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Events for January 2012
11	Hardwick-Greensboro Restorative Justice Advisory Board Meeting Time: 6:00 Location: Hazen Union School Library Description: Join the HGRJ volunteer board for the quarterly Citizen’s Advisory Board Meeting. We will discuss the status of the Circles of Support and Accountability Program for reintegration of prisoners returning to the community and get an update on the Reparative Probation Program, the Pre-Charge Program and the possibility of Transitional Housing for offenders in the Hardwick Area. We welcome all ideas for shaping effective justice in the community. All are welcome to attend.
14	Windfall- a documentary movie Time: 7:00PM Price: free Location: Craftsbury Public Library Description: The Craftsbury Public Library is partnering with the Ridge Protectors to bring a screening of the movie Windfall to Craftsbury on Saturday, January 14, at 7PM. Wind power… it’s sustainable … it burns no fossil fuels…it produces no air pollution. What’s more, it cuts down dependency on foreign oil. That’s what the people of Meredith, in upstate New York first thought when a wind developer looked to supplement the rural farm town’s failing economy with a farm of their own -- that of 40 industrial wind turbines. WINDFALL, Laura Israel’s, feature-length film, documents how this proposal divides Meredith’s residents, as they fight over the future of their community. Attracted at first to the financial incentives that would seemingly boost their dying economy, the townspeople grow increasingly alarmed as they discover the impacts that the 400-foot high windmills slated for Meredith would bring to their community. Beautifully photographed, WINDFALL looks at both sides of wind energy development. This 83 minute film will be shown at the Craftsbury Public Library. For more information contact the library at 586-9683.
14	Friends of the Jeudevine Library 2012 planning meeting Time: 9 AM Location: Jeudevine Memorial Library, 93 N. Main ST, Hardwick Description: Hello patrons, members and Friends of the Jeudevine Library! The Friends of the library needs new friends and more working members of the Friends of the Library! We're having our first meeting since Spring 2011 and we need to get going planning events that we'll be having in 2012. We don't need lots of meetings but we do need to get out our 2012 Membership/Fundraising newsletter written, copied and mailed. We need people to help us raise the rest of our operating budget as we don't get all we need to run the library in our tax appropriation. We can plan some fun events and some fundraising events! We also need to get going on raising money for our much needed addition. Won't you help? Come to our meeting: Sat. January 14 at 9 AM. We'll try to keep the meeting to 1 hour! Extra Info: If you can't attend but want to help: call 472-5948 and talk to Lisa.
14	Contra Dance and Potluck Dinner Time: 5:30 Potluck 6:30 Dance Price: Suggested Donation $5 individual, $10 family Location: Hazen Union School Cafeteria Description: 5:30 - Potluck supper. Please bring your own plates and utensils. 6:30 – Family dance. Kids and beginners welcome! Sit-in band. Please come and join us. The Family dance will be followed by a set of more advanced figures. All dances will still be taught but we'll pick up the pace a bit. This month's dance will be called by Chris Weiler of Craftsbury Extra Info: For more information call Alana Considine at 472-5584. Check out Facebook Group "Contra Dance Hardwick"
18	Idle Free Campaign with American Lung Association of VT Time: 7 PM Price: f Location: Craftsbury Public Library Description: The Craftsbury Energy Committee is hosting a team from the Vermont Chapter of the American Lung Association to launch a campaign to stop idling. The program will be held on Wed. Jan. 18 at 7 PM at the Craftsbury Public Library. A growing number of Vermont towns and businesses are adopting a vehicle idling policy through the American Lung Association’s Vermont Idle-Free Fleets (VIFF). Thanks to a grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, the ALAVT offers free training, technical support and materials to community groups. The Craftsbury Energy committe will work with local businesses, department of public works, schools and individuals to encourage adoption of an idling reduction policy, especially for diesel trucks. This presentation is open to everyone. People from area towns are encouraged to attend to see how they can promote the Idle Free Campaign. Why reduce idling? Reducing vehicle emissions, especially from diesel trucks, reduces health risks to drivers and others breathing the exhaust, saves money by reducing fuel use and engine wear and tear, conserves energy and cuts greenhouse gas emissions. For more information call Amelia Fritz, Chair, Craftsbury Energy Committee at 586-2887.
19	Story time Time: 10:00am Price: free Location: Greensboro Free Library Description: A story time to celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King. We will sing, tell stories and make crafts. Extra Info: Call 533-2531 for more info.
