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July 2nd, 2009
By JOHN FLOWERS
SALISBURY — For 30 years now, the Point CounterPoint chamber music camp on Lake Dunmore and the nearby Salisbury Congregational Church have played a sweet symphony together.
The musical relationship began back in 1979, when the Salisbury church was preparing to mark its 175th birthday. Then-pastor Wayne Holsman secured a $500 grant that the congregation decided to use for a celebratory performance series.
June 29th
By ANDY KIRKALDY
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Aquatic Club Panthers jumped into their summer Champlain Valley Swim League season last week with two wins — the first vs. Winooski on the road and the second against Racquet’s Edge in Middlebury.
On June 23, the Panthers opened with the 231-175 win at Winooski that included a 7-5 edge in relays. On Thursday, the Panthers nipped the Edge, 228-223, in a meet not decided until midway through the event-concluding freestyle relays.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — Jim Lanpher’s 38-year career with the Vermont National Guard’s 40th Army Band ends on Aug. 10 because he will then reach the mandatory retirement age of 60.
The Vergennes resident still remembers 49 years ago when he decided to start playing the trumpet. He was in school in his native Maine when he made the choice.
Music company reps displayed their goods. Among them were trumpets, the same instrument Lanpher’s father played in a U.S. Army career that began in World War II.
By KATHRYN FLAGG
BRISTOL — It’s the usual work of a man of the cloth: comfort the dying and celebrate with the living.
So, in many ways, it was business as usual for the Rev. Bill Elwell, pastor of Bristol Federated Church, who buried an old friend one recent Saturday morning, consoled the family and friends left behind, and then quickly switched gears that afternoon to perform the marriage ceremony for a joyful Bristol couple.
But looking back on June 20, Elwell admits it was a day that was anything but ordinary.
By KATHRYN FLAGG
LEICESTER/SALISBURY — Representatives from Leicester and Salisbury converged last week to test the waters for a possible merger of the two Addison County towns’ schools.
A new study committee — comprised of some school board members, community residents, selectmen and parents — met for the first time last Wednesday at the Salisbury Community School to discuss, in broad strokes, how best the two communities can explore options for a merger.
June 25th
By KATHRYN FLAGG
BRISTOL — Vermont State Police on Thursday wrapped up a months-long investigation of alleged embezzlement at the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union, citing into court Amy Cousino, 39, of Bristol to answer charges of embezzling more than $40,000.
Cousino, who worked as a bookkeeper at the supervisory union from September 2004 to February 2009, will be arraigned in Addison District Court on July 13.
By MATT DICKERSON
As an angler, my first conflict with kayakers came a few years ago in North Carolina on the Nantahala River near the Nantahala Outdoor Center, a popular destination offering kayak instruction, excellent water, and a kayak course.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
ADDISON COUNTY — All four local high school softball teams ended up with something to brag about by the end of this past spring, including all-star performances all-around.
