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We've got 28 pages filled with great gift-giving

ideas and holiday treats from busi-

nesses right in your hometown.

Plus, check out the 20 "Must-Do" activities

you and your family should enjoy this holiday season. It's all inside!

Twig remembers / 12

Giving thanksThroughout the local

region, Thanksgiving will be a

chance to both give and receive.

Many local organizations

are distributing food for local

families or are holding free

Thanksgiving meals, both

before and the day of the holi-

day.

The Poultney Food Shelf

starts things off with its annu-

al Thanksgiving Open Food

Shelf from 9 a.m. to noon,

Saturday, Nov.19, at the

Stonebridge. The fixings for a

Thanksgiving Dinner will be

available to residents of

Poultney, Middletown Springs

and Hampton, NY who are in

need this holiday season.

Please contact the Food Shelf

at (802) 287-9558.

Wells will host its second

community Thanksgiving

Dinner at the Wells Village

Elementary School, on

See MEALS, pg. 2

By Derek Liebig

Local residents who are

looking to get a jump start on

their holiday shopping will

have several options this

weekend, none of which

involves a crowded mall or

hordes of overzealous shop-

pers at department stores.

Beginning at 9 a.m. on

Saturday, Nov. 19, St. John’s

Catholic Church on Main

Street in Castleton will hold

its Holiday Bazaar.

The sale will feature an

assortment of handcrafted

items, white elephant tables

and enough homemade baked

goods to feed a small army.

Shopping abounds

this weekend

See SHOPPING, pg. 2

By Matthew Rice

A tradition for more than a

quarter-century will kick off

the holiday shopping season

Nov. 25 and 26 at the Poultney

High School as the Poultney

Christmas Fair rings in its

26th holiday season.

Shopping days have begun

to dwindle as 28 days will

remain for Christmas shop-

ping, if this opportunity to

buy from Lakes Region craft-

Enjoy Black Friday with the Blue Devils

See POULTNEY, pg. 3

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Organizations hosting free holiday meals

The Fair Haven High School football team, which entered the Division II playoffs as the No. 3 team, brought a state title home Saturday night after overwhelming Burr & Burton Academy of Manchester, 57-34, in a game played at Castleton State College.

The Slaters claimed their first title in a decade and their fifth overall. Coach Ryan Audet saw his team run off 24 unanswered points. Fourth-seeded Burr & Burton lead 14-7 at one point. See our special congratulations section, Pg. 11

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There will also be a 30 item raf-

fle beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Lunch will be served from 11

a.m. to 1 p.m. and will include

soup, gourmet desserts and

more.

The entire event comes to a

close at 2 p.m. For more infor-

mation, call 468-2446.

Elsewhere in Castleton, the

Castleton After School Program

will host its third annual Basket

Party and Holiday Craft Fair

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the

Castleton Elementary School.

The event will feature more

than 20 vendors with holiday

gifts and goodies and lunch will

be available.

Some of the basket themes

include Game Night, Car Wash,

Pet Goodies, and Toys, among

others.

Tickets are $5 for one sheet

and $2 for each addition sheet.

Winners do not need to be pres-

ent to win.

For more information, call

468-8946.

On the same day but further

north, The Benson First

Response will sponsor a Benson

Community Craft Fair from 10

a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Benson

Village School.

Handcrafted gifts, food items,

holiday decorations, jewelry, art

and an assortment of other

items will be available at rea-

sonable prices.

Lunch will be available from

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and proceeds

will benefit the Benson First

Response unit.

For more information, call

Colleen Hoard at 537-3521.

The following day, while hus-

bands and boyfriends through-

out the area are busy hunting or

watching football, the Fair

Haven Farmers’ Market will be

holding their annual Fall

Holiday Craft Show from 10

a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fair Haven

American Legion Hall.

This unique shopping expe-

rience will feature handcrafted

items from the region’s artists

and crafters and culinary

delights and fall produce from

farmers throughout the Lakes

Region.

Patrons will be able to find

handmade pottery, quilts, kitch-

en wares, jewelry, embroidered

pillow cases, wood products,

birdhouses and feeders, photog-

raphy, painted glassware, baby

items, knitted mittens and

sweaters and much more.

Farmers will also have a

variety of maple products, jam

and jellies and pickled foods

and baked goods as well as a

variety of holiday decorations

available, including ornaments,

wreaths, kissing balls and cen-

terpieces.

For more information, call

Sherry Smith at 518-282-9781.

2 - November 18, 2011 - The Lakes Region FreePress

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MealsContinued from front page

ShoppingContinued from front page

Advertise in

The Lakes

Thanksgiving Day. The event

will run from 2 to 4 p.m.

The dinner organizers are

looking for volunteers and

donations of the usual

Thanksgiving items, including

turkey, cranberry sauce and

stuffing.

