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Volume 123     No 10 No 5569            June 28,   2007 Thursday                           Morrisville, VT 05661                        Web Edition

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Wolcott/PA Grad Earns Academic Honors

by Amy Kolb Noyes
Emily Burrill, now Dr. Emily Burrill, has been impressing her teachers since her days at Wolcott Elementary School. This month, the faculty at Stanford University selected Emily to speak at the school’s 116th commencement, representing the graduate students. Emily received a PhD in history, specializing in African studies. In August, she will embark on a career at the University of Kentucky, where she will be reorganizing the school’s history department and creating an African Studies program.  Continued on Page 2

Wolcott native Emily Burrill addresses the crowd gathered for Stanford University commencement exercises Sunday, June 17.
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R.A. Grange Project in Full Swing

by Amy Kolb Noyes
MORRISVILLE – The old Lamoille Grange hall on Pleasant Street is well on its way to becoming the new home of River Arts. The building is jacked up, so rotted sills can be replaced and a new foundation poured. The bones of a rear addition are under construction. The ceiling of the main room has been taken down so the second story floor can be reinforced and soundproofing installed.
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River Artıs renovation of the old Lamoille Grange hall is now in full force. See more photos inside. Noyes photo

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Noreen Prive and Paul Provost display the Green Coach Certification they received from the University of Vermont Extension. LVT is the first motorcoach company in the country to receive the designation, part of a new program just launched by the university. Also pictured are Joel Prive of LVT, left, and David Kestenbaum of UVM Extension.
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LVT Coaches Certified Green

The University of Vermont Extension unveiled, last week, a green certification program targeted to a transportation sector that carries more travelers each year than the airlines or Amtrak and commuter rail combined:  the motorcoach industry.  UVM Extension awarded its first Green Coach Certification to Morrisville’s Lamoille Valley Transportation. Lamoille Valley offsets all of its carbon emissions, averages over 250 passenger miles per gallon and runs its entire fleet of school buses and luxury motorcoaches on a blend of biodiesel.Continued on Page 2

Researching Ancient Roads in Cambridge

by Amy Kolb Noyes
CAMBRIDGE – While a few towns, such as Morristown and Belvidere, received state grants to research Ancient Roads to comply with Act 178, most towns must find ways to identify ancient roads on their own. In Cambridge, local history buff Adam Howard is leading a committee of volunteers to accomplish what has turned out to be a monumental task 
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Activities Abound For Fourth of July

by Mickey Smith
      There will be something for everyone this Fourth of July, with activities planned in Cambridge, Morristown, and Stowe to celebrate Independence Day. Continued on Page 2

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Things Look This Way to Me

Editorial by J. B. McKinley

Continuing Beauty

 

If you have listened to Roland Lajoie and I Tuesday mornings, or read this paper for the past month or so you have probably noticed several mentions of tree planting and beautification efforts being undertaken in and around Morrisville Village. Well, is that going to be it for the foreseeable future, or will beautification continue and expand? If so, where – and when. We’ve got an idea or two for the future.
     Of course, more remains to be accomplished with Morrisville’s treescape. Then there is the Oxbow Park which could benefit from strategic plantings, if for no other reason that erosion control. But, our idea here at the paper, is what about Clark Park?
     For those not in the know, Clark Park was/is a 12-14 acre parcel of land donated to Morrisville in 1902. The town finally noticed the donation 10 years later. By the mid-1920s, this paper (briefly known as the Morrisville Messenger) called for improvements at Clark Park. By the time these were being considered much of Clark Park was washed away in the 1927 Flood. A photo of part of the park in the aftermath of the flood can be viewed under the table glass at Deb’s Place, as you grab a bagel some morning.
      Clark Park is a stone strewn, potholed parcel of land situated between the back of the Bourne’s Inc. offices, the hydroelectric plant and the sewage plant. It has possibilities as a recreation spot. It’s just a suggestion, but a wooded getaway that will be a stone’s throw from the bypass and a two minute stroll from Main Street ought to be at least within the area under the spotlight as we all consider Morrisville’s continuing beautification. And, there’s a big plus, we don’t have to buy trees to plant there!