals are $6 each. 

Nurturing Skills for Families in Recovery 

1 p.m. 

Meets weekly online on Mondays from 1 –2 p.m. For information and to 

join a group contact Amber: amenard@pcavt.org, 802-498-0603 


4 p.m. 



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Sammy B 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at Neal’s Restaurant and Bar. 

Everyone Eats- Proctor 

5:15 p.m. 

Free restaurant prepared meals served up drive-thru style at the Proctor 

Library. 4 Main St, Proctor. First come, first served. 

Krishna Guthrie 

6 p.m. 


NAMI Connection Peer Support Group 

7 p.m. 

Have you been struggling with managing your mental health? NAMI 

Connection Peer Support Group can help. This is a free, 90-minute 

recovery support group for people living with a mental health condition. 

For more specific information, visit namivt.org/support/peer-supportgroups/ 

or contact Nick Martin at nickmartin@namivt.org. 

TUESDAY, 

FEB. 16 

Blood Drive 

12 p.m. 

Donate blood and receive a $5 Amazon gift card at Christ the King, 60 

South Main St in Rutland. 1-800-RED-CROSS 

Blood Drive 

12 p.m. 

Donate blood and receive a $5 Amazon gift card at Holiday Inn, 485 

Hotel Dr. in Brownsville. 1-800-RED-CROSS 

Knitting and more 

12:30 p.m. 

Want to knit or crochet with a group? Come join at Godnick Adult 

Center on Tuesday afternoons at 12:30 pm. Meet new friends, work on 

personal projects, and help with new ones. 802-773-1822. 

Teen Comics Class for Ages 13-16 

3 p.m. 

Daryl Seitchik is a cartoonist who loves drawing with kids! She has 

taught workshops at schools and museums throughout New England 

and has enjoyed adapting these classes into a virtual format For more 

information and to register, visit hartfordvt.myrec.com/info/activities/ 

program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30123. 

Everyone Eats- Killington 

4 p.m. 

Free restaurant-prepared meals available for those in need at Pico 

Mountain First come, first served. 

Jim Yeager and Friends 

5 p.m. 

Performing live at The Public House, 5813 Woodstock Rd in 

Quechee. 

Circle of Parents in Recovery 

5:30 p.m. 

Virtual. Contact Cindy Atkins, Family Support Programs Coordinator, 

at 802-498-0608 or catkins@pcavt.org 

The Liberator 

5:30 p.m. 

Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) 

is thrilled to welcome author Alex Kershaw to talk about 

his book, “The Liberator.” Registration for the talk is $15 

per person in advance. For more information or to register, 

please call 802-867-0111 or visit greenmtnacademy.org. 

Women’s Health Webinar: Sexual health 

101 

6 p.m. 

Speakers include Kelsey Dueland of the Project Against 

Violent Encounters (PAVE); a local provider from Planned 

Parenthood, Bennington Health Center; and Kimberley 

Sampson, MD, of SVMC OB/GYN. They will cover sexual 

and reproductive health for women and address relationship 

dynamics, sexual health, and long-term contraception in a 

series of mini-lectures. More info:svhealthcare.org/classesevents.. 

Chris White 

7 p.m. 


Virtual visiting writer featured reading 

7 p.m. 

Vermont Studio Center hosts award-winning poet, Joy Priest who will 

give a 30-minute reading with a short Q&A session to follow and a 

one-hour writing craft talk. Both events are free and open to the public. 

More info: vermontstudiocenter.org/events-calendar. 

The 24 Hour Plays 

8 p.m. 

Join Bennington alumni and friends for the 24 Hour Plays—virtual 

performances, created in just 24 hours, to benefit the Nicky Martin Memorial 

Scholarship for Performing Arts and the Spencer Cox ‘90 Field 

Work Term Fellowship for Student Activists at Bennington College. 

More info bennington.edu. 

GRACE CHURCH VIRTUAL 

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BAKED POTATO DINNER 

SUNDAY, FEB. 14 at 5 P.M. 

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SUDOKU 

Solutions > 58 

WORDPLAY 

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How to Play 

Each block is divided by its own matrix of nine cells. The rule for solving Sudoku 

puzzles are very simple. Each row, column and block, must contain one 

of the numbers from “1” to “9”. No number may appear more than once in any 

row, column, or block. When you’ve filled the entire grid the puzzle is solved. 

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CLUES ACROSS 

1. Composed 

5. Lesotho currency 

9. Ethnic group 

associated with 

Hungarians 

11. Gains knowledge 

of 

13. Gradual 

destruction 

15. Purchase 

16. Pharaoh of lower 

Egypt 

17. Where you’re 

going 

19. The 6th letter of 

the Greek alphabet 

21. Fishing net 

22. Midway between 

south and southeast 

23. A way to sort 

25. C C C 

26. Popular sports 

podcast (abbr.) 

27. Discount 

29. Consumes 

tobacco 

31. A way to run 

33. Popular musical 

awards show 

34. Pertains to the 

male sexual organ 

36. Supplements 

with difficulty 

38. Green veggie 

39. Deep-bodied 

freshwater fish 

41. Holy fire 

43. Usually has a lid 

44. Being of use or 

service 

46. Have a yen for 

48. Unknowingness 

52. Dry white wine 

drink 

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54. Traveling by sea 

56. Outdoor 

entertaining areas 

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instruments 

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actress 

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river 

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eggs 

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12. Monetary unit of 

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18. Men’s fashion 

accessories 

20. Flowering shrub 

24. North Carolina 

university 

26. Former 

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Spain 

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30. New Zealand 

parrot 

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happy 

34. A payment 

required for not 

fulfilling a contract 

35. Emerald Isle 

37. The act 

of terminating 

someone’s 

employment 

38. Gland in some 

mammals 

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(Left) Ambassadors at 

Ramshead: L to R: Mickey 

Cahill, Pete Duffy, Susan 

Cummins, and Keith Murphy 

who was on duty at 

Ramshead. 

Submitted 

(Right) “It’s all about the 

friendship!” Pictured in 

2019 (l-r)Pete Duffy, Jane 

Nielson and Pat Harvey. 


(Above) Ambassador Keith Murphy helps a guest arriving at Ramshead with finding 

his way around the resort. (Right) The automated ticket kiosk at Ramshead. 

Killington Mountain ambassador program 

serves guests, community, local businesses 

Volunteers share a joy of skiing, passion for Killington and service 


For Killington regulars, the green-jacketed Killington 

Mountain ambassadors are a familiar presence as they 

interact with and help guests every day at the ski resort. 

This year, the ambassadors also play another significant 

role: they reminding people to mask-up. 

In doing so, they are helping keep guests safe and to 

preserve the ski season. 

For skiers and snowboarders new to the area, the 

ambassadors can make the difference between a good 

day and a great day. Sometimes they even save the day. 

Everyday they help people find their way around the 

mountain or reunite separated parties. 

The volunteer ambassadors are passionate about the 

mountain and have a keen desire to help guests. They 

promote people having good experiences so everyone 

can enjoy skiing, ambassador Program Manager Peter 

“Pete” Duffy noted. “People are so happy to have some 

normalcy,” he said. “We locals might take enjoying skiing 

for granted this year, but enabling others to enjoy the 

mountain experience is more special this year. It’s one 

of the positives” to be able to forget the pandemic for 

awhile, he added. 

Saving the season 

During this pandemic, the ambassadors’ jobs as 

greeters at base areas has taken on a new importance. 

While skiing itself is a fairly unchanged experience, 

other logistics have, including the way guests get tickets 

at some base areas. This year, Ambassadors steer arrivals 

to an automated kiosk or to a manned outdoor office as 

necessary. 

Whether at base lodges, lift lines, or skiing around the 

mountain, ambassadors are also always on the lookout 

for appropriate mask use. Where masks aren’t covering 

mouths and noses as is required by state mandates, they 

make a pleasant request to mask-up followed by an appreciative 

thank you. 

Why is this so important? 

In addition to ensuring the measure for public health, 

the resort wants to save the season for everyone. Duffy 

noted that it’s very understandable for skiers and riders 

to need the occasional reminder, as it is easy to forget to 

mask-up when you reach the bottom. When skiing/riding 

down a trail, masks are not required. 

Admittedly it’s a nuisance to cover one’s nose if the 

temps are such that goggles fog up, but that’s a small 

price to pay for being able to enjoy the mountain. Better 

to mask as required than to risk the state shutting down 

the ski areas and affect the ski season for all. 

That would include not just the ski resorts but also 

all the businesses that service skiers and riders — local 

restaurants, shops, lodges and inns, gas stations — and 

their staff. 

Duffy said 98% of reminders net a quick compliance 

or even an apology. Those who rebel acquiesce after the 

explanation that state regulations require the resort to 

keep people safe so there can be a ski season. 

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Ambassador Craig Cowles greets arrivals at Snowshed. 

Ambassadors: Here to help 

> 

from page 28 

Many guests also thank the ambassadors for their 

reminders to keep the area safe saying that it make them 

feel more comfortable to ski and ride themselves. 

Reminders to mask-up are just a small part of what 

ambassadors do, however. 

They dispense information, ranging from how to 

navigate the seven peaks of Killington and Pico to tips on 

restaurants and shops where a guest might find something 

they need. In this way they also serve as “good-will 

ambassadors” to the business community, a significant 

role when you think of the thousands of people who visit 

Killington each winter. 

They greet people in the morning, answer questions, 

and help visitors find their way back to starting points at 

the end of the day. Throughout the day, they ski around 

assigned mountain areas and answer questions just as 

their bright green jackets invite with “May I Help You?” 

printed boldly on the back. 

Often, ambassadors are asked for advice on where to 


(Left) Ambassador Laura Calleri helps guests at Snowshed. 

(Above) Ambassador jackets at Killington read, “May I help you?” 

eat or where to shop for a particular item in town. Other 

times they advise on new Covid protocols and changes, 

including what’s open. 

Ambassadors also assist other departments as needed. 

The sweet perk is skiing until it’s time to assist the 

ski patrol with the end-of-the-day sweep — which, on 

occasion, can mean skiing during a brilliant sunset. But, 

Duffy noted, ambassadors do all these tasks in all kinds 

of weather, including extreme cold, wind, snow, and 

rain. They are usually done by 4:30 or 5 p.m. so it’s a long 

day but it’s one most Ambassadors enjoy immensely. 

Changes this year 

The pandemic-induced changes go far beyond masking 

and distancing reminders. During normal times, 

ambassadors gave free “Meet the Mountains” tours to 

help orient people to the massive resort, greeted arriving 

bus groups, took photographs of groups, and helped at 

the Grand Hotel and with events. 

Now these services are on hold. Guests are encouraged 

to familiarize themselves using the resort’s website 

or new app which is free to download. But if they don’t, 

the ambassadors, who are briefed daily on updates at 

pre-mountain opening meetings, are there to assist. 

Dining inside resort base lodges is one experience 

that has changed significantly and ambassadors often 

help guests understand: at entry, resort employees will 

scan the visitor’s ticket or pass (for contact tracing reasons) 

and give them a time limit for indoor seatings. 

Ambassadors are certainly answering more questions 

this season. However, they are happy to do so because 

not knowing causes inconveniences and they want to 

ameliorate them to the extent possible so guests don’t 

get frustrated. Their purpose, to “help ensure a good 

experience and the joy of the slopes,” hasn’t changed. 

First hand account 

I witnessed that helpfulness on Feb. 4 as Duffy introduced 

me to the greeters at Ramshead and Snowshed 

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and explained the places where people get tickets. 

Then I had the fun of being shown around by ambassadors 

Susan Cummins and Mike “Mickey” Cahill. Not 

only did they point out changes and answer my umpteen 

questions, I saw them answer others’ questions like “Is the 

Stash open?” 

“Yes, opened 15 minutes ago” the ambassadors 

answered, which received a grateful “Thanks” from a 

Peace Park boarder. Later, another freestyler asked the 

same question and got “opened an hour ago.” I’m sure 

both had smart phones, so they could have checked, 

but the answer from the ambassador in green made 

their days easier – and better as they got to enjoy the 

Stash’s season debut. 

I experienced much new to me, too: from the third 

Snowdon tunnel to a tour through the impressive Peace 

Park. Along the way I picked up info like how many tunnels 

Killington has (there are eight). 

But it wasn’t just the education that impressed me 

— it was experiencing how much has changed and 

just how helpful ambassadors really are to so many 

skiers and riders. It was the way they interacted with 

people and even thanked them for masking up that 

By Karen Lorentz 

Anthony “Tony” Maiorano 

“I enjoy sharing my knowledge of the 

resort with our guests. Killington can 

be overwhelming to people especially if 

they have never been here before. Being 

able to share where the best terrain is 

for them based on their ability and what 

type of terrain they are looking to ski is 

very rewarding. Relaying information on 

restaurants, nightlife, or shopping can really 

make a difference in our guests’ trips ... I 

think [favorite ambassador experience] was 

1999 or 2000. The Prince of Thailand was 

visiting Vermont. I was asked to take some 

of his security team on a tour of our expert 

terrain. It was an honor to be asked to be a 

part of this. We spent the afternoon skiing 

some of Killington’s best steeps and bump 

runs. The guys were very good skiers. I think 

their favorite run was Lower Ovation.” 

Said Anthony Maiorano. His hometown is 

Bellingham, Massachusetts , but this winter 

he lives in Mendon and is in his 23 year as an 

ambassador. 

This “unmasked” photo was taken with telephoto 

lens when no one was within 10 feet of Anthony “Tony” 

Maiorano at the top of the K-1 Gondola where ambassadors 

do one-hour shifts due to the weather, which can 

be cold up there. 

made me realize how seriously they take their jobs. 

At the same time they graciously and warmly showed 

me around and they shared their 

insights as to the joys of being Ambassadors. 

Stories that resonate and inspire 

Mike Cahill shared that he was a 

little lost when he had to retire from 

being a New York state trooper at 

the mandatory age of 60. Noting he 

loves skiing Killington and helping 

people enjoy the mountain, he 

told me he decided to become an 

Ambassador. “It helped me fill a 

void in my life after I retired. I enjoy 

the camaraderie within the group 

of outstanding people who share 

the same goals,” he said. 

Cahill hails from Middletown, 

New York, but resides in Killington 

from October to May. He said one 

of his most memorable experiences 

was meeting and helping 

a military man. “One night while 

clearing the mountain at the end of the day, I came upon 

a young man who was skiing down from the top of K-1 

with his girlfriend. She was struggling and repeatedly 

falling. While waiting for the young lady, he told me 

that he was in the military and had just returned from 

a deployment. He asked that I thank Killington for how 

well they treated military personnel. Then he said that it 

was his idea to bring the young lady who was a beginner 

to the top at the end of the day,” Cahill recounted. “As it 

was getting dark, I advised him that if he wanted to stay in 

her good graces that he recommend to her she get into a 

ski patrol sled and have them transport her to the bottom 

of the mountain. He did that. Two days later he could not 

thank me enough.” 

Cahill is not the only one to have helped with young 

love. 

One of Duffy’s favorite ways of helping is with marriage 

proposals! When asked to assist, he takes dyed water and 

writes the wedding proposal on the snow under a chairlift, 

which adds to the delight of more than just the happy 

couple, he noted. 

On a lift ride, Susan Cummins shared some insights 

about becoming an ambassador when her youngest child 

left for college eight seasons ago. “Being an ambassador 

allows me to be me. The green jacket is my license to greet 

people, inquire about their day and offer help. The green 

jacket is widely recognized by guests as a friendly face 

willing to help and guide. Through the program, I have 

generated some wonderful friendships — some so close 

they have come to my family events like weddings and 

holidays.” 

