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Check out what's NEW!Come Experience & Luxuriate in...BACK IN STOCK...2 Sided Mattresses• Sofas• Recliners• Sectionals• Special OrdersOver 300FabricsStahler FurnitureQuality, Comfort & Style469 Broad Street, Route 5, Lyndonville, VTMon. thru Fri. 9-5, Sat. 9-3, Sun. Closed802-626-5996 1-800-439-5996296 Meadow St., Littleton, NH | 4584 U.S. Rte. 5, Newport, VTSTICKLERSGO FIGUREKAKUROSUDOKUPUZZLES ON PAGE 16CRYPTO QUIPEVEN EXCHANGEMAGIC MAZEFEAR KNOTSUPER CROSSWORDpage 6 The WORLD January 26, 2022AinsworthPublic LibraryWilliamstownLook for us on Facebook: Ainsworth Public Library802-433-5887library@williamstownvt.orgwww.ainsworthpubliclibrary.org2338 VT RTE 14 Williamstown, VTPhase 4.5 of Library OpeningPlease check our website for details regarding what we areoffering for services: www.Ainsworthpubliclibrary.org. Nowthat we have a full crew we can offer more services. Startingthe week of December 6 our hours will be: M 10-6pm, W11-6pm, TH 11-3pm appointment and curbside. Appointmentsare limited to 6 people in the building at one time. You cansign up ahead of time by email, phone or FB messenger. OpenDays no appointment necessary: T 2-6pm, FRI 2-6pm, SA10-2pm. Mask required.Youth GiveawayStarting February 7 we will have craft take away kits foryouth for Valentine’s Day. Check website for details. FREE.WE will have them until they run out.Take Out Our SnowshoesThanks to a grant from Liberty Mutual, the library has purchased4 new pairs of snowshoes. You can check the snowshoesout for FREE. We have youth sizes and adults. This is agreat way to get out and enjoy Vermont’s beauty this time ofyear.PoemTown Randolph 2022 — Call for SubmissionsGrade K-8 students, including homeschoolers, are invitedto share their appreciation for forests and trees by creating anoriginal story and artwork for the Growing Works of Art contest.The deadline to enter is March 11.The theme of this year’s contest is “Sharing your TREEmendousstory.” Students are asked to write a short story (oneto three paragraphs) about a meaningful experience or memoryabout trees, and then create a work of art to illustrate theirstory. Entries will be judged on creativity and originality (50percent) and how well the story is told through writing and art(50 percent).All art must be original and no larger than 11 x 17 inches. Anymedium may be used, including pen, pencil, crayon, pastels,paint, cloth, collage, photography or computer-generated art.Entries may be submitted by mail or email but must includethe official entry form, which can be found at go.uvm.edu/• • •Contest Calls for Tree StoriesPoemTown organizers are now soliciting original poetrysubmissions from poets of all ages residing anywhere in Vermont.No more than three poems should be submitted, eachpoem no longer than 24 lines. The deadline for submission isFebruary 15.Poets should send 1 to 3 original poems as MS Word or rtfattachments by email to musbird@gmail.com No pdfs please!Each poem should be typed on a separate page. Please typethe name of the poet and town of residence at the bottom ofeach poem. (Poets should be assured that this information willnot be shared with the judges of the poems, but will be helpfulwhen the chosen poems are submitted to the designer whoprepares the broadsides for display in town as well as the publishedanthology.)In the text of the email, please include the poet’s contactinformation (name, mailing address, email address, and telephonenumber). Each poem should be sent as a separate attachmentto the email, with the title of the poem as each attacheddocument’s name.Poets are asked not to submit any work that has been previouslydisplayed in any PoemTown or PoemCity celebrations,and also to not submit any poems that have previously appearedin print anywhere else. Poets without access to emailshould contact Janet Watton at 802-728-9402 to request analternate submission process.By sending work to PoemTown 2022, poets agree that PoemTownmay use any poem in display, in promotional materials,and in associated online, print and other media. Poets willbe credited for their work in all places their poems appear.This ninth annual PoemTown may be scaled back due toCovid, but poems in the windows, the annual anthology, andpossible outdoor readings later in the year will be a welcomecelebration of poetry and community.growingart along with contest rules and submission guidelines.Past winning entries also are available to view on thiswebsite.The winner in each age group will receive a Vermont StatePark punch pass and will appear on Across the Fence, UVMExtension’s weekday program on WCAX-TV (if possible in2022). Winning entries will be announced on Vermont’s ArborDay, which is May 6 this year, and will be featured on thecontest website.The contest is sponsored annually by the Vermont Urbanand Community Forestry Program, a partnership betweenUniversity of Vermont Extension and the Vermont Departmentof Forests, Parks and Recreation, as part of its ArborDay activities.For more information, contact Gwen Kozlowski at gwen.kozlowski@uvm.edu or (802) 651-8343, ext. 506.Vermont Creative Futures Act to Boost Creative Sector RecoveryThe Vermont Creative Network is advocating in theVermont Legislature for an economic recovery package thatinvests $17.