Cavendish Update 7/10/20: BR water test/Concerts/News/Events
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7/10/20
1. Cavendish Info
2. Latest Spigot Turn: Covid-19 Update
3. Events
1. CAVENDISH INFO
• Black River Water Test Results: This week’s water samples were drawn on July 8. The EPAs limit for safe swimming is 235 Cfu. It is recommended to stay out of the water when it appears cloudy and within 24 hours of a heavy rain.
• Cavendish Gorge: 3 CFU
• Greven Field Proctorsville 91 CFU
• Buttermilk Falls, Ludlow 228 CFU [close to unsafe levels]
• Little Ascutney RD, Weathersfield 479 CFU Unsafe
• Tolles Power Dam, Perkinsville 44 CFU
• Twenty Foot Hole, Reading VT: 8 CFU
• West Hill Road Rec Pond Ludlow, VT 3 CFU
Thank you Black River Action Team and volunteers.
• Town Wide Tag Sale: If you would like a Facebook album for items you plan to sell at the Town Wide Tag Sale, please e-mail photographs to cavendishconnects@gmail.com. We will be starting to post albums on Monday, July 13. All vendors and shoppers are required to wear masks, social distance of six feet or more, make frequent use of hand sanitizer stations and stay home if sick. Please observe the rules and help keep Cavendish safe. For more information, check out the Tag Sale webpage. This will be updated as new vendors are added.
• Deb Brisson and the Hay Burners will be performing on the Svec Memorial Green (Proctorsville Green) on Wed. July 22 at 6 pm. Deb and her band hail from Addison County and will make their first appearance in Proctorsville. Led by Brisson’s powerful, expressive vocals, the band plays a mix of its own work and favorite covers by a variety of artists. “I think if I had to pick a genre for our music, it would be Americana,” Brisson said — “but it really is a little bit of everything.” They play alt country songs that are real and heartfelt, rootsy, soulful, and bluesy. Wearing masks at the concert will be mandatory as will be physical distancing. The Green is large and the bands will be loud enough to be heard throughout, so please spread out and maintain distancing. Please don’t jeopardize these concerts – follow the rules!
• Compost Workshop: The Southern Windsor/Windham Counties Solid Waste Management District (SWWCSWMD) in conjunction with the Cavendish Energy Committee and the Town of Cavendish will host a workshop specifically about composting on Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at CTES, Main Street, Proctorsville. Masks and physical distancing will be mandatory. Ham Gillett of SWWCSWMD will address many of the aspects of Vermont Act 148, which mandates recycling, including the composting of food waste. He will also discuss the basics of home composting and how to most effectively produce compost. Composting containers are located at the Cavendish Transfer Station. Gillett will discuss how home composting can better meet the state’s mandates. The presentation will last about 45 minutes with time afterwards for questions. Attendees will be eligible to win the door prize of a new Soil Saver composter and may order composters for residential use. Composters are currently on order and most likely will not be available in time for the presentation. When they arrive, they will be available at the transfer station for pick up. While these bins normally retail for close to $90 each, they will be available to workshop attendees for $50. Exact change or a check only; no checks. To sign up for the workshop, or for more information, please email peterjlabelle@aol.com. If you'd like to purchase a composter but not attend the workshop please let him know. While sign-up is encouraged, walk-ins will be welcomed.
• VPR & VT PBS Partner on 2020 Gubernatorial Debates
2. THE LATEST SPIGOT TURN: Covid Related Info: Are people being more horrible to one another than normal? A quote from the diary from Samuel Pepys, written during the London plague in 1665 offers an interesting perspective-The plague is such a “cruel thing: this disease making us more cruel to one another than if we are doggs” And then there is Marcus Aurelius, who dealt with the Antoine plague for 15 years (most likely smallpox). However bad the physical disease surely was, one thing was even worse: the mental plague of corruption and vice.
