Brattleboro Citizens' Breakfast
Selectboard Candidates’ Forum

The next breakfast will be held on Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Gibson Aiken Center, downstairs, hosted by Senior Meals. Doors open at 7:30am.

This will be the Third Annual Selectboard Candidates’ Forum. As of this writing, all of the candidates have responded and, barring any scheduling conflicts, they plan to attend.

Putney continues to grow its dance community... and this Sunday morning, February 5th, we'll be sharing a third intro and workshop into the great exploratory dance form, Contact Improvisation. For those new to the form, CI isn't so much about learning the ..."moves"; as it is learning how -you- move, what your language of motion and connection is alone and with others. This weekend workshop is open to beginners and advanced practitioners alike: I'll lend some ideas and offer a few exercises to help us move toward "fluency and fluidity" in our dance, and we'll have some time to practice those new ideas with the other participants.

From my parking space opposite the Co-op entrance, I could see that a young mom was dealing with her toddler, who was refusing to move.

When her mom tried to pick her up, the little girl's body arched and stiffened, and I could sense how impossible it would be to lift her. I thought of the Tai Chi Exercise in which the instructor tells the students to visualize their chi extending down from the ball of their foot, rooted clear to the earth's center, making it impossible for an opponent to uproot them. As a student, I never could convince myself that i had become impossible to uproot, but watching tonight I had no doubt that no adult would be able to uproot this three year old.

The Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition (BAPC) announces the launch of the community campaign “Brains Matter” and websitewww.TheBluntTruth.org. The campaign informs the community about the risk marijuana poses for youth and young adults up to age 25.

Marijuana use affects brain development and puts youth at greater risk for dependency later in life. During the month of February BAPC will promote the campaign and website to youth and adults throughout the Brattleboro area.

The next event in Friends of Music at Guilford’s 46th annual season of concerts is Winter Songs, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 11, in the sanctuary of Guilford Community Church. Featured performers are Julie Johnson Olsson, soprano, and Kenneth Olsson, known in the area for his work as both a pianist and an organist.

This program of art songs and arias will warm the chill of winter and open our hearts for Cupid’s inspiration on Valentine’s Day. The repertoire is presented in three sections, beginning with two songs of longing by Satie, a torch song by Poulenc (composed for a favorite Parisian chanteuse), and a tango by Weill, as well as the aria “Il est doux, il est bon,” from Massenet’s opera Herodiade.

The Brattleboro Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 4:30pm in the Green Street School Library.

The Brattleboro Transportation Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7:30am in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.

Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity has an URGENT need for someone to analyze survey data from 90 teachers on their bias reduction activities in the classroom. Experience/expertise using SPSS or equivalent software is very desirable.

i am considering giving up my wood stove for a pellet stove. i would appreciate any pro or con on the subject. i know if there is a power outage, pellet stove will not function.

Landmark College kicks-off its spring speakers series, ART, EMPATHY and SOCIAL CHANGE, on Wednesday, February 8th, with a presentation by Marlboro Professor Meg Mott titled On the Emancipation of Eagles..

The Rutland Herald has received the following statement from Gov. Peter Shumlin:

“I am pleased that supporters of women’s health programs across the country joined together to convince the Susan. B. Komen for the Cure Foundation to reverse its misguided cuts to Planned Parenthood. The Foundation and Planned Parenthood have traditionally been solid partners in ensuring women have affordable access to health care services, including breast cancer screening.

Brattleboro’s skatepark project will be a topic of conversation at the next regular meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard. The board will be accepting a grant toward the design and building of the project as well as planning to fill vacancies left by resignations of both David Longsmith and Josh Steele from BASIC. the Town’s skatepark-building committee.

The police will be getting funding for dispatch radios and “installing and getting power and internet feeds to the downtown cameras.” Patrick Moreland will propose projects for (and explain difficulties with) the Hazard Mitigation grant program, permits will be permitted, certificates will be certified, and much more.

You can watch on BCTV (tv or streaming), or head to the Municipal Center on Main Street and attend in person. There’s even time for you to bring up things that aren’t otherwise on the agenda.

BRATTLEBORO UNION HIGH SCHOOL BOARD
53 Green Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
www.wssu.k12.vt.us

NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS

The BAMS Committee will meet at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, February 6 in the Middle School Conference Room.

The BUHS #6 Finance Committee will meet at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, February 8 in the WSESU Central Office Conference Room, 53 Green Street.

The West Brattleboro Association is trying something new this month. We will be holding our monthly meeting in the morning, at Sunny's Deli (849 Western Ave). Breakfast food and coffee, etc. is certainly available if you are hungry and/or thirsty.

We will see how this goes and may then alternate mornings and evenings for our subsequent monthly meetings.

The agenda is below. Thanks!

- Michael Bosworth, Board President

Come and join a conversation on how to prepare for the gardening season, whether it is which seeds to buy and where or how to plan for more bounty. Following the discussion, we will walk to the Community garden and celebrate together this special time of year by blessing some seeds.

Adrienne writes: "This is the time of the quickening. A time when the longer days bring up the sap and we begin to stir from a long winter's nap. It is during this time that our hearts and minds turn to dreaming the spring's planting. We will gather together to honor our sacred collaboration with nature with a seed blessing."