Asked her favorite ambassador experience, she said, 

“On weekends, often I am 

stationed at the Grand Hotel 

[not this year though], greeting 

families as they enter the 

buffet. Many are return visitors 

and remember me. I get 

to catch up with parents and 

learn about what the children 

have done since last season. 

Invariably, the children 

ask me where they should 

ski. The best is when the next 

morning they look for me to 

share how terrific their day skiing 

was. I love their faces!” 

Their sincere appreciation 

for the connections that being 

an ambassador has engendered 

and finding happiness in volunteering 

resonates with many 

and encourages them to join the program. The “extended 

family” feeling is real among the Ambassadors and it’s 

one many have been craving during 

these isolating times (it’s even 

made me want to become an 

Ambassador). 

How it all began 

The Killington Ambassador 

Program began in the 1962–63 

season with volunteers deemed 

to have “an acute case of Killingtonitis.” 

In love with skiing 

the mountain, they became 

good-will troubadours, singing 

the praises of Killington to ski 

clubs and others in their home 

states and distributing “tons 

of brochures” throughout the 

East. They also could be found 


Mike “Mickey” Cahill found being an Ambassador 

filled a “hole in his life.” 

helping by parking cars, directing 

traffic, officiating at races, serving 

hamburgers, relieving ski-shop 

cashiers, and doing other helpful 

work to ensure the success of the 

young ski area. 

Eventually the need for ambassadors faded as the area 

hired more people, and the group dwindled to six. However, 

the Skier Courtesy Ambassador group was organized 

in the 1980s to promote skiing in control and courtesy on 

the slopes. At that time the on-hill duties included mostly 

checking on guests on weekends. 

In the 1990s, the program grew again to 80 ambassadors 

under director Janis Albrecht. Duties were expanded 

to include more “helping functions” and even conducting 

customer surveys and acting as a source of feedback on 

how Killington was doing for its guests. 

When John “Grizz” Puchalski became the first snowboarding 

ambassador in 1994, he began handing out 

candy to guests and convincing management that the 

volunteers should be all over the mountain and serving 

midweek, not just weekends. He became the program 

director for the 1997–98 season and expanded duties 

to include other seasons and increased the number of 

volunteers to 275 so as to accommodate the needs of the 

mountain. (The summer assistance by ambassadors 

became a new summer host program in 2016.) 

Duffy, an ambassador since 2007, became the program’s 

manager in 2016 and operates the program out of 

offices at the Killington Medical Clinic. It’s there that he 

typically gives morning briefings (7:20 a.m. weekends, 

8:20 a.m. weekdays) to those on duty. This year, the briefing 

location changed to the Ramshead dining area due to 

the need to be physically distanced. 

At the briefings Duffy imparts information that helps 

the ambassadors answer guest questions that day — 

including snowmaking, grooming, and 

other updates along with safety and 

other tips. 

His job also includes communicating 

and working with other departments 

throughout the resort. 

Becoming an ambassador 

Duffy first interviews men and 

women ages 18 and up, focusing on 

whether the candidate would be “a 

good fit” and able to provide the required 

21 days of service. This year, he 

gave past ambassadors the option to 

not serve, but 180 out of 250 volunteers 

chose to return, due in large part 

to retirees and others able to live in 

Vermont for the season. He also had 


Susan Cummins was so positive about being 

an Ambassador, I wanted to sign up. 

18 new people sign up for their first 

season. 

“We have ambassadors who ski all 

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around the world, and we have yet to find a place that has Now in his 15th season, Pete Duffy has had many wonderful 

resort: to and from press conference, races, the doping 

more people serving as ambassadors or hosts,” Duffy said 

experiences, including special emails from Mikaela room etc. It’s a job I take very seriously but am honored 

of his delight and pride in the program. 

Shiffrin thanking him and the Ambassadors for their to do. She is a very normal and down to earth person 

Echoing his appreciation for the work of the Ambassadors, 

many kindnesses to her family during the World Cup. who just so happens to be one of the best ski racers in the 

Mike Solimano, president and general manager of When asked his favorite memory, Duffy wrote: 

world but hasn’t let that go to her head. 

Killington Resort and Pico Mountain, noted, “Volunteers “I think being involved with the World Cup is at the 

“After the Saturday race of the last World Cup, I was 

of Killington’s ambassador program are a big part of the top of my list. I stay in touch with members of Mikaela’s asked to drive Mikaela back to the house where she 

guest experience at The Beast. As the largest ski resort in family as well as her manager Kilian Albrecht and always and her coaches were staying. It was one of the few 

the East, there’s a lot of ground to cover and our ambassadors 

enjoy doing whatever I can to make their visits here for the times that I enjoyed being stuck in traffic on the access 

are a passionate group that offer helpful information World Cup as memorable as possible. 

road because we spent the time chatting about many 

and assistance to those around the mountain.” 

“Every year I get asked to escort Mikaela around the different things,” he said. 

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Ambassadors share more stories of friendship, 

camaraderie, memories 


Ambassadors are outgoing, happy people who get a 

lot out of volunteering. Here’s a sampling of why they 

volunteer and some memorable moments, in their own 

words. 


Shea Dunlop 

“The ambassadors make coming to work 

so much fun. I’m incredibly lucky to work 

with such charismatic folks, they truly have 

hospitality in their souls... My favorite 

memory is of my first time doing the 

end-of-day sweep from K-1 down Great 

Northern to Ramshead. Skiing with all 

those green coats around me, I felt like we 

were a pack of wolves taking on the world. 

The camaraderie is what makes the job so 

enjoyable,” 

said Shea Dunlop, from Hinesburg, Vermont, who 

transferred to the Castleton University Resort and 

Hospitality Management program and as part of 

her studies, is the ambassador coordinator (Pete’s 

right hand “man”). It’s her first year working at 

Killington. 

Courtesy Killington Ambassadors 

(Above) Ambassadors pose for a photo Oct. 2019. 

Courtesy Killington Resort 

(Left) Ambassador Pete captures the 

moment at the 2019 World Cup event. 

“I like being a part of the mountain that 

I love. The members are like another 

family to me. A favorite memory is 

working the World Cup,” 

said Joan Murra, who is from New 

Hampshire but moved to Killington for the 

winter as she is able to work remotely. She 

said of her 14 ambassador years. 

“[I] joined for the opportunity to receive a 

pass and to be able to help guests. Favorite 

memory: We found a Chinese grandfather 

trying to get a shuttle ride long after the 

lifts and lodges had closed. I invited him 

to join the employee dinner, got him food, 

and eventually drove him home,” 

said nine-year ambassador Wes Young from 

Delaware. 

By Pat Harvey 

Sam the Killington Snowmaker (Glenn Jacobi) poses with the 2019 US Womens World Cup team.


“It’s a great group of fun and dedicated 

people. Best memory is helping a small 

boy find his parents and seeing them 

when they were reunited — it was 

priceless,” 

said six-year ambassador Roger Halye of 

Daytona Beach, Florida. 

“It’s a blast; awesome 

community spirit; great 

leadership; and a super 

mountain. A favorite experience 

is end of day as the Green Wave 

of ambassadors are sweeping the 

mountain and the sun is setting,” 

wrote two-year ambassador 

Keith Murphy from Stonington, 

Connecticut, in an email. 

Courtesy of Killington Resort 

(Right) Ambassadors Kellie Becker 

smiles at the 2019 FIS World Cup. 

“I call this my retirement job, ... [I} 

enjoy helping guests and hanging 

out with other ambassadors. 

Favorite memory: helping with 

three World Cups,” 

said Warren DiMattia, an eight-year 

ambassador, who upon his recent 

retirement moved to the Killington 

house he bought 10 years ago. 

“[I] love making people who are 

attempting to enjoy The Beast happy. 

Good memory: getting through the pain 

of the first day on the mountain every 

season,” 

said Mike Goodbody from South 

Londonderry, Vermont, who has been an 

ambassador for seven years. 

By Pat Harvey 

Sam the Killington Snowmaker and Eileen 

Baecher pass out tattoos at the 2019 FIS World. Cup. 

By Martha Howe/ Killington Resort 

“[My best memory is of] being 

in the torchlight parade with the 

ambassadors.... I enjoy sharing my 

knowledge of the mountain with 

guests, and I like the camaraderie 

of the ambassador team,” 

Bob Milazzo said of his 15 years. 

Originally from Long Island, he’s retired 

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Merisa Sherman skinned up Summit Glades at Pico. Fresh snow blanketed the trees and the trails. 

It has not stopped snowing for weeks. 

Every morning, I wake up and look 

outside the window only to reach for 

the shovel. Every day, I’m 

shoveling. It might just be a 

few inches of fluff, but it still 

has to get relocated before 

it freezes solid and makes 

my walkways a mess for 

the next few months. The 

stairs have to be cleared and 

the car brushed off, every 

morning, almost without 

fail. We even bought a new 

shovel this year, a fancy 

ergonomic one because... 

well, we have been shoveling 

so much that it felt like we deserved 

a reward. I laugh to myself now as I look 

out the window. The kind of laugh that 

is filled with excitement, confusion, 

exhaustion and, oddly enough, fear. 

The excitement is intrinsic and always 

comes when fresh snow falls in Vermont. 

Just a few inches of fluff can open up an 

entire new world of adventures each day. 

Early season, we get stoked for a new 

trail to open or a new line that will finally 

be deep enough to shred. This season, 

however, the snow is so deep that entire 

new areas are open for the taking if you’re 

willing to work for it. And, oh my goodness, 

have we been working for it. Hours 

of breaking trail in deep snow not to 

mention all the lift service turns and the 

miles on the snowmobiling. For the first 

time EVER, I was able to stick my entire 

48” ski pole all the way into the ground!! 

We had to spend five minutes looking for 

a lost ski in the powder! These things do 

not happen on the East Coast and we have 

to enjoy every minute of it! Even though it 

has snowed every day for almost a month, 

my heart still skips a beat when I look out 

the window. 

Then there is the confusion. Specifically, 

why is it still snowing? We live in 

Vermont and all this snow doesn’t make 

a lot of sense, especially the way climate 

change has been working out the past 

Livin’ the 

Dream 

By Merisa 

Sherman 

The need to ski it all 

few years. We’re skiing sections now that 

we haven’t even dared to dream about 

in over a decade. I still have nightmares 

about the 2016 season with 

that depressing 86” inches of 

snowfall. Or that season when 

it rained every Wednesday—for 

months. Perhaps this is our 

community’s reward for being 

so diligent with caring for each 

other over the past 11 months. 

Or maybe it’s just our turn. I’m 

not a meteorologist, but I’m 

pretty sure they cannot figure 

it out either. The why doesn’t 

really matter so much, it’s just ... 

confusing. 

But oh my goodness, am I exhausted. 

There is no time for a break or a day of 

simple groomers to let my legs recover. It’s 

been non-stop, every day, do all the things. 

Since it snows every day, we should be getting 

used to it by now, but the hunger is still 

guiding my thought process. Fresh snow 

needs to be skied. Therefore, we have to 

push our bodies to keep up with the pace 

of the snowfall. No fresh snow must be left 

unskied. I am literally crawling out of bed 

each morning, pushing my legs to get to 

where I am going today. I want to ski hard, 

I want to ski it all... but oh my, does my 

body need a break. My hip is screaming at 

me, my knee is crying, my throttle thumb 

is numb... but my ski bum soul cannot 

justify not skiing when there is fresh snow 

on the ground. 

As East Coast skiers and riders, we have 

work to do. We must ski it all before it goes 

away. As always, there is the constant fear 

of the snow melting or freezing or the 

weather just turning everything to junk. 

While we twisted souls might actually 

enjoy skiing those East Coast standards, 

we also celebrate the snow when it does 

come. We have to ski it all now. What if it 

rains tomorrow? We have to ski it all now. 

What if the wind blows it all into these big 

immovable piles and leaves everything 

else bare? We must ski it all now. What if 

Covid shuts down the resort and all this 

gorgeous snow just sits there for months 

while we just look at it? We must ski as 

much as we can now because it might not 

be available tomorrow. 

And so, I drag myself out of bed again 

this morning, anxious to know how 

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KMS students shine at 

national events 

The Killington Mountain School (KMS) 

team traveled to Winter Park, Colorado, on 

Jan. 25-28 for the U.S. Freestyle selection 

event. Despite a challenging start to the season, 

there were strong performances from 

all of the KMS Freestyle athletes. 

Ray Lamlein, Jesse Duda, Manuela 

Passaretta, and Tyler Damore all finished 

mid-field in their first ever FIS event, while 

Brinley Johnson, Jack Patrone, Adam Steifel 

and Spencer Belsky all qualified for the final 

round of 16. KMS alumni Ian Beauregard 

finished on the podium both days. Beauregard 

then joined former teammates Alex 

Lewis and Hannah Soar at the Deer Valley 

World Cup on Feb. 4-6. 

While the FIS team was in Colorado, the 

team in Killington was hard at work building 

the Highline mogul venue. Highline 

came together nicely over the weekend, 

complete with full training courses for both 

KMS academy athletes as well as KMS/ 

Killington Ski Club development program 

athletes. The team split this week as FIS athletes 

headed to Deer Valley, Utah for a FIS 

Open event while the regional team started 

its season in Bristol, New York. 

Alpine 

Alpine racers jumped right into the 

new year and began training as soon as 

they could. The U14 group spent much of 

Christmas and the beginning of the new 

year working on skill development and focusing 

on building a strong foundation. The 

U16 and U19 groups have started racing 

in Vermont and while it looks a bit different 

than in the past — everyone reports 

that races have felt safe and the Killington 

athletes are skiing fast. 

Head U16 women’s coach Chelsea 

Marshal said, “For the U16 Women, 

Shelby Graves had a solid first race back 

at Cochran’s SL [Slalom] with a top 10 

finish in sixth place. Chanah Katz made 

a strong move up starting 93rd to finish 

the day in 24th. 

“The conditions were challenging 

for the women at the GMVS GS [Giant 

Slalom] on Jan. 20, with new snow 

falling and low visibility throughout the 

morning. We had girls attack from the 

back making flip second run, strong 

first runs were had by Megan Bianchi, 

Eva Young and Chanah Katz. Megan 

ended the day in 20th, with Eva close 

behind in 23rd.” 

Then, “at Suicide Six this past weekend 

Shelby Graves had a smoking first run with 

a fourth place finish. She had a good one 

going second run but had a mistake that 

cost her, resulting in a hike,” Marshal said, 

adding, “Megan Bianchi put two solid runs 

together with a respectable 17th place 

finish. Eva Young, starting 70th made a 

convincing performance to finish 28th for 

the day. Madelyn Wickless and Eileen Moon 

also showed improvement by cutting their 

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bib numbers in half.” 

Other notable performances from the 

Alpine team for January include: 

James Dougherty, 23rd Burke slalom, 

30th Burke slalom 

Ben Mckenna, 34th Burke slalom 

U19/21 Men 

James Ferri, 1st Proctor Slalom, 

1st Waterville Valley giant Slalom, 

1st Dartmouth Skiway Slalom 

Karl Kuus, 3rd Mittersil Slalom, 

3rd Dartmouth Skiway 

Wyatt Hoffman, 6th Stratton GS, 

10th Stratton GS 

Ryan Bianchi ,11th Stratton GS, 

12th Stratton GS 

Cole Matusik, 29th Stratton GS 

Musashi Eto, 24th Stratton GS 

Freeski and snowboard 

updates 

Results from Slopestyle 

at Okemo Jan. 22 

Myles King, 3rd (Open Class) 

Aidan Herguth, 5th (Open Class) 

Owen Ciaglo, 2nd (Menehune) 

Emmett Cameron, 4th (Menehune) 

Charles Ryder, 5th (Breaker) 

Henry Mix, 6th (Breaker) 

Evan Tighe, 3rd (Youth) 

First ever ski contest! 

