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Quechee, Vermont 05059 Holiday 2017 Published Quarterly History in Our Own Backyard Versatility at its Best: Ruth Sylvester House at 1461 Maple Street (near the intersection of Route 14 and Christian Street). Mariah Cilley he Smithsonian Museum is referred to as The house-museum is open weekday mornings, the nation’s attic. In Hartford, Vermont, and the whole project is a labor of love for a Tthe Historical Society performs this same few devoted volunteers. function, though without much in the way of You’d never know it from the well-kept, crisp resources; it’s an attic at capacity. The Society’s displays, but Garipay House is bursting with collection is currently displayed in Garipay additional objects of interest in storage rooms. Continued on page 20

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Anne Critchley Sapio artender, food and beverage supervisor, and whatever else her boss Ross Jones needs at the Quechee Club, Mariah BStearns Cilley comes through with grace and beauty. She is a Vermont girl through and through. Born and raised in Bethel, Vermont, she is the oldest of three children. Mariah shined as a student, valedictorian of her high school class; she Local students visiting the Historical Society at Garipay House Continued on page 30 P.O. Box 104 • White River Jct., VT 05001 The Quechee Times Rooted in Community: Norman Watts

Pam Vernon s a Quechee Lakes Landowners’ Association (QLLA) Trustee since 2015, Norman Watts’ impression of the state of QLLA governance is important. His response to my inquiry Aabout it was, “I am very confident that the ship is being sailed well. The skipper is competent and very concerned about the members. It’s a good crew.” This statement is quite an apt analogy from someone who has also been an avid sailor most of his life. Quechee, VT 05059 Postal Customer Norman’s initial impression of Quechee Lakes when he moved here in 2000 was not always as positive. One of the reasons why he ran for the trustee position was to “encourage and support the momentum QLLA had demonstrated over the past five to six years, so we don’t drift into a stall like when we first relocated to Quechee Lakes. When we arrived here things like the clubhouse and health club were dated and tired. It has dramatically changed – to the credit of the members’ support of the upgrades. My involvement with the QLLA Board and committees has given me a whole different perspective

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THE STRONG HOUSE SPA EDITOR’S NOTE s I write this note, there’s a chill in the air and a prediction of snow – only an inch or two – this weekend. For some, the snow sends them heading south Achasing the sun and warm weather, and for others, it’s a welcome sign to the Discover Total Wellness upcoming winter months spent skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, or just snuggling Structural Integration up next to a warm fire with a good book. The transition to winter is also a time that many of us anticipate spending the Acupuncture • Organic Facials holidays with our families and friends, but for others that are struggling, instead, it’s a Full Gym & Nutritional Programs time to worry about how to heat their homes, buy gifts and food for holiday Gift Certificates Online celebrations, and find ways to spend the holidays alone. To help those in need, please consider one of the many organizations in the Upper (802) 295.1718 www.stronghousespa.com Valley – or in your hometown – to donate food, clothing, money or time. Here are just a few of the many organizations in the Upper Valley helping those in need not just 25 Years of High Quality Therapy & Customer Service during the holidays, but throughout the year: QUECHEE, VERMONT Upper Valley Haven – for more than 30 years the Upper Valley Haven has provided temporary shelter and educational programming for homeless families and adults, as well as food and clothing to anyone in need. www.uppervalleyhaven.org Listen Community Services – serves the children, seniors, individuals and families with warm meals, fuel, holiday presents for children and life skill education for children. www.listencommunityservices.org Hartford/Norwich Holiday Basket Helpers – provides area children with holiday gifts, a food gift card to help with a holiday dinner and fruit baskets for seniors. www. holidaybasketsvt.org Upper Valley Humane Society – for more than 50 years UVHS has provided services to animals and people across New Hampshire, and Vermont. www.uvhs.org Lucy McKenzie Humane Society – services many communities in Windsor County, Vermont and the Upper Connecticut River Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire, to provide shelter and placement for animals, and education for people. www.lucymac.org Cover Home Repair – volunteers help low-income homeowners – many are elderly Celebrating 100 Years and/or disabled – with needed home repairs. Their programs include: home repair, 1 9 1 7 - 2 0 1 7 weatherization and the ReCover Store. www.coverhomerepair.org/about-cover-2 200 Lebanon Street • Hanover, NH • 603-643-3658 Friends of Veterans – Serving veter assists veterans and their families who www.trumbullhomes.net • [email protected] reside in New Hampshire or Vermont and are in danger of becoming homeless. www.fovvtnh.org Good Neighbor Health Clinic – Provides free dental and medical care to Welcoming new patients! low-income adults in the Upper Valley. www.goodneighborhealthclinic.org And, in this edition, you’ll find stories of the people, businesses, events, and history that make Quechee so special. And we could use some help finding more of these stories. If you have someone you’d like us to profile, share an adventure that you’ve taken, or a photo of you, your pet or family enjoying Quechee send me an email at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you! Looking for a new dentist? Has it Happy Holidays, been a while since your last check – Anne up? Give us a call, we’ll give you Mari N. Berry, DMD something to smile about! Come SMILE with us! www.whiteriversmiles.com 144 Palmer Court, Suite 1A is published quarterly by White River Jct, VT 802-649-7293 VILLAGE GREEN PUBLISHING, INC. Jennifer MacMillen • [email protected] www.quecheetimes.com EDITOR – Anne Clemens [email protected] 802-356-3453 ADVERTISING SALES ADMINISTRATION Jen MacMillen and Frank Orlowski Elizabeth Craib [email protected] [email protected] 802-698-8184 888-868-7192 or 802-698-8184 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Alicia Baker Darby Laine Kate Schaal Michelle Dougherty Barbara Levenson Pam Vernon Anne Critchley Sapio Molly O’Hara Ruth Sylvester

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AROUND TOWN The Quechee Elves Helping Children in Need! Peak speed s we all know, Quechee is a very special place, and part of that is the vast array of volunteer activities that you can become involved with. For the Apast seven years Quechee Lakes Landowners Association (QLLA) to the city. members have been helping out the Norwich – Hartford Holiday Baskets by Day trips • Easy connections putting together a group of volunteers (called the Quechee Elves) who purchase holiday gifts for children in need. Last year the Quechee Elves purchased gifts for over 90 children. Lebanon The Norwich–Hartford Holiday Baskets is a not-for-profit organization, run by volunteers. Their mission is to provide holiday “baskets” of warm clothing, gifts, and food certificates for households with children in need to share in the joy of the season. Last year, over 430 children were given gifts through this Boston program. The Quechee Elves make a huge difference for this program, and for the families that are in need. White Plains There are two ways to participate: Ground transport included. Sponsor one or more children. The cost is approximately $120 to $150 per child. If you are interested in helping, please contact [email protected] NYC Enjoy the ride. If you would like to donate money and have the elves shop for you: Please make a check out to QLLA Charities, and mail to QLLA Charities, capeair.com 800-CAPE-AIR PO Box 1301, Quechee, VT 05059 Please write “Quechee Elves” in the note memo on your check. – Lisa Lacasse, Sharin Luti, and Paula Stearns

