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the current birdie newsletter - November 24

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The Free Electronic newsletter of the Five Towns (Rochester, Hancock, Granville, Stockbridge and Pittsfield) and our Vermont neighbors! We call the newsletter 'Birdie' - inspired by our logo for the Clovis Point Internet Office Space, featuring Vermont's chatty bird, the barn swallow. Clovis Point Internet Office Space - your "home office" away from home!

Why an electronic newsletter?

I need one. I need a way to tell you what's going on at Clovis Point Internet Office Space.

I want to know what's going on - I am involved in a lot of groups, but I KNOW there are more things going on, in school and church and community organizations, and I'd like to hear about them, in addition to what I can see in the weekly or monthly papers (Herald of Randolph, Rutland Herald, RockeTimes or church newsletters)

What should I send in?
Send me anything you'd like to see, and I'll publish it. Here's a list of what I'D like to read about:
	recipes
	new babies
	original stories
	poems
	scores of high school games
	upcoming concerts, auditions
	that business you’ve never started
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How do I subscribe?
Send an email to Heather Masterton:
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The Current Birdie - Sunday, November 24

FROM HEATHER AND MICKEY

CALENDAR

KRISTINA's MENU

HORSE-SITTING!

BIRDIE SHOPPER (a.k.a. BIRDIE-BAY!)

NUTCRACKER SWEETIES!

CYCLE OF EMPOWERMENT BOOKS ARE HERE!

SUSTAINABLE VOICES

GREAT RAFFLE - ROCHESTER SIGN PROJECT!

POINSETTIAS FOR SALE

INTERFAITH MEETING

FROM HEATHER AND MICKEY

Okay - a few personal requests from Heather and Mickey - and I know, I
know, this thing gets long - but ya know, there's so much stuff to TALK
about!!I really only write up what you send me - and what I hear about -
and what I personally am involved in - or what Martha Slater writes up -
[I didn't dare add all the stuff she wrote up this week in THE HERALD OF
RANDOLPH - would you please take a look at last week's issue? It was a
great one! I'm taking all those pie recipes to Kentucky with me for
Thanksgiving!] Thanks for your generous good will and support - we love
ya!

1. Anybody feel particularly strong about giving pills to cats? Mickey and
I are going to be away over Thanksgiving - we can usually talk some of our
friends into feeding cats, but we are hoping to find a good piller - apply
within.

2. Sometime around the 4th of July (!), we misplaced our blue fiberglass 6
foot ladder - did we loan it to any of you? Just been wrackin' our brains,
here, and not coming up with anything.

3. I offered to help do the refreshments for a wonderful dramatic reading
of 'A Child's Christmas in Wales', which will be at the Rochester
Federated Church December 21. Will you keep me in mind when you crank out
your Christmas cookies? I'd love to offer an assortment at the
performance.

4. And LAST but definitely NOT LEAST - the Women's Alliance of the
Rochester Federated Church invites you to come SMELL the wonderful balsam
scent of the holiday. We will be decorating 150 beautiful wreaths made for
us up in northern Vermont. The assembly takes place the Wednesday and
Thursday after Thanksgiving - Dec 4 and 5, starting at 9 am and continuing
til 9 pm Wednesday - we wrap up in the early afternoon on Thursday. It is
SO much fun, smells fantastic - we do it all with hot glue guns, and lots
of good cheer. Please stop in and visit, cheer us on - we also need a
clean-up crew, if you'd like to take home a bag of balsam needles -
starting around 12 noon on Thursday. Thank you!

CALENDAR
Tuesday, December 3
7:00 to 8:00 pm - VOICES is an organization in White River Valley that
promotes sustainability. They are partnering with several teachers at
Rochester School to recycle papers and compost food wastes. VOICES
invites anyone interested in helping to attend a planning meeting, in the
new conference room of Rochester Elementary School.

Wednesday, December 4
9 am to 9 pm - Decorate wreaths with us! Federated Church of Rochester,
stop in - we instruct!

Thursday, December 5
9 am - 1 pm - Decorating continues - come smell the balsam!

Saturday, December 7
9 am to 12 noon - Christmas Sale for Rochester Federated Church Women's
Alliance. Wreaths! Food! Crafts! The wreaths are BEAUTIFUL thick full
beauties - a HUGE bargain, made by wonderful people up in Glover, Vermont.
Order your wreath by Nov 27, please. (You can always come by the sale to
see what we've got on hand, but it's MUCH SAFER to order ahead). Write to
Heather at heather@clovispoint.com - $12 for a 22 inch decorated wreath,
$18 for a 30 inch decorated wreath.

10:00 am - Vermont author/naturalist Jim Arnosky will be hosted by the
Rochester Public Library.

3:00 pm - GREG CRAWFORD signs copies of Animals in the Stars, recently
published by ITI. At Seasoned Booksellers, in Kristina's Kitchen.
Sunday, December 8

10:00 am - Special Christmas music at the regular Sunday worship service,
Rochester Federated Church.