Ryan Jones, 4th (Youth) 

Ari Haddad, 5th (Youth) 

Callen Hwang, 2nd (Menehune) 

Rocco Jones, 10th (Breaker) 

Jamie Hamlin, 5th (Youth) 

Lucas Ambler,1st (Junior) 

Results from Rail Jam at Jay Peak Jan. 23 

Myles King,1st (Open Class) 

Aidan Herguth,2nd (Open Class) 

Bode Tracy, 1st (age group) 

Ryan Jones, 2nd (age group) 

Evan Tighe, 3rd (age group) 

Henry Mix, 3rd (age group) 

Charles Ryder, 4th (age group) 

Emmett Cameron, 5th (age group) 

Spencer Claffey, 6th (age group) 

Callen Hwang, 1st (age group) 

Kiara Murph,- 2nd (age group) 

Rocco Jones, 2nd (age group) 

Eli Kinsler, 3rd (age group) 

Jamie Hamlin, 1st (age group) 

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Killington’s Robert Cone 

wins Winter Carnival Cup 


Killington local Robert Cone emerged victorious against a 

field that contained five other Vermonters at the Winter Carnival 

Cup in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on Feb. 6. 

It has been more than a year since dual pro racers stood atop 

a world cup podium, and Cone entered as the reigning World Pro 

Ski Tour champion. 

Skiing with his signature strong athletic style, Cone advanced 

easily through the bracket-style competition. The margins of 

his victories narrowed when he faced Steamboat local Garrett 

Driller, who knew he had to lay it all on the line — which Driller 

did when he reached a little too aggressively at the finish and 

skidded headfirst into the corral. In the end, Cone topped Driller 

by .17 seconds. 

“It’s great to be back with all of these guys. We are all trying to 

get our feet under us after the long break, but we are excited to be 

here and get some racing in this season,” Cone said. 

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This week’s living Arts, Dining and Entertainment! 

Painter Maurie Harrington has been called the 

“traveling artist” for her penchant for jet-setting to 

exotic locales around the globe, but she is happy to 

call Vermont home. 

“Travel and art have been a big part of my life,” Harrington 

said. “I love painting snow scenes in Killington. I 

only have to look out my studio window to be inspired.” 

Originally from Torrington, Connecticut, Harrington 

and her husband John first got a ski house in Killington 

before making it a permanent home more than 20 years 

ago. The couple worked as ski instructors and Ambassadors 

at Killington, and their two sons competed 

in freestyle events. She also founded the Killington 

Arts Guild, and is a signature member of the Vermont 

Watercolor Society. She is well known for hosting paint 

and sip classes at Killington Sports and other events 

to help others with their artistic pursuits. She hopes to 

continue these once Covid-19 subsides. 

In the summer, the Harrington lives at her home in 

North Hero, where she is also active in the art community. 

She has served as the art director at Fisk Farm in 

Isle la Motte on Lake Champlain for 20 years. She has 

also illustrated several books, and painted murals in 

both Killington and North Hero. 

These days, Harrington’s most prolific project is fine 

art cards, featuring her watercolor and acrylic and oil 

paintings. 

“About four years ago I decided to print fine art 

cards,” she said. “My first big order was for Kinney 

Drugs. I showed them a sample—they ordered cards for 

all the stores in Vermont. I now have 200 stores in New 

England carrying my cards. So happy to know that my 

cards are being sent all over the world.” 

Harrington especially enjoys plein air (outdoors) 

painting, another Covid-safe activity. “I am inspired by 

nature, and my favorite subject is landscapes,” she said. 

Her painted landscape scenes grace the walls of 

many hospitals throughout Vermont, and several local 

stores in Killington also carry her prints and cards. 

Liquid Art and Cabin Fever both sell her original art 

including prints, cards, and canvas bags. 

For Harrington, her success is truly a blessing. “I’m so 

happy to know people appreciate my paintings,” she said. 

For more information, visit MaurieHarrington.com. 

Maurie Harrington 

By Maurie Harrington 

Traveling artist Maurie Harrington finds success in Vermont 


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Valentine’s Day activities to spread the love 


Sunday is Valentine’s Day, and like everything else 

in the last year, it won’t look like ever before. But that 

doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate safely with your 

sweetie, and to help you we’ve put together a list of 

local ideas and happenings to make the 14th day of 

February special. 

Travel the world without leaving home 

RUTLAND—Take part in Grace Church’s Shetland 

Night for a taste of Scotland and some in-home 

entertainment. Pre-order a baked potato with all the 

toppings for $5. Potatoes come with four toppings (on 

the side): vegetarian chili, shredded Cheddar cheese, 

sour cream and bacon bits and are available to pick up 

at the Grace Church West Street entrance from 5-5:30 

p.m. on Feb. 14. Call the church to order a dinner by 

Feb. 10 at 802-775-4301. 

Then at 6:30 p.m., all are invited to a Zoom presentation 

on the Shetland Islands given by Grace Church 

Minister of Music, Alastair Stout. Stout’s father was a 

Shetlander, and Stout spent his early childhood there. 

The presentation will guide you around the islands and 

explore the culture and traditions found on Shetland. 

There will also be an online tutorial on traditional Scottish 

dancing. Grace Church dancers will demonstrate 

the steps and choreography of traditional Shetland reels. 

You can access the Zoom presentation by visiting 

gracechurchvt.org and clicking on the Zoom link on 

the main page. 

Talk a walk in East End Park 

WOODSTOCK—The perfect Valentine’s Day is a walk 

in the park! Woodstock Community Trust will sponsor 

We Love Woodstock at East End Park on Feb. 13 and 14. 

The park will be decorated for Valentine’s weekend so 

folks can share their love for Woodstock, their families 

and that special someone by taking pictures to post 

on social media. Tag @woodstockcommunitytrust on 

Instagram or Facebook with #welovewoodstock. 

East End Park is located just before the 90-degree 

bend on Route 4 at the eastern end of the village. 

Take a sleigh ride 

WOODSTOCK—Conditions permitting, Billings 

Farm & Museum will offer horse-drawn sleigh rides Feb. 

13-20 to families and couples (socially distanced) from 

11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Reservations for rides will be taken upon 

arrival at the ticket desk, on a first come, first served basis. 

The cost is $5 per person in addition to the purchase 

of a general admission ticket. 

Fold up a love letter 

MIDDLEBURY—Valentine romance is in the air and 

the Sheldon Museum is offering you a way to express 

your love – “Folded Love” is a virtual origami Valentine 

card activity. Tell them you love them in more than 

words with a origami Valentine card. Start with the 

image of the vintage Cupid Valentine pictured right 

from the Sheldon Museum’s archives and fold it into an 

origami heart with your message inside. The Sheldon 

will provide an instructional video for creating the card. 

Print-at-home cards ($10) enable you to download a 

PDF of the Valentine to print at home with the cardfolding 

video tutorial. Visit henrysheldonmuseum.org 

for more info. 

Valentine’s day at The Vault 

SPRINGFIELD—Enjoy Valentine’s Day with a stop 

at Gallery at the Vault. Lake Champlain Chocolates will 

be hidden around the gallery and in the former bank 

vault. Free card craft kits for all ages are available to 

take and make (all you’ll need is a glue stick.) And all 

artist cards are 10% off month of February. 

Feb. 13-21 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.— WOODSTOCK—Billings 

Farm & Museum will host its annual Maple Celebration, 

Feb. 13-21 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Vermont traditions 

of maple sugaring will be on display—the tools, historic 

photos and exhibits on the maple sugaring process. Daily 

cooking demonstrations and samples of two popular 

maple recipes, maple popcorn and maple French toast 

cookie, will delight your tastebuds. 

Meet Camelot, the adorable Jersey calf, and visit 

the sheep, chickens and goats, all cozy for the winter in the 

Small Animal Barn and ready to greet guests. Learn about 

herd and dairy operations in the Activity Barn and find the 

award-winning cheeses produced with Billings Farm milk 

in the museum gift shop. 

Conditions permitting, Billings Farm & Museum will offer 

horse-drawn sleigh rides Feb. 13-20 to families (socially 

distanced) from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Reservations for rides will 

be taken upon arrival at the ticket desk, on a first come, first 

served basis. The cost is $5 per person in addition to the 

purchase of a general admission ticket. 

Enjoy the winter landscapes with a snowshoe 

trek through the picturesque snow-covered farm fields and 

along the Ottauquechee River— bring your own or rent 

from the nearby Woodstock Inn & Resort’s Nordic Center 

or Activity Center. Bring your sled to speed down the small 

hill next to the orchard. Gather round the fire pit and warm 

up with hot chocolate and s’mores. Families can also enjoy 

a story walk along the pasture fence featuring “Snowflake 

Bentley.” 

Tour the farm life exhibits to see what life on the farm 

was like in the 1890s and hunt for the snowpeople hidden 

within the exhibits. Learn about the families and history 

of Billings Farm in the Upon This Land Exhibit. “A Place in 

the Land,” the Academy Award – nominated film which 

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Treat yourself 

RUTLAND—Don’t get left out in the cold this 

Valentine’s Day! Come visit the Mammoth Skin Care 

pop-up at Strangefellows Pub this Saturday to stock 

up on all the best skin care products for yourself or 

your favorite person. V-Day > 59 

Billings Farm & Museum maple celebration features 

sleigh rides and torchlight snowshoe 

chronicles the development of Billings Farm is shown 

throughout the day. Guests are invited to view re-creations 

of the sitting and dining rooms and the creamery from the 

on-site but closed 1890 Farm Manager’s House, inside the 

Activity Barn. 

Join for an evening of fun with a special afterhours 

snowshoe by torchlight, Feb. 20, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. 

Take a twilight trek along the Ottauquechee, warm up with 

hot drinks and s’mores by the fire pit and settle in for some 

Vermont folk stories told around the fire. Additional fee; 

reservations are required. Find more information at billingsfarm.org. 

Billings Farm & Museum enforces safety standards in 

compliance with Vermont state guidelines. They take the 

safety of staff, animals, and guests seriously. Each person 

must answer health screening questions including if 

they have quarantined according to Vermont guidelines. 

Contact tracing information and temperatures are taken 

for each visitor. Face coverings must be worn by all guests 

over the age of 2 everywhere on the site, including outdoors. 

For more about visiting Billings Farm safely, updates on 

site capacity, and to learn which exhibits are open, visit billingsfarm.org/safety. 

Courtesy of Billings Farm & Museum

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Virtual 

event 

Courtesy of JAGfest 

JAGfest 5.0 explores 

love stories 

Friday, Feb. 12—WHITE RIVER JUNCTION— Every winter JAG Productions invites 

30-50 artists to the snowy mountains of Vermont to develop full-length plays at their 

new works festival of Black Theatre, JAGfest. They put up five companies of earlycareer 

theatre-makers in cozy dwellings for one week to support the development of 

audacious and alluring works that illuminate Black life and Black aesthetics. 

In its fifth year, when gathering safely isn’t possible, JAG has decided to produce a 

festival of short radio plays dealing with the matter of Love Stories. Producing Artistic 

Director Jarvis Green and co-producer, Raven Cassell say that the critical attention 

to pleasure, intimacy and healing is timely —urgent, even— as isolation, loneliness 

and violence have been the global motif. “We are showing up to our fight armored in 

tenderness and passion, firing off with the gentility of a kiss,” declared Green. Cassell 

imagines that “without the landscape of the stage, we have the opportunity to isolate 

language and indulge in the poetry and potency of the text.” 

The two producing partners have hand-picked a keen roster of writers to draw up 

the blueprint for these love plays. This year JAGfest 5.0 will feature the work of playwrights 

Jeremy O’Brian, Loy A. Webb, Raven Cassell, Azure D. Osborne-Lee and Shemika 

Wardlaw. These writers have been paired with a bold and astute roster of directors 

featuring Jonathan McCrory, Kimille Haward, Zhailon Levingston, Jarvis Green, Kirya 

Traber and NJ Agwuna. The pool of performers includes David Glover, Renée Harrison, 

Michael Oloyede, Nadia Pillay, Raven Cassell, Justin Sams, Avon Haughton, Jarvis 

Green, Shemika Wardlaw, Rad Pereira, Tigist Helen Schmidt, Yohana Zecarias. 

The first vitual event will be on Feb. 12. To purchase tickets, and to learn more, 

visit: jagproductionsvt.com/jagfest-5-0. 

Kick off Rutland Winterfest 

with a story walk 

RUTLAND—Head to downtown 

Rutland with your little ones to kick 

off Rutland Winterfest with the Center 

Street Story Walk! 

Pick up a map and scavenger hunt 

at Phoenix Books and read “Once 

Upon a Winter Day” by Liza Woodruff 

in the windows of Center Street 

shops. 

Turn in your completed 

scavenger hunt and you’ll 

be entered to win a $25 gift 

certificate to Phoenix 

Books! 

The story walk is a 

socially-distanced activity 

that encourages 

looking deeply into 

beautiful illustrations 

to find hidden 

animals and 

objects. 

New this year, 

the story walk 

pages will be up 

for a full week 

beginning Feb. 13, 

to give everyone a 

chance to read. 

Children should 

dress warmly as 

the pages will be 

read from outside the participating 

business. Masks 

are required. This event counts 

toward your participation in 

Come Alive Outside’s winter 

passport. 

BarnArts celebrates local musicians 

and community on Zoom 

Saturday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.—BARNARD— 

Favorite local musicians gather for BarnArts 

Local Music Show, Saturday, Feb. 13 at 7 

p.m. on Zoom. This digital celebration of 

music and community will include new 

Covid-era music videos by Jack Snyder, Bow 

Thayer and Trifolium, plus live interview, 

discussion and community chat with the 

musicians. Tickets are sliding scale $5-15 

and are available through barnarts.org. 

Hosted by Chloe Powell, BarnArts director 

of music programming and a member 

of Trifolium, the evening will focus 

on sharing music and bringing the 

community of musicians and viewers 

together to talk and connect. The five 

musicians —Jack Snyder, Bow Thayer 

and Trifolium’s Andy Mueller, Justin Park 

and Chloe Powell — have still been creating 

music off stage this winter, and look forward 

to the opportunity to share the music and 

talk with the audience. 

“Everyone is excited to participate and 

have a venue to share their art in this slow 

time for musicians,” said Powell. 

While all these dynamic local musicians 

will be sharing new recorded material, Jack 

Snyder plans to also play live from his home 

studio. Snyder (also know as Leyeux) grew 

up in Barnard, and local fans watched him 

develop as a gifted young performer playing 

with his father as a teen and then heading 

off to Berklee College of Music in 2013. 

He is currently finishing his degree in music 

education at the University of Vermont 

while still performing and writing songs 

inspired by the diverse genres of acoustic, 

electric and electronic sounds. 

Bow Thayer is recording his new music 

for this event at Artistree and is “delighted to 

explore a new collaboration” with Artistree’s 

Music Director, Mark van Gulden, who will 

play vibes with him on the video. Thayer 

has been a staple locally, performing most 

years with BarnArts at Feast and Field, a 

history going back to the old days under the 

apple tree in downtown Barnard. Thayer’s 

roots are in the Boston music scene, but he 

has been making his home in Stockbridge 

for decades, despite his national accolades. 

American Songwriter says this “onetime 

Levon Helm compatriot is the best 

artist to come from New England in recent 

years.” As No Depression puts it, “You want 

inventiveness...I offer Bow Thayer.” Thayer 

will also share about his unique progress as 

a visual artist, touching on all aspects of his 

personal artistry getting his attention during 

these slow times. 

