• River Bend August23, 5
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"This is where the jobs are. Take young people from Vermont in
a look at our tech centers to hold searchofgainful employment.
trainings. We need support. We Discussions are ongoing at
want a seat at the table." various levels to expand the number
AssistantdirectorBrianEmerson of technical college offerings in
followed up on St. Pierre's remarks, Vermont from the two Vermont
explaining that collaboration be- Technical College sites in Randolph
tween a number ofentities as well as and Williston.
individuals and local businesses Gov. Scott congratulated the
made the local CDL course pos- students on their accomplishment,
sible. The River Bend sending andaddedthathe, too, hasaCDLand
schools in Vermont--Blue Moun- technical training which helped him
tain Union, Oxbow, Thetford and run his construction business.
Rivendell--were supportive as were "Trades training is missing in the
local businesses that communicate area, but it is where thejobs will be,"
withtheschooltooutlinewhattype Scott said. "We need to put our
ofskills their workers need to get a money here."
job. Vermont State Senator Jane
"Collaboration is needed to Kitchel (D-Danville) also spoke
support training initiatives," briefly, andsaidthatputtingfunding
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dam removals will open up miles of
new fish habitat.
Rhodes said the impact of the
dam's removal is almost
instantaenous. The brook trout
respond immediately. He spotted a
small trout believed to inhabit a pool
beneath the spillway shortly after
the dam' s removal got underway last
week.
Nevertheless, some of the other
changes will happen more slowly, so
the CRC and other partners will
return to the site over the next
several years to monitor channel
changes and the impact on fish and
other organisms.
Rhodes said they were hoping to
Emerson stated, into technical training is part of the complete the dam's removal on Aug.
Emerson illustrated the point by legislature' s economic plan. 18, but were planning to return to the
site this week for riverside plantings
pointing out one of the students who "You set a bar here to move to the Local students who attend this summer are pictured here with Gov. Phil Scott. From and other clean-up work.
attended the CDL course. Hugh next step," Kitchel said. "It's good
Bogie ofBamet, a BMU graduate, to see government [be of] help." eft to right are Edward Hopper, who graduated recently from Woodavllle High School; Hunter Gsrduno, a Rlvendell Emaih editor~l'onews.com.
graduate Mike Glroux, owner-operator of Glroux Transportation end CDL School; Joshua Puffer, s former Woodsvllle
was referred for the training by hisEmail." news~l'onews.com.High School student Hugh Bogle, a BMU graduate; Corey Klngsbury, s homeschooled student who recently graduated;
school's guidance department. Gov. Scott; Tyler Gillls, an Oxbow graduate; and B Haynes, nstructor for Giroux CDL School. Tyler Holloway, a recent
"Guidance at BMU did well
because they got to know [Bogie]
and the family," Emerson said.
"Hugh kind of had an idea of what he
wanted to do. What BMU did was
help him access the heavy equip-
ment program at River Bend."
Emerson said Bogie also wanted to
become a truck driver and in pursuit
of that goal, he was able to learn
operation skills on a number of
pieces of equipment. Learning
hands-on proficiency in his time at
the tech center as well as earning the
certificate, Bogie now has "market-
able" skills that will help him find
What's going on
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BMU graduate, also participated In the training, but Is not pictured. Holloway has the option of completing his CDL
training In Barre.
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good employment.
"The CDL was the icing on the EAST CORINTH--The Blake Me-
cake," said Emerson about Bogie's morial Library plant and book sale
experience, will take place Aug. 26 from 8 a.m.
Bringing the course to River to 2 p.m. in East Corinth. This A pair of engineers stand on a snowmobile bridge spanning the
Bend depended on the involvement community event benefits the li- Ompompanoosuc River as an excavator removes portions of the Geer
of many partners. Administrators brary. The Geer Dam spillway in West Fairlee is shown in a photo taken last Dam in West Fairlee last week. The turbine room in the foreground end
had learned from the Vermont This sale will feature a nice week shortly before work got underwayto substantially remove most portions of the sidewalls will remain. It's no accident the dam and the
snowmobile bridge are in the same location, a stretch of the river where
COURTESY PHOTO the channel narrows and existing ledge makes a solid foundation for
bridge supports and dam sidewalls.
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M.K.RICI tARDSON AGENCY, INC,
" Your Local b~urance Agency "
Department of Labor that there was selection of children's picture of the old dam.
a need for CDL drivers. Mike books (as well as non-fiction,
Giroux, the owner-operator of chapter books, and young adult
Giroux Transportation and CDL books). A large donation of
School, talked to the DMV and was interesting anthropology/sociology
able to get a course set up for the big books were donated as well.
rigs in the school parking lot. The library is seeking plant
Funding was a challenge because donations, and in the days leading up
the complete training was $5,200 to the sale, plants can be left behind
per student. River Bend applied for a the library, near the ramp. There are
grant from the state department of empty pots available behind the
labor and was awarded $14,000. library for potting and there will be
VSAC changed a requirement to be popsicle sticks and pens on the ramp
able to award grant funds to recent forlabeling.
graduates, rather than awards to On Sept. 8 at 4:30 p.m., the
students who had graduated more Vermont Humanities Council Ver- FREE.
than six months before the course, mont Reads program continues with
The award received from VSAC an informal read-aloud of the 2017"
brought in another $7,795. This Vermont Reads selection, Browrt.
reduced the cost to roughly $2,100 Girl Dreaming. In this award-
per student, winning memoir, author Jacqueline
St. Pierre's and Emerson's Woodson tells the true storyofher
longer-term goal is to be able to childhoodgrowingupasanAfrican- WHEN: 9, p/v
present courses like these at River American in the 1960s and 1970s.
Bend as well as at the state's other Vermont Humanities Council The:Cot!ection is ~ 4D m
tech centers, in essence turning the Reading and Discussion Series with ~ ~i~
tech centers into community tech- ScholarSttzanneBrownkicksoffon Di~sal costs $20 per car for in-district den{si $,100
nical colleges. Their vision includes Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m. One week later
having River Bend provide, in on Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m., the four- ~r~:OUt, ot residents. Please ~ Bu~i~es
addition to its high school level sessionfallReadingandDiscussion m~slc~ii~d: 80z,2 .... I Offeringhome insurance
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