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)funds for cultural non-profits and creative businesses, a sectorprofoundly jeopardized by the pandemic.Companion bills in the House and Senate, co-sponsored byRep. Stephanie Jerome and Sen. Alison Clarkson, with anadditional 27 co-signers, would support a Creative EconomyRecovery Program to include:• $10 million in Creative Economy Grants for organizationsand businesses that sustained substantial losses due to Covidor who continue to operate at limited capacity• $4 million to help nonprofit cultural organizations withfacility adaptions, for example, to purchase air-purificationsystems and hand-sanitizer dispensers, assess and upgradeHVAC systems, or to expand outdoor seating• $2 million for transitional costs required to implement safepublic programming, such as touchless ticketing, online salesplatforms, and Covid-related health and safety protocolsThe grants could reach over 200 creative businesses andcultural organizations in Vermont to help them rebuild andrecover and to ensure the viability of these important communityinstitutions. Grant recipients would include museums,theaters, galleries, studios, performing arts venues, and othercultural organizations, as well as other creative sector businesses.Recovery is expensive. In order to welcome audiencesback, for example, theaters and museums are hiring morefront-line staff to conduct vaccine-card checks, purchasingmasks for performers, crew, and staff; and investing in deepcleaningbetween events or tent rentals to create outdoorvenues.The recovery package also sets aside $750,000 for CreativeSpaces Grants to revitalize vacant retail or office spacesthrough art and culture, such as events, workshops, studios orexhibitions. Grants would provide rental income to landlordswhile enabling artists or creative businesses to thrive and inturn sparking energy in towns and villages.The recovery package also includes $500,000 to supportstatewide and regional marketing of arts and cultural events,venues, and creative sector businesses, and $250,000 to sustainand build the Vermont Creative Network in order toimplement the CreateVT Action Plan.Vermont’s creative sector lost more than 8,000 jobs andmore than $216 million in sales from April to July 2020 duringthe first year of the pandemic, according to a BrookingsInstitution study. In a more recent analysis, the 197 culturalorganizations that applied for the council’s most recentCovid-relief grants reported $36 million in lost revenue fromApril 2020 to mid-2021.Vermont is scheduled to receive more than $1.25 billion incoronavirus state and local fiscal recovery funding from• • •• • •ARPA.Last session, the legislature provided support to these organizations,but the financial picture for Vermont’s culturalorganizations continues to be dire, especially now, whileOmicron is discouraging people from gathering in theaters,museums, and community centers.“COVID has shown us how important the arts are to ruraland urban communities throughout Vermont – it is vital thatwe support this sector of our economy,” said Jerome. “Weknow that creative businesses, performing arts venues andcultural organizations drive economic growth, build strongercommunities, and draw new residents. The pandemic hasdramatically jeopardized the economic viability of the artsthroughout the state, and we need to help.”“These businesses were the first to close to protect publichealth and will be among the last to reopen. Many are stillstruggling, and the future remains uncertain,” said Clarkson.“Support for the creative sector is an investment in Vermont’sfuture.”An example of a Vermont town that has benefited from thecreative sector is Rutland. Through a coordinated effort by thelocal Chamber of Commerce, downtown businesses and communitygroups, a growing list of murals, now nearing 20, andmarble sculptures, currently nine with another six alreadycommitted, has transformed the streetscape and walkability ofthe community. New online apps and maps send foot trafficwinding through the streets, visiting retail shops, and eating inlocal restaurants.“Public art is a foundational strategy for attracting newsmall businesses and visitors to Rutland’s downtown,” saidRutland business owner Mark Foley in his testimony beforethe Tourism Caucus in support of the bill.