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Clippings: Trying to play ball with today's teens

Posted on October 13, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



Two weeks ago the Addison Central Teen Center in Middlebury almost had to close for a routine board meeting. The number of volunteers is so low that the director wasn’t going to be able to staff the center during the board’s meeting he was to attend.

So when my fiancée Mairead, who regularly volunteers there, asked me to help out, I said, “Sure, why not?”

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Clippings: Local paddlers test the waters

Posted on October 6, 2011 |
By Christian Woodard



We’re all a little hydro-phobic after Irene. If you live near a river, if your septic system erupted through the yard or if your satellite dish is on its way to the middle stratosphere, you know what I mean. You cringe when the toilet flushes, and sleep with an inflatable dolphin.

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Around the Bend: Others' hands make 'light' work

Posted on October 6, 2011 |
By Jessie Raymond



You’ve heard the expression “If you want something done, do it yourself.”

I use this a lot. Like a few weeks ago, when I stared up at the dome ceiling light over our kitchen table and announced my plans to replace it with a proper chandelier.

My husband, Mark, groaned. He wasn’t opposed to a fancier light, but lately he’d been working so much his focus was more on putting food on the table than on illuminating it.

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Clippings: What Gov. Perry and I have in common

Posted on September 29, 2011 |
By Angelo S. Lynn



Validation of one’s personal perspective is almost always sweet — but usually not bitter as well.

Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, recently penned a column in which he drew the distinction between political partisanship, bipartisanship and seeking solutions that actually address problems to get things done.

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Politically Thinking: Obama faces re-election challenge

Posted on September 29, 2011 |
By Eric L. Davis



Projecting electoral votes in 2012 demonstrates the challenges facing President Obama’s re-election. Even before any votes are cast, Obama’s path to 270 electoral votes is difficult due to changes in the apportionment of House seats and electoral votes following the 2010 census. Because of shifts in population from the Northeast and Midwest to the South and Southwest, the states Obama won in 2008 will have eight fewer electoral votes in 2012 than in 2008.

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Clippings: Pour your soul into it, keep it light and chatty

Posted on September 22, 2011 |
By John McCright



As an editor, I’ve had the responsibility from time to time to teach a cub reporter how to write a column. It comes so naturally to me that at first I hardly know what to tell them.

“You, er, have to have an idea … um, or not ...

“Just start typing, but remember, any old gibberish won’t do — it’s got to be the right gibberish.

“Pour your soul into it, and keep it light and chatty.”

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Around the bend: Separating the beans from the chaff

Posted on September 22, 2011 |
By Jessie Raymond



I work with a good bunch of people, but sometimes I get the feeling they’re a little, well, out of touch.

Last Monday a few of us were standing around the coffee pot chitchatting about how we had spent our respective weekends.

“I went to my daughter’s soccer game Saturday,” said one person.

“My wife and I went out to dinner Friday night,” said another.

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Between the Lines: Human folly? There's a code for that

Posted on September 22, 2011 |
By Greg Dennis



Human folly? There’s a code for that

 

A key premise of Vermont’s admirable attempt to institute single-payer health care is that it will rationalize an often irrational system. With smart people like Gov. Peter Shumlin and local House Rep. Mike Fisher leading the charge, maybe it will.

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Politically Thinking: Extra session could focus on Irene

Posted on September 15, 2011 |
By Eric L. Davis



When the Vermont Legislature adjourned last May, lawmakers set Oct. 18 as the date for a possible special session on the consequences of federal budget cuts on the state’s finances. The special congressional committee established in the agreement to raise the federal debt ceiling will not report until November, so the extent of federal budget cuts impacting Vermont will not be known until early next year.

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Clippings: College books lead to Chapter 11

Posted on September 8, 2011 |
By Jessie Raymond



Believe it or not, we reporters are asked from time to time if we are ever going to write a book. I personally take such inquiries as compliments — unless of course they come from a friend or wisecracking family member who adds, “You might as well write a book, you’re already doing a great job with fiction right now.”

But if I were going to write a book with the prospect of making a buck or two, I’m not sure I would delve into the fiction genre.

The real money seems to be in college textbooks.

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