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Area CPA Firm awarded Presidents Award and Managing Partner to be Installed as Chairman of National CPA Organization

NORTHGATE APARTMENTS ONE STEP CLOSER TO RESIDENT OWNERSHIP

BURLINGTON, Vt.--David J. Provost of Shelburne, Vt., has been named vice president of finance and administration at Champlain College. He will be a member of the Presidents Council and will be responsible for the Colleges finance, human resources and physical plant. Provost replaces Lawrence J. Veladota, who retired from the College after 35 years of service.

BENSON, VT Rhonda Lenair, a renowned energy healer and medical intuitive, has relocated her practice from Massachusetts to Benson, VT. Ms. Lenair established her practice in Massachusetts in 1987 and has assisted over 30,000 clients, attracted from around the world, for a wide array of addictions.

Controlled Energy Corporation Acquired by BBT Thermotechnik,
Subsidiary of The Bosch Group
Vermont Company Operations to Remain In State
Waitsfield, Vt.-Mary Moffroid, President of Controlled Energy Corporation
(CEC,) has announced that the company is being acquired by the Bosch
Group, Germany. The Bosch Group is an international industrial company

Blue Spruce Farm begins generating CVPS Cow Power

Fonda Group closes St Albans plant
The Fonda Group, a manufacturer of decorative paper products, will close its St Albans plant November 1 as part of a consolidation by its parent corporation Solo Cup Company.

DET TO CONSOLIDATE OFFICES AND PROVIDE A NEW DELIVERY SYSTEM
Montpelier.... Patricia A. McDonald, Commissioner of the Department of
Employment and Training (DET) has announced that the Department is
proposing to implement a new delivery system that would allow DET to be
more responsive to the changing business climate and labor market while

VERMONT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (VEDA)
SEES ITS VERMONT SBA 504 CORPORATION LOAN PROGRAM CAPACITY INCREASED
Congressional Action Increases Lending Authority of Nations
SBA-Certified Development Corporations

Omega Optical Opens Doors At New World Headquarters
Omega Optical has just moved into its new 30,000 square foot world
headquarters and manufacturing facility on the Delta Campus in
Brattleboro. The company, a leading worldwide supplier of optical
filters for scientific research and instrumentation, is unifying its

Tom Torti to Become Secretary of Natural Resources
Montpelier - Governor Jim Douglas today announced that Tom Torti would
become Vermont's next Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources,
effective January 24, 2005.
Torti, 50, of Essex, is a veteran state manager and currently Douglas'
Commissioner of Buildings and General Services (BGS). He steps in for

Official Statement of Governor James Douglas on the Proposed Termination
of the Guard and Reserve Two-Year Rule
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
I strongly support the sentiment of Senators Leahy and Bond. It is
entirely inappropriate for the Army to eliminate, or in any way increase,
the 2-year limitation on Guard and Reserve mobilizations.