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William W. Dow Quechee Ski Team – Registration Open elebrating our 30th season, the Quechee Alpine Ski Club (aka The 802-295-2915 Quechee Ski Team) is an opportunity for children ages 7 to 18 to Est. 1982 Cparticipate in alpine ski racing. Led by an experienced coaching staff, the QLLA Approved Builder Quechee Ski Team is for children who love to ski and provides them with the chance to improve their skiing skills, while learning how to race. Racers are placed in one of five different levels depending on their age and ability. There’s no racing experience required to join the team, but skiers need to be comfortable We Understand What skiing all types of terrain. Younger skiers must be able to get on and off the chairlift unassisted. Makes Vermont A As a member of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) Special Place To Live and the Mid-Vermont Council of the Vermont Alpine Racing Association (VARA), the Quechee Ski Team participates in racing events with teams from Killington, Middlebury, Okemo, Pico and Suicide Six. Quechee hosts four to six USSA- and VARA-sanctioned races during the season. Our parent volunteers Pat Greene, REALTOR maintain a consistent reputation for organizing and running successful races. [email protected] Our pre-season kicks off with a Dryland Training Camp run by our head C: 603.448.7817 coach Bernard Haskell with help from our coaching staff and Dartmouth College ski racers. There’s also a pre-season family ski trip for our older racers. Our regular season kicks off with a Holiday Week Camp. Training and races happen on the weekends during January, February and into the beginning of March. During February Vacation we have training and sponsor the Quechee Offering Professional Real Estate Cup where teams comprised of racers and their families compete. Services For Buyers And Sellers Registration is now open until January 14, 2018. Please feel free to contact us at any time for information including registration costs, program levels, and general information at www.quecheeskiteam.com or Cathy Sartor, REALTOR [email protected] contact Administrative Director Anne Clemens, [email protected] or O: 603.643.6406 C: 603.667.537 7 call (802) 356-3453. n Page 6 Holiday 2017 The Quechee Times The Grange Theatre Puts the Art in ArtisTree Darby Laine removable. The original windows are still in place but have been There is a new gem hidden in the equipped with automatic, remote surrounding hills and hollows of the controlled blackout shades. Chris Upper Valley. The Grange Theatre tells me that foam insulation was in Pomfret, Vermont, formerly the put in the walls to keep the noise Teago Grange Hall, is the newest from neighbors and passerbys. branch of the ArtisTree Community Thoughtful touches like these were Arts Center. The theatre’s first used in the interest of preserving season wrapped up in late October. the old grange as much as possible. Maybe you were lucky enough to see Architect George Turner and The Little Mermaid or get a seat for the sold-out Patsy Cline. If you’ve Wright Construction helped to been to a show already, you were restore a grange hall and create a probably impressed before it even modern theatre all within the same started. The old grange still looks space. The broader idea behind the like a well-maintained meeting hall preservation is that the community where over the years countless can still use the building for events couples married and community and gathering. dinners were served. Now you step Chris is happy to report that the inside the building to find yourself first running season of 2017 has in a thoroughly modern stage Theatre Director Chris Flockton been successful. The season theatre. consisted of four back-to-back I met with Theatre Director Chris Flockton for a tour. The outside of the shows. The first was The Little Mermaid as performed by Upper Valley kids aged building is stark white and simple, with the dramatic, wide backdrop of the seven through 18 who attended a theatre camp before showtime. The musical Vermont countryside and hills, including a view of the Suicide Six Ski Area. Patsy Cline played a few sold out shows. Actors were hired in New York and The foyer includes some historic pieces of the grange and an original small given the opportunity to stay locally in Pomfret while rehearsing. The play office space serving as the ticket booth. The main stage is small with a rear Godspell came next with 10 actors from New York City and a six-piece band. interior space and an upper level. It’s not too far from the stage that the rows Another musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes, will wrapped up the season. of chairs begin. The 85 to 100 seats are comfy and classic red, but also During the “off-season,” November through May, the theatre’s focus will

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Actors from New York perform in Godspell Grange Theatre The set of Godspell was colorful and had a life of its own shift to community-based projects. A holiday show, open mikes, and short act What Chris brings in experience is worth noting, his acting resume is diverse plays are in the works and sign up sheets are available for anyone interested. and lengthy, including soap operas (Guiding Light), voice-overs (The Fabulous Chris is emphatic that anyone can call him if they have interest in any aspect Life), and some movie acting (Boondock Saints). Chris is also well-versed in of theatre work. There will also be official classes such as intro to acting, teaching young children and has conducted outreach programs such as improv, and a Shakespeare intensive. Chris anticipates classes in which “Shakespeare in the Schools,” managing to teach 40 eighth-graders A students of all ages can shadow a professional through the entire production of Midsummer Night’s Dream. Chris moved to Vermont six years ago with his wife a play from casting to curtain drop. and a son who currently attend the Upper Valley Waldorf School in Quechee. The ultimate goals of the theatre include using the space year-round with The surrounding towns and communities have just been made all the richer high-quality productions summer through fall and community-based projects with this addition to the ArtistTree Community Arts Center. Those who gain in the winter. Hiring, teaching, and involving Upper Valley community the most are Upper Valley theatre fans and local kids who have an interest in members is important to the mission, as well as keeping the theatre accessible: theatre. There are also the countless kids and adults who will discover their theatre tickets have not been higher than $25 a seat. All proceeds cycle back love for theatre in the seasons to come. The Grange already has that magical into the theatre program and the non-profit ArtisTree. theatre feeling, and it has only just begun. n

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NORMAN WATTS – continued from page 1 development project in Colorado and a up in Southern California, moved east to mountain residential development in attend American University in Washington, Northern California. His connection with DC, decided to embark on a law career and land development work was a natural focus came to Vermont Law School. He and wife, for Watts on helping to manage the Katherine, have lived in Woodstock, Barnard, landowners’ associations’. and Hartland, Vermont. They decided to With his legal education, came an make the move to Quechee Lakes for several increased awareness of environmental issues, reasons. First, Katherine (Dow) grew up in as well as a strong interest in workplace Quechee, and the move was a move home for discrimination, particularly of women. her. And, they knew they would love living in Norman says the “glass ceiling is even in Quechee Lakes, and they do, “because of the Vermont.” He fights hard for the rights of wonderful friends we have here, the super women in the workplace, and this work facilities and the natural setting – removed represents close to 90 percent of his practice. from a crowded urban setting, but close enough Coming to and living in Vermont has also to socialize with friends,” Norman says. changed his outlook politically. Given his background and career focus, QLLA is lucky Background in Washington, DC, to have him actively involved in governance politics and community relations. During his years in Washington, DC, Norman was active in politics. He worked on Involvement in QLLA committees Capitol Hill for the House of Representatives and the Board of Trustees Before his service on the Board of Trustees, Education and Labor Committee and learned Norman and Katherine with one-year-old Brady first-hand the importance of fair labor laws Norman was a member of the QLLA House and standards. He managed Ronald Reagan’s gubernatorial re-election campaign Committee for seven years, an experience that led him to “appreciate the and President Gerald Ford’s election bid. “Working at the White House was an importance of communication and cooperation between members and amazing experience, but I prefer living and working in the Upper Valley – with management.” During his time on the Committee, major physical plant its quietude and sanity. It has changed my outlook.” His law firm, located in improvements were achieved including the clubhouse renovation and Woodstock, serves clients throughout Vermont in state and federal courts and reconstruction of the swimming pools. “With a diverse membership on the has done so for more than 30 years. Watts Law Firm specializes in civil litigation Committee we were able to work with management to accomplish a great deal,” – predominately employment law and medical malpractice. he says. Another reason he ran for a trustee position was to expand his House Amidst his political involvement, Norman managed a ski mountain resort Committee experience to “have a greater impact on long-range decisions.”

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Watts is now chair of the Community Affairs about the problem and toured the lake area. QLLA Committee. With his respect for “public sentiment leadership and members are concerned about and its nuances” as a result of his years in the political preserving Lake Pinneo as a recreational facility world, his ties to the Upper Valley community, and and nature preserve. Norman was impressed with concerns about community relationships, he is a our Vermont Senators, “They were on top of it, natural to chair this Committee and is proud to hold interested, and personable. They asked a lot of this position. He has worked to improve the rapport questions and had done their homework. Ken with the Town of Hartford and thinks that it is going Lallier, QLLA property manager, has recommended well. He attributes much of this change from the an aggressive, but safe treatment to eradicate the members and Trustees moving away from a “private milfoil, one that will work for all concerned parties,” club/member only” focus to being strong community says Norman. The Committee will continue to members. “It’s great to see the Quechee Club as the monitor progress and report to QLLA members home base for the Hartford High School golf team about the status. Watch the QLLA blogs on this and to see local youngsters skiing here. We have a topic; there is one on the website now from Norman duty to participate in the wellbeing of our community. entitled “Lake Pinneo Infestation Solution.” I see our relationship with the community – local, Spare-time pursuits regional, and state – as extremely important to the At the beginning of this article, I mentioned that success of QLLA,” he says. Norman is an avid sailor as is Katherine. They have The Community Affairs Committee continues to sailed the Caribbean, the Pacific, and Atlantic promote the Life’s Transitions/Aging in Community oceans as well as the Mediterranean Sea together, programs that have been evolving over the past including a great Atlantic trip from St. Thomas, several years (see related article on page 25). The Virgin Islands, to Bermuda and Newport, Rhode Norman with five of his grandchildren at Kona, Hawaii Committee will continue to support the evolution of Island. But things change! The sailing came to a the Ottauquechee Music Festival as well as planning “screeching halt; now it is our grandchildren take up our free time,” says for QLLA’s 50th anniversary in 2020. They are working with the Town of Norman. They have a blended family of five children and have eight Hartford to complete the Covered Bridge Pocket Park – at the time that this is grandchildren, from under one to 16, who live in California, Pennsylvania, and being written, the park on the west side is under construction, trees are planted, Colorado. So now their travels take them to those locations. Of course, the stairs are going, and it looks good. grandchildren also love to visit Quechee. The couple occasionally still sail, In October, the Community Affairs Committee hosted three Vermont enjoy cross-country skiing and snowshoeing here in the winter, and are both jazz legislators for a briefing on the status of milfoil infestation in Lake Pinneo. music enthusiasts. But their greatest joys now are those children and State Senators Alison Clarkson, Dick McCormick, and Alice Nitka, learned grandchildren. n

