Cavendish Update 4/13/20: Internet/Stay Home Extended

Cathy missed her sons and her hairdresser. Jane Hart

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4/13/20

1.    Internet Survey (Knapp Pond/Lower Tarbell Hill area)

2.    What’s Been Happening

3.    Sanity Break

4.    Events

We’re staying home today for Mack Molding employees, who are working to supply much needed medical equipment to combat Covid-19.

So now that the Governor has extended the state of emergency to May 15, which includes the “Stay at Home” order, we gotta talk about Covid-15. No, this isn’t a new type of virus, it’s the 15 pounds that you’ll gain if you spend hours at the computer, watching TV and eating a lot of food you don’t need. Take lots of breaks and move.

 Also, the supply chain is just fine so no need to buy up all the paper products “just in case.” Given that a number of people already have a “case,” please be respectful that others also need to wipe. For those who do find they are running short, let us know and we can drop off what you need.

According to the state’s Covid-19 Team, we are on good footing as we head into what they anticipate will be the peak period, late April-early May. That noted, if people do not continue to be vigilant about staying at home, standing 6 feet apart and wearing cloth coverings, we could easily see that flip and be in terrible straights very quickly. As it is, the estimates are that between 1,000-5,000 Vermonters will become infected and less then 100 will die by the end of May. Yesterday saw the fewest new cases (16), since March 8, which is a good sign. The quicker we get to no new cases, the sooner the state will “turn on the spigot,” letting various groups return to work.

As we’ve seen with the prison outbreak, many become infected and don’t know it. While a lot of people will do okay with it, particularly children, it can be easily transmitted, resulting in devastating effects on those with pre-existing conditions (some of whom may not know they have one), those over 60 and even babies and toddlers. 

If you need help with shopping, a transfer station run, TP or something else, please call the Cavendish Town Office, M-F from 9-5 226-7291 or 7292.

1. INTERNET SURVEY (KNAPP POND/LOWER TARBELL AREA): We are working with the state to improve Internet speeds for those living in the Knapp Pond, lower Tarbell Hill area. They do have stop gap measures that can be used such as a COW (cell on wheels). In order to understand where to place equipment, we need to hear from people who live in that area. Please send an e-mail to cavendishconnects@gmail.com and include your street address, what you are using for Internet and issues you may be experiencing. We want to get that information to the state ASAP.

2. WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING

• The Panic Mechanic: UVM researchers have developed an app to help get a handle on panic attacks using biofeedback. It’s available for $19.99 for iTunes now and will be available for other phones the end of May.

• School budgets vulnerable as state revenues plummet

• Unemployment Insurance: File Your Claim Based on Your Last Name; The Dept. of Labor has started an alphabetized system for receiving calls and taking claims. Anyone can call on Sunday and Friday. Monday is A-E, Tuesday F-L; Wednesday M-R and Thursday S-Z. The phone number is 800-983-2300. Click here for more:

• Vermont DMV Launches Online License Renewals

• Effective immediately: Motor vehicle inspections due in April 2020 have been extended for 60 days.

• Copley Hospital offers test for Covid-19 immunity: Copley Hospital has rolled out a new test that can identify people who have developed Covid-19 antibodies. 

• No, You Don't Need To Disinfect Your Groceries. But Here's How To Shop Safely

• Vt. officials warn to keep an eye out for ticks

3. SANITY BREAK: Keep in mind that humans were designed to handle adversity. This is nothing new. Take 18 minutes and watch Lucy Hone's TED Talk. In a nut shell, through her own story of incredible loss, even armed with an extensive background in resiliency-she trained under the father of positive psychology, Martin Seligman-Hone found that while intentions were good, people were basically trying to turn her into a victim.  Instead, Hone took a different approach, one largely discussed by the ancient Stoic philosophers, embraced today by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and being proven by the ever expanding field of neuroscience.

4.. UPCOMING EVENTS: Go to dgBody Works  for classes that are being posted via Facebook live. Take a new one, do an old one. Stay fit and healthy.