Trifolium is a trio of good friends, including 

host, Chloe Powell. She’ll be joined in 

conversation by bandmates Justin Park and 

Andy Mueller, and they’ll share how they’ve 

managed this past year, as well as share new 

Virtual 

event 

Courtesy of BarnArts 

Jack Snyder connecting over Zoom from 

his home studio. He has new video to share 

as part of BarnArts Local Music Show, and 

he will also connect live for discussion and 

some live solo playing! 

music, assembled digitally during this time 

of distancing. Trifolium is named for the 

state flower, the red clover, a nitrogen fixing 

legume, and their aim is to make music that 

evokes a sense of belonging, of sharing joy 

and beauty, and of making things a bit better 

in the world. 

Host Chloe Powell is BarnArts director 

of music programming. She grew up 

in Barnard and returned after stints in 

Boston, Burlington an Italy. She celebrates 

all kinds of music and has been playing in 

a traditional roots trio with Park for over 10 

years. She schedules the Thursday Night 

Music Series at Feast & Field each year and 

other special events that fall under BarnArts 

Music on the Farm programming. 

For tickets and more information on this 

event, please find BarnArts at barnarts.org, 

on facebook, or email info@barnarts,org or 

call 802-234-1645. 

Courtesy of BarnArts 

Bow Thayer performing in late June at BarnArts Music on the Farm Thursday Night Music 

Series at Feast & Field. He will be recording new material for BarnArts Winter Music 

Show, using the recording studio at Artistree with Mark van Gulden sitting in on vibes. 

BarnArts Local Music Show takes place on Zoom, Friday Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. For tickets ($5- 

15) and info at barnarts.org.



Award winning poet Joy Priest 

featured in virtual reading 

JOHNSON—Vermont Studio Center will 

hold a virtual visiting writer reading and 

writing craft talk with award-winning poet, 

Joy Priest through Virtual VSC on Feb. 16 

and 17 at 7 p.m. and 

10 a.m., respectively. 

Joy Priest will give a 

30-minute reading 

with a short Q&A session 

to follow and a 

one-hour writing craft 

talk. Both events are 

free and open to the 

public. 

Joy Priest is the author 

of “Horsepower” 

(Pitt Poetry Series, 

2020), which won the 

Donald Hall Prize 

for Poetry and was 

nominated for 

the National 

Book Critics 

Circle’s John 

Leonard Prize for 

best first book in any 

Virtual 

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genre. She is the recipient of the Stanley 

Kunitz Prize from the American Poetry 

Review and her work has appeared in the 

Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, 

The Atlantic, Poets & Writers, and Virginia 

Quarterly Review, among others. 

In her debut poetry collection, “Horsepower,” 

selected by U.S. Poet Laureate 

Natasha Trethewey as the winner of the 

Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, Joy Priest 

explores identity and racism in the U.S. 

through finely crafted 

poems of memory, 

family, and place. “It 

will be exciting to hear 

directly from this author 

about the thinking 

and origins behind 

her debut collection,” 

said Sarah Audsley, 

Writing Across Media 

facilitator and host of 

the upcoming events. 

Virtual VSC offers 

a rich variety of new 

on-line, readings, artist 

talks, book discussions, 

craft conversations 

and gallery 

Submitted 

shows. Virtual VSC 

is open to the public 

and engages an 

international community 

of artists and writers in a diversity 

of compelling, thought provoking online 

experiences designed to create meaningful 

connections and encourage creative 

exploration. Find more information on 

all of Virtual VSC’s offerings at vermontstudiocenter.org/events-calendar. 

NIGHT EAGLE 

WILDERNESS ADVENTURE 

A unique summer camp for 

boys, ages 10-14, in the heart 

of Vermont’s Green Mountains. 

Call for a full brochure (802) 446-6100. 

Bestselling author Dan Brown joins 

Children’s Literacy Foundation for 

virtual book club for grown-ups Feb. 12 

Feb. 

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GRAFTON—Do you love to garden? Do 

you care about birds and bees? Join The 

Nature Museum’s next online webinar with 

Doug Tallamy on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 

p.m. to learn how our gardening choices 

can have a profound impact on local conservation 

and biodiversity. 

Doug Tallamy is an internationallyknown, 

bestselling author passionate 

about bringing awareness to our plant 

choices. His first book, “Bringing Nature 

Home,” awakened thousands of readers to 

an urgent situation: wildlife populations 

are in decline because the native plants 

they depend on are fast disappearing. His 

solution? Plant more natives. 

In this new book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” 

Tallamy takes the next step and outlines 

his vision for a grassroots approach to 

conservation. He shows how homeowners 

everywhere can turn their yards into 

conservation corridors that provide wildlife 

habitats. Because this approach relies 

on the initiatives of private individuals, 

it is immune to the whims of government 

policy. Even more important, it’s 

practical, effective, and easy—you will 

walk away with specific suggestions 

you can incorporate into your own 

backyard. 

Dr. Tallamy is a professor in the Dept. 

of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at 

the University of Delaware, where he has 

authored 104 research publications and has 

WATERBURY CENTER—The Children’s 

Literacy Foundation (CLiF) has 

been offering virtual author visits for 

kids and adults during the pandemic 

when our regular in-person programming 

is on hiatus. Every 

Wednesday at 1 p.m. we 

offer storytelling and 

workshops for kids 

and families. We highlight 

work by Vermont 

and New Hampshire 

authors who discuss 

their writing and 

answer your questions. 

We have also begun offering 

a monthly Book Club for Grownups 

series featuring Vermont and New 

Hampshire authors who write for both 

kids and adults. 

Past Book Club for Grown-ups sessions 

have included Vermont author 

Sarah Stewart Taylor and poet Rajnii 

Eddins. 

The next Book Club for Grown-ups 

session featuring bestselling author 

Dan Brown of “The Da Vinci Code” is on 

Friday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. We’ll 

discuss the latest novel in Dan’s popular 

Robert Langdon series, “Origin,” as 

well as learn about his new children’s 

book, “Wild Symphony,” and have a Q & 

A with this world-renowned author. 

Brown is the author of numerous 

bestsellers, including the Robert 

Langdon series beginning with The 

Da Vinci Code. According to 

his website, “Brown’s latest 

novel, Origin, explores two of 

the fundamental questions 

of humankind: Where do we 

come from? Where are we 

going?” 

Virtual 

CLiF hopes you’ll 

event 

join on Feb.12 at 7 for 

this discussion and Q & A 

session with a world-renowned author. 

This is a great opportunity to meet one 

of your favorite authors and connect 

with other readers from the comfort 

of your home. While this event is free, 

donations to the Children’s Literacy 

Foundation are encouraged to help 

us continue to offer dynamic literacy 

programming for low-income kids and 

families. 

Learn more and sign up for the event 

at clifonline.org. 

How to create a conservation 

corridor in your yard 

Presentation and discussion with internationally-known 

author Douglas Tallamy 

taught insect-related courses for 40 years. 

Chief among his research goals is to better 

understand the many ways insects interact 

with plants and how such interactions 

determine the diversity of animal communities. 

His book “Nature’s Best Hope” is a New 

York Times Bestseller, and his latest book, 

“The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of 

Our Most Essential Native Trees,” will be 

available in March 2021. 

Join The Nature Museum in Grafton, 

Vermont for a Zoom presentation and discussion 

with one of the leading researchers 

and authors in the field of conservation 

biology. This is a sliding scale event with 

tickets starting at $5. Learn more and register 

at nature-museum.org.

The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 LIVING ADE • 43 

Courtesy of Angela Pinaglia 

“Life in Synchro,” the toughest 

sport you’ve never heard of 

streaming from Billings Farm 

February 11-14—WOODSTOCK— 

Billings Farm & Museum’s 11th annual 

Woodstock Vermont Film Series 

features “Life in Synchro,” a fascinating, 

fun, and entertaining look into the sport 

of synchronized ice skating, directed 

and produced by Angela Pinaglia. 

Synchronized skating has been 

empowering generations of 

women since 1956 when it was 

founded by a father who saw 

the need for team sports 

for girls. Today, despite 

skaters lifting, leaping, 

and spinning together, 

the sport is overlooked by 

most in the media. 

The film follows dedicated 

athletes around the 

country as they push their teams 

and themselves beyond the routine 

and up towards greatness. At the top of 

their game, the stars of today are chasing 

Olympic dreams not just for themselves, 

but for their beloved sport. The 

newcomers, the passionate amateurs 

and the founders of the sport are just 


11-14 

OMS hosts virtual winter 

fest with live music 

LUDLOW—Please join the first 

ever Virtual Okemo Mountain School 

Winter Festival! Purchase a household 

ticket to join OMS on Zoom for 

a festive evening at home 

with live music by Sammy 

Blanchette and special 

guest appearances. The 

silent auction that went 

live on Jan. 30 continues 

through the end of the 

virtual event on Feb. 13. 

Tickets are $30 for a household 

and can be purchased online 

at okemomountainschool.org. Prior to 

the event, you will receive a Zoom link 

to join the live event. 


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a meaningful difference. 

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(Available until 11:30 am) 

Egg Sandwich or Breakfast Burrito 

2 Eggs Scrambled with Choice of Bacon, Ham 

OR Sausage & Cheese on a roll 

Steak, Egg & Cheese on a Roll 

Taylor Pork Roll, Egg & Cheese on a Roll 

Bacon, Egg, Cheese & Hash Brown on a roll 

Specialty Western Omelette Burrito 

with Salsa & Pepper Jack Cheddar 

Meatloaf, Egg & Cheese on a Roll 

Two Eggs Scrambled on a Roll 

BAGELS: Baked fresh daily! 

Plain • Sesame Seed • Everything 

Cinnamon Raisin • Asiago 

We also have fresh, locally made 

Muffins and Donuts 

SANDWICHES NAMED AFTER 

LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS 

Lettuce, Tomato, 

Specialty 

Onions, 

Sandwiches 

Hot Peppers, Pickles 

Other veggie options available upon request! 

#21 PEPPINO’S SUPER ITALIAN: Ham, Capicola, Salami, 

Pepperoni, Provolone 

Boar’s 

& your 

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choice ® Meats 

of Veggies on a sub 

#22 FOUNDRY GOBBLER: Fresh Roasted Turkey Salad with 

Sundried Oven Cranberries, Roasted Stuffing, Turkey • & Maple Cranberry Honey Mayo Turkey on whole 

grain Mesquite bread Smoked Turkey • Cracked Pepper Turkey 

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#26 Pickle Barrel: Choice of BBQ or Buffalo Chicken Tenders 

with melted Pepper Jack Cheddar, Lettuce, Tomato, & Ranch 

or Blue Cheese in a wrap 

#27 SUSHI YOSHI: Fresh Albacore Tuna Salad, 

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& Tomato on toasted rye 

#28 Garlic: Meatball Sub with Provolone Cheese & 

#29 LOOKOUT BAR & GRILL: Maple Honey Ham, Maple 

Honey Turkey & Vermont Cheddar with Honey Mustard, 

Lettuce & Tomato in a Honey Wheat wrap 

#30 McGRATH’S IRISH PUB: Corned Beef, Pastrami, or 

Smoked Turkey, melted Swiss, Cole Slaw, & Russian 

#31 DOMENIC’S PIZZERIA: Breaded Chicken Cutlet, with 

melted Mozzarella, Parmesan, & Marinara Sauce on a 

#32 Moguls: Homemade Meatloaf with melted American 

Cheese, Lettuce, Onions, Pickles, & Russian Dressing on a 

FRESH SALADS 

All of our Salad Combinations are Made Fresh to Order! 

Spinach Salad 

Fresh Spinach Leaves, 

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Deer Leap 

Second annual snowmobile festival revs up Feb. 13 at 

Vermont State Fairgrounds 

Saturday, Feb. 13 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.—RUTLAND— 

Snowmobile enthusiasts are encouraged to pre-register 

their snowmobiles— new or vintage —for judging at the 

2nd annual Snowmobile Festival, Feb. 13 at the Vermont 

State Fairgrounds,175 South Main St. in Rutland. 

The show and judging begin at 10 a.m. Admission is 

free and all are welcome. This year please enter via the 

gate on Route 7 across from the Dollar General, to allow 

more room for the show to spread out in the track infield, 

plus more room for social distancing, parking, etc. 

There will also be a few food vendors this year, including 

Lee Perry, who will be back with his kettle corn! 

Due to Covid and the inconvenience of people showing 

up last minute (huddling all around the registration 

table), if you want to have your sled/cutter entry judged 

this year, you must pre-register your machines by 5 p.m. 

on Thursday, Feb. 11. Just call or email your full name 

and year, make, and model to acenterlinefarm@aol. 

com or call Andrea at 802-345-9257. 

There is no fee to enter so whether you are sure you 

are coming or not, pre-register if you want to be judged! 

Swap meet vendors must also pre-register and have 

their $25 checks made out to the “Rutland County 

Agricultural Society” to Andrea by 10 a.m. All of this fee 

goes to the city, not Rutland County Agriculture Society. 

Masks and social distancing are required. 

There were over 70 entries last year and despite Covid, 

maybe there will be more than that this year. Come to 

exhibit, sell, ride and enjoy this beautiful venue and 

these amazing machines with super cool Vermonters 

who love them. If they have to cancel because of Covid, a 

virtual show where pictures of your sled can be entered 

will be on our Facebook group page for judging. 

Inn at 

L ng Trail 

(Above) The vintage snowmobile race is sure to delight. 

(Right) A previous victor displays his trophies. 

McGrath’s 

Irish Pub 

Pub Open Daily 

Mon.–Fri. 3-9 p.m. 

Sat. & Sun. 12-9 p.m. 

Take-Out Available 

Submitted 

Inn at 

L ng Trail 

SPECIALS 

MONDAY-FRIDAY 

1/2 Price Appetizers 

3pm-5pm 

WEDNESDAY is Mule 

Night $10 all Mules 

THURSDAY is Smash 

Night $10 Goomba 

Smashes 

SATURDAY 

Apres-Ski Party 

SUNDAY BURGER NIGHT 

Gourmet Burger 

+ any Cocktail $20 

or 

+ any Beer or Cider $15 

COCKTAIL AND BEER 

SPECIALS EVERYDAY 

2.2 mi. from 

start to 

cGrath’s 

cGrath’s 

Monday - Thursday 

Stew & Brew Special 

$15 

Rte. 4 between Killington & Pico 

802-775-7181 

innatlongtrail.com 

Rooms & Suites available 

McGraths 

McGrath’s 

McGrath’s 

Irish 

Irish Pub Pub 

KILLINGTON DISTILLERY & 

STILL ON THE MOUNTAIN CoCktail Bar 

47 Old Mill Rd, Killington, VT | 802-422-8200 

Mon.-Fri. 3p-9p | Sat. 1p-9p | Sun. 1p-8p 

Full Dinner Menu, Patio Dining 

with Fire Pit & Potbelly Stove 

Reservations Required via Open Table or 802-422-8200 

Medical Grade HEPA filters installed indoors for your added safety.

Food Matters 


Fried Brussels Sprouts with a 

Maple-Cider Glaze 

Ingredients 

• 3/4 cup Sugarmaker’s Cut pure maple 

syrup 

• ½ cup apple cider vinegar 

• ½ cup fresh apple cider 

• pinch kosher salt 

• 1 lb Brussels sprouts 

• vegetable oil for frying 

Directions 

Combine maple syrup, apple cider 

vinegar, apple cider and salt in a medium 

sized pot. Reduce by 1/4 over medium heat 

stirring constantly. Set aside. De- stem the 

sprouts and cut in half, pulling off any outer 

leaves that are loose. Fry in 350 degree oil for 

1 minute or until brown. Season the sprouts 

immediately with a pinch of salt and toss 

with one tablespoon of reduction for every 

cup of sprouts. 

If you don’t have a fryer, take the raw 

cleaned sprouts and toss with oil and salt. 

