Cavendish Update 6/5/20 Tag Sale/News/Events
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Josie couldn’t tell where the pandemic time went.
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6/5/20
1. Cavendish Town Wide Tag Sale
2. Cavendish Info
3. Latest Spigot Turn: Covid-19 Update
4. Events
1. CAVENDISH TOWN WIDE TAG SALE: It’s been a while since we’ve talked about the annual town wide tag sale, but it’s still on for July 25 (Saturday) 9-2 pm. We know a lot of you have a fair amount to sell after all that cleaning you’ve been doing the last few months. If you would like a space on either of the village greens, or would like your site on the vendor list, please e-mail cavendishconnets@gmail.com
Two weeks prior to the sale, if you e-mail photographs of items you’ll be selling, we will make an “album” for the Cavendish Facebook page, one per vendor, so people will know what’s where.
Given our new normal with COVID, we need to be doing things a bit differently. For those setting up on the greens, you will need to be 12 feet apart from the next vendor. All vendors are responsible for making sure that people shopping at your booth are social distancing. Everyone needs to wear a mask. We are looking into getting masks to distribute that day for those who need them. FMI: Town Wide Tag Sale
2. CAVENDISH INFO
• Depot St Bridge: To the frustration of many, work stopped on the Bridge for about a week. However, it’s recently resumed and there is approximately three more weeks of work. No estimate yet on completion date.
• Cavendish Canine Now Paw Lodge: Cavendish Canine at 46 Winery Rd in Proctorsville has been sold to Kori Savage and Zachary Hall who have renamed it Paw Lodge and it is open for boarding, daycare and grooming 7 days a week. For information visit their website , e-mail info@pawlodgevt.com or 226-7297. Thank you Kori and Zachary for investing in Cavendish.
• Parade for CTES Grads: On June 12 (Friday), CTES graduates will parade through Proctorsville. Everyone is invited to show up and cheer them on! Let’s make it the celebration they deserve.
• CHS June News Briefs: The Cavendish Historical Society Museum will be open by appointment only this summer. They will be offering special programs the 2nd Sunday of every month. The first program is June 14 (Sunday): Visit to the Old Revolutionary Cemetery. Meet at the Museum at 2 PM. We will proceed to the Cemetery, which includes a short hike. Outside of the private Coffeen Cemetery, this is Cavendish’s oldest cemetery. If time permits, we will also visit the Coffeen Cemetery. The June Briefs are now on-line. FMI: margocaulfield@icloud.com or 802-226-7807.
• Household Hazardous Waste Collection: The canceled household hazardous waste collection for towns, including Cavendish, in the Southern Windsor/Windham Counties Solid Waste Management District, has been rescheduled for June 30 from 2-6 pm at the Springfield Transfer station. The second and last collection of 2020 is scheduled for Tuesday, September, 15, same hours and location. These events are for District residents only. For a list of what to bring (and what not to bring), click here. If you need to properly dispose of HHW before then, "The Rutland County Solid Waste District has a permanent hazardous waste collection facility that is generally open year-round. Visit their website or call 802-775-7209
for more information." If you just have paint to recycle, and the cans are labeled and not leaking, you can bring them to a local participating retailer. Visit PaintCare Inc. Vermont for the closest location.
• Food Scraps July 1 What you will need to do: As of July 1, you will need to do one of the following with food scraps: Compost them in your backyard; Bring them to the Cavendish Transfer Station’s Food Scrap Container (it’s free); or pay someone to pick them up from your house.
• Emerald Ash Borer Season is Here: The destructive, invasive adult beetle has been identified in several Vermont towns, including Londonderry, and is expected to continue to move across the state, likely killing most ash trees in its path. Leave firewood at home when you go camping and purchase firewood at or near your campsite instead. If you are ordering wood for winter, ask your supplier to confirm that they have not moved untreated ash out of an infested area.
• Fletcher Memorial Library Announcement: Anyone with items belonging to FML – please return now only via our book drop in the rear. Do not leave them outside on the cement – if the drop is full, please try again. Do Not Ring the Doorbell as we cannot respond to returns – Social Distancing. All items will be quarantined. On June 18th our catalog will accept patron holds with Curbside Pick-up beginning June 22nd. You will be notified your items are ready for you by phone or e-mail. Begin browsing, see what we have. Many New Items have arrived and have been cataloged. Please call the library as we are happy to assist you and answer any questions you may have. To Search the Catalog – go to www.fmlnews.org - click the Catamount picture or use the tab in the top left Menu. Sign in before you browse. If you need your card number please call us. Search for a title and then click on it. Be sure to scroll down the page to see what other titles surround the one you want. You may find another!
