Ross Jones Director of Dining Services Antarctica

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Quechee, Vermont 05059 Winter/Spring 2014
Published Quarterly
Ross Jones
Director of
Dining Services
Quechee Ski Club Offers
Transformative Experience for
Young Skiers for Nearly 30 Years
Photo credit Mike Corbally
R
Justine M. Kohr
W
hen longtime skier
Dave Courtney
started the Quechee
Alpine Ski Club (“the
Quechee Ski Team”) 27 years
ago, he had been running the
Ski Patrol at the Quechee
Club’s Quechee Ski Hill for
three years. Courtney—who
had moved to Vermont with a
friend a few years after college
once he “caught the ski
bug”—and his co-workers got
the idea to set up race courses
on the hill one day in order to
“break the boredom,” he says.
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Anne Critchley Sapio
oss Jones is back home, delighted to be part of the
Quechee Club staff once again. For the past five
years Jones was busy managing his wife’s family
restaurant in Springfield, Vermont. As manager, Jones
witnessed both the decline in dining out and traffic to
the area, as well as the rising unemployment in this oncebooming manufacturing town. While at the restaurant he
found an opportunity to lease Duffers the restaurant at
Crown Point Golf Club in Springfield. His in-laws and wife
all contributed to this new venture, providing food “the
golfers said they wanted,” said Jones.
The restaurant was a success, yet a call from Clay Hillgrove, Quechee Club bartender and manager of beer, wine
and spirits telling Jones of an opening in food and beverage
services came at an opportune time. With the combined experience of managing his wife’s family restaurant and Duffers,
Ross felt he was ready to manage Quechee’s dining service, “it
was the right time and the right place.”
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Harvey and Barbara Bazarian
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ECRWSS
ur journey to
Antarctica
started with a
wish to see penguins.
Visiting a zoo in Beijing,
China in 2011, my wife
Barbara and I went to
the penguin house, and
I thought wish fulfilled!
“Not so fast buster,”
said Barbara, “I mean
the ones in Antarctica.”
That meant a trip in the
summer of 2012 to the
bottom of the world by
way of Argentina.
With such a long trip, we decided to visit an Estancia (a large rural estate) located a few hours
drive east of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the heart of the Pampas. “Le Oriental” included a Great
Gatsby-type mansion, surrounded by a small forest and three thousand acres of wheat, corn and
cows. For three days we rode through the herds and lush fields. Breathtaking! We then toured
Buenos Aires before we joined the rest of our group for a three-hour flight to Ushuaia, Tierra Del
Fuego, the southern-most point of Argentina.
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I
’m writing this the day that
Groundhog Phil saw his shadow,
forecasting six more weeks of
winter. Does that mean six more
weeks of sub-zero weather, or six
more weeks of snow? My preference is
for neither – spring can’t come soon
enough for me. I can’t wait to get my
seeds and plants in the garden.
In this edition of the Quechee
Times, Anne Critchley Sapio introduces us to two new members of
the Quechee Club Staff: Ross Jones
director of dining services and Lisa
Wirth director of catering. Jones
returns to the Quechee Club after
managing his wife’s family’s restaurant as well as the restaurant
at Crown Pointe Golf Course in
Springfield, Vermont. As part of her
role, Wirth has taken on the management of Murphy’s Farm Tavern,
a new dining opportunity open on
Friday and Saturday evenings.
You’ll also find stories that capture the uniqueness of this area: the
craftspeople, like Andrew Pearce,
who continues the rich tradition of
creating “Made in Vermont” products; local adventurers like Harvey
and Barbara Bazarian and their latest quest to Antarctica to seek out
penguins in their natural habitat; and
world-class level of entertainment
like what you’ll find at Northern
Stage in White River Junction.
And, we’d love to hear about
your adventures around Quechee,
the area, the U.S. or the world! If
you have story ideas, photos, or news
you’d like to share please contact me
at editor@quecheetimes.com.
Take care,
—Anne
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has been affectionately called Whittlesey-Newton Farm, Gilson Farm,
Sybilholme Farm, and
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one time the property
stretched two hundred
acres and is said to be
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1780. In 1989, QLLA
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Lending a Hand – Selamta
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Chef Ehlenfeldt comes to River Stones after nine years as General Manager
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area – where he helped manage no less than six organic pizza restaurants. Prior
to that he was chef de cuisine at Hamersley’s Bistro, one of Boston’s top fine
dining establishments. His experience also includes three years in Europe pursuing the finer subtleties of his craft. Chef Ehlenfeldt’s responsibilities encompass
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Ma d e in V er m o n t
Brotherhood of the Traveling Bowls: Andrew Pearce
Continues Family Legacy with New Bowl Business
to make beautiful products out of raw
materials, including glass and clay.
Now, with his new hand-turned bowlmaking business called Andrew Pearce
Bowls, he’s carrying the family torch
by creating his own bowls from his raw
material of choice – wood.
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ndrew Pearce, 32, the eldest
son of the well-known
glassmaker Simon Pearce,
grew up in a family that knows how
The Pearce Family Tradition
“We have a tradition in our family of working for our fathers and then
going off and starting our own thing,”
says Pearce, who lives in Royalton
with his two-year-old daughter Madison and his wife Christy, with another
one on the way.
It all started with Philip Pearce,
Andrew’s grandfather, who began the
tradition when he started making his
own pottery in Ireland.
“My dad grew up working for him
[Philip] in the summer time, digging
clay out of the ground and making
pots,” says Pearce. “He eventually
went off on his own and learned glass-
making and then started his glass and
pottery business.”
Pearce worked for his father at
his handcrafted glassware and décor
business, Simon Pearce, for 10 years,
learning how to make glass and pottery before getting the idea to start
his own business. About five years
ago, Pearce and his father visited a
Vermont bowl-making facility that
had recently closed down. Pearce had
been really impressed by the machinery he saw.
“On the ride home I remember sitting in the car and thinking, ‘What if
you started the process that way [with
similar machinery] but then went back
to more of a hand-finished bowl?’”
From there, Pearce hit the ground
running. He found a warehouse for
rent, where the workshop currently
stands, and began designing his own
machinery and an efficient process for
creating the bowls.
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The Process & Products
For Pearce, taking a wood log and
turning it into a hand turned bowl is
a labor of love. A visit to his workshop in Bethel, Vermont—where
he started production on bowls and
cutting boards about seven months
ago—reveals just that. From customized machines that Pearce designed
himself, to stations where he and his
small team spend time hand turning and finishing bowls, Pearce has
developed a process that is unique
and sustainable.
“When we start making bowls, we
start outside,” says Pearce, who gets
the majority of his wood—mainly
Maple and Cherry—from Vermont. More rare wood such as Black
Walnut comes from New York or
Pennsylvania.
Inside, the wood initially goes
through a customized machine that
creates the shape of a bowl. From
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there, Pearce uses another custommade machine that’s able to cut three
bowl sizes, 10-inch, 13-inch, and
17-inch, out of one piece of wood; a
much more efficient and sustainable
way to create bowls with less scrap
and better utilization of the wood.
What little scrap is left, such as
sawdust and wood chips, goes to farmers for bedding for their animals or is
split into firewood, says Pearce. “So
we’re using everything.”
“There’s a woman up the road that
we deliver wood chips to and she has
maybe 40 turkeys. She raises a lot of
the food for the Barnard Elementary
School and she uses the chips for
most of the bedding for her animals,”
he says.
After the bowls go through a long,
low-temperature drying process in one
of two kilns in the shop, the rest of the
process is mainly completed by hand:
smoothing, carving, treating with a
non-toxic walnut oil and finishing off
with an “Andrew Pearce” stamp.
Andrew Pearce Bowls come in three
different bowl sizes, 10-inch, 13-inch
and 17-inch, in three different wood
types, Maple, Cherry and Black Walnut. He also offers cutting boards or
presentation boards. Products range
from $50 to $450 depending on the
product size and the wood type.
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stores, so Pearce was able to meet
that need, while also keeping the
products in the family.
“It kind of feels like a family business,” he says.
Simon Pearce
Pearce is certainly carrying on the
family tradition, but with the success of
his father’s accomplishments, one wonders if this family name has been more
of a challenge or a benefit? For Pearce,
it’s been all benefit, with his father and
other family members offering advice
and guidance along the way as well as
inspiration.
“My dad has been very supportive,
giving me key business takeaways that
he’s learned over his 30 to 40 years of
being in business,” says Pearce. “It’s not
a competition. The products go really
well together. As I was growing up, we
always had our glass and pottery in our
house ever since I was born. We always
had a wooden salad bowl on our table.
And it wasn’t made by us. A wooden
bowl fits in really well with what we’re
doing. It’s complimentary.”
“Simon Pearce” has also been
beneficial to Pearce in a business sense – it’s currently the largest wholesale account for Andrew
Pearce Bowls with his products being
sold in most Simon Pearce retail
shops. Simon Pearce has a long history of selling wooden bowls in its
Vermont Influence
In addition to Pearce’s crafty
family, Vermont has been a large
inspiration for his business. There’s
a long history of bowl-making in
Vermont, Pearce says, so Andrew
Pearce Bowls fits into the Vermont
brand nicely.
“We’re using a totally renewable
resource. Some people think that cutting a tree down is really bad—it’s not.
You could literally drive down the
road, see a tree one day, and have it
in here the next day to be processed.
We’re taking something that’s a raw
material and we’re turning it into
a product that potentially could be
around for another 100 years. It just
kind of screams Vermont.”
Representing his home state is
important to Pearce and he envisions
his company as being a new, upcoming
Vermont brand.
“I think this is going to become in
the next year or two the new Vermont
brand,” he says. “What we’re doing
is really fun. And we’re doing it in a
really respectful and responsible way.”
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Over the next five years,
Pearce would like to find a
permanent Vermont location for his shop. When
the home base is set up,
similar to Simon Pearce,
he’d like to open up a visitor viewing area so people
can watch the process
unfold with a retail shop in
the building as well.
“I would really like to
have a place to have people come and watch us turn because it’s really fun to
watch woodchips flying around,” he says. “And when you’re carving a bowl by
hand, it’s just a very neat process to watch.”