Roast in a 375 degree oven for 20 minutes. 

Brussels sprouts should be tender but still 

be a bit crispy. Toss with one tablespoon of 

reduction for every cup sprouts while hot. 

Makes a pile of sumptuous tangy sweet. How 

many it serves depends on how restrained 

your eating companions are but estimate for 

2-4 people. 

Courtesy of Runamok Maple 

Join Vermont Splitboard month 

at Pico apart, together 

Splitboard Vermont 

organizers were feeling 

a bit isolated and lonely 

while working hard to do 

their part in fighting the 

current world health crisis. 

In trying to figure out ways 

to hang with the splitboard 

community at festivals like 

Pico Hiko and Bolton Valley 

Split and Surf-fest, they realized 

there was just no way 

to do so and do their part 

in caring for small shred 

towns. So, they’re taking 

this thing digital. 

Apart, together: Get out 

and explore this little Green 

Mountain State. Warm up 

the irons, oil up the bushings, and add some threadlocker 

to those bolts — it’s time to get out and see 

Vermont on splitboards and share those excursions 

digitally. 

During the month of February, Splitboard Vermont, 

in partnership with the Catamount Trail Association, 

is excited to announce: 

• February Splitboard Instagram Contest 

• February Backcountry Exploration Challenge 

• Raffle to benefit Vermont backcountry stewardship 

Instagram Contest 

The Instagram media contest will run for the entire 

month of February. One winner will be decided on 

March 1. To enter: Post splitboard related photos 

and/or videos on Instagram throughout Vermont Splitboard 

Month (February 2021). Include the following 

tags on every post to be 

considered an entry: @splitboardvt 

@catamountrail 

@outdoorgearexchange 

#vtsplitboardmonth. Your 

posts must be public. The 

winner will be chosen 

March 1. 

Backcountry exploration 

During the month of 

February, Splitboard VT 

will feature four backcountry 

or uphill zones here in 

Vermont. Tours will include 

splitboard-friendly routes 

at established Vermont 

backcountry zones, resorts 

with uphill-friendly policies, 

or routes featured in David 

Goodman’s “Best Backcountry Skiing In The Northeast.” 

They aren’t blowing up stashes, only sharing info about 

known, maintained, and publicized areas. 

To be eligible for the weekly giveaway all participants 

must: 

• Complete the route 

• Capture a photo at the designated photo stop 

• Submit your entry at splitboardvt.com/vermont-splitboard-month. 

Explore these zones at any point during the month 

of February and submit your completed routes to be 

entered in that week’s drawing to receive a prize pack 

of mixed splitboard related gear from our awesome 

partners. 

Finally, enter the raffle to benefit Vermont backcountry 

stewardship at paypal.com/donate/?hosted_ 

button_id=GKBJQB4EEQENL. 

Free POOL Mondays • DARTS • 20 TV Screens • PIZZA 

BURGERS • BBQ RIBS • SALADS • GYROS • WINGS 

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OUR 20 TH ANNIVERSARY! 

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Food Matters 


Back Country Café 

The Back Country Café is a hot spot 

for delicious breakfast foods. Choose 

from farm fresh eggs, multiple kinds of 

pancakes and waffles, omelets or daily 

specials to make your breakfast one of a kind. Just the right heat Bloody 

Marys, Mimosas, Bellini, VT Craft Brews, Coffee and hot chocolate drinks. 

Maple Syrup and VT products for sale. Check Facebook for daily specials. 

(802) 422-4411. 

Killington Market 

Take breakfast, lunch or dinner on the go 

at Killington Market, Killington’s on-mountain 

grocery store for the last 30 years. 

Choose from breakfast sandwiches, hand 

carved dinners, pizza, daily fresh hot panini, roast chicken, salad and specialty 

sandwiches. Vermont products, maple syrup, fresh meat and produce along 

with wine and beer are also for sale. killingtonmarket.com (802) 422-7736 

or (802) 422-7594. 

HOUSE SMOKED MEATS • FRESH-MADE TOPPINGS 

TACOS, BURRITOS, FAJITAS, CHIMICHANGAS, NACHOS, 

EMPANADAS, KIDS MENU 

Specialty 

Tacos 

& more 

Birch Ridge 

Serving locals and visitors alike since 1998, dinner 

at the Birch Ridge Inn is a delicious way to 

complete your day in Killington. Featuring Vermont 

inspired New American cuisine in the Inn’s dining 

room and Great Room Lounge, you will also find 

a nicely stocked bar, hand crafted cocktails, fine 

wines, seafood and vegetarian options, and wonderful house made desserts. 

birchridge.com, (802) 422-4293. 

Liquid Art 

Relax in the warm atmosphere at Liquid 

Art. Look for artfully served lattes from 

their La Marzocco espresso machine, or 

if you want something stronger, try their 

signature cocktails. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, they focus on healthy 

fare and provide you with a delicious meal different than anything else on the 

mountain. liquidartvt.com, (802) 422-2787. 

take out available 

802.422.2424 

FAMILY STYLE TACO KITS, MARGARITAS TO GO 

2841 KILLINGTON RD, KILLINGTON 

GROCERY 

MEATS AND SEAFOOD 

beer and wine 

DELICATESSEN 

BAKERY PIZZA CATERING 

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 

Sun. - Thurs. 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. 

Fri. & Sat. 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. 

2023 KILLINGTON ROAD 

802-422-7736 

*For safety, please limit 2 

customers per family/group 

CURBSIDE 

PICKUP 

AVAILABLE 

802-422-7736 

Daily Specials posted on 

@KillingtonMarket 

& our website. Order by 2 p.m. 

Call Deli 802-422-7594 

Any special requests are always welcome. 

www.killingtonmarket.com 

ATM 

Take-Out Convenience: 

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

Casey’s Caboose 

Come for fun, amazing food, great drinks, and 

wonderful people. A full bar fantastic wines and 

the largest selection of craft beers with 21 on tap. 

Our chefs create fresh, healthy and interesting 

cuisine. Try our steaks or our gourmet burgers 

made with 100% Vermont ground beef, U.S. lamb or home-grown pork— we 

have 17 burgers on our menu! Try our famous mac n’ cheese with or without 

lobster. Yes! the train is still running... caseyscaboose.com,(802) 422-3795. 

McGrath’s 

Irish Pub 

Dream Maker Bakers 

Dream Maker Bakers is an all-butter, from-scratch 

bakery making breads, bagels, croissants, cakes 

and more daily. It serves soups, salads and 

sandwiches and offers seating with free Wifi. At 

5501 US Route 4, Killington, VT. No time to wait? 

Call ahead. Curb-side pick up available. dreammakerbakers.com, (802) 422- 

5950. 

Inn at Long Trail 

Looking for something a little different? Hit up 

McGrath’s Irish Pub for a perfectly poured pint of 

Guinness, Inn live music at on the weekends and delicious 

food. Guinness not your favorite? They also 

L ng Trail 

have Vermont’s largest Irish Whiskey selection. 

Visit innatlongtrail.com, (802) 775-7181. 

Jones’ Donuts 

Offering donuts and a bakery, with a 

community reputation as being the best! 

Closed Monday and Tuesday. 23 West 

Street, Rutland. See what’s on special 

at Facebook.com/JonesDonuts/. 

Call (802) 773-7810. 

Lookout Tavern 

Celebrating 20 years of fun, friends and good 

times here in Killington! Everything from soup 

to nuts for lunch and dinner; juicy burgers, fresh 

salads, delicious sandwiches and K-Town’s best 

wings. Your first stop after a full day on the Mountain 

for a cold beer or specialty drink and a great 

meal! lookoutvt.com, (802) 422-5665. 

Moguls 

Voted the best ribs and burger in Killington, 

Moguls is a great place for the whole 

family. Soups, onion rings, mozzarella 

sticks, chicken fingers, buckets of chicken 

wings, salads, subs and pasta are just 

some of the food that’s on the menu. Free shuttle and take away and delivery 

options are available. mogulssportspub.com (802) 422-4777. 

Mountain Munchies 

Great food delivered to your door! Choose from 

a variety of appetizers, soups, desserts and 

sandwiches including chicken & biscuit sandwich, 

meatball sub and old italian. Check out the full 

menu on Facebook. (802) 422-8777 

Nite Spot Pizza 

Outrageously good pizza. Join us for wood fired 

pizza, salads, kids menu, family arcade and live 

music! (802) 422-9885.

The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 FOOD MATTERS • 47 

Peppino’s 

Chef-owned since 1992, Peppino’s offers 

Neapolitan cuisine at its finest: 

pasta, veal, chicken, seafood, steak, 

and flatbreads. If you want it, Peppino’s 

has it! Aprés-hour daily features half price appetizers and flatbreads. 

Reservations accepted. peppinosvt.com, (802) 422-3293. 

Seward’s Dairy 

If you’re looking for something truly 

unique and Vermont, check out Seward 

Dairy Bar. Serving classic homemade 

food including hamburgers, steaks, chicken, sandwiches and seafood. Craving 

something a little sweeter? Check out their own homemade 39 flavors of 

ice cream. Vermont products also sold. (802) 773-2738. 

Still On the Mountain 

Killington Distillery & Still on the Mountain 

Cocktail Bar invite you to enjoy our handcrafted 

small batch spirits inspired from the blissful Killington 

region. Pair your cocktail with one of 

our delectable food offerings made from sustainably 

sourced, local ingredients. Sit back, 

sip on your cocktail, and dig into a delicious meal in the lap of nature. 

killingtondistillery.com, (802) 422-8200. 

Sugar and Spice 

Stop on by to Sugar and Spice for a home style 

breakfast or lunch served up right. Try six different 

kinds of pancakes and/or waffles or order up 

some eggs and home fries. For lunch they offer 

a Filmore salad, grilled roast beef, burgers and 

sandwiches. Take away available. 

www.vtsugarandspice.com (802) 773-7832. 

Sushi Yoshi 

Sushi Yoshi is Killington’s true culinary adventure. 

With Hibachi, Sushi, Chinese and 

Japanese, we have something for every age 

and palate. Private Tatame rooms and large 

party seating available. We boast a full bar with 

20 craft beers on draft. We are chef-owned and operated. Serving lunch 

and dinner. Delivery or take away option available. Now open year round. 

www.vermontsushi.com (802) 422-4241. 

Taco X 

Taco X is the place to go for a wide selection of 

tacos and entrees full of house-smoked meats, 

fresh-made toppings and artisanal fermentation. 

Don’t forget the Margarita! Located at 2841 Killington 

Road. Call (802)422-2424 for take-out orders. 

Follow @killingtontacox on Facebook. 

Class encourages 

kids to eat healthy, 

play actively 

Good nutrition and daily active play can help kids 

grow up healthy. 

To help them learn lifelong healthy eating and activity 

habits, the University of Vermont Extension’s Expanded 

Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is offering 

a free, six-week class for Grade 3-6 students. 

The Choose Health: Food, Fun and Fitness curriculum 

will be taught via Zoom on consecutive Tuesdays from 

March 2-April 6 from 4-5 p.m. Registrations will be accepted 

at go.uvm.edu/choosehealth until Feb. 16 or the course 

fills. Space is limited, so early registration is advised. 

Each lesson will focus on a different health behavior 

goal and involve a 20-minute active game and step-by-step 

instructions to prepare a healthy recipe. Topics include 

choosing healthy beverages, adding more fruits and vegetables, 

understanding nutrition facts labels, eating more 

whole grains, alternatives to high-fat, high-sugar foods and 

the importance of breakfast. 

Participants also will receive a weekly newsletter 

with nutritious recipes and tips for the whole family to 

get and stay active and healthy. Each issue will include 

suggestions for parents, such as helping their child set 

and meet goals related to each lesson or prepare the 

recipes in the newsletter. 

If questions, contact EFNEP educator Kate Bilinski at 

(802) 773-3349, ext. 271, or kate.bilinski@uvm.edu. Please 

contact her by Feb. 16 if requiring a disability-related accommodation 

to participate. 

PMNRCD holds its 

annual tree sale 

The Poultney Mettowee Natural Resource Conservation 

District is holding its annual plant sale. This year it is 

offering a variety of native trees and shrubs for landscaping 

or naturalizing (balsam fir, sugar maple, serviceberry,and 

winterberry), native edible plants (red mulberry, american 

plum, elderberry, and hazelnut), as well as apple trees, 

blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and asparagus. 

In addition to plants, the sale includes a 2021 PMNRCD 

featuring photos taken by staff and local producers, which 

are available for early pickup. 

Many of the native plants are locally grown at the 

Champlain Valley Native Plant Restoration Nursery located 

in Poultney. Visit pmnrcd.org/champlain-valley-nativeplant-restoration-nursery/ 

to view catalog and order form. 

Orders will be taken until April 22. Pick up is May 8 at the 

Champlain Valley Native Plant Restoration Nursery. Questions? 

Email sadie@pmnrcd.org or call 802-287-6606. 

LOVE IS ON A 

ROLL 

Mid-way up Killington Access Rd. 

Open for Indoor Dining, Take-Out and Delivery 

Serving Lunch & Dinner Daily 

vermontsushi.com • 802.422.4241 

HIBACHI | SUSHI | ASIAN 

Classic Italian Cuisine 

Old World Tradition 

~ Since 1992 ~ 

Open 

Mon. at 4 p.m. 

Tues. at 4 p.m. 

Dark Wed. 

Thurs. at 4 p.m. 

Fri. at 4 p.m. 

Sat. at 4 p.m. 

Sun. at 2 p.m 

Fresh. simple. 

Delicious! 

1/2 price appetizers 

& flaTbreads 

from 4-5 p.m. 

Open 

7:30 am - 4 pm ~ Thurs. - Mon. 

*Curbside pick-up available. 

Cafe Style Dining & Take Out 

Fresh and delicious house made artisan 

breads, baked goods signature sandwiches, 

local meats and poultry, farm-to-table 

produce, smoothies, hot coffee & more! 

5501 US Route 4 • Killington, VT 05751 

802.422.5950 

Breakfast • Pastries • Coffee • Lunch • Cakes • Special Occasions 

pasta | veal 

Chicken | seafood 

steak | flatbreads 

For reservations 

802-422-3293 

First on the Killington Road

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Artist donates money raised on Long Trail painting expedition to 

Green Mountain Club and Vermont Wildlife Coalition 

Artist Rob Mullen raised over $1,600 for the Vermont 

Wildlife Coalition (VWC) and over $700 for the Green 

Mountain Club by hiking 273 miles of the Long Trail 

this summer, painting along the way and selling his art 

to help raise the donations. 

Mullen made the trek over the course of four weeks, 

starting from the Canadian border near North Troy, and 

finishing his journey in Williamstown, Massachusetts. 

His trip garnered national attention. 

“While profoundly different from my usual northern 

Canadian and Arctic Alaska canoe trips, getting 

to know my home state in this intimate and challenging 

way, and the people I met, made this one of the 

most incredible journeys I’ve gone on,” said Mullen. 

“Rediscovering backpacking and having the opportunity 

to fundraise for two incredibly important 

organizations by combining two passions makes me 

feel endlessly lucky.” 

The artist created paintings of the scenery he saw 

around him as he hiked, as well as documenting the 

trip with his camera and painting from the photos 

when he got home. He offered people the opportunity 

to claim some of the artwork from the journey in exchange 

for sponsoring him on a mileage basis. In total, 

he completed 20 paintings, at one point even making a 

sale on the spot to another hiker who saw him at work. 

“Many hikers choose to raise funds while doing a 

thru-hike of the Long Trail, and we are so grateful to Rob 

for choosing to support the Green Mountain Club as an 

additional beneficiary to his primary fundraiser. Donors 

like Rob make it possible for us to work in the Green 

Mountains maintaining and protecting the Long Trail 

System,” said Alicia DiCocco, director of development 

and communications for the Green Mountain club. 

