Mount Holly Newsflash- Wednesday, July 22, 2020- morning edition

Mount Holly Newsflash - Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - Morning edition The weather today in Mount Holly - A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Southeast wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at: https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com

Mount Holly Newsflash- Tuesday, July 21, 2020- morning edition

Mount Holly Newsflash - Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - Morning edition The weather today in Mount Holly - Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at: https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com Food Distribution Bags  Mt Holly Community Cares Food Shelf Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 am - 6 pm  Pick up at the Belmont Baptist Church  Pre-made food bags will be available to anyone in need as available. No need to  preregister. To participate simply drive up and take a bag for your family. For alternate times to access the food shelf please contact Glenn or Laura Davis at 802-259-2440 Looking for a local dentist- can anyone recommend someone in the area for general dentistry?   Please reply to Stu at: stumberry1@gmail.com   Thanks!!! FRESH CHICKEN Wednesday is the day for FRESH CHICKEN! Our chickens are pasture raised right here on our farm. And on Wednesdays you can take advantage of our chicken processing day special! Use this opportunity to cut up your chicken into pieces/parts for your freezer. Stock up for the fall and winter months now! Here's a great video and instructions on how to cut up a chicken. CHICKEN PROCESSING DAY SPECIAL PICK UP DAY - WEDNESDAY, JULY 22nd Unbagged chicken special: Purchase unbagged fresh chicken from our chill tank to your bag/cooler. Unbagged chickens are $4.00/lb (you save .75/lb). You must reserve an unbagged chicken in advance. If interested in purchasing, please drop us an email no later than Wednesday at 9:00am, so we can add you to our production schedule. Your reserved unbagged chicken(s) must be picked up at our farm stand on WEDNESDAY, JULY 22nd between 12 & 6. Please bring your own bag/cooler/stockpot, etc. to transport your chicken home. Bagged chicken will be available for purchase at our farm stand after 1:00pm and are $4.75/lb. We also have eggs, maple, milk, yogurt, veggies, ground beef, coffee beans and whatever else strikes your fancy while visiting our farm stand! One customer/family inside the farm stand at a time. Please wear a mask. Please keep your dogs inside your vehicles when visiting our farm stand. We accept cash, checks & credit cards ($10 minimum) Farm stand is open every day 12:00-6:00. Questions? Contact us today: 802.259.2250 plewfarm@gmail.com www.plewfarm.com Kevin & Patti Plew 1966 Healdville Road, Mount Holly, VT 05758 Open every day 12:00 - 6:00 The Library is planning it's book sale for Saturday September 9th. We are also accepting book donations again during our current hours Wed. 2-6, Sat. 9-1 The MHTL relies on donations of used books from the community for it's book sales. However, the library has no budget for trash removal or recycling and also relies on the generosity of others for disposal. Combined with our lack of storage space we ask that you please go through all donations before they are left at the library to make sure we only keep what we can sell. We will gladly take your: Hardcover and paperback books in good condition DVDs and books on CD We will accept the following as long as they are LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD: Price guides and almanacs Travel guides Medical and Financial advice books Non-fiction or reference books We can NOT accept: Moldy, mildewed, musty, dirty or water damaged books Books with ripped/torn/missing covers or yellowed brittle pages Reader's Digest or other Condensed Books Encyclopedias and Dictionaries  Professional Journals Textbooks, Computer manuals, Workbooks/Test Prep Magazines, audio tapes or VHS tapes Toys, Games or Puzzles -- Joe Galbraith, MLS, Library Director Mount Holly Town Library 26 Maple Hill Road Belmont, VT 05730 802.259.3707 The legislature did adjourn on Friday, June 26th after we had passed multiple bills to set up the various grant programs to get the federal COVID relief dollars out to people and businesses in need.  The VT Agency of Commerce and Community Development has since stood up those programs and is getting money out the door.  As always, please feel free to reach out if there is anything I can do to help with a grant application or knowing where to go for your business/situation.  The legislature will be re-convening on Tuesday, August 25th to hopefully finish our work on the budget.  With all the uncertainty we only worked on/completed the state budget for the first quarter, and we are hoping when we go back to have better information about the outlook for the rest of the year. I would like to offer my perspective here about some comments I received about "voting to raise legislative salaries during the crisis".  I really appreciate people reaching out to me with their comments and talking to me directly about any votes/bills you have questions about.  As I said last month with the CARES money too, it seems like some are taking votes and the process out of context in extreme ways because there is an election.  In this case the vote was actually to freeze the otherwise automatic inflationary increase to expenses, which is a portion of the money we receive as legislators; and in future years negotiate our regular salary with those of other constitutional officers, such as the Governor.  This, on it's own, will not result in any increase to legislative salaries this year or in future years, and it actually did stop us from receiving an inflationary increase to expenses this year.  The change with this bill is when and how possible increases are negotiated in future years, which I felt should be done the same as other elected offices.  This did become a bit of a partisan debate on the floor.  (One of the small advantages of this crisis, you can watch that conversation on the House Chamber YouTube channel, which would not be possible normally: (https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/)  It was on June 24th) I should add though, I did co-sponsor a bill this year, before the crisis, to pay legislators during the off-session.  I did not and would not have voted to give legislators a raise during this crisis, but I do think we need to discuss legislative pay in general.  Currently we receive money only during the session, which in a normal year is around 15 weeks, Jan-May.  Personally, I think one of the most important parts of this position is talking to and working with you all about non-legislative issues, which I do my best to do all year round with my coffee hours.  But I am privileged to be able to do that with my work schedule in a way that others are not.  In just this year we have at least 6 younger legislators, who otherwise enjoy the position, not running for reelection largely because you can't survive solely on this pay and it's hard to find a job that works with the schedule.  Most of the longtime legislators (Republicans and Democrats), are retired or otherwise financially secure.  Does that really represent the state?  They are all great people and I can honestly say everyone I have met in that building cares about everyone in this state.  But I do think it would be better if more Vermonters, especially younger, could afford to serve in the legislature. As always please feel free to reach out about this or any topic, the easiest way right now is by calling my cellphone. Stay safe and stay strong, Logan Nicoll 802-345-8430

