Tuesday, November 13, 2012
News to Know November 13, 2012
Sent by Corinne Stridsberg and also posted athttp://socialenergy.blogspot.com
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Included below please find:
SUPPORTING LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES
TOWN WEBSITE HIGHLIGHTS http://www.berlinvt.org
HANDMADE CANDY CANES IN STOWE
PAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR VERMONT
INC.: U-32 STUDENTS AIM TO MAKE A GO OF BUSINESS
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SUPPORTING LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES
Let's figure out how we can do a little more to support our local small businesses and self-employed people. Please share info on what you have to offer, both items and services. Purchasing gifts from these businesses / people (or maybe even gift certificates) would go a long way to help your friends and neighbors. Fresh vegetables, jams & preserves, baked goods, meats, handcrafted items, firewood, wood working, snow removal, photography, used books, ... I'm sure the list is endless. FrontPorchForum.com would be a great place to share this information but I'm glad to post it here also.
Front Porch Forum (FPF) recently became available to Berlin Berlin
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November 14th at 7pm is the next meeting of the Berlin Historical Society at the Berlin Town Office. I noted in the agenda there will be an update on participation in the 250th anniversary of Berlin June 6, 2013 .
The complete agenda and minutes from the last meeting on the history of Berlin Pond is posted on the town website under "Berlin Historical Society" on the left sidebar. Note there will be no December meeting. The first meeting in 2013 will be on January 16th.
Did you know membership to the Berlin Historical Society is only $10 and a brief application form can be found on their webpage. They would love to see more folks get involved.
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TOWN WEBSITE HIGHLIGHTS http://www.berlinvt.org
Check out the Recreation page on the Berlin
"The Town of Berlin 8 Shed Road
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PTNA Parents are bringing back the Holiday Bazaar for Berlin Elementary students this year offering it on a Saturday morning, December 8th from 9-11 AM .
Instead of pricing items, there will be a box in the front lobby for parents to make donations if they're able to.
Half of the gym will be for shopping and wrapping while the other half will be available for kids who are done shopping and waiting for their siblings. Kevin Croteau will be there with those kids so they can play some basketball.
The plan is to have the front lobby as the area for the parents to socialize and enjoy coffee, donuts and muffins so their kids can shop without them. Vera Frazier is looking into donations for muffins or donuts and coffee.
Kim Boyd is looking for people to do the following:
- Inventory items upstairs in the PTNA area on Nov. 14th & 28th @
- Donations - items to not need to be new but they should be in very good condition; usually there is a shortage of gifts for men and teenagers
- Volunteers to help with the set up, tear down
- Volunteers to help the kids shop and also helping kids wrap gifts
- Possible transportation help to get people to and from the Holiday Bazaar (your contact information would be given to families to contact you if they need assistance)
Donations can be brought to the school or contact Kim kboyd76@comcast.net . The annual Holiday Bazaar has a long history at Berlin Elementary School
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HANDMADE CANDY CANES IN STOWE http://www.laughingmoonchocolates.com
It's almost time to visit Laughing Moon Chocolates in Stowe and be part of their awesome candy cane making. Candy Cane Making Demonstrations begin promptly at 11am each Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between November 21st and December 23rd. Plus, Laughing Moon has added a 2pm demonstration on Saturdays.
Here is how it works: Space at Laughing Moon is limited so if you want to attend a demonstration and make your own candy cane it is best to call ahead and make reservations. They will reserve space for about 15 people at each demonstration.
Here is how it works: Space at Laughing Moon is limited so if you want to attend a demonstration and make your own candy cane it is best to call ahead and make reservations. They will reserve space for about 15 people at each demonstration.
Admission is free to watch and $6.00 per person to make your own Candy Cane. You can register for a demonstration by calling (802)253-9591. The folks at Laughing Moon do their best to accommodate everyone but be prepared, it does get crowded. Laughing Moon Chocolates is open daily from 9-6 on South Main Street Stowe Village
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Pub 11/11/12 WPTZ.com MONTPELIER , Vt.