April 13 (Monday): Cavendish Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm via Zoom (conference call available). For agenda and directions click here.

April 16 (Thursday): GMUSD board meeting, 6 pm via Zoom. See the agenda for zoom instructions.

April 17 (Friday): Proctorsville Volunteer Fire Department is hosting a community solidarity event at 8 pm. Come together to show your support for Cavendish Citizens working the frontlines at area hospitals, nursing homes and rescue squads. We are asking for the community to join us with your vehicle (do not get out) by parking along Main Street, at CTES or around Svec Park in Proctorsville on Friday April 17th at 8pm. At that time we will have our apparatus outside with emergency lights activated, and will do a one minute blast on the building siren. We ask that at that time you join in with your car horn and lots of cheering from your vehicle. If you live on Main Street or close by please participate from your yard. If you walk to Main Street, please remain with your household members 6ft or more away from others and don’t forget your mask. Let’s come together and let our local healthcare professionals know that we are proud of them and appreciate everything they do for us.

Staying home for Patty, Bob Kirkbride, Singletons, Dave Norton, Deb Hryckiewicz, Ludlow Ambulance Service and the Cavendish Water/Waste Water Treatment Team, Rocky and the Cavendish Transfer Station Crew, Cavendish Town Crew, Mt. Ascutney Hospital, Cavendish/Proctorsville firefighters & first responders and Mack Molding employees.

Have a Heart -stay home or 6 feet apart wearing a cloth mask or scarf.  

                        Stay healthy to protect yourself and Cavendish.

IF YOU READ THIS PLEASE HELP SUPPORT CAVENDISH CONNECTS

Cavendish Update 4/10/20: Covid Update/ Events/

Zack’s old carrier pigeon was no real threat to pay-on-line. Jane Hart

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4/10/20

1.    What’s Been Happening

2.    Sanity Break

3.    Events

We’re staying at home this week for the first responders/fire fighters of Cavendish and Proctorsville.

On Wednesday, the Governor announced he would be extending the “Stay at Home” order. While he was cautiously optimistic about how well Vermonters were doing with social distancing, and helping to “bend the curve,” at what point we’d be free to move about in our “new normal,” remains to be seen. Today, he will be providing an extension date, along with clearer ideas about what lies ahead as far as re opening the state.

While the number of new cases has dropped off significantly since last weekend, there has been a breakout at the St. Albans prison and last evening  28 more inmates and five additional staff tested positive for Covid-19. Many of those testing positive had no symptoms, which is an indicator of why this virus can spread so rapidly and why a cloth mask when in public is strongly encouraged.

According to. State Epidemiologist Dr. Patsy Kelso, who spoke at last night’s VT Lawmakers (Leahy, Sanders & Welch) Town Meeting, Vermont is in a position to test everyone in the state and data is showing that the spread of the disease is slowing. You will still need a referral from your doctor before receiving a test.

Gov. Scott is doing an incredible job and is making tough decisions to ensure the safety, health and well-being of the people of Vermont. Even the White House recently gave a shout out to the excellent job Vermont is doing to keep the virus in check.

No matter how you slice it though, everybody, literally the entire world, is heavily impacted by Covid-19. This is not a contest. No one is being “singled out.” Everybody has their own brand of hell they’re dealing with, but we each have things we can be grateful for as well.

Over the weeks, I can’t help but notice how incredible the people of Cavendish are by practicing social distancing yet stepping to the plate and helping one  another. Yesterday, to celebrate one of our second grader’s birthday, on a very wet afternoon, a parade was held for him. Lead by VSP Trooper and Cavendish resident, Kevin Hughes, it was followed by fire trucks from both Cavendish and Proctorsville, Ludlow Ambulance, and friends and neighbors in their respective cars.

This brings to mind Sir Winston Churchill. Talk about a non sequitur, well there is a point.

The prime minister of England, Churchill motivated his country, as well as the allies during WWII, starting each day and ended all of his phone conversations with the expression “Keep Buggering On” (Keep Plodding On if in the presence of a lady).