“We routinely see families and other visitors going frompiece to piece taking photos with and enjoying this incredibleart. Local restaurants and shops have seen significant increasesin day traffic over the last two years, and credit this publicart as a primary driver,” he noted.The Senate bill (S.202) is currently in the Senate EconomicDevelopment, House and General Affairs, and the House bill(H.624) is in the House Committee on Commerce andEconomic Development.For more information about the recovery package, visithttps://www.vermontartscouncil.org/vermont-creativefutures-act.About the Vermont Creative NetworkThe Vermont Creative Network is a broad collective oforganizations, businesses, and individuals working toadvance Vermont’s creative sector. Authorized by theVermont Legislature in 2016, the VCN is an initiative of theVermont Arts Council. Learn more at www.vermontcreativenetwork.org.
Income TaxPreparationGuideSharon Man Captures Rare Ice Circles In the White RiverNOFA-VT Announces 40th Annual Winter Conference, Dream into BeingThe Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont(NOFA-VT) announced their 40th Annual Winter Conference,Dream into Being, is happening February 17th through March5th both online and on farms around Vermont. Registration isnow open!NOFA-VT’s winter conference brings together hundreds offarmers, homesteaders, gardeners, land managers, educators,students, producers, policy-makers, and activists to learn,connect, organize, and celebrate the movement toward a moreeconomically viable, ecologically sound, and socially justagricultural future.This year’s conference is mostly online with over 40 workshopsand panel discussions, a featured speaker series, trivianight, film screening, and more. The conference also offersopportunities to connect in-person at outdoor socials on localfarms where participants can gather around bonfires, meet upwith friends, do outdoor activities like skiing and sledding,and go on farm tours.This is the fortieth year NOFA-VT is organizing their winterconference and the second year of offering it virtually.What began as an annual meeting of farmers in a church basementin Montpelier in the eighties has transformed into alandmark event for New England’s agricultural and food community.Pre-pandemic, the conference attracted over a thousandpeople to UVM’s Davis Center for a three day in-personevent.Vermont Fish and Wildlife Partners with Association ofVermont Conservation Commissions On UpdatedHandbook to Tackle 21st Century ChallengesThe Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is pleased topartner with the Association of Vermont ConservationCommissions (AVCC) to announce a new handbook designedas a resource for Vermonters serving on municipal conservationcommissions.According to the department, approximately half ofVermont towns and cities have an active conservation commission.These local groups of volunteers take on a widerange of projects, from removing invasive species on townlands, to raising funds for conservation deals, to leading birdingoutings in their communities.“We are incredibly grateful to the Vermonters who dedicateso much time and effort towards conservation in their communities,”says department conservation planning biologistJens Hilke. “Conservation commissions can be the backboneof local efforts to protect fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats.”The AVCC first published the document that serves asinspiration for this current handbook in the 1990s, to helpvolunteers sustain town conservation commissions.Recognizing that it was time for an update, the AVCCProgram Gives Scoop On AnimalsKids 8-18 can gain a better appreciation of different farmanimals through a virtual learning opportunity offered by theUniversity of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H program thiswinter.Animal Scoops will be presented via Zoom on four consecutiveTuesdays from 5-6 p.m., beginning February 22nd.Enrollment in 4-H is not required to participate.UVM Extension 4-H educators will teach the sessions,sharing information on the animal of the day through funactivities such as videos, trivia, recipes and hands-on exercises.Dates and topics are Delve into Dairy (February 22),• • •By CompassVermont.comMichael Miller from Sharon was kind enough to share withCompass Vermont the images of an ice circle he captured inthe White River, just below White Brook Road in Sharon.Brian Jackson, a meteorologist with the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), who has dedicatedhis career to the study of snow and ice, told the Smithsonianthat “ice circles occur when moving water forces ice to slowlyrotate.