The centerpiece of Vermont
Closure of the old Vermont State Hospital Waterbury
It's been developing a system that would include small psychiatric units in several different parts of the state, plus a 25-bed facility in Berlin
The Berlin
DFR (Dept of Financial Regulation) will conduct a hearing on the application Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the 3rd floor conference room of 89 Main Street Montpelier
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PAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR VERMONT
Lt. Governor Phil Scott would like to put the word out to Vermont
If you know any college students who have an interest in policy and want a great vantage point to observe state government at work, please encourage them to visit the link below and contact us before November 30: Ltgov.vermont.gov/internships
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BARNARD GENERAL STORE / SILVER LAKE
I know many of you have enjoyed going to Silver Lake December 31, 2012 , so far they've raised at least $351,000. They've made a fabulous little film about Barnard General Store "Restore the Store" .. with lots of great photos old and new ... ENJOY http://friendsofbgs.com/restore-the-store I so wish Berlin
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INC.: U-32 STUDENTS AIM TO MAKE A GO OF BUSINESS
Pub 11/8/12 Times Argus
The 20 students in George Cook’s “Inc.”class at U-32 High School are taking part in a project-based learning opportunity that Principal Keith Gerritt says “is something they can use to be economically viable citizens of not only this country, but the world.”
Cook, 40, started teaching at U-32 two years ago in the business education department. “One of my favorite things about U-32 is how robust and dynamic the programming is. There’s a lot of opportunity for these kids,” he says.
Last year, he saw a chance to further that opportunity by incorporating into the curriculum a class based on experiential learning; that is, the students learn not by lecture, but by experience.
“Inc.,” short for “incorporated,” is a course in entrepreneurship. The goal: to answer the question “how hard is it to start a business?” The students are expected to start a business from scratch and bring it into full operation by the end of the semester.
Though there have been some sleepless nights for Cook, the pilot class is shaping up to be the first in an established line of courses.
The “Inc.” class falls into the 21st century learning — or 21st century skills — approach to education, a growing movement that focuses on what some would say is a more holistic approach to teaching and learning. At the core of this movement is the drive to ensure that students learn three skill sets: life and career skills, learning and innovation skills, and information media and technology skills.
Financial literacy is one of those skills that students (and perhaps a lot of adults) need in order to be successful today. It can be defined as the ability to use knowledge and skills to manage financial resources effectively. In 2003, the Financial Literacy and Education Commission was created to promote a better understanding of finance within theUnited States
U-32 has committed to improving students’ financial literacy and has been rewarded for its efforts. The school was recently awarded two grants — one for $15,000 from Discover and the other valued at $26,500 from the Center for Financial Literacy atChamplain College
Student William Odell-Monley says about the class, “I think it’s pretty cool. I think it’s interesting and certainly different than anything else I’ve ever done before. It seems to be going really well so far. I think it’ll be fun to start selling.”
The doing-by-learning concept in business education is not new by any means. For example,Babson College Northeastern University Vermont
In 2008, a survey by Jump$tart — a nonprofit coalition of organizations dedicated to improving the financial literacy of U.S. youth — found that 48.3 percent of U.S. high school students could be considered financially literate. “Inc.” is part of the push to increase that number.
The students in this semester, mostly seniors, have chosen to make and sell a product as their business. (The alternative would be to provide a service.) Their goal is to have a full line of T-shirts to sell by semester’s end — long sleeves, short sleeves, cotton and tech T’s, all with U-32 graphics. So far they’ve drawn up a mission statement, designed and printed their own “Inc.” T-shirts they wear to class, and have started working on market research within the school to determine how many designs they will be printing.
“Sometimes I feel I have to rein them in,” says Cook. “They’re very, very excited. And that’s common when a student is really into something that they’re learning.”
But the students have a lot of work ahead of them as they go from concept to raising capital, designing, marketing, advertising, promoting, accounting, selling and distributing the final product. Last week they learned they would be hearing a sales pitch from a local screen-printing business. “You guys should be excited, you’re in demand,” Cook told his students.
