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Editor of the Reformer:
The students at Townshend Elementary School and I would like to thank Maija Schmidt and C&S Wholesale Grocers for their generous donations of water and snacks to our LAFTER after school programs. Funded by a 21st Century Grant, LAFTER has provided wonderful programs for our students and C&S’s donations have helped to keep our costs down and are a welcome addition to the grant.
Heidi Russ,
Townshend Elementary School, June 5
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Editor of the Reformer:
My dog, Tink, was attacked and savaged by a dog at South Pond in Marlboro, on Sunday, May 27. I was hysterical and completely focused on trying to get the dog off Tink, so I didn’t get the name of the person with the dog or any contact information.
The dog was a large, smooth-haired, brindled animal. It looked like 40 or 50 pounds of solid muscle. The girl with him said she wasn’t his owner but that the owner had told her he was "friendly," so she let it off its leash. I had Tink on his leash.
The car the girl was driving had Virginia license plates. She said she worked for the ASPCA.
Tink is alive, thanks to Dr. Abbott of the Vt.-N.H. Veterinary Clinic in Dummerston, and the skill and care of Dr. Benson, the nurses and technicians, and the entire staff at the Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Hospital in South Deerfield, Mass., a 24/7 intensive care facility.
I ask
Pat DeAngelo,
Brattleboro, June 5
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Editor of the Reformer:
The seventh annual walkathon, raffle and pasta dinner in support of the Amber Marie Bernier Scholarship fund was held on June 3. There were about 80 walkers, and over 1,200 raffle tickets sold for 25 prizes donated by friends and local businesses. The pasta dinner featured fresh cut flowers, teenage servers with pink ties and live acoustic music by Dan Kaznitz and Addison Rice. And a special musical treat by the a cappella group, Renegade. Between organizers, donators, supporters and volunteers, hundreds of people helped to make this event a success.
The following is a list of area businesses and individuals that we would especially like to thank.
Donations for the Walkathon: Trend Business Solutions, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.
Donations for the Pasta Dinner: Justin Thompson, Entera Artisan Catering, Kristen Carmichael Bowers, Brattleboro Food Coop, Jeff and Wendy Brewer, Lynda Meyer, Dorothy Jones, Lizzie Benton, Joni Crandall, Alyssa Rogers, Karen Bokum, Heidi Cleveland, Yvonne Bernier, Jan Brown, Wendy Bedard, North Country Naturals, Matt Wright, Pepsi.
Donations for the Raffle: Alyssa Rogers Photography, Knit or Dye, Amy’s Bakery & Arts Cafe, Shear Design, Shear Impressions, Howard Printing, Boomerangs, Vermont Auto Works, Mocha Joe’s, Jan Brown, Baker’s Hallmark, Adavasi, Everyone’s Books, Walgreen’s, The Marina, Heartfelt Memories, Colonial Pool and Spa, Brattleboro Bowl, Joni Crandall.
Ticket sellers: Chris and Jade Clews, Richard Doody, Sasha McCallister.
Walk for Amber Committee Members: Joni Crandall, Alyssa Rogers, Jan Brown, Karen Bokum, Heidi Cleveland.
Other Supporters: Brattleboro Reformer, WKVT, WTSA, Todd Brown, John Crandall, Lizzie Benton, Matt Wright.
Special thanks to Tristan Toleno, Joni and John Crandall, Alyssa Rogers, Heidi Cleveland, Karen Bokum, and Jan Brown, whose efforts made the event possible.
With our sincere appreciation and gratitude,
Debbie, Dan, Adam
and Kayla Bernier-Sontag
and Jade Clews,
Brattleboro, June 4
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Editor of the Reformer:
Lydia’s Friends would like to extend their sincere thanks to the many people who made our Geranium Festival and Book Sale such a resounding success. The Festival was held on Saturday, June 9, at the West Dummerston Community Center to support Dummerston’s own Lydia Taft Pratt Library and the many services it provides the community.
Community libraries are rich resources for the rural areas of Vermont. The Lydia Pratt Taft Library, founded in the 1920s, houses nearly 4,000 volumes including many historical records, facilitates an active inter-library loan program, offers free WiFi to the community, hosts reading groups and delivers books to shut-ins, among other activities.
The library also has a dedicated group of volunteers who support the part time librarian. They keep the library open additional hours.
Geraniums for sale were donated are by Walker Farm. Books for the sale were donated through the generosity of people from around Windham County. A wide variety of titles for young and old were available. The festival also had refreshments for sale, with cheese donated by Grafton Village Cheese Co. and water from Pepsi of Brattleboro. In addition there was music provided by Carol and Paul Adkins and crafts and games for children.
A silent auction for a variety of items and service was a big success.
We are most grateful to the community businesses for their donations to the auction. We received gift certificates to the Marina Restaurant, The Tavern Restaurant, Everyone’s Books, Paws and Claws for a shampoo, cut, and groom for a cat or dog, and Hannaford Grocers. Other donations for the auction were a wide selection of jams from Sidehill Farms, Maple Syrup from Dwight Miller Orchards, a Garden Set from the Vermont Country Store, a baby quilt by Faith Evans of Dream Quilts, a tote bag and one half peck of heirloom apples from Scott farm, and a piano tuning by John Dwyer.
We also want to thank everyone who came out in support of the Festival, including the West Dummerston Community Center.
Lydia’s Friends are already making plans for future annual Geranium Festivals and Book Sales.
My apologies if I have neglected to mention anyone.
William Menezes,
For Lydia’s Friends, June 11
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Editor of the Reformer:
We wish to extend sincere gratitude to our families, friends and all the individuals in this caring community who consoled us, provided meals for us, prayed for us and helped to ease us through the grief of losing our beloved Tim. Brattleboro is truly a wonderful community in which to live.
Special thanks are due to: Hilltop Montessori School, Trinity Lutheran Church, Rentals Plus; VNA and Hospice of VT. And NH.; American Legion Post #5; the BOC and BTC tennis clubs; the Masiello Group; Berkley & Veller Greenwood Country; Lotus Graphics; BUHS Class of ‘78, particularly Pete Nichols, Dana Sprague, Scott Switzer and Nate Hewes. Thanks also to Molly Molloan, Rick Foley, Jody Haley, Steven K. Brooks, Bill Torrey and Shannon McGough. Blessings to Wally Roberts.
To use Tim’s own words when he thanked the people of Brattleboro in 2009, "How lucky are we to live in a special community like Brattleboro? I believe that human beings require this type of sharing and to feel a part of a community."
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Don and Nancy Long,
Pamela Long and Rick Foley,
Chris Long and Tracy Marino,
Lyn Sperry,
June 14
