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This is asked so often we include this explanation:
How the Hat Became a Trademark
As Cheryl travels the state and meets new people many are
asking how it is that wearing hats became Cheryl’s
trademark. For those inquiring minds-here is the story.
Cheryl left her job as Executive Director of Addison Community
Action in 1978 when her son Nathan was born. Back then she
and Richard still lived in Brandon on the farm. Though Cheryl
decided to take some time to stay home with Nathan, she
was anxious to help bring in extra income to what was a
struggling dairy farm. She helped found the Brandon Farmers
Market and became its second coordinator. She also participated
as a vendor in the Middlebury Farmers Markets in Middlebury,
where she also served as coordinator. Less frequently she
participated in the Rutland Farmers market. Cheryl started
wearing a hat for sun protection as she worked raising vegetables
for the farmers markets. When she headed to market to sell
the vegetables, maple syrup and baked goods she found the
hat helped keep her from wilting in the hot sun. Cheryl
found she could work harder and longer and more comfortably
wearing a hat!
A couple of years later when she took up the sport of carriage
driving with the family’s Morgans, Cheryl learned
that tradition requires that carriage drivers wear a hat,
gloves, and a driving apron. Her collection of hats expanded
to be a bit more elegant, and ever since she has always
kept her eye out for a stylish hat.
When Cheryl was first recruited to run for the State Senate
by former Senator Edgar May and then President Pro Temps
of the Senate Doug Racine, Doug told her that she needed
something distinctive - a trademark of some sort that people
would be able to recognize about her as she campaigned.
Cheryl thought a moment and said, “Well, I often wear
hats.”
The hat idea was born.
Ever since Cheryl has campaigned wearing a hat.
Cheryl did not wear a hat inside the Statehouse when she
was a Senator, and doesn’t intend to always wear one
when presiding over the Senate as Lieutenant Governor, but
during the campaign season she’ll continue to wear
the hat, to work longer and harder, and she’ll be
easily recognized and remembered by many as “the lady
with the hat.”
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