The Vermont Wildlife Coalition, of which Mullen is 

a board member was the other recipient. The VWC is 

devoted to creating an ecologically-sound future for 

Vermont’s wild species and fostering a more balanced 

approach to managing Vermont’s wildlife. For more 

information on the Vermont Wildlife Coalition and to 

see some of the paintings Rob completed on his hike, 

please visit vtwildlifecoalition.org. VWC already has 

plans to do another event in 2021 that will highlight 

another one of Vermont’s incredible natural assets. 

Wood Fired Pizza 

OPEN 

Thurs.-Sun. 

@ 4pm 

THURSDAY: 

THE BUBSIES 

FRIDAY: 

SUPER STASH BROS. 

salads desserts kids menu 

Take-Out 

available 

call (802) 422-9885 

SATURDAY: DUANE 

DOUBLE PLAY 

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Vermont 

Gift Shop 

Vermont celebrates student entrepreneurs 

Inspiring Vermont entrepreneurs to ReFocus – ReImagine – ReEngineer 

RANDOLPH CENTER— More than 

250 Vermont educators, business advisors, 

business leaders, and students 

will come together virtually on Feb. 

10 from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to join 

the 12th annual Vermont Student 

Entrepreneurship Day free event. The 

theme of this year’s event is Inspiring 

Vermont Entrepreneurs to – ReFocus 

– ReImagine – ReEngineer. We’ve Got 

You Covered. 

As the very first virtual Entrepreneurship 

Day, an exciting agenda 

offers an opportunity for high school 

and technical school students to 

showcase their work as well as a 

chance to hear from leading experts 

on their stories and experiences. A 

panel of inspiring entrepreneurs will 

share their expertise followed by a 

(802) 773-2738 

Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner 

LARGEST SELECTION OF ICE CREAM TREATS! 

GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE! 

Celebrating our 74th year! 

Open Daily 6:30 a.m. 

Specials 

Daily 

@back_country_cafe 

RUTLAND 

CO-OP 

grocery 

Q&A. Students will also be able to 

learn about personal branding from a 

leading expert in her field. Cash prizes 

will be awarded to the winners of the 

themed bumper sticker and video 

contests. 

Featured speakers include Rooney 

Castle of Rhino Foods and Catlin 

O’Shaughnessy Coffrin of Captivating 

Consulting. The entrepreneur panel, 

moderated by VtSBDC advisor Sarah 

Kearns, includes: Skylar Bagdon, 

Chromajam; Heather Dalton, Stroll- 

Runner; and Marina McCoy, Waste 

Free Earth. 

“Our students are the future of 

Vermont,” said Linda Rossi, VtSBDC 

state director. “We are excited about 

providing a program that celebrates 

entrepreneurship, applauds the success 

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Planning and designing a productive 

vegetable garden 

By Melinda Myers 

Whether planning your first, second or 10th vegetable 

garden it can be overwhelming. There are so 

many tasty vegetables and never enough space and 

time to grow them all. 

Start with a plan. Locate your garden in a sunny 

location with moist, well-drained soil. Save those 

partially sunny areas for greens like lettuce, chard 

and kale as well as root crops like radishes and beets. 

These prefer full sun but will 

tolerate more shade than 

tomatoes, peppers, squash, 

broccoli and other plants of 

which we eat the flowers and 

fruit. 

Review your favorite recipes 

and make a list of family 

favorites and those vegetables 

most often used. Then check 

the list to see which vegetables 

are suited to your climate and 

growing conditions and those 

that make the most economic 

sense to include in your garden. 

Tomatoes and peppers produce 

lots of fruit from one plant 

and are common ingredients in 

many recipes. Sweet corn is fun 

to grow but needs lots of space 

for a relatively small harvest. 

If space is limited, consider 

buying your sweet corn at the 

farmers’ market and use that 

space to grow other edibles. 

Every gardener struggles 

with determining how many of each type of vegetable 

to grow. This depends upon the productivity of the 

variety selected, your family’s eating habits and of 

course the impact of weather on the harvest. It is 

always better to start small, build on your successes 

and expand the garden in the future. Track your 

planting and harvesting results to help when planning 

future gardens. 

You will need to plant more if you plan to preserve 

or donate a portion of your harvest. Purchasing 

vegetables from your local farmers’ market is a way to 

ensure you have sufficient fresh produce when you 

are ready to can, freeze and ferment. 

Maximize the available space by growing vertically. 

Train pole beans, peas, tomatoes, cucumbers and even 

squash and melons up trellises. Growing vertically not 

only saves space, but also increases disease resistance 

by increasing light and airflow through the plants. 

And picking beans at waist height is much easier than 

harvesting from low-growing, 

bushy plants. 

Increase space with containers. 

Consider growing some of 

your frequently used herbs and 

vegetables in pots on the patio, 

balcony, or deck for convenience. 

You can quickly grab 

what you need when creating 

your favorite meal. 

Grow multiple plantings 

in each row. Start the season 

with cool season veggies like 

lettuce, peas and radishes. 

Once the temperatures climb 

and these plants are harvested 

and enjoyed, replace them with 

warm weather vegetables like 

tomatoes, peppers, beans, cucumbers, 

squash and melons. 

Finish off the season by filling 

any vacant rows with fall crops 

like greens, beets and radishes. 

Take some time to plan a 

Courtesy of Garden Supply garden that will provide you 

and your family with fresh produce 

you can enjoy all season long. Involving everyone 

in the planning process just might get them to show up 

and help weed. 

Melinda Myers is the author of more than 20 gardening 

books, including “Small Space Gardening.” She 

hosts The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything” DVD 

series and the Melinda’s “Garden Moment TV” & radio 

program. Myers is a columnist and contributing editor 

for Birds & Blooms magazine and was commissioned 

by Gardeners Supply for her expertise to write this 

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Rutland County Humane Society 

31 KITTIES! 

If you are looking for a feline friend we have several waiting to 

love you! We have 31 cats that came from a single home. These kitties 

range in age, most are adults and there are no young kittens. 

Some are very social and others are a little more reserved, but all 

deserve to have a furr-ever loving home. To adopt one of these 

amazing kitties please go to our website and fill out an application. 

Once approved we will set up a time for you to come meet all our 

wonderful cats! Vermont residents only due to Covid restrictions. 

This pet is available for adoption at 

Springfield Humane Society 

401 Skitchewaug Trail, Springfield, VT• (802) 885-3997 

*Adoptions will be handled online until further notice. 

spfldhumane.org 

IRIS - 3-years-old. Spayed 

female. Hound mix. Brown/ 

black. I just can’t seem to 

settle down, but if you have 

a treat I will sit long enough 

to take it then I am off and 

on the go! 

GRAYSON - 4-years-old. 

Neutered male. Domestic 

shorthair. Gray. Once I am 

comfortable I love to walk 

around and get lots of loving. 

JOLLY - 3-years-old. 

Spayed female. Domestic 

shorthair. Black. I am 

a sweet girl that’s looking 

for a home where I can explore 

and snuggle with my 

family. 

LITTLE BEAR - 2-yearold. 


shorthair. Black. I 

am a beautiful young lady 

with a big personality! 

TUCKER - 1-year old. 

Neutered male. Hound 

mix. Black/tan/brindle. I 

am a playful, fun, energetic 

young pup with beautiful 

markings. 

MARBLES - 2-years-old. 


shorthair. Black. I am 

a playful kitty and I would 

enjoy spending time with a 

family that can shower me 

with love! 

HERA 

I’m a 1-year-old spayed female. I arrived at Lucy Mackenzie 

when a gentle soul brought me in from wandering the outdoors. 

I was incredibly thankful, especially in my condition. I 

was pregnant. I have since given birth to 7 kittens, who have 

all have found lovely homes. I have appreciated the kind staff 

and all the attention I have received, but I am ready to find my 

very own forever home! I adore affection, but also don’t mind 

my own space from time to time, either. I am daydreaming of 

a home where I’ll be treated like a Goddess (my name is Hera, 

after all!) and somewhere I can give all the love I have to share. 

This pet is available for adoption at 

Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society 

4832 VT-44, Windsor, VT • (802) 484-5829 

*(By appointment only at this time.) Tues. - Sat. 12-4p.m. 

& Thurs. 12-7p.m. • lucymac.org 

BARNEY - 3-years-old. 

Neutered male. Domestic 

shorthair. White/cream. 

I am one of the most loving 

and sweetest cats that 

you’ll meet! 

BUD 

8-years-old. Neutered male. Jack Russell mix. 

Brown and white. Senior dog looking for retirement 

home. 

All of these pets are available for adoption at 

Rutland County Humane Society 

765 Stevens Road, Pittsford, VT • (802) 483-6700 

Tues. - Sat. 12-5p.m. Closed Sun. & Mon. • www.rchsvt.org 

MOOSE - 3-years-old. 


shorthair. Grey tiger and 

white. I would say I am 

pretty independent and not 

necessarily a lap cat. 

BELL - 3-years-old. 


shorthair. Brown tiger. I am 

a sweet little tiger that is 

looking for a forever home! 

JEWELS - 9-years-old. 


shorthair. Grey. I love to 

get attention; sometimes 

I’ll even let out a little meow 

to get your attention. 

KIT - 3-years-old. Spayed 

female. Domestic Shorthair. 

Brown tabby. I’m very 

shy and need time to adjust 

to a new environment. 

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with a new pet! We know we 

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for you! Dogs and cats - we 

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become the love of your 

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The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 HOROSCOPES • 51 

Cosmic 

Catalogue 

Aries 

March 21 - April 20 

It’s quite possible you’re feeling like 

an outsider right now. Which isn’t 

necessarily a bad thing, as you prefer 

to go it alone. Perhaps the changes 

you’re trying to make feel too far 

away to become a reality. The lack 

of momentum you’re feeling now 

is preparing you for an avalanche of 

opportunities coming your way. The 

stillness of now is asking you to be 

cautious rather than impulsive about 

your next bold move. 

Taurus 

April 21 - May 20 

What will you do with this one 

precious life?” Those classic 

words by Mary Oliver are apt for your 

current astrology. With so much of the 

sky in your career sector, you might 

be wondering about your professional 

life and your overall life path and purpose. 

You might feel like the proverbial 

deer in the headlights right now. 

When the time is right, you’ll know in 

which direction you must go. 

Gemini 

May 21 - June 20 

There are so many options for you 

right now. The question is though, 

when are they going to materialize? 

For now, allow yourself the luxury 

of diving into whatever opens your 

mind, feeds you with new information 

and insight. While the pace is slow for 

you right now, your time to make a 

bold new move will come soon. For 

now, incubate these new ideas, they’ll 

be your clue in which direction to go. 

Cancer 

June 21 - July 20 

New Moon this week will set 

A a fresh money cycle. Ideas you 

have to grow your wealth, pay off 

debt or even increase it will begin to 

show signs of coming to life. As new 

avenues of prosperity open up, be sure 

to do your research and check the fine 

print of deals, contracts or agreements. 

The insight you glean throughout the 

week may provide the answers you 

need to move forward or stay put. 

Leo 

July 21 - August 20 

Relationships, one way or another, 

have a way of reflecting back to 

us the things we’d rather not see about 

ourselves. With so many opportunities 

and challenges in your partnership 

zone, you’ll need to stay level-headed 

in order to move through problems. 

This isn’t the time to let your feelings 

or your pride get in the way. An objective 

approach to any problems will 

provide a solution to ongoing problems, 

and teach you so much about 

yourself too. 

Virgo 

August 21 - September 20 

Stressed? Anxious? Worried how 

you’re going to get everything 

done? Perhaps a better question to 

consider is why are these problems on 

your shoulders in the first place? Maybe 

you’ve delegated some tasks you’d 

rather not do, which is great. However, 

if you’re still managing the problems, 

it’s still a mental burden you carry. 

Take a step back in order to empower 

others to take a step forward. 

Libra 

September 21 - October 20 

The freedom and experimentation 

you need in your social life to mingle 

with a variety of unique and interesting 

people is possible this week. It may 

need to start with the way you think 

about what fun, joy and pleasure is, first 

and foremost – it’s pandemic time after 

all. They say that thoughts are things. If 

the things in your life are not what you 

want them to be, then start with your 

thoughts about them. 

Scorpio 

October 21 - November 20 

New ideas and intentions about your 

domestic life and family dynamics 

are possible this week. You’ve been giving 

your ideal home life a lot of thought 

lately, wondering how you can make 

the most of a situation. If you’ve been at 

odds with what you want, versus what 

someone else prefers, an opportunity to 

broach tricky topics is possible. That’s 

not to say any problems will be resolved 

immediately, but you can at least choose 

to open up the lines of communication. 

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Empowering you to lead a divinely inspired life. 

Sagittarius 

November 21 - December 20 

It’s not always easy for you to be 

this grounded. Your love of travel 

and adventure has taken a massive 

hit recently. That being said, there’s 

a wealth of knowledge and discovery 

closer to home, if you’re willing 

to think outside the box. A vagabond 

spirit cannot be held back for too long 

and this week, you may discover the 

support you need to help you reimagine 

your future. For now, it’s all about 

self-discovery. 

Capricorn 

December 21 - January 20 

When people hear “manifestation,” 

they either think woowoo 

positive thinking vibes or it’s only 

about generating more money. Well, in 

your case both are true. You’ve had a 

rough trot these last few years, but that 

cycle is over now. It’s time to believe 

in yourself, your worth, your value and 

the skills and talents you have to offer. 

Believe in that and take inspired action 

everything else will happen naturally. 

Aquarius 

January 21 - February 20 

There are so many options available 

to you now. While that can 

be exciting, it can also be anxiety-inducing. 

Whatever choice we make in 

life, there is often an opportunity cost 

associated with it. Make no choice 

at all and nothing eventuates. Either 

way, a choice has to be made. What is 

it that your heart’s desire, rather than 

your logic, tells you? Tap into your 

feelings and the answer will reveal 

itself. 

Pisces 

February 21 - March 20 

Even the most compassionate 

people need to close down from 

the world every now and then. It’s 

called boundaries. If you’re tired, 

lackluster or feeling drained, that is 

your clue you’re not refilling your 

own cup. This week, commit to more 

time alone so you can process your 

thoughts, feelings and desires. A new 

dawn is arriving for you, so use this 

time to replenish your energy – physically, 

emotionally and spiritually. 

Cassandra has studied astrology for about 20 years. She is an international teacher of astrology who has been published all over the globe. 

Find your genius in the stillness 

This week brings an exceptionally rare lineup of 

planets. Out of the seven visible planets astrologers 

consult, six of these will be in Aquarius. A similar lineup 

hasn’t been seen since 1962. This much cosmic focus 

will highlight a particular area of your own life. If you’re 

not sure what that might be, consider where your 

thoughts go now. What are you stressed about? What 

keeps you up late at night with your mind churning? 

What do you need to change or reinvent? Were you 

thinking more than you are feeling? 

Overall, February is the month of thoughts, concepts 

and ideas. As a fixed air sign, letting these ideas marinate 

for a while before taking action is a must. In the 

stillness is where you’ll find your own genius. Be sure to 

take notes as this is the time to review, plan and rethink 

before launching forward. 

The tension or frustration that’s building may see a 

promising turning point. A New Moon in Aquarius on 

Thursday will plant a proverbial seed and begin a fresh 

cycle of cooperation and prosperity. What feels stuck or 

stagnant now won’t last long. Use the time in between 

to launch yourself in a direction that feels most authentic 

to you. 