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lot of very good ski racers throughout college and my time on the Middlebury Ski Patrol.” Of course, everyone has other favorite things about the area. For Rachel, “I love going into Woodstock and walking around the town. I also just enjoy being able to relax. Quechee is associated with relaxation, and a break from home, and so I have always felt like Quechee was my reset button.” Rachel and Caroline Varsity High School Race And Caroline? “I think I like the people where she works as a Data Analyst, and Rachel is a sophomore at Georgetown and the atmosphere of University. Neither has much time to ski as they did before, but before college, Quechee the most. Some both of them spent a number of years on the Quechee Ski Team. of my best friends today I Rachel started racing at five and a half and continued through age 13, met through the Quechee Ski Team, and we all still stay in contact and although she kept training until she was 15. Caroline began as a “Devo” at eight communicate when any of us are up in Quechee, so it is nice to be able to see and went straight through until she graduated from high school. them when I am up there. We all still try to make it to Quechee every Thanks- giving and Christmas with our families. I love that Quechee has become a base I asked Caroline if she kept skiing competitively for college, but she ended to see people that are all doing different things now after college. up doing something just as cool. “I have so many fond memories of growing up in Quechee that whenever I “I skied competitively for my high school but did not continue when I went arrive, I feel calm and happy almost immediately. It is this reason that I think to Middlebury College. Instead, I became part of Middlebury Ski Patrol, so I was Quechee is one of my favorite places in the world,” she adds. still able to ski a lot, but also had the opportunity to help others at the For both Caroline and Rachel, Quechee is the kind of magical place that Middlebury Snow Bowl. takes them back to childhood again, that puts the reset button on stress, that is “Middlebury College has a D1 ski team, so I was also able to see and meet a blissful. Shouldn’t we all be so lucky? n

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LENDING A HAND Hartford Police Focuses on Community Building Ruth Sylvester Chief Kasten points out. “We want people to see us as community leaders and e aim to spend about one-third of facilitators.” each officer’s time in proactively Wbuilding and fostering relationships Elder Education in the community, says Hartford Police Chief Occasionally an officer will visit the Bugbee Senior Center in White River Phil Kasten. The majority of calls to the Junction, to join the popular lunchtime police are from a crisis of one sort or another, gathering, and perhaps to make a presen- and police officers train for those moments, tation on a topic relevant to seniors. The with the possible need for quick and police seek to alert seniors to the scams – sometimes drastic action. But preventing many targeted to – seniors, recurring by crises is even better than helping people phone and internet. through crises. Weaving sociable acquaintance with police officers into Adopt a School Police officers and community members participate in National Night Out The Police Department and the town’s people’s daily experience makes it easier for activities. people to call the police for help when they schools have organized a partnership that need it. It also reminds would-be troublemakers that links two police officers with each school. The officers police officers are woven into the community and are put quite a bit of time into this connection. They attend keeping an eye on what is happening in the community. concerts and sports events, show up occasionally to chat And it lets police officers develop comfortable during lunch or recess and patrol the campus daily, and connections with citizens, making it easier for them to the school building weekly. This on-going visibility helps calm difficult situations. Several programs for mixing create a connection, but still, says Major Vail, “some kids police and community members include: may be timid.” The department has a K-9 officer who can be an excellent icebreaker attending various events National Night Out with their handler. “Everybody loves a dog!” he adds. Many towns, in fact about 20,000 nationwide, One of the events that Major Vail is very involved in is participate in this annual celebration at the beginning of the Special Olympics. August. The program began as a way to diminish crime Addiction and Computers by strengthening a community. In 1984, when the idea “The region, and in particular Vermont, approaches first took root, people in about 400 towns just turned on addiction as the medical problem it is,” notes Chief their porch lights and sat outside, or visited up and down Kasten. These days the opioid epidemic is on everyone’s their streets. Festivities expanded, of course. “It’s kind of mind, but Chief Kasten and Major Vail call attention to like a block party,” says Chief Kasten. “There’s a dunk another problem: alcohol. “We don’t talk about it, but tank, and hot dogs, and a bounce house.” Major Braedon Canine Handler Officer Eric Clifford with it’s the biggest addiction,” says the chief. “It contributes Vail often runs the grill. “He’s an expert hot dog chef,” K9 Dozer to domestic violence, serious fatal crashes, child abuse.” the chief says smiling. Major Vail chimes in, “It’s socially acceptable. Legal.” Chief Kasten adds, Other community organizations participate too, such as the Rotary Club of “That’s why law enforcement people are generally not in favor of legalizing White River and the Hartford Community Coalition. The Water Department marijuana.” supplies water for the dunk tank with the added benefit of being able to spread The department focuses on an annual theme each year to help build awareness about the importance of clean water. awareness for schoolchildren and adults; the topic is cyberbullying. “Social Coffee with a Cop media creates feelings of invincibility,” notes the chief; that makes it easier to The Hanover Co-op Food Store in White River Junction, Vermont, post threats or harmful photos. “We tell people, ‘If you wouldn’t say or do it in connected with the Police Department to organize this informal meet-up person, or you wouldn’t say or do it in front of your parents or your spouse, then opportunity. The store put up a tent and provided refreshments – always a draw. don’t do it online.’” Officers stopped by between shifts to meet residents and answer questions. “There are always issues with technology as it advances,” says Major Vail. Such events are primarily social, but occasionally someone will raise a concern “It’s easy, and we like, but it comes with a price.” Chief Kasten adds, “It ties in that generates some police follow-up. “Policing is a community-wide activity,” with our efforts to build relationships. You move at the speed of trust.” n

