Bennington Pony Club shines at Woodstock regional rally
The Bennington Pony Club sent three teams and two individuals to the Western New England Regional Rally in Woodstock. The B team captained by Jane Worthington won first place by a wide margin amid cross country mishaps. Renee Schurink and Laurie La Roche faced setbacks but the squad clinched victory in stadium jumping with clean rounds. The C2 team placed fourth, while the C1 team finished eighth overall amid weather and course challenges. Jodi Blake earned a perfect written test score and praise for spirit and perseverance.
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Bennington Pony Club
New England
Woodstock
Jane Worthington
Gwen Wisell
Renee Schurink
Laurie la Roche
Chris Warner
Laurie
Renee
Jane
Radnor
Henry Schurink
Doornhof Farm
Shaftsbury
Marlene Plante
Mike Betit
Anable Valley Pony Club
Marlene
Mike
Benning
Laurie L'Heureux
Eve Worthington
Jerry Schurink
Ian Grant
Molly Hapgood
Molly
Laurie L’heureux
Lynn Bellemare
Biff Whitney
Jodi Blake
Kelly Muckle
Denise Kelley
Kelly
Denise
Jod
Biff
Lynn
Jodi
Bennington
Janet Schurink
Peggy Worthington
Joan Blake
Bennington Pony
Fifield Antiques Show Returns to Manchester Center
The annual John G. Fifield Antiques Show and Sale comes to Manchester Center July 29 30 and 31. Sponsored by the Manchester Garden Club chaired by Mrs. Berry Wall this event gathers national dealers and local exhibitors with diverse pieces from formal to informal across American and English styles. Open 11 am to 7 pm Thursday and Friday and 11 am to 5 pm Saturday at the Manchester Center School with snacks and drinks available.
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Fifield
Manchester Center
Manchester
John G. Fifield
University Hospital
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington, D.C
Vermont
Manchester Garden Club
Berry Wall
Garden Club
Paul Twitchell
Emergency declared over flooded Rutland County roads
Rutland County declares emergency after flash flooding. National Guard unit of 32 to repair roads and three damaged bridges with 15 trucks 4 bulldozers and 2 loaders. Five inches of rain in three hours. One 15 year old killed by lightning Richard Tanner found near shattered spruce. Roads Route 140 and Route 133 washed out. Evacuations ordered. sewer plant in Wallingford closed. 40 homes without water until Monday repairs.
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Rutland
UPI
Rutland County
Vermont
Brian Burns
Burns
Thomas Salmon
New York City
National Guard
Proctor
Richard Tanner
Tanner
Wallingford
East Wallingford
Middleton Springs
Civil Defense Office
Montpelier
Orange County
Randolph
William Brogess
Burgess
Negotiator to be hired after HFCS impasse
Hoosick Falls Central School Board moved to hire a professional negotiator to represent the board in future talks with the Hoosick Falls Teachers Association after the bargaining team declared an impasse. Supt. Philip Leonard said the PERB may appoint a fact finder to help settle negotiations.
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HFCS
Hoosick, N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central
HFTA
New York State Public Employment Relations Board
Leonard
Central School Board
PERB
McCullough Library Film Program Includes Four Shorts
This week's program at McCullough Library presents Circus Day Bicycle Driver Cat and Fiddler and Chairmaker and the Boys. Showings run 1 to 2 p.m. on July 15 at the library.
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McCullough
Cat
Chairmaker
McDonald’s Olympic Medals Game for 1976
McDonald’s runs an Olympic Medals Game through August 31 1976. Each visit earns a rule card listing a specific event and date. If the U S wins gold you get a Big Mac silver earns fries bronze earns a drink. No purchase required.
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McDonald's
U.S
Fort Ticonderoga hosts Bicentennial salute by Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps
Fort Ticonderoga welcomes the 2nd United States Marine Division Drum and Bugle Corps on July 18 for a Bicentennial salute to the U.S. Naval Forces with a reading of the Declaration of Independence. Performances at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. feature period music, a flag pageant, and living-history demonstrations by the 5th Connecticut Regiment and Fort Ticonderoga Fife and Drums.
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Drum and Bugle Corp
5Th Connecticut Regiment
Fort Ticonderoga
Vermont Labor Forum undecided in Stafford Salmon race
Vermont Labor Forum chairman says endorsement is a toss up between Sen. Robert Stafford and Gov. Thomas Salmon if they win party nominations in September. The group usually backs Democrats but some members cite Salmon’s hands off stance in a 1974 Burlington unions versus management clash as a factor.
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
Vermont
Vermont Labor Forum
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Thomas Salmon
Labor Forum
Chauncey Collins
Salmon
Stafford
Labor
Burlington
Rutland
John Welch
Scott Skinner
Montpelier
Former National Life employee to serve 30 months in prison
Jules Demchick former National Life general agent for Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to three counts of defrauding the Montpelier company for schemes involving more than 50 fraudulent policies. He received a 30 month sentence and the judge recommended a Pennsylvania prison to be near his family.
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Burlington
UPI
National Life Insurance
Montpelier
Essex Junction Man Found Dead After River Drowning
The body of Roy Tellia, 30, of Essex Junction, was recovered from the Winooski River four days after he drowned when his rubber raft capsized near a waterfall behind the Green Mountain Power plant. His brother and another man spotted the body snagged in a tree two miles downstream.
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Essex Junction
UPI
Roy Tellia
Winooski
Tellia
Green Mountain Power Company
Burgess Campaign Posts Over $9,000 War Chest
Democratic candidate John A. Burgess of Montpelier reported $1,085 in political contributions for the month. A $500 donation from Howard Spector of Pittsburgh and a $250 gift from Stephen Peskin of New York City topped the list, boosting his campaign funds to more than $9,000.
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Montpelier
UPI
John A. Burgess
Howard Spector
Pittsburgh
Burgess
Stephen Peskin
New York City
Game
Angry Troy petition targets slumlord and residents
In South Troy, 89 residents from Fourth and Adams streets presented an angry petition to officials accusing a slumlord Albert P. Riccardi of Loudonville of neglect. The document labels Fourth Street tenement residents as white trash for garbage, dog, and public disturbance problems. Albany reports 1976 first quarter tax revenue up, improving surpluses if trends hold.
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Troy
Fourth
Adams Streets
South Troy
Fourth Street
Albert P. Riccardi
Loudonville
Albany
New York State
Peter Goldmark
Goldmark
Huntington man killed after shooting threat to officers
A 40-year-old Huntington man Francis Gauthier was shot and killed Sunday night after aiming a rifle at three police officers responding to a noise call. Trooper Robert Gosselin and two Huntington officers attempted arrests, were fired upon, and Gauthier was killed after five shots were fired by Gosselin following multiple warnings. The Berkshire incident preceded HEW transfer of marshland to Berkshire Community College for use as an ecological lab along the Housatonic River.
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Huntington
Robert Gosselin
Francis Gauthier
County Road
Gosselin
Gauthier
Pittsfield
Berkshire Community College
Housatonic River
U.S. General Services Administration
Navy
Ordnance Systems Command
General Electric Co
GSA
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
BCC
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Berlin
N.Y
Sheilah Miller
Beatrice Mattison
Albany Medical Center Hospital
North Bennington
mcDonalds
Northside Drive
Ft. T
Ite S Hs
AT Furniture Co
Main ST
Finast
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Springfield
Bradford
Lunenburg
Gilman
Shelburne Fire District
Castleton
New York
Troy Petition
Down In
Berkshire
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