Please contact Carol Rickel

at (802) 645-0096 or Michelle

Bates at (802) 645-0934.

Reservations are appreciated.

In Bomoseen, the Iron

Lantern Restaurant & Tavern

will host its annual free turkey

dinner from noon to 3 p.m.

Donations are accepted but not

required.

All the turkeys are raised by

Ed Hubbard of Ed’s Bait and

Tackle in Benson.

For further information,

please contact (802) 468-5474.

Raceville Community House,

on Butler Road off Route 22A in

Raceville, NY, will kick off the

Thanksgiving Dinner season

from 1 to 4 p.m., on Sunday, Nov.

20.

There will be roast turkey,

mashed potatoes, squash and

other vegetables, as well as

stuffing, cranberry sauce,

homemade rolls and cabbage

salad. There will be homemade

pies for dessert.

The dinner is free, and all are

invited. Donations will be

accepted.

For further information,

contact Douglas Baker at (518)

642-3927.

For the eighth consecutive

year, residents of Whitehall

area without the resources to

have a Thanksgiving meal will

receive a warm welcome and a

hearty meal at the United

Methodist Church.

The Companions in Christ

Fellowship Committee will be

hosting their eighth annual

Thanksgiving Dinner from 1 to

3 p.m. at the church on

Greenmount Cemetery Lane in

Whitehall.

The meal will include all the

staples of your typical

Thanksgiving meal including

turkey, stuffing, potatoes and

dessert.

Town of Fair Haven

PUBLIC NOTICEPer Vermont State Statutes (23 VSA Sections 1752-53) and the Fair Haven Traffic Ordinance (Article VIII, Section 1), any vehicle found parked on any town highway,

between the hours of 11:30 pm and 7:00 am, from November 15 to April 15, inclusive, will be subject to towing at the owner’s expense. Your cooperation in

assisting the Public Works Department with snow removal operations by observing these parking restrictions is greatly appreciated. Also, residents are

reminded that it is a violation of State Law (19 VSA Section 1111) to plow snow onto or across a public highway, in such a manner that snow is left in the roadway.

Violators may be subject to a fine, imprisonment, and/or damages.Also, please remove any roadside items (basketball hoops, etc.) from the edges of

Town Highways before the snow flies.

If you have any questions concerning these winter regulations, please contact me at 265-3010. Thank You.

Peter Hathaway, Town Manager

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INVITATION FOR BIDSVT Route 140 Slope Stabilization November 10, 2011Sealed bids from pre-qualified contractors shall be accepted until 12:00PM prevailing time on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Middletown Springs Town Office at 10 Park Avenue, Middletown Springs, Vermont 05757 for construction of the project hereinafter described. The time of receiving and opening bids may be postponed due to emergencies or unforeseen conditions.Sealed BIDS shall be marked in the lower left hand corner: Bid Documents: VT Route 140 Slope Stabilization.Each BID must be accompanied by a certified check payable to the MUNICIPALITY for five percent (5%) of the total amount of the BID. A BID bond may be used in LIEU of a certified check. All bidders shall be on the current list of the VTRANS Contract Administration pre-qualified list “Contractors List of Surface Rehabilitation”.LOCATION: Between Orchard Street and Norton along the west side of the southbound lane for a distance of 300 feet between the roadway and the Poultney River.TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION: Work to be performed under this project includes: tree removal, slope stabilization (excavation and regrading), underdrain installation, guardrail removal and installation, stone fill placement, and re-establishment of vegetation.CONTRACT COMPLETION DATE: The Contract shall be Substantially Complete on or before January 2, 2012. Re-establishment of vegetation to be completed by June 2012.COST OF PLANS: $50.00 per set made payable to Town of Middletown Springs, Vermont. Plans are not returnable.ENGINEERS ESTIMATE: For this Proposal the Engineers Estimate is less than $250,000.PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND PROPOSAL MAY BE SEEN AT THE OFFICE OF: Town Clerk, Middletown Springs Town Office, 10 Park Avenue, Middletown Springs, Vermont 05757AND MAY BE OBTAINED FROM: Town Clerk, Middletown Springs Town Office, P.O. Box 1232, 10 Park Avenue, Middletown Springs, Vermont 05757STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS: This contract is governed by the VAOT 2006 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FORCONSTRUCTION, as modified.QUESTIONS: During the advertisement phase of this project all questions shall be addressed in writing no later than Thursday, November 17, 2011 solely to Nicholas D’Agostino, PE, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., 5 LAN Drive, Suite 300, Westford, MA 01886, and email: nicholas.dagostino@stantec.com.PREQUALIFICATON OF CONTRACTORS: All bidders on this project shall be prequalified by the Agency of Transportation, Contract Administration a minimum of 7 working days prior to the bid opening. For information contact Jon Winter at 802-828-2643.NON-COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT: All bidders will be required to execute a sworn statement, certifying that the bidder has not, either directly or indirectly, entered into any agreement, participated in any collusion, or otherwise taken any action in restraint of free competitive bidding in connection with such contract.NON- DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED CONTRACTS: The Town of Middletown Springs hereby notifies all bidders that it will insure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin for an award.The estimate quantities are not guaranteed but are given as a basis for the comparison of bids.The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, to waive any formality and any and all technicalities in bids and to accept such bids as may be deemed in the best interest of the Municipality.

