Sept/Oct 2013 Volume 10, Issue 5 The Marlboro Mixer A FREE newsletter for the town of Marlboro, Vermont. 31st Annual Marlboro Community Fair, September 14th!! In this Issue: Marlboro Cares….2 The Fair is almost here! Please join us on Saturday, September 14th. Select Board……….3 This year we are celebrating “The Makers of Marlboro,” all of those Store…………………..3 friends and neighbors who build, create, craft, make, sing, strum, write, Apples………….…….4 repair, harvest, raise, bake, imagine... MES……………………5 Poetry……………..…6 This year we are very glad to have a number of demonstrations of the skill and ingenuity that make Energy……………….6 our Town such a unique place. The Arts & Crafts Tent will host exhibits of wool yarn spinning, toy VPL……………..…….7 making, an oral history, tool sharpening, video productions, and others. Come learn about birds of prey and enjoy a hard cider or maple syrup tasting in the Ag Tent. We encourage everyone to bring flowers, fruits, and vegetables, as well as jams and beers, for display and to enter to win prizes - and entries from all ages are welcome, so please come and bring the best of your harvest. We are glad once again to be hosting a baking contest with prizes donated by King Arthur Flour, with entries being accepted up to 9:30 AM. The stage will be packed with great music all day long, including Rich Grumbine, Singcrony, Michael Hertz, T. Fredric and Lillian Jones, Jesse Lepkoff and friends, the MacArthur Family, Julia Slone, and Red Heart the Ticker. We will have a poetry reading at 3:00 and wrap up the day with A FREE newsletter the Fair Song at 4:00. for the town of The artisans from Ironwood will be hosting the game tent this year, and Mike Purcell will be Marlboro creating another thrilling bike rodeo. Don’t forget the tug of war, the egg toss, the skillet toss, and nail pounding. So come by The Muster Field and enjoy a great hot breakfast starting at 8:30 AM. The Ill Wind Also available Ensemble will lead our traditional parade opening the Fair at 10:00. Enjoy a delicious lunch while by email if requested relaxing in front of the stage. And don’t forget that the Tea Tent will be serving up delicious scones (save paper, save and jam from 1:00 until 4:00. money!) We’d love some help cleaning up so if you can stick around for half an hour afterwards. It would be greatly appreciated. For submissions or to receive the Mixer, Fair Programs will be available at the Town Office, Marlboro College, and the Brattleboro Food please contact Robin Coop. You can also download a Program from the Town website or find us at ‘Marlboro Fair’ on MacArthur at: Facebook. See you on Saturday, September 14th! PO Box 472 Marlboro, VT 05344 802-258-2648 macarthur.robin@ gmail.com South Pond Cleanup will be held on 22nd of September from 10-noon. We’re online, too. All working members, please come join us! See us at: http://marlboro.vt.us Meeting House Preschool The Marlboro Mixer Page 2 of 8 Seeking classroom assistant The News From Marlboro Cares by Sally Andrews We are looking for a gentle, conscientious person who enjoys being with children, Senior Lunches -- Next lunch: Friday, October 4 cooking and likes to be Although Senior Lunches had been postponed during the summer months, happily they will resume outside in all weather. Job th on October 4 at 11:30 a.m. in the Student Center at Marlboro College. As usual they’ll be held at that would be divided between time on the first Friday of each month. Please call 258-3030 to make a reservation by the Tuesday classroom and kitchen morning preceding the Friday luncheon. Meals continue to be $3.00 by donation. responsibilities. This is a th play-based program, At the October 4 lunch, nurse Susan Kunhardt will give us some tips on “Staying Healthy as Winter Approaches”. We’re grateful to Marlboro College and Richie Brown, the excellent cook, for the Waldorf- influenced with a delicious luncheons held in that warm and lively atmosphere. pro-social curriculum focus. Senior Wellness Clinic – Next clinic, Saturday, September 21 Hours: 8:15 a.m.