Currently Pearce has a small team with only two full-time employees, three
part-time employees, and then Andrew and his wife. So, he’d also like to hire
and train more people so he can have more back-up on the production side.
Overall, he wants to perfect what the company is already doing and complete the first full year of business.
“Your first year of business is really scary,” he says. “You don’t know what
your peaks and valleys will be. We sold a ton of bowls during the holiday season, but then you don’t know what January through June will look like. We are
learning what our busy and slow times are.”
Pearce says, even with the company’s first year of challenges and trying to
establish itself, he can’t picture himself doing anything else—except maybe
working at Simon Pearce.
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Antarctica the ”Last and Closing Frontier” Aboard the Le Boreal – continued from page 1
There we boarded the Le Boreal,
a two hundred passenger cruise ship,
which was on its second voyage to
Antarctica – the first voyage having
been documented on television as
the voyage that almost did not make
it. Google Le Boreal Antarctic to see
actual footage.
We decided to travel to Antarctica
at this time because travel there was
facing restrictions on the size of cruise
ships and future travel for non-scientific excursions. Ours was called the
“lucky” cruise, as the trip through the
Drake Passage was relatively calm at
this time of year. En route, excitement
came early as Le Boreal circled a pod
of Orca killer whales. Our naturalist
described how Orca will surround a
seal resting on an ice flow and knock
it off the ice. Later we saw Humpback
whales with knuckled spines. Meanwhile, albatross circled the ship as
they moved south.
Penguins at last
The summer average temperature
in Antarctica is a balmy 34 degrees;
however, global warming has had an
effect. We actually traveled further
south into the Weddell Sea than cruise
ships normally travel before becoming
blocked by a sheet of solid ice.
On a bright morning excursion
via zodiac motor launches, our guides
maneuvered us—ten red-coated passengers—next to a busy group of
Emperor Penguins. Waddling over
to check us out, their innate curiosity of our colorful clothing was quite
fascinating. In the distance, additional
Emperor Penguins marched solemnly
in a line towards a hidden break in
the ice. Above them, tall spires of ice,
with deep blue and cyan color shadows in ice crags and fissures, reflected
a mysterious beauty from strong Ultraviolet light passing through the thinning ozone layer. One’s sense of scale
is challenged and understanding the
vastness becomes reality only when
our tiny ship sat next to a glacier’s
edge. Antarctica is beyond words.
Mountains with glaciers snuggled over
the top while at water’s edge, calving
(breaking off) into sky scraper-sized
chunks, the glacial ice crashed into
the sea to become a new iceberg.
We sailed to a new location and
launched ashore to observe a rookery
of Adele Penguins, breeding seabirds
and sleepy Crabeater Seals. Squawking in cacophonous chorus, the nesting penguins were both guarded and
preyed upon by large Skua seabirds.
We approached the penguins quietly
and observed them. Some busily built
rock nests by finding stones, others
stole stones from nearby nests—each
absorbed in their tasks. Nesting mates
kept hatchlings warm and called to
their partners who brought more
tiny stones for the nest. Nest builders
waddled and walked tediously carrying their prize in their beak, and then
deposited them in the nest. Fuzzy
black-headed chicks peeked from
beneath their mother for food.
We were instructed to “stay 15-feet
from the penguins and 40-feet from
the seals.” This was all well and
good, until, while on shore, the wind
quickly turned for the worse. With a
vicious cloud of snow and waves that
crashed on shore, we realized we were
“stranded.” Directions and a new
launch site a mile down the beach
meant a long walk to safety. Down
the crashing shore we trekked, the
hundred in our shore group, with my
wife following right behind me. “Oh!
I almost stepped on a Crabeater Seal”
Barbara exclaimed. Off-course, I had
walked by the 300-pound creature; its
color blended with the rocks. We met
the zodiacs in a cove and traveled back
to the ship.
Educational lectures on seabirds,
penguins, seals, whales, and general sea
life illuminated our trips ashore. We
learned that Paulet Island, a volcanic
rocky nesting site for Adele Penguins,
was also the winter home to a stranded
expedition from the Nordysktojc many
years before. We were told that Antarctica is governed by an international
treaty that can be broken at any time.
At the time of our trip, it was the 100th
Year Anniversary of Roald Amundsen
of Norway, Conqueror of the South
Pole who wrote:
“Glittering white, shiny blue, raven
black, in the light of the sun the land
looks like a fairy tale. Pinnacle after
pinnacle, peak after peak, crevassed,
wild as any land on our globe, it lies
unseen and untrodden.”
Amundsen using sled dogs reached
the pole and left a message for Antarctica explorer Robert Scott. Scott later
led a party of five, which reached the
pole on January 17, 1912. On the return
journey, Scott and his four comrades all
died from a combination of exhaustion,
starvation and extreme cold.
Another trip brought us to Culver Island, a single-snowy mound and
home to Gentoo Penguins. Dodging
mammoth icebergs with teal-colored
ice shelves just below the surface, we
arrived to a welcoming committee,
which included Gentoo Penguins,
Skuas, Cormorants and diving Petrels.
The going was slippery as we followed
the flags that marked our trail through
crystalline textured snow. Climbing
about 800 feet we looked down on our
tiny ship with massive glacial blocks
perched above waiting to crash into
the sea. Even better was the slide on
our backsides down the steep slope!
Between cruising we had much to
do, which included a shore visit to the
U.S. Palmer Station. While the group
talked of penguins, we secretly all relished the hike up the snowy 800-hundred foot steep slope to wildly slide on
our bottoms.
Near the end of our journey,
we were welcomed to the bridge to
observe the Ice Captain who was
on board to tutor our captain. More
than once he cautioned the captain
to avoid being trapped by ice flowing
with the wind. Entering Drake Passage
on our return, we stood in the bridge
while 30-foot waves crashed across the
bow. The captains returned to their
cabins and left us with two very young
officers and the (autopilot) navigating
the ship back to Ushuaia.
There were so many highlights,
but lingering images of cruising down
a fiord with large walled mountains
on each side, climbing a hill with skyscraper-sized “calves” ready to break,
all made the human presence insignificant. Our ship seemed insignificant, as it floated below yet remained
our connection to the world. By far
Antarctica remains our most dramatic
experience in this world. n
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The Good News About Our Waste Water
Jim DiClerico
I
f you’ve ever read about life a
couple of hundred years ago, you’ll
recall that household wastes – as
in chamber pots – used to be dumped
out windows to flow down gutters in
the street. In parts of the world, sadly,
this habit persists. Fortunately for
us, technology has advanced to the
point where we needn’t worry about
such filthy, disease-promoting ways of
disposing of the water we use to wash
our clothes, dishes and cars, and to
cleanse our bodies, inside and out.
Nowhere is the best of modern
wastewater treatment technology on
better display than in the two plants
serving those of us who reside in Hartford and send our waste through the
municipal sewerage system. The plant
on Izzo Road off Route 4 in Quechee,
and the one on Latham Works Lane
in White River Junction (WRJ) both
feature state-of-the art upgrades completed within the last few years. The
WRJ plant, most recently updated,
takes care of the area from the Norwich
line, down through Wilder, Hartford
Village and WRJ as far south as the
rest stop I-91. The Izzo Road plant handles the western section of the town,
including the village of Quechee.
The Quechee Times recently toured
the WRJ plant with some of the team
responsible for the upgrade, including
Brad Aldrich of the engineering firm
of Aldrich + Elliot; Michael D. Carey
of Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation; and John Choate, Utilities Superintendent/Assistant
Director, Hartford Department of
Public Works. The tour followed the
path that our wastewater takes from
the time it reaches the plant until
its discharge in to the Connecticut
River (or, at the Quechee plant, to the
Ottauquechee River):
First, three pumps push the
incoming sewage to a unit called the
“headworks.” At the headworks, a
fine screen and a vortex grit removal
device resembling a giant metal ice
cream cone pull solid materials such as
cloth, chunks of wood, plastic, metal
and the like out of the stream.
Wastewater then flows by gravity
to the sequential batch reactor (SBR),
a series of four large side-by-side tanks
looking like small lap pools. (You
wouldn’t want to swim in them, but
in case anyone takes the plunge accidentally, a bright orange life preserver
hangs on the wall nearby.) The tanks
are called sequential because at any
one time, each is in a different stage
of the process.
It’s All About the Bugs
In the SBR tanks, aeration and
mixing encourage the activity of bacteria, which in simplistic language,
“eat the bad stuff,” including total suspended solids (TSS) and nitrogen. Settling also occurs in the tanks, which
removes any leftover solids, creating a
sludge that is removed after reaching a
specified degree of thickening.
At the outlet end of the SBR tanks,
skimming devices extract the treated
water and send it to an ultraviolet disinfection unit, which uses the powerful
light to sterilize pathogens. This unit
replaces one that used chlorine for the
same purpose, thus eliminating the
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dangers associated with handling the
caustic substance. The fully-treated
water then exits to the river.
Meanwhile, the sludge extracted
from the SBR tanks goes to a centrifuge for dewatering. There it’s turned
into a “cake” of 23 percent solids with
lime added for stabilization, and sent
to the plant’s storage bunkers, from
which it’s sold for “land application,”
i.e., to farmers for fertilizer. (The
Quechee plant delivers its sludge to
WRJ plant for the above procedures.)
Naturally, it’s all a bit more complicated than described here. That’s
why the upgrade project also included
a few high-tech devices to insure the
safety, efficiency and continuity of
the process:
A programmable logic controller
(PLC) “to control and optimize treatment processes;” a supervisory control
and data acquisition (SCADA) system; and an emergency power system
enabling the entire plant to function
during a power outage.
An Under-Budget Project
In a world where over-budget
projects sometimes seem the norm,
the updating of the WRJ Wastewater
Plant came in happily under its $10.5
million bond authorization by more
than $2.8 million. Even at that, the
project’s managers were able to add
some unanticipated modifications to
get out ahead of future nitrogen limits.
The SBR tank walls were raised and
the aeration system was expanded,
allowing the system to optimize nitrogen removal.
How was the project able come in
under budget? Among other things, the
designers found ways to use rather than
demolish major parts of the old system.