The Lakes Region FreePress - November 18, 2011 - 3

ers slips away.

Those looking to avoid the

typical holiday stresses of last-

minute shopping trips to a

crowded mall might want to

consider buying locally at this

unique craft fairs that organiz-

ers say is one of the biggest in

Vermont.

Find a unique treasure or a

holiday keepsake made by hand

by a local crafter or a perfect

holiday treat to give as a gift or

take to a holiday table for shar-

ing from a local baker there will

be something for nearly every-

one at these area holiday craft

fairs.

Admission to this event is

free.

The Christmas Fair runs

each day from 10 a.m. until 4

p.m. at its usual location, the

Poultney High School gymnasi-

um.

The Vermont Farmers

Market invites everyone to East

Main Street to get some authen-

tic Vermont goodness to give to

others during the holiday sea-

son.

Whether it is that perfect

hand made holiday treat or a

lovingly crafted and equally

unique gift item, this craft fair

likely has what you are looking

for.

“This great fair has grown to

be the largest of its kind in

southern Vermont with over

sixty talented entrepreneurs

bringing such a vast diversity

of craft creations for you to

choose from,” organizer Bill

Clark said.

“Everything from Christmas

décor and balsam wreaths to so

many items for Christmas giv-

ing in jewelry, candles, knits,

pottery, woodcraft, paintings,

prints and frames,” Clark said.

Also featured are myriad

food options, “Country bakers

have a vast assortment of pies,

breads, cookies, pastries, fudge

and doughnuts,” Clark said.

“Our gourmet foods include

maple syrup and a diverse array

of maple products, 100 varieties

of preserves and specialty

cheeses along with sauces, sal-

sas, pickles, apples, cider and

honey,” Clark said.

“While you will find the Best

of Vermont here we also invite

some nearby New York State

vendors to join us with their

own Best of the Adirondacks

flavors and creations,” Clark

said.

Clark said gift boxes and bas-

kets will be made up for patrons

or they can go through and

select items for one of their own

and mail order is also available.

“We think you will like our

prices,” Clark said.

“Poultney is a great town so

you might want to allow some

extra time to visit some of the

great merchants who always

help support our event that has

over the years made it so out-

standing,” Clark said.

What once began as a small

holiday craft fair in the East

Poultney Church blossomed

into the two-day holiday event

that now needs a gymnasium to

contain all of the vendors and

their items.

The placement of the holiday

fair, on the weekend immedi-

ately following Thanksgiving,

accounts for some of the event’s

success, organizers said.

Another factor in the event’s

success was the presence of the

crafters themselves at the point

of sale in many cases the same

person who made the decora-

tion, toy or tasty treat will be

the same person who sells it to

the patron.

“This is the granddaddy of

all of them; it’s a real success

story, no doubt about that,”

Clark said.

For more information Clark

said shoppers should call either

Jamie at 802-287-9570.

PoultneyContinued from front page

Santa comes Dec. 3

Santa Claus will visit

Poultney from 6 to 8 p.m. on

Saturday, Dec. 3, on Main Street

in Poultney.

The evening begins at the

Poultney Public Library with a

story hour for all ages. At the

conclusion of the stories, Santa

will make his grand appear-

ance aboard one of Poultney’s

fire trucks to lead a parade

down Main Street.

The parade will continue

down to an end at the Town

Offices for the lighting of the

memory tree.

Following the tree lighting,

adults and kids alike are invit-

ed to join Santa for refresh-

ments and the singing of sever-

al holiday favorites.

Most of the local businesses

on Main Street will remain

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Food drive setIn Fair Haven

The annual Food Drive to

benefit Fair Haven Concerned

will take place from 12:30 p.m. to

2:30 p.m., on Sunday, Nov. 20,

from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Religious Education stu-

dents from Our Lady of Seven

Dolors church will go door- to-

door collecting donations of

non-perishable food items.

Any donation will be grate-

fully accepted.

If you will not be home dur-

ing these times, please leave

items on your front porch. Items

may also be dropped off at

OLSD church or at St. Mary’s

School on Washington Street

Sunday morning after 8 am.

Thank you for your consid-

eration of this worthy cause.