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Eastern white pine: the 

Northeast’s tallest conifer 

Last summer I regularly passed a stand of towering white pine trees at Camp 

Plymouth State Park in Ludlow, where I live and work. Most days I saw at least one 

hairy woodpecker, a few blue jays, chickadees, a pair of broad-winged hawks, and a 

multitude of red squirrels around the trees. One day I looked 

up to their crowns and wondered, “Why are there so many 

pinecones at the top, and what other animals use these trees?” 

Eastern white pines (Pinus strobus) can grow to more than 

100 feet in height and range from southern Canada, west to 

Minnesota and Iowa, east to the Atlantic Coast, and south along 

the Appalachian Mountains to northern parts of Georgia and 

The Outside 

Story 

By Tiffany Soukup 

Alabama. The tallest conifer in the Northeast, the white pine was 

known as the “mast tree” during colonial times, when their tall, 

straight trunks were used as masts for sailing ships. The British 

crown’s claim to all white pines over 12 inches in diameter was 

one of the many factors contributing to colonists’ unrest and 

eventual upheaval. Beyond its usefulness in building ships, the 

Eastern white pine is integral to a plethora of woodland wildlife. 

Like most conifers, white pine trees are monoecious, meaning the same tree bears 

both male and female cones. The male cones are commonly called pollen cones, 

while female cones are called seed cones. Pollen cones are yellowish and ovoid and 

grow in spike-like clusters. Each cone is approximately half an inch long, with tightly 

overlapping scales. Seed cones range in color from pink to green when immature. 

They grow to roughly 4 to 8 inches in length and turn brown as they mature. 

Although these trees grow relatively quickly – adding roughly 3 feet in height each 

year between the ages of 15 and 45 years – a white pine tree does not bear seed cones 

until it is at least 5 years old and about 20 feet tall, and it takes up to 30 years for a tree to 

have viable seed production. Male pollen cones typically occur every other year. 

Fertilization is generally a two-year process. In spring of the first year, male cones 

produce pollen. Each grain of pollen has small wing-like structures that help the pollen 

become airborne and travel up to 700 feet from the tree – and even farther in open 

areas. If the pollen finds its way to a female cone, it lands and grows into a long, thin 

tube toward the center of the cone where the egg is located. The pollen combines with 

the egg, resulting in a fertilized embryo. Usually by fall of the second year the embryo 

has grown into a seed. Typically, each seed scale of a female cone contains two seeds. 

When the seeds are mature, the female cone will open and release them. 

Seeds are dispersed by attached wings into the wind. If they find their way to the 

forest floor, these seeds will have the chance to germinate. Some of the wildlife that 

relies on white pine trees may also assist in reproduction. Animals from mice and voles 

to squirrels collect unopened cones and 

TOS > 59 

IRS audit red flags 

Certain red flags could increase your 

chances of getting the attention of the 

IRS. Luckily, the chances that your tax 

return will be chosen for an 

audit are very low. The IRS 

audited less than 0.5% of 

all tax returns in 2019. The 

majority of exams were by 

mail, which means that most 

taxpayers never met with an 

IRS agent in person. Also, it is 

likely that the IRS audit rate 

will be even lower for 2020 

because of Covid. This doesn’t 

mean you should try to avoid 

paying what you owe but the 

following red flags could increase your 

chances of receiving an IRS letter. 

Higher income taxpayers 

The chances go up as your income increases. 

Taxpayers with incomes between 

$250,000 and $1 million had close to a 

1% chance of audit. And about 2.5% of 

taxpayers’ returns reporting incomes of 

$1 million or more were audited. 

Failing to file 

The primary focus of the IRS seems 

to be on individuals who received more 

than $100,000 of income but failed to 

file a tax return – but this is a red flag 

for any level of taxpayer. Non-filing 

could result in levies, liens or criminal 

charges. 

Virtual currency 

The IRS has new focus on taxpayers 

who sell, receive, trade bitcoin or other 

virtual currencies. They recently went 

to federal court to get names of customers 

of Coinbase, a virtual currency 

exchange. Know that all individual 

taxpayers must state on their 1040 if they 

received, sold, sent, acquired or exchanged 

virtual currency last year. The 

tax rules treat bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies 

as property for tax purposes. 

Taking large charitable deductions 

The IRS knows the average charitable 

donation for certain income levels. 

Keep all your documents, including 

receipts for cash and property contributions 

made during the year. 

Not reporting income 

The IRS gets copies of all the 1099s 

and W-2s you receive, so you need to 

report all required income on your 

return. A mismatch sends up a red flag 

and causes the IRS computers to spit out 

a bill. Report all income sources on your 

1040 return, whether or not you receive 

a form such as a 1099. 

Owning a business 

A Schedule C is the place for tax 

deductions for self-employed people. 

The IRS knows that self-employed 

people often claim excessive deductions 

and fail to report all their income. Sole 

proprietors reporting at least $100,000 of 

Money 

Matters 

By Kevin Theissen 

The IRS audited less than 0.5% 

of all tax returns in 2019. 

receipts on Schedule C and cash heavy 

businesses have a higher audit risk. The 

same is true for business owners who 

report significant losses. 

Multiple years of business 

losses 

If you report several years 

of losses on Schedule C, and 

the business looks more like 

a hobby, this is a red flag. This 

is especially true if you have 

higher income from other 

sources. You need to have a 

reasonable expectation of 

making a profit and show a 

profit 3 out of every 5 years. 

Business use of a vehicle 

When a car is depreciated, it has to be 

a percentage of its use during the year 

that was for business. Claiming 100% 

business use of an automobile is a big 

red flag. It’s important to keep detailed 

mileage reports. Also, keep in mind that 

if you use the standard mileage rate, you 

cannot claim expenses for maintenance 

and insurance. This would be another 

red flag. 

Unreported IRA and 401k distributions 

Traditional IRAs and 401(k) distributions 

are often taxable income. Also, if 

you take a payout before 59½ years old, 

you are, more often than not, subject 

to a 10% penalty on top of the regular 

income tax. A 2015 IRS report found that 

nearly 40% of individuals investigated 

made errors on their income tax returns 

with respect to retirement payouts, with 

most of the errors from those who didn’t 

qualify for an exception to the 10% additional 

tax on early distributions. 

Failing to report gambling 

winnings or claiming big 

gambling losses 

Gambling winnings must be 

reported as income on your tax 

return. Professional gamblers 

show their winnings on Schedule 

C. It’s important to report 

gambling winnings because casinos 

and other sites report the amounts on 

Form W-2G. You can deduct losses but 

only to the extent that you report gambling 

winnings. 

There are many other potential red 

flags out there so make sure you pay all 

the tax you owe but not a penny more. 

Kevin Theissen is the owner of HWC 

Financial in Ludlow.

The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 COLUMNS • 53 

The Movie 

Diary 

By Dom Cioffi 

Like many children across the country, my son has been 

learning remotely for the better part of a year. Unlike some 

kids who struggled with staying focused amidst the distractions 

of home and the ease of slouching off during Zoom 

meetings, my son’s performance in 

school actually improved. 

Of course, it didn’t start out that 

way. It took his mother and I several 

weeks before we caught onto the 

scheming that he and his friends 

were up to behind the scenes. 

When his grades initially 

slipped at the start of the pandemic 

lockdown, we were quick 

to blame the strange environment 

that students were thrust into. 

But then, after a little analysis and 

some sleuthing, the truth started 

leaking out. 

First of all, I was highly dismayed to find out that teachers 

weren’t requiring kids to have their video cameras on 

during class discussions. I quickly put the kibosh to that 

practice in our home. I even emailed a teacher to find out 

what the protocol was for meetings. I was told they didn’t 

require facetime since some students lacked the necessary 

technology. 

I read the email answer back to my son and then dragged 

him over to the iMac sitting on his desk. I then pointed at 

the camera on his computer 

and commanded, 

“See that tiny lens? Every 

time you’re in a class, that 

puppy is on. Understood?” 

He shook his head in 

agreement, visibly put-off at the prospect of having everyone 

in his class looking at him. I told him it’s no different 

than a regular classroom – you may look around at first, but 

after a while, you don’t pay attention to anyone. 

I also had to trigger the Screen Time app on his phone in 

order to disable his ability to peruse Snapchat and communicate 

with his friends. He kept telling me he was using 

his phone for class projects, but then I’d hear a cackle or two 

and know something was awry. 

Recently there has been talk about the 

possibility of no more snow days in some 

schools. What a disappointment that 

would have been when I was a 

student! 

Back in the 50s and 60s 

remote learning would have 

been considered “science 

fiction.” If you weren’t in 

your classroom, education 

came to a halt. Learning via 

computer would have been 

as unimaginable as the idea 

of seeing one another while 

talking on the phone. What 

seemed like science fiction 

dreams back then are now a 

reality. 

In today’s world schools can notify 

teachers and parents about closings 

by sending one message to their cell 

phones. But how did we learn that 

school was cancelled “back in the day?” 

We found out in one of two ways. Either 

we huddled close to the radio for an 

early morning announcement or we 

waited for the whistle to blow from the 

Looking 

Back 

By Mary Ellen Shaw 

A remote chance 

...I hate having to play overlord to my 

son, but the level to which he slipped 

demanded a swift and suitable reaction. 

‘Snow days’ 

His phone now functions only as phone between the 

hours of 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. The apps are still there, but his 

ability to access them has been disabled. It’s truly 

amazing how little attention 

he gives that device when 

Screen Time is functioning. 

I even went so far as to 

remove all the color from 

his iPhone screen so it only 

displays in shades of gray. He 

told me that was beyond unnecessary 

and that it ruined 

everything he looked at on his 

phone (I took that as another 

sign of progress). 

However, the most dramatic 

thing we did was move 

his desk out of his bedroom 

and downstairs into the dining 

room where both his mother 

and I can see him. During 

the day, the three of us form a 

triangle where none of us are 

less than 30 feet apart doing our 

respective jobs. If he even thinks 

about closing his eyes or flipping 

through a comic book, we’re 

right there to reign him in. 

In all honesty, I hate 

having to play overlord 

to my son, but the level 

to which he slipped demanded a swift and suitable reaction. 

And from what I hear from the few teachers I know, 

our experience was not the exception, it was the norm. 

In fact, I can’t tell you the number of parents that I had 

conversations with who were suffering many of the same 

challenges. 

I screamed and yelled to the point of a migraine trying 

to get my son to stay on task. I offered him bribes and special 

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Rutland city fire station at 7 a.m. 

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to Easterly Avenue. It was quite a run 

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was getting onto the sleds. Clothes 

were bulky and our parents dressed us in 

so many layers that bending down to get 

onto a sled or coaster was no easy feat. 

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“A good tune can drive high performance 

skiing,” emphasized Jed Duke, 

director of product development at 

Blizzard Skis. 

...a fabulous tune can make a 

mediocre ski perform far better 

than many might imagine ... 

“More than ever tuning is the link 

between a successful or hateful experience,” 

added former World Cup tuner 

Mike DeSantis, owner and tuner of Ski 

MD, a Boston area shop dedicated to 

performance tuning. 

Unfortunately, many skiers rarely 

enjoy a precision tune. 

As I tested a carving ski on frozen 

hardpack late last season, days before 

Covid-19 closed resorts, a husband and 

Finally, I sat him down and in a very calm and detailed 

manner, outlined why he needed to own this process 

like an adult, because neither 

his mother nor I had the time 

or mental bandwidth to play 

education manager. Sure, we’re 

here to help whenever there are 

questions, but for the love of 

God, stop fighting us every step 

of the way! 

Eventually, I think he saw 

the utter exhaustion and 

exasperation on our faces and 

started to man-up. It was slow 

at first, but more and more 

we began to see him taking 

responsibility. 

And now I can honestly 

say that he is the best 

student he has ever been. 

He’s more disciplined, resourceful, 

and more than 

anything, seems to care 

about doing well. 

So, do I want him to 

stick with at-home learning 

forever? Not a chance 

in hell! He’s a social 

animal and he needs 

to be around his peers 

because, as we all know, 

there’s a lot more to learning than reading books. 

This week’s feature, “The White Tiger,” is about another 

young man who is struggling to find his way and who uses 

an interesting work situation to change his life and take 

charge of his own destiny. 

This is an intensely gripping drama set in India that 

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an amazing story of education and survival. Check this 

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Maintaining a 

performance edge 

By Tony Crespi, The Mountain Journal 

wife complimented my turns. While 

flattered, I explained my skiing was 

more a product of the tune than my skill. 

In fact, a fabulous tune can make a 

mediocre ski perform far 

better than many might 

imagine while even an 

elite carver with dull 

ragged edges will not ski 

as designed. At various 

annual trade shows where 

new skis are unveiled to the industry, 

manufacturers often polish edges and 

wax bases several times to maximize 

performance. In contrast, many recreational 

skiers will tune or have skis 

tuned erratically. 

That morning my edges were sharp 

and smooth. The base was glossy with 

polished wax. And the combination 

was dynamite! 

Fortunately, with a few tuning tools 

Looking back > 59 Performance edge > 55

54 • COLUMNS 


> 

Avalanche: Skiin’ Ian remembered 

from page 11 

the U.S. Forest Service and Mountain Rescue Services 

moved into the area. 

By analyzing photos and texts that Forgays had sent 

friends, the search was narrowed to three drainages 

that feed into the Ammonoosuc River. The accident 

report stated: 

“Open water and thinly bridged stream crossings, 

combined with elevated avalanche danger, forced 

teams to travel through dense brush along stream 

banks. Deep snow created ‘spruce traps,’ hindering 

rescuers’ travel, even wearing skis and snowshoes.” 

Two skiers who were also trained in search and 

rescue came out of Monroe Brook drainage and 

confirmed that the snowpack was solid there and that 

there had been no sign of slides in that drainage. At 

the same time, cell phone records pinpointed Forgays’ 

whereabouts to an area directly above the main 

drainage. As the team moved up the drainage, they saw 

signs of fresh avalanche debris, most likely from a slide 

on Tuesday, the day after Forgays went missing. 

As the report states: 

“At 4:25 p.m., a beacon signal was acquired by 

a searcher with a dog and Recco receiver in the 

uppermost flat area beneath the largest continuous 

WNW-facing slope of the Ammonoosuc, at around 

3,950’ of elevation. Pinpoint search techniques with 

an avalanche transceiver located a beacon signal 3.8 

meters (12’6”) beneath the debris, which had piled up 

against the face of an overhanging rock buttress.” 

Eight people took turns over an hour and 35 minutes 

digging, using the longest probes they had. They finally 

found Forgays, 13 feet deep, dead from asphyxiation. 

His was the first avalanche fatality on Mt. Washington 

in two years. Since 1849, when records began to be 

kept, only 13 avalanche deaths have been documented 

on Mt. Washington. 

Living large 

“Having spent considerable time in the mountains 

with Ian over the last 20 years (he loved to ski in front of the 

camera) we can almost envision how it all went down,” his 

friend, photographer Brian Mohr wrote to VT Ski&Ride 

in an email shortly after hearing the news. “He was such 

a genuine character, a loyal friend, a total goofball, and 

a hilarious ‘Unky Ian’ to our kids. He was just incredibly 

stoked to ski. He was truly dedicated to the ski bum 

lifestyle… and so much more.” 

Ry Young, Mad River Glen’s communications director, 

remembers Forgays’ joy and zest for lift as well. “On nice 

days, he’d be sitting out in front of the summit shack 

soaking up the sun like an alligator,” he said. But his best 

memory is of the first time he met Forgays. “We were 

mountain biking in Waterbury and kept hearing these 

whoops and yells. We got closer and this guy goes flying by, 

shirtless, wearing regular shorts and I am not sure if he even 

had shoes on. That was Ian.” 

