ANNOUNCEMENTS

Here's an important message for women looking for employment in our area. Job Fair

April 9th

WGDR, 91.1fm, Goddard College Community Radio announces its April 9th Signal Launch Party for its brand new sister station WGDH, Hardwick, 91.7fm on the dial at The Hardwick Town House in Hardwick! Hours for the event will be 3pm - 9:30pm. Our headliner will be The Eames Brothers at 8pm, with VT Vaudeville at 6:30pm, Robert Sarazin-Blake at 5pm and storytellers Tim Jennings and Leanne Ponder at 3:45pm (excellent program for the whole family!). This event will be televised (Hardwick Public TV) and remotely broadcasted on WGDR, Plainfield, 91.1fm and on WGDH, Hardwick, 91.7fm. There will be food vendors, door prizes and plenty of community connection and networking-- It's the place to be on 4/9!

Also,

April 11th - April 18th

WGDR/WGDH is a unique college community radio station serving the Central Vermont region from the campus of Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. The Spring Pledge Drive kicks off on Monday, April 11th and continues through Monday, April 18th. Tune in to hear special programs and live performances celebrating our expansion and continued service. WGDR/WGDH will also host a Pledge tent all week with Thank you gifts and raffle prizes on display Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 10am to 7pm in front of The Hunger Mtn Coop,Tuesday and Thursday 11am to 7pm in front of Christ Church on State Street and Saturday at The Capitol City Farmers Market. Hear WGDR at 91.1FM and WGDH at 91.7FM, or on line at wgdr.org. Support independent free-format radio by calling 454-7762, Apr. 11-Apr. 18 to make a donation. You can also make a secure pledge anytime on line at wgdr.org. This spring, WGDR became a network with the launch of its Sister Station WGDH, Hardwick 91.7FM now serving Lamoille County and beyond!

Blinking Light Gallery April Exhibit

“Twin Views”: Photographic Perspectives of

Mentors and Mentees

Witnessing the growth and enthusiasm of a young person in a shared activity, is a benefit of being a mentor. This pleasure is enhanced with the realization that a mentee’s growth and curiosity in their avocation may be a consequence of a mentor’s involvement in their lives. At Twinfield Together, mentors with an interest in photography have taken their mentees on photographic explorations throughout central Vermont. The Blinking Light Gallery of Plainfield has generously teamed up with the Twinfield Together Mentoring Program to celebrate their creative efforts and offer the wider community a glimpse into the images, revealing the individual vantage points of both youth and mentor.

Join us today at the Blinking Gallery in Plainfield village at the Blinking Light intersection for the opening reception on from 3pm to 5pm for light refreshments and a viewing, or visit the exhibit during gallery hours throughout April to enjoy the exhibit. Their hours are Thursday s from 2pm until 6pm, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 6pm. www.blinkinglight gallery.com.

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Faith In Action Northern Communities Partnership, Inc.

Cabot & Walden Area FREE Food Share

Sat. April 9, 10am – 1pm

At the Walden Fire Station

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8,000 LBS. of goods given away

There is no cost of any kind, but we do ask that you please take food according to the size of your family so there is enough for everyone.

For more information call the Faith In Action office at (802) 563-3322

MAIN OFFICE:

Faith In Action Northern Communities Partnership, Inc.

3339 Main St,

PO Box 157

Cabot, VT 05647

(802) 563-3322

I had some reaction regarding my comments about global warming yesterday. My friend, Peter Dannenberg, in Cabot sent me this link and commented it is "another viewpoint."

www.time.com

Another reader wrote:

Just wanted to comment on your interpertation of 'global warming'. As about 99% of reputable scientists say we are, in fact, going through global warming or 'climate change'. Unfortunately using the term 'global warming' which is an actual measureable fact means that it 'affects' our weather by severe weather, storm patterns, increased occurrences of snow/ice/rain storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. It actually causes 'extremes' in the weather. The harsher weather we are experiencing is EXACTLY what 'global warming' is ALL about. Sorry but when 'global warming' is used out of context it just drives me crazy.... :) So don't worry, we should be seeing much more of this kind of weather in the future and with rising coast lines to boot (one of the reasons I moved to VT). Oh, and now there are higher concentrations of radiation in the atmosphere that got here much sooner from Japan than anticipated. So just think every time it now snows and rains there's a bit more radioactivity in it too... Isn't it a joy what we do to ourselves?

I'm not quite sure where I stand in this (probably in deep doo-doo) when I say things like, "this is an old-fashioned winter" or that there used to be more snow, more ice storms, deeper mud, etc., etc. Perhaps over the years the winters spent on Cabot Plain when I was a kid have taken on a bigger-than-life aspect for me, but I'm sure, as I look at old photos of snow drifts and recall trying to remain upright after hard rains had quick-frozen the snow to a glistening, tough icy crust that was best navigated on hands and knees if you didn't have "creepers" on your boots, weather was severe, dangerous, a lot of work, and often fun. We looked forward to those conditions as kids, hauling out the toboggans and sleds, or better yet, pieces of cardboard boxes that worked great and protected our snowsuits from shredding.

Winter came early. We expected snow by the first week in October, and I've tromped the woods hunting partridges when there were 6 inches of snow on the ground. Same thing in deer hunting. Hunters liked snow so they could track deer better. By Thanksgiving, we were skating on the farm pond, and Christmas and New Year's usually meant a long spell of below-zero weather followed by a "January thaw" usually with heavy rain followed by more zero temperatures that produced the solid crust we kids eagerly waited for. Spring was long and slow coming, like this year, with some of our worst weather happening in March and April. I remember being in Boston in the early 70's and seeing tulip blooms poking from under six or eight inches of snow in late April, and worrying about road conditions as I drove north. Fortunately, I was living in St. Johnsbury then, otherwise I'd have had to walk through mud to get home.

I'm not saying I don't believe something is changing about our weather patterns. I'm pretty sure that is the case. And I admit other parts of the country have had unusual weather - terrible catastrophes from tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, snow and drought. But right here in Vermont I'm thinking perhaps it's that we've been really lucky that the weather hasn't been much different than there's been over the years, and just maybe it's our nature to complain about the weather, no matter how bad or good it is or seems.

Someone recently wrote that we have become a society of fraidy cats; we worry about anything that isn't in our perception of "normal;" we've spawned a society with an expectation of entitlement and little tolerance for anything that takes us out of our comfort zone.

I don't know. The best I can offer about the weather is this: it is what it is - we'll deal with it.