If you have questions, please

contact Marcia or Michael

Gadway at 287-5890 or the

church office at 265-3135.

Whitehall Boy Scout Troop

83, which is chartered by

American Legion Post 83, will

be holding their annual food

drive beginning on Nov. 19.

The boys will distribute plas-

tic bags to village residents

beginning at 9 a.m return to col-

lect the bags beginning at 9 a.m.

on Dec. 3.

Any non-perishable food

items and toiletries will be

accepted.

If you live outside the village

and would like to donate or have

the items picked up, contact

Bob Gendron at 499-0297 or

JoAnn Mattison at 499-9177.

The Modern Woodmen of America presented the Poultney Booster Club with a check for $5,000 toward the new scoreboard at Dean Houghton Memorial Field. From the MWA were Shirley Brown, Joe Capron, Gerry Woodruff and Dan Whitney. Accepting the check on behalf of the Poultney Booster Club are club president Chrispin White, head coach Dave Capman and dean of students Joe DeBonis.

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The Interfaith Council of the

Northshire will hold its Annual

Thanksgiving Service at 7 p.m.,

Tuesday, Nov. 22 at United

Church of Dorset and East

Rupert (143 Church St., off

Route 30 in Dorset).

Donations of non-perishable

food items are encouraged and

the offering collected will pro-

vide much needed funds for the

Holiday Project and Emergency

Needs Fund (makes checks pay-

able to Interfaith Council).

Rev. Dr. Gordon McClellan

of First Congregational Church

of Manchester will deliver the

sermon.

The community is invited to

join us for this special worship

service which includes the

Interfaith Choir led by Jane

Wood, music director of the

United Church of Dorset and

East Rupert and members of

the Tall Spire Ringers from

First Congregational Church of

Manchester.

The Federated Church of

Castleton will hold a service of

Thanksgiving at 6 p.m., Tuesday,

Nov.22. It will be followed by a

light supper (no charge). All

local folks are welcome to join

the church members.

Please call the church at

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Game dinners in Tinmouth, Rupert SaturdayTwo game suppers are sched-

uled for this weekend.

The Tinmouth Volunteer

Fire Department will host its

42nd annual Community Game

Supper on Saturday, Nov. 19,

starting at 4:30 p.m.

The meal will be held in the

Tinmouth Community Center,

located on Route 140 in

Tinmouth. The Community

Center is handicap accessible.

Like the Pawlet Game

Supper, the Tinmouth Game

Supper serves as a major fund-

raiser for the town’s fire depart-

ment and attracts around 500

people every year, making it one

of Vermont’s largest game sup-

pers. Donations and contribu-

tions from state game wardens

help to fill the steam tables with

a wide variety of tasty treats

from moose to venison.

The menu includes venison

and moose sauerbraten, corn-

bread, chili, secret marinated

roasts, Alan’s smoked moose,

and Grandma Birdsall’s wild

Italian meatballs.

The meal also includes more

than 100 homemade pies.

The “all-you’d-like-to-eat”

meal costs $15 for adults and $10

for anyone 12 and under. Kids 6

and under eat free.

For more information about

the Tinmouth Game Supper,

call Chief Marshall Squier at

(802) 235-2718.

The annual Rupert Game

Dinner to benefit the Rupert

Volunteer Fire Department will

be held on Saturday, Nov. 19 as

well at the Rupert Fire House

on Route 153, serving begins at 5

p.m. and continues until all

guests are served or the food is

gone.

The meal includes moose,

bear and venison with all of the

proceeds to benefit the Rupert

Volunteer Fire Department.

Take out is available at the same

cost.

Teriyaki moose, sweet and

sour moose meatballs, wild

game bird jambalaya, bear sau-

erbraten, bear meatloaf, veni-

son stroganoff, venison sausage

and meatballs and for those

who elect not to eat wild game

there will be turkey and roast

beef. There will also be Rupert

Rising bread, home-made des-

sert and beverage

The cost is $11 for adults, and

children 10 and under are $5.

Proceeds from the dinner will

benefit the Rupert Volunteer

Fire Dept. and enable it to con-

tinue to help the community in

the event of an emergency situ-

ation.

The RVFD will also be hold-

ing a Gun Raffle and the Rupert

Mettawee Valley 4H Club will be

running a Silent Auction.

For more information, con-

tact Kelli at (802) 394-2491 or

vtkjlouie@aol.com.

Mettawee Community School

sixth-graders be waiting and

busing tables at the Game

Supper for tips, and holding a

50/50 cash raffle, with proceeds

benefiting their Spring trip to

Boston.

