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North Hero, VT. - Vermont Outdoors Woman announces it's 3rd Annual Doe Camp Abnaki to be held in North Hero, VT. on September 14-16, 2007. Women 18 years and older are invited to participate in their choice of over 35 outdoor classes while staying on the shores of Lake Champlain.

BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Champlain College's BYOBiz (Bring Your Own Business) Program has received a $90,000 grant from The Coleman Foundation, Inc. in Chicago to further enhance its entrepreneurial education programming.
The grant will help to enhance Champlain's entrepreneurship curriculum, formalize the integration of student business development into courses, augment the entrepreneurial collection in the library, and provide seed funding for the creation of a dedicated BYOBiz facility called the Champlain Business Hatchery.
As a dedicated BYOBiz facility, the Champlain Business Hatchery will provide working office space for up to 22 students starting in the 2008-2009 academic year. Through an application process, students will be awarded space for a set term. In return, students will be expected to meet pre-negotiated deliverables to advance their businesses. The Hatchery will become the epicenter of entrepreneurship on the Champlain campus.

Information Session for Sports-Related Businesses
To Preview All Sports, Recreation & Fitness Expo
Registration Deadline Nears for Vermonts New Sports Show
Businesses that provide sports, recreation, fitness or wellness products or services are invited to attend a preview meeting on Aug. 15 or 16 for the All Sports, Recreation and Fitness Expo which will be held October 20-21 at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction.
Whether you would like to exhibit, demonstrate, entertain or lecture or all of the above at the All Sports, Recreation and Fitness Expo, we encourage interested businesses to attend our event preview for this new show, said Tom Oddy, Director of Special Events at Champlain Valley Exposition.
Well have representatives from all our partners in the show to talk about the costs and outreach opportunities designed for the education and entertainment of active Vermont families, couples and individuals, he said.

White River Junction/Burlington, VT -- August 2007 -- RSG Inc., a consulting firm with headquarters in White River Junction, recently hired Peter Plumeau to lead its growing presence in Burlington. "Peter brings considerable transportation planning experience to RSG, and he is a great person to help foster additional growth and mentor staff in Burlington," said Tom Adler, RSG's President.

West Bridgewater, MA (Tuesday, August 7, 2007) -- Shaws Supermarket announced today that Shaw's Vice President of Retail Operations, Peggy Pfaltzgraff-Holden, was named to Progressive Grocer's first annual "Top Women in Grocery" listing for her outstanding efforts, involvement, leadership, and success in the supermarket industry. Of the fifty featured profiles, Pfaltzgraff-Holden was spotlighted alongside five other honorees from Shaws parent company, SUPERVALU, combining for the largest representation of a single grocery company on the list. Progressive Grocer is a leading grocery industry trade magazine.

PSB APPROVES UPC SHEFFIELD WIND PROJECT WITH CONDITIONS

BURLINGTON, Vt.--Robert V. Simpson, Jr. has been named interim director of the Criminal Justice program at Champlain College.

Simpson is a longtime Vermont attorney and state's attorney, and he's been a member of the Vermont Attorney General's staff, as well. Most recently he conducted civil litigation, including fraud cases, for the Vermont Attorney General's Office. From 2001 to 2006 he served as Chittenden County State's Attorney, responsible for an office of 26 staff, a caseload that ranged from domestic assault to murder, and cases generated by more than 300 police officers.

Essex Junction, VT - There's a new way to buy advance ticket sales for the 2007 Champlain Valley Fair. The new ticket booth at the Champlain Valley Exposition's Yellow Gate is located off Pearl Street (across from McDonald's) and offers convenient pull-in parking. It will open Monday, Aug. 13 and will be open Monday through Friday, 11am to 6 pm, through Aug. 24. The Fair opens Saturday, Aug. 25 at 10 am.
Advance discounts tickets will include the 10-Day Ultimate Fun Admission Pass for $35; the 3-Day Admission Fun Pass for $18; Single day $7 Adult admission (save $3); Single day $4 Child (5-12) admission (save $1); and the new Pay-One-Price, Midway Ride-a-Thon tickets for $19 (save $3). All advance purchase tickets are good for use any day of the Fair, which runs Aug. 25-Sept. 3. Visa, MasterCard or cash only are accepted.

Berlin, VT : Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) announced recently that Ingrid Temer has been promoted to Senior Account Manager in the Sales and Service Department.
Temer will assume additional responsibilities for advancing client-centric projects and initiatives that increase employer satisfaction with the health plan's products and services. As the department's Senior Account Manager, Temer will also serve a pivotal role as a resource for other account managers and sales and service representatives.

Vermont Native Jane Lindholm to Host New Daily Newsmagazine
Vermont Public Radio is breaking new ground this August 13th. The state-wide public radio service is launching a daily news magazine, Vermont Edition, with new host Jane Lindholm. The new program, airing weekdays noon-1 p.m., has grown out of the weekly Vermont Edition which VPR began in 2005.
"Listeners have been asking for a daily regional news program for a long time," says VPR President and General Manager Mark Vogelzang. "We took small steps, first launching the five minute Midday Report, then a weekly version of Vermont Edition. We're very excited about providing listeners with a robust daily mid-day news magazine."
The daily Vermont Edition will bring listeners more news and conversation about issues affecting their lives, plus a bit of the unexpected. The program will be broad-reaching, covering issues, art, culture and music in Vermont and the surrounding region.

Microdesign Consulting Inc. of Colchester, VT in collaboration with the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science of the University of Vermont has won a Phase II Small Business Innovation and Research grant from the National Institutes of Health for further development of their TV set-top box which enables home-bound patients to participate in group exercise classes and follow-up health care consultation.
"Our system offers the benefits of a group exercise class", says Larry Keyes of Microdesign, "even though participants are physically standing in their own living rooms and don't need to leave their own homes. Participants don't need a computer and exercise in front of their own TV sets. The instructor can see and hear all participants, and each participant can see and converse with the instructor, as well as with each other."

BURLINGTON, Vt.--Champlain College is responding to changing needs in the marketplace with a newly reformulated Software Development program through its continuing education division, which was recently renamed the Division of Continuing Professional Studies.
Working adults and career changers may enroll in the new program to earn a bachelor's degree, associates degree or a professional certificate--on campus or online.
The last few years have brought significant changes in the nature and complexity of information systems development. "We reorganized our program to combine a solid knowledge of software development and Web development, because you really cannot separate them anymore," said software program architect John Lavallee of the Division of Continuing Professional Studies.