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Dr. Timothy Fitzgerald and the staff of Champlain Valley Urgent Care announce the opening of their second location at 620 Hinesburg Road in South Burlington.
Champlain Valley Urgent Care provides occupational medical services such as physicals, drug and alcohol testing, and work-related injury treatment to area businesses, as well as urgent care services to area residents and travelers.
Champlain Valley Urgent Care is the areas only locally owned and operated Urgent Care/Occupational Health Clinic. Their services are offered 7 days a week at their Fayette Road location and will offer services Monday-Friday at their new Hinesburg Road office.
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James A. Wyant of Pointe Claire, Quebec, a member of the Vermont Public
Television board of directors and chair of VPT's Canadian charitable
organization, was honored with the 2003 Public Television Leadership
Award. John King, president of Vermont Public Television, presented the
award to him Oct. 4 at the PBS Development Conference in Denver, Colo.
The prestigious national award honors volunteers each year for exceptional
work on behalf of public television. He is the first Canadian to win the
award. Wyant's wife, Maureen, herself a longtime volunteer for VPT,
attended the ceremony.
Besides his board work, Wyant hosts fundraising events, opens doors to
corporate support and recruits individual contributions. He is VPT's most
generous individual donor as well.
In his highest profile effort of the year, Wyant worked with VPT staff to
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Tim and Diane Mueller, owners of Triple Peaks, LLC and
the Callaway and Walton families, owners of Crested Butte Mountain Resort,
LLC and its subsidiaries have announced that they have signed a Letter of
Intent for the purchase and of Crested Butte Resort and all of its assets.
Crested Butte is located in southwest Colorado in the town of Mt.
Crested Butte and is best known for its historic town, exciting nightlife
and some of the best extreme skiing in the world. The resort has 85
trails spread over 1,058 acres, with 14 lifts and receives over 240 inches
of natural snow each season.
Triple Peaks, LLC and Crested Butte Resort are finalizing a
Definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement, while Triple Peaks continues its
Due Diligence. This process should take about 30 days, and the closing
will occur between 3045 days from the signing of the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
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The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently honored members of the
Vermont Public Television staff with national awards for their local
fundraising efforts in the 2003 fiscal year. Besides recognizing
fundraising success, the awards cite innovation and best practices. VPT's
vice president for marketing and development, Lee Ann Lee, and her staff
were recognized for overall development. Sharing the honor were Peter
Shea, Paul Ugalde, Scott Schultz, David Donegan, Jeffrey Nelson, Brennan
Neill, France Hilt, Trish Sweeney and Jeff Cory.
David Donegan, pledge/events coordinator, and Kelly Luoma, vice president
for programming, headed a project to stage British comedy teas around the
viewing area that earned VPT the PBS Development Award for cultivation and
stewardship.
Peter Shea, director, corporate and foundation support, won a corporate
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WorkSpace Concepts announced the addition of Kristi Lyon as senior designer responsible for the interior design and space planning functions of the operation. Lyon has over 20 years experience in the field of interior design and space planning. She is a professional member of International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and is an experienced CAD and CAP operator.
Creative space planning and interior design are the cornerstones of any successful project according to John Moran, president of WorkSpace Concepts. “Our customers enjoy the consultative approach we take to solving their space planning needs,” said Moran. “From the small office to the large, multi-faceted new construction project, designing work spaces that are ergonomically correct, pleasing to look at, and are within budget, requires a sophisticated and skilled designer. With Kristi on our team, our customers will benefit from her years of experience in this field.”
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Chittenden Corporation (NYSE: CHZ) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Paul A. Perrault,
announced third quarter 2003 net income of $0.54 per diluted share,
compared to the $0.48 per diluted share earned in the third quarter of 2002.
For the first nine months of 2003, earnings were $1.54 per diluted share,
compared to $1.41 a year ago. Chittenden also announced its quarterly dividend
of $0.20 per share. The dividend will be paid on November 14, 2003, to
shareholders of record on October 31, 2003.
In making the announcement, Perrault said, "I am extremely pleased with
our progress in organizing ourselves to be most responsive to our customers,
shareholders, and employees, and with the financial results that we have
achieved at the same time. With our early-summer decision to migrate to a new
information technology platform, work has begun in earnest to convert all of
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Claremont, NH Valley Regional Healthcare’s Board of Trustees tonight voted to sign a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enter into an agreement with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance.