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HappeningsWEST PAWLET The Mettawee Community School PTO is selling raffle tickets for a Kindle (elec-tronic reader/3G, Wi-Fi). Cost: $1 per ticket or six for $5. Tickets will be sold at the school on Route 153 in West Pawlet through Nov. 21. The drawing will be during the school’s annual Thanksgiving feast on Tuesday, Nov. 22, and you don’t need to be present to win.

GRANVILLE The American Legion Riders will sell Chicken Wings (hot, mild and barbecue) from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, at the American Legion Post on Columbus Street in Granville. Cost: $5 per dozen.

MANCHESTER An opening recep-tion for an exhibition of work by Equinox Village’s Pat Musick will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, at Equinox Village, 49 Maple Street in Manchester. Live music and hors d’oeuvres will be featured. The exhibition will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Nov. 19 through Jan. 9, 2012. Information: 802-362-4061, or www.equinoxvillage.com.

GRANVILLE Movie Night for teenagers and older will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, at the Pember Library, 33 W. Main Street in Granville. Information: 518-642-2525.

FAIR HAVEN The Fair Haven Grade School PTA invites every-one to a Supermarket Bingo on Friday, Nov. 18, at St. Mary’s School in Fair Haven. Play to win a bag of groceries or turkeys. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and games will begin at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be available and there’ll be a 50/50 raffle and a special game for stu-dents and children. Proceeds will benefit the grade school activities and PTA projects.

POULTNEY The Poultney High School Drama Club will present “30 Reasons Not to be in a Play,” a series of vignettes written by Alan Haehnel, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday the 19th, in the school’s gymnasi-um. Cost: $4 adults; $3 senior citi-zens and students; free age 7 and younger.

WHITEHALL Elks Lodge 1491 at 5 Elks Way in Whitehall will host Friday Night Bingo at 7 p.m. on Nov. 18. Featured will be a $500 jackpot special. This bingo is held each Friday, with few exceptions. Information: 518-499-1491.

POULTNEY The grade 6 students from the Poultney Elementary School will hold a Bottle Drive on

Saturday, Nov. 19. Students will go door-to-door picking up bottles and you also may drop them off at the Poultney Rescue Squad build-ing on Route 30.

DORSET The Women’s Fellowship of the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert will hold its annual Bake Sale from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Dorset Post Office on Route 30. Home-baked pies, cakes, breads and more will be offered. Information: 867-2260.

WHITEHALL Anyone in need of food is welcome to go to Faith Chapel in Whitehall from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 19. The chapel has 4,000 pounds of food and other necessities to share. All are welcome. Information: Pastor Mike Lemery at 518-791-6936

POULTNEY The Poultney Food Shelf at The Stonebridge in Poultney will hold its annual Thanksgiving Open Food Shelf from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 19. Thanksgiving dinner fix-ings will be available to residents of Poultney, Middletown Springs and Hampton who are in need. Information: Food Shelf at 802-287-9558.

CASTLETON St. John’s Catholic Church on Main Street, Route 4A, in Castleton will hold its Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. A 30-item raffle (1:30 p.m.), craft tables, home-made baked goods, and white elephant tables will be featured. Lunch will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., including home-made soup, gourmet desserts and more. Information: D. Perry at 468-2446.

MANCHESTER The Manchester Chapter of Vermont Special Olympics will hold its Second Annual Holiday Pie Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, in front of Season’s Restaurant in Manchester (rain or shine).

BENSON The Benson First Response organization will spon-sor a Benson Community Craft Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Benson Village School. Handcrafted gifts, food items, holiday decorations, jewelry, art, and much more will be offered. Lunch will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., too. Information: Colleen Hoard at 537-3521.

GRANVILLE All children are invit-ed to the Pember Library at 33 W. Main Street in Granville for a Thanksgiving Celebration at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. Turkey crafts and stories will be featured, and refreshments will be served. Information: 518-642-2525.

MANCHESTER The Southern Vermont Arts Center off West Road in Manchester will hold opening receptions for its November/December Solo Shows, and the always popular Little Picture Show, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. Pastel paint-ings, folk art, landscapes, still life and plein air works will be fea-tured. Information: 802-362-1405, or www.svac.org.

TINMOUTH The Tinmouth Volunteer Fire Dept. will host its 42nd Annual Tinmouth Game Supper at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the firehouse. The menu will include venison and moose sauerbraten, game corn-bread chili, marinated roasts of venison and moose, chicken and biscuits, and more. Eat in or take out, and the cost for this all-you-can-eat feast will be $15 for adults, $10 ages 6 to 12; free 5 and younger.

GRANVILLE The Men’s Auxiliary of VFW Post 1653 at 90 North Street in Granville invites everyone to a New York Strip Steak Dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. Information: 642-1599.

