Cavendish Update 10/15/21: Trunk or Treat/News/Events
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10/15//21
1. Cavendish Info
2. Cavendish Trunk or Treat needs volunteers
3. Covid update
4. Events
1. CAVENDISH INFO
• 131 Construction: No report from VTrans has been received for the coming week. Will post the report to the Cavendish Facebook page when it is sent today. Note that paving has been completed through Cavendish Village and into Proctorsville. Anticipate paving will continue this coming week.
• Celebration of Life for Phyllis Bont: A Celebration of Life for Phyllis Anne Bont, who joined her husband Gene Bont, M.D., June 6, 2020, will be held at Grace Congregational Church Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 at 2 p.m. Masks are required. Please honor her by giving a child in need your voice.
• Congratulations to Lisa and Chris Marks: Proctorsville residents Lisa and Chris Marks completed the Boston Marathon on Monday. They run for the Dana Farber team, raising money for cancer research.
• Latest from the Cavendish Historical Society: For Monday’s Indigenous Peoples Day, CHS updated Cavendish’s First People.
• GMUSD board hears further details of energy audit findings: GMUHS has the most need as it was constructed in the early 1970s. CTES was in fairly good shape, with Chester Elementary having issues but not to the degree of GMUHS. The next meeting on the audit and recommended upgrades and new construction will be on Monday, Oct. 25 via Zoom and at the Green Mountain Library. Chester Telegraph
• GM’s Mosher nets 100th goal in a tough double-overtime 1-1 tie Becomes sixth boy in Vt. high school soccer to score 100 goals. Chester Telegraph
• Fletcher Farm School late October classes
• Vermont Everyone Eats continues through December
• The US will soon allow nonessential travelers from Canada and Mexico again. The Biden administration has not announced the exact date that either policy will go into effect, only saying "early November.” NPR
• Gotta Love Ludlow group promotes education for retail cannabis vote
• Vermonters to receive $49 million in federal assistance to help pay heating bills this winter
2. CAVENDISH TRUNK OR TREAT: On Oct. 30 (Saturday) parents and community will deck out their cars-think “Pimp My Ride: Halloween Edition”- and the kids walk from car to car collecting treats. The event will be held at CTES and is being sponsored by the school’s PTO. Set up begins at 4:30 with treating from 4:45-7. Volunteers are needed to set up cars. If you’d like to trick out your car for this event, please register with denise@reillyhughes.com Note that there will be a lot of young trick or treaters so be mindful of the scary factor.
3. COVID UPDATE: Cavendish had another case of COVID last week bringing the town’s total cases to 45. Ludlow had 2 new cases (119 total); Chester 4 (161 total) and Springfield 51 (515 total). Area schools-Ludlow, Chester and Weathersfield-continue to have new cases. CTES has had no cases according to Tuesday’s report.
BOOSTER SHOT/VACCINES: Booster shots for Pfizer vaccine are available to those who’ve received their second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine six months ago In our area, Rite Aid has walk in appointments for Pfizer Booster. Find a map of locations at http://healthvermont.gov/MyVaccine. You can also call 855-722-7878.
The FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Moderna Booster: Yesterday, the Panel unanimously recommended that the agency authorize a booster dose of the Moderna COVID vaccine at least six months after completion of the initial two-dose regimen. The FDA typically follows the advice of its advisory committee. NPR
J & J Recipients: People who received Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine may benefit from a booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna, preliminary results of a US study published Wednesday showed. For people originally inoculated with J&J, antibody levels were four times higher after a J&J booster, 35 times higher after a Pfizer booster and 76 times higher after a Moderna booster. Note: The FDA Advisory Panel meets today on boosters for J & J recipients and to discuss “mixing and matching” J&J with an mRNA (Pfizer, Moderna).
MANDATED MASKING: Many believe Vermont should re institute mandatory masking statewide, and a number of businesses, plus all but one school district, require masks when indoors. The Governor has been resistant to this measure as to mandate it requires that he put a “state of emergency” in place. The Governor has faced criticism after saying other states masking orders haven’t worked. His comments have drawn criticism from health experts as well as the states with the mandate. Peer reviewed studies consistently show that mask policies make a difference. Read more Scott faces backlash after saying other states’ Covid masking orders ‘haven’t worked’
BY THE NUMBERS: Tuesday’s Modeling, showed that instead of slowing down, Vermont had an increase in 26% cases over the last seven days and have increased 8% over the last 14. On Wednesday, the state reached its highest one day total with 327 new cases. The Governor, at Tuesday’s press conference, had no reason why VT’s cases are increasing while the country, including New England, is leveling off and declining. It appears cases are not from breakouts but rather from some the community-small social gatherings.
While there have been increases in cases among the partially (6.9%) and fully vaccinated (7.1%) in the last seven days, there has been decreases in hospitalizations among these groups, with a 36% decrease in fully vaccinated.
New cases are highest among children 5-14, with hospitalizations highest among those 70+. Tuesday’s school report indicated there were 158 cases the prior week in K-12 students/staff. Since the start of school this year, there have been 827 infections. Children are being hospitalized with Covid, and there were two children in the hospital on Tuesday.
As of 10/14, there have been 36,503 cases and 342 deaths, 24 of which have occurred in October. The state’s seven day seropositivity has increased from 2.6% on 10/7 to 3.5% as of 10/14.
LITERATURE/NEWS REVIEW
• Another Winter of Covid The New Yorker
• Merck asks FDA to authorize promising anti-Covid pill: Merck is seeking approval of its antiviral pill that has been shown to reduce Covid symptoms, speed recovery and keep patients out of the hospital. The request is for emergency use for adults with mild to moderate Covid who are at risk for severe disease or hospitalization.
4. EVENTS
OCTOBER 15 (FRIDAY): Cavendish Utilities Payment Due
OCTOBER 17 (SUNDAY): Author talk with Archer Mayor at the Cavendish Library, 1 pm. Archer Mayor will discuss his new book to be released Oct 12th. Books will be available for purchase.
OCTOBER 20 (WEDNESDAY): Cavendish Library Book Club, 7 pm at Murdock’s on the Green. This month’s book is “Killing Lincoln” by Bill O’Reilly and Maretin Dugard. The conspiracy that so few know about. Snacks and wine are provided. No fee but donations are accepted.
OCTOBER 23 (SATURDAY): Got Drugs? Turn in unused or expired medications for safe disposal at multiple locations from 10-2. Permanent year round disposal sites include Ludlow and Springfield Police Depts. and Ludlow Pharmacy. Additional sites for one day include Chester Police and Weathersfield Transfer Station
OCTOBER 30 (SATURDAY): CTES PTO is sponsoring Trunk or Treat at the school from 4:45-7. Interested in setting up a car or have a question, e-mail denise@reillyhughes.com
- 5th annual Trunk or Treat sponsored by the Weathersfield Proctor Library. Vehicle set up starts at 2 pm with treating from 3-5 pm at the Hosington Field, Perkinsville (on the ground of the 1879 Schoolhouse).
OCTOBER 31 (SUNDAY): HAPPY HALLOWEEN
NOVEMBER 11 (THURSDAY): VETERAN’S DAY Town Office Closed
NOVEMBER 15 (MONDAY): 2nd Quarter Property Taxes Due
NOVEMBER 25 (THURSDAY): HAPPY THANKSGIVING Town Office Closed
NOVEMBER 26 (FRIDAY): Town Office closed
DECEMBER 12 (SUNDAY): Christmas Ghost Walk-Proctorsville. 7 pm, meet at the Proctorsville War Memorial. Free and open to the public. FMI: 802-226-7807.
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