Around Town
compiled by Edd Merritt
July 15, 2010, pg 23

Congratulations

to Amanda Gellis and Krestal Grevatt, Charlotte Central School 8th grade students who earned High Honors during the second semester 2010. Their names were missing from the CCS Honor Roll in the last issue of The Charlotte News.

to Margaret Campbell Dunsmore and Jesse French, 2010 Champlain Valley Union High School graduates from Charlotte who have been selected by the Vermont Alliance for Arts Education to receive $500 scholarships for their artistic achievements. Campbell will enter New York University this fall, and Jesse will attend Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Dunsmore won in the drama category, “impressing the judges with dramatic talent and maturity.” French won the music category, “playing the electric guitar and singing cover tunes and original compositions.” Another Charlotter who serves as co-chair of VAAE, Walter Judge, was pleased to make the announcement, saying they had an “outstanding pool of applicants this year.”

to Lianna Netherwood-Schwesig, a student at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York, who earned placement on the Dean’s List for the spring quarter 2010. The daughter of Tica Netherwood and Claude Schwesig of Charlotte, Lianna graduated from CVU and is studying fine arts and photography at RIT.

to Stephen Mann, a student at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, who earned placement on the Dean’s List for the spring 2010 semester.

to the following Charlotte residents who graduated from Rice Memorial High School on June 13:
Taylor Thibault, Student Council Award, Commitment to Faith Award
Emeline Gaujac, Mercy Peer Ministry Award
Brittany Pfaff (formerly of Charlotte), John Donoghue Senior Excellence in English Award, 2010 Linda Cataldo Gerlack Senior Synthesis Award, Girls’ Soccer, Girls’ Basketball, Track, Outstanding Female Athlete, Ethan Allen Club Scholarship Nominee

to the following Charlotte students at Rice Memorial High School who earned honor roll status for the final semester of the 2010 school year:
Freshmen
Elizabeth Richards, First Honors
Chennah Sharpe, First Honors
Sophomores
Cole Zweber, First Honors
Henry Brown, Second Honors
Junior
Kaylah Sharpe, Second Honors

to the following Charlotte students at the University of Vermont who earned placement on the Dean’s List for the spring semester 2010:
Catherine Akin, freshman
Bridget Eisler, sophomore
Kayla Gatos, freshman
Erin Jackson, junior
Taylor Mahren, freshman
Kevin McGarghan, senior
Alexa Mucklow, junior
Anna Speidel, junior
Megan Sullivan, junior

to Caroline E. Cole who earned a master’s degree in music from the Boston Conservatory. She has accepted a position at the Conservatory in finance and administration. Caroline is the daughter of Jennifer and Dan Cole of Charlotte.

to Molly Wiggins, a student at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, who earned placement on the Dean’s List for spring semester 2010.

to Edward Fisher and Elizabeth Joslin, students at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, who both earned placement on the Dean’s High Honor’s List for the spring semester 2010.

to Alexander Bown, a recent graduate of Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York, who earned placement on the school’s Dean’s List for the spring 2010 semester.

to Emma Broderick, a 12th grade student at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, who earned Highest Honors for the spring term 2010. She is the daughter of Amy Fitzgerald and Andrew Broderick of Charlotte.

to William Curtis, a business administration major at Castleton State College, Castleton, Vermont, who earned placement on the college’s Dean’s List for the spring semester 2010. William is the son of Raymond and Eileen Curtis of Charlotte.

to Virginia Farley, a student at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, who earned placement on the Dean’s List for the spring semester 2010. Virginia is the daughter of Kevin and Dana Farley of Charlotte.

to Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder of Seventh Generation, a maker of non-toxic household products, who was featured through an interview in the July 7 Seven Days for his promotion of corporate social responsibility. He and his editorial director, Bill Breen, have recently published a book entitled The Responsibility Revolution: How the Next Generation of Businesses Will Win. In it, he describes and calls for what it means to be a business, saying one of the difficulties people face in discussions of social responsibility is that “no one has ever defined what it takes to be socially responsible.

Sympathy

is extended to family and friends of Virginia King Sprague of Burlington who passed away July 1 at the age of 81. Her surviving family includes her daughter and son-in–law, Mary Ellen and James Hebert of Charlotte and their children Molly and Daniel. The family asks that those wishing to make donations in her memory do so to the Alzheimer’s Association or to a charity of their choice.

is extended to family and friends of David Marshall Fredenburg of Columbia, Maryland, who passed away May 30. An avid skier, he and his wife, Audrey, retired to Charlotte after living in Colorado, California, Michigan and Illinois.

is extended to family and friends of Kay Hubbard of Shelburne who passed away July 8 at Fletcher Allen Health Care. Her surviving family includes her daughter Deborah Minkler and Deborah’s husband Lee, their children Sarah and Marissa, all of Charlotte. The family asks that those wishing to honor her memory through donations do so to the Kay Hubbard Memorial Education Fund, Attention: Nia, c/o Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, Vermont 05482.

is extended to family and friends of Marie Butterfield of Whiting who passed away July 9 at the age of 80. Her surviving family includes her daughter Anne Castle and Anne’s husband, Ted, as well as her grandsons Ned and Rooney Castle. The family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Addison County Humane Society, 236 Broadman Street, Middlebury, Vermont 05753 or to Special Olympics of Vermont, 368 Avenue D, Suite 30, Williston, Vermont 05495.