Serving the Quechee area for over 20 years. That Roof Problem Won’t Wait Until Spring! Page 14 Holiday 2017 The Quechee Times Focus on the Fundamentals Ron Dull survive until lunch break, but, when you stand on the uphill ski, you lose contact with the downhill any of us in Quechee Lakes are familiar with ski and your “little steering wheel” is once again the golf advice to “let the club do the work” useless, and off into the ditch we go. Mand, properly employed, it does! After that 4. Twist your body. Anybody remember Chubby perfect tee shot we think, Gosh, that was easy. Take Checker out there? Apparently, he is still alive a well-engineered piece of sports equipment (not a but was never known for being much of a skier. I volleyball), apply the proper forces and let it go to digress. If the upper body is square to the tips, work. So, why are you fighting your skis so much? then the skis will continue to track across the hill. You paid a lot of money for those things. They’re not There is a time for this, but NOT when you want 2 x 4’s you know! Pick a ski with the side-cut you to change direction, or need to make short radius enjoy, meaning how quickly and how tightly you turns. The first thing to do when you want to turn wish the turn to be, stand in balance on it and watch LEFT? Well, STOP skiing to the RIGHT! How it do its thing. are you disengaging the heavily edged downhill There are five fundamental mechanics of skiing as ski? If the upper body is positioned countered to identified by the Professional Ski Instructor the tips, this becomes so much easier. For you Association. You may apply them separately or, in golfers- loosen your grip. most cases, in combination dependent on your 5. Be prepared and adapt to changing conditions. terrain and conditions. Let’s skip all the boring jargon This is my favorite. It is Zen-like. So, easy and and parse them down into something sensible. subtle that it cannot be explained. Ommmmm… 1. Control the center of mass (belly button) to the Once the first FOUR mechanics are mastered, we base of support (feet). After all, they really are begin to blend them together with DIRT connected. Become friends with your belly (duration, intensity, rate, and timing). Challenge button because wherever that little devil goes, so yourself to different terrain and discover what will you and your feet. Move it down and into skill you need to employ most. Bumps? You might the next turn, and your feet will quite happily your ski is like the “steering wheel” of your car. need a lot of twisting. Steeps? Absorb the pressure follow. Move it away and up from the turn and Engage the steering wheel, and the car turns. Let on the downhill ski. Groomed? Adjust the edges you have disengaged the downhill ski. Your butt go of the steering wheel, and you’re into a muddy for a smooth ride. Gym? You might want to start will now follow you grudgingly into the snow. ditch somewhere. Practice at home in your including a lot more yoga and stretching into your How do you do this? Well, always practice the sneakers. Roll your ankles onto their sides: a routine because good skiing is a fluid dance with ancient Chinese art of Shin-Tong. If your shin is little, some more and then a lot. Experiment with gravity. not in contact with the tongue of that boot, then the feeling. Your expensive custom boots will Here is hoping for a winter of good snow and you are headed for trouble. When you feel you take care of the rest. seeing many of you out on the Quechee hill this year. are in challenging conditions, or you are not 3. Control the pressure from ski-to-ski. In the turn, (Members ski free!). It’s a great place to ski and learn skiing well, STOP! Is your shin contacting the you will feel pressure building from a 50/50 distri- so don’t hesitate to take some lessons and improve boot? Do it, and off you go! bution to a 70/30 distribution on the downhill your confidence. 2. Tilt your skis. I once asked a student “Why do foot. What to do? Well, stand on it! Don’t move Think snow! skis have an edge?” He answered, “Well if they away! I would have to say that THE most common Cap’n Ron n didn’t they would go on forever.” Think about it. mistake made by the vast majority of skiers is that It was probably the most brilliant answer in the they are standing on the wrong foot into the turn. Note: Ron is a PSIA Alpine 2 instructor with a Children’s world, but not necessarily the one I was looking And the steeper the terrain becomes, the “more Specialist 2 certification. He has over twenty-five years of for. The boy is now a philosophy professor, while wronger” they get. They literally move away from teaching experience and will be at the Quechee Ski School this I am writing articles for the Quechee Times. Life what they consider to be dangerous (i.e., down season. Come join he and his wife, Kim, for a fun and caring is ironic. Anyway, that thin strip of metal on the hill). It’s only natural, after all, we all want to lesson (she’s the nice one).

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n 1979, while living in our home town of What’s your favorite Quechee memory? It was not uncommon for the people working at Lowell, MA, a friend invited Deb and I and, at It probably has to be the weekends and school Pizza Chef to see our number of the caller ID Ithat time, our three little boys — Rob, Peter, vacations on the ski hill in Quechee growing up. and simply answer the call by asking “How and Mike — to use his house in Quechee in the What’s your favorite activity to do with your family? many chicken subs tonight?” winter. We wound up having a great week and It’s great to get out on the golf courses. My What’s your favorite Quechee memory? loved every aspect of the Quechee lifestyle. favorite foursome of me, my Dad, my brother One memory that stands out is when my father From 1979 to 1982 we rented, and in 1986 we Pete and my nephew Jack gets four generations decided that Quechee needed to have a St. bought our home on Hard Road. In 1990, having together to play, and I feel lucky every time we Patrick’s Day Parade. It was probably the been impacted by the recession, and with lots of can do it. smallest parade in the country, but in typical college tuition on the horizon, we decided we needed to become a “one home family.” Despite having lots of professional advice about where the best career opportunities were, we chose Quechee, and have never had a moment of regret! Our kids received a great education in the Hartford schools, and four of our five still reside in Vermont. Frank What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee? The Pizza and salads at Quechee Pizza Chef. What’s your favorite Quechee memory? There are many. Three generations of our family golf on our beautiful courses, race days on the ski hill, and the eight years of hosting the Vermont Special Olympic Winter Games. And especially our son Mike’s and his wife, Emily’s, wedding at the club.

What’s your favorite activity to do with your family? Robert Akers Anything and everything. Plus counting our Katie Moquin, Bo, Sarah, Mike, Emily, Frank, Deb, Peter, Eli, Jill, Noah, Sarah London, and Rob Kids in front: Teddy, Louise, and Jack many blessings. What is one of your favorite family traditions? What is one of your favorite family traditions? Quechee fashion, we had a great time getting Thanksgiving. That’s really our big holiday as a Our year-end family gathering to celebrate together and parading from the Quechee Post family. We all come home, and it’s just great to Festivus; especially the “Feats of Strength Office down Main Street and back. We even all be together. Competition,” which is usually won by Deb. had a police escort and fire truck on hand! Peter What’s your favorite activity to do with your family? Deb What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee? The hard-fought Whiffle Ball games played in What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee? Steaks on the grill at my parents’ house. A special dinner or lunch at Simon Pearce with our driveway. my “date” of 45 years. What’s your favorite Quechee memory? What is one of your favorite family traditions? The many longtime friends I’ve made over the What’s your favorite Quechee memory? The holiday season always brings out the best years of skiing, playing golf, and working at the In recent years, it was our son Mike and Emily’s in McDougall family traditions. To conclude Quechee Club. wedding that was held at the Quechee Club. most of our family holiday gatherings we do And when the McDougall extended families What’s your favorite activity to do with your family? feats of strength. Another great tradition is the gather together for a wonderful fall weekend. Skiing on a powder day at the Quechee. reenactment of the “Christmas Miracle Shot heard round the house.” Pete made a miracle What’s your favorite activity to do with your family? What is one of your favorite family traditions? basketball shot from our front porch to our I always enjoyed following Sarah and her The Turkey Bowl football game each Thanks- brothers at a golf tournament or skiing together giving morning. hoop located across the driveway. Every year, we draw a name out of a hat to see who gets to on “The Big Hill” when they were all younger. Mike Now its great to watch our grandchildren and try to make the “Christmas Miracle Shot” so far What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee? nobody has made the shot since young Pete did their parents enjoy everything that Quechee Dana’s By The Gorge for breakfast. has to offer. back in the early ’90s. What’s your favorite Quechee memory? What is one of your favorite family traditions? I got married at the club in September 2012. Sarah One of my favorites has to be our Thanksgiving Tough to top that one. What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee? celebration after we moved here full-time, Pizza Chef, of course! Frank and the boys along with a few of their What’s your favorite activity to do with your family? What’s your favorite Quechee memory? football teammates started playing football on I have a lot of great memories of skiing on “The Thanksgiving, and the “Turkey Bowl” began. Big Hill.” Skiing all day with the family. What is one of your favorite family traditions? What’s your favorite activity to do with your family? Rob Our annual Thanksgiving football game – The Watching football or any sport, with everyone What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee? Turkey Bowl. home. Outside of my Mom’s great cooking. My favorite meal in Quechee would have to be a chicken Bo What is one of your favorite family traditions? sub from Pizza Chef, “dry with cheese.” I’ve What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee? Family Thanksgiving/any time we can all get been eating those since high school. Pizza Chef has been the long-time go-to for us. together. 1820 Quechee Main Street P.O. Box 213 Quechee, VT 05059 e-mail: [email protected] fax: 802-281-6296