Raising the walls of the old aeration
tanks to create the new SBR system
was done instead of ripping out the old
structures and starting anew. Another
example was the re-use of the former
aeration tanks that handled secondary
clarification. With that process now
taken care of in the SBR tanks, the old
domed aeration tanks were converted
to sludge storage, eliminating the need
for new for more new construction.
While the first-cost savings of the
project were impressive, the new system might be seen as a “gift that keeps
on giving.” With a new high-efficiency
pump and blower motors, new technology aeration, and more precise controls over every aspect of the process,
plants managers estimate that annual
energy savings will amount to more
than $27,000.
Not all of the plant’s efficiencies
can be measured in dollar terms. For
instance, the new system is expected to
result in an estimated lifetime carbon
dioxide reduction of over 2,500 tons.
The recycling of treated effluent for
the plant’s process needs reduces the
use of potable water. The replacement
of chlorine with UV light in the final
treatment stage makes for the added
safety of the five full-time employees
who operate the plant.
Finally, by increasing the capacity of the plant from 1.215 million to
1.450 gallons per day, the designers
intend for the service area’s needs be
served across the expected 20-year life
of the plant. n
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The Ottauquechee Health Foundation:
Making Lives a Little Brighter
I
Margaret Callander
t’s no secret that the Ottauquechee
Health Foundation (OHF) has
been helping area residents take
care of their health and wellness
needs for almost 20 years. But OHF
also funds programs specifically for
Quechee residents every year. You
might not know it because so much
of what the foundation does takes
place almost invisibly to ensure
the privacy of the individuals it
serves. OHF’s work is also somewhat
obscured because it gives grants to
organizations like the Upper Valley
Farm-to-School Network or Zack’s
Place, which then provide services
and programs to the community.
Working in the background is
fine, but Sherry Thornburg, executive
director of the Ottauquechee Health
Foundation, says it’s important for the
foundation to make its work known
too. “It’s important so we can ensure
that the needs of individuals within
our communities are met. It’s also
critical for us to develop resources and
find partners who might wish to help
the foundation in its work of keeping
our communities healthy.”
The foundation’s goal is to support everyone: from parents-to-be and
newborns to young adults, to senior
citizens throughout the towns of Barnard, Bridgewater, Hartland, Killington, Plymouth, Pomfret, Quechee,
Reading, and Woodstock. “We’re
here to support the well-being of our
communities,” says Liza Deignan,
president of OHF’s Board of Trustees.
Every aspect of life requires different
needs and OHF wants to be there to
help anyone of any age who needs
assistance with accessing healthcare.
Since 2006, OHF has awarded a
variety of grants, which promote and
support the health of the Quechee
community. For example, an award
was given to the Ottauquechee Elementary School to support an afterschool service–learning outing club.
The program was based around Green
Mountain Club workshops that teach
wilderness skills, knowledge, and habits. Also, the Friends of the Ottauquechee Trail have received funding
to promote the health benefits of
walking on Quechee’s trails.
“The health foundation, while
keeping its mission in mind, is also
flexible enough to be responsive,”
Deignan says. When Tropical Storm
Irene struck, their funds were already
committed, but the board gave the
go-ahead to help individuals in hardhit communities. They also funded
related programs impacted by the
storm like restoring the previouslynoted walking trails, which had been
significantly damaged by the storm.
For the past few years OHF has
supported the Upper Valley Farmto-School program at the Quechee
School. Peter Allison, Executive
Director of the Upper Valley Farm-toSchool Network, said his organization
works with schools to support connections between kids and local food and
farms, the cafeteria, the classroom,
and communities. “Recent programs
provide mini-grants to do hands-on,
farm-based activities like hatching
chicks, or growing salad greens in the
classroom with equipment purchases,
or taking field trips to a farm,” Peter
said. “These are incorporated into
their learning activities and then presented to their classmates and peers.”
This year, fifth-grade students from
the Ottauquechee School showcased
their food projects at the Trek-toTaste event in Woodstock, which
included 16 schools.
In addition to funding organizations, the Ottauquechee Health
Foundation provides Good Neighbor
Grants to help people with their individual healthcare needs. “Our aim is
to let people know about the Good
Neighbor Grants,” Sherry said. “And
if you know people who might need
help, please let us know and we’ll find
a way to reach out to them.” Every year
there are stories of people whose lives
are changed because they received
help with their healthcare needs,
such as prescription medicines, hearing aids, or dental care treatment. Not
long ago, a gentleman who hadn’t had
new glasses in years was introduced
to the foundation. His poor eyesight
made driving dangerous. “It sounds
simple,” Sherry said, “but we were
able to work with him and his optometrist to get him new glasses. He was
so happy to be able to see clearly and
to read before bedtime again!” A little
help can make a profound change.
In just over a decade, OHF has
granted more than $2.5 million dollars to organizations and individuals
to address healthcare needs. Last year
alone, the foundation awarded 52
Good Neighbor Grants to individuals
with nearly $41,000 provided in aid.
To help make the process efficient, providers (such as doctors, dentists, pharmacists, medical equipment suppliers
and mental healthcare professionals)
receive the payments directly from the
OHF once treatment is completed.
Don’t let the Ottauquechee
Health Foundation be a secret in your
neighborhood. Share the information
with family, friends, and neighbors
so our communities can be just that
much better. n
How To Apply
The Ottauquechee Health
Foundation serves residents of
Barnard, Bridgewater, Hartland, Killington, Plymouth,
Pomfret, Quechee, Reading, and
Woodstock.
Individuals can apply for a
Good Neighbor Grant at any time.
All inquiries are confidential.
Organizations can visit the website for applications and deadlines.
Ottauquechee Health
Foundation
32 Pleasant Street, 3rd floor
802-457-4188
ohf@sover.net
www.ohfvt.org
How to Help
Donations to the Ottauquechee
Health Foundation are gratefully accepted and are 100% tax
deductible.
Checks can be sent to:
Ottauquechee Health
Foundation
P.O. Box 784
Woodstock, VT 05091
Credit card contributions can
be made online:
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Pam and I got involved in the ski team after we
were riding the chairlift with our young daughters and
we saw the ski team racers carving beautiful turns
below us. We appreciated their skill and talent right
away and knew that this would be a place for our girls
to ski. We rented a Kingswood condo and then later
purchased at Snow Village. The ski team brought us
to Quechee and has kept us here for years!
Tom Mason was the President of the team when
we joined and not only did we like the children that
our daughters were training and racing with, but
we truly liked the parents. The families that are
attracted to Quechee are some really great families!
Our children have made life-long friends on the team
and so have Pam and I.
The ski team has kept us together. On most winter weekends we all get in to the car Friday and drive
to Quechee together. We have meals together, ski
together, skate together, cross country ski, go to the
pool or gym and now even play paddle tennis. When
we are home in Massachusetts, our four daughters
have play dates or activities all over the place on the
weekends. We are divided up as a family and don’t
spend the same amount of quality time together.
Quechee weekends give us all that quality family
time.
My older daughters all race with their high school
ski team back in Massachusetts. The skill they have
learned in Vermont skiing with the Quechee Ski
Team has made them the leaders and captains of
their team and strong varsity racers. I remember
being at the high school ski races and spending time
with parents of our Quechee Ski Team racers who
race for competing high schools against my daughters. It is so rewarding to see the competition, yet
camaraderie that these Quechee teammates have
when they change uniforms and are now racing for
different high schools. They are great friends, supporters and competitors and the Quechee Ski Team
formed this bond.
– Ty Dickinson
former Quechee Ski Team President
“We invited the public to get
involved and it morphed into something more. The more we did it, the
more people wanted to be a part of it.
We had our own version of NASTAR
[National Standard Race] worldwide
organized recreational skiing. You got
the opportunity to run a course in a
timed race run.”
With interest and enthusiasm from
the public, Courtney and his colleagues continued to offer “lollipop
races” at the hill, charging $1 to enter
the race and limiting each race to
35-50 young skiers.
“It was fun. We eventually started
keeping track of who was racing
whom and established age brackets,”
says Courtney.
The next year, after neighboring
Mt. Ascutney closed, a spot on the mid-Vermont
Skiing Council became available and Courtney registered the team with the Vermont Alpine Racing
Association. In its first year, the team consisted of
about 35 kids ages 9–15. Courtney served as first
president and head coach and asked other skiers,
including Carl Tancreti and Steve Cahill who previously coached at Mt. Ascutney, to join him in
coaching and leading the team. The team raced
against fellow mid-Vermont Council teams including Killington, Suicide Six, Pico Mountain, Middlebury, and others.
For Courtney and for parents who regularly
brought their children to the hill to ski on
weekends, the club was a great way to keep kids
interested in skiing in Quechee. Frank McDougall, vice president of Government Relations at
Dartmouth-Hitchcock, is a parent of five and a
trustee at the Quechee Club at the time his family got involved with the team.
“A group of us all had multiple-children that
were active skiers,” says McDougall. “We were all
weekenders at that point and our kids were start-
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Quechee Ski Club– continued from page 1
ing to feel that the hill was too small. It started to
be, ‘Daddy can we go to Okemo?’ or, ‘Can we go to
Killington today?’ So we were looking for ways to
keep them excited about the hill. The kids were so
excited about getting coached and running gates.”
McDougall was instrumental in moving a vote
forward to have Quechee host its first race. The
vote was not without controversy since there was
concern with so many people using the amenity,
he says. The vote eventually passed and Quechee
began hosting race weekends as well as future events
like the Special Olympics, which Quechee hosted
for eight years.
Courtney also has a son—Willie, now 25—who
started on the team at a young age and was interested in racing right away. Willie decided to turn
his passion into a career, becoming a ski coach who
now coaches for Park City Mountain Resort in Park
City, Utah.
“He got the illness like his old man, I guess,” says
Courtney with a laugh.
The club has evolved and grown over its 27-year
history, with 100 young skiers now involved, in six
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different age brackets, with 11 coaches. This year,
the club has the largest Mountain Team in its history with 25 children between ages 6 and 10 enrolled
in the feeder program.
Bernard Haskell, race director for the club since
2005, is also the head coach for the 12 and 13 year
olds. He is also the assistant director of residential
operations at Dartmouth College, and a former
coach of the Ford Sayre Ski Team in Hanover, New
Hampshire. He joins other talented coaches who are
mainly in it for fun.