Tara Geraghty-Moats, the recent World Cup winner for 

women’s Nordic Combined and a long-time Mad River 

Glen skier, posted a moving tribute on Facebook: “Thanks 

Lincoln Lynx for instilling in everyone around you your love 

for nature, beer, skiing, racing, duct tape, mirror lenses, flat 

brims, hard work, Bob Marley, going fast, going way too 

fast, hucking it, sending it and living it. You were an amazing 

role model in all the worst and best ways. If there were more 

people like you in the world, it would be a better place...” 

Forgays’ death sent shockwaves through the 

backcountry community and sympathy was abundant. 

On social media, as is often the case, some who did not 

know him and were not aware of the circumstances were 

quick to second guess his decisions. 

But as the accident report stated: 

“Accidents like this serve as a stark reminder to us all 

of the role that luck can play in successful outcomes in 

our backcountry endeavors. Ian Forgays had many years 

of experience in this terrain and, according to texts sent 

on Sunday, planned ‘to move slowly and intentionally’ 

knowing that some lines there are ‘rowdier than others.’ By 

Brad Moskowitz peered up Ammonoosuc Ravine on a spring day. 

all accounts, he was a very accomplished skier with many 

of the steepest lines in the Whites under his belt.” 

A season of avalanches 

Over the past 10 winters, an average of 27 people have 

died each year in avalanches in the U.S. 

This ski season alone, 20 people have died since Dec. 

18, 2020. Sixteen of those were skiers or snowboarders in 

the backcountry, including one former ski patroller and 

avalanche forecaster in Crested Butte, Colo. 

On Feb. 1, the same day Forgays went to Mt. 

Washington, three experienced skiers from Eagle 

County, Colorado were swept to their deaths by an 

avalanche near Silverton. 

On Thursday, Feb. 4, in Vail, Colo., a skier ducked out 

of bounds to the easily-accessed East Vail Chutes when 

an avalanche buried him in area known as Marvin’s, 

which is below treeline. Companions and other riders in 

the area found the skier but were unable to revive him. 

And this past Saturday, Feb. 6, four skiers were 

caught in one of the deadliest slides in Utah’s history, at 

Millcreek Canyon, prompting Park City Resort to close 

the backcountry gates. 

While avalanche danger may have been far higher in 

those instances than it was when Ian Forgays set out to 

ski Ammonoosuc, it is something that is always present 

to some degree. 

By David Goodman, Courtesy of VT Ski and Ride 

As the Mt. Washington incident report concluded: 

“In this case, when Ian Forgays triggered a small 

wind slab, a partner may have saved his life…but given 

the terrible terrain trap below, maybe not. Forgays was 

found equipped with avalanche safety gear, including 

an avalanche transceiver, which helped rescuers and the 

family immensely. It appears evident from the totality 

of the circumstances that Forgays was prepared and 

knowledgeable about the mountain and its ski conditions. 

But, it is important to remember that even the most 

experienced skiers with all the correct preparations and 

equipment risk more when skiing alone. Even small 

avalanches can be deadly, especially over a terrain trap. 

If there are lessons to be learned from this accident, they 

aren’t new. Skiing technical lines, in a thin snowpack 

above a notorious terrain trap, with no partners, even on a 

low danger day, raises the stakes tremendously.” 

As David Goodman said later when he heard the news: 

“When we go into the backcountry, we’re motivated by the 

love of high and wild places. Part of what lures us to the 

mountains is the drama of these landscapes. But forces 

much bigger than us are at play when we venture out. ” 

The Waterbury Center-based author of Best Backcountry 

Skiing in the Northeast, paused and then added. “It’s very 

tragic, humbling and sobering to see those forces at work. 

There but for the grace of God go I.”

The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 COLUMNS • 55 

Performance edge: A good tune can make the difference between a good day on the slopes, and a great one 

> 

from page 53 

it is not difficult to maintain that performance edge. 

Still, many skiers don’t realize modern skis come with 

base and side edges “beveled” to specific angles: side 

bevels impact edge hold and base bevels maximize 

turn entry and exit. While angles vary between manufacturers 

and across models, many skis come with a 1 

degree base bevel and a 2 or 3 degree side bevel. 

Critically, though, after day or two skiing on hard, 

icy conditions, edge performance can erode, and 

wax degrade as decreases occur in glide, ease of 

turning, and edge “grip.” When I touched my edges 

that afternoon the edges now were marked by rough 

burrs. Fortunately, with a few tools, you can generally 

restore that sharp edge as one might resharpen a 

kitchen knife. Welcome to our tuner’s clinic. 

The basic guide to edge maintenance 

1) Wipe your skis after use. 

Wiping skis minimizes corrosion and helps remove 

harmful pollutants. Ideally, wipe edges to avoid rust 

at the end of the day. Following your ride home after 

skiing try wiping each ski to minimize corrosion. 

2) Maintain a smooth and sharp edge. 

• To start, purchase a “file holder” which can 

hold a file and diamond stone. There are multiple 

holders ranging from highly precise aluminum 

fixed holders from Swix or Sun Valley 

Ski Tools as example, to more modest plastic 

“guides.” The idea behind a holder is that the 

device holds a diamond stone, file, or polishing 

stone at a set angle providing a consistent 

and rapid tune. 

• With the guide set to either the manufacturer’s 

edge angle or the angle set by your shop, the 

guide moves along the side edge of the ski 

removing burrs and creating a smooth feel. (A 

medium grit blue stone is an excellent tool to 

maintain smoothness or prepare an edge for 

rough filing). 

• “You need a guide,” emphasized DeSantis. 

“Look for something with a plastic body and a 

dial which says 1, 2, or 3 degrees. Choosing one 

is that simple.” 

• Mark your edges with a felt-tip marker pen. 

This helps provide a visual guide. The black 

should disappear evenly as you file and polish 

the edge. 

• Start with a diamond stone to remove burrs. 

(Blue DMT) 

• Use a file to tune dull skis. 

• Polish with a diamond stone. We suggest a 

red diamond stone for polishing. A hand can 

waver. A tool is key. 

3) Wax. Waxing protects the base, maximizes glide 

and turning capabilities. While many shops and racers 

hot-wax skis a “home iron” with excessive heat or 

poor technique can pose risk. A favorite alternative 

is the Pro-Glide. After rubbing wax onto the base, 

this round cylinder effectively uses “line pressure” to 

safely melt rubbed wax into the base. 

Tools 

• A wiping cloth 

• A side edge file/diamond stone holder. A good 

buy is the FK/SKS Variable Sharpener with file. 

• A diamond stone to smooth burrs and maintain 

sharpness. DMT Diamond stones are 

popular and relatively inexpensive. 

• Wax 

The advanced guide to edge 

maintenance 

This is the professional tune. 

1) Start by having your base restored. 

Base filing and stone grinding help keep the base 

smooth and flush with the edges. Understand, if the 

base is either convex or concave the ski will not turn as 

designed. If the bases are worn it may be necessary to 

have the skis stone ground but don’t confuse a tune with 

a stone grind. If you have a complete tune after a base 

grind, base edges need to be reset. 

Sometimes skiers over-file the base edge. Once it’s set 

gently maintain it with a diamond stone. The side edge 

is where you do most sharpening. 

2) Remove excess sidewall. 

Racers and top tuners typically use a skyver to remove 

excess sidewall material. It makes tunes last longer and 

tuning is faster. 

3) Prepare side edges. 

For the average skier diamond stones are great and 

can maintain sharpness. Whenever you feel burrs, pull 

that diamond stone down the edge. 

“If I am going to file I always diamond stone first,” explains 

Desantis. “And I finish with a red diamond stone.” 

4) Apply a clean coat of wax. 

Waxing protects the base and helps ensure a smooth, 

easy turning, gliding ski. From liquid waxes which can 

be wiped onto the base and buffed to the Pro-Glide, 

waxing can be rapidly accomplished without risk. If you 

use an electric iron purchase one specific for skis. 

The takeaway is that after a few days even a top racing 

ski will begin to lose performance. Testing a new ski 

last season I felt performance erode as I skied multiple 

runs on the ice. Tuning, though, could easily have restored 

grip. Fortunately, tuning need not take excessive 

time. With a side file holder, two diamond stones of 

different grits, a file, and wax, most skiers can maintain 

maximum performance with minimal effort. 

Maximize your performance. Maintain your edge! 

Tony Crespi has served as both a ski school supervisor 

and development team coach. He’s a frequent 

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TOS: The mighty white pine stands tallest amongst all the trees in the forest 

from page 52 

their young. 

Broken stumps with hollow cavities 

offer advantageous dens for raccoons 

and porcupines. Mother black bears 

use large white pines as “babysitter” 

trees, sending cubs up the trunk 

– whose rough bark makes for easy 

climbing – to the high branches, above 

danger. Bald eagles and osprey often 

choose the sturdy branches of white 

pines – or trees whose tops have blown 

off – to hold their large nests. 

I am always taken aback and humbled 

when I learn more about a part 

of nature that seems so common. I’ve 

often hide them away for future meals. 

The cones in unretrieved caches 

may eventually open and produce 

seedlings. 

Eastern white pines, particularly 

mature trees, are important for a wide 

variety of wildlife. Over half the woodland 

bird species in the Northeast live 

in habitats that are comprised of white 

pines, including crossbills, woodpeckers, 

owls, a variety of cavity nesting 

birds, and hawks. Older white pines 

often have areas where bark partially 

peels away from the tree, providing a 

safe place for bats to roost and raise 

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Looking back: Snow days have delighted children for years 

from page 53 

coasters of that era looked like, they were metal, silver 

in color and round in shape. You sat on them with your 

legs crossed and held on to strap-like handles. You 

steered with your body, if you were lucky! 

Most parents in our neighborhood only had one 

car and the fathers drove them to their jobs. So a 

“snow day” meant staying in the neighborhood. But 

why would we want to go anywhere when sliding 

could happen right in our 

own backyard? Our favorite 

hill was right in the 

middle of Howard Avenue 

so parents on either end of 

the street didn’t have to go 

far if they were looking for 

us. But I think when we left 

the house most parents didn’t expect to see us until it 

was meal time! 

As we got a little older and could venture farther 

from home we headed to the hilly section of Piedmont. 

But why would we want to 

go anywhere when sliding 

could happen right in our own 

backyard? 

walked by white pines thousands 

of times. Now, when I see these 

towering giants of the forest, I have 

a deeper appreciation and think, “I 

am so glad you are here.” 

Tiffany Soukup is a writer, 

photographer, park manager with 

Vermont State Parks, and traveler. 

Illustration by Adelaide Murphy 

Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned 

and edited by Northern Woodlands 

magazine and sponsored by the 

Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New 

Hampshire Charitable Foundation: 

nhcf.org. 

Those hills were shorter in length but steeper. Fortunately, 

the road at the bottom had very little traffic 

because that is exactly where we often ended up! 

Sleds and coasters weren’t the only sources of neighborhood 

fun we also had an ice skating rink at the home 

of Gordon and Eleanor Goodrich. Their son, Steve, was 

close to my age so he was part of the neighborhood 

gang. The rink was flooded and maintained just for us 

kids. I found out just a few 

years ago that the fellow 

who helps close our pool 

is the grandson of Gordon 

and Eleanor Goodrich. I 

found myself over 60 years 

later reminiscing with him 

about all the fun his grandparents 

had provided. It’s a small world at times. 

Getting snow days felt like such a bonus. Would we 

rather be sitting in a classroom or playing outside? 

Hmmm….such an easy choice for a kid! 

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V-Day: Some options beyond the standard dinner and a movie for you and your sweetie 

from page 40 

Find hearts in the parks 

to their scheduled time. A couple = 2 people only. 

HARTFORD—Get ready for an adventure as you explore 

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you in pursuit of the hearts) to be entered into a prize 

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Perfect for individuals or the entire household. 

You will love solving questions and exploring parks 

as you take part in hearts in the parks. No registration 

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If you would like 

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hearts in the park worksheet, give them a 

call at 802-295-5036 or email recreation@ 

hartford-vt.org. Worksheets may also be 

picked up at the Town Hall (located in a box 

on the parking lot side door). 

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whether it’s your daughter, son, or that special 

household member and head to the Wendell 

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sweetheart. Includes 45 minutes of ice skating and a 

special treat for each couple. Pre-registration required. 

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Frontline workers in the waste and recycling industry are essential to ensuring the 

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Bag your trash and 

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2 

Keep your recyclables 

loose - don’t bag them. 

3 

When in doubt, 

throw it out. 

4 

Masks, gloves or batteries 

don’t belong in recycling. 

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The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 REAL ESTATE • 61 

Should I DIY? 

How to decide whether if it’s best to renovate on your own 

A do-it-yourself 

mentality has taken 

hold in millions of 

households across 

the globe. Popular 

television channels 

like HGTV and DIY 

Network as well as 

accessible home 

improvement content 

on apps like YouTube 

has inspired many 

homeowners to tackle 

renovation projects 

around their homes. 

Taking such initiative 

is admirable, though it 

also can prove costly if homeowners end 

up biting off more than they can chew. 

Home improvement videos and 

television shows have a tendency to 

oversimplify renovation projects, potentially 

giving homeowners a false sense of 

confidence in their DIY abilities. A concerted 

effort on the part of homeowners 

to determine if it’s best to renovate on 

their own or hire a professional should 

always be the first step of any renovation 

project. No two homeowners are the 

same, but the following three questions 

can help homeowners determine if DIY 

is their best option. 

Can I afford to DIY? 

Professional home improvement 

projects are costly for a variety of reasons. 

Materials can be costly, but so are 

the tools and labor necessary to do the 

job right. Homeowners may not have 

the tools necessary to complete complicated 

projects. Specialty tools can be 

expensive to purchase or even rent, and 

the cost of acquiring such tools should 

be included in any DIY project cost 

estimates. Labor also factors heavily into 

professional projects, and for good reason. 

Talented contractors have unique 

skills that have been developed and perfected 

over many years. Those skills can 

ensure projects are completed quickly 

and correctly. Labor may seem costly, 

but such costs may ultimately prove to 

be a bargain compared to the cost of fixing 

DIY mistakes. Projects that are minor 

in scope and don’t require the use of 

potentially costly specialty tools may be 

better suited for weekend warriors than 

more complicated renovations. 

Do I have the time? 

Homeowners must determine how 

much time they have to complete a project 

before deciding to do it themselves. 

No one wants to spend months staring 

at an unfinished renovation project. 

Homeowners who are already pressed 

for time may not be able to complete 

projects in a timely fashion, which can 

make homes less comfortable and even 

less safe. 

Can I pull this off? 

DIY projects can instill homeowners 

with a sense of pride in their homes, 

but it’s imperative that homeowners 

considering the DIY option conduct 

an honest assessment of their skills. A 

A concerted effort 

on the part of 

homeowners to 

determine if it’s 

best to renovate 

on their own or 

hire a professional 

should always be 

the first step of any 

renovation project. 

lack of renovation 

experience does not 

necessarily mean a 

homeowner cannot 

successfully complete 

a DIY project. But in 

such instances, it may 

be best to start with 

small, straightforward 

projects and then 

gradually move up to 

bigger, more complicated 

projects as skills 

are fine tuned. And 

homeowners who 

have never been at 

their best with a hammer 

in hand should not be ashamed to 

leave the work to the professionals. 

Television shows and online tutorials 

can make renovations appear easier 

than they actually are. Homeowners 

considering DIY renovations can ask 

themselves a handful of questions to determine 

if they’re ready for the challenge 

of renovating their homes on their own. 

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Pat 

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Chris 

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Katie 

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The Mountain Times • Feb. 10-16, 2021 REAL ESTATE • 63 

112 HIGHRIDGE RD, KILLINGTON 

One bedroom, ground-level Highridge Condominium, 

minutes from the mountain. Updated kitchen —new 

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throughout the unit. Supplemental propane heater 

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