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QUECHEE GARDEN CLUB

Barbara Levenson s the fall days shorten, the beautiful gardens of Quechee – in public spaces and at members’ homes – are being “put to bed” for the winter. Yet Athe work of the Quechee Garden Club continues throughout the year. During the late fall and winter months, members turn to education. At the October meeting, featured speaker Chuck Wooster and his wife, Susie, owners of Sunrise Farm in White River Junction, Vermont, discussed the challenges facing the Vermont farmer. While neither Chuck nor Susie set out to be farmers, they were bitten by the bug and through hard work and study, now produce organic vegetables, and husband flocks of sheep, and chickens. Members heard the Gail Ferney, Elaine Henson, Jeannette Veverka, Ruth many problems facing Zales, and Susan Brown farmers in Vermont along with the pleasure of seeing the land come alive. In November, the Holiday Season highlighted a trip to The Fells Historic Estate and Gardens in New London, New Hampshire, to see the renowned Christmas decorations in the historic house. Members also learned some tricks of the trade Polly Forcier and Ginny Kiely at the Garden Club Farm to dinner table at Marshland Farm in creating holiday centerpieces from Ellen Snyder of Snyder Floral Design in Woodstock, Vermont. During December, members will decorate the public areas of the village with sprays and wreaths handmade by members. For those who can’t get enough of this kind of hands-on work, members will also meet to create Boxwood Trees on

December 7. Finally, Lou Scibetta All photos: Jon Christenson on December 14 the traditional holiday tea, “All that Sparkles,” will bring members and guests Hot Breakfast • Indoor Heated Pool together decorating tables and enjoying the kindred spirit of Quechee gardeners. Fitness Facility • Wireless Internet Winter meetings are held monthly on the first Thursday at 1 pm at the Pet Friendly Quechee Club. This winter a variety of activities have been planned including the chance to work on a float for the Rose Bowl Parade in January, a walk to Q.L.L.A. Discount Program uncover dried flowers, and an opportunity to listen to a presentation on for family & freinds of Quechee landowners landscape photography in February. Full Service Restaurant/Lounge Committees also continue their work to identify recipients of the Quechee On Premises Garden Club annual scholarship and a grant to a local school to support a US Route 4 Quechee VT project that aligns with the Club’s mission. www.qualityinnquecheegorge.com Garden club membership is open to all; especially those who share the joy of gardening, and encourage the conservation of our natural resources and wildlife. For more information contact: Carol Heavisides, Membership Chairman at [email protected]. n The Quechee Times Holiday 2017 Page 19

QUECHEE CLUB NEWS Sunday, December 24, Christmas Eve • Murphy’s Tavern is OPEN for • Clubhouse closes at 2 pm dinner 5:30-9pm • Ski Quechee and The Base Lodge • Kids Night Out Rock Climbing is open 7am-4pm starting at 6pm, meet at The Base Monday, December 25, Christmas Day Lodge • Ski Quechee is open 12-4pm Sunday, December 31 • All other services are CLOSED • Family New Year’s Eve Celebration Michelle Dougherty for the holiday 6-9pm at the Main Clubhouse! Tuesday, December 26 • Dewey’s Deck is OPEN for lunch here is no better place to spend • Mini Crew 9am-12pm at the 11:30am-2:30pm this winter than at the Quechee Tennis Center • Adult New Year’s Eve Celebration Club by the roaring fires, where T • Killington Snowmobile Tour 11am- 7-10pm at Murphy Farm! we have planned a variety of fun 6pm, meet at The Base Lodge recreational and dining activities for • Dewey’s Deck is OPEN for lunch everyone in the family! Whether it’s January – MLK Weekend attacking the Quechee Ski Hill, 11:30am-2:30pm Friday, January 12 enjoying the cross country/snowshoe • Après Ski featuring Jason Cann • Davidsons is OPEN for dinner trails, sledding, ice skating, spin 4-6pm at the Main Clubhouse 5:30-9pm • Family Trivia Night with Prizes at classes, Life-sized Battle Ship, Après • Dodgeball Tournament • Murphy’s Tavern is OPEN for 6:30pm at the Main Clubhouse Ski with Live Music or Platform 6:30-8:30pm in the Squash Courts dinner 5:30-9pm • Davidsons is OPEN for dinner Friday, December 29 Saturday, January 13 Tennis, we encourage you to embrace • Mini Crew 9am-12pm at the all that the club is offering this 5:30-9pm • Mobile Laser Tag 1:30-4:30pm at Wednesday, December 27 Tennis Center Murphy Farm season. • Adult ONLY Brewery Tour 9am- Save the Dates! • Mini Crew 9am-12pm at the • Après Ski featuring Jim Hollis Tennis Center 5pm, meet at The Base Lodge 4-6pm at the Main Clubhouse • Dewey’s Deck is OPEN for lunch • Dewey’s Deck is OPEN for lunch • Davidsons is OPEN for dinner December 2017 11:30am-2:30pm 11:30am-2:30pm 5:30-9pm Friday, December 22 • Après Ski featuring Erik Boedtker • Mobile Laser Tag at Murphy Farm • Murphy’s Tavern is OPEN for • Davidsons is OPEN for Dinner 4-6pm at the Main Clubhouse 1:30-4:30pm dinner 5:30-9pm 5:30-9pm • Davidsons is OPEN for dinner • Après Ski featuring Jim Hollis • Kids Night Out Rock Climbing • Murphy Farm is OPEN for Dinner 5:30-9pm 5:30-9pm 4-6pm at the Main Clubhouse • Murphy’s Tavern is OPEN for starting at 6pm, meet at The Base • Camp Fire & Smores on the Base • Davidsons is OPEN for dinner dinner 5:30-9pm Lodge Lodge Deck at 7pm 5:30-9pm • Life-sized Battleship in the Sunday, January 14 Saturday, December 23 • Camp Fire & Smores at the Base Natatorium (indoor pool area) at • Fat Bike Tour 12-2pm, meet at • Sunrise Snowshoe/Hike 6:30- Lodge at 7pm 6:30pm The Base Lodge 8:30am, meet at Murphy Farm Thursday, December 28 Saturday, December 30 • Après Ski featuring Ruby Street • Après Ski featuring Bob and • Mini Crew 9am-12pm at the •Jay Peak Water Park Trip 8am- 4-6pm at the Main Clubhouse Shane Duo 4-6pm at the Main Tennis Center 6pm, meet at The Base Lodge • Davidsons is OPEN for dinner Clubhouse • Dewey’s Deck is OPEN for lunch • Dewey’s Deck is OPEN for lunch 5:30-9pm • Davidsons is OPEN for Dinner 11:30am-2:30pm 11:30am-2:30pm • Game Shows of Vermont 5:30-9 pm • Après Ski featuring Ruby Street • Après Ski at the Main Clubhouse featuring Survey Says! 6:30pm in • Flick & Float featuring “The 4-6pm at the Main Clubhouse featuring Jim Hollis 4-6pm the Main Dining Room Santa Claus” in the Natatorium • Davidsons is OPEN for dinner • Davidsons is OPEN for dinner • Campfire & Smores at The Base (the indoor pool area) 5:30-9pm 5:30-9pm Lodge at 7pm The 22nd Annual Quechee Club Cardboard Box Derby oin us Saturday, February 24 at Ski Quechee located at The Quechee Club, be submitted to member services via snail-mail to The Quechee Club P.O. Box Quechee, Vermont, for the 22nd Annual Cardboard Box Derby! This event is 1301 Quechee, VT 05059 or by email to [email protected]. Jopen to the public and is sure to be a great time for families of all ages. The The Cardboard Box Derby Pre-Race Reception will be held Friday, February Cardboard Box Derby takes place at The Quechee Ski Area and participants 23, 2018 from 4 pm to 6 pm in The Main Dining Room at The Clubhouse. This are asked to be on the sledding hill by 1 pm for fun and informative event will highlight the derby pre-race registration. The derby will begin at day experience with a streaming video display of exactly 2 pm and an awards ceremony and buffet race day rules and regulations, as well as action dinner will take place in The Main Dining Room packed footage from our derby archives! This will of The Clubhouse, following the race. be an amazing day for everyone involved with food, Test your creativity by constructing a cardboard fun and music. Be sure to register your pit crew for box that can cruise down our snow-covered this event as well! Pre-registration is required, see racetrack with friends and family at the wheel! registration packet for details. Contestants will be judged on various categories. The Quechee Club looks forward to hosting The more unique the box, the better your chances you and another wonderful event. Please contact of winning! Brian Bevacqua, Recreation Manager, with Teams that register before February 2 pay only questions or concerns about the Cardboard Box $30 per team. Entries after February 3 are $40 per Derby. Brian can be reached at (802) 295-2135 or team. Derby entries will not be accepted after Thursday, February 22 at 5 pm, no by emailing [email protected]. Dates and times are subject to exceptions. Please download the registration package for entry details, rules and change pending weather conditions. Please visit our website on the day of the regulations on www.quecheeclub.com. Once the forms are completed, they may derby for official updates. n Page 20 Holiday 2017 The Quechee Times