So we’re taking it from the Churchill play book and we’re just going to “keep buggering on.” Not just until the Stay at Home order is lifted, but right through to when we’re on good economic footing. 

If you need a reminder that we’re capable of it, Cavendish was one of the worst hit towns in the state after Irene. However, everybody pitched in, brought their A game to the table and within five months, we had everyone back in their homes. Few towns could boast that. And yes, it’s going to take more than five months to right the economic situation. And if we’re really honest, the Depot Street, damaged by Irene, isn’t quite open, yet we’ve been getting around town just fine for the last nine year.  The important thing is we have the attitude and people to go the distance, which is ultimately a key factor in full recovery.

So see ya Monday, or on Facebook over the weekend, have a joyful Passover and Easter and “keep buggering on!”

If you need help with shopping, a transfer station run, TP or something else, please call the Cavendish Town Office, M-F from 9-5 226-7291 or 7292.

1. WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING

• GMUSD students move from maintenance to new learning; spring break happening: Summary of Monday night’s GMUSD board meeting from the VT Journal.

• White House Announces New Guidance For How Critical Employees Can Return To Work: The federal government has released new guidelines regarding when people in critical infrastructure roles can return to work after being exposed to a confirmed or suspected case of the coronavirus.

• 70,000 Vermonters have filed unemployment claims since crisis began: Unemployment in Vermont is above 20% and with self-employed workers now eligible for benefit. Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington said the unemployment rate could hit 30%. That’s causing a backlog for the DOL’s 30-year-old mainframe computer system. 

• Hospitals Face Financial Woes: Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, some of Vermont's hospitals were having real financial struggles. Now that hospitals are on the frontlines of the public health crisis, their financial picture is growing increasingly grim.  Springfield Hospital recently got an emergency $1.3 million lifeline from the state, and other hospitals are even laying off workers and applying for lines of credit to keep their doors open. VPR

• Broadway will remain dark until June and New York’s Lincoln Center has cancelled all of its programming through the end of August.

• More Vermonters are Signing Up for Help in Stopping Smoking: 802Quits-- the program that helps Vermonters trying to quit smoking and vaping-- is seeing a surge in people reaching out for help.

• Self-employed Vermonters will have to wait for unemployment benefits

2. SANITY BREAK: Build a bliss station. This comes from Joseph Campbell, author of  “The Power of the Myth.” You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This is the place of creative incubation. At first you may find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred place and use it, something eventually will happen. My bliss station is a daily walk. For others it’s the first cup of coffee, sitting in your special chair by a window. Watch a Pink Cast.

3. UPCOMING EVENTS: Go to dgBody Works  for classes that are being posted via Facebook live. Take a new one, do an old one. Stay fit and healthy.

April 11 (Saturday): The Cavendish Easter Egg Hunt for Essential Workers: Display an egg of any design by 10 on Saturday so our essential workers can do their own egg hunt on their way to and from work.

April 12 (Sunday): Happy Easter

April 13 (Monday): Cavendish Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm via Zoom (conference call available). For agenda and directions click here.

April 17 (Friday): Proctorsville Volunteer Fire Department is hosting a community solidarity event at 8 pm. Come together to show your support for Cavendish Citizens working the front lines at area hospitals, nursing homes and rescue squads. We are asking for the community to join us with your vehicle (do not get out) by parking along Main Street, at CTES or around Svec Park in Proctorsville on Friday April 17th at 8pm. At that time we will have our apparatus outside with emergency lights activated, and will do a one minute blast on the building siren. We ask that at that time you join in with your car horn and lots of cheering from your vehicle. If you live on Main Street or close by please participate from your yard. If you walk to Main Street, please remain with your household members 6ft or more away from others and don’t forget your mask. Let’s come together and let our local healthcare professionals know that we are proud of them and appreciate everything they do for us.

Staying home for Patty, Bob Kirkbride, Singletons, Dave Norton, Deb Hryckiewicz, Ludlow Ambulance Service and the Cavendish Water/Waste Water Treatment Team, Rocky and the Cavendish Transfer Station Crew, Cavendish Town Crew, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Cavendish/Proctorsville firefighters & first responders.