Tuesday, December 10
7:00 pm - the Green Mountain Interfaith Fellowship will meet at the U.S.
Forest Service Ranger Station in Rochester on Route 100. [see article
below]

Saturday, Dec 14
3:00 pm - Ginny Joyner of Burlington, VT presents her children's book "M
is for Maple Syrup". At Seasoned Booksellers, in Kristina's Kitchen.

Sunday, December 15
3:00 pm - The Middlebury Wind Ensemble will present their winter concert
at the Rochester School Auditorium.
(program to be announced)

Saturday Dec 21
7:00 pm - Watch for announcements of "A Child Christmas in Wales"! To be
performed at the Rochester Federated Church. Caroling preceeds the
performance - a wonderful holiday treat!

Sunday, Dec 22
10:00 am - Children's Pageant at Rochester Federated Church, during the
regular Sunday morning wroship.

KRISTINA's MENU
From KRIS CREIGHTON:

Heather, here's a partial list to start the week-
Cranberry-Ginger or Pistachio-Raisin Scones; Morning Muffins; Keilbasa
Soup,Cream of Spinach Soup; Italian Stromboli- with hot Italian sausage,
salami,red peppers and provolone; beef or bean enchiladas; Fried rice;
house salad with grilled chicken; the amazing sour cream pecan coffee
cake; chocolate cake; sesame noodles; macaroni-vegetable salad, and of
course every day our good organic coffees, either as themselves or made
into cappuccino or cafe latte with either organic milk or soy milk. Also a
great chai teas made with steamed milk. Come in the afternoon for a
delicious scone and coffee or tea.

Judy and Kris.

HORSE-SITTING!
Happy snow Heather, it's Leslie Chadwell. Hope all is well! I have a
request for next BIRDIE. We are looking for a VERY responsible person to
begin to know our farm, its animals and their quirks. If we should need
to go away we need to know we can rely on someone. if anyone is
interested please contact us atsablevie@sover.net. HORSE EXPERIENCE A
MUST. House sitting could be included.

Thanks , Leslie :)

BIRDIE SHOPPER (a.k.a. BIRDIE-BAY!)
So I'm listening to our friend Bill Zucca, and his suggestion to really
start up a FOR SALE and WANT TO BUY section! So here goes - this is our
first ad, and Linda doesn't yet know what I'm charging. Actually, I'm
still not charging anything - but I am going to see if you all would
support this effort: All listing are free up till January 1. (including
Linda's ad). Starting January 1, we'll ask 1% of the sale ($1 a listing
for items under $10). I'll keep telling you how much we're raising, and
then we'll spend it on some community effort, like bringing in the
bagpipers for 4th of July, or helping to buy drums for kids for our new
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE. It's painless, easy for us all, I'll track and report
on all funds raised, and we'll all have a great time!!

Heather, can you put this ad in Birdie for me ? I don't really know if it
is allowed as I am a computer dinosaur. Let me know what I owe you for the
ad if you put it in.
Thanks, Linda

FOR SALE
ITEMS BELOW HAVE BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND ALWAYS GARAGED
1) 1987 Pontiac Grande Prix only 88,000 orig. mi., one family ownership,
new exhaust and brakes this summer. $950
2) 1981 Honda Custom 650cc only about 4,000 mi. orig reg. owner, Incl.
2nd bike for parts. $950
3) 1999 Honda ATV, Red Forman ES 450 Like new, fully auto,under 50 hours.
Babied !! $5,000
4) John Deere 770 w/ 70 loader, 6 ft. tufline blade, 5 ft. finish mower.
Very low hours (70+/-) $13,000
5) Big John Spit and BBQ. Incl: Rotissiere and stainless steel grill. Will
handle up to 125 lbs. (pig, steamship round, etc) $1,000
Linda MacCoy, 802-767-4342, 81 Corporation Road, Rochester, Vermont 05767
email: thelindas@innevi.com

NUTCRACKER SWEETIES!

- From LORETTA ROBICHEAU:
Hi Heather - We wondered if Birdie would announce the following:

For any who might be interested - Chelsea Robicheau will dance the role of
Clara in the Wednesday, December 11, 4 PM performance of the Albany
Berkshire Ballet's Nutcracker in Lebanon, NH!
You can call the Lebanon Opera House for tickets - 603 448 0400. Box
office hours are 9 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday.
The ticket prices are - Adults $22, $18; Children $13, $17
Corey Robicheau is Fritz in the performance on Tuesday, December 10 at 7
PM.

We want to thank Occasions Catering for their generous help in sponsoring
an ad that will run in the Valley News on December 1 listing all the area
dancers who will be in the three perfomances.

P.S. Thank you Heather! This has been Chelsea's dream and goal since
first grade!

CYCLE OF EMPOWERMENT BOOKS ARE HERE!
Thanks to all who came, laughed, cheered and pondered during DOM
FAMULARO's visit! Here's a conversation with a friend:
"Did Dom leave any books here to be sold or do I have to order it from the
web site at this point? After we left last night my husband said, "That
would be a good book to read" ('Cycle of Empowerment'). Of course if I
order it from the web site I will have to pay postage now, so that is why
I am asking."
Thanks, K.