RUPERT The annual Rupert Game Supper will be held at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Rupert Firehouse/Community Building. A variety of fresh game dishes will be served, along with turkey and roast beef for non-game lovers. Cost: $11; $5 age 10 and younger. Also, there’ll be a gun raffle, the Rupert Mettawee Valley 4-H Club will hold a silent auction, and the grade 6 students from the Mettawee Community School will wait and bus tables for tips at this supper and conduct a 50/50 cash raffle. Information: Kelli Lewis at 802-394-2491, or email vtkjlouie@aol.com.

FAIR HAVEN The Fair Haven United Methodist Church invites everyone to a Roast Pork Supper from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. Cost: $10 adults; $4 children; free age 4 and younger.

RUTLAND The Killington Section of the Green Mountain Club will hold a Fall Potluck in celebration of its 100th anniversary at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall on Hillside Road in Rutland City. Everyone will be wel-come. Bring a dish to share and your place setting. Information: Sue Thomas at 773-2185.

RUTLAND The original Bela Fleck & The Flecktones will perform in concert at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Paramount Theatre on Center Street in Rutland. Cost: $36.50 to $56.50. Information/tick-ets: 802-775-0903, or www.para-mountlive.org.

WELLS The Granville Little League will hold a paper sheet Bingo at noon on Sunday, Nov. 20 at the Modern Woodmen of America. There will be a guaranteed $3,000 coverall on the last sheet of the afternoon. Additional seating will be available in the white annex building.

GRANVILLE The Raceville Community House off Route 22A on Butler Road in Granville invites everyone to a Thanksgiving Dinner from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20. Cost: Free, donations accepted. Information: Douglas Baker at 518-642-3927.

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GRANVILLE Gordon Jensen, internationally known Christian singer and songwriter, will be in concert, Sunday, November 20, 3:00 pm, at Granville Baptist Church, 23 Quaker Street. Admission is free but free will donations will be accepted.

BRANDON The Salt River Revue, comprised of members of The Saltash Serenaders and The Cold River Band, will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20, at Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Road. Free and open to all/dona-tions appreciated to benefit Brandon’s flood relief efforts. Information: www.brandonmusicvt.com.

HEBRON Everyone is invited to a Potluck Supper at 6 p.m. on

Monday, Nov. 21, at the East Hebron United Presbyterian Church on Route 22 in Hebron. Bring a dish to share to this event that will be held on the third Monday each month. Information: 518-854-7017, or 854-7716.

DORSET The Interfaith Council of the Northshire invites everyone to its annual Thanksgiving Service at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert, off Route 30 at 143 Church Street in Dorset. Donations of non-perishable food items will be collected and the offering col-lected at this service will support the Holiday Project and Emergency Needs Fund (make checks pay-able to the Interfaith Council).

POULTNEY A free Thanksgiving Dinner will be served for those without a place to go on Thanksgiving Day from noon to 3 p.m. on Nov. 24 at Café Dale on Main Street in Poultney. Owners Dale and Pat Sullivan are serving this meal to thank the community for supporting their business dur-ing the past two years. They will close the business on Dec. 1 to pursue another opportunity. If you know of anyone without a place to go on Nov. 24, call 802-287-1161.

BRANDON/TINMOUTH Pre-registration is required for a “Learn to Track Wildlife!” workshop with local tracker, ecologist and wilder-ness explorer Josh Hardt from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, at Otter Valley High School in Brandon, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Old Firehouse in Tinmouth. Half-day sessions will follow from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 21, in Brandon, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 28, in Tinmouth. Cost: $18, including one full-day and one half-day session. Registration: Monica Erhart at 802-446-7030, or email monica.erhart@gmail.com. Information: Staying Connected Initiative of Rutland County, www.stayingcon-nectedgreensadks.wordpress.com.

MANCHESTER Registrations are being accepted for The Posh Pups Parade that will be held at noon on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Crystal Palace street level entrance, 72 Depot Street, Route 11/30, in Manchester. Pups and their owners will walk a parade route to help raise funds for the nonprofit Meals on Wheels of Bennington County. Registration fee: $10 per pet. Registration: www.manchesterdesigneroutlets.com.

The Fair Haven Grade School PTA invites everyone to a Supermarket Bingo on Friday, Nov. 18, at St. Mary’s School in Fair Haven. Play to win a bag of groceries or turkeys. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and games will begin at 7 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the grade school activities and PTA projects.

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On Friday, Dec. 9, Linda

Goodspeed, author of Pico,

Vermont, a popular history of

Pico ski resort, will be at Book

King in downtown Rutland to

sign copies and talk about the

book, as well as her new histori-

cal novel, Redfield Proctor and

the division of Rutland (History

Press, 2011).

Although the books cover

very different ground -- Pico

traces the development of

alpine skiing in the U.S., and

Proctor, the rise of one of the

nation’s most powerful busi-

ness and political bosses of the

late 1800s -- the two books are

actually related.