20	Book Discussion- The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains Time: 6:30PM Price: free Location: Craftsbury Public Library Description: Nicholas Carr’s newest book The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains is the subject of a book discussion to be held at the Craftsbury Public Library. Carr provides a deep, enlightening examination of how the Internet influences the brain and its neural pathways. Carr’s analysis incorporates a wealth of neuroscience and other research, as well as philosophy, science, history and cultural developments. His investigation of the effect of the Internet on our neurological selves concludes with a very humanistic petition for balancing our human and computer interactions. Jason Miller, of Hardwick, will lead the discussion. Jason is a concerned citizen who has chosen a media-limited life, but feels conflicted about the effects of the Internet and its increasing ubiquity, especially insofar as it is touted as a means to bring diverse and disparate communities like those in rural Vermont together. He sees The Shallows as the latest in a tradition of treatises questioning our assumptions about the benefits of technology and hopes this will provide fodder for a lively discussion. Copies of the book are available at the library now for checkout, and the discussion will take place on January 20 at 6:30PM. For more information contact the library 586-9683 or craftsburylibrary@gmail.com.
20	Chili Dinner Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Price: Donation only Location: Fellowship Hall, Church of Christ, Greensboro, VT Description: The Greensboro Free Library Chili Dinner will take the chill out of winter! Join us for chili, cole slaw, cornbread and cookies and enjoy the fellowship of your friends and neighbors on a winter's day. The only cost to you is a donation to help keep the library open. Call the library at 802-533-2531 for more information or to contribute to the wonderful food.
21	Intro to Online Library Resources at Jeudevine Library Time: 2 PM Price: Free Location: Jeudevine Memorial Library, Hardwick Description: Jeudevine Library has a number of online resources that are available to library patrons at home or at the library. These resources include the Vermont Online Library, the Heritage Quest genealogical database, Listen Up Vermont (downloadable audiobooks and e-books), and the Universal Class. The Vermont Online Library (VOL) offers a wide array of electronic information databases on a variety of topics geared to a variety of age levels, for both generalists and specialists. The information is produced by known and trusted publishers and licensed by the State of Vermont from the Gale Cengage Learning. These resources are available to you 24-hours-a-day from not only your participating local library, but your home, your office - or anywhere Internet access is available. Heritage Quest has census records, Revolutionary War Records, citations for over 28,000 family histories, freedman records and serial records all to help the genealogist. The newest of resources that Jeudevine offers is the Universal Class, which offers over 500 noncredit, continuing education programs for free. The classes range from basic computer skills, to accounting and bookkeeping, to photography and playing the guitar. They are taught by real instructors and you set the pace. VOL, Heritage Quest and the Universal Class are all supported by the Vermont Department of Libraries. Listen Up Vermont is a resource for patrons to download audio books and e-books and transfer them onto an listening device or listen to them on your computer.The Jeudevine Library is a member of the Green Mountain Library Consortium that funds this resource. Library Director Sammet will take participants on a tour of the resources using the library projector to demonstrate the resource on a large screen. Participants can try out the technologies with the library computers. Extra Info: The workshop will last for 1.5 hours. If you are interested phone the library at 472-5948 or send an e-mail to jeudevine@hotmail.com.
21	2012 Hardwick Wellness Expo Time: 2 pm - 5 pm Price: Free, all are welcome! Location: Hardwick Inn Description: This is your opportunity to meet local wellness practitioners: yoga teachers, fitness instructors, massage therapists, aroma therapists, reiki practitioners, acupuncturists and more. There will be an on-‐going raffle of goods and services; proceeds benefit Open Space, a non-‐profit movement collective. Extra Info: For more information, contact Kelly Fairchild at kfairchild@vtlink.net
21	Tracks In The Snow Time: 1:00-3:00 Price: FREE Location: The Log Cabin behind Hazen Union Description: Naturalist, Gail Johnson will explore the habitat along the Hardwick Trails, point out the tracks and talk about the critters who made them. All ages are welcome, snowshoes will be available for those who would like to borrow them. Extra Info: Call 472-6517 for more information.
21	Skis and Snowshoes Available Time: 9:00 'til Noon Price: FREE Location: The Log Cabin behind Hazen Union Description: X-C ski equipment and snowshoes are available for use on the Hardwick Trails throughout the winter. We can outfit individuals, families and small groups. About six miles of groomed trails are open. Check our Facebook page for the latest snow conditions! Extra Info: Want to borrow equipment on a different day or time? Want to arrange a special group outing? Call Ron or Norma at 472-6517.