- 2 p.m., with possibility of more hours. M- The next Wellness Clinic will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Please call ahead for Th, school year calendar. an appointment by Thursday, Sept. 19. Call Marlboro Cares at 258-3030. Rides are available by request. Pay: based on experience. The Senior Wellness Clinics offer nursing services free of charge to residents here in town at the Marlboro College Health Center. The clinics are not meant to take the place of your doctors, but to Qualifications: BA or supplement them. Services offered include trimming toenails, ear cleaning, blood pressure checks, equivalent, experience nutrition advice, and other questions answered. Susan Kunhardt and the other volunteer nurses do working in early childhood or not diagnose, nor order treatment, but they can consult with you and give excellent advice. elementary school setting. Must have reliable “Plan Ahead and Rest in Peace” – Wednesday, November 6 transportation. Looking ahead, a workshop on Living Wills will be presented by Ray Walker on November 6, at 7:00 p.m. in the Marlboro Elementary School. Ray has presented this kind of workshop numerous times, Apply to: email letter of helping participants walk through the steps of actually filling out a living will, specifying their own interest, resume and 3 job personal choices for health care if they should be unable to make decisions due to illness or references (with phone incapacity. The document will be completed before they leave, with stamped envelopes provided for numbers) to mailing. [email protected]. Fall Flu Shot Clinic – Saturday, November 9 For more information: A nurse from Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire will be available call Liz Vick at (802) 254- to dispense flu shots on November 9, from 9:30 to 11:30 at Marlboro Elementary School. This is open 7060. to the public 18 years old and up. They will bill Medicare directly for Seniors if the client brings his/her Medicare card. Cost for those not on Medicare will be $25-$28. They do not bill Medicaid. Forms will be provided for clients wishing to apply for reimbursement themselves. Make an appointment by calling Marlboro Cares (254-3030) or adding your name on sign-up sheets that will be posted at the School or Town Office closer to this date. Marlboro Alliance Summer Sale Success! by Lynna Jackson The Marlboro Alliance Summer Sale was another success this year with over $4,000 in profits. The Alliance will put these dollars to use in our community throughout the coming year. The Alliance wishes to thank the many donors who provided all the delightful items for sale. We wish to also thank the town of Marlboro for use of the Town House, David Elliot and crew for the setup of the electronic sign on Route 9, and the countless volunteers who spent time organizing and working for this sale. Last but not least, we wish to thank Pam Burke for leading us in this successful event. We are looking forward to the Marlboro Fair coming up in September and hope to see everyone there! Page 3 of 8 The Marlboro Mixer Select Board Report by Marcia Hamilton The select board meets at 5:00 PM every second and fourth Thursday at the Town Offi ce, unless otherwise warned. The select board participated with the Board of Listers, the Town Treasurer and the Town Clerk in adopting the following policy regarding Homestead Declarations: The Town of Marlboro receives annually from the Vermont Dep artment of Taxes, via download, a list of taxpayers who have filed their Homestead Declarations. Failure by the taxpayer, for any reason, to send their Homestead Declaration in a timely fashion to the State will cause the taxpayer to be charged a 3% penalty in addition to their tax bill. The Town administers this penalty and keeps the penalty, even though the filing is with the State. April 15 is the deadline for submitting your Homestead Declaration so please be sure to file with the State on time. The deadline applies even if you get an extension for filing your income taxes. On July 25, 2013 the select board decided not to lay out a portion of private road at the north end of Whitaker Farm Road as a public highway. Last fall residents of that neighb orhood submitted a petition to the select board. In June, 2013 the board held a site visit and hearing. On October 10, 2013 at 5:00 PM the select board will hear testimony on the Revised Town Plan Draft. Copies of the Revised Town Plan Draft and the Town Plan Amendment Report may be obtained at the Town Office or on the Town Website under Groups/Planning. The board would like to see citizen participation in this process. The select board and Town Highway Department have been working with the Vermont Local Roads Program at Saint Michael’s College. It is part of the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), a national non-profit effort financed jointly by the Federal Highway Administration and individual State Departments of Transportation. Its purpose is to provide road and bridge know-how to municipal people involved with highways. The Director, David Antone, came to Marlboro and rode around on several roads and returned a report of his findings.