“Redfield Proctor once

owned Pico,” Goodspeed said.

Redfield Proctor, meanwhile,

went on to found the largest

marble company in the world at

Proctor, Vermont and rose to

national prominence.

As the third and final con-

cert in its November folk and

traditional music series,

Brandon Music will present

The Salt River Revue, a combi-

nation of two groups, The

Saltash Serenaders and The

Cold River Band, at 2 p.m. on

Sunday, Nov. 20.

Together and separately, the

two bands have been playing for

concerts and contra dances for

the past 30 years. The Salt River

Revue is a family-friendly con-

cert with toe-tapping music that

promises it will be hard to sit

still.

Admission is a freewill dona-

tion, which will go toward the

Brandon flood relief efforts.

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Country Club Road on Rt. 73

east, opposite the Neshobe Golf

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The Poultney High School Drama Club will be presenting “30 Reasons Not to be in a Play” at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18 and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday Nov. 19, at the school gym.The author, Alan Haehnel, wrote this play as a series of vignettes with things that could go wrong during a performance for those who feel the call to the stage. Tickets at the door are $4 for adults; $3 for senior citizens and students; and free for children seven and under.

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Looking for some great

home-baked goodies? You’re in

luck! These ladies and many

more will be preparing a vari-

ety of home-made delicacies for

the United Church of Dorset

and East Rupert Women’s

Fellowship Semi-Annual Bake

Sale on Saturday, November

19TH from 8:30 AM – 12:00 Noon

at the Dorset Post Office on

Route 30 in Dorset. Stock up on

pies, cakes, breads and other

assorted goodies for friends and

family who will be joining you

for Thanksgiving weekend. The

ladies hope to see you there on

Saturday! Questions, call 867-

2260.

The Castleton After-School

Program will be holding its

third annual Basket Party and

Holiday Craft Sale on Saturday,

November 19th 2011 from 9am

to 3pm at the Castleton

Elementary School. Twenty

vendors will be present with a

variety of gifts and goodies for

your holiday shopping. Basket

themes include: Game Night,

Car Wash, Pet Goodies, Toys

and many more! Lunch will be

available. Shoppers do not need

to be present for the basket

drawing. Tickets are $5 for one

sheet and $2 for each additional

sheet.

Bake sale in Dorset Saturday

Basket party and craft sale slated

Brandon Music presents the Salt River Revue

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The Paramount Theatre will

present the third annual

“BrewHaha” event at 8 p.m.,

Saturday, Nov. 26.

The event is part brew fest

and part comedy fest.

With the main curtain

dropped, a comedy club with

seating limited to 150 patrons

will be built right on stage –

allowing audience members the

opportunity to be up-close and

personal with three rising,

fresh new faces from the Boston

comedy scene – PJ Thibodeau,

John Porch and Rob Pierce.

Long Trail Brewing

Company will be on hand offer-

ing 4 samples of their delicious,

Vermont-made brews.

For $25, those who attend

will be treated to four, four-

ounce Long Trail samples, a

souvenir pint glass and, of

course, a whole lot of laughs. A

cash bar featuring Long Trail

products, wine and soft drinks

will also be available.

Patrons are reminded to con-

sume responsibly. Only those

aged 21 and older will be admit-

ted.

Tickets for this and all other

Paramount Theatre events are

available now by phoning The

Paramount Theatre Box Office

at 802 775-0903. Tickets may also

be purchased online at www.

paramountlive.org or at The

Paramount Theatre Box Office

at 30 Center Street.

Annual BrewHaha to be held Nov. 26

The Rupert Kittay Public

Library is pleased to host again

this year the

acclaimed “No Strings”

Marionette Company. Families

and children of all ages are

invited to celebrate the season

and enter the wonders of tradi-

tional puppet theater with the

performance of “Jack and the

Beanstalk”. A special holiday

performance of their adapta-

tion of this fairy tail classic will

be offered on Friday, December

2 at 7:00 PM at the Rupert

Firehouse. This well loved tale

will be retold with all the magic

and mischief by the No Strings

Marionette Company. The audi-

ence will be transported to

Jack’s home with fifteen large

scale marionettes. A sense of

adventure, optimism and three

magic beans catapult Jack high

into the sky.

Puppeteers Dan Baginsky

and Barbara Paulson perform

in full view of the audience.

After the performance, children

and their parents are invited to

inspect the marionettes

and the other tools of the pup-

peteer’s trade.

Come join these intriguing

puppets as they journey

through lavish settings and a

well-loved story into a world of

imagination, enlightenment

and laughter.

All programs are free and

open to the public. The fire-

house is located on

Rte.153 in the center of Rupert.

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support groups for individuals

with Type 1 Diabetes and/or

on Insulin Pumps.

Please come meet others who

share your joys and concerns.

