Mount Holly Newsflash- Thursday, April 23, 2020- morning edition

Mount Holly Newsflash - Thursday, April 23, 2020 - Morning edition The weather today in Mount Holly - Sunny, with a high near 46. Southwest wind 5 to 14 mph. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at:   https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com VT FOODBANK/NATIONAL GUARD TO DISTRIBUTE MEALS 21 APRIL 2020 The Vermont Foodbank and Vermont National Guard will distribute food to those in need at five different areas of Vermont beginning on Wednesday. These points of distribution will help ease demand on food shelves around that state that have seen a surge in demand. The National Guard will set up and operate Points of Distribution (PODs) at state airports in Swanton, North Clarendon, Newport, Bennington, and North Springfield on separate days over the next two weeks. Those in need of food can go to these locations on the appointed days and receive a seven-day supply of Meals Ready-to-Eat (MRE) for each member of their household. Those who are ill, have been advised to quarantine, or lack transportation can send a friend or relative to pick up meals for them. Those picking up food can come to the location nearest to them, open their trunk, and the appropriate amount of food will be loaded by members of the Guard. Dates and locations (9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. each day): * Wednesday, April 22 - Franklin County Airport (Highgate/Swanton) * Friday, April 24 - Rutland Southern VT Regional Airport (Clarendon) * Monday, April 27 - Hartness State Airport (Weathersfield/Springfield) * Tuesday, April 28 - William H Morse State Airport (Bennington) * Wednesday, April 29 - Northeast Kingdom International Airport (Coventry/Newport) The need for supplemental distribution is being assessed on a week-by-week basis. Supply chains are strong to food shelves and Vermont grocery stores are not experiencing shortages in most food items. For details, or to donate to the Vermont Foodbank visit https://www.vtfoodbank.org/. Vermont Home Gardener:  When to Plant? We're getting to the time of year when we can put things into the ground. Some things can go in early, other things need to wait for warmer days.  How do we know what to plant when?  Frost-Free dates?  Old Farmers' Almanac?  Master Gardeners?  Here are a few ways that work for me and if you have others, let me know.  Get the whole article… Visit & subscribe to  Vermonthomegardener.com     Sustainable, organic home gardening   To Our Communities: Please know the staff at Fletcher Memorial Library is trying to be creative in offering you items to read, listen to or watch.  On nice days from 10-2 (at least) we will have a book cart outside of the rear entrance with bagged books, audio books and movies. Please take and enjoy. We do not want these items back. Our hope is that we are able to brighten your day a bit.  What have we been doing? I and team member, Jill Laramie, have been diligently working to inventory and weed the adult collection. Many items had not circulated in excess of 5 years. The shelves were crowded and a number of books in non-circulating condition. Now the shelves are refreshed, dusted, awaiting new and then ready peruse. Sacha, our youth librarian has been working remotely from home posting on social media, reading stories – found on our youth web page- posting links for kids and families, researching new books and working on some kind of a Summer Program offering.  The good news – I have been researching titles for days and weeks. Two orders for adult books and two orders for adult audio books have been submitted. I received 31 new Large Print books. Displays have been refreshed and much work in the cloud has been done in our catalog. In this time of Covid-19 my annual NYC Book Expo was cancelled.   We look forward to seeing you and welcoming new patrons. We are closed until May 15 following Governor Scott's Stay at Home and non-essential workers order. We are here if you have questions. Please take time to go to www.fmlnews.org and look around. There are many offerings, all free! Click the MENU tab in the top left and check out the tabs: downloadable Audio and E-books, Ancestry Research, Web Courses, Youth page with a lot on it and more! When we do open, we will be using the REAR ENTRANCE ONLY. Patrons will be asked to leave their returns in the air lock, WEAR MASKS and use the PROVIDED HAND SANITIZER -BEFORE- entering the inner door and practice SOCIAL DISTANCING,  assuming the Order is still in place. As well, our book shelves will be closed to the public.  Please visit our web page and then to the "Catalog" tab where you may peruse your favorite authors – sign in as a library patron and you may make lists of titles you would like to read. Once we may open and our catalog will be fully functional. You will be able to place holds on items. As always you may call us as we are happy to do it for you! Please be safe – social distancing – masks and above all . . . BE WELL. Best,  Fletcher Memorial Library 88 Main Street Ludlow, VT 05149 802-228-8921 Black River Independent School Committee C/O: Sean Williams and Pat Pullinen TheSchool@blackriveris.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4/24/20   Black River Independent School Committee Hires Head of School Ludlow, VT: The Black River Independent School Committee has hired Andrew Lapham Fersch to be their inaugural Head of School for the 2020/2021 academic year. Prior to joining Black River, Mr. Fersch—a ten year teaching veteran of public schools—founded and ran an independent school in New Hampshire (The Penn Program) for several years. As a teacher and educational leader, Fersch has been regularly recognized for his innovative and progressive educational methods, aiming to integrate school and community to help foster meaningful opportunities for children to realize both their own potential and that of the communities of which they are a part. Outside of teaching, Fersch is an avid outdoorsman who has cycled across the country twice, run several trail marathons, thru-hiked the Appalachian and Long Trails, and enjoyed countless hours of slow, quiet time in the beautiful New England outdoors. A registered yoga teacher working towards completing his 500-hour certification, Fersch also has integrated yoga, meditation, and mindfulness into his work for years. Finally, and quite importantly, he is a grateful husband, a father-to-be, a brother, and son.  He is enthusiastic and grateful to be given the opportunity to be the inaugural Head of School at Black River Independent School. The mission and vision of the Committee closely aligns with his educational beliefs and philosophy. The opportunity to work together with the community of Ludlow to build an independent school is incredibly inspiring to Fersch, both professionally and personally. If you would like more information or would like to get involved with the Black River Independent School, please contact Andrew Fersch at andrew@blackriveris.org, Sean Williams at sean@blackriveris.org or Pat Pullinen at patrick@blackriveris.org. General inquiries can be made to TheSchool@blackriveris.org Please visit our website www.blackriveris.org. Donations can be made on the website or by mailing a check to P.O. Box 485, Ludlow, VT 05149.