“We have an amazing coaching staff,” says
Haskell. “A number of the coaches have great
experience but we mainly do it because we just
love the sport.”
A majority of club skiers come from New England
and New York—only five members are local—but
that makes it more exciting for the kids, says Haskell.
“It’s very family– and fun–oriented,” he says.
“[The kids] only see their buddies on the weekends.
They’re excited to be there for the skiing but also for
their pals. And you see that with the parents, too.”
What’s also unique about the club is the overwhelming support and involvement from parents as
well as the small size, which Dave Courtney, now
head director of Ski Patrol for Quechee, sees as an
anomaly and a benefit.
“The experience of going to a ski area like this is
totally different than a Killington where there are
20,000 skiers on any given day,” he says. “Parents
can drop their kid off at 10 a.m. with a bag lunch and
say ‘See you at 4 p.m.’ and feel comfortable that they
will do just fine.”
For Courtney, McDougall, and other parents,
the most valuable part of the Quechee Club skiing
experience is the lasting friendships they’ve made on
the hill as well as how they’ve seen young skiers—
including their own children—mature and grow.
“We’re all still friends to this day. The kids have
been in each other’s wedding parties and stuff,”
says McDougall.
“There are kids who were in the program who
now have kids who are now in the program. It gets
a little scary when you think about how long you’ve
been doing this,” says Courtney. n
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This is my family’s 11th
year with racers on the
Quechee Ski Team. Eleven
years ago, my oldest daughter was seven and enjoying
Quechee “Ski-Bees” lessons. It was actually her
“Ski-Bees” instructor who
suggested that she consider
joining the ski team. We were
new to the area and didn’t
know that Quechee had a race team, but thanks to
her intuitive instructor, Taylor was training with the
team the very next day! Matt started ski racing the
following winter, and Amelia and Sara both joined
the mountain team as enthusiastic six-year olds.
As corny as this will sound, it really is difficult to
put into a few words what the ski team has meant to
our family. All four of my kids, now ages 10–17,
have looked forward to every ski season – to be out
on the slopes, weekend after weekend, learning
something each day to enable them to ski a little bit
better, a little bit faster, all the while having a terrific
time with their friends. As a family, we›ve enjoyed
the togetherness that ski weekends bring, the race day
carpooling and adventures with good friends, enjoying meals and celebrating milestones with other families, and keeping in touch with our QASC family
throughout the warmer months.
One of my favorite ski-related memories occurred
seven years ago, the day our three-year old learned to
ski. Sara wasn’t even born yet when Taylor, Matt
and Amelia learned to ski, so Sara spent every winter, her entire young life, watching her three older siblings ski and wanted to join them. It was such a thrill
for my husband and me the very first time Sara skied
down Quechee’s face all by herself. Friends who happened to be riding the chairlift overhead all cheered
for her, and I will always remember the wonderful
feeling when I realized that we’d finally accomplished
our goal – that each of our children not only knew
how to ski, but absolutely loved it!
Julie McKenna
–
current Quechee Ski Team President
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We purchased our Quechee Snow Village Condominium in 2002. My wife, Cheryl, and I love to ski
and it was always our dream to have a ski in/ski out
cottage. Our boys were 4, 6 and 8 and we became
involved in the ski team immediately and have enjoyed
every turn.
The ski team has been a wonderful place for our
family to meet friends from all over the northeast and
enjoy our winters in Vermont. It’s a difficult winter
lifestyle with the Friday commute and early morning
skiing but it gave our family a sense of purpose and
belonging. The races are competitive but very fun.
The camaraderie and team work, the work ethic,
the practices and the fun of skiing all make ski racing
exciting and fulfilling. Winter can be long and cold if
you let it get to you…a passion for skiing leaves you
longing for winter, fresh snow and the reunion of last
winters’ friends.
The Quechee Ski Team has many events and programs for the entire family…several of my favorites
include the Quechee Cup, which is best described as
a Halloween Party on skis, and the annual fall athletic training camp that has featured Olympian Doug
Lewis. The team even has their own weekly newsletter
filled with team photos thanks to a generous character
named Smedley Smyth Stevens. Perhaps my fondest
memory was our first trip to the Rockies for a week of
skiing…our boys were 8, 10 and 12 and they could
ski everything and it was all because of their experience on the Quechee Ski Team.
– Dave Hawthorne
former Quechee Ski Team President
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peo ple an d pe t s
Q u e ch e e Library
Photo credit Lisa Lacasse
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Justin George and Jessamyn Hathorn, with their Huskies’ Togiak and Tennakee
Nancy Frankeberry with her nine-year old
Burmese cat, Garbo. Quechee, VT.
Max featured with his Llama Taco and
Nigerian dwarf goats, J&M Farm, West
Hartford, VT.
Kim Dull with her Icelandic horse, Mel (short
for Melkolka Fra Grytu), Silver Maple Farm,
Pomfret, VT.
Lisa Lacasse is a photographer based in Quechee.
You can view more of her work at: http://
lisalacassephoto.smugmug.com/
Kate Schaal
here is little excuse for cabin
fever this winter. Come to the
Quechee Library where the
much-awaited fiber optic installation
has just been completed. Experiment
and enjoy how quickly downloading
takes place now on the public computers
and on your personal devices. YouTube
has, however, not replaced live theater
and films in the Upper Valley. Northern
Fiber-optics arrives.
Stage, supported by the Vermont
Community Foundation, has placed some ticket vouchers into the library’s
circulation and is offering workshops to share the director’s and an actor’s
insights into the upcoming productions. Northern Stage will hold a workshop
at the Wilder Club and Library on Thursday, Feb. 13, 10 a.m. Come in the
morning and enjoy a lively hour of conversation and walk away with ticket
vouchers for Good People, a play set in the Massachusetts neighborhoods of
South Boston and Chestnut Hill that premiered in New York just two years ago.
We will again partner with VINS for a two-part discussion series on Thursdays on March 27 and April 3, at 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Catamount Earth
Institute, the Powering a Bright Future focuses on the energy crisis. Solutionbased reading materials will be available at the circulation desk.
It was both energy conservation and the need for comfort of people and
equipment that led to a decision to fundraise for an effective, efficient air conditioning system to replace the quite ancient donated window units. An important kick-start was received with a generous grant from Mascoma Savings Bank
Foundation and other designated gifts from a patron and the Friends of the
Library. Part of our general appeal (thank you to all who have and will give)
will be earmarked as well. A small fundraising committee has formed to plan
an extensive silent auction of services, birdhouses made by Jerry Homer and
painted by local artists, and various handcrafted and home baked bird objects.
Watch for dates, or get in touch with the library’s newest staff member, Lucy
Archie, to be involved with the work.
Needleworkers are at the library
every Tuesday night this winter at
6:30 p.m. Newcomers are welcome
to enjoy conversation about patterns, stitches and totally unrelated
topic while working on their projects. Charlotte Merrill, preferring
thread to yarn, will be at the table
while knitters are in the armchairs.
She may well on several Tuesday
nights be leading the charge for
making handcrafted bird objects just
as she and Christina Reynolds continually lead the library to enjoy film
classics during Tuesday Tea Theaters
and mysteries on the first Monday of
each month at 4 p.m. The February film dates are the 11 and the 25 Carson greets a dog who came for a kids’
program.
and they will be court-room dramas.
After taking March off, Tea Theater resumes April 22. Mystery Mondays will
see a happy group discussing murder on March 3 (as written by Simon Brett)
and April 7 (as written by Marcia Muller). Books for the upcoming month
are available in the display case.
Every year the Quechee Library develops a series of programs for the multigenerational Vermont Reads and receives books to circulate for community
reading. The title for 2014 is Wonder by R.J. Palacio which has received
national acclaim for its portrayal of a fifth grader with a facial deformity and
his classmates. Coupled with a discussion of this book will be one on Truth
and Beauty: A Friendship,written by novelist Ann Patchett about her friend
Lucy Grealy, author of the award-winning memoir, Autobiography of a Face. A
particular important program will be the discussion with Sam Drazin, a Brad-
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ford Elementary School teacher with a facial deformity who has developed
workshops to help people and children deal sensitively with differences among
us. Librarian Marieke Sperry, developing this series, knows Mr. Drazin and
encourages all who can to attend for an excellent program. Watch the library
website at quecheelibrary.org for dates.
Lego Club is meeting with Marieke every Friday at 3 p.m. and all kids
are welcome.
Books and DVDs are waiting on the new shelves in great numbers and variety. They include new novels by E.L. Doctorow, Norman Rush, and Thomas
Keneally and a biography of Barbara Stanwyck that has been called a history of
a glorious film era. The DVDs include many series that may have been missed
when first on television including Breaking Bad and Call the Midwife. n
To stay up to date and enjoy many online resources, visit www.quecheelibrary.org. To
get out of the cold and find cheer, come into the library: Monday,Wednesday, Friday,
from 10 – 6; Tuesday and Thursday, 2 – 7; and Saturday 9 – 2. Storytime is held
every Wednesday, at 10 a,m.
Quechee Library Events
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 3 p.m.: Tea
Theater at the Quechee Library
features Clark Gable in a courtroom
drama.
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m.:
Needleworkers meet at the
Quechee Library.
Thursday, Feb. 13, 10 a.m.:
Quechee/Wilder Libraries and
Northern Stage present a workshop
at the Wilder Club and Library about
the upcoming production, Good
People. Free and ticket vouchers
too! See www.quecheelibrary.org
for more information.
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 10 a.m.:
Lincoln Story time at the Quechee
Library
Friday, Feb. 14, 3 p.m.: Lego
Club at the Quechee Library
Quechee Library.
Story time at the Quechee Library
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 3 p.m.: Tea
Theater at the Quechee Library
features a courtroom classic. See
www.quecheelibrary.org for more
information or call 295-1232.
Quechee Library.
Friday, Feb. 27, 3 p.m.: Lego
Monday, Mar. 3, 4 p.m.: Mystery Monday group meets at the
Quechee Library to discuss Simon
Brett’s series.
Tuesday, Mar. 4, 6:30 p.m.: Needleworkers meet at the Quechee
Library.