Have a Heart -stay home or 6 feet apart wearing a cloth mask or scarf.  

                        Stay healthy to protect yourself and Cavendish.

IF YOU READ THIS PLEASE HELP SUPPORT CAVENDISH CONNECTS

Cavendish Update 4/8/20: Kids/masks

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4/8/20

1.    Yes. Children Get Covid-19

2.    Cave Fish Answers: Should my child wear a mask?

3.    What’s Been Happening

4.    Sanity Break

5.    Events

We’re staying at home this week for the first responders/fire fighters of Cavendish and Proctorsville.

While the bandana mask is just fine in meeting the Governor's request that everyone wear a facial covering in public, we know that may not be possible for everyone. Do you or family members need a cloth mask? Have you made some that you'd like to donate? We want to make sure everyone in Cavendish-people that work here, 2nd homeowners, volunteers, kids home from college, from Grandparents to 2 year olds- have appropriate face coverings. Going to be a really cool collectable someday right? If you either need or are making cloth masks and would like to donate them, please e-mail cavendishconnects@gmail.com to arrange delivery and/or pick up.

How’s egg production going? Looking forward to seeing lots of creative eggs along the roadways on Saturday.

 Each of us is approaching “Stay at Home” a bit differently and many now face unique challenges, as they learn friends and family are getting sick, and in some cases very ill or worse. Others are very worried by frightening news stories coming out of areas where loved ones live.

 My sons are in NYC and have had Covid-19. They assure me, that the City is not as bad as what the news is reporting and yeah they have no problems getting TP or anything else. The laundromat is a different scenario and all I can think of is their retorts as kids, “Smell ya later.”

No matter how you are dealing with this, remember we’re wired for resiliency. History, as well as research, shows us this again and again. It’s in our DNA  and we will, minute by minute, day by day, week by week and month by month if we have to, get through this.

There are resources to help, so don’t hesitate to use them:

• National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255  

• Vermont Suicide Prevention Center: Text VT to 741741

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE

• Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746  

• More resources are available at the Cavendish Covid-19 Resource Guide.

Before we launch in today’s topics, we know from recent shopping that some people continue to snatch paper products before the rest of us even know they’re on the shelves. However, we are fortunate to have some available for folks that need it. Special thanks to our Inn owners for making sure we can help our community.

If you need help with shopping, a transfer station run, TP or something else, please call the Cavendish Town Office, M-F from 9-5 226-7291 or 7292.

1. YES, CHILDREN GET COVID-19: There is a myth that children can't get Covid-19. Yes, they can and while their symptoms may be milder, babies and toddlers are more at risk. Anyone, regardless of age with a pre-existing condition, as well as adults over 60 are at much higher risk. Unfortunately, as the pandemic has swept the US, children have died from it. Please practice social distancing as it's the one tool we have that is working. Most Kids Only Get Mildly Sick From Covid-19-But not all.

As the pandemic has increased in Vermont, the average age of those infected has decreased to the highest frequency being those 50-59 and there have been 13 cases in the 10-19 year old category. Covid-19 Vermont Dashboard

2. THE CAVE FISH ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS: Should my child wear a mask? If they’re playing cowboys or cops & robbers, masks are absolutely a requirement if you’re the bad guy. As far as wearing them to protect others from their germs, that can be a bit more challenging. The CDC says not to mask anyone under 2 of if they have breathing issues. They also recommend masking when in public places where it’s not easy to maintain social distancing, such as the grocery store. As much as parents are trying to minimize bringing kids to the store and other places, sometimes, particularly if you are a single parent, that may not be possible. Masks for Cavendish kids are being made and we’re working with the school for distribution.

3. WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING

• Black River Independent School Committee Announces Pilot Program

• Ludlow Rotary Penny Sale canceled for 2020

• Dorsey Park in Ludlow is closed until further notice. No skateboarding there for a while.