3. THE LATEST SPIGOT TURN: Covid Related Info Before we catch up on the latest press briefings, we need to address a myth that seems to be airborne, along with the virus. Sunshine, warm weather and fresh air do not kill the virus. Masking up, well- fitting cloth masks work stop the spread and yes there is data that backs this up. You can take my word for it, but better yet, read the article from Medscape. And since we’re doing a bit of myth busting, note that Alcohol based hand sanitizers will not spark car fires, as has highly been reported on social media.
• Scott Asks Vermonters to Confront Racism: A large part of Monday’s press conference focused on the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. Scott noted “We can fix this without waiting for a vaccine. It just takes us uniting to make this a better country for everyone. Because like the coronavirus, this is literally in our hands.” Recent events have accelerated the state plans to update police training as well as to implement the statewide task force addressing racial inequity. According to the VT Department of Health (VDH) Vermonters of African descent have the highest rates of Covid-19. Dr. Levine asks those participating in protests to practice physical distancing, wear mask and adhere to other prevention strategies. “In addressing and attempting to address the great ills in our society — systemic racism, historic injustice, mistreatment by authorities, and severe health inequities — we do not want to create a greater threat to public health by accelerating the spread of Covid,” Levine said. He noted again on Wednesday that protests of more than 25 people were not following social distancing guidelines.
• VT Tops 1,000 cases- Largest increase since April 9: Yesterday, VDH reported 36 new cases of Covid, of which 34 were from Winooski, VT. A source of the outbreak has not been identified. There are now 1,026 cases of Covid in VT as of June 4, with 52 being in Windsor County. There have been a total of 55 deaths, with none in the last week. There are currently no Covid patients in VT hospitals, though there are 13 hospitalized patients being tested for it.
• Now open: Indoor fitness centers and nail salons; residential summer camps (a blueprint for allowing wider tourism); VT Catholic churches
• What’s coming: The DMV will resume driver’s license testing next week. If numbers continue to remain low, inside dinning will be partially reopened. New measures for out of state visitors from low incidence areas are also being considered
• Masks Required : All Montpelier public businesses
• Cancellations: Burlington’s July 3 fireworks; Quechee Balloon Fest
• Closing K-Mart, W. Lebanon; Salt Hill Pub, Lebanon; Skinny Pancake, Hanover.
• How many out of staters have tested positive in VT?: VTDigger reached out to the Vermont Department of Health to find out the total number of out-of-staters that have tested positive for the virus-as of May 17, 81 people, or about 7% of cases, have tested positive.
• Non-union government employees and elected officials will not receive bonuses and raises in the next fiscal year
• “We don’t control the virus, the virus is controlling us,” The governor noted. “All we can do is mitigate it the best we can until there’s a vaccine in place.” .. “This has been a long, long three months and for those again who are impacted by this, that are on the brink of disaster in their businesses, and still unemployed, and have had their lives turned upside down. My heart goes out to them,” he said. “But we’re doing the best we can to make sure that we’re not putting ourselves in a position that would do harm to people in this state.”
• Labor Department Battles Unemployment Fraud: The beleaguered Vermont Department of Labor, which is still struggling to process some of the tens of thousands of unemployment claims generated by the Covid-19 crisis, is facing a new setback: a rash of fraudulent claims that Vermonters started reporting about three weeks ago. VT Digger
4. UPCOMING EVENTS:
JUNE 8 (MONDAY): Cavendish Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm
JUNE 12 (FRIDAY): CTES graduating class will parade in Proctorsville at 6 pm. Please come and cheer them on.
JUNE 14 (SUNDAY): Visit to the Old Revolutionary Cemetery. Meet at the Museum at 2 PM. We will proceed to the Cemetery, which includes a short hike. Outside of the private Coffeen Cemetery, this is Cavendish’s oldest cemetery. If time permits, we will also visit the Coffeen Cemetery.
JUNE 21 (SUNDAY): Happy Father’s Day
JUNE 30 (TUESDAY): Household hazardous waste collection 2-6 pm at the Springfield Transfer station.
Have a Heart -stay home or 6 feet apart wearing a cloth mask or scarf.
Stay healthy to protect yourself and Cavendish.