Music from Church

Here are some recent recordings from Panton Community Baptist Church

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Shoreham Loses Historic Structure

Newton Academy in Shoreham was destroyed by fire during the evening of April 7th, apparently due to a lightning strike to a gas furnace in the Shoreham Preschool section of the town’s multi-use building. Shorewell Clinic medical offices in the building were also destroyed along with years of medical records. Some artifacts from the Historical Society were salvaged. No injuries in battling the fire with mutual aide from Vergennes, Addison, Bridport, Cornwall and other towns. The building’s 200th anniversary was to be celebrated this summer. Newton Academy served as the town’s high school until 1967. Recently a 250K new roof was installed. Tough loss for the small town of 1,200.

Here is my report for Farm Fresh Radio 102.9 in Burlington — Newton Academy Fire

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Daniel Hannan at International Leaders Summit in Brussels

“Almost nobody now argues for the inevitability of socialism for the desirability of state planning…and yet the percentage of wealth taken by governments continues to grow.”

If you have ten minutes, grab a cup of coffee and check this out. Even if you are apolitical. The courage of this British member of Parliament could teach us something about standing firm.

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“Just as the Asian powers are learning the benefits of decentralization, of devolution, of competition, we are adopting our own version of the Ming, Mogul, and Ottoman path towards ever closer union, harmonization, more bureaucracy, more rules, higher taxes.”

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Hey, I tried

I serve on the Union District 3 school board here in Vermont. It serves the Middlebury Union High School and Middlebury Union Middle School which encompasses the town of Middlebury plus other area towns within the Addison Central Supervisory Union (ACSU) here in the southern Champlain Valley in Vermont. I am the Shoreham representative to the 12 member board.

The other night I made some remarks about the need to reduce the proposed budget we would be sending to the voters on Town Meeting Day in March. Here is some audio of my remarks a the meeting. Six minutes – okay, I’m long-winded. Audio courtesy of Middlebury Community Television.

This article by John Flowers of the Addison Independent has a good run-down of the events and frames the issue well: UD-3 board declines to revisit budget

The motion failed 7-5. The $16M budget will go to the voters across the district on Town Meeting Day the first Tuesday in March.

 
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Happy New Year Twenty-Ten

“Twenty-ten.” Sounds better than “two thousand ten.” We’re going to need to get used to saying “twenty” right up until “twenty ninety-nine.” While we won’t be there that late in the century (well, most of us won’t) we might as well get used to “twenty ten” and saddle up for another year. Here’s to a great year. Good riddance 2009. Past is past. Thank God.

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Sounds from the Champlain Bridge demolition

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More Songs from the Christmas Bus!

Here are some more audio gems from the Vergennes, Vermont area Christmas Bus tour this past week. For your listening pleasure.

 
 
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Christmas Caroling

It was a wonderful experience riding on the “Christmas Bus” throughout Vergennes, Vermont this week. Here are some audio gems.
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