Around Town
by Edd Merritt

Congratulations
to Emma Broderick of Charlotte, a student at Phillips Exeter academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, who achieved placement on the honor roll for winter term, 2009. Emma is the daughter of Amy Fitzgerald and Andrew Broderick.
to Christopher Hall, a senior at Champlain Valley Union High School, who received the $1,000 Moose International/R. Robert Dole Scholarship for 2009. In order to qualify, students must be children or grandchildren of members of the Moose fraternal organization and must earn high academic standing in their schoolwork.
to Amy Malinowski, RD, a nutritionist with the Vermont Health Department who received an award as “Outstanding New Professional” at the 20th annual “KidSafe Collaborative Outstanding Service Awards” recently. The awards are given annually in recognition of those who provide “outstanding service in an effort to keep children safe from abuse and neglect.” Amy was one of only six honorees this year. Her parents came from Pennsylvania to witness the event and to surprise her.
to Ted Castle, owner and president of Rhino Foods, who received the “2009 Terry Ehrich Award for Socially Responsible Business Practices” at the annual meeting of Businesses for Social Responsibility, May 4. According to an article in the April 27 Business Monday section of the Burlington Free Press, Castle was far-sighted when he created an innovative employee exchange program as an alternative to layoffs nine years ago. The article also cites him as a leader in the business community to support hiring and retention of refugees.
to Carrie MacKillop, who was featured in the “Cover Story” of the Burlington Free Press’ Weekend section on April 23. The article discusses her renovation and re-opening of the Old Brick Store in Charlotte at the intersection of Ferry and Greenbush Roads. A 150-year-old landmark in west Charlotte, the store now has expanded usable space for customers and products. With cook Dan Green, she serves a menu that ranges from soups, sandwiches, wraps and salads to baked goods. The store also carries a limited supply of groceries, including locally grown items and wines. Carrie plans to revitalize the winged clock on the west side of the building. A question remains, however: Is it necessary to be named “Carrie” in order to own a corner store in Charlotte?
to Per White-Hansen, electrical engineer and owner of Charlotte based Vermont Community Wind, who was featured in the April 17 Burlington Free Press for his unveiling of a plan to install an 80-megawatt wind farm on 4,000 acres in Ira, Vermont, southwest of Rutland. He said the power would be “created and used right here.”
to David Miskell, who was featured in the April 24 Burlington Free Press for his work as a consultant to the developers of South Village in South Burlington who embarked on their first season of running the development’s own community farm. One of the developers, Will Raap of Shelburne, said that the community with a built-in commitment to the landscape and its restoration should offer residents a “link to the land that predates suburbia: an incentive to raise and eat what they grow.” Inspiration for the project came from a housing development west of Chicago called Prairie Crossing, and a veteran of Burlington’s Intervale Center Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Bobby Young, has begun the South Village CSA this season.
to the Charlotte News’ own design guru Linda Williamson, who hiked all the way down and back up the Grand Canyon’s south rim successfully. Linda was joined by her husband, Bruce, and Cedar Beach neighbors Bill and Barbara Benedict.
to Aileen Chutter, who has been invited to show her quilting at the 33rd Vermont Quilt Festival show and contest held June 19-21 at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction. 200 quilters from the U.S., South America, Canada, and England will display their work and have it judged by three national quilting authorities prior to the show.
to our office neighbors, the folks from Eating Well Media Group who have partnered with Price Chopper supermarkets to promote interest among consumers in eating healthier. According to an article in the May 2009 Champlain Business Journal, the two organizations will “work to encourage people to access and understand nutritional information, try healthy recipes and adopt healthy lifestyles.” Recipes from the collaboration are available on the EatingWell website at eatingwell.com.

Sympathy
is extended to family and friends of Gertrude Urie of Williston, who passed away April 17 at the age of 87. Her surviving family includes her daughter Ena and Ena’s husband Rich Jessett of Charlotte and grandchildren Carly and Jack Jessett. The family asks that those wishing to make memorial donations do so to the Williston Federated Church in order to further its youth and music programs. The address is Williston Federated Church, 44 North Williston Road, Williston, Vermont 05495.
is extended to family and friends of Beverly Cadmus of Dandridge, Tennessee, formerly of Essex Junction, who passed away April 16 at the age of 89. Her surviving family includes her son Chris of Charlotte. The family asks that those wishing to contribute in her memory do so to a charity of their choice.