“What’s happening here is shear—when on one side of theice you have water that’s moving faster than on the other side,causing the ice to rotate,” Jackson says. “The result is an eddycurrent, like a whirlpool.”The meteorologist explains that there are two ways for icecircles to form. The first happens when there’s ice in a stationaryarea but a change in water speed due to a topographicforce, such as a bend in a river, causes the ice to rotate until itforms the shape of a circle.The other instance occurs when a hunk of ice breaks offof an ice sheet that’s located in a rotation zone. “The watersurrounding it will cause it to rotate, naturally forming intoa circle as any pointy edges start to grind down as they brushagainst the surrounding ice,” he says.While they are indeed a unique thing to see in nature, oddsare most Vermonters won’t mind them going away if it meansspring is on the way.CompassVermont.Com is an independent publicationfounded by a native Vermonter, providing non-editorial newsand stories presented in concert with the culture, mindset, andvalues of the Green Mountain State.“The beauty of an online conference is the accessibility,”said Zea Luce, NOFA-VT’s Events & EngagementCoordinator. “After last year’s conference we heard frommany busy farmers, parents, and other attendees who werethrilled to connect and learn from one another from the comfortof their homes, without the hassle of travel or lodging.”“Whenever I attend a NOFA-VT conference, I alwayscome away feeling so grateful to be a part of this communitythat NOFA-VT supports, nurtures, and holds together,” saidRyan Fitzbeauchamp, owner and farmer at Evening SongFarm in Cuttingsville, Vermont. “Somehow, even when theconference is virtual, I take away the same joy in being connectedto this wide community of growers, gardeners, educators,activists.”“This year’s conference theme, Dream into Being, is aninvitation to dream big together: to get bold about naming thefuture we all long for– and need,” said NOFA-VT’s ExecutiveDirector, Grace Oedel. “After what we’ve all gone throughthese last two years, it’s never been more important to cometogether and imagine new ways of growing food, feeding ourcommunities, stewarding our land, taking care of our home,and building a more resilient food system.”Registration for the conference is offered at a sliding scaleof $0-$150 dollars. The conference is free for Black,Indigenous, and people of color.See full event details at nofavt.org/conference.• • •• • •began work on this second edition handbook in partnershipwith department conservation planning staff in the CommunityWildlife Program.In addition to a complete revision of the existing chapterson basics like starting a new conservation commission andcreating a budget, the new edition includes sections on digitalcommunications, partnering with outside organizations, andfundraising. These additions will help conservation commissionsmeet modern challenges, such as reaching new audiencesand tackling climate change.As former AVCC board chair Nancy Everheart writes in thenew handbook’s foreword, “conservation has never felt moreurgent – and this handbook will help inspire and support thepeople who help make it happen.”“We’re especially excited to showcase examples of successstories from across the state that demonstrate how conservationcommissions dreamed up and accomplished ambitiousconservation projects,” adds Hilke. “Each chapter includesseveral of these inspiring stories.”The newly revised handbook is available online on theAVCC website.Horsin’ Around (March 1), Got Your Goat (March 8) andDon’t be Sheepish (March 15).Preregistration is required by the day before each session toreceive the link to join the program. To register, go to https://go.uvm.edu/animalscoops. Kids may choose to attend any orall sessions.If requiring a disability-related accommodation to participate,please contact UVM Extension 4-H livestock educatorWendy Sorrell at wendy.sorrell@uvm.edu or (802) 651-8343,ext. 513, by February 1.DLServices1028 US Rt. 302Suite 102 - BerlinBarre, VT 05641(802) 479-0937Denice K. Brown, LLCDenice K. BrownTax Preparer and Bookkeeperdenicekbrownllc@gmail.com1 Morin RoadBarre, VT 05641-8680802-476-5674Denise L. McBrideGeneral Accounting ServicesMdlmservices21@gmail.com•Billing•Accounts Payable/Receivable•Payroll & QuarterlyPayroll Reports•Sales Tax Reporting•Reconciliations•On-line Banking•Financial Statements•Tax PreparationSIGN UP TODAY!FOR ASPECIALWELCOMEGIFT!BECOME A FREIHOFER’S EMAIL VIPFill Out Card Today At Store 374 US Rt. 302-Berlin • BarreNo Need For Masks If Vaccinated!(Still Stay 6-ft. Apart)Every Day Is Specialat Freihofer’sMon., Tues. ............9-5Wednesday ....... 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