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PRSRT STD ATTENTION POULTNEY, PAWLET, ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 65 MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS GRANVILLE, NY 12832 MONEY-SAVING Important public notices for your communities inside on page 2 COUPONS INSIDE! POSTAL CUSTOMER FreePressLAKES REGION Twig remembers / 4 Vol. 30, Issue 45 Friday, November 8, 2019 Free Classifieds/15 Real Estate / 4,18 Stepping Out / 6-7 Jobs / 17-18 XTRA SPECIAL upcoming editions Lakes RegionRegion Veterans 2020 Business & Services Directory Day 2019 Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 11, and some local organizations are giving people the opportunity to honor our nation’s servicemen and women. Those interested in sharing a meal with a veteran, attending a ceremony honoring veterans, or simply stopping by an area monu- Lakes Region Business ment will have ample opportuni- ties to say “thank you for your & Services Guide service” to friends, family, and See page 3. neighbors who chose to put their lives on the line. Here’s a look at some Veterans HOLIDAY Day events in our area: Guide '18 CASTLETON Veterans spaghetti dinner: Castleton Village School’s sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade stu- dents will show their appreciation to veterans for all that they have Castleton’s student firefighters on the job done for the country and the com- Castleton student volunteers Dakota Garrow, Zack Gebo, Ben munity at the 18th annual veter- Charboneau and Noelle Cave pose for a group photo prior to their ans spaghetti dinner on Friday, drill. See story on page 4. Nov. 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Castleton’s American Legion Post A SPECIAL 50. The veterans’ appreciation PUBLICATION OF MANCHESTER NEWSPAPERS dinner will be provided free of charge to all veterans and their Area vet takes fascinating photos Lakes Region families. For more information, call 802-468-2203. American Legion Ellmers to By Jared Stamm said. “I Holiday Gift Guide Post 50 is located at 378 Vermont thought I’d Dr. Gordon Ellmers See page 14. Route 4A, Castleton, Vermont. speak at buy a digital Flag ceremony: Castleton Poultney has been taking photo- camera so University will host a commemo- graphs of birds and that I could rative ceremony in honor of Public other wildlife for the take a photo- past 20 years, ever Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11 Library graph of the at 11 a.m. at the memorial flag- since he bought a digi- film and just pole in front of Woodruff Hall. tal camera to help out email it to Dr. Gordon Ellmers The university will commemo- with his veterinary practice in be read.” rate Veterans Day with the pre- Hudson Falls. And with that first digital cam- sentation of colors at the flag- “In the old days, we took radio- era in hand, he looked outside. pole, followed by remarks by graphs on actual film and had to “That’s when I began to take pic- mail the films to doctors to read, Local job openings / 17-18 See VETS, pg. 3 which could take a few days,” he See PHOTOS, pg. 12 EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS BY ADVERTISING IN THE FREEPRESS – CALL 518-642-1234 2 - Friday, November 8, 2019 - The Lakes Region FreePress Public Fair Haven 5K turkey trot set for Nov. 16 Fair Haven Union High without a nonperishable food Fair Haven Union High School School will host its annual tur- donation. All participants who “5K Turkey Trot,” Attn: Tricia Notices key trot on Saturday, Nov. 16 at register before Saturday, Nov. 9, Dorang, 33 Mechanic St., Fair the high school. will receive a free T-shirt. Haven, VT 05743, or dropped off at Same-day registration and Registration forms can be the main office in the high school. packet pick-up will take place at picked up at the main office at Proceeds will benefit Fair W A R N I N G 9 a.m. Race time is 10 a.m. Fair Haven Union High School or Haven Concerned, Inc. and the Entry fee is $10 for students can be downloaded and printed Fair Haven Union High School All Pawlet Residents age 18 and under who register from https://sites.google.com/ Class of 2020. The Planning Commission’s before Monday, Nov. 11. For oth- site/fhuhs5kturkeytrot/home. Fair Haven Union High FINAL ers, entry fee is $15 plus a non- Completed entry forms can be School is located at 33 Mechanic Community Values Mapping (CVM) Summary Presentation perishable food donation or $20 mailed with a check payable to St., Fair Haven, Vermont. The Pawlet Planning Commission invites the Community of the Town of Pawlet to join us in attending our Town Values Mapping Project SUMMARIZATION. Collage painting workshop at Long Trail School Nov. 9 Presented by Monica Przyperhart of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department with maps consolidating all of the input collected at our Green Mountain Academy Working from an image of There will be many other two public mapping sessions. for Lifelong Learning will wel- their own choosing, students options available as well. It will This PRESENTATION will be held at: come artist and teacher will use acrylic paint to make a be a fun day of creating a per- Anharad Llewelyn who will base layer and then cover the sonal and meaningful mixed The Pawlet Town Hall (Second Floor) on lead a one-day collage painting painting with a variety of pat- media collage painting. Bring a Thursday November 14, 2019 at 7:00 PM workshop on Saturday, Nov. 9, terned paper. Student should bag lunch. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Long plan on bringing old letters, Fee is $60 for the workshop Please, put this important date on your calendar and come join us to add Trail School in Dorset. stamps, handwriting samples, and includes materials. your voice to your New Town Plan. Join your neighbors who have already added their most valued features of Pawlet community life at the last two Students will start the day recipes and/or any paper sup- For more information or to sessions. Your Town Plan is your plan for the future of Pawlet, so don’t creating their own patterned plies they would like to see register, call 802-867-0111 or let this opportunity pass without making your hopes and dreams for our paper samples to use in mixed- incorporated into their fin- visit www.greenmtnacademy. Town heard. media collage painting. ished paintings. org. ALL DREAMS MATTER BE A PART OF IT NOW Veterans Day lecture by Castleton professor Nov. 11 Castleton University will Fleche, the author of the Day Soundings Event lecture present a lecture by Castleton award-winning book “The entitled “Union Veterans and the Town of Poultney history professor Andre Fleche Revolution of 1861: The Making of Modern America.” WINTER PARKING BAN as part of its Veterans Day American Civil War in the Age This event is free and open activities on Monday, Nov. 11, at of Nationalist Conflict,” will to the public. For more infor- Traffic Ordinance 7 p.m. in Jeffords Auditorium. give the first annual Veterans mation, call 800-639-8521. This ordinance establishes specific regulations on the public highways within the jurisdiction of the Town of Poultney, Vt. School Board Member Benson Memory Article VI: Parking Regulations Mettawee School District Section 2. Winter Parking Ban Between the dates of December 1st and March 31st it shall be The Mettawee School District is looking for a Tree Dec. 8 unlawful to park on any highway or in any public parking lot or space, Pawlet resident interested in being appointed to the The United Church of between the hours of 11:00 PM and 7:00 AM, or to place anything board. At its meeting on November 25, 2019, the Benson will dedicate its or materials in such a manner as to impede the plowing and removal Memory Tree for loved ones board will appoint a temporary member to serve on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 6 p.m. of snow. until the next election in March. Proceeds go to the schol- arship fund for continuing Section 3. Removal of Motor Vehicle If you are interested, please submit a letter of interest In the event that a motor vehicle, farm appliance, sport vehicle or education for a senior stu- other wheeled item is parked in such a manner as to impede snow to the BRSU at [email protected] by 5pm on Tuesday, dent. November 19, 2019. You can also mail a letter of Forms and boxes can be removal, then the Town Manager or his authorized agent, Selectmen, found at G & L General or any other law enforcement officer may have the vehicle towed interest to: Mettawee School District Store and The Wheel Inn. away at the owner’s expense plus storage charges, which amount is c/o Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union, For more information, due to the person towing the item before it is claimed. 6378 VT Route 7A, Sunderland, VT 05250. call 802-537-3434. TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS Village of Poultney WARNING WARNING SPECIAL TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 19, 2019 WINTER PARKING BAN The legal voters of the Town of Middletown Springs, Vermont, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Mid- dletown Springs Historical Society in the Town of Middletown Springs on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, between the Excerpts from the Village of Poultney Traffic Ordinance: hours of seven o’clock (7:00) in the forenoon (a.m.), at which time the polls will open, and seven o’clock (7:00) in the afternoon (p.m.), at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian ballot upon the following Article of business: Article VI, Section 4 WINTER PARKING BAN: ARTICLE I 1.