HISTORY IN OUR OWN BACKYARD – continued from page 1 The Society has been working for about two years on the acquisition project. Gray storage shelves hold boxes of various sizes and shapes. It’s neat and clean – Building-owner Richard Daniels, a strong supporter of the Elks, bought the due to strenuous efforts to avoid piling heaps of things in corners – but the options house in foreclosure to help the Elks. He’s eager to move on from this obligation, for orderly storage are filling up. Because of the need for more space, and also the so there’s time-pressure on the Society to raise or borrow money to buy the alluring opportunity to acquire and preserve an elegant old building down the building. (Donations to the Historical Society are tax-deductible.) street, the Historical Society is engaged in a capital campaign to buy the Horace Little Space, Much Information Pease House, familiar to The displays in many as the Elks Club. Garipay House are A New Role for eclectic, charming, the Pease House and intriguing. Society The older, front President Martha portion of Pease House Knapp shows a visitor was built in 1884. An around, and she’s a earlier house, built mine of information. about 1800, was moved Her particular interest to Summer Street to is the Abenaki, not clear the site. (That just their way of life in house has since burned pre-Colonial and down.) Horace Pease, a Colonial days, but also very successful the ways they and businessman, apparently Horace Pease House Painting of the Theron Boyd homestead located on the their traditions were built his house, which corner of Hillside Road and Quechee Main Street suppressed for many he called “Sunnyacre,” for his wife, Seraph. years until recently. In The Elks Club added large rooms in the back of the building, which could this context, she brings up Henry Perkins, a University of Vermont professor serve the community as event and meeting spaces. Few buildings in town offer who read a study of Army recruitment in World War I that showed Vermont a large accessible space, lots of parking, and a commercial kitchen. Judy men had an extremely high rate of “defects,” such as diabetes, epilepsy, Barwood, chair of the capital campaign, explains the appeal of Pease House to deformities, and mental deficiency.” Perkins became an enthusiastic advocate of the Society. “We desperately need to do something; we’re bursting out of our eugenics in the 1920s and ‘30s, working to establish laws permitting the steril- current space.” The hope is to rent space in the Pease building to existing users ization of the “unfit.” Such movements were going on at the time in many places – such as the bingo fans who fill the 100-car parking lot twice a week – and to in the United States. add new users. “Since we announced our interest in making space available,” Martha is more eager to discuss the more cheerful threads of history. She says Judy, “we’ve received lots of calls from people interested in using the space” points out some of the artifacts that entertain children. She encourages the local for either regular or one-time events. schools to tour the museum and generates quite a reaction among the students.

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Boston Area Furniture Boutique Expands She took on the enormous task of owning and managing a Business to Quechee and Woodstock retail/design studio in the home décor industry called Darby ichelle Coppolo and her husband Jeff purchased a Road HOME, located in Waltham, MA right on the Weston home in Quechee, VT in the Fall of 2004. At that border. Mtime their son Nick was 4 and their daughter Jordan Darby Road HOME has been successfully growing year just turned 2. The Coppolo’s were a family that took advantage over year, in the Metro West area of Boston, the Cape and of every season in Quechee. In the summer Michelle would New Hampshire. It is only natural to move into Quechee as relocate to VT enrolling both kids in everything Quechee had many of the second homeowners are from the Boston area. to offer: tennis, golfing and day camps. Jeff would commute Because Michelle is so familiar with the various condo back and forth from Belmont for long summer weekends. layouts, she easily understands the space plans, allowing her When fall rolled around the family would drive to VT for the to make confident suggestions. For single-family homes, she epic harvest weekends. Winter brought along a completely will create personalized interior designs. different set of activities and oftentimes a totally different To make the process even easier, Darby Road HOME has group of friends. Both kids were on ski team and when they partnered with a receiver and white glove delivery service in weren’t skiing they were playing ice hockey or swimming in the Quechee area. Orders can be placed in the Boston the indoor pool. Quechee was a huge showroom and delivered for local part of their daily life year round. delivery fees to a Quechee residence. It is a common story for many One of the reasons Michelle came up Quechee families: The kids grow older with the idea to reach out to her fellow and the time available for family Quechee residents and let them know becomes limited. It is a small phase of about her furniture boutique is because life, but still a reality. Because the kids so many of them live in and around were more involved with school, sports, Boston. It just makes sense and is very jobs and their social life, the time spent convenient for her fellow Quechee in Quechee became less. people to be able to design their vacation During this time, Michelle was faced home from a showroom close to their with an amazing opportunity to buy her permanent home by working with the own business and re-enter the work Darby Road HOME design team. n force in something completely different than her previous career in banking.

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QUECHEE CHURCH AROUND TOWN Fall at The Quechee Church Hartford VT Polar Express The restoration of The Quechee Church continues to build excitement 11th Anniversary for the coming years. Not only have we seen the physical plant of the The Rotary Club of White River once again brings the magic of the North church repaired and restored from top to bottom, but a new congregation Pole to the Upper Valley. On December 9 and 10, children of all ages are invited is growing! As a result, we are increasing the number of services to three to come enjoy listening to The Polar Express by Chris VanAllsburg, sing holiday times each month; you are welcome to join us at 9:00 am on any of the songs, enjoy hot chocolate and a cookie. Santa will be there to greet each child, following dates: November 5th, 12th, and 19th, as well as December 3rd, and give him or her The Polar Express Bell. The location of train is Railroad 24th, and 31st. In addition, all are welcome to join us for a traditional Christmas Eve service on the evening of December 24th. Row, WRJ. Times vary throughout the both days. For more information, and to purchase your tickets visit www.hartfordvtpolarexpress.com. n Saying Goodbye to Sam Yahoub ormer Supervisor of the Quechee Club’s Base Lodge, Sam Yahoub passed away on October 14, after a valiant fight against liver cancer. Known for Fhis delicious muffins – as his hairstyle – Sam was beloved by Quechee Lakes Landowners both young and old. Following his retirement, Sam spent many hours volunteering for the Upper Valley Haven in White River Junction, VT, a non-profit, private organization that food, shelter, education, Upcoming Steeple Renovations service coordination, and other You may have already seen the work that has begun on our steeple. support for those struggling with We look forward to seeing this significant structure and historic symbol poverty. Sam cooked meals for fully repaired! However, as with any project of this magnitude, we cannot residents of the shelter, and he do it alone. If you would like to give towards the steeple renovations, was most appreciative of the help please visit our website at www.quecheechurch.org/home/give. All gifts that QLLA members gave him in are tax deductible. this endeavor. To learn more about The Quechee Church, please visit us online at Condolences can be sent to www.quecheechurch.org or contact us at [email protected]. n his family at 297 Pembroke Street, 1905 Quechee Main Street | P.O. Box 513 | Quechee, VT 05059 Kingston, MA 02364. n