Mount Holly Newsflash- Monday, July 20, 2020- morning edition

Mount Holly Newsflash - Monday, July 20, 2020 - Morning edition The weather today in Mount Holly - A chance of rain showers before 10am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. West wind 8 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at: https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2020 Fletcher Farm School to Hold Fabric Sale Ludlow, VT—The Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts will be holding a Fabric and Craft Supply Sale on Saturday, July 25, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. inside and outside the Gift and Craft Shop on the School's Ludlow campus. Proceeds of the sale will go toward keeping the school afloat during the Covid-19 health emergency. Masks and social distancing will be required. We have a wide variety of fabric and supplies available. The Cavendish town-wide yard sale is being held the same day, so stop to see us on your way to or from the yard sale! Our Annual Raffle is now online and going strong. We have six terrific prizes and tickets are $2 for one ticket and $10 for a book of ten tickets. You can buy tickets online at http://www.fletcherfarm.org/raffles/. Prize drawings will be held on December 1, 2020, and any one of the prizes would make an excellent holiday gift! Finally, we are still holding a few classes on campus. On the same weekend as the sale, we have scheduled a Creative Metalworking class as well as a Beginning Spoon Carving class. For more information on classes, the sale, our raffles, or any other questions, please contact our office. Our office is open Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. You can reach us at (802) 228-8770.   ### Debi Orton, Publicity Director Phone: (518) 424-4550 Email: publicity@fletcherfarm.org   Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts 611 Route 103 South Ludlow, Vermont  05149 Phone: (802) 228-8770   Living in the country, we enjoy nature and wildlife. Every year we hear of problems with foxes and coyotes killing chickens. I didn't realize until a recent conversation that many of the enclosures don't have a solid floor for the enclosed night area. When we had chickens, we always had a floor and a door that could be locked at night. Thankfully, we never lost a chicken. Others may be able to offer ideas that can keep the chickens safe and not harm our wildlife.   Thank you for the posts.   Best, Cecile Betit   Cavendish Annual Town Wide Tag Sale The Cavendish 10th Annual Town Wide Tag Sale will take place on Saturday July 25, from 9-2. All vendors are required to wear masks and practice social distancing. Hand sanitizing and masks are available in two locations-the Proctorsville Green Gazebo and the Cavendish Baptist Church in Cavendish. It's a great day to find a bargain or that, "do they even make that any more?" item. Organizations, businesses and residents line the streets, village greens, off roads and by ways to help you find a treasure you can't live without. BBQs is available on the Proctorsville Green. Come enjoy a small slice of homegrown Vermont, where everyone sets up, sets out, and sells out.  If you are a Cavendish resident, property owner, business or organization and would like space on one of the greens, and/or would like your location included in the online vendors list, please e-mail cavendishconnects@gmail.com or call 802-226-7807. The online vendors list is available at http://www.cavendishconnects.com/blog/2020/3/10/2020-cavendish-town-wide-tag-sale