Wednesday, Mar. 5, 10 a.m.:
Friday, Mar. 7, 3 p.m.: Lego
Tuesday, Mar. 11, 6:30 p.m.:
Quechee Library.
Friday, Mar. 14, 10 a.m.: Lego
Quechee Library.
Friday, Mar. 21, 3 p.m.: Lego
Quechee Library.
Thursday, Mar. 27, 6:30 p.m.:
Change by Degrees: Addressing the
Climate Challenge discussion series,
using the book Powering a Bright
Future, begins at Quechee Library.
The two evening series is led by a
facilitator from the Vermont Institute of Science. Books are available
at the library.
Wednesday, April 2, 10 a.m.:
Thursday, April 3, 6:30 p.m.:
Change by Degrees: Addressing the
Climate Challenge discussion series,
using the book Powering a Bright
Future, continues at Quechee
Library. The two evening series is
led by a facilitator from the Vermont Institute of Science. Books
are available at the library.
Friday, April 4, 3 p.m.: Lego
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Northern Stage: New Leaders and Big Plans
Playhouse (NLBP). “Usually we decide
on the plays a year ahead, so this year
hen you walk into the
was a rush starting in March,” explains
Northern Stage Theater
Dunne. Selecting plays is “a great opporin White River Junction’s
tunity for me. Doing someone else’s seaBriggs building, anticipation ripples
son would have been hard.”
through you. Northern Stage
After the plays are chosen, and
consistently produces excellent
production rights secured, the direcshows, in wildly varying genres, so
torial team lines up production help
you confidently expect something
and auditions actors. Northern Stage
worthwhile, whether it’s challenging,
makes a trek—usually a daylong maraintriguing, or simply entertaining.
thon—to New York to recruit actors.
What makes it all happen?
“We call actors we know, or who have
Before the Lights Come Up
accomplished acting careers, or people
Audience early birds find their seats
we know come from great training proas much as 30 minutes before curtain
grams,” says Dunne. “We find people
time, but the show has been in the
who want to leave New York to focus
works since… Well, it depends how Pictured behind Carol Dunne, left to right: Stacie Bono, Katerina Papacostas, Brad Bradley,
on the artistic—as opposed to the comyou count: When is the cast gathering Alex Syiek, and Chloe Tiso
mercial—side. Northern Stage’s strength
tonight? Actors Equity rules allow for
comes from making this place where peoarrival at the theater as late as those same 30 minutes, but few actors cut it so ple want to produce great art,” she says.
fine. There are vocal warm-ups to work through—strange howls and sighs, to
Rehearsals begin about three weeks before opening. Sometimes rehearsals for
the outsider—and makeup and costumes to put on. If the show is still in pre- one show overlap with performances of the preceding show. Once a show has
views (prior to opening night), there may be last-minute rehearsals to touch up opened, the stage manager is in charge.
problems. Those first shows before a real audience reveal lines that need more
Circuitous Route to WRJ
time for a laugh, or that don’t come across and need clarifying. Good theater
Dunne grew up in Connecticut, where she went to high school with Brooke
is interactive!
Wetzel Ciardelli, Northern Stage’s founding artistic director. She had an early
Northern Stage’s new Artistic Director, Carol Dunne, is no stranger to this
predilection for theater. “I was a torch singer at 13,” she laughs, “with Judy
process. Appointed by the board of directors in March, 2013, Dunne signed on
Garland songs. I wanted to be Patti LuPone.” After graduating from Princeton,
in addition to, rather than instead of, either of her other positions: teaching
she moved to New York to act. “After two years, in and out on tours, I knew
acting at Dartmouth College, and as the artistic director at New London Barn
I couldn’t live there, so there went my Broadway dreams,” and adds, “But
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from when I was 29, regional theater was my
life.” For ten years from 1994 she worked at the
Cleveland Playhouse, as an actor and director,
and married Artistic Director Peter Hackett.
When Hackett was hired to chair Dartmouth’s
theater department in 2004, Dunne says, “we
moved here with a six-week-old and a threeyear-old, and I had no job.”
In 2008, Carol became director of the NLBP,
where the emphasis is on light summer fare.
She envisions useful cross-pollination among
her three jobs, and indeed has already cast a
Dartmouth theater colleague in 12 Angry Men
and half a dozen actors from NLBP in Northern
Stage’s holiday musical, White Christmas.
Underpinnings
A small theater cannot live by ticket sales
alone, even if it fills every seat. Ad sales in the
program help, and generous business underwriters also support each production. New to the
team last march, is the addition of Eric Bunge,
as managing director in charge of administration
and operations. It’s an understatement to say his
experiences are varied: He’s been an All-American in pole vault, studied in Oslo, Norway, and
turned down Navy pilot training to earn a Masters in Fine Arts in acting.
Bunge comes with an impressive resume of
helping regional theaters grow. He founded the
Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro, Minnesota, Eric Bunge
which, 23 years later, inhabits a 3.5 million arts
complex and is a national draw for the town. He then spent 18 months resuscitating a summer Shakespeare festival in Minnesota, and began consulting with
Dunne about NLBP. Now he’s turning his remarkable energy and enthusiasm
to Northern Stage.
Bunge forcefully articulates the importance of theater as more than entertainment. “What is our core business?” he asks. “Really, it’s to bring people
together for lasting effect. I’m part of an organization that tells stories. A good
story, told well, can make people think ‘Maybe I can be kinder’ or ‘Maybe I can
listen more.’”
When it comes to financing the theater’s needs, “It’s the opposite of begging for dollars,” he maintains. “We talk about what brings value to the
community and to a person’s life. We don’t raise money. We develop relationships and then let the community see the gap between the cost to run
things and ticket sales.”
Eric knows an important thing about modern life: “People’s most valuable
resource is their time. That’s one reason we’re down to six shows [per season].
This is a pretty saturated market, as far as things you could be doing.”
A Gleam in the Eye
Northern Stage plans a major change—building a new theater in the
former Miller Auto building around the corner, which the organization
owns. “We’re closer to this dream than ever before,” says board chair Janet
Miller Haines. “I feel as though the stars have aligned.” Improved accessibility and more flexible performance space will be some of the visible
changes, while actors will enjoy more than a 10-by-4-foot dressing room
to share among four people. Now there’s no backstage or wing space for
extra sets. Audiences may not realize this, since plays are chosen for adaptability, and designers imply settings with minimal props. The production
team looks forward to abandoning the current practice of constructing sets
off site, taking them apart and trucking them to the Briggs, moving them
upstairs (yes, lugging them up those stairs if they don’t fit in the elevator)
and reassembling them.
Challenging? Yes, but the Northern Stage team doesn’t lack for energy
and ideas, as they’ve shown both on stage and behind the scenes. Taking
the long view, Sales Director Irene Green says, “We’re building a legacy for
the Upper Valley. Thirty, forty, a hundred years from now, that building
will still be there for others to use.” And in the short run, she grins, “We’re
going to knock your socks off!”. n
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Northern Stage receives grant from the Vermont
Community Foundation to Partner with Area Libraries
Northern Stage recently
Through its Small and Inspiring
received a $2,500 grant from the grants program, the Community
Vermont Community Founda- Foundation hopes to help foster
tion’s Small and Inspiring Grant the spark and hope that keeps Verprogram. The grant will help fur- monters healthy and happy by findther Northern Stage’s mission of ing and supporting projects in every
entertaining, challenging, and town in Vermont where a small
involving its audience with ambi- grant can make a big difference.
tious productions and expansive
Northern Stage is a regional,
educational programming by bring- professional, non-profit theater
ing national and regional talent company located in White River
together on an intimate stage in Junction, VT. One of only four
diverse classic, contemporary, and independent theaters in the nation
new plays and musicals.
that is at least 40 miles from an
“This grant allows us to reach urban center, exceeds $750,000
into the community in new ways, in annual ticket revenue, and probreaking down the barrier of cost duces a season of seven months or
that can prohibit attendance at the more, Northern Stage has offered
theater. We are grateful for the sup- over 100 productions in its 16-year
port of the Vermont Community history, and annual attendance is
Foundation in making it possible now over 23,000. Visit www.northfor us to reach into the community ernstage.org or call 802.296.7000
in new ways,” commented Irene for tickets and information.
Green, Director of Sales and MarThe Vermont Community
keting for Northern Stage.
Foundation is a family of hundreds
This program is a collabora- of funds and foundations estabtion between Northern Stage and lished by Vermonters to serve
the Quechee, Hartford and Wilder their charitable goals. It provides
Public Libraries. Each library will the advice, investment vehicles,
receive two copies of each of the and back-office expertise to make
three plays remaining in North- giving easy and inspiring. The
ern Stage’s current season to be Foundation also provides leaderput into circulation. Additionally, ship in giving by responding to
complimentary ticket vouchers will community needs and keeping
be available for checkout at these Vermont’s nonprofit sector vital.
libraries. And Northern Stage will Together, its funds and programs
conduct one workshop for each provide more than $12 million a
production at the libraries, with the year in grants and other investhope of putting the plays in context ments in Vermont. Visit www.
to enhance the experience for the- vermontcf.org or call 802-388ater patrons.
3355 for more information. n
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One Thousand Books Project Update
Helen Clark
It has been three years since I’ve
written about my 1000 books project.
For those who missed my earlier reports,
it began one day in January 2007 when
I idly wondered how many books I had
read and how many more I would be
able to read in my life. An avid reader
since childhood, I was in a bit of a reading trough and realized I would have to
make an effort if I wanted to read even
as many as 1000 books over a lifetime.
My original theory was that I had at
least another 30-reading years ahead of
me so I set a goal of 33 books per year,
but I quickly fell behind. Unfortunately,
I continue to miss the mark. 2011 and
2012 were very lean years, I completed
a total of just 28 books in those 24
months. In 2013 I fared slightly better
with 22. I may never reach 1000 but the
awareness has made me read more than
I might otherwise, to choose to pick up
a library book instead of binge-watching “House of Cards” on Netflix.
Over the course of the last three
years, I have read 33 books of fiction,
15 biographies/memoirs, and two nonfiction books. Here are my thoughts on
a selection of them.