The students sit in teams around large oval tables in their newly renovated classroom, working on marketing, advertising, sales, and finance and accounting tasks. Thanks to the Discover grant, the school was able to upgrade the room, install high-speed wireless Internet and outfit the “company” with a top-of-the-line projector and laser jet printer, as well as new laptops.
The classroom is more like an office with the tables in place of desks, and the focus is on collaborative effort among the teams, with their respective responsibilities, to get the job done.
“The cool thing about project-based learning is my role in this,” says Cook. “I need to let them learn. I can’t jump in there and save them every time I know that they might be headed in the wrong direction. I think that it would be wrong if I gave it to them, because one of the missions of the class is: This is how you learn. Sometimes a lot of work needs to be redone.”
The other benefit to experiential learning is that it effectively teaches students who have diverse learning styles. As Gerritt says, “The beauty of the program is that it services the needs of all students. Kids are savvy. They know they’re not just competing with graduates fromMontpelier Vermont U.S.
Kathryn Eddy is a writer and researcher living inBraintree
Cook, 40, started teaching at U-32 two years ago in the business education department. “One of my favorite things about U-32 is how robust and dynamic the programming is. There’s a lot of opportunity for these kids,” he says.
Last year, he saw a chance to further that opportunity by incorporating into the curriculum a class based on experiential learning; that is, the students learn not by lecture, but by experience.
“Inc.,” short for “incorporated,” is a course in entrepreneurship. The goal: to answer the question “how hard is it to start a business?” The students are expected to start a business from scratch and bring it into full operation by the end of the semester.
Though there have been some sleepless nights for Cook, the pilot class is shaping up to be the first in an established line of courses.
The “Inc.” class falls into the 21st century learning — or 21st century skills — approach to education, a growing movement that focuses on what some would say is a more holistic approach to teaching and learning. At the core of this movement is the drive to ensure that students learn three skill sets: life and career skills, learning and innovation skills, and information media and technology skills.
Financial literacy is one of those skills that students (and perhaps a lot of adults) need in order to be successful today. It can be defined as the ability to use knowledge and skills to manage financial resources effectively. In 2003, the Financial Literacy and Education Commission was created to promote a better understanding of finance within the
U-32 has committed to improving students’ financial literacy and has been rewarded for its efforts. The school was recently awarded two grants — one for $15,000 from Discover and the other valued at $26,500 from the Center for Financial Literacy at
Student William Odell-Monley says about the class, “I think it’s pretty cool. I think it’s interesting and certainly different than anything else I’ve ever done before. It seems to be going really well so far. I think it’ll be fun to start selling.”
The doing-by-learning concept in business education is not new by any means. For example,
In 2008, a survey by Jump$tart — a nonprofit coalition of organizations dedicated to improving the financial literacy of U.S. youth — found that 48.3 percent of U.S. high school students could be considered financially literate. “Inc.” is part of the push to increase that number.
The students in this semester, mostly seniors, have chosen to make and sell a product as their business. (The alternative would be to provide a service.) Their goal is to have a full line of T-shirts to sell by semester’s end — long sleeves, short sleeves, cotton and tech T’s, all with U-32 graphics. So far they’ve drawn up a mission statement, designed and printed their own “Inc.” T-shirts they wear to class, and have started working on market research within the school to determine how many designs they will be printing.
“Sometimes I feel I have to rein them in,” says Cook. “They’re very, very excited. And that’s common when a student is really into something that they’re learning.”
But the students have a lot of work ahead of them as they go from concept to raising capital, designing, marketing, advertising, promoting, accounting, selling and distributing the final product. Last week they learned they would be hearing a sales pitch from a local screen-printing business. “You guys should be excited, you’re in demand,” Cook told his students.
The students sit in teams around large oval tables in their newly renovated classroom, working on marketing, advertising, sales, and finance and accounting tasks. Thanks to the Discover grant, the school was able to upgrade the room, install high-speed wireless Internet and outfit the “company” with a top-of-the-line projector and laser jet printer, as well as new laptops.
