Around Town
Congratulations & Sympathy
compiled by Edd Merritt,
December 16, 2010, page 23.....

CONGRATULATIONS

to Brandon and Amy Sim of Garden City, New York, on the birth of their son William Henry Craig Sim III. He is the grandson of Susan and Craig Sim of Charlotte.

to Paul Danyow whose trumpet playing earned him a spot in the 2011 All-Eastern Honors Jazz Ensemble. The ensemble is part of the full set of ensembles organized during the Eastern Division of the Music Educators National Conference. Paul blows his horn with the CVU Redhawks Jazz Ensemble and was a member of the Vermont All-State Jazz Ensembles in 2009 and 2010.

to Marty Illick and the Lewis Creek Association (LCA) for its work in areas of stream corridor conservation. The association recently received awards of three Local Implementation Grants totaling $33,320 from the Lake Champlain Basin Program. LCA received an “Aquatic Invasive Species Grant” for its pilot program in European Frogbit Spread prevention. It also received an “Organizational Support Grant” and a “Pollution Prevention Grant,” the latter for its McAbe’s Brook Stream Geomorphic Assessment and Corridor Planning. Illick says that the money enables LCA to “continue on with work in these areas of stream corridor conservation, lake bay restoration,” and it increases “our community’s efforts to help manage and improve the water quality of our streams and Lake Champlain.”

to Charlotte voters and conservationists who were noted in the winter 2010 issue of the Nature Conservancy magazine for their preservation of Raven Ridge. On page 71 the article says, “Three towns, two land trusts, state and federal agencies, and 200 community members helped the (Nature) Conservancy establish Raven Ridge, the 54th preserve in Vermont.”

to former Charlotte artist, Kate Hartley, and Alice Murdoch, current resident and artist, whose works are on display at the Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. The exhibit is entitled “Simple Gifts: A Show for All Seasons,” and it runs through January 29. Kate Hartley’s mother, by the way, is Marilyn Johnson who is a current resident of Charlotte.

to David Blittersdorf, CEO of AllEarth Renewables in Hinesburg, for his sponsorship of Tom Weis’ 10-week “ride for renewables,” which he completed December 7 at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. Weis rode his futuristic-looking “rocket trike” through 11 states in order to promote 100% renewable electricity for the U.S. within ten years. Blittersdorf called for greater leadership by renewable energy industries in order to see it happen. “Embrace the bold vision,” he said.

to Tim Halvorson who was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the Lund Family Center in Burlington. A Charlotte resident, Tim owns Halvorson’s Upstreet Café and Church Street Wine Cellars. He serves on the Vermont Downtown Development Board and was formerly on the board of the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS). He has also been president of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival.

to Charlotte Farmstand Corporation (FSC) and its developers: Joe Messingschlager, Suzy Hodgson, Bob Hyams and Mike Walker who were featured on WPTZ TV (Channel 5) in its series on locally grown foods.

SYMPATHY

is extended to family and friends of Jack E. Durett of Burlington who passed away at home November 22 at the age of 80. His surviving family includes his son Eric Durett of Charlotte.

is extended to family and friends of James Warren Ladue of Woodstock who passed away December 2 at the age of 81. His surviving family includes his daughter Jan Sudbay of Charlotte. The family suggests that those wishing to make donations in his memory do so to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.

to extended to James Lawrence and family on the unexpected but peaceful passing of his mother, Anne Lawrence, 92, of Binghamton, New York, on December 9. Anne was the grandmother of Jessica, Kerry and Bayley Lawrence. Contributions may be made in Anne’s memory to the Fairview United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 254 Fairview Avenue, Binghamton, NY 13904; or the Henderson United Church, PO Box 85, Arden, ON K0H 1B0.