Nonfiction Titles
A Bittersweet Season – Caring for
Our Aging Parents and Ourselves, by
Jane Gross
In addition to providing moments
of insight and empathy for end-oflife issues, this book is particularly
helpful to those helping their parents
navigate the difficult waters of age and
encroaching infirmity. There’s a fine
line between respecting another person’s autonomy and wishing to keep
them safe. I learned some hard truths
about how our society deals with aging
and what the potential pitfalls might be
as my siblings and I assist our parents,
now 87- and 90-years of age, in their
decision-making.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in
a World that Can’t Stop Talking, by
Susan Cain
I think it is fairly obvious to anyone who has ever met me that I am an
introvert. Unfortunately, in my experience, our society is not happy with
introversion and often the world seems
to conspire to bring introverted people
“out of their shells.” Cain’s book was
something of a balm to my soul, arguing that introversion is not so much a
condition to be cured as a state of being
to be valued as much as extroversion. I
particularly enjoyed some of her summary of her “rules” for living with your
true nature:
“Love is essential; gregariousness
is optional. Cherish your nearest and
dearest. Work with colleagues you like
and respect. Scan new acquaintances
for those who might fall into the former categories or whose company you
enjoy for itsown sake. And don’t worry
about socializing with everyone else.
Relationships make everyone happier,
introverts included, but think quality
over quantity. The secret to life is to
put yourself in the right lighting. For
some it’s a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural
powers—of persistence, concentration,
insight, and sensitivity—to do work you
love and work that matters. Solve problems, make art, think deeply. Figure out
what you are meant to contribute to the
world and make sure you contribute it.”
Biography/Memoir
My Mother Was Nuts,by Penny
Marshall
I enjoyed this peek inside Hollywood
and Marshall’s ebullient advice: “Try
hard, play by the rules, help your friends,
don’t get too crazy and have fun.”
Just Kids, by Patti Smith
At the opposite side of the country and spectrum from Marshall, Patti
Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe lived
an alternate reality of American bohemia and avant-garde art. I’ve never
been one to long for the romanticism of
the life of a starving artist. I am far too
fond of being comfortable. Yet, Smith’s
dedication to her chosen path and love
for Mapplethorpe shine through in
this casual account of their early life
together in New York City.
Tête à Tête, the Tumultuous Lives
and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir and
Jean-Paul Sartre, by Hazel Rowley
Growing up in the 70s, I admired
Simone de Beauvoir’s writing, in particular her early autobiography Memoir
of a Dutiful Daughter, so I was predisposed to like this combined biography
detailing her famously open relationship with Sartre. However, the more I
got into it, the more repulsed I became
by their callous disregard for everyone
but themselves. It seems to me in
affording themselves absolute freedom,
they manipulated and abused many relatively innocent bystanders.
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Blue Nights, by Joan Didion
Didion updates us on her life after
the completion of her previous mediation on the death and loss of her husband, The Year of Magical Thinking. The
earlier loss is compounded by the death
of their daughter, Quintana, less than
two years later. Her observation “Medicine, I have had reason since to notice
more than once, remains an imperfect
art, “ sums up my feelings exactly.
Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A
Short History of Herding, and the Art
of Making Cheese, by Brad Kessler
Who doesn’t dream of chucking it
all and becoming a farmer in Vermont?
Okay, maybe not you, but former New
Yorker and novelist, Kessler, does just
that and leads us along his path to spiritual rebirth as a goat herder and artisanal
cheese maker. Along the way, the reader
learns a lot about goats, cheese, history
and poetry.
Fiction
Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
Nick Dunne’s wife Amy disappears
and your initial inclination to sympathize with him dries up as it becomes
more and more apparent that nothing
is what it seems. This twisted novel
grabs you early on and does not let go,
even after you realize that the characters are not particularly nice people.
I don’t suppose anyone read books to
make friends. If you are like me, you’ll
stay in there because you will have to
know what happens.
American Wife, by Curtis
Sittenfeld
It’s no secret that Sittenfeld’s
novel is inspired by events in the life
of Laura Bush, including the car crash
she had at the age of 17 that caused
the death of a classmate. Although
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her characters bear different names
and locations, the connection is undeniable and ultimately comes off as a
bit unnerving. Of course, it is fiction
and while I found the first two-thirds
intriguing, the last third became a bit
of a slog through the mud. I was struck
by two observations by the main character: “The story is more complicated
than people think” and “We are each
of us pathetic in one way or another.”
The Art of Racing in the Rain, by
Garth Stein
I’m a sucker for a good dog story
and this poetic fable of a book captured my heart and imagination. It is
narrated by Enzo, a dog with a soul,
and becomes a meditation of life,
love, loss and hope.
The Grapes of Wrath, by John
Steinbeck
I know I was supposed to read this
in high school, but I didn’t. A couple
of years ago, it started cropping up
everywhere — in a stage production
at Dartmouth College, on the Turner
Classic Movie channel and in conversation and I realized I had to get
it into my literary lexicon. I found it
by turns heartbreaking, heartwarming and jaw-droppingly shocking. I
came away bolstered by Steinbeck’s
love our shared humanity and hope
against all odds:
“This you may say of man—when
theories change and crash, when
schools, philosophies, when narrow
dark alleys of thought, national, religious, economic, grow and disintegrate, man reaches, stumbles forward,
painfully, mistakenly sometimes.
Having stepped forward, he may slip
back, but only half a step, never the
full step back.” n
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Ross Jones Director of Dining Services– continued from page 1
A family man, born and raised in Chester, Vermont, with a lifelong interest in the culinary arts,
Jones chose a career he loved. In high school, Jones
had the opportunity to take a culinary arts course
his senior year at River Valley Technological Center
in Chester. That experience piqued his interest in
becoming a chef and led him to enroll in the New
England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vermont.
After graduation, he moved to Vail, Colorado,
which also fed his desire to ski a bit more. In Vail, he
managed banquets and specialized as a saucier. Jones also worked at Ascutney
Mountain as a chef in his earlier years. Food preparation and delivery in all its
forms is his history.
His new role
As far as priorities for delivering the highest-quality service while appreciating club budgets, Jones picks quality hands down. “To provide top service and
product, staff hiring practices and staff training are essential,” he said. He trains
staff to understand that the smallest details and consistency are important to
delivering great service. That’s one of the reasons why wait staff are trained
to serve on the customer’s left and clear from the right, to wait for each party
member to finish his or her meal before clearing, and to know the proper placement of basic silverware and use of ancillary utensils.
Each night, Executive Chef Morgan Lory reviews the menu choices so staff
can answer diners’ questions. These are just a few of the ways the staff under
Jones’ leadership work to make each diner’s experience a positive one.
Jones’ responsibilities as the dining services manager include overseeing all
of the Quechee Club’s food and beverage venues: base lodge food service, golf
cart and 10th tee Lakeland Golf Course Snack Bar, Murphy’s Farm Tavern, and
foods for special events. While the club’s bar ordering responsibility is with Hillgrove, Jones is closely involved. Together Jones and Hillgrove watch monthly
sales of popular products, buy in bulk when they can – ever mindful of the bottom line and members’ preferences.
Jones is also responsible for wait staff scheduling and quickly noted that his
assistant, Kerm McDonough “is invaluable.” In the few months that he’s been
back he’s learned that staff want to understand the expectations and boundaries and want to be a vital part of the team. Jones’ hope and plans for the
future? “Braver tastes, creative Thursday night buffets, bigger holiday celebrations, greater effort from all team members, and even better service along with
expanded meal choices,” are just a few of his ideas.
In his spare time, Jones enjoys the sports and family activities with his wife
and two children. His extended family is in the general area. And he enjoys
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Q ue ch ee G a r d en C l u b
Programs with a New Twist
T
Joan Baret
he start of a new year! Were
you feeling introspective and
looking forward to a new
beginning? We were all reminded of
the resolutions of 2013 that may have
been left unfulfilled or, better yet, the
ones that we did accomplish. The
Quechee Garden Club committees
have been hard at work preparing
excellent programs that will assist you
in setting new goals, trying new things
and visiting new places. We hope you
enjoy what we have in store for you.
On January 9, our programs began
with a twist. It was an evening program, just the right time to bring a
guest, which many did, and stayed for
dinner after the program. That evening Chuck Wooster presented “Head
on Collision – Why Vermont & New
Hampshire are so Different.” His talk
was very well received and informative. Did you know that Vermont and
New Hampshire’s divergent directions
stem from many differences in their
constitutions, drafted and adopted in
the late 1700s? Vermont’s stated that
each town have a representative to the
legislature while New Hampshire’s was
based on one man, one vote. The main
reason for the differences between the
states occurred due to the soil, and
that New Hampshire was on the ocean
and near Boston. Vermont’s richer soil
led it to develop around agriculture.
New Hampshire’s many rivers helped
the state develop hydraulic power on
these rivers. The power sources meant
that factories could be built, hence the
great fabric, shoe and paper industries.
Mr. Wooster is a Dartmouth alumni,
author and farmer. His involvement
in Community Supported Agriculture
(CSA) was a topic of great interest.
Please visit Chuck Wooster’s website,
sunrisefarmvt.com to learn more about
our interesting neighbor.
February’s program, “The Roses
of Elizabeth Park,” featured Roni
Skerker, the official photographer of
Elizabeth Park located in West Hartford, CT. Much of her training came
from Neil Santigone, a protégé of
Ansel Adams as well as her father who
was a photographer for the New York
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Her magnificent
images
brightened a
cold winter day.
Kahil Gibran
noted, “The
optimist sees
the rose and not
the thorns; the
pessimist stares
at the thorns,
oblivious to the
rose.” Let’s be
optimists, know Diane Ames, Chuck Wooster and Marge Gray
that summer will
on April 3 at 1 p.m. at the Quechee
again arrive and our roses will bloom.