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Current members of the Part D,” “Fitness for Everybody; Alternative Ways to Get Moving,” and “Shared Committee include – in addition to Dick and Linda – Brooke Adler, Diane Ames, Decision Making: Communicating with your Health Care Provider.” Again, we Ken Baldwin, Karen Mazzarese, John Reid, and Phyllis Shankman. The are so fortunate to have access to such a wealth of knowledge and expertise in Community Affairs Committee chair and Quechee Lakes Landowners Association these areas here in the Upper Valley. The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy (QLLA) Trustee is Norman Watts. and Clinical Practice (TDI) at Dartmouth is a pioneer in patient-centered care The Community Affairs Committee’s overall goal is “to enhance the relationship and shared decision-making. Future educational forums will continue to focus on between QLLA members/residents and the community at large, including the health maintenance and family support. Hartford Municipal Government. The committee works to present community I think my favorite program was the first – Life’s Transitions: Crisis or Plan. forums and other events that will create a wider awareness of QLLA’s rapport with the community and provides information about community resources.” This was a rich program focused on what to do to avoid a crisis with the decline of an elderly family member; it really applies to any of us. Advance Directives, Life’s Transitions/Aging in Community Subcommittee wills, filing systems and documents, and communicating our wishes before The Life’s Transitions/Aging in Community subcommittee was established to something happens were discussed and practical tools provided. help the Quechee community prepare for the transitions that come with Many of the educational forums were video recorded by CATV – the Upper retirement and aging. This group has created an infrastructure that supports our Valley’s community access television station – and can be accessed through the aging members and the broader community. QLLA website at https://quecheeclub.com/group/pages/aging-in-community- The efforts of the subcommittee have resulted in a referral service that is now referrals or directly at https://vimeo.com/uppervalleych8. available through the Member Services Department of the Quechee Club. As described in the initial proposal to the QLLA Board of Trustees to have Member Planning for additional programs and assistance Services take this on, “When an individual is in need of support... it is often This past year, several focus groups helped to provide input to program content. difficult to access the needed assistance in a timely fashion and to obtain the Some of the suggestions of focus group participants were an indoor walking track correct level and quality of aid.” The referral service “offers assistance to our and exercise classes designed for seniors, more activities in the winter for full residents in need and to their families and caring friends in assessing proper timers and providing transportation for members who want to dine or attend assistance so they can continue to age in place.” As Dick Brooks explains it, “In evening activities but do not drive at night perhaps by helping to coordinate essence, the Quechee Club becomes the first contact for an individual or family carpooling or using the Quechee Club van. In response, the Health Club has set member to access services.” Member Services staff are now trained to provide up several classes tailored more for seniors. Ideas were also shared with Club service referrals and the Ottauquechee Health Foundation in Woodstock, management and the Activities Committee. Vermont, is a primary referral resource. Dick is on the Ottauquechee Health With the hard work of the Community Affairs Committee, Quechee residents Foundation’s Board of Directors and provides a direct link between the as well as the Upper Valley community can easily get information about resources organizations. to access the help they need and receive useful information through the educational As Linda relates, one of the reasons she is a Community Affairs Committee’s programs. Don’t hesitate to contact Member Services (802-295-9356) to see the member is to “let people know how resource-rich the Upper Valley is. We are so Resource Manual or talk about your needs. You can reach out to Dick Brooks fortunate to live in a place that offers so much.” The Resource Manual (802-295-7278) or Linda Labriola (802-295-9366) if you have program ideas. (maintained by Ottauquechee Health Foundation) available at Member Services The Community Affairs Committee plans to expand the scope of informa- provides information about all kinds of resources for our aging population tional programs to include updates on local, regional, and state activities, and including transportation, food, home care, care management, caretaker support, legislation of interest to the Quechee community. Recent activity has been legal services, and estate planning. In addition to the Ottauquechee Health focused on the status of the embankment and “Pocket Parks” near the Quechee Foundation, we have robust resources in the Aging Resource Center at Covered Bridge, suicide prevention programs at the Quechee Gorge Bridge, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the senior centers that serve Quechee milfoil reduction plans for Lake Pinneo (more about that in the Norman Watts – Bugbee Senior Center in WRJ, and The Thompson Center in Woodstock. article on the front cover). n Page 26 Holiday 2017 The Quechee Times Calling Quechee Home: The Flahertys Molly O’Hara Bill and Terese purchased Bill’s uechee has a parents home when magic about his family was no Qit that is hard longer able to use it for many to explain. as they once had. It’s beautiful, serene, Holiday gatherings full of great had begun to spread amenities, with tons out as his siblings got of outdoor activities married and, and many local eventually, his indoor activities parents were unable throughout the year. to get up to the It stands to reason house as well. that many who While Terese, encounter Quechee Bill, and their would be interested daughters, Anna in moving up here, and Maggie, enjoyed either full-time or coming up year having a second round to visit, they home. And why quickly realized that not? As Terese they wanted to plan Flaherty says, “I’m their retirement still driving down here, “the opposite Quechee Main, along the water coming up on the bridge and literally pinching of many people,” Terese jokes. “We’ve already lived in the south and realized myself that I live here, and I think to myself, ‘Will this ever get old?’” that we are New Englanders at heart.” Terese and her husband, Bill, had been planning to move to Quechee Moving to Quechee full-time full-time, but not for six more years. The Flaherty family has been visiting Their younger daughter, Anna, is 12 and in seventh grade, so the Flaherty’s Quechee since returning to Boston (after a life in the south) in 2011, and Bill has were going to wait to sell their home in Sudbury, Massachusetts until she graduated been a long-time Quechee weekender; he first began coming up when he was 14. high school. Their older daughter, Maggie, is 20, attends Boston College.

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For the last two years, Anna has get involved with a Quechee Club been participating in the Girls’ committee. Terese has also recently Leadership Camp at Kimball Union applied and is waiting for approval to Academy (KUA) in Meriden, New be a volunteer in the Pediatric wing of Hampshire, and she wants to return the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth- and eventually wants to be a junior Hitchcock (CHaD). Terese is a former leader. Many of her fellow participants special educator who can bring all of and leaders talked about going to those elements to her volunteer work, KUA; Anna got excited and then she and is also a cancer survivor. became serious about wanting to come In 2008, Terese had cancer and is up here for high school. So, the now in remission. When she was sick, Flaherty’s bumped their plans to move it was how she ended up with her best up by four years. friend and kayak partner, Rocky. Then, catching her parents by “I was in chemo, and I was really surprise, Anna said she would consider sick. My husband came home from moving up here for middle school, work, and I was bald and holding a bumping the plans up another two puppy, and I said, ‘We have a dog, years. And here the Flaherty’s are, six Terese and Rocky kayaking Bill bicycling what are you going to do about it?’ So years ahead of schedule, they are now we rescued him…. He’d be a full-time Quechee residents! rambunctious, not house trained, crazy puppy outside my door and then he They are all having quite a bit of fun too. Anna attends Hanover Middle would climb into the bed with me and curl up, and just look at me the way dogs School because of their theater arts program and class choices. After a little more can, like, ‘oh, you’re sick,’ the way dogs can.” than a month, the Performing Arts instructor even approached Anna to ask if Terese also says that Rocky has grown into the most wonderful dog, he is the she would like to re-arrange her schedule to enter the more intensive Performing Mayor on their street. Everybody knows him and loves him. They are always Arts classes, which she did with glee. She’s experiencing theater opportunities at ready for treats and greetings; he makes dog and human friends wherever he goes. Hanover and just finished a production with Northern Stage. I imagine we will “We have a view too. Bill and I sit on our deck, and… this weekend we had see quite a bit more of Anna Flaherty on stage in the Upper Valley. kind of a busy day, and without even speaking we both walked out and sat on Maggie had a moment of disappointment when her parents moved out of the deck and talked and not talked. I said, ‘you know, in Massachusetts we Boston and further away from her, but she loves Quechee as well and is happy would have just come home and turned on the TV.’ We are just outside so to visit when she can. much more. Fire pits, all of it. I could kayak every day; I could hike every day. The Flaherty’s enjoy not only the Quechee Club for all of its amenities: We love all of that.” skiing, golfing, swimming, dining and more, but they also enjoy volunteering The magic of Quechee, of the Upper Valley, still exists for the Flaherty’s, as for their community. Bill is on the Trails Committee, and Terese is looking to it does for so many of us who stay in the area. n

