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Saint Michaels College
Public Relations Office
Colchester, VT 05439
NEWS
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 8, 2007
Contact: Buff Lindau
(802) 654-2536
[email protected]
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Saint Michaels announces 3 finalists in presidential search
Saint Michaels College is today announcing the three finalists for president of the liberal arts residential Catholic institution located in the Burlington area of Vermont. Joseph Garrity, chairman of the Saint Michaels Board of Trustees, made public to the college community this morning the names of the three finalists for the position and announced dates when the community will have the opportunity to meet these candidates.

Extreme measures planned to get snowmobile racers back on track
ESSEX JUNCTION Organizers of the Rock Maple Extreme Snocross Snowmobile Races say that with less than three weeks to go before the Jan. 27-28 weekend of snowmobile racing that they are willing to say the show is on whether or not it snows.
Even if Mother Nature continues to be stingy with the white stuff, Champlain Valley Exposition and Rock Maple Racing officials say they are going to bring in the big guns snow-making guns, that is - to create some 18,000 cubic yards of snow. That should be enough to build the one-third of a mile circular race course, complete with tabletops, hairpin turns and extreme jumps in front of the Coca-Cola Grandstand.

Exterus Business Furniture of Shelburne announced that Chris Echo was hired as an Account Executive. Echo has been a sales representative for 11 years in the office furniture/products industry. Echo holds a B.A. in Business Management from Champlain College. For more information on Exterus, visit www.exterusfurniture.com.

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Inaugural Address of Governor James H.
Douglas

The Vermont Way Forward

Mr. President, Madame Speaker, distinguished guests, my fellow
Vermonters:

Fifty years ago, on this same Thursday,
Robert Stafford presided, as Lieutenant Governor, over a joint assembly as
Vermont’s officers took their oaths and Governor Joseph Johnson delivered his
inaugural address.

Two years later, Governor Stafford would deliver his own
inaugural and note that, “There can be but one ultimate aim for all of us. It is to take the necessary action today
to make Vermont a better place in which to live in every spiritual, social and
economic sense for ourselves and our children.”

This unadorned, ageless declaration explains
succinctly the deep inspiration within him and reminds us today of our own
responsibilities.

Bleu Sky Creative, a Burlington-based design firm, has redesigned the packaging for Cabot Creamery's light 8 oz. cheddars, now known as Cabot Reduced Fat Cheddar, found in the grocery dairy aisle. After extensive consumer research, the new design calls attention to nutritional benefits while maintaining a classic look, reflected through hand-drawn illustration and classic typography.
Bleu Sky has also helped GVV Architects, a Burlington architectural firm, redesign their web site. Their new site is project focused and articulates the firm's variety of work in a clean and complementary interface.

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF VERMONT ANNOUNCES DISTINGUISHED EMPLOYEE FOR OCTOBER 2006
Berlin, VT Cheryl Bennett, a resident of Barre Town, VT, has been chosen as distinguished employee for the month of October 2006.
Ms. Bennett is a policy analyst in the operations department and has been with Blue Cross and Blue Shield for over 20 years. She is cited for the excellent internal customer service she provides and for her organizational skills. A co-worker stated, Her ability to identify issues and then step up to solve them is a credit to her and a huge advantage for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.

BURLINGTON, Vt.-- Champlain College has created a regional center for computer forensics with major funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

On December 28, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who helped secure the funding, joined Champlain College President David F. Finney on campus to discuss the important role of the new Champlain College Center for Digital Investigation (C3DI), which received a $650,000 grant from the DOJ's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
The new center has been developed to advance three major initiatives. First, two new Champlain faculty members work with federal, state and local law enforcement investigators, performing digital investigations and adding capacity to law enforcement agencies in Vermont. Based at the Burlington Police Department, these investigators sift through digital evidence found on computers, cell phones, iPods and other digital devices so that crucial pieces of evidence can be applied to criminal investigations.

Woodstock and Burlington, VT The VT/NH Direct Marketing Group announces its next educational seminar; Search, Surveys & E-mail Best Practices, will be held on March 2, 2007 at the Burlington Sheraton in Burlington, Vermont.
E-mail is conceptually brilliant: low cost, high speed, personal, dynamic, and interactive. Today, e-mail is a key driver of multi-channel marketing. Your message needs to stand out. Speakers; Sundeep Kapur and Sharmila Sorenson will review 15 case studies that you can apply to your own business, helping you transform valuable transactions into very valuable business relationships.
This one-day workshop will show you what others are doing effectively, allow you to learn from each other, share in best practices, and make sure your message gets through to the reciepent. One thing for sure, you will increase the effectiveness of your e-mail marketing program.
For more information call: 802-457-2807

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WAITSFIELD, Vermont The December issue of Sign Business, a leading sign industrys source magazine, featured two of Wood & Woods custom signs system in their yearly international Portfolio competition. Selection criteria included execution of design, layout, appropriate environmental context and visitor eye appeal.
Wood & Wood took Fourth Place for Spruce Peak at Stowes
13-ft. tall x 18-ft. wide monument entryway sign, which was designed in collaboration with landscape architects Chris Dunn and Jason Hoover of the SE Group, and David Norden of Spruce Peak Realty. Part of the inspiration came from the natural rock formations and boulders found on site, says Sparky Potter, president Wood & Wood Signs, Inc.
The other part came from the architectural history of the area. Installed November 2005 by a staff of Wood & Wood crafts people in concert with David Di Pentima of Bella Fiore Landscaping.

BURLINGTON, Vt.--Champlain College is building upon the success of some of its most innovative academic programs with the unveiling of the Emergent Media Center.
Directed by Ann DeMarle, who founded Champlain Colleges pioneering Electronic Game & Interactive Development program in 2004, the Center will strengthen connections between the international game and interactive development industries, Champlain students and faculty, and Vermont businesses. The Center will advance the use of emergent media such as games, social networks, blogs and wikis for broader purposes. This includes collaborating with organizations to develop serious games -- games that harness technology for non-entertainment purposes, such as to enhance learning and training or to create positive change.