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72Nd Annual Vermont Conference on Recreation 9/30-10/1 at Lake Morey VRPA Advocate Issue 83 Vermont Recreation & Parks Association Summer 2015 VRPA Presidents’ 72nd Annual Vermont Conference on Perspective Recreation 9/30-10/1 at Lake Morey Andy Cappello, Newport Parks & Recreation Director By Todd Goodwin, Conference Chair oday was “Dock- he Vermont Recreation and In Day”. Reg, Earl, Parks Association is pleased T Tim, Mac, Stewart, Tto be hosting the 72nd Annual Ryan and I spent the day Vermont Conference on Recreation on at the Newport City Dock September 30th and October 1st. We installing each dock; slips, hope that you have already marked the fingers, ramps and all. It dates in your calendar to attend. As rained a little bit in the morning, the sun always, the committee has worked hard to came out once or twice, and Little G’s lunch select speakers and sessions that will be was incredible as always. of interest to a wide variety of parks and Thank goodness everyone stayed dry recreation professionals and volunteers. today. Last fall Earl fell in and got us all This year’s keynote speaker will be Jeff State Assistance Program, with us to speak scrambling to get him out, dry and warmed Price, Business Program Manager with at the awards luncheon and facilitate back up. Those are the types of things we the Everett, WA Parks and Recreation an educational session. The Exhibit Hall try to avoid. We do take all the proper Department. Jeff has more than 25 years will be open both days. Watch for the safety precautions with personal floatation of experience in the parks and recreation conference brochure with all the session devices, hard hats and everything else. field and has conducted keynotes, sessions details due out in early July. Today was just a plain old fun day. It and workshops both nationally and In addition to the planned educational started that way with Pedro and Dave internationally. His keynote presentation sessions, our conference always offers helping to put the harbormaster’s boat on “Leading Optimistically” will be the chance to network with recreation back in the water first thing this morning, relevant to everyone as we work towards professionals, students, and volunteers then Mac arriving with his new truck and Discovering Common Ground, the theme from around the state. The Wednesday Robert lifting each dock and dropping of this year’s conference. (Continued on page 3) them into the water in record time. Rain You will also get to hear other great and all everything seemed to go so well. speakers at this conference including At one point, Trish called me over to talk Carol Williams, Neelay Bhatt, John LaRue, with some folks who wanted to share what and some of our own local recreation it was that they love about our area and professionals: Mark Brislin, Cindi Wight, the various recreational opportunities that Ben Rose, Rebecca Phelps, Nicole Fields, Personal Profile: Jessica Savage....................64 exist here. While hearing everyone share Josh Ryan, and more. The first day of thoughts about great facilities, programs, Facility Profile: Stowe Arena. ............... 8-95 the conference will be organized around ......................... and events, it dawned on me how lucky we a variety of three-hour workshops. The Program Spotlight: Touch a Truck are to have the best parks you could ask second day will include the keynote, VRPA Annual Report for. It made me realize that I was playing three blocks of seventy-minute education News & Events.......................................... 13 in the best water park in the world, while sessions, and our annual Brungardt Award Around the State 17-18 23 putting docks into place. presentations. With reauthorization of Shallow Water Blackout.........................20 In Vermont’s lakes we can be absolutely the federal Land and Water Conservation Membership Application ................ immersed in an incredible natural Fund program set to be decided by September 30th, the timing will be perfect and much more... (Continued on page 19) to have Joel Lynch, Chief of the LWCF 1 Message from the Executive Director ’ve decided to share the following mountain story here because I think that it peak and it’s Iwill help you to do your job better surrounding this summer than anything that I could slopes. VRPA Executive Committee Officers write. Here it is… The flow- President Andy C appello (Newport) 334-6345 Several times my daughter had ers were Pres-Elect Scott Hausler (Hartford) 295-5036 telephoned to say, “Mother, you must planted in Secretary Melissa Cate (Burlington) 865-5399 Treasurer EJay Bishop (Union Arena) 558-2179 come to see the daffodils before they majestic, Past President Ray Sapp (Hartland) 436-2790 are over.” I wanted to go, but it