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QUECHEE LIBRARY NEWS

Kate Schaal For a different type of reading, the Sci-Fi discussion group gets together monthly at 6 pm. Their winter schedule is: The Dispossessed, by Ursula n keeping with the holiday spirit generated by the Friends’ ornament- LeGuin on Monday, December 18 and Station Eleven, by Emily St. John making workshops for children on Wednesday, December 6, Quechee Mandel on Monday, January 22. Library will take a page (or several) from one of its most popular mystery I The Library shelves include interesting new titles ranging from Vietnam authors, Louise Penny. War, by Ken Burns, to Poetry Speaks to fiction (from Anne Boleyn by Allison At a French-Canadian tea planned for Friday, December 15, expect to see Weir to Savage Country, by Robert Olmstead). We also frequently update the several references to Three Pines, the hamlet that is home to Inspector DVDs shelves. Electronically, there are many more choices to be found by Armand Gamarche. All who come to the tea will be entered in a raffle clicking on Listen Up and Rb Digital go to quecheelibrary.org to find out drawing for an autographed copy of Penny’s newest title, Glass Houses, a gift more. The website catalog now has a new feature called NoveList which from Lance Werner, well known by all Saturday patrons (and donut lovers), recommends additional titles, similar to the ones searched, that readers who attended a signing at Penny’s bookstore in Quebec. might be interested in Louise Penny writes this about her work: My books are about terror… But considering. It’s a nice more than that, more than murder, more than all the rancid emotions and feature that we suggest actions, my books are about goodness. And kindness. About choices. About as a supplement to our friendship and belonging. favored browsing and Holiday Tea and conversation. Concert Our thanks to the December 15 Quechee Women’s This holiday tea about Golf Association friendship and belonging – and Many thanks to the goodness winning out – will Quechee Women’s Golf conclude at 5 pm with a special Association and all concert sponsored by the participants and donors Friends. Deborrah Wyndham, for their participation in pianist, and composer, will the 2017 Play One For perform her arrangements for the Book golf tournament holiday songs, adding a and fundraiser. A strong historical background. Visit rainstorm eliminated her website to read the Deborrah Wyndham the golf, but a silent Chess at the library national reviews and sample auction and dinner her music. She’ll be adding a Quebecois song just for Quechee Library. The continued in generous and cheering form. Friends as sponsors invite all to attend the tea at 4:30 pm, followed by the The library is open M, W, F from 10 am to 6 pm; T, Th, from 2 pm to 7 concert. pm; and Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm. Storytime is held every Wednesday at Ongoing book discussions and new titles 10 am, and Folktime for Kids every Friday at 10 am. Needleworkers gather Winter plans for the Monday Mystery discussion group, led by Charlotte upstairs on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm, and welcome stitchers of all Merrill, are to read books by Benjamin Black on January 8, Linda Fairstein varieties. During inclement weather, please call the library at 802-294-1232, on February 5, and Lisa Scottoline in March. New participants are always or a visit the website quecheelibrary.org to see if the library is open. If it is, welcome to the meetings on the first Monday of each month at 4 pm. come visit; there is much nourishment within the doors. n

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MARIAH CILLEY – continued from page 1 generations of the Cilleys reside. managed to accrue enough college credits during her Devin’s grandparents own a funeral home, called senior year in to skip her first year of college. Boardway and Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea. (Vermont funds a program that allows high school Devin is employed there and is working on the students to attend classes at state and some private credentials he needs to perform all aspects of the colleges at no cost to the student. About one in funeral business. “The whole family is involved in seven high school students take advantage of this this business,” Mariah says. And she knows she’ll be opportunity.) involved down the line, as well. Devin graduated In 2014, Mariah graduated from Castleton State from Norwich University thinking he would be with a degree. Deciding her next step, her younger doing some form of police/protection work; however, sister Madison, who worked a few summers as a he ruled that out and joined the family business. server at the Quechee Club, introduced Mariah to “I love that so many family members – his and club management and she began bartending right mine – get along so well and love getting together,” after her graduation. While Mariah worked as a Mariah says. The Cilley family are shareholders in server in other restaurants through college, it was the Tunbridge World’s Fair and every September Quechee Club’s longtime bartender Clay Hillgrove Mariah takes the week of the fair off to work with who taught Mariah the bartending trade. extended family including, her husband, in-laws, While bartending, Mariah got her real estate license. She joined Sotheby’s working in several siblings, aunts, and uncles. Antique Hill, a living Upper Valley offices. She soon realized that real McDonough left this summer to run a restaurant in history exhibit, is one of the family’s concessions at estate was not for her and started fulltime with the Newport, Rhode Island with his new in-laws, Mariah the fair. Quechee Club. “I love my job,” she says and adds, bartends more. With Mariah’s schedule, whole days together “And I have the best boss I ever.” Food and Beverage takes center stage at most with Devin are sparse. Yet they find time for their Her many roles at the Quechee Club events the club offers: Seafood Extravaganza, Wine interests. In the fall they hunt. One chilly day after a As Food and Beverage Supervisor, Mariah Dinners, Italian Nights, members Christmas Party, day of work, Mariah was quiet in a deer blind for supervises many aspects of Davidson’s Restaurant Sunday brunches, and holiday dinners are among the three hours with her bow at the ready. Bow season and Dewey’s Deck, which includes training new staff, varied club offerings. had just begun. Hiking, gardening, hanging out with taking reservations, checking food quality, and During her time off Winnie, their dachshund, gathering for barbeques at focusing on customer satisfaction, as well as handling When Mariah isn’t working, she’s enjoying home home with friends and family even playing cornhole the details of the many events the club in Tunbridge, Vermont, with her husband, Devin, in the yard are some of Mariah’s pleasures. “I love orchestrates. her high school sweetheart. Married in January of this whole family closeness,” Mariah says. “I don’t Since Quechee Club bartender Kevin 2017, the couple live in the town where many think about living any other place.” n

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MEMORY LANE

This is a list of historic street names continued from the last issue of the Quechee Times – Fall 2017. Historic Significance of Area Road Names Timothy Dwight: In 1726 Dwight was the first white child on record born in Vermont. Became a wealthy merchant in Northampton, Mass and was father of Timothy Dwight, Jr. and the grandfather of Timothy Dwight, both Presidents of Yale. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Theodore Dwight Woolsey, another Yale President. Thaddeus Fairbanks: After experimenting with new types of farm equipment, plows and stoves, Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale in St. Johnsbury in 1830. With his brothers, he founded the company which still bears their name, Fairbanks-Morse Co. Jonas Fay: Physician and businessman, Fay settled in Bennington in 1766 at the age of 29. He served as surgeon for the Green Mountain From Quechee Times Olsen commented. “It indicates active silence. Performance dates Boys, was an author of the Vermont Consti- June 1974 that adult professionals rather are Saturday, July 20 and 27. tution, a Judge of the State Supreme Court and he Green Mountain Guild than children will be performing If All the World Just Dances, an agent on several occasions representing is growing. In addition to in our shows and it demonstrates the unit’s third show, brings Tits adult program at the our desire to focus on the together tales, songs, and poetry Vermont before American Congress. Quechee Playhouse, the Guild is imagination of the child.” from around the globe. It’s an Dorothy Canfield Fisher: A native of producing an acting company The first offering, Everything afternoon of story theatre Sunderland, she became one of Vermont’s best with a younger audience in mind. Under the Sun, is an adaptation of guaranteed to involve as well as loved authors. Theater for Children will a classic fairytales told with entertain. It will be played Ralph Flanders: Son-in-law of James Hartness, offer a variety of entertainment puppets. A visitor from another Saturday, August 3 and 10. long an engineer and U. S. Senator, a man of including puppetry, mime, story world learns the secret of what is The last show of the season is national prominence and an industrial leader. theatre, and Comedia dell’Arte. really important in life. It will be Androcles and the Lion, an George Lansing Fox: Called from his Giman The company is experienced and performed Saturday, July 6 and 13. adaptation of the classic tale told parish to serve in World War II, Lieutenant Fox will be headed by returning Pantomime will be introduced in the style of Comedia dell’Arte. dies with the Dorchester was torpedoed in the Guild veterans Merritt Olsen in the Theatre for Children’s Masks, slapstick, music, and dance North Atlantic. Giving his life jacket to a soldier, and Erica Zafarano. “I think the second production, Shhh! It is a make this play a perennial favorite her perished with the three other chaplains, in name of the company – Theatre fast-paced animated hour that for youth of all ages. It plays one of the most heroic acts of the war. n for Children – is significant” draws the audience into a work of Saturday, August 17 and 24. n

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