• Self-employed can start filing unemployment claims within a week:

 4. SANITY BREAK: Here’s a tip from the Italians, plan your stay at home day using the Staying Strong, Active, Neighbourly and Energetic Checklist. The idea is that you look through the list each morning and score each item that appeals to you from 0-10. If you have a partner, he or she does the same. Then plan your day, focusing on your top-scoring items.

5. UPCOMING EVENTS: Go to dgBody Works  for classes that are being posted via Facebook live. Take a new one, do an old one. Stay fit and healthy.

April 8 (Wednesday): Passover begins

April 11 (Saturday): The Cavendish Easter Egg Hunt for Essential Workers: Display an egg of any design by 10 on Saturday so our essential workers can do their own egg hunt on their way to and from work.

April 12 (Sunday): Happy Easter

Staying home for Patty, Bob Kirkbride, Singletons, Dave Norton, Deb Hryckiewicz, Ludlow Ambulance Service and the Cavendish Water/Waste Water Treatment Team, Rocky and the Cavendish Transfer Station Crew, Cavendish Town Crew, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Cavendish/Proctorsville firefighters & first responders.

Have a Heart -stay home or 6 feet apart wearing a cloth mask or scarf.  

                        Stay healthy to protect yourself and Cavendish.

IF YOU READ THIS PLEASE HELP SUPPORT CAVENDISH CONNECTS

Cavendish Update 4/6/20: Masks/Easter/Checks

Betty was trying to keep life as normal as possible. Jane Hart

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4/6/20

1.    Face coverings

2.    The Cavendish Easter Egg Hunt

3.    Cave Fish Answers: When can I expect my stimulus check?

4.    What’s Been Happening

5.    Sanity Break

6.    Events

We’re staying at home this week for the first responders/fire fighters of Cavendish and Proctorsville. They put their lives on the line each time they are called out. Let’s keep them safe by staying home, or six feet apart wearing a cloth face mask or scarf. Also, NO OPEN BURNING. They were toned out over the weekend for a non-permitted burn. No excuses here. This is not a risk we can afford to take.

This weekend I’ve been singing, “Mask maker, mask maker make me a mask.” If you are thinking “Fiddler on the Roof” you’ve got it. Yes, I can follow the Surgeon General’s Video on the folding of a mask, but there is one flaw-rubber bands. What happen to those? As a kid I remember all sorts of them being around the house. They came with newspapers and assorted other things. My father even had a dedicated section of a drawer for them. Today, not so much. So I spent some time this weekend trying all sorts of things. See Item 1 below for my solution to the rubber band problem.

We need something fun to do this week, and with Easter close by what better way than the Great Cavendish Easter Egg Hunt for our essential workers. See item 2.

As we begin what feels like our 4th week of intense social distancing, keep up the good work. It’s making a difference. A reminder, as we move into the peak period-the next several weeks or more. For those of you who think it’s fine to go about business as usual, understand that if you get sick, you put many more people at risk than just yourself. You deserve better and so do we. If that’s not enough incentive, there are now enforcement orders in place that can levy fines up to $1,000.

Be sure to check out the Events section, as it’s changed a bit this week.

If you need help with shopping, a transfer station run or something else, please call the Cavendish Town Office, M-F from 9-5 226-7291 or 7292.

1. THE INS AND OUTS OF CLOTH FACE COVERINGS: This past Saturday, the Cavendish Fire Department distributed about 40 cloth masks, one per family. Thank you and special thanks to all who traded in N95s and protective gear for our local hospitals.

Cloth face covering 101:. The CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. This is being done because people may not have symptoms but may be contagious. Note-the covering doesn’t protect you but rather it helps to protect those you come in contact with from anything you might have. The Governor referred to this as “altruistic” prevention.

So for Cavendish, if you are going to the post office, Singletons, Shaws etc., please cover up.

When you have used your mask, take it off very carefully and try not to touch eyes, nose and mouth when removing and definitely wash your hands for 20 seconds immediately afterwards.

Clean your mask regularly. The CDC is a bit vague, what’s “regular?” I could digress on that but... According to the CDC They should be routinely washed depending on the frequency of use. A washing machine is  sufficient for keeping it clean.