Fourth Tuesday of each month

10:30am-12pm

Rutland Region Diabetes & Endocrinology Center

8 Albert Cree Drive, Rutland, Vermont

For more information, call 802.775.7844

We look forward to seeing you!

Donna Hunt, rd, cde

The Modern Woodmen of

America will host a paper sheet

bingo to benefit the Granville

Little League tonight and Nov.

20.

The bingos will be held at the

Modern Woodmen Hall in Wells,

Vt. Games start at 7 p.m. for the

Thursday game and noon for

Sunday, Nov. 20. Sunday a guar-

anteed $3,000 coverall will be

held on the last sheet of the

afternoon, organizers said. For

more information contact Dan

Whitney at 487-0397.

Cub Scout Pack 44, serving

Granville, Hampton, Wells,

Pawlet and surrounding areas,

will hold a Bottle/Can Drive

from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov.

20. All proceeds generated will

go to the boy’s camp funds.

There will be multiple col-

lection sites for anyone with

empty bottles and cans to

donate. Collection sites include:

Curtis Lumber, Route 22 Middle

Granville; Granville Engine &

Hose; Ames Plaza, Quaker

Street,Granville; and North

Granville, Route 22.

Cub Scouting is a family pro-

gram for boys in first through

fifth grades. For over 80 years,

Cub Scouts have been having

the time of their lives making

new friends and learning new

things in an environment

designed to help them succeed -

from building their own

Pinewood Derby Car to learn-

ing how to roast the perfect

marshmallow.

Some upcoming events

include Pack Movie Night,

Phantoms Hockey - Scout Night,

Nursing Home Visits, Pinewood

Derby, and more. For more

information regarding Cub

Scouting in our area, please

contact Wendy Chilkott, Cub

Master, at (802) 645-0615.

Mettawee Community PTO

is happy to announce that it is

raffling off a Kindle (electronic

reader/3G, Wi-Fi) - just in time

for the holidays. Tickets went

on sale Nov. 3 at Mettawee

Community School’s Fall Open

House.

Tickets are on sale at the

school, one for $1 and six for $5.

The last day for tickets sales

will be Mon., Nov. 21. The draw-

ing will be held on Tues., Nov. 22

at the school’s annual

Thanksgiving Feast. Winner

need not be present to win.

School to hold Kindle raffle

Benefit bingo planned in Wells

Scouts to hold bottle drive

I never had a Grampa I could

talk to and I believe that is part

of the reason that I have always

been fascinated by listening to

old guys. You can learn so much

just by listening. They fill the

gaps of the things you should

know to get along in town.

My favorite was Ray

Pritchard who I worked with at

Smith’s Hardware. In about five

years we got to know each other

so well and we had so much fun.

I was floored when I was asked

to be a pall bearer at his funer-

al. It still brings a tear to my

eye.

Well, I lost another one of

those old buddies. When I first

came to Williams hardware,

Dennis was in quite often and

we would have these great visits

about Fair Haven and I’d keep

him up to date on friends from

days gone by.

For the past ten years he has

been crippled up and unable to

get in, but every now and then

his grandson, Nolan Illinski,

would take him along and come

to tell me, “Gramp’s out in the

car.” Out I’d go and oh was it

beautiful. We’d go from the old

guys he worked with at “The

Stink Shop” to “Have you seen

so and so lately” to “Did you

know so and so was his sister?”

One of my “sources” filling the

gaps.

Somewhere along the line

people start asking you ques-

tions about “The good old days”

and you begin to realize that

you have become one of those

old guys. And you have become

someone’s “source” and it is

you filling those gaps.

Isn’t life just beautiful.

Thanks for everything,

Dennis, and God bless.

By Twig Canfield

Twig RemembersDennis Brown

Press Release: Circle of

Hope K9 Rescue Indoor Lawn

Sale Fundraiser

Now is the time to start

cleaning out your house for the

holiday season to make room

for the new goodies about to be

received. Instead of storing it

away in your basement or attic

causing the pack rack syn-

drome, donate it to the Circle of

Hope K9 Rescue indoor lawn

sale being held in January.

We take any donation from a

box to a truckload and they can

be dropped off anytime to 1991

Main St in Castleton. Please

call Angela at 468-5298 to

arrange for a pickup if you are

unable to drop items off or if

you have any questions.

Please save the dates of Jan.

7 and Jan. 8 to come to the

Castleton Legion on Route 4A in

Bomoseen to do a little shop-

ping and help us save lives. We

currently have more than 100

pups in foster care from

Tennessee throughout the

Northeast looking for their for-

ever home. Thank you for sup-

porting Circle of Hope K9

Rescue and helping us help

those that cannot help them-

selves. For more information,

see www.circleofhopek9rescue.

org.

K9 benefit fundraiser to be held

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