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Ruth Raymond Jones Memorial Seniors’ Championship

July 17, 2015
KILLINGTON — Wednesday and Thursday, July 15-16, Green Mountain National Golf Club in Killington will host the Ruth Raymond Jones Memorial Seniors' Championship, a 36-hole stroke play tournament with a field of 100 players aged 55 and older. With six-time champion Reggie Parker and the 2013 Champion Mari Harter not entered this year, Marjorie Kaat of…

News Briefs: Castleton

July 17, 2015
Castleton Upward Bound receives Hills and Hollows grant Grant supports high school students in pursuit of higher education CASTLETON—The Castleton Upward Bound program recently won a $3,000 grant from the Hills and Hollows of the Vermont Community Foundation to provide online tutoring services to high school students for the 2015-16 academic year. Participants will be…

Goshen Gallop XXXVII –— It’s been called the “Toughest 10K in New England”

July 16, 2015
Submitted Runners take off for the trails at the start of a 10K at Blueberry Hill Inn. GOSHEN — Traveling from all over New England, the Mid-Atlantic and Canada there will be much anticipation in the air as this year’s pack of contenders line up for the start of the Goshen Gallop 10K race at 4…

KMS names Kris Pepe as freestyle mogul program director and head coach

July 16, 2015
Courtesy of KMS KRIS PEPE KILLINGTON—Killington Mountain School has recently hired Kris Pepe as its new freestyle mogul program director and head coach. From 2008-2014, Kris Pepe was the head mogul FIS/Nor-Am coach at Telluride, Colo., and served most recently as the head freestyle coach at Aspen. Pepe began his freestyle career as a competitive…

Roosters steal win from Wolfpack

July 16, 2015
By Maxx Steinmetz After a three week hiatus, including the Fourth of July weekend, the Rutland Roosters held their first home game since holding their annual Keith Page Memorial Rugby Invitational. This game was the first of a three game series leading up to the Cam-Am tournament held in Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. The…

Quenneville doubles up in Devil’s Bowl Speedway mid-season championships

July 16, 2015
Courtesy of MemorEvents Jimmy Bushey of Mooers Forks, N.Y., celebrates his first Devil's Bowl Speedway win in the Renegade division; Bushey lost his home in a fire on June 13 and recently made his return to the track. Bryant and Bushey take first wins; LaVair makes it five straight WEST HAVEN – Vince Quenneville Jr.…

Shrewsbury angler wins Champlain Bass Series event

July 16, 2015
Submitted Adams with two bass from his winning catch at the Champlain Bass Series Malletts Bay Melee held, June 28. Local tournament bass angler Chris Adams of Shrewsbury, Vt., opened the third annual Champlain Bass Series tournament season with a win at the Malletts Bay Melee on June 28, weighing a 17.74 pound five fish…

Rules of the Game

July 16, 2015
QUESTION: Butch and Cliff are playing in a tournament. On the 4th hole, Butch strokes his ball towards a water hazard. Both players are virtually certain that the ball is in the water hazard.  Butch drops a ball behind the hazard keeping the point at which it is believed the ball crossed the margin of the water…

Green Mountain basketball welcomes Greek standout

July 16, 2015
POULTNEY – The Green Mountain College men’s basketball team is excited to announce the addition of incoming freshman Nikolaos Maragkidis to its program for the upcoming 2015-16 season. Maragkidis made a financial deposit and will begin his Eagle career in September as a business major. “Nik is a hard-working, young man that I think will…

Killington Softball League: Amazing feats of athleticism on display this week

July 16, 2015
By Dave Hoffenberg “Clearly” Moguls and the Killington Deli Team renewed their fierce rivalry last Wednesday night. These teams met in the championship last year which CM won and CM was going for the season sweep having already won two games in the series. The fans in attendance were treated to a battle that will…

What is that curling out of my garlic plant?

July 16, 2015
By Robin Alberti The first year that I tried growing my own garlic, I was surprised to find this thin (about the width of a pencil) light-green stem growing out of the top. It curled around as it grew and even made a flower bud at the end. It reminded me of something out of…

Be mindful of emotions and motives, then stand up to Goliath with strength from within

July 16, 2015
By Cal Garrison, a.k.a Mother of the Skye This week's horoscopes are coming out under an 'Old' Gemini Moon. In the wee hours of the morning earlier this week on July 14, the Moon moved out of its old phase and approached newness as it entered the sign of the Crab. Cancer is a deeply…

Britt Connors and Bourbon Renewal perform a bluesy blend at Brandon Music

July 16, 2015
Courtesy of Brandon Music Britt Connors & Bourbon Renewal Saturday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. — BRANDON — The members of Bourbon Renewal are no stranger to Brandon Music, as regular visitors will know them as members of the John Funkhouser Quartet, but this concert marks Britt Connor’s debut performance at the unique Brandon venue. Hear their blend…

Fifth Summer Pride Theater Festival aims to build understanding of LGBT world

July 16, 2015
Submitted “The Kid Thing” focuses on two lesbian couples contemplating parenthood. July 17-19, 24-26 — RANDOLPH — As many readers will remember, Central Vermont was a hotbed of anti-civil union sentiment during Vermont’s difficult 2000 debate about civil unions, and attitudes here had not changed much by the time same-sex marriage was approved in 2009.  To build…

Rutland bar hosts “drag show” every third Saturday

July 16, 2015
Submitted By Polly Lynn Saturday, July 18 — RUTLAND — “You’d have to drive to Burlington to get a show like this!” said DJ Craig Hahn (a.k.a. “DJ Token” in this circle, as he’s in the minority as a heterosexual.) Held the third Saturday of each month since April, The Local in downtown Rutland has…