Chances are good you are going to want more than one mask, so the CDC has set up a site to offer a variety of options for making them including no sew options.

I’ve spent some time on the rubber band problem for the bandana cover, and after trying various other items-hair ties etc. I settled on a thin strip of T-shirt, cut to 10 inches and tied. It held the mask in place and it didn’t hurt my ears. If you don’t have a bandana, a 22” square of cotton fabric (e.g. old sheet, pillow case, shirt etc.) will work.

If you are unable to either make or secure the proper covering, you can request one by calling 226-7131 or e-mailing cavendishconnects@gmail.com. Please note that we do have someone that is making masks for children.  If you have time to make masks to help others in Cavendish, please e-mail cavendishconnects@gmail.com to arrange for pick up.

2. THE GREAT CAVENDISH EASTER EGG HUNT: Easter is less than a week away and we usually have a town Easter Egg hunt the Saturday before. Why should Covid-19 stop this tradition? Like everything else in Cavendish, we’re doing it a little different this year.

You can download an egg to color or make a unique creation. On April 11 (Saturday), by 10 AM, we’re asking people to hang an egg so our essential workers can drive by and see them on their way to and from work. Put your egg  on a mail box, window, fence post, tree or whatever works for your home or business. Big ones, little ones, make a tableau, throw some peeps in there, or some other Easter variation. How many will they find?

3. THE CAVE FISH ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS: When can I see my stimulus check? The first stimulus checks will go out around mid April to those who have filed 2018 and/or 2019 taxes and whose payment details are already on record. Learn more.

4. WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING

• A surge trailer has been set up at Mt. Ascutney Hospital for use if it is needed.

• The GMUHS board meeting is tonight at 6 pm. It is being conducted via Zoom. The agenda includes the Zoom information, including how you can conference call to participate in the meeting.

• Enforcing Vermont’s ‘Stay Home’ order, fines up to $1,000

• TRSU offers superintendent position to Fierman: The Two Rivers Supervisory Union board offered Green Mountain High School Principal Lauren Fierman a two-year contract to replace Meg Powden as superintendent beginning on July 1, 2020. Board chair Joe Fromberger noted that there were still a couple of hoops to jump through, including background checks and the approval of the Agency of Education, before her appointment is finalized. Fromberger also said that he believes that the SU would begin advertising for a new principal shortly and asks for volunteers to serve on a search committee at the next GM board meeting. Chester Telegraph

 5. SANITY BREAK: This comes from Linda Thomson, a nurse hypnotist. During this unimaginable time of global crisis, this video was created with my local public access TV station to provide people the opportunity to take time to relax, to bolster their immune system and enhance their ability to cope and better protect themselves from the COVID 19 virus. This video is a hypnotic, meditative journey of about 30 minutes; my gift to you. Enjoy, stay healthy and well. We are all in this together and we will get through this and look forward to the better days ahead. http://okemovalley.tv/hypnotherapy-covid-19

6. UPCOMING EVENTS: Go to dgBody Works  for classes that are being posted via Facebook live. Take a new one, do an old one. Stay fit and healthy. Denise now has a You Tube Channel to help you out.

April 6 (Monday): GMUHS board meeting. Participation is available via Zoom and conference call. Agenda includes contact information.

April 8 (Wednesday): Passover begins

April 11 (Saturday): The Cavendish Easter Egg Hunt for Essential Workers

April 12 (Sunday): Happy Easter

Staying home for Patty, Bob Kirkbride, Singletons, Dave Norton, Deb Hryckiewicz, Ludlow Ambulance Service and the Cavendish Water/Waste Water Treatment Team, Rocky and the Cavendish Transfer Station Crew, Cavendish Town Crew, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Cavendish/Proctorsville firefighters & first responders.

Have a Heart -stay home or 6 feet apart wearing a cloth mask or scarf.  

                        Stay healthy to protect yourself and Cavendish.

IF YOU READ THIS PLEASE HELP SUPPORT CAVENDISH CONNECTS