---and Mickey writes back:
"We still have copies of both Dom's books... we're not going to ship them
back for a while, so that people have a chance to do just what you want to
do. Come on down to the office any time.
Thank you so much for bringing your son to the master class, and for
staying yourself. I hope you had fun. I am getting pretty serious about
starting a drum corps in Rochester, so he has something to look forward
to, if he's interested."

---- and the reply:
"Thanks. Please save me one of the Empowerment books. I'll try to stop
by soon to pick it up. Keep me informed on the drum corps thing."
Books by Dom Famularo, international drum clinician - "It's Your Move" for
$20

Motivational speaker: "Cycle of Empowerment" for $23
email: mickey@clovispoint.com

SUSTAINABLE VOICES
Heather--here is the announcement for Birdie for the Voices meeting.
Thanks--Nancy Manning

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS AT
ROCHESTER SCHOOL

VOICES is an organization in White River Valley that promotes
sustainability. They are partnering with several teachers at Rochester
School to recycle papers and compost food wastes. VOICES invites anyone
interested in helping to attend a planning meeting. It is on Tuesday,
December 3, from 7-8 pm. It will be held in the new conference room of
Rochester Elementary School.

VOICES is the group that organized May's Green Up Day for Rochester. At
their last meeting in June, VOICES decided to focus on projects that
promote recycling and composting at Rochester School. We have some
enthusiastic teachers, both in the elementary and middle schools, who need
help in order to have success with their growing recycling and composting
projects.

VOICES is looking for volunteers who will help plan how to effectively
support the paper recycling and food composting projects at Rochester
School for the school year 2002-2003. Please come to the planning meeting
if you have any information, materials, equipment, or energy to help us
with either project. Volunteers are needed for educating the students and
the community; setting up either project; and for the daily, weekly, or
monthly management of the projects. Committees will be formed to work on
the different projects.

Make a difference to White River Valley and to our community of Rochester.
Come Tuesday, December 3 at 7pm to see how you may be able to help. There
will be a follow-up meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2003 from 7-8 pm. If
you have any questions, please contact Nancy Manning at 767-3161,
extension 3113, or e-mail atnemanning@yahoo.com. VOICES hopes to see you there!

GREAT RAFFLE - ROCHESTER SIGN PROJECT!
- From NANCY WOLLEY:

Heather:
How about a Birdie item on the Raffle for the Daley Crowley's Sign
Project? Great prizes. Only $5.00 for 6 chances. Buy tickets from anyone
on the committee - Mary Sue Crowley, Daley Crowley and Miranda Shepard,
Martha Slater, Richard Harvey, Julie Martin, Annette West, Nancy Parrish
and Nancy Woolley. They can be purchased at the Town Office, too - we have
an ample supply!

Thanks, Nancy

[Editor's note: the prizes are FANTASTIC! The chances of winning local
raffles are so terrific - you absolutely have to go take a look at the
prize list, and you buy a book!]

POINSETTIAS FOR SALE
Heather, Thanks so much for putting the info about the poinsettias in
last week's Birdie. It isn't too late to order, but people need to call right away (before Tuesday at 3pm).

Thanks for your support!! Sarah (767-3296)

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INTERFAITH MEETING
Dear Heather,
Attached is an announcement for Birdie about our next Interfaith meeting.
Many thanks,
Leslie
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The Green Mountain Interfaith Fellowship will have its next meeting on
Tuesday, December 10, at 7 p.m. at the U.S. Forest Service Ranger Station
in Rochester on Route 100. The fellowship has been meeting monthly since
September and has organized two events thusfar: The September 11
Remembrance Service and the Thanksgiving Interfaith Service, both held at
the Federated Church of Rochester.

Our Statement of Purpose:
Because we believe there is unity and strength in our God-given
diversity, we gather as an interfaith fellowship of congregations,
communities, organizations and individuals for the purpose of:

1. Creating a climate of understanding, respect, education and support
for each others' expression of faith in our common Creator.

2. Worshiping and working together utilizing our strengths as an
interfaith fellowship in service to our community and world.

Our agenda for the December meeting will include a report on the
Thanksgiving Interfaith Service and a suggested schedule of events for
January and February from the Earth Literacy committee. All are welcome to
attend the interfaith meetings. Please feel free to listen in or
participate in whatever way you wish.

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Keep checking in with our new ONLINE TOWN CALENDAR at www.rochesterschool.org/calendar , and check out Rochester's own new Web site at www.rochestervt.com.
Thank you Andrew Hite!

- To submit items, click on the link from the calendar page, or send items
to: doughertyk@rochesterschool.org, with the subject: "Please add to the
calendar"
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Have a great week - and PITCH IN!! Come visit us at www.clovispoint.com.
Best,
- Heather
- Please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone you please. If you
wish to be their permanent mailman, that's fine with me. If you want them
to get this newsletter on their own, send me their e-mail address and I'll
put 'em on the list!

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