Club will tap into this concept. You
March arrives leaving the majorwill learn about the “Windsor Public
ity of winter behind and gardeners
Library’s Seed Library Project.” Lisa
restless to begin work in their garRichards, master gardener and small
dens. The Quechee Garden Club will
farmer will tell us how saving seeds
bring you an opportunity to begin or
helps our regional gardening efforts.
continue your New Year’s resolution
She will share techniques and reasons
to get in better shape. Avoid those
why this effort is so important
troublesome sore muscles and aching
The club has well over 100 membacks when you set out in the spring.
bers and welcomes new members at
On March 6 at 1 p.m. in the Quechee
any time. Wonderful and varied proClub we will present “Learning to
grams, workshops and field trips run
Prepare Your Body for Gardening.”
year round. Annual membership is
Rebecca Nash, Doctor of Physical
$25 and members may participate as
Therapy, will talk about proper form
they choose. The meeting schedule
and mechanics of gardening. She will
is posted in the Quechee Post Office
discuss common diagnoses associated
and Quechee Library. Add one more
with gardening and how to prevent or
resolution to your 2014 list, become a
treat them.
member by contacting us at QuecheeSharing can be defined as the joint
gardenclub@gmail.com. n
use of a resource or space. The program
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Lisa Wirth, Catering Director at The Quechee Club
“
I’ve got my dream job,” Lisa Wirth
said now four months into her new
position as Catering Director of the
Quechee Club. Wirth said she always
wanted a career in the hospitality
business and has been involved in it.
Long accustomed to the pleasure of
entertaining with good food and all
that goes with a delightful experience,
Wirth joins Ross Jones, the new Food
and Beverage Director, and Chef
Morgan Lory, and the staff that keeps
the clubhouse humming. The positive
feedback from members and guests is
satisfying to this hard-working and
creative team, whose goal is to keep
doing better.
Wirth graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, CA, a top-ranking
liberal arts college with a degree in psychology. Wirth met her husband, John,
while an undergraduate at Pomona.
Wirth is a California native and her
parents still live there. Her one brother
lives in Arkansas with his family.
Wirth’s husband spent many summers
in Vermont, which enticed him and
then Wirth to go east after marriage. A
stint with the Office of Child Support
convinced John that law school made
sense. He entered Vermont Law School,
graduated and began a new career.
Wirth a Taste
As a 15-year veteran of the Anesthesiology department team at DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center (DHMC)
in Lebanon, New Hampshire, the energetic, articulate Wirth orchestrated a
number of events, including a twiceweekly lunch for prospective residents,
which included the current Anesthesiology residents and interns. Her interest
in entertaining and food preparation—
begun as a child under her mother and
grandmother’s tutelage—prompted her
to start her own catering sideline called
“Wirth A Taste.”
“That’s what excited me,” she said.
Wirth’s clients were mostly physicians
and staff in her department. Small dinners in homes, private parties, custom
cakes and desserts, as well as planning
larger and longer meetings are some of
her arenas. In fact, she organized and
hosted the American Anesthesiology
Association’s annual meeting in San
Francisco this past October, as she did
yearly in her former position. Next year
they’ll have to find another event coordinator with her responsibilities at The
Quechee Club being her total focus
now. “I love what I do,” said Wirth.
During her employment at DHMC,
Wirth worked with Lory when he was
at a different restaurant. It was he
whom Wirth hired often for department events. When applying for hospitality jobs in the Upper Valley, Wirth
had no idea Lory was the chef at the
Quechee Club and discovered this with
delight, only when she came for her
interview last August.
Wirth’s role at Quechee
So what’s important to Wirth in
her new role? “I think every encounter with another person is an event,
an opportunity to make a difference.”
She explained that her team serves
members – that’s the bottom line.
“Happy members bring more members.
Enhancing each member’s experience
Brian Harrington
Building
is key,” she said.
Staff training, consistency in service protocols, consciously listening to
wants and feedback on food and service and acting on that, attention to
workplace safety and beauty are some
of the areas Wirth and the food and
event planning team value and facilitate. “We are also dedicated to making
holidays above and beyond,” Wirth
said, and cited the members Christmas
party, which generated rave reviews.
“The members deserve this,” she said.
According to Wirth, event bookings are lining up nicely. There are a
few Saturdays free in 2014. “A wedding
every weekend would be perfect,” she
mused. The wishes of her clients cover
the range of tastes and cultural influences. One couple recently inquired
about “family style” dinners. Wirth said
the different stations concept is always
a popular dining choice as it adds a
face-to-face connection with the staff
server. There are those who love buffets
and those who want to be seated and
served. The tent choice keeps growing. Wirth said a veritable ballroom
is possible in a tent. The catering staff
listens and delivers. Wirth believes
in team cohesion and effort and finds
it, and builds on it. “The team makes
the dream,” is a slogan they use with
confidence.
Murphy’s Farm Tavern, a new dining choice at club, is open for casual
meals, and maybe a game on the big
screen televisions, every Friday and
Saturday evening. Wirth took on the
management of this operation and said
it is well attended. “Just come, no reservations needed.”
Wirth may not engage totally in
winter sports, but come spring, golf
beckons. A league member at Montague Golf Club for many seasons,
Wirth will manage that women’s league
this summer, playing as often as she can
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211 Abnaki Trace - Wonderful location off Hillside
Road
at the
end of6Da –cul-d-sac.
Peacefulrecently
setting
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Village
2BR/1.5BA
overlooking
open meadow
w/Southern
exporenovated, an
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and
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ing.
This Vt. country/contemporary home has
@ $129,000.
wonderful charm. $350,000.
295 Taft Family Road – Nice affordable vacation
style home with beautiful view of the ski mountain. Contemporary, open concept with lower
level family room. 3 bedrooms/2 baths, fireplace & hardwood floors enhance this wonderful opportunity. $159,000.
Saltbox Village – Traditional charm enhances
this hilltop location overlooking the Quechee
Village with views East, South & West. Three
units to choose from: #6B 2BR/2.5BA $129,000,
#5C – a lovely 2BR/2.5BA @ $110,000 and #11E,
3BR/2.5BA @ $139,000.
114 Macnicoll Way – The “Brentwood” from the
Elegant Home Series with wonderful views of the
Quechee Valley on 1.9 acres featuring 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, large family room for entertaining, two-car garage, storage, decking plus lots
of extras! $289,000 This is a qualified short sale.
427 Royal Tyler Road – Phenomenal Southwesterly views
of the
Hill and
Ascutney
Windsor
Village
2E-River,
Walk Ski
to Lake
Pinneo
with
Mtn. course
This large
BA deck
an
golf
and 4BR/2.5
ski hill views!
Endhouse
unit iswith
ideal
home
for
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family
and
guests.
new paint, propane heat, and is in move-in
Unique to $79,000.
find a view
of this magnitude for
condition.
Furnished
under $500K in Quechee!! $424,900.
Snow Village 7A – Ski on/ski off, this condoSugar
Hill in
1D excellent
– Priced below
assessedfeatures
value!
minium
condition
Wonderful
3 BR/2
BA ceilings,
cape stylefireplace
end unitand
in
4BR/2.5BA,
vaulted
move-in
condition.
Large setting,
deck,openlandscaping
floor plan
large deck.
Beautiful
with
beautiful
southern
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for
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and mountain views to the east. $199,000. A
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rarewould
find!want. Vaulted ceilings w/double sliders & bay window on the first level. An excellent
opportunity @$149,000 Furnished.
Lakeland Village – 3 units, all adjacent to Highland
Landmark
– Beautiful
condominium
located #2B
on
& Lakeland2Cgolf
courses and
all with 3BR/2BA.
the
3rd Tee ofhardwood
the Highland
Golf Course.
Mountain
– granite,
w/excellent
rental
history
views,
birchFurn.
trees#6D
& stone
ThisA/C
3BR/2.5BA
$259,000.
– endwalls.
unit with
and prohas
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floor
w/brick
firepanecathedral
heat. $179,000.
– A/C,
propane
place
&
loft
for
additional
living
space.
Deck
heat updated kitchen and baths $289,000. Furn.off
L/R overlooking golf course. New carpeting
throughout, fieldstone entry, jacuzzi and sauna.
Assessed @ $338,400, priced to sell @ $160,000!
333 Baker Turn – South facing 4BR/2BA
697
Red Barn Roadwith
- Wonderful
country/cape
vaultedfarmstead
ceilingspropand
erty
withtobeautiful
Valley views.
Open
floor
ceiling Quechee
brick fireplace.
Large
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acreFurniture
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area, largesub
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garage.
Southern
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and golfbeautiful
cart distance
the
is negotiable.
Includes
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This house offers 3 BR/2 BA and
cent lot.Club.
$232,000.
a 2-car garage. This is a rare offering with tremendous upside potential, being offered
@$439,000.
Kingswood – Ski On/Ski Off – Terrific Values!!
Lakeland
Village #2B
– Beautifully
/
Move in condition
with
outstandingupdated
locations
renovated
3 and
BR/21.5bath
on our Skiand
Mtn.expanded
2 BR, 3BR
– 2.5townBA,
house
adjacent to
Highland
and$109,000
Lakeland–
fully furnished
andthepriced
to sell.
Golf
Courses. Private with views of the Quechee
$149,900.
Valley, Lake Pinneo and within walking distance
to the Quechee Club. On site tennis court and
ready for immediate occupancy. Priced ©
$259,000 Furnished.
160 MacNicoll Way – Custom built 3BR/4.5BA
440
Turn –floors,
Fantastic
Post &1stBeam
withBaker
hardwood
openLindell
floor plan,
floor
Cedar
recently
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throughout.
masterhome
bedroom,
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and finFeatures
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BR/3 BA,
counters,
ished lower
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roomgranite
and den/game
hardwood
floors,
fieldstone
room. Lots
of yard
and fireplace,
beautiful fantastic
gardens
views
from Furnished.
upper and lower decks. Located
$299,900.
within 1.5 miles to the Quechee Clubhouse.
Great primary or vacation home for entertaining with family and friends. $299,000.
81 Grouse Lane – A one-of-a-kind property with
beautiful westerly views and 10 acres of land
features 4BR/3.5 BA, stone fireplace, wet bar,
392
Jay Hillvaulted
Road –ceilings,
Wonderful
loft/office,
A/C,south/eastern
security sysfacing
corner
enhances
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Until this
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is being
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by $1,000 eachcounters
week. The
solid
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cabinets,
new
appliances
&
remaincurrent price is $597,000!
der of house in excellent condition. Gas fireplace in l/r & large lower level. Family room w/
soapstone wood stove. Expansion to 4th BR &
full bath if desired. $279,000.