was a swirling pat- two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake terns, great Executive Committee Members-at-Large Arrowhead “I will come next Tuesday”, I ribbons and Geoff Beyer (Montpelier) 223-7335 promised a little reluctantly on her third swaths of Matt Frazee (Stowe) 295-5036 Jill Kearney Niles (Norwich) 649-3040 x5 call. deep orange, creamy white, lemon yel- Ally Vile (Essex) 878-1342 Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. low, salmon pink, and saffron and butter Still, I had promised, and reluctantly yellow. Each different-colored variety VRPA Office I drove there. When I finally walked was planted in large groups so that it Executive Director – Betsy Terry, CPRP into Carolyn’s house I was welcomed swirled and flowed like its own river 721 Main Street, Colchester, VT 05446 Phone 802-878-2077 • FAX 802-878-2921 by the joyful sounds of happy children. with its own unique hue. There were [email protected] • www.vrpa.org I delightedly hugged and greeted my five acres of flowers. grandchildren. “Who did this?” I asked Carolyn. VRPA Webmaster “Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The “Just one woman,” Carolyn answered. Andy Cappello– – [email protected] road is invisible in these clouds and fog, “She lives on the property. That’s her VRPA Newsletter and there is nothing in the world except home.” Carolyn pointed to a well kept The VRPA Advocate is published three times a year by the you and these children that I want to A-frame house, small and modestly Vermont Recreation and Parks Association. Contributions see badly enough to drive another sitting in the midst of all that glory. We to the newsletter are welcome, including commentary on subjects of interest to Vermont’s recreation professionals inch!” My daughter smiled calmly and walked up to the house. On the patio, and volunteers. said, “We drive in this all the time, we saw a poster. “Answers to the Ques- Editor – Betsy Terry Circulation – 400 Mother.” “Well, you won’t get me tions I Know You Are Asking” was the Deadline for the next issue is August 1, 2015. back on the road until it clears, and then headline. The first answer was a simple Send information to [email protected] or by snail mail to: I’m heading for home!” I assured her. one “50,000 bulbs,” it read. The second VRPA, 721 Main Street, Colchester, VT, 05446. “I was hoping you’d take me over to the answer was, “One at a time, by one garage to pick up my car.” woman. Two hands, two feet, and one “How far will we have to drive?” brain.” The third answer was, “Began in Advertising Rates (Member/Non-member) “Oh ... just a few blocks,” Carolyn said. 1958.” 1/8 page $25/50 1/2 page $100/150 “But I’ll drive. I’m used to this.” After This woman more than forty years 1/4 page $50/100 Full page or insert $150/300 several minutes, I had to ask, “Where before, had begun, one bulb at a time, are we going? This isn’t the way to the to bring her vision of beauty and joy PUBLISHED AS A FREE SERVICE TO MEMBERS garage!” “We’re going to my garage to an obscure mountaintop. Planting the long way,” Carolyn smiled, “by one bulb at a time, year after year, this way of the daffodils.” “Carolyn,” I said unknown woman had forever changed sternly, “please turn around.” “It’s all the world in which she lived. One day right, Mother, I promise. You will never at a time, she had created something of forgive yourself if you miss this experi- extraordinary magnificence, beauty, and 2015 ence.” inspiration. The principle her daffodil Jul 25 VRPA – St. Johnsbury Academy After about twenty minutes, we garden taught is one of the great- State Track Meet turned onto a small gravel road and I est principles of celebration. That is, Sep 10 VRPA Executive Committee Meeting saw a small church. On the far side of learning to move toward our goals and Sep 15-17 NRPA Congress, Las Vegas, NV the church, I saw a hand lettered sign desires one step at a time…often just Sep 30 - Oct 1 72nd Annual Vermont Recreation with an arrow that read, “Daffodil Gar- one baby-step at time…and learning to Conference den .” We got out of the car, each took love the doing, learning to use the accu- Nov 19 Vermont Performance Showcase a child’s hand, and I followed Carolyn mulation of time. When we multiply tiny down the path. Then, as we turned a pieces of time with small increments Dec TBA VRPA Quarterly Meeting corner, I looked up and gasped! Be- of daily effort, we too will find we can fore me lay the most glorious sight! It accomplish magnificent things. We can 2016 looked as though someone had taken a change the world. Jan 5-7 NNE Recreation Conference, great vat of gold and poured it over the Attitash, NH (continued on page 13) 2 attended the conference, you are missing And the Winner is ..
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