History has a way of repeating itself. What may seem odious and horrific has not only happened before in other plagues and epidemics, but considerably worse. Today the character assassinations may be horrible, but in the 2nd and 17th centuries, they actually killed people. Yet we can also learn from this that the ultimate response to such disaster was, and continues to be, resiliency. If the humans weren’t wired for this, I wouldn’t be writing this and you wouldn’t be reading it.
The Governors Press Governors are now limited to Tuesday and Friday. On Tuesday, the plans for reopening colleges in Vermont were outlined. These are available at the Agency of Commerce and Community Development website Restart Plan: College and University Campus Learning.
Dr. Levine spoke about aerosolized Covid and the potential risk for it hanging in the air and becoming a mode of transmission. Read more on this topic at Aerosols, Droplets, Fomites.
• Clusters/Outbreaks/Cases: Another case has been associated with the outbreak in Winooski/Burlington that started in late May. Total cases are now at 116, with no deaths and only one hospitalization, which did not require ICU care. Since last Friday, there have been 45 new cases out of 4,352 tests performed for this time period. As of July 9, VT has had 1,272 cases with 56 deaths. There are currently 3 people in hospital for Covid. The last reported death was on June 18. Windsor county now has had a reported 61 cases.
• Masks Required: Woodstock public and local businesses
• Reopening: Shelburne Museum ( July 30)
• Cancelled: Vermont City Marathon; Stowe Lacrosse Tournament
• Frame to Facebook Profile Pictures:, VT now has a frame for Facebook Profiles that says “I wear my mask because I care. “ To insert the frame on your profile picture do one of the following: On Facebook Mobile, just click on the "Try It" button. If you are on a desktop computer, go to www.facebook.com/profilepicframes and type in "I Wear A Mask Vermont."
• Vermont’s economic recovery depends on a national return to normalcy
• $25M effort to support Vermont renters, landlords kicks off next week
3. UPCOMING EVENTS:
JULY 12 (SUNDAY): 2nd Sunday Series of the Cavendish Historical Society-Epidemics & Pandemics: How They Shape History. Talk at the CHS Museum, 1958 Main St., Cavendish, 2 pm. Will take place on the grounds. Masks required along with social distancing and other Covid Protocols. If this event needs to be postponed due to weather, information will be posted to the Cavendish VT Facebook page. FMI 802-226-7807 or margocaulfield@icloud.com
• Meet John Klar, Republican candidate for VT Governor, 1 pm at the Cavendish Fire Hall. Covid protocols (mask, social distancing, staying home if sick) recommended.
JULY 13 (MONDAY): Cavendish Select Board Meeting, 6:30 PM.
JULY 15 (WEDNESDAY): FEDERAL & VERMONT TAXES DUE
• Concert Svec Park 6 pm-Rick Davis with Cavendish’s Mark Huntley on drums. The band is famous for covers of Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, among others. Covid Protocols Required
JULY 20 (MONDAY): Blood Drive: American Legion, Monday July 20 12-5. To register or FMI: 800-733-2767 or www.redcrossblood.org
JULY 22 (WEDNESDAY): Deb Brisson and the Hay Burners on the Svec Memorial Green in Proctorsville, Wednesday, July 22nd at 6:00 pm. Covid protocols required. Concerts are free and open to the public.
JULY 23 (THURSDAY): Compost Workshop, 6:30 PM at CTES Auditorium. Masks and social distancing required. Plastic composters for sale at this event
JULY 25 (SATURDAY): TOWN WIDE TAG SALE 9-2
AUGUST 10 (MONDAY): Absentee voter ballots due
AUGUST 11 (TUESDAY): VOTE! Primary Election
Stay CA❤︎ENDSH
Covers mouth & nose
Always masks in public
Vermonters keep each other safe
Elbow coughs
Never forgets to wash hands
Disinfects common surfaces
Is alert for symptoms
Stays 6 feet apart
Has respect for personal space
Safe