Saltbox Village – Traditional charm enhances this
hilltop location overlooking the Quechee Village
with views East, South & West. Three units to choose
81 Grouse
Lane – An@exceptional,
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from:
#6B 2BR/2.5BA
$120,000. w/garage
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a lovely
$92,000.
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&4BR/3.5BA
#11E – 3BR/2.5BA
@ $119,000.,
#6C – stone
3BR,
fireplace,
living room
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2.5BA
@ $119,000.
furnished
garage
option.
vaulted ceilings, central A/C, security system and
much more! Until further notice, the price of
$699,000. is being reduced $2,000.00 per week
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60 Deer Path Lane – MOTIVATED SELLER!
Situated on a corner lot with outstanding
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160
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custom built
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thisTurn
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features 3BR/2.5BA,
2 living
temporary
fabulous
easterly viewsNew
and
rooms andwith
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decksouth
for entertaining.
privacy.
Featuressystem,
4+ BR/4.5
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roof, security
interior/exterior
paint
sinks,
shower,
tile
in
master
bath.
Soaring
cathedral
& hardwood flooring $224,900!
ceilings, central A/C, stone fireplaces, maple floors
and cedar decking. Incredible workmanship &
superb landscaping with stone walls. This is a spacious home & convenient to the Quechee Club
within golf cart distance. $679,000.
Sugar Hill 1D – Priced below assessed value
this 3BR/2BA cape style end unit in move-in
condition. Large deck, open floor plan with
671 Wheelock
Road – exposure.
Great vacation
style home
beautiful
southern
Vaulted
ceilwith southern
exposure,
yet easy
access,An
w/
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w/double
slidingprivate
& bay
window.
close proximity
QuecheeFurnished.
Club. Wonderful
excellent
valueto@the
$139,000.
feel from the large wrap around deck. Beautiful
mixed forest and oversized lot. A lovely stone
fireplace enhance a spacious living/dining area.
An original owner, but time to move on for someone else to enjoy what this property has to offer.
4 BR/3.5 BA and priced to sell @ $169,000!
697 Red Barn Road – Wonderful Farmstead
property w/beautiful Quechee Valley views,
enhance this 3BR/2BA home with 2-car
160 MacNicoll
Way – Absolutely
lovely 3BR/
garage.
Open meadows,
sub dividable
5.69
4.5BAparcel,southern
Custom Built home
with hardwood
floors,
acre
exposure
w/golf cart
disopen to
floor
master BR,
woodburntance
theplan,
Club.1stA floor
rare offering
with
tremening fireplace,
cathedral$359,000!
ceilings, finished lower
dous
upside potential.
level & lots of natural light. Lower level family
room and den/game room, or could be finished
as 4th bedroom. Lots of yard and beautiful gardens. $319,000. Furnished
423 Morgan Road - A very unique home in
a nice neighborhood. Easy access to Main
Street and all the amenities. 3 BR/2.5 BA,
cherry kitchen cabinets and floor w/Russian
stove in living room. Sunny decks off master
Windsor
Village 2E
and 2A. Great
location
and bathroom
w/partially
covered
decknear
off
beach
w/viewsBeautiful
of the skiview
hill of
& golf
course.
Two
main level.
Dewey’s
Pond.
wonderful
end units to choose from. 2A-recently
Priced @ $349,000.
remodeled with hardwood floors on 1st floor, granite & stainless steel in kitchen. Excellent rental
history -125,000.00 Furnished. 2E-new paint, propane heat, move in condition $109,000. Furnished
172 Robert Frost Lane “The Northfield” – A custom
designed home built in 2001 by Q.L.Resorts.
Wonderful open floor design on main level along with
Master bedroom and private bath. Hardwood floors,
fireplace, vaulted ceilings, lovely screened Gazebo
333 tub
Baker
Turnif –desired),
Wonderful,
(Hot
included
all in a south-facing
very peaceful
4BR/2
country/cape
vaulted
end
of theBAcul-de-sac
setting. Awith
two car
garageceilings
w/storandmakes
floorthis
to aceiling
brick
fireplace.
Oversized
age
complete
offering.
$389,000.
loft area, large deck for outside activity plus a
2-car garage. Furniture negotiable. With this
sale, a 2nd adjacent lot is included. Beautiful
lots! $232,000.
23 Jarvis Way - Absolute immaculate move-in
condition home, offers a large eat-in kitchen & a
huge family room downstairs plus a screened in
12 x 30 ft. deck off the kitchen, lovingly maintained by the current owners. A new roof and new
Dartmouth
Wonderful
location
with
furnace plusPlace
a cute– shed
that could
be a playbeautiful
Two units
to choose
house or aviews.
tool shed.
This house
worksfrom.
well #6B
as a
with
4 bedrooms
loft, 2.5home.
baths,$325,000.
central a/c,
full time
home or a&second
hardwood floors & vaulted ceilings being offered
@ $289,000. #7B with 3 bedrooms & loft, 2.5
baths, hardwood floors, beautiful views, great
price @ $299.000 with furniture negotiable.
111 Alden Partridge Road – Unique property-duplex on
2.5 acre single family lot. Main hse 3BR/2BA fully renovated in 2005 w/hardwood floors. New appliances. Guest
hse-2BR/2BA also renovated in 2005. New decks and
landscaping top off this must see property. Great vaca74 Redfield
Proctor
– Beautifully
maintained
tion
home or rental
property.
Priced well below
assessed
house
locatedvalue.
on aOwner
privatewilllotpayin$5,000
a wonderful
and
appraised
towards
setting.
Great
space
with 4 large bedrooms,
misc.
items,
i.e.small
repairs/improvements.
$179,000.4.5
baths, large family room for gatherings, wonderful eat-in kitchen, outside storage shed and a
large 2-car garage. A unique floor plan makes
this a special Quechee property! $359,000.
556 Redfield Proctor – One of the finest views
in all of Quechee! Features of this home are 2
spacious master bedroom suites, one on each
level, balcony upstairs to enjoy the phenomenal
views, 3.5BA, large 2-car garage w/expansion
Deere Run 6A
– Overlooking
theand
Lakeland
possibilities,
recently
renovated
situatedGolf
on
viewsw/a
of the
ski mounaCourse,
doubleLake
lot Pinneo
with 2.4and
acres,
tennis
court.
tain, featuring
3 orassessed
4 bedrooms
coordinating
Priced
well below
valuewith
@ $645,000.!
baths, sauna, jacuzzi and A/C. A large family room,
fireplace in living room, and an airlock entry to
keep out the winter chill. Private swimming pool
and 2 tennis courts for owners to enjoy. $299,000.
295 Taft Family Road – Open floor plan with
a beautiful fireplace in the living/dining
room. Master is on the 1st floor & there is a
spacious
family
w/office
& 2 bedSnow
Village
7A –room
Ski in/ski
out onarea
the Quechee
rooms,
1 bath
downstairs.
Very practical
Ski
Mt. This
condominium
is in excellent
condimud
room
greets
you
as
you
enter.
As you
tion- beautiful setting with wonderful landscapstand
in the living
room views
& look
outeast.
the This
sliding
& wonderful
mountain
to the
er toconsists
the large
deck youBA
will+ see
wonderful
unit
of 3BR/2.5
loft,avaulted
ceilview
of
the
Quechee
ski
hill.
Modest
house
ings, fireplace and large deck for outdoor enjoyw/a
very
modest
price.
$154,999!
ment. $219,900. A rare find!
We want to thank
the entire membership
for your continued
support which allows
our
office to maintain Coach Road 11B – The ultimate in townhouse living
Deere Run 3B – The perfect vacation
Quechee Lakes. Over 2700 sq. ft. of elegant living
home overlooking Lakeland Golf Course,
the #1 Position in inspace.
Quarry tile entry, kitchen w/breakfast area,
Lake Pinneo & views of the ski mtn. 3 BR
sun
space dining
room,
3 oversized
BR w/fireplace
in
w/coordinating
baths,
sauna,
Jacuzzi,
large
– Skiand
On/Ski Off
– Terrific Values!! Quechee
Hollow
– Cozy,
functional
and easy on
Birchwood C2 – Beautiful traditional style town- Kingswood
Sales
Rentals.
master
& living
room,
3.5 baths,
jacuzzi,
&
fam.
rm.
w/stone
patio.
Fireplace
in
liv.rm,
Within
walking
distance
to thesauna
Village
houses located in the tall pine forest overlooking Move in condition with outstanding locationson the budget.
l earTwo
garage.
Recently painted
& carpet,
extending
cathedral
ceiling.
ACtwo
& golf
Ski Mtn.
2 BR, 3BR
and 1.5 – 2.5 BA,to
fully attached
of Quechee.
hedrooms/1
bath units.
Unit
the Quecheetomeadow.
This
unit has
bed- our
We
look
forward
appliances
replaced
in last
2 yrs. A/C
& procart
included. and
Private
poolsold
andfurnished!
tennis furnished and priced to sell. $119,000 - $159,000. with
#2B all
@ $55,000
and
unit #2D
@ 69,000
Furnished.
rooms/2.5baths
is being
heat. This lovely complex enjoys a private
courts
forin!owners.
Move right
$125,000.Offered partially furbeing of service to pane
swimming pool, 2 tennis courts & is situated on the
nished @ $247,500.
l1th fairway of the Highland Golf Course. Truly that
you BEING
in 2014. OF SERVICE
special place in Vermont!TO
$299,900. YOU!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO
Fox Hollow 10A & 10B - Both located on
the Lakeland Golf Course, 3000 sq. ft. of
living space w/3BR/3.5BA, 2 fireplaces,
A/C,
garage,
vaulted
Fairwayatt.
Village
1C –nice
Onecourtyard,
of Quechee’s
most
celings,
solarium
& quality
private and
quiet villages.
On thethroughout.
golf course,
Unit
10B
Furn.
w/exceptions,
incl.
golf
walk to the river, Lake Pinneo & the Quechee
cart
10A - one ofbath
the townmost
Club.- $319,000.
Wonderful Unit
3-4 bedrooms/2.5
private
locations
in
the
entire
village.
houses. Great back yard. Offered furnished &
Original
owner,
proeprty;
priced to sell
- wayspecial
below assessed
valuewith
of
beautiful
views @
- $439,000.
$233,600. Priced
$159,000!
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