The classroom is more like an office with the tables in place of desks, and the focus is on collaborative effort among the teams, with their respective responsibilities, to get the job done.
“The cool thing about project-based learning is my role in this,” says Cook. “I need to let them learn. I can’t jump in there and save them every time I know that they might be headed in the wrong direction. I think that it would be wrong if I gave it to them, because one of the missions of the class is: This is how you learn. Sometimes a lot of work needs to be redone.”
The other benefit to experiential learning is that it effectively teaches students who have diverse learning styles. As Gerritt says, “The beauty of the program is that it services the needs of all students. Kids are savvy. They know they’re not just competing with graduates from
Kathryn Eddy is a writer and researcher living in
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These results can also be found on the town website. Please note, any changes from the unofficial results I sent out the night of 11/6/12 I have put the corrected number.
For President and Vice-President of the United States
Vote for no more than ONE
Ross "Rocky" C. Anderson and Luis J. Rodriguez - 7
Gary Johnson and James P. Gray - 18
Peta Lindsay and Yari Osorio- 4
Barack Obama and Joseph R. Biden Jr - 792 correction: 795
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - 425 correction: 426
For US Senator
Vote for not more than ONE
Pete Diamondstone - 10
Cris Ericson - 16
Laurel Laframboise - 2
John MacGovern - 334
Peter Moss - 8
Peter Moss - 8
Bernie Sanders - 868 correction: 872
For Representative to Congress
Vote for not more than ONE
James "Sam" Desrochers - 21
Mark Donka - 299
Andre Laframboise - 4
Jane Newton - 17
Peter Welch - 886 correction: 889
For Governor
Vote for not more than ONE
Randy Brock - 517 correction: 520
Dave Eagle - 10
Cris Ericson - 16
Emily Peyton - 20
Peter Shumlin - 674 correction: 675
For Lieutenant Governor
Vote for not more than ONE
Cassandra "Cass" Gekas - 216 correction: 218
Ben Mitchell - 15
Phil Scott - 1010 correction: 1012
For State Treasurer
Vote for not more than ONE
Jessica "Jessy" Diamondstone - 20 correction: 21
Beth Pearce - 636 correction: 637
Don Schramm - 33
Wendy Wilton - 511 correction: 513
For Secretary of State
Vote for not more than ONE
James C. Condos - 985 correction: 989
Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert 122
For Auditor of Accounts
Vote for not more than ONE
Doug Hoffer - 520 correction: 522
Vincent Illuzzi - 613 correction: 615
Jerry Levy - 32
For Attorney General
Vote for not more than ONE
Rosemarie Jackowski - 21 correction: 22
Jack McMullen - 410 correction: 412
William H. Sorrell - 644
Ed Stanak - 131 correction: 132
Fore State Senator
Vote for not more than THREE
Bernard "Buddy" Barnett - 416 correction: 417
Ann Cummings - 650 correction: 653
William "Bill" Doyle - 738 correction: 742
Jeremy Hansen - 234 correction: 235
Dexter Lefavour - 301
Anthony Pollina - 527 correction: 528
For State Representative
Vote for not more than TWO
Colin T. Bright - 461 correction: 463
Anne B. Donahue - 640 correction: 643
Patti J. Lewis - 811 correction: 813
For High Baliff
Vote for not more than ONE
Marc Poulin - 1011 correction: 1015
Article 1
Should the Town of Berlin
Yes 790 correction: 793
No 440 correction: 441
For Justice of the Peace
Vote for not more than TEN (10)
Wanda Baril, Republican
Elizabeth Fitzhugh, Republican
John Fitzhugh, Republican
Cathy Lamberton, Republican
Matthew Levin, Democrat
Kyle Faye Mooney, Democrat
Muriel Morse, Democrat
Charles Pelletier, Democrat
Kathy Pelletier, Democrat
Sue Rich, Republican
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