25	Circles of Support and Accountability Training & Information Time: 6:00PM-9:00PM Price: FREE Location: United Church, Hardwick Description: Join us to learn about Hardwick-Greensboro Restorative Justice's newest program, "Circles of Support & Accountability". The program provides a team of community volunteers who meet with and help guide people returning from prison ("Core Members") in an effort to improve that person's chances of sucessfully reintegrating to the community. COSA programs have been shown to be an effective way to help the Core Member meet the conditions of furlough and avoid re-incarceration or re-offense and become an engaged and productive member of the community. By participating in the training you will gain a better understanding of the COSA program and the challenges faced by people returning to the community. Dinner will be provided (5:30PM) RSVP REQUIRED. Call (toll free) 866 928 9808 to RSVP or for more information.
26	Story time Time: 10:00am Price: free Location: Greensboro Free Library Description: Join us for songs, stories and a craft all about birthdays! Extra Info: Call 533-2531 for more info.
27	Poetry Reading sponsored by Jeudevine Library Time: 7 PM Price: Free Location: Memorial Building, Hardwick Description: Three local poets will read about a half hour each for the January Poetry Reading. The poets include Peggy Sapphire, Jerry Johnson and Cheryl Ives. Cheryl has been writing and doing creative puppetry for many years. She will give her debut reading with this series. Jerry Johnson is a retired Professor who has published a book of poems, A Bed Of Leaves. One of Jerry’s poems was a winner in the Second Annual Poetry Challenge, sponsored by Wonderland Books of Putnam, Connecticut. Several of the author's poems have appeared in Vermont publications, including the following: The Mountain Troubadour, The Chronicle, The North Star Monthly and The Green Mountain Trading Post. Jerry's latest project is a collaboration with two of Vermont's finest singer/songwriters, Pete Sutherland and Jon Gailmor who have set 12 of Jerry's poems to music. Jerry will share a few of the songs on the recording with the audience. Much more can be found out about Jerry at www.vtpoet.com. Peggy Sapphire's second book of poetry, In the End a Circle, was recently published by Antrim House. Sapphire's poems in this collection contemplate the circles of people she has traveled through and remains a part of and the circular paths life so often follows. Her work has appeared in numerous journals such as The Connecticut River Review, The Blue Collar Review, and Jewish Currents. Sapphire lives in Craftsbury, Vermont, with her husband, in a home they designed and built. More can be found out about Peggy at www.peggysapphire.com. Extra Info: There will be light refreshments and conversation with the poets following the readings. For more information call 472-5948.
28	LOVES IT! Folk/Country Duo at the Music Box Time: 7:30 PM Price: $10 general, $5 seniors and students, kids free Location: The Music Box, 147 Creek Rd, Craftsbury, VT Description: Loves It! is Vaughn Walters and Jenny Parrott. They met in their adopted hometown of Austin, Texas five years ago. Walters is originally from West Virginia and grew up listening to folk, punk and honky tonk country music. Parrott comes from New Haven, Connecticut where she fell in love with soul, swing and gospel music. “We were best friends and then we fell into the big hole of love,” Parrott explains. “We’re both touring musicians and we were doing 150 or 200 shows a year on opposite schedules, and we decided to see where we could go doing our own thing. Walters sings and plays banjo and guitar, Parrott sings and plays guitar, mandolin and fiddle. As talented multi-instrumentalists, they were in-demand players in Austin’s wide-open music scene, but their personal and musical bond slowly drew them closer. They started writing together about a year ago, and the songs they composed became the foundation of their self-produced album YAY! They bridge the worlds of Folk, Country, Indie and Pop with their wide ranging sound and appealing stage presence. Listen to some of their tunes at http://glgpub.com/2339 Extra Info: More info: 586-7533 or www.themusicboxvt.org
28	Skis and Snowshoes Available Time: 9:00 - 11:00 AM Price: FREE Location: The Log Cabin behind Hazen Union Description: X-C ski equipment and snowshoes are available for use on the Hardwick Trails throughout the winter. We can outfit individuals, families and small groups. About six miles of groomed trails are open. Check our Facebook page for the latest snow conditions! Extra Info: Want to borrow equipment on a different day or time? Want to arrange a special group outing? Call Ron or Norma at 472-6517.
31	Movie Night at Jeudevine Library Time: 6 PM Price: Free! Location: Jeudevine Memorial Library, Hardwick Description: The Jeudevine Memorial Library continues its winter book to film movie series. This month's movie is based on the book The Namesake by Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri. The novel follows the life of a young man whose is curiously named Gogol by his father who has moved to the US from Calcutta. The novel follows Gogol who lives in a place in between two cultures. Gogol stumbles along the first-generation path, strewn with conflicting loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs. With empathy and penetrating insight, Lahiri explores the expectations bestowed on us by our parents and the means by which we come to define who we are. The movie will be shown in the library. Bring a bag lunch. Cider and cookies will be on hand. For more information call: 472-5948.