The MOU, approved during the Board’s regular monthly meeting on October 15, is a major step toward
solidifying an affiliation with the Alliance.
“This is absolutely a positive step for Valley Regional Hospital, for Claremont and for all of Sullivan
County,” says Allen R. Damren, assistant superintendent of schools in Claremont and chair of the VRH
board of directors. “We’ve taken our assessment of the proposed affiliation very seriously and would not be
recommending this step if we felt at all uneasy about it.”
Valley Regional Hospital began exploring an affiliation approximately two years ago at the behest of hospital
President Claire Bowen, whose fi ve-year strategic plan (launched in October 2000) includes the formation
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Chris Robbins of Danville, a member for 12 years and chair for
the past two, has been reappointed to the board of directors of the
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation. Pam Chisholm of Duxbury has been
named a new member of the VSAC board. Both appointments were made recently
by Governor James Douglas. Robbins is president of EHV-Weidmann Industries
Inc. in St. Johnsbury. He is a member of the Vermont State Board of
Education and the Danville School Board. He also serves on the boards of
the Vermont Business Roundtable, the Northeastern Vermont Regional
Hospital, and the Washington, D.C.-based Business Industry Political
Action Committee. He was educated at the University of Maine.
Chisholm is
director of financial aid for Community College of Vermont, and serves as
treasurer of the Vermont Association of Student Financial Aid
Administrators. She worked for VSAC on two separate occasions, first in
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Unsworth Powell Barra Orr & Bredice, PLC is pleased
to announce that Glenn A. Jarrett, a partner in the firm, has been named
to lead the firm's Estate Planning Team. Mr. Jarrett is a Certified
Financial Planner(tm) practitioner and is a member of the American Academy
of Estate Planning Attorneys and the National Academy of Elder Law
Attorneys.
Unsworth Powell PLC's Estate Planning Team provides comprehensive estate
planning, trusts, Medicaid planning, elder law, probate and trust
administration services to its clients throughout the State.
Mr. Jarrett's previous public positions include General Counsel of the
Vermont Housing Finance Agency from 1987-1999 and an Assistant Attorney
General for the State of Vermont from 1978-1987. He was admitted to the
Vermont Bar in 1973. He received his undergraduate degree at Middlebury
College and his Juris Doctor Degree from the Georgetown University Law
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DEW Construction Corp. has been selected as the Construction Manager for Chittenden South Supervisory Union's Champlain Valley Union High School Addition and Renovation Project. Work on this project entails a 148,542 square foot renovation of the existing school including a new wood chip-fired heating system, and 63,000 square feet of new construction including space for classrooms, a new library/media center, gymnasium addition, and a new cafeteria and kitchen.
DEW will begin preconstruction services immediately and construction is slated to begin next spring and be completed by summer 2005.
Banwell Architects of Montpelier, Vermont is the Architect. Heading up the project for DEW are Mike Smith, Project Manger, Gary Gibson, Superintendent, Dave Stone, Assistant Superintendent and Scott Carter, Estimator.
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Lorraine Jenne has just been named Director of Operations for The Howard Center, with responsibility for human resources, corporate compliance, quality assurance, risk management, and labor relations. Jenne served most recently as Human Resources Director.
John Kamin, M.D., joined The Howard Center for Human Services staff as Staff Psychiatrist of the Adult Behavioral Health Services division, after completing his residency in the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Program.
Wendy Scanlan has been named Director of the Pine Forest Children’s Center, a program of The Howard Center’s Baird division. Scanlan first joined the Center in 1990 as a teacher. She became a master teacher and then served the past four years as Assistant Director/Curriculum Coordinator.
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Two International Business students at Champlain College will join a Vermont Chamber of Commerce trade mission to Asia in mid-October. Laura Herrema and Elizabeth Claflin will travel with a delegation of Vermont legislators and business people for an 11-day trip to Shanghai, China, Hong Kong, and Taipei, Taiwan.
For these students, the internship is providing learning experiences that can’t be gleaned from a textbook. This rare opportunity is supported through a US Department of Education “Business and International Education” grant received by Champlain College. The students have been working with Curtis Picard, Vice President of International Trade at the Chamber